The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1858, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. OCEAN High)- *mportant from England. CABLE TREATY OF PEACE WITH CHINA. IMPORTANT FROM nnn nnn THE SAILING OF THE STEAMERS, ae, xo, ao Truury Bay, August 26, 1858. The following news has just been received trom Valentia, and from its general interest I have forwarded it to the press for publication. De Savry. Vauentia, August 25, 1858, Later and higbty important intelligence has been received from China. A weaty of peace bas been concinded with China, by which England and France obtain at) their demands, including the establishment af embassies at Pekin and indemnification for the expenses of the war. Later Indian news is to hand, the dates from Bombay being to the 19th of July. The accounts represent that the matiny waa being rapidly quelled. Tod@ay’s London papers have a long and interesting report hy Mr. Bright, the Atlantic ‘Telegraph Company's Engineer. Phe royal mail steamship Asia, with the mails for Halifax and Boston, is to be des- patched from Liverpool on Saturday next. , The screw steamship North American, with the Canadien mails, was to leave Liverpool to- dey for Quebec and Montreal; and the United States mail steamship Fulton, for New York, ‘was to be dexpatched from Southaipion to-day. [The above despatch was received at Trinity Bey at about nine o'clock Wednesday night, asd would have been received here in ample season fur publication in the morning papers had the Lines in Nova Scotia not closed af nine o’clock. We anderstand that after the cable is opened for barinese all the land lines will remain open night aud day, and the speqdy laying of the cable from Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, or to Portland, Maine, will obviate mach of the delay and uncertainly in traneactiog business between New York and Trinity Bay —Rer.) INDIA. NEWS BY THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH ON ‘CHANGE. Deslers in cotton yesterday expressed rogret that the news dorpatch which came over from England said eohing about coten. They said ‘Cotton was king,” who weld bis court in Liverpool, and that they would have been pleased to have heard something regarding the state of his Majesty's health. Morchants ip other lines of Dusinces wore also regretticg that the latest prices for all sorta of produce were not sont, Brokors, also, would Wako W hevo bad i SAPREE k CoD, ae ES about monetary 5 An ib wer, however, the news was important, and war pot without jie efivcte, It was considered favorahle for eotion holders, a peace with China woold bring sitver to Eorope as indemnity money, and impart greater activity to ibe exports of coven goods, both tm Kogiand sod in the Unived Setes, and sagan’ the Consusnp+ion of taw covtun THE br wangfactcrars. ‘fae result was, thas ater the news came to band Ue colton market amumed greater firm aout, apd the salo raced about ‘,000 bales, nearly ail op the Fpot, at full prices. The bo of teas, which had reled doll for some time, were faker all adack dy the pews, and the feeling imthe market wae (het of increnve? heaviness, thouge ro rales transpired by which ‘he ioflcence of the pews could oe tea! As the stocke in first hands are chiefly owned by strong pertioe, ft Is nol likely that they wi bow ac rposition to do mach, or tha! hey will yield a1 coverstions of reomeat uctil tho semora can bring devails of (he treaty of peace with the Chinese govern went THE CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK. FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOX TH GMBAT OCCA SION—PRIGADIER GENERAL YATS® ACCEPTS THH ODPICK OF GRAND MARSHAL—TELEORATHIC Des PATCHES FROM BISHOP MULOCK, OF &T. JOR AND THE BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND—THR Pama DENT, CABINET OFFICB®, BTC., TO WAITED On AND INVITSD—WHO is TO BS AT THB DIM ‘The Joint Committee on the celebration of tho success usual hour, apd dispored of considerabm impertant basi- neas—Alderman MeSpedon oecupy ing the obair. ‘The Sret communication read was one from Messrs ‘Meade & Co., proposing to furnish a 6400 portrait of Cyrus W. Field tor 625. it was proposed that the portras mignt those of other remarkable men in the ation. A machine firm offered to have some of anew mashiben tn the procession which would be kept the » The matter was roferred to Marshal. wer from Rov. Dr. Ogilby of Trinity church, wating thes the church wilt he: oven for divine jombor, nud desiring the Joint fa aie og had order of the for that day, and inviting the Mayor Cs 4 @ubject wee referred to mitive on the Drawing up . To the Comm! war directed to ha special mes anger to to the President ant Cabinet, wito ol ey Fogarding the invitation extended t ‘The subcommittee on Teatimonit’s reported to amend fhe original plan and make one gold Sox for each of the fol gontlemen —Cyrus W. Field, Mr. Evorett, ( Ry Ts ‘and Captain, Preed 5 an gold ‘medals Yor Orga Dayioan, Captain Aldhat aod sire ‘Woorlhouse. \ "he sub committers on tp the portratt and on “ie morta The sity to Jota ia the Lone une 'eeided was Do sulmitted by next On rotta.?, Alderman Owens was added to the Commit. tee on Decor, “tons to the Orystal Palace, It was ordey Sd that antranos to the Crystal Palace be obtained By tok @t Only, and it was further ordered that ro exer lavitatin t DO silewed to Roy member of the eomrn'tieo or any Other mem Ver of tae Common Oonccil, thas fhe invited guitete ebewld im every instance be ‘ate, ae Government, aed engh otioiais of the ci'y, the wembera ul the prese and telegraph companies 99 have already deen nemed. ‘Tho committee then adjourned til) eleven o'clock to day. TRINITY CHURCH. A general desire having been expreseed that the ecle- bration, ox the first of Septewber, om the laying of tho Atlantic cable should be marked by & spocial service at ‘Trwity church, the rector bas anthorined its for a rervies to be held on Wednesoay, Seplember 1, at pre- Gisely ten o'clock A. M. TORCHLIGHT DISPLaY IN WILLIAMSBURG. Ata mocting of the officers of the Fire Deparime | on Weenesday ovenjng, it was decided not to take mart in (ue terehiight procession of the fret ef Sepiompter in New ‘York, inaemach s4 the Western dist:'t department did Bet intend to turn oat. THE NEWSBOYS IN THE PROCESSION. 70 THS EDITOR OF TMS 1 sRALD. ‘Whilst the whole world is rejoicing ia the success of the Ailanuicc |, and such extensive preperativas are Ddeimg made fcr the grand ceiebration on ist of September, there {s s usefnt eloment of society that should be remem- Dered—I mean the newsboys. Atuentic cable or the enterprise of the Associated without she newsdoys, ss herald ‘‘giad CLOSING OF STORES ON THE FIRST. TO THE BDITOR OF THE HERALD. Ihave taken the opportunity, through your valuable aay. THE RECEPTION OF CYRUS W. FIELD AT GREAT BARRINGTON. Great Bannrxetom, Maes., August 26, 1958, This has been a great day here. The occasion was the reception of welcome of Cyrus W. Field, eq, the workt renowned parent of the Atlantic telegraph cable scheme, which bas been ao successfully completed. Little time bad been given for preparaticn, and there was heart in the demonstration than sought to show itself in display. A despatch bad becn received from Mr. Field on Tues- ny, stating that ho would arrtve with Osptain Hadson, of the Niagara, Mr. Archibald, Britigh Oourul at New York, and Mr. Everett, the Hugineer of the Atlantic Cable Com- pany. Captain Hudson, however, did not arrive. At two o’clock a gup from Mount Peter announced that the (rain bearing Mr. Field sad bis friends was im sight, At that moment the platform at the station and the entire neighborhood was crowd- ed with people to wiiess the reception. Mr. Vield’s father, Rev. Dr, Field, of Stockbridge, and bis wife and four cf his children; also his brother, Dodiey D. Field, Kea.; President Ho, of Williams Corlege; Geo. R ives, don Len. vilt, Hou. J. Z. Goodricn, Root, of Bes! ¢ CouMiy, wctiug es Marshal. Hore a Balt ‘Was made, and the party ciyoyea the Libera! bospisalit of Mr. Ives, ® piessant half boar, a w Bield received from Loudou of to day's dave, announcing the war with Cuma. This happy exempiificaion of the benedt of the great undertaking wich Mr, Field bad 90 glorious- ly cobsummaced, yiel geveral gratiucavoa to himseil as well a6 lo every Body cleo Lees yf ony! Gioner the party took carriages: ant ae ceeded to a lage ford eben eg hoursionic Agrioaliural Society, was filed t overfowiwg. fhe chair was taken by David Leavitt, Erg, Who was supported by ihe old neighbors of Mr. Field. despatches. The first despatch read Budeou, of the Niagara, saying “Li ts impoasi- Die (or me te visu Great Barrwogton on ‘The cflicers aro to g) ou leave of al be paid eb, and the ebip is to be put whieh I regret very mach, but cannot alver,’” Governors Bauks teicgtTaphed as follows: — Official da- tes at Salem aloge prevent my jolting you im the recep- tion cf Mr. Field on Thursday. No son a Mas achusetts wig FEes a, Exq., of New bey ie ex used ben- relf in dewpaich, way ing, *: that whom be hed been invited to mec, hed ‘ntl Gem tm » Aad had thrown outa galaxy of bright Stars that would ‘lvmmnme their counwy for all Ume w umber of letters ant from other im a bret bus weil conceived spcech, introduced the Dual: Increase open ‘Hon. the old, warm hearted snd exo/tantfrienda and nejgabors of Mr. Vield towards bim in thes nis time of triumph and bon My. Su wer respooded ta am eloquent speech, in which he dwelt in !agdatory terms upon ibe great achievement Of (he day aud the gallant men who are aesociated with it. Olver -peeches folowed, aad the whole afar paused of jaa very spirited manuer. TUR CAGLE IN EUROPE. Interesting Report of the Cratee o ° Aga- memson-~Bad Weather, but Good Lack — Reocbing the Rendexvons—Cable Spitecd pat Paying Oat Commenced Danger to the Wire trom « Huge Whale—The Gonti- nulty Ceaves—Coming to Damaged Spot in the Cabie—Exctiing Scese on Bonrd—An Ame tcan Bcoheonee Almost Mars the Fu- terprive-An American Bark then Comes tn the Wey—Mahing of Valentia—Reanty of the Scenery—Landing the Irish End— Crowds of Debghted People, ae. The London Timer of Angust 11, received by the Ariel, publiches the following account of the successtul cruise of the Agamemnon whon opgaged in layiny her end Of the Atlantic cable. The communi-ation, a@ will begeen, is without date as to the time or place when and where it was written: — As your readers have siready been informed by tele the eubmartne commanication between the (/id and Werlds ia now an accomplished fact. In the face of difficulties mad pad sy 4 eveers 4 in thie undertaking b work, the en engaged in this ut ig bave with ‘simoet antiring energy, adhered to their all but The Anal accom plichment of the scheme to the inet moment to hang apon a hair. “avy to be encountered during the have undergone. seemed indeed telegraphs But tho “uneult tak has now been accompliabet, it only remaine us t accept the bdonefite whien twit confer upon the commanity. Wonrterful as the of conveving sensations from Rope continent, s¢rom: the almost unknown depth: ocean, feom to us now, in a very litte time people will forget the mmarza while prosung F the feet; and without remembering the years of anx: wot and discovrragement whieh those who have secured this boon to the community baye wonder will be. rials are the links But thore men who, by patie; requirements, ad curred might be dus eltber the ongineers oF tig ehxreboltera, five aegia dont 16 deg.. white tho indicated sirein upon the dypa ome@ser seldom showed more ibaa 1.600 poante to) iv foarte quad ninety miles from kine etarting Previous doy, Wak am expendijure, inemding the lose in eine that many regerded the & waste Of tun shorouoldere” of the most vebsinsas apprel eotary det rained by despatcn the exoeorion te be th fortune agaio m mif oseaa bo- jo tag abandoned th sebeme altogether as imprac- Accordingly, on tho worvlog ef Baturday, to 17h of July, the Valorous, @> gon ane Niagara, having oomplet- ¢ aad Coprepe away from Qovenstown for the reo- jeavous, Ts . Rovever, in ion, the majority of tho Agamwmpon, baviag to wait for Pro‘essor 5 One Of the directors, who wok charge of the ehotrieal department on board pot weigh aocbor Uti, wo o'ecok on the following morning. As the ships Weitthe harbor there was apparenily no udtics taken of thelr departure by those on shore or in the vessels a0 shored sround them; every noomed impressed wih ‘the convicucn that we were ima ter Prine, ane the squadron scemed raxber to be juni ay ep rome discreditable mis-ion than to hevo walled for the ocormp'ishment of a groad national schemo It was jas. dawn when the Agamempon ge cloar of Qavensto wn bar Dor, but av the wind blew s'iffly rom the southwest, it was peorly ten o'clock before sho rounded the Oid Head of Ktnrale, a distence of only a few miles. Toa weather remained fire during the day, and aa the Aga mempon skirted aiopg the wiki gud rocky shore ef the routhweet of Ireland, those on board bad ac excellent ity of seectog the stuyen doue rocks whieh rise from the water in the most gro- tesque and fantestic shapes. abont five o'clock fu the afterreon Cape Clear was Pg aad, though the coast gradually evged away to the northward of our ooures, yet it wes ek toons deforo we lost sight of the rocky Teowptaing wi surround Bantry Bay and the ehores of the Kenmare river. a ad morning, the 19th, we bad left the Jand far Debind us, and thence fel: into the usual dull moeotony of see life. Of the yoysgo out there is little to De said. It ‘was not checkered by the excitement of cootinaal storms or the tedium ef perpetual calms, but we had a sufllsicat ecmixture of to render our pasrago to the rendez- Per asees one, Coiaienns ting, one indeed. Tv Por the ed unusually low, and the numbers of those natural barometers, Mother Saroy’s wai kept ip our wake us iy continual ex- a kopt peciation of heavy weatzer, Wit every little breeze ‘wird the tcrow was got up and sail made, so as to hi ‘bend our coal as much as = bat it orally roon fell calm and obliged Oaptain Preety rd ootantly to get steam again. In coasequenos Of there ocon- ‘tucd delays and changes from seam to sail, acd from , Much fuel was expended, sad net more thao ei miles of dintaace made rood ench day. Om Sunday, 26th, however, the weather changed, ond for several days im kuccesaion’ there was an uoiator: ruptea calm. The moon was juat at tho fuil, aad for several nights tt shone with briliaacy whien turned the smooth sos into one silvery sheet, which brought out the dark hull end white saila of the ahip in strong contras: to the nea and sky, as ‘he veesol lay att bat motionless on the water, the Very impersonation of soliiade and repose, Indeed, until the rentezvons was gained, we had sucha suceeation of beeutifal sunrises, gorgeous sunsets, and tranqoil moonlight nights, as would haye excited ise moet entbus ation of any one Dut pors: nitcated a6 were. But by us suck scenes were regarded only as the annoying indications of the caim which delayed our progress and was'ed our coal. In epite of the uausual calmness of the woathe im gereral, there were days on which our former uo —— experiences of the Atiantic were broagas forcibly to our recollection-—when it blew hard, and the sea ran pufficiently bigh to re-produce on a minor ecale some of the discomforts of which the provious crutae bad been #0 freitful. hese davs, however, ware the excep ton, and not the rule, and ssrved to show how much the weather Py cist, however, of w more pieasant was the woouveniect cali ibaa whigh bad previously prevailed. Jucisious expenditure of faci, and a liberal of the cheaper motive po rer of gail, {he rendezvous was voacbed on evening of Wodnesday, tho » Just eleven days after our departure from Qooenstow ‘The reet of the aquacron were in sigot at nightfall, but at such « coneiderac.e distance that it was past len o'ch ck om the moroing of Tuursdsy, the 20th, before the aga memnon jotved them. Wo were as usual greeted by & perfect storm of questions as to what kept ue 20 uch 06. bind our time, aod learned that al! bad come to the con clusion tat the #hip must baye got oa shore on leaving Qavenstown harbor. Tho Nisgara, it appeared, bad ar rived st the rendezvous om Friday nigtt, the Bid, the Vaierous on Sunday, the 26th, and ‘the Gorgon en the af- ternoon of Tuesday, the 27th. The cay was beaut fully oalin, 0 ro time was to bo Inet before making the splice; boats were roon lowered from the attendant sbips, the two vee. made fast by & baw rer, and the Niagara’ eu? of the ox'vle conveyed on board the Agamemnon. About baif pass twelve’ o'clock tho splice was effectually made, bot with materials very oif- ferent from carefwly rounded sewicirowar Duarde whicl had been used to enclore the junctions on provirus occa sions, Th eousisted merely of two dnt boards hauled over, tho joining, with the iron rodend icatea pl astached #0 the centro. Th hoisticg Yow" froca ship, however, the Joaden «i rok re overboard and Hare Deing av acre cou’ ai banda thirty two potrd shot wns fastene inaiea’,'and the whol aratus was into the sea without any lormaity, w without a spectator, for thoee on board ship had wit persed so Many deginuinge to tho telegraphic line that it ‘Wan evident they os of there ever being an ead to it. She stipulated 21 fathome of cable having 9eea pala out to allow the eplics to eink well below the surface, thy signal to eiart was botted, iho hawoer cast loove, and tho Nisgara and Agememucn started for ihe last Ume for Weir Ceatinations ‘ur che Srst three hours the ships proceeded very sinw- ly, paying cut @ great quantity of slack, bul afer the ox piration of this time the epeed of the Agemomnon was | to about five knots per hour, tho exble going Wibout indicating more than a few auacred a the dynamometer, Shortly afte ge Whale war ween approach'ng tho Agrent apeed, rolling and towsicg the 0 foam all around, and for tbe first fine we felt the y of the mnppowition that our secvad nye . ot the cable might have beco ceased ater all by foul of it uneer water. It ap- aif {t were making direct for the ea%le, and greet ‘was tho relief of all when the ponderous living mass was seen slowly to pans astern, jusi grazug the cable where it entered the water, but fortunately withoat domg auy muisobief. All seomed to go woll in a up to sbout oighs o’clook, the onble paid out from the hott with au ever aad raga Jarity whic! 0 how carefuliy and porteovly tt had been cotled ; And to goard agrinet accideuie which It arize in Consequence of the oxvie havicg ealfered jury during the rtorm the indicated ¢yramometer wat never allowed to go ide., or lees than one quarter whet toe to boar, acd thus far overything !oo% comm im such « bevarcous work we oF & few miputes may Yrirg forth, for evn w jured portion of the cable was dis overet about a two from the portion paying out. Not s momen! ws lost by Mr. Canning, the eng'necr on duty, in ectting men to ‘wore to cobble up the injury aa weil as time wonlt per li, for the cabic was gowg outat such a rate thal tho dsmrged portion would De paid overboard in low thaa tweety mvtnutes, acd former experience hat shown us that to ebeck either the zpeed of the sbip or the cabie work, im all probability, be attended by tho mort tatal reeulte. Just before the lanping was finished Profemsor Thou reported that the eloetric: coared, but that the iusula: Wag naitrally dirceted to the i ment was lost tn out- co of the storage, and 0 tng the cable at that point, with the intention of making a pemocates. To the consternation of al, ihe electrical fed showed the fault to be orerbourd, wad in al . miles from the ehip. Not a eecond “was to be lost for it wae evident that the cut portion must be pad overboard (pa few minotes, and in meantime the tedious and diMcult of making a splice hat performed. the sbip was immediately stopped , an! bo More cable paid out than was absolutely necessary to srgyens & teeaking, As the stern of the ehip waa lifted by the waves « couse tt mort intense excitement followed. Tt senmed Porsidle even the greatest possile speed, ant parton ous tos tall peliae ncemct tie mete ine, tien could be dniehed before the part was taken out of the ‘ roger wo sor continuity of the wire nat iH 238 Lift *yaget a"32 i finished the «| made it peoned ‘overboard # i s F g g 3 fir f r 3 1 ou to make ceiving instru were ing @ignale, when in a few minutes Ungeished by their suddenly indir tended w- show that the cable Ningars, or that the (newation b: siroyed. f f g hie, there was the I without tous ond fur a time slightly red ship. the morning of Friday, ‘he 5 Pat ‘Went weil, the ebip had been kept # tho speed of icnote, the cabie Oat at abent fix, the average With the horiron at which it left tho ship bale 708 ands. Observat'cos meade at noon showed that we nad point sl0es the MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1858. af le | lowering tbe ep)ise and dnzir of 195 milen Of Hoe cadic. Du @ay toe Derowmeter fel) conscarariy, an evening it blew alcront a gale of 4 tr dead abead Of course — Ae tho Dreens fres | of the engines @ae gradually iocroasad, than mereacea jo proport ‘went down the Agumemuon war going fall at abe wind, ony makiog a mpend af about eu hour, Daring wis vem ue toraiats ware bo |, and para, vards, sale, sod, indeed, every enn, that could efter reekucce cook; Dubesilt the sip ma. corneqnese® of the beay; | qrapaity of frei coos med ebowed us tal if tne sexed Wo shout be reduced t baurving tho mais, sure, ard even the derke, to bring the suin im Vals Ik seemed te be our particulur itfortvae « met with iad wien whichever way the ship's lead was turned. Oo eur jonmney ont we bad hero daiayed aad obliged to consume au undue proportion «f coal for want of an emt erly wind, and now sil ourfnel wan want? Ddosaaso of one, wever, durivg the noxt day tho wied gradually went sronnd te the somthwons, whiod, thoagh i ratsed & vory beavy eee, silowed us to busbawd our scaall remain ing store of fu: At noon on lay, the Stet of Jule, observations at noon showed us to be in latitude 62 deg’ 238, and tong tove'96 deg. 49 Y., having mate good 120 miles of cis tance since noon of the previcus day, with a ines of aboat 27 per certof cable. The Niagara, as far as could bo judged from the ainvnnt of cable sho payed out, whion by & previons arrangement was signaled at every 10 miles, Wapt pace with un, within one or two mties the whole div tevon acrore. During who afvernoon of Saturday again fresheved up, and pefure nignttall it nesrly @ of wied, and @ tremenduoas ges ran before ¢ eouthwest, which mado the Agamemaon o'teh to euch an extent that 1} was hi impossible the cablo could bold on through the night; indeed, had it not been for the coustent ofre and watch uiness exercleed by Mr. Bright end the two snerget'c enginvers, Mr. Ovasing and Mr. Ch ford, eoted with bim, it could not have been Cone at all. Moy re kept a: the wheels of the machine Poe thelr stop) ing, as tho atera of ihe ship rose aod teil wish the rea, for haa they dono 40 the cabio must un- dountediy have partec. bee bitte Daring the #ea and wind increased, and dofore tho kg § & blew acmart gale. Now, indeet, wore tho onerey setiviny of al encagad in the aperation tailed, to the utinest, Mr Hoar anv Moore, tho two enginoars who bad the charge of the rehoving wheels of the dysa- mometer, had w keep watch and watch altervately covery four hours, axd while on duty duret pot ‘ot ‘heir aten- tron be removed from their ocoupation for ove moment, for og their releasing the breekr every tune she stern of the ship fefl into the trovgh of the sea oatirely depended the safety of tho cable, sad the result shows how ably they Cwobergsd tbe duty. Throughout the night there wore » who bad the least expecmiion of the cable hole to, ow all morning, and many remained awake listen ing for tho gourd that all most dragged to hear—viz , the & which should aunounce the failure of all our hopes. b etili the cable w!ich, in comparison with tho ship trom which % was pai out and the gigantic waves which it was delivered, was bui a mere thread, comtinue to hold on, only leaving a silvery phorpaorous lime upon the stupendous seas ea tucy rolied on towards the ship. With Sunday morsing came ao tmprovement in he weather; still the sky remained black and stormy to windward, and tae constant violent squatis of wind and fain which provailod qurig tae whole aay served to keep Up, if Bet to segment, the heigut of the waves. But the cable bed gene through oo much curmg tae aight tha: our confidence in ite coptinuing to hold was much reatored Abnoon obegi vations showed na to be in lat. 62 deg. 26 mip. N., aud low. 23 deg. 16 min W., Baviog made goo 10 from noon of the prey ous day, amd about 350 froin our starting point ia midooran, We had prsaed by the ont sounding of 2,400 tthoms aad over mors than baf of the deep water gorevatly, while the amount of cable still rewatoiog in iho elip Was more tan guill- clant ‘0 carry us to the Irish coast, ever supposing tho continuasce ef the bad woathor ebould oblige ua to pay cut the same amount of aisck cable we had beew bituerio woetiog. Thus far things looked very promising tor our ulthnate encores, Bot former experiance showed ue only too ylain'y that we coal! pover suppose that nome aoch cont might bet arise unl tue cade had been fairly lapsed on the Oprosite shores. Darfrg Yon@ay nigh! art Monday mworning tho weather continued se boisterous as ever, and tt wee only by ihe most indefatigable oxeri'ovs of the eoglocer upon daty that the wheels could Do proyented from sto »ping alto gether as the verve rove ano fell with the soa, aad ones or twice they aid come completely to a staadat!!i In mpite of all thet could bo dond ty keep thom moving, bat for. {uzately they wore again sot in ction before the slora of the ship was thrown up by the succeediug wave. No airein cond be placed upon we cable, of courte, and ‘hough she dyparnoveter oovasionaly regisiered 1,700 1408 &4 De ship lifted, it waa ofteuer below 1,090, aud woe fre ily sowing, the cable ruonlng out as faa an gbiand tho speed of the ebip oould deaw it. With al} (hese forces acing aurewisted!y upon cable never pail thmel? vt ata greater Apeed than vole au houy at he dine the ship wes going ot tho @ six imote kod a hall, Bi ueutly, bowever, wo the speed of the snip even exceeded six icnots aad il, oh oulso quick. The averag the shir up to this time, and, Indesd wae about five ktots and » half, th exooptin, running about 30 pe 4 von on Monday, Avgost 2, observations showed us to be In tnt'tode 82 38 N., longiinde 19 48 W., having made good 127)5 miles sisce noon of the previous 4 | and completed wore than the half way to our phe f deapoadon Durtny fhe aernoon an Americans roe manted achooper, which alterwards proved to be the Chieitais, was seen | standing from the eoatward towarc us. i7>'notioe was | taxen of her at Grat, bat when ste was within about haif a mile of the Agamemnon sbe altered Ler ovurse and bore right down aorces our bows. Acoil'sion, walch might | prowe tntat t2 the cable, now seemed inevitable, or vould | only beayoided By the cqua'ly bavardous expeuiont of alcériog the Agemempon’s course, ihe Valo ous steamed abcod and dre¢ agua for ber to beave to, woich, a4 so did pot appear to take much notice of, was quietly fol- lowed by another fram the bows of the Agamoaunen and a ecccnd aad third from the Valorous, bud stil the ves. sel held op her and as the oaly ro woarce loft the course of ihe Agamem non was altered | © © pws witnin a fo yerde of her, Tt wae mt that our proceed Dio i oolobcons wo or deck and rig- ging Ab leogih they bog age | A who wo were 0 what we were dog, for orow manuel the rig ping, and d e ensign several umes they gave three heart Though the Ajamenuon wh) vblig t ke 0 Congrasalations ip due form, bo yen with which we rogarde " the siapidity oF carsloe-s “ al aod w were ® fource of the them, for } to the long er encenntered, may enully be eiow, Who of ovtrne “ul mot Roe the whip aovroachw«, the sound of the Oret gun came like & taunderboil, for sli oon & as the pgval ou! the breaking of the cablo. Tho donor tables were eaerted in & mounout, sed 4 gonersi rust cade up ag ue tne hatebes 40 the Cock, but Before reach’ ag 1 Deir fears were quickly Daniehed by the report of ik cucceading 4%, which all knew well conid ouly be caused by @ alup iu our Way Or a fan overboud. Dr oughout tho greater portion of Mua tay morning the ical rignaly from the Niegara had been geting gra ally weaker unuil they ceased siwgesber for wearily three quarters of an bour, Our unemsiner:, however, was fect tet tue sioypax? ap And not way defect in consequcatly every reasoe to tuppose that Im ighé arise from ‘nally Ownectoa oa oeara the Bingara. Acrordipgly Professor Thows.a seat a mes eage to the effect that the sigaals wery too weak to be read, and, as if they bad been awaiting euch a sigmal to increase their ba:tery power, the detlovous imine d'aely returned oven stronger tban they bad cver been defore. Towards the evening, however, they again declined (a force for & short ume. With the exdepiion of these iittie pone oo the olectrical condition of the submerged wir seemed to be much improved. [twas evideat that ihe low temperature of the waler at the immenes Jeoth im proved cone.d-rebly the insulating propo: es of the cutie percha, while (he enormour pressure to which 4 unust pave been subjected probably tended t consolidate ie ‘exture ond to fll up apy air bubbles or slight Caalis in mapvladture which may eX ated The weatber daring yiay wight moderated @ little, but stil, there was ® very beavy sea on, whlch eadaa- gered the wire seoond miniite. About three 0’ oo morning ali oo board were startied from their beds by the loud booming of aqun. peor oe, wihhout waiting firing gun after gun in quick succession towards a large Amer cafl bark. which, quite theoaacious of our [roceed log, was etanding right across our stern, Such loud wai reported remonr ances from 4 large steam frigate wore jonmen every minute, to ailow for ary greater though ondiscovered @cluck the shoal water fret oe ito thet ayes upper from the lower mein ool! ‘upon the deck, th) mont diltenlt and dangerrn: operation was ¥. Zyerwaee between three aud foar o'clock on Wodnes- 7 morn Wednesdsy wee m beautiful calm day: indoad, it wae the firsten Which any one wou'd Dave thonebt of mating A eplioe etpce the day wo started from to renters ony. We therefore corgrata'ated onvsniver 01 baving anved a | week by commere'ag opsrtitons on sho Chaceday pre AY nnn we were im Int 631!, om 8319-2 W 89 vbw at Valentia. ths 7 to pay from whe upper deck ea afely effecret, ans eb viene that they were the hip waa reduoad, ro omy @ abort dis- 1, aud shere would be wo a venings > making it veiore dayiight in the morning. Adoutieeive o'clock, bowever, the Birelhes Light aon seen Ip toe diatance, is Valorous stoamad Op abewd to load us In to the const, firing roelrata an intar- vals to direek us, *Dich ware Acxwared by vs from the Agamemoon, though, acrording so Mr. Moriarty, tae mag ter’e, wioh, the sbip, dregardiog the Valoroay, «apt ner own ennree, whic? proved to De tne Fiznt one tn the end. Ry deyhiohson tha morning ef Thursday the nald and rocky @ounsains #bioh entirety serronad the wila sod pictiresqus neighbornood of Valertia roeo rignt before ns aia few miler’ dietarce, Never, proved y, wae the signs of land more welcome, ar it brcuRn to @ suceeFAful wr mination Ope of the greatest, Dat, a the #ame time, moa eiffienlt ecbamen which was ever undertaxen Had it Deen the calest and mort melapen ly awamp oo the fare of the earth that lay bofore o poonld bave focod itm pleasent prospect; bot, aa the sun rose from the estuary of Mugle Bay, Urging with ® deep sft purple tho lofty muomls of the steep mountains whica surronnd ity shores, and ilin iting the mayen of morning vaoor which buog spon them, it wan & Pose which might vie in beeuty with soything that eoaid be produced by the moet tlorid imagination of an artist. No one on shore wee apparentty conscious of oor an. progcd, 20 the Valorous steame? along to the mocth uf the harbor and fire? a gan. oth ships made atreight for yas Bay, nod about atx o’clock camo to anchor at the of Begiwiah Iniand, opporitato Vwentia Ap foul a4 tpbabirants becs: ware of our e proath there was a yeneral desertion of the pace, and bondreds of bosts crowded ronnd un, their passengers in the grertost wine of excitement to heer ali about our voyage The Knight of Kerry was abscot tn Dicg'e, but a merscagor waa im- mediately derpatched for him, aod he soon arrived in hor Mejesty’s gunboat Shamreci. Boon attor oar arrtval signal was received from th» Niagara that they wore pre paring to Innd, having pwd out 1,030 nan. ical mtlee of cable, while the Agamemnor bad accompliuhed her portion Of die distance with on expenditure of 1,020 miler, making she total length of the wire submerget 2000 geo graphical miles. Immedzately efter the ships cnet snobur, the padtiebox boate of the Valorom were got ready, ané two miles o” cable coiled away ia thom, for the pur- poee of landing the end; Dut! was law in the afternoon before ihe procearion of boeta left the abip, under a silnte of three rounos of smali arme from tue detachment of marines on hoard the Agamemuon, under the command of Lieutenant Morris, ‘The orogrees of the end tothe shore was very alow, in ommsequence of the very st? wind which Dlew a: the time, but at about three o’elock theend was safely Drought tbore at Koigutstown, Vaienila, by Mr. Bright aud Mr. Cepring, ibe ebief rad sesond engineers, to whore oxer- tion the success of the undertaking is attributable, wd the Knight ot Kerry. The end was immociately la'd in the euch which had bees dug to receive is, with a royal salute, making the velghhoring rooxs ant moantaine re verberate, announted that the communication beiweon the Uld and the N @ orld bed veeu completes. ‘The end was immediately taken into tne electri room by Mr Whitebouss, avd atwwoched to a guvanoneter, aud we was recoived through the octire lergth. Too mush praise cannot be bestowed upon boub the of. ficers and mer of the Agamemnon for the hearty way in which taey bave agsisteo in the ariveus ond difticalt ser view th ave heen engeped th; and toe atmiravic man per in which the ship wae navigated by er. Morisrty sod Mr. Libby, the first and cecond masters, reduced the dim culties of the company’s » Is witl iu ali probs Dility be nearly a forimight before the instruments are connested at the two termaci for ihe traaem‘ssiog of re- gular signals. ft is unneceswary bera w expiate upon the Tagnituce of the urdertakivg which bas been just com- pisted, or upom the greas politcal and social resuite whiclr are Mkely © accrue from it; bub there can De but ous fool'ng of cniverem! admiration for the courage and perse- verance whisa have veon displayed by Me. Bright, and those who seted ender his orders, ia encouswering the manifold difficulties which arose on their path at every atep. NAPOLEON [li, ANNOUNCERS THE SUCCESS OF THE CABLE. The Biman of Wodnesday morning informed its read- ere ofthe very unportant and bigh'y ialoresting ‘aos that a Queen's messenzer from London anounced the suocess- ful leying of the Atlantic telegraph eadle to Victoria, just as her Majesty set down to dinner with the Kmpuror of France, om board the flag ship Breiagze, la the harbor of Cherbourg. Our (es by the Ariel ovalirm the a*wa, ‘The Cherbourg correspondent of the Independance Belge, writing to that paper under date of 8th August, says — You are already sware tbat tbe electric cable bas been laid Detwoen the Old aat Now Worlds, and the Eaperor himself, it 8 gaid, apnounced that the text of the tow ho gave on board We Bretagne (in hoaor of the Rosa! famuy of England) was kaowa ia New York four hours afer it Was pronounced, Another lotier to the same journa states that tho /renob seilors of the ©, WhO aro litte cooversant with Briveh monarchial , cheered for the Pmperor and the Express of England. THE ATLANTIC CABLE NBUTRALY DANGERS OF CHERBOURG. [From the London Times, August 11 J ‘The wher day, when our French neightors were pour. ing forth volley after volley from tho torta of Cherbourg, a quiet steamer stole into the harbor, uvnoticed amidat tre Ss THE thunder of the artillery. She oronght the tidings of an achvencment British hands, in | with which Cherbourg and ict / wrtifications sank almost into | True, those Datveries were pregnant with insignificance ite ‘against these talanda. tho threats of continental Ferape Cherbourg, as completed, was the visible realization of Napoleon eyerte’a dream. Flad be much « port oa the channel aod such mbipe of war as mightnew bo ecliected Yobind tte breaks Aver, the domonstratl in the begtnnti the contury mi different proportions. if there are increased fn! er ere of revitte Bogieod bey weatt mn, eed ‘eof many ® storia. | Th’ was, however, not a Mite singular th tbe very moment when e*!vors from the great Therbourg were aacsevetoe to tho world that fr at pgyel and ¥ toe? @@ the Chanzei wae just effected, toteltigerse ehoold be received that Coglitd and the New World had boon at last connected by the electric chain. A new page of policy has ben acd. Britteh riateemen will von be mate to feel iaas dey have mach to learn and much to forget. The two groai gations of the earth wich upno'd tho ;rivcip'es of po'ttical and personal freedom as Ure condition of existence, beve been at loreth united by « bead from which they could pot extricate theasalver if ibey would. ‘the jer golvanic curreat which flashed with the epeed of Nightaing beoeath the waters of the Atlantis, and \nformec tbe sigoatman at Va'esta thet bis ootieague war syenking with kim from the otger side of ihe groat an, was more tham an answer to (le roaring of Ore Uher- din. now what should Fogland do for those been carried out? OF in the Tolagraph Com we say nothing. They and, baving carried their enter hourg game, had they filled the air witha tenfi Aaa whem this great service has the charehoisers periormanee. diligence, the provessicn y> courage which the officers tnd crow ieplayed in thetr Srat unsuccessfi! attempt. aa we bolieve, very few instancen indeed, oven rove: bronicles of po ft j 5 ze s28 alia: EEGs akee’ A i i i | : z z Be SEases | i i i ie g F ' 4 i Hi Hi s 8 3 i ; i i z i ; ‘ a é z 2 i tp ' Be 2, E a . 3 i | i i a3 ag bode iapased boon stretehed onbrogen from Lreland to foorwiiand Along the bottom of the ovsen, Bleotrluity PRICE TWO CENIS. ited toroogh this leng chaia, and with more Tr now thot it i at toe boom of the sea than when Whatever may tric cable, it bas beem depor veyed signals. Though % break ean be) depomted = inte been cone can ve aoe baby which wae cradled yor! ) siammors ag yet rather srticulately. There ix lataptine helplesaess ta “Repeat, please,” anda plaintive tone ite “Please send slo ver for prevent.” Bat if and hearing 9 ios are imperfect, the inventive gevity whicd bus accomplishes so nen can nore In @ few years the glone witt be girded er of electric com manieatiog medium ws with @ belt, ‘bat the great work be carried out to eth weg v4 wethout the loss af one moment that can be |, ts he especial interest of @reat Britain. Toe Eagiten Orown has Com iplons tn every region of eels, egue 1s possessions exceeds at Of Over: Jiate. Rot they are somttered [mph re. The eonenen and isolation of the o Dy et : raph ean pisee the fre, girs empire potted 2 whole, News rensur simost instentaneons communication between 0'pk rd &S Ba)laras and the Lires'ors of toe Bank of land in thely parior, It ean enable the merehante of Lon- con, ne h yoeynpy aps Maachester to learn a! Mamet weat st cis their corres ondents at ‘ealand or Vancouver's Ieland nave yg 3 t weal or woo of friends at tho antipades made known to each other. There need nencefortn comparatively little uncertainty m the mereantie opera- tions of Engiichmen im any part of the globe; Witiar demestic ioterconree need not bs rupted by distance. Hydpey, Nelson and Well me Sate © cur © wae or She! The Mitch people scrambling over the whole globe may be kept im constaat remem prance of their unity ~of the eolidartty of their imtereste i is thus, and orty thus, that the spirit ofnationaity, which ia the onty ‘the rose gy be asin }. power of owr Costs will be inosncstvaity multiplied by the facility of annwncing to esea ahip, a aay moment, the when and the where #0 is wanted. Jt bas beeu traly said that the only Geoera! worthy of the pame is he wh) makce evory victory a stepping stone to come furthor triamph Thu is as true of the vietories of peace ag of there of war Too submersion of the Atlanta Telegraph Cable hoked to with reference to the — ign triampb of skill, ¢y orptige and perseverance t be proud of. Locked to w ib reierence to thefuture, it is ta reality no- thivg dove bot mereiy an indication of what tno electric telegraph compasy, the submersion of any convenient Jength of casks nrod net be @ very costly cpyeration. The Interests of our io¢uetrial population de- Toand an immediate extension of i¢ Commanication . The of the holy domestic affections wea us to undertake: such an enterprise. The necessities of the State urgently press it upon us. We bave faith in our conntrymen, and oo eres pean aes ony a few years will a over our beads be! the great wo! accomp’ . INEER BRIGHT IN DUBLIN. (From the Freeman’s Journal, august 10 | The cugineer of the Atlaave Tele, the platform at the Kingebrioge terminus, Demdes a pu- merous pee of ladies and geutiowen, Sir ddwerd Hopnel, Chairman of tho Grea} Southern and Kailway Company, and the fvilowitg direciors:—Lord Cioweurry, Mess. Bull, s O'Cooner.’ Mr. G. B. iver, the of ‘was algo present Mr. Brigot lmving received tha con- Riaiuleious of all present un fe gisiens sapien <t e efforts in laying the cable, left for Kingstown, whence he peocere, Holghead by the maii buat at half peas seven P. PROPOSED axTaRee OF OCEAN THLE- GRAP! (From the Londen News Ang. 11.) From Falmouth to Gibraltar the distance i f to Sng! 381 miles; from Sin; To w Hong Kong, 1,437 sales; from singapore to Baavie, 820 aries; from? ooh len, id From King isorge's sasatbceee Jegraxbio o7™mentm)- im Newfoundiand, to about 1,000 mes; from ; from Jametoa to An- marars rit Prinidad, ‘Thomas, 227 miles; from ,000 miles; sad frour rettion*nts, depen- = Mediterranean, Arabia, India, Oly Indies a0 Con- tral America, cola aod by shorter sub- th: en: ovamects Ireban 9 teout their tonehing any Sios would be about onat. for sack, the more than 24,000 Engiand in aimos Wortantancoon communication with upwards of ee Colonie, settlements and dependendies, sitaated 20, molles apart, in the osatern and wertern Nepheren. The mere shipping despatches to and tear rom places and Kogiand, wou'd be of inosloulsble importance | fo merchants, ship owners and sealariog people, and tee political telecrapha would be of in‘dnite value to the imoe- Tia! ard colonial governments. From the atovs named cotlonion, rettlonents and ¢epentercies come Lhe mont prccions and tho mest usofal articles of merchanawe, and wo them are rentthe staple mancfervaros of Great Brita.o Mi'Vous of money would be saved to the pooaistion of Fr pland every pear in articnes of Copanvaption by Kog'ien ani coler'al merchante knowing the etn's of the Row > aed crienini markets by telegraph. The fraieh sqnat py EI aifferent parts of the worl | need not be one-tenth ca janted io any part of the ‘ew Indie roch « abip wevld reach the before Aanip oan at the prevent time be fetched from the #quad- Tou station st Bermuaa and sent from thence to the re quired spot. THE ELECTRIC EGRAPH IN AUSTRALIA- f SUBMATUNE COMMUNICA- TION WITH ENGLAND. sie From the aydeey deraid, Jane Te! Ie coumpanioanien to net ali ben sabated be- tween New Sonu Wales and Vietoria, only afew miles ot wire Lavirg (0 be erected between Aibary, on the Mur- Rindseered tate asoees See tween ire jerfecvions ag ; F| } 3 i i i i must of courte have their representa:ives convened tm de- jberative bodies, under the mame and style of State Con. veotions. Below will be found the eall for 5 State Sab, Dath Convention. The object of (he designers seome to be 0 dey ise moans to promote the better observance of tha ', g 5 Caaxpenstes Frost Birran.—The frost yeeter. Cay moruing Woo vey destructive to the cranberry iD this wiewity, Mr. Fieher, of Dednam, out ove wonares barvele valued at § Acanip'e preted hy Simy thowe eleven out of +0, C2 AN AV ORNRO < Bowk n Trave