The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1858, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7994. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Another !ntended Demonstration of fpain Against Mexico. The Frazer River Gold Mines and English Rule. IMPORTANT DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. Americans and Other Foreigners to be Protected. Lord Derby’s Opinion of the Cuban Slave Trade. The British *quadron to be Withdrawn from the Gulf of Mexico. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Our Special Beport of the Attempt to Lay the Cable. THE AGAMEMNON IN A GALE. THE END OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. STATH OF THE MAREBTS, kes Bee kee ‘The Canard mail steemsbip America, Capt. Wickman, from Liverpool on the 1th instant, has arrived a) this pot. Her Gates are three days inter than those already reoetved. ‘The substitution of the America for the Asia was caussd by the discovery of a fl.w in the shaft of the latter. The America bas sixty-nine passengers. ‘The Huse of Commons had passed she bill for the go- verpmert of India. Loré Malmesbury hed annourced in the House of Lords ‘Met the British cruisers would be immediately withdrawn frem tne Cuben waters, but that the blockade of the African coast would be continued. Is the Rouge of Lords, on the $:h instant, the Jews bill wen peeved through committee, an amendment haying beoo sgreed to, which prevents Jaws from exercising ec- clesiastical pacrootge, or advising her Majesty upon eccle aiestcal app. ini@-nts Ip the Bcuse of Commons, afer some general debate, the Goveromeni of Iocia bi} was read a third time and passed, em r00t Wud cheers. After some observations from various speakers gener- Tally in praige of the governmeat acheme, the Dill was Fead « eecona ume. In the Houce of Commons, on the 9th inst., Mr. Disraeli, ‘wm reponse to an loquiry, said government had not taken ito consideration ihe expediency of makwg use of ihe Leviathan, in order to tay down the Atlantic cable. Neiiuer the Agamemnon nor her tender, the Valorous, bad arrived at Queenstown, and oothing /urther had trans pired im regard to the Asiantic cable, Tne Niagara na: Gorgon were teking in coals, and would be ready for sc. fagein abous the time the America saiied. Tne Asean a non and Va crous could be coaied and gut ready for sea within three days after their arrival. The director, of the Atiantic Te« graph Company were to moet an decide ep-a fuiure action immediately upon the arrival of the pon. Ibe Morning Star announces that the Right Hon. Jobo Ings, U.P, the Lord Advocate, at an interview with Lord Derby, bas definitely accepted the high office of La. @ Justice Clerk, but as there is some Sootch busiaess of importance Billi before the House of Commons, the prodanility 's that a new writ for Stam‘ord wili not be jesued for a day or two privr to the prorogation. vhe Advertiser, however, states tha! tbe learned Lord Jeft London for E)inburg yesterday, and that tho Stamford writ will be moved for next week. The Conogne Gozeite spreads the rumor that the concen tretion of Rursian troops ia Poland is to threaten Ausiria inte fulfilling the treaty of 1846 relative to the incorpora tsom of Cracow into the Austrian monarony. 15 te positively denied that Austria bas bound herself by treaty to give assistance to farkey in case of need. Owing to differences 1a the Daawh Cavinet on tne ques thon of the Duchies, ihe Minwter of Finance, Andrea, bad tepcered his rerignation. Advices of the 26ub of June from Constantinople, state tbat the Sa tan bed issued an imperial decree calling oat 100,000 men to fil up the loaees occasioned by the recent expeditions, ava for the purpoee of eaforcing the engage menia entered into by foreign Powers. A project bai Deen drawn ou} for tho eatablisbment of some order in financial matiers until the conclusion of @ loan admits of their being deflaitely reguiated. ‘The aristocratic Cremorne féte took piace last night, but was warred by incessant rain. The sam of 1,100 guineas ‘will, bowever, accrue to the charitable objects of the patroneres. ‘A pomtal realy between Greece and Ruawia is about to be concladed. A Trieste despatch, dated Thursday, states that after fhe Paria confereoces Fuad Pacha wiil go to London to demand the evacuation of the Isle of Perim by the Engiish. A railway train between Wolverhampton aod Birming- ham wees siruck by lightning on Thursday, during & thunder storm. Every person in the train felt tae shock, and the guard was struck with temporary paralysis. Toe Giver and stoker were enveloped tn a sheet of ‘lune, Dut, fortanately, were not incapacitated from attending to their duties. ‘The Clonmel (Ireland) Chromicle states (hat the blight had mace its appearance among the potatoes in several places in that locality. ‘The Rev. Dr. Sadler, ove of the Senior Follows of Trinity College, Dediin, bad committed suicide by hanging hia welt. Al the quarterly meet: the troumastere of the mit Iaed counties of Kogiand, beld at Birmingham, po change was made in the stancard rates, Prices, however, were vegarded as ent rely nominal, and business was very duil. Macy muls and forges were only parually employed. ‘The Canara Company advertice that the screw steamer Jara would ave Liverpool oo the 17th instant for New York, instead of the Alps. The Great Britain is also ad ‘vertived to sail for New York on Wednesday, the 28th imetaat. The steamship Arngo, from New York, arrived at Southampton on the #tn inst. ‘The Cuban Siave oO of tren With regard to Cuda, he agreed that more cond be done by the Governor General of Caba than by ony external force; every erortion had been and was every cay being mate to bring the Spanteh government ty gore faith in this matter, aod that ne trusted this resnit hight be brought adout without a resort to cxercive mean That with regard to the French system, shown in the case of the Regina Corti, tnere could be no doubt that it was reatiy anew pian of siave trade—thar they were povring in evidence un this point on the French {insist opt sore sans he French F nperor : in whose desire to put down slavery he had perfect con- ) would soon be himself convinced that tt was slavery in dirguise. He feared that in this partioulnt case there was evidence to abow that the blacks might be held to coolie em’ , he explained thet Lord one Nica to pen e Geop to the carry. any foreign | Gat ‘was their determination to piace the coolie emigration to our as should escare ‘be accomplished tne a; of coolte emigration might be found Penefictal to the coolies tnemaei yes to the colonies He repeated the great care and con sideration which the government were determined to give to secure for the coofes good treatment and fair piay He dia not think that the exolnsion of Cuban produce from Or markets world (even if Partiament woul! consent to Much cifference to Cubs, inaemuch as other would take Caban prodace and let us have the fupplies from ovher quarters which formerly went to them. He exprersod generally every desire to prevent red the doputation that che g>- vernment would over relat their efiorig towards the scoumpashmens of tis object. <——— = MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1858. acai 4 — PRICE TWO CENTS. THE GREAT OCEAN TELEGRAPH. The Passage out to Mid-Ocean—Soene on Board the Agamempon Duriog a Storm—The Ship Obliged to Send for Thirty-six Hours—The Squadron at the Rendezvous—Commencement of the Work of Laying the Cable—Accidental Partivg of the Line on the Machinery— New Splice Made—Temporary Inter- ruption of the Work—The Continuity is Lort a Second Time, and the Squadron Sail for Queenstown— The Engineers’ and Electri- cians’ &e., &e., &e. SPECIAL CORKESPONDBNCE OF TAS NEW YORK HERALD. At Sa, ON BOARD Unirep Sraras FuiGate NiaGaka, Juy 3, 1668, } We are now on our way for Queenstown, Irelend, which we expect to reach sometime to morrow sfternoon, the expedition bavirg thus far proved a failure. The causes oF tat failure and tbe full details of the operations of the Telegraph equedron from the date of their departure from Piywouth up to the 29ch of Jast month, when the conti- nity was joet for tbe second time, are set forth in the following narrative, Whether snother attempt will bo made ogain this year or the underiakxivg will be aban- doned for the present depends upon the conclusions at which the engineers may arrive after reaching Queens- town, in regard to the practicability of the work. If it is ascertained on comparing notes that the cable did not part on bosrd the Agamemnon, but that the continuity was lost by the breaking of that portion of the conductor which was submerged, and while it lay om the bottom, it is mere than probable that ihe enterprise will be abandoned for the present. As the vessels were between two and three hundred miles apart when the continuity was lost the second time, we are in per- fect ignorance as to the cause, which must remain uaex- piained watii we hear from the engineers who have hai charge of the work on the English ship. Our only hope at present is, that they will be able to account for it ina satisfactory manner, in which case there is no doubt that ancther attempt will be made, as we have still sufficient cable left t allow a surplus of about thirty per cent over and above the distavce Detween the two points of connec- tion in Irejand and Newfoundland, It ig most unfortunate that the Agamemnon was uvable toretorn again tw the rendezvous, as she might have done had she had @ sufficient supply of coal; bat she was #0 deep in the water when leaviog Plymouth, that her captain considered it unsafe to carry more thaa four hondred and Mity tons. Our ship had eight hundred and fifty, which with moderate economy could be made to last over thirty days. The only reason, therefore, why weare obliged to go to Queenstown is bocause of the ‘want of con!, and im view of the splendid cabie laying weather wo have lost, it is ceriaiuly a matier of much regret. However, the facts aid ecircomstauces of the whole expedition are so fully related in the following accouut, that apy reference to them bere seemsa needless repetinon:— DEPARTURE FROM PLYMOUTH. After the return of the Telegraph squadron to Plymouth from tho experimental trip, every preparation was made for the final departure for the place of rendezvous, which bed been fized in latitude 62 02, longitude 3318. Each vesso bad about ‘ifeen bundred statute miles of cable on board, making & Wtal of three thousand, ore little more than fifty per cent over the distance to be traversed by both. The weather had been very fine, and there was every appearance that it would continue #0 for some weeks. Io fact, the rummer had now fairly set in, and we felt hope” fol in the aeeurance given us by Lieutenant Maury that she month of June was the mildest of all the months in she year. We now looked forward with the most sen- gvloe expectations to the time when we should Iand our ena at the Newfoundland teraaa), aud witn swelling beerts teu, Anew would gree@us when we reiurnes to the commer. cil metropolis of the Union after the successful assom puehment of Whe greatest. work waich has ever beea con- celved or attempted by the gevius of man. Tao Sanday defore our ceparture wo were victted by wfriend from Now York (Rev. Mr. Fisid), who told us wih what iateroat andanxicty the people there regarded tbe enterprise ia which we are engaged, apd how cegerly they awaited the moment when the firet deepatcn from Newfound taba should apprise them that tne cave was inid That tuncay he preached @ most approprists sermva, ta the cvorso ef which he made freqacnt reference to sho FreMtcolorp ike, aad \> 19 importaace’ not ony tn & m Lerma but ib @ more) point of View, a8 bringing ine natio’s ofthe earth nw more imate relationsniy with esch other, The sone #8 Certainly one that will not be for- xotten easily, av the words ol the preacher mase a Gosp oma, 6 OB the mines of his hearers. ‘he followwg Toureday we ieft Piymouth about ten o'clock in the morning, and took the direct course for the point of rena zvous, the tour ebips mailicg io com- pany. Ihe Porcupine, which was whe #metiest svommer io the equacron, bad veer 4 to Johos with orders to moet the Niagara on ber way to friaity Bay, so that bo Ges Our own Vessel aad the AgemexDon there wore Dut 0 owers, the Valorous and Gorgon, the last of whica jas to wel as Our eacort, There was 20 public demonstra. tion at cur departure, amd with the exception of a few 0 the mea bers of the company and their friends, tacre none $0 bid ustareweil. Ia a fow hours we lost th ‘We Could BIL Bee Lhrovga the hazy twilig’ distance of four oF five miles. For the two following days the weather continued very fine; bat on the thira, (Ja0- oay, June 12,) the wind, which in the morniog was mode Tale, frespened © naidersoly towards evening, and at night biew & perfect gale. We were pot a littie surprised at gRle Wo Were pretty Woli tired Of our Boa experionce, igbea mest earnestly for what rome poet soagater, Guacoountable Mt Of enthusiasin about the oooan, cailed ‘400 dull, tame shore.” Some of us were sick, ribly warlike lookiag tnd looks as Verribie and the only damage infioted the On the 10 of June wo had a ovary aed some bal squails. The barometer fell as low as 28, and muck there wilh such obstinacy as w reader it doabttal whether it would ever rive agaia us bighas 30, Bech diny was bat a repetition of the day before, and the Ing book war one unvarying record of the same particn.«r- One dey it was “blowing heavy in equalle,”’ and the next Cay it was “blowing heavy in equalie,”’ and the only charge waa at the end of the gale on the reader informed there wae “a fresn gale’ aad “heavy sea with tqvailn.” Now ail ths may be vory interesting to the reacers of the Herat, bat t us 1% wae quite snother thing, and & should not bs « subject of surprise it ©e preferred being ashore during those vy Fqualis, even at the risk of having our courage called w question, We bad managed to keep the Ags memnen in rigdt till Moncay, Jane 21, when wo lost her about veven o clock in the mornieg. Tho rea was heavier than we hac yet eeen it, and we found ik mpowsid # on that Account to run down to her, a wo were f,equsatly odiigad to do, in ocneequerce of her arifting #0 rapiniy to leeward. We wore actuated im this solely by copsideratiins for the fafety of our own ehip, which would have been much en- angered by attempting to follow her under vach circam tances. On the eventog of the 2let of June the wind mo- cerated: the barometer Degan to rive rapidly, and there were other pleasant indications of an agreeable change In the weather. As tbe rong ths sea fell, ani the folowing doy, soording to the stereotype phrase, was ‘‘ail = beg es +4 Woe had brew buffeted about loag Dough, were driven nearly three degrees farther north than we wished, having arined to lat. 64.30, when we never intended to go orth than lat. 52. 8 mach for the operations of the gale. cervous, And arrived there on the afternoon when we found the Valorous sorte taore berervees’ the former having reached it on the the Gorge on the morning of the 284, An officer came oa !oar) from the Valoroms, and ietormed as that ved very bad werathey, smd cont they had hoon’ the Ave memncn sce the & Wore alee toat the Gurgon cuarly masts, Valorous her qoarter Beats, Capiaine Aldham and Day man #7 Hat it was Lhe worst weather they nad ever ex- perienced in the North Atlantis, This night rhich mt g g2 tnick fog net fm, ing) the two escorts, The next morping, Gu , Spake ket ehip Heory Clay, bowed from Liverpoot to Ni Yorke. sine was not in eight murs thea ten minutes, on count of the fog, and bad abe net been quite close to the sbip it je dowbtral whesher # ‘id Dave been seen at all. Woen Mr, Guewt first saw her she was looming ap throng the fog “Where are you bound for id be, ae soon ae ebe came bear enough to speak hi tof the entbubiastic #e’come which we tu sight a two o’slock im the at- | term!nation to “‘equesh”’ them the moment thoy makatn:tr “To New York,” was the acswer, “Please to the United States frigate the Vaioroas, ad abou: two | appearance, white the tar gatherers, woo lwk after ine “Aye! aye!” Teapoude: & volce which It ie sa aT ercoves of the different wheela over whicn the cable belonged to tbe captain; and be immediately wo | mistekiwg the line of battle ship, win her heavy massive | pases, are cetermiped that none of the Diack 84d giutix- ue stuf! shail interfere witn ite progress. bverything is rg op well; all appear to be dotpg their bent toward. the promotion of tae undertaking; end beving now isd ome twenty fi DO Teas DS Woy aud more with sive argument wo retire for the night, aad a’ter tarviog about from op to the other for #t least ao hur, 10 Orr efforts to fo to sleep, wo at last succes), aud dream about‘cable laying, the terrivie effects of Woo grout & straip, till the colored boy (homer wakes us with the wformetion thatit is now seven bolis, aod thas im half an dour breaksast will be on toe tabie. Turspay, June 29—The first question which every one atks on awekening is about the cavie, and on Deing informed that it 1s a! right, he is satisted, until be gets his breakfast, when it is to 09 presumed he is wUuil more rauefled. Such a question, nowever, ia ensirely svperfiaous if the individua! hanga up ‘bis bammock anywhere within the sound of the dotightfui ‘apd harmonious music made by tho macnine Ho can bear for bimrelf, and if he should baopen to ask itw eimpy that be may bave the piesure of betog informed of wbat he kuows already, hke moot men who think they never can bear good news repeared wo often. Everything seems favoravie at prosat for tho success of the expedition; the weatoer never lovked mors propitious, and the barometer is ap vo high that it appears tea ized for the remaincer of the summer. Tho tare pele was evidently the coving up of the windy season, whch ip these jathudes renders Davigation ratner an on pleaeant occupation. lad tho poet who was so apxious for *)ife on the ocean wave and a home op the rotiing deep” be¢n with vs in that eight days’ o/ow, be woul: bave been perfectly satisfied, aud pel ‘tle more derireus for a fixea babitaion. We were nota litle asiopished at tte duration wheu we remembered that it wes inthe mild and balmy movth of June, which Lient Maury informs us te the oest for iayiog the cable if gale: alone areto re tases into te account. His catculauvos, bowever, ave proved i our case to be terribly astray, and bave been pértiy the cause of toe expedition saliog in thie month Hed wo but known wat was in store for us, and that by deisying our departure tor two or threo weeks we would have escaped the most severe weaher we Dave yet experiences, we certainly would not havo vailed before the lattor pert of Juno or tne commence nent of July. However, ae bas been stated, we are at last favored with good weather, although not so peasant as o:uld be desired. I. 1a very seldom curing the day tat the sun is visible, and the fog is oue ofour most frequent and un seloome visiters. t po matter; let us lay the cable this time, and al! there litte annoyances wi.) soon be forg.tten. At ‘en o'clock this mornirg the levg'h of cable pald ont wes about eighty miles, and the who.e amount su merged between the two ships at least one hundred and This is certamly doing well, and as there is apparent nothing to prevent us from doiog bail \oomirg above the horizon, a4 eho was dsiveo fo wird uoder an immenee clcud of cauvess. Nearer and prerer she came, until her two long white streaks could be p Jy die wgoisbed, and in litte more than an dour from tue che wi teeen ebe was withia # few baairer arce ot oor ), exchany als witn us, Che fo! wit g question wee esked from Niagara ag she camo nea? eovgh to read oar pumbers:— “(How oid the cable part?” To which she replios— “The cable did not part—current ceased.” Thus were our worst fears realized—it must have given ‘way on come part of toe bottom, whether at or near the cplice it wis tmposetple to decise fhe curren: ned seased, This was our case Ho— it was the same story on board of both verseln; bat there was no use in fartber sorjecture, or iu repining over what could not now be avowed. There war but ope courne left, and that was to eplice again aud make soother, acd what we fondly boped would be, a flea! attempt Those on board the Agawem- 1on had evidently come to the same crnclusion, as was shown by the signal which they displayed, and whicn, plated from the numbers, read as (ollowa:— “Aro you ready to eplice ?” To this an affir ciative wes atonce returned, and prepare Ucns were immediately made to enter once more upon the great work we hed undertakeo. Var confideace, how ever, a8 we have stated, m the prospect ef suczess, was eatly impaired. The Valorous sept ber to bunts to the Risgara to reselve the yer which was to counes: her with the Agamemnon preparatory to makiog the apiice, and in the meanume a bom; was seat from the N: ‘ato the Inst pemed ship, with Lieut North, Mr. Field, Mr. Everett and Mr. De Suuty. atthe tvterview of Mr Fiott ‘With the ergincers on the British cabie sip tho following agreemens was drawa up and eigaed:— e AGAMEMNON, Juge 28, 1858. PROCKRDINGS AS TO SPLICR, SAME AS AGHEKD UPON JUNE My 1868 Should any acoi¢ent ovenr to part the cable bave run one hopdred miles from rendezvous 8. 38 18—ebipe toreiura to rendezvous acd wit 8 when if the other sips do not sppear then to pro cred jeenrtow: If ebips (NI and A, non) abould return to rea dezvoue they will atonee mske the aplice and proceed pay- ing out, net walting for el:ber the Valorous or Gorgon C#KU8 W FLGLD. WM. THUMBON, hort: BRiGaT. a ls W. K. By EMSTT. ‘This was the arrangement; but it was understood that if each ship shouid bave payed out over one hundred miles ef cable they ahould botn return to Qacensw wn, as the 4gamemnon woaid not have sufficient coal to warrant her m making another attempt. jg the adsence of Mr. Field the work of connecting the two vessew by a bauser and of making the splice was succersiully and scenes peenemast. so that by half past seven, tue time at which the rea flags were displayed on both ships, the band, although uot vis bie ‘wm copee quence of the fog, and it was under tais impres- sion thst Mr. Guest ered an be did, There was po ed converratiog, and the object ras to make it as Inconic and as much to the priat a8 008 ble The lact suawer was received by the cxptain & wave of b's bat, to which @ similar pantomimis return wae made, and moth vessels lost sight of eso other al- ment immediately afer. Before the cicge of this day we bad another gate, during which it blew ip beavs squalls. ‘The morning of Friday, June 26, however, broke clear and pleasant, aad about two o’slock tw the afternoon we raw the Valorous, the Gergon and the Agamemnon, a!lon the rendezvous, At halt part four o'clock we received a visit from Captain Preedy, from wbom we learned tha: he had reached the rendezvoun at twelve o'clock. He aleo reported savere ‘weather, and aid that during the gale, of which we hava already spoken, the upper part of tne main coil, which Contained a thourard mies cf cable had shi’tez, and that for some time they wereina very perilous condition. Atout a hundred miles had to be removed and coi!ed on spother part of the ship; and as svon as the coiling of this was finiabed he would be ready to make the splice snd commence the work of osving out, Some idea of the effects of the gale on the wemnen may be conceived frew the fact that the str which she was exposed by the great weight and peculmr nature of ner cargo, opened ber water ways ahovt two inches and a balf, the water ways are that part of the ship where the deck and the siden are joined, and when they part to any great extent, the vessel is considered ina dangerous state. Captain Preedy Mnding it impoesibie to keep the ship's head to the 0B account of the abifting and working of the cal in the main coil. determined to scud before the gale, which be was obliged to do for thirty-six hours. The eceve on board was reported to have been fearful. he ship rolled very beavity, aud at one time nearly every man on deck was thrown off his feet; one man, & warine, was literally frightoved out his wits, and was crezy for some days. One mas hat his arm frac- tured in two places, and another had his tog broken. Every eye was turned on Capt, Pree dy, wn, fully aware of the tmm'nence of the danger, exhiniied the greatest cool- ness and ref possession, and finaly succeeded by his ad- mirable seamunship in saving tis veeso!. It was pecu- Nariy gratifying to see him once more, and to know that he was ready to go on with the work. Jn the midst of the fearful scene that took place ou the Agamemnon s rather Iudiercus incident cocurred, wich mast not be omitted. One of the iandsmen, who it would appear had very little experience of the sea, had not been secn for a long time, and bis friends, anxious about him, searched all over the ebip in their endeavors to disco) rhereaboute ; their + ver his w! fforts, however, were unsuccessful, and they were just ving up all hope of ever seeing him gain, when some one evggested that the bread closet had not been looked into, ‘ocess of paying out for the third time was commenced. | this way the time, confidence is reviving ra The ides of bjs deing m such a place was treated with con | The wheels revolved very slowly at lirst as if they were | Pilly The contipuity ie stil ‘and tae kempt, but it was decided, bowever, to take a peep at it. | jiving sentient Deings, axa were tmbued with the general | electricians report that ihe signals which are passiog be- tween the sbips are very satis actory. No messages aro wapsmiste it was sgreed before starting tha: none ebouid be rent. The obj:ct of this is to prevent ine pos sibility of those errors woich might arise from imperfect manipulation of the operstors, or difficulties thet mignt arise from the substitution of more complex form of in- strument than is required merely for the transmission of signe's. By adopting the prevent plan, ths clectriciacs huve rot only preventea the occurrence of mistakes from such a cause, but they have succeeded in securing the mort perfect way of ascertaining the eleciricat coazition of the conductor. Now itis merely veceesary to lok at the peedie to be assured that the coptiauity fs perfect ant that the signals are passing through the whole leogth of the cabie. A great deal of interest centres around the électricians’ office, and although there are few, if any, who are scientific enongn to understand the various ops rations that are g on therein, there are nove woo aro dispored to undervalue their importance. The door is a'moet slways shut, and the eieciriciacs pursue their work undisturbed ; but i: is mpossibie to exclude that spirit of inquiry which will aatiatve its tufret for \atormation even thi akeyhole The office, which is of the most Mmited cimensions, hes been fitted up alongsite of the warcrcom coil, and that part of the top of tae cot! which overicoks it affords acompicte view of the movements of the electricians and of the instrument whicn tells them all about the continuity. The sleader piece of swel waich is attached to the centre of the dial that stands on the iit!o bench before you, never fails to indicate the condition of the conductor If there ls no current passing tn nthe cable, the piece of steel 1s perfectly motioviess ‘The door was according ed, and there, snugly en- scorced in a corver, was the individual who had cansed a)! the anxiety and trouble. It was never discovered why he went there, but some people are uncharitable cnonga ‘to bay that he had deetgns upon the provisions. COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK. Sarvrpay, Jane 46 —The tate of the weather was moat fopitious for the begiuiiog of the work, and we all felt anxious to sew the © sowered into the water. It bad been agreed upon svat \« should be made on the Agamempon, and the: as soon a they had begun to pay ol red flag showid be ov Sted & @ eigpal that we should do the same, [bir pert of ihe work has been #0 repont- edly Cescribed w the UmkaLy aw render ® repetition of % here enticvny ucnecersary, The ony change that has Deen made i¢ in Ure foru: of the apparatus avwacced to it for tae purpose of proventivg & from teistiog. This is a crescent abaped piece of wood, about eight feet in iength, through a groove, in which (be cable is placed, and in which it is secured by # flas piece of soeet iron of the same length and form ag the wood. Tuo spliced portion ie mthe centre of the wood, bat w provent aay 6 rai ‘npon ib a streng iron bound loop ie mate of the cabio either end of the crescent, and these swo loops are afver wards fastened by an iron ebackie, which takes ali the strain off the eplice. | This operation (00k about two hours, peer fecenen e wt re the bawsor bs held two vessels was released, and the process of paying out cor ced. The contivuity was tested by the elec- tricians and found w be perfect, and we bad submerged something like ~~ anda ee A the cablo when feeling of the caution which had taven pusecasimn of showed that they were both under way, altuovgh they tardly seemed to move. The engineers were determi thas the cadle should have @ fair chance to reach tue botiom before it ‘Was subject to any strain. As soon, however, as a suifi- cient length hed beep paid out the speod was slight: sugmented, and by nine o’clock the disience was gradual. ly woreased at the rate of some five mii*s an hour, each sip gotog at two miles and a half in the time.’ The evening, which tp this northern latitude i# so mach length. enced out ag to leave little cr no night, was now setting iv, and the mists, closing overthe Agamemnon likea hago veil, rendered ber huge bull but dimly visiole, while tne upper portion of her lotty spars had entirely diraypsarea Tne Valorous bad taken ber position oa the starboard Dow, and our little ercort, the on, had resumed ber poet as our guide. It was a beautiful evenirg, more drau- ful than any we had yet been favored with since we left Piymoutb, aud the severe gale througa which we tad paesed, aod which was yettrech in our winds, gavo us more appreciation of it than we might ovher- wivo have felt. At ten o'clock the Agamemuon was dialy saute ine in leas thao hat? av hour we lost sight of uer r,s she eteamed on her eastward cour Nothing bad yet occurred to interrupt the work; ut wi almost dreaded to thiok of the fature, icst it en ,uid have some other misfortune etill in store for ue. Nothiag oould be more nm eo p than the macner in which tue ma ebinery worked, the procoss of ing Out was go- it parted on machine. cause of its | iogon most snocessfully, but we could know nothing of fracture in this instance was very simple, aad ibe agencies hat were sx work, perhaps at tho dotiom of | moment m wave is gent through tho oanductor it exhibits by proper attention might very easily bave | the ocean, to overthrow what little hope or prospect of | unmistakeable signs of activity, and refuses to return to ite been avoided. The cable was joved to run | success was yet left. Were there sharp pointed rocks | former quiescent state tll subue current ceases to on the mechine too clack, so that the lead | lyingom that pistean which Jicutenat Maury bad told us | pass from ship to ship. iDg Ob part of it got into the wrong groove, aad in the endeavor to gett put back into ie Ly 4 position it Was thrown cif the wheele alt ,a0d, falitng down on the tar scraper, waz vroken. break of contipalty was sorn a'toovered on the Agamemnon, ani both ships im- mediately returned and made & new splice, when the work of paying out was ope» more resumed.’ Thia tia there was vo ruuning of Ure eabie into the wrong groove, apd the utmost cautiun and vigilance were exercised over the mechiwery. About baifpast six nearly ten miles ‘were payed out from born ships, ani at eight the two vos sels leet sight of each other. Tho cleciriciaas wore «' their post, and reported the continuity “all right.” The cable wae going out a the rate of tive and six miles au hour, while the speed of the ship varied trom four to five, fo thet by midnight thirty coe miles had been submerged was a level plain, & great submarine prairie, or was it covered with @ soft cowtirg of mud or ooze, tp which it had been wait the cable might rest undisturbed for yours, as opabedofdewns? The ome Iieatenant Berry man and Oepicin Dayman sbow at loans tuig part of the plutenu is covered with this adft, and for our purpose, maghiticent ( yportt. Tt ts now twe've o'clock, ané the work is progressing In Splendid atyle—in such ep endid oty le, ia fact, tnat, to use Abe irequent phrase on board, stock bas gous ap nearly abundred per cect The quection is asked, if we oma lay forty miles of ft successully, what is to prevent us from laying @ thoupand should this foe weather cootiouc’— aud us we Keow of nothing itis geaerally agreed tnat it te pracsicable. Ab, but then the cabie issuca edelicate thing, and Ws, therefore, 20 viable to wjary. It, by any Various are current among the sailors in regard PY pond me the electrive.s and the mysecwus rlormances Which are supposes Vo be going oD im We Tse «oe. The comtinuity i@ somothing they dou’sex acuy voderstand, but they are fully aware of ils impor tanos and kvow as well s¢ the most learned the, when it ie gone the further laying of the cable is ouly w ioas 0 time aud & UREIESR eXPeEaure Of money. [heir iateres: in the work appears Wo tnoreare every day, aud aliaoug they will be she least gainers by ite success they are Hove We lees anzious to Wituess itz triumphant termiaa tiow. The cable guard—that ody of men by whom the cadie was colled—a) pear (0 bave taken the wavle ca terprive under tbeir Fyeoimi 6%, Bad When amung their geecciaies WhO Wer O bot 50 fortunate as ty Lave been enusted in the rervice speak in the tooo of Sir Oracle ‘This certainly looked like work,aod sugared favoraviy | accidents hole, through wich 't woula Db» impossible to upen ever) hing connected with the subject, ava are re for our success. Our hopes, however, were destined to be | ferce evena hair, were to be made in it as far as tho con- | garded by some of their mesamales as unainpure ibs shor tiived, for about ten minutes wo LA. M. of the foi | dw the inpulation and ciectrical continuity of the | ray. There are certainly cove on the sbiy more wiiing sowing morning the continuity wes destroyed. How this | wh ree thousnad miler would be gone forever. Thea | io co whatever is requited of the.n, and noe thas shuld the slightest accident arisig ‘rom the ourelessness of the men might defeat the whole vacertaking just waen we @ wiltin a hundred miles of Newfoundland. One thing, however, 's certau—thas every day wnicd brings vs pearer to our terminus reduces the risks and chances of failure, while the increasing prospects of sa2cees will render the evgineers more vigilaat and cautious, Looking at the magnituce of tho enterprise and tho wonderful re eulte Which must a;tend ite succeseful termination, our Ulumph seems almoritoo much to expec:, and we are boarly baunted witha dread that the worst has yet to happen. Every one who can spare the time trom his other utiles eeema to regard the paying oat mecbine a ao- cer his special supervision, aoa vieita it as often as hose cuties wil allow, The same feeling prevais atixe among the officers and men, and althougu thore is a rule that ACHE Dut Lhe engineers shall be alowed to APProaco wih im a cortain distance, yet hey are convent with a giauce at ite operations if they are satisfed that the cable is going out In good order. The parting of the eable ho wever is not— aa has been shown by our experience on tais expoditioa— the ovly thing to be dreatea. There is yot soother point which is a canso of as much, if oot more, disqaiciade. Let the cable be laid acrors the p'ateaa, yet, if tne tittle the mained, but the be more substantially remembered by the atiaotic Lele graph Company. Toey bave performed the hardest part vi the Work, and aa log as there was a foot of toe cadle Vo be cotled they were 8 ready. As the payiog out process does not require eo many, thelr pumber nae Deen recvced from over & hundred wo about sixty, aad ths greater part of these sre cagaged On the Ovi's, lookiog out tor kithe—certasly an easy task eg ol with that oo #bich they were formerly employed tbey stand, weiching the cabie as it ie uswound at ibe rate o: fire ‘and six miles an Dour, and passes out over the cove 03 ite Way to the paying Out machiow. Turn ater tara is unwound, faster Wan ® man cau Wak, until there i not more thap six flakes jeff, The superintendent of the coi! bow caila Out 0 tho man WhO is athe speaking tube wich extends to the engine room to “go slew,’ an order ho im meowtely repeats Wrough the tube to ihe eogineer on watch, Lhe speed of the abip i4 @ Ou0e reduced, the cadie ie paid ont at a aimiolsbe1 rate, ane an the Jost flake gree up, and aa the centre of the coll—where the tarns are per- haps six times lees than reached, the daager of kinkiog is en Process ls performea every times new tiske is com inepoed, as the rate of pay ing out from the centre—where the turns are not more (ban seven or eigdt feet in diame- ter— cannot, of courses, be carried on eaeiy wih the same rapidhy ap af these points where the diameter of Whe tar ns varies from ten ty forty feet. The coll & sireaty oad ate one o’ciock this morning, aud miles of cabie bad been paid oul. easels had loog aince ran cot of eight of exch other, and it would, perhaps, require agother cay before they could return to the remdezvous. After the ecleciri> com- Mupication wes severed the speed of the ship was re evced 10 lees than two mites, and the cable paid out at a ortionaie rate for three hours. This was considered Mic'ent leogth of time to allow for the probability of ‘te returning; but being now thoroughly coavinced that it the amount lost in this second atiempt being forty two miles and 300 fathoms. The Gorgon was informed by sig- ral of the disaster, and both vusreia proceeded on their course to the rentiezvous. fhe Jil tuccess which had thus i i t bee bas just eat down in one ef the little roome of the ward- roum 1 record the occurrences of ibe cay hi to inspire confidence and book, when he hears a basty stop ° Mospay, Jane 28.—We were on the look out the whoe pee upon the poop of car ship you can just trace whe | floor, and some ope arkiog ine " Morning and & portion of the afternoon fer the Ageuem long biack line of cable ae it peeves over the stern and | jor Mr. Laws. There ie sumething im both thas tele bim bon and Valorour, and aa there was no appearance of | extern the water, It ip now gong out at the rate of about | ail is not right, and in a fe’ either of them we felt somew! } apprehensive aro1' ee | five wiles and a balfan bour, while the speed of theship | are realized ‘was wino out of wg them at all this day. right, but we natorally ruppoeed that ie around ip the hope of faling m with one or both, a: they very seldom lost track of each other. The weather wae everything wo could desire; the sea was comparatively ja four and a baif; #0 that the part you pow sec ruoning out over the rtern ili take something like haif aa hour to reach the bottom, which lies ata depth of ayouttwo miles Deneath ua. the strain upon it cloewen Nunderd pounds, which some say is too much, but which the en ihe operation of the 8 anything sreng. But the litte magnetic neede in the elevtriciaa «Mee the upersog iedwaror of the elecurinal conditiun 0° smooth, aed it was just the very time to make a spice. ee Of the company ireies is th 'y Voast that Caw | the cable—refurce 10 mo’ and the electricians, afver The ili success of our two first attempts, j; is true, were tal, By re‘oorg the weight to a still less amoant | going thronghall cho teria, have as last ts aaccamb. (he rather discouraging, but it war resolved that as lovg a8 | they oun'ene it wovla oe impossible to prevent the o contin diy i gone, and they fod tt imposstbie w restore it, wok, and the lees of ua provived over and above i Letween Li) bee ponte of connection in Ire nod and New'vundiand. There m, im fact, a great diffe- renee cae Ou this point andesch party holds to We boief with the grestert ieoacity, Says one party—thore fo favor cf & straia being pat upon the cable—" We mignt ell not attempt to lay it at ail as bo Iny it wkthous & it would De expending cable to pe purpose, and ‘We ehould not have enough to reach land with " al bough hey may ove ai. the appliances of the wonder. ful sekenoe they bave at command. “Bat how hes it beea DrokeD, is the question Has it parted on the Aganem non cr op the bottom’ If the secident has occurred on the AGAMEMRED, ail We CAN OC for Ube prerent is to go to (queenstown for com); but If it bas ‘-oken oa the bottom o: the oocam the same grave which rove before under the sate circume 4, mut again arige ant seriovely em>arraes the pro od renewal of the Nether of these questese, sowever, cao be answered we bad sufficient oabie to justify ne in trying again and Again. anc st ficient onal with whica to make the passage from whe rendezvous to each side, we shonid not avandon the expedition fhe faiture which attended the drat was purely (he resu't of an aceidoat, but it was very different wih the second; and as no eatufactory or reliable expla nation could be given as to the caure, our conildeace in the ultimaw ruccess of the uarertaking wes terribly anoken. Various wore the surmises and conjectures in regard to the eubject. One was of opimion thas too great a from ranting ont perfe.t Psy 4 Hoogin thas tue +t te strain bad been put upon the caolo, and tyat oithor whiieoo | “Yes,” the other party reply, ‘but the difficulty ls ia | i we meet iho British ship, which will not be before wo ite way to, or reating om, the bottom, the conductor: your on too iy be resch Yoeenete Wa. and the continuity was thus destroyed. Anovher be! “Too weight!”’ ie the rejoinder; “why certainly Aiur all hope of the continuity being restored was that It was cot by lying on the of asbarp rock; but Bineteen hundred Pounds cannot be cailed too great & | abenconed, a most tert wae mate io regard the fact that the soundings both of Liswienant Horryman to the strength of the The process of pay’ and Commander Ieyman prove that the bottom on this “You may think pot; bat look at the cable as itgoes | cut was ao hour and & pert of the plateau oconsisis of cone is a sufficient refuta- | over the stern, and observs how maoy turns it wakes be- | curing w Niegara was lteraliy beld by © of this theory. Mr. De Santy, one of the reache it, the wind blow! the ; al lectricians, ef ever four tone was pat upon m wae broken on board mnon, while te sococtate, Mr. Laws, thought ff hea given way ovar ibe eplice, Our anxiety to have this disputed comp wettns Wy Geneve ‘ance of the Aganemnon hesame: painfully intonre the fooling was rather incrsased bed when she mado her We Jota! amount loet in the three attempts was 1 Pp Our Minds ApON two pointe—tirst, If theca 267 fatbome, while the distance ron in the last attempt Die parted on the Agamemnva, Prevention against a was 109 nautical miice, This is & lees of 21 percent, repetition of uch an occurence might be found in the in oF about two fiithe of the surpioa whieh was allowed for creased vigilance and oarefainems of thowe having charge excessive ein laying the cable, We have sow of the work; recond, but If it gare way on tho bottom our on board 1,000 54 eautioal mile, which, added to a sinter gnuerance of the cause must consequently render us total Fegard 10 the | \engty on the Agamempon, makes ® total of aearly 22-0 ly Unable to provide ageinet it, Want, therefore, was our ing on A] anutical miles. Phe distance between the landing pointe, cismay. when we beard from the msamnoe that the Hone o'clock. The | crinity ar’ Valen’ hay®, @ Bearly 1,700 milea—go that break bed pot taken se on board that ship, ord that ul 8 Men CAN De, Rud tt Will Corteiniy | we have yet about [00 miles of surplus. [ft it anouwki, Shey had supposed, it happened on the Nisgers Sut tote Merones oF Degiec! om their part if aay | iberecere, be determined oO make another attempt a'wer fe anticipating and wo wiil, therefore, proceed in the re | mishap should deal! the cabie. Tbe colle: «9 ia the wir | wo ren Queenewwo, We Bave sill enough cabie leit for gwar order of our parative. ele, Wide awake aod on the lok out or Aiwks, with ihe de the purpose. STATES F«IGAT* NIAGAR, U ATR STEAMER NIAGARA, 47 Sea, Jane 30, 188. To TH Drexcrors OF THE ATLANTIC "RLEGRAPH Company — WROTLEMEN—We Og to make ‘bo followisg report re- 10 paying Out or the telegravh cable from this snip. ed trom Ptymouth in com, aay wich tno steamers Avewempop, Valorous and Gorgon, on Tharaday, Jase 10th wet, but dia pot meet the Agamemnon at the ap- pointed rendezvous (lativute 62 02, iopgtade 33 19), umit wee 26th inet , as mort of the voyege had beer one om- uupvons grie, and the vessels were uoable to keop rig 2t of each other. At i2h 18.9. jocal ime the splice connect ug wecad es of the two ebips had been made, and we oom- menero paylog out At in 45m. the leating om part of we cabie ran {po the adjolwiog groove, aaa in the e: ment of fires startig, wole agempteg to pat 1; in she oper groove, it wae thrown comp etely cif he wheel and was on the headie of the tarstraper lwo mi’es and forty fathoms of the cable had Peon paid out. The splice wasagain mate asd we comm: sd pay ug outet bh 20m. PW, the sbip ging slowly ehead, and out at tho rate of tures and was f kone en O’cionk, wae0 the ship's #1009 was increased to three knots, aad from this gredualiy to three ‘and three quarter koots, aad toe cable was vat oat fron four aoe a balf to five kaote. the siratn varying from 2,100 ‘02.900 pounds, At Ib. 40m. (27th) Mr Saaty, the electrician, thet po tiga dem re- ceived fcr the past querter of ap bour, and the’ from his tests he believed the cable bad parte? at « cooridera sie ‘stance from the ship The saip’s spaed was reduced as uch we posible, inorder to pay cut the least amount of cable practioable, while the electricians mato forther ex- peripevis. At460 A M, the electricians having given a» urqaailted opinion that tne cable was parted, we de- cided to attempt han!ing {n, Theengines were coanscted and about oue bundred fatbome recovered, @heo the cable parted bear the surface of we water wiad was " ‘ith coneiderabie sea Forty two miles and three hopdred fathome bad been payed out, and the ruonieg of bie from the colis and the mechanical arrangements it out had been perfectly sausnctory. th, soun after midday, ibe ships sain met af the repdezvous, when Mr. Everedt visited the Agemem- nop to confer with the engineers, and ascertained tnat the cable bad not been broken oo board that ship, but that they bad supoosed it bad been broken on board the Ni- egara It is conclustve that the cable must have parted some distance from either sbip, but from woat cease, or precise place, we have no moaus of asce-iaiaing. At 6b. 7m. P. M. the splice was again made sad lower- ed, the ship moving ahead slowly, and we payod out tas cable as before, until eight o’clock, when the speet was increased to three knots, aud further increased to foar knots by midnight At twelve o'clock M. (29th) by observation the ship bed run sixty.seven miles, and payed oat eighty- pine miles and three handred god sixty fathoms of cable. During the past twelve hours the speed of tne anip nad averaged about four sud a half knots. and five and a halt knots of cable had becn payed out per hour Nearly the somo rate of speed of ship and cable as bulors was maia- tained until 9, Iém. P. M, when signals wore asin reported to have fuiloa by the electri- ciens. The sbip’s speed was reauced, and the adie paid out very slowly. At eleven o’clock the siectrioans sddreesed us & note—[@ copy of thia is cratained in our correspopdent’s Fy ah ie we devermiaed t atrp pay- ing out ana to Ket the ebip ride by the cable until tt partes. Although the wind was quite fresh, the cable oe!d tne abip for ove hour and forty. five minuter before breaking, and notwi hetapding a strain of four tons. By soundings on obart the water was 1.650 fatboma, Toe ship had run on her course 109 miles, aud 142 miles 280 fathoms of cable had dee paid out, oF adout per cent more cablo than the clalance run, Dut &0 atlow- ance ef ten miles at least must bo made for the excess of cable paid out immesiaiely after the splice wae made, which will reduce the per centage of se to about twenty. one per cent. There bad been at no time astraia of a ton upen the cable since the eplico waa lest made, aad the angie at which ft was runing out varied from twelve to nineteen degrees with the horizon. foe psyirg out ma- chinery worked perfectly, and we have not had the slighiest difficulty in any partment; aod up to toe tae of the failure ip the rec of signals bat we utmost conSdence in the succesful tarmination of the enterpriss. Toere is now remarning io the or about thirty per cent excess run, and should you think proper to renew the attempt, we feoi confident there is sufficient cabie no tae anip to moet the requiremenis, aod are ready Wo re.ura 50 8008 as the ship bas obtained ihe mecersery guppy ot orale. W. E EVERETT, BLECTRICIAN® AT Sra, ov Boann US. Srey Eurcreician’ Deraet To THe DIRECTORS OF THR ATT + GxxTLEMEN—We beg to ait W yoa toe following stat mout of the proceedines ia cur department daring the expedition of the tel cranhic equutroo, from the sail ing On the 10sh to the tn ult. Oa te parsage out to the TendeZVEUS Ke practic! tuo salT Of mam Uavng Kerks in the working of tue imeiruments woul they were tho- Fongbly proficient in the syatem. The iastroments in ein. eu battery of 240 elemonts of copper aad zinc, Tevertng key, magoctometr ordinary galvan meter, Profesor Tuomson's De ge vecometer aod four lag switebes, io cov formitt BD your directions aad the aye tem of sigpallicg authorized by your Board. (Oo the 96h ult, at 1:08 P.M Greeneien time, tae Nisgare’s and Apememuon's cables baviog been uolted on oward tie later ship, We commenced signa lif throngh toe cable, (tao wi Of tho Niagara's canle beiog ta o1 ca). wah the excep.jon of about one hundred miles that bel been ent out of cirouit for the parpome of test'ng, there being far)” Iwewiatio iD &@ part of it.) We cot. r6d sigualiiog tar a7 the cebie in the most perfect ori sate actory mawer Until 3:2 P.M, Greenwmion tae, when the cabe parted on beard thisehip. The telegraph shigs thea revarand to the rendezvovr, aud ¢rofersor (homeo came on beard this ship to exag ine our record of smnalliog and testing with bum. We arracged sone pels toate did wot materially alter the systom sathorized by yoa, Which i. creased our list of »igoain bo as lo meet Rome por- sible requirements; viz , signals to be used in case of tho Lecessity of cutipg apd buoyig the cavie, aod aise for aby lemporary sioppege that might occur The two cables were then spliced, and at 6:60 P.M. Green wich time, we WweaTe NIAGARA, xr duty 2, nos, KLPGRAPH COMPANY —~ the ey thereof Me bottom end and vesteu, and found perfect. Another cut was ade, Jeaving abous 190 miles in circuit on board, A third oot wae ctr. 08 Cutting the cable 0 an 0 have uniy about twenty miles in ciroutt i add®ion to that paid ont, and vesvag #, we found “deas earth” apon |i. fhe Niagara (ven ¢ wtuaed paying Out slowly for a short time, and Soally the until 2.67 A.M. During this time we kept oon- J. 0 Laws. [From the Cork Constitution, Jaly 7) Whether the Agamemnon [retore to Cork,) oF whet Hit the rewrn of the Nu former supporition is the pr Pemnon wey therefore be ved for to day or t> mor. , As to the cause of the present failure ncthing can de known until the receipt of oommusicetions from the Agumemnen, the arrivai of which looked forward to with mnon soxiety. it turn cut ae # apprehended, thet the tire stoppas like the seowmd, ‘sex ard without any arpa 0 to interfere greaviy ubcerta ing It e enppwes by som the cabe may bave ianded pon th mie of two beh prope tog uprorted im the contre it gave obahie, and the Age. 3F i i iF 33 intenard to resume the undertaking, aa the losses by these faitoren were And hero ia atill abardance cable remaining.” The. Magers. wil weotes 5 our harbor a tew days before resumirg the expedition. Paris (July T of Ine" reanage of te Wanentaate caste'n stone Oa discusned here, it offer Jess ineqnalities, aad nove 4 co far seunder as Newfoundland avd V vious that Americs will never be satisded etricg to its bow ‘om the Cork Feemifier, July 8.) ea yet deen received of rom, and ccosiderable acc ey bas been evinced for her teappear ore, 88, Of COUrk®, UML she joins the appointes