Show laying the submarine cable the N Y tribune of september gil has lias a loni ioni 1 let mr from tile the graphic pen of bayard buyard tay lor lot written on oil board thi steamer adger auger which w was wag as detailed tailed for lay las ll ii 11 ng ig down dowa tha wire between the of neffo newfoundland adland and cape gape ripe breton the tile following is an extract the tiie method of paying oat out the cable cible c ible on board thel theli ark lark deserves to be noticed two large cast iron ft heels wheels about eight feet in fit diameter resting oil on iron fram frum sy e were erected on oil deck deek beside the tile mizzenmast mizzen mast on oil tile the starboard the tiie vessel to thesa wheels were attached powerful br brakes kes ily by which the ther of tiie tio tie tle wheels a i molion caused entirely by that of or the vessel and the unrolling ol 01 the filed fixed cable cuble could ba be instantly arrested the cabla tir til til ii acted as nn anchor andhor and its great strength was mard mare than once tested during our voyage A semi cylinder of iron with broad hinges fling at eacil each end was filled over the starboard bua bue nde of llie ilia poop tile tila rai ral railing raili ilig slig 1119 11 ig 19 of which had been cutaway tills this was to give some soma play to the tile cabie cable add and allow alow il it to ta ba paid out smoothly without viti Niti out danger of raining straining sl ther the place whre wh re it issued frair arthe hold hoid was near zear the tile foremost forean fore mist two smail small iron rollers first received it to strengthen its coils before b fore foro it passed upon the u heels it in cise case casa of or accident therefore there forey there was margin enough to allow tile the brake to be applied to the wheel wheels j and alid the tiie of or the tiie ship arrested arre sed before the rupla red part woud would have lima to pass over tiem sixteen men were dita lied for watching the uncoiling eight at a ti time me baing stationed in fit the tile hold around the tiie outside of or the coils which they threw up as C able ua wound and kept clear of all en un glement this was a diug ding d angrous rous and uit aft business ns as the cable could not be daid dald out at a slower rate than a mile an hour mr canning I 1 narrowly escaped behig being caught ill in it on oil katurd ly ity and we were coas tautly apprehensive of awne amne laze jaze accident tile ident cable cabie was wound hi lb four coila coils the after loie lole 0 ne containing selen miles the next twenty mites miles lie tile principal coil under the maln main hatch r 1 f lorty forty ty mils milb ils its and a small culi evil in it ilie the bow a beven seven e v e it niles hiles As thy were ouli only sixty tana tuna of at ball bal ballast 1 as t the tiie bark I 1 git ened aft and sank at the head in proportion as the cable was unwound u a circumstance which rendered her situation already imperiled by her slippery bh apery and shifting freight etoir more critical crit izal in fit case of rough wreathm hr attached to tile the iron wheels was an index which pointed out the number of mies paid out all these arrangements ara ata ota ora r range a ments were very simple and effective and anil t there would seem to he no difficulty iu in laying la ing a viable ae of any length except iu in stormy weather the ie evening was glorious tile the full moon rose like ilke i ke a sphere of gold on a ground of glowing orange lustre and threw a broad silver wake r across the sea there was little wind less swell and the tile cable reeled ot off so io smoothly and sr successfully cess fully thit tint we begin began beg in to hope there wood be no more diff to surmount extra watches of two baars hoars each were established and the pas rengers mengers were cached arpon u poil poll to do duty in booking out for signals a call to which they all cheerfully responded resi rest laded by midnight twenty six sit nives of cable had been paid laid out and we were about eighteen annles from land and shortly afterward the cable kinked kicked and tile tiie he strain upu it broke the copper wires the brake brahe was immediately put oil on the steamer stop ped ted led and the workmen commenced splicing when I 1 aroe arose at sunrise this morning we were still ling ing me iuie drieling dri fling with the current st paul pauls 8 was full in sight right with the blue headland of capt capa zil wil north orth beyond it nearly forty miles distant we e finally go got t crader trader way at t half past eight having lost eight hours cf of weather which for our purpose was truly priceless celes I 1 As the day advanced adian ced the rhe th wind gradually grad grud nairy nalTy shifted to the south wety wept and finally to the tha southeast and the sky became ove overcast icat at noon the index showed that we had bad plated played out 37 miler miles or ex icily h lulf lif the cable cabie our dar estimated distance from gape north was then 33 miles the ef looked threaten mg and it was necessary that we should sho uld proceed to cape north on the most direct line as a few more stoppages and deviation from 1 rom the track would make the cable too short dut but tile the hinder hinde rances auces seemed to increase la fa the sime simo pro porton on as our anxiety by the middle of the afternoon the tile wind blew so violently that it was vas impossible to keep the tha steamer to her course without going at a faster rate than fian the tile safat safet safety y ola ora of tha cald caid allowed slie she fell kofl so rap rapidly dy t eliat it C captain etain turner pronounced it impossible to weather st pauls which a light right line from cape ray to cape north leaves kutes a little to the starboard star board to add to our embarrassment two of the tile copper W ires vires parted and we again came to a halt drift drifting hl away before the ilia combined wind alid and current at this moment a steamer was seen in it the distance di coming down from the direction of newfoundland found land she slie proved to be as we cola conjectured tc the british war steamer argus angus which had been ordered by the tiie admiralty to be oil on hand at the time of i the tho cable aad and a id render us any assistance in her power the sky was now barkand dark and threatening the tha night was coining on orr and the situation of or the birkbeck bark became more forty and a half maes of cable cabla had li id been out leaving thirty four miles en an beard bourd bearda a w eight of about tuns buus which was all forward 0 of f her tier waist and caused her to plunge plange at a frightful rate she was still held by the ale cable at her and as the heavy seas rolled roved under her fier reared uli ull til it seena d that she would leap bolt out of the water it was at ance truce seen been even ff the cable hela beld in n such a strait it would be necessary I 1 i cut it lo 10 save the vessel captain turner therefore gurn tutt moiel C cicitt lu to the bw and requested him to tar send up it a if he was driven to this alternative he ife aso atso also ud lyn ihn ahomed hold on ou to the bark dark as long iong lon an ai pos possible sibl tills e quieted those thore oil on board wiio wilo had lied evi evl evidently evid enIy denly enly licen biren in it some alixi anxiety ety aty but bat tail ten ini autes had not elapsed before one of tiem tl em ran tali to the tilo ba bov v and made three astir is in ili succession for the u wini wind lid ild rid was too arong for llis liis hail to bj ba heard leard these es were interpreted to in an all that thit all the tile akres we were e broken a conjecture which i the Vic Victo torii torti rh having tidying come up wih us in tile the meantime rii ril r iii lii along fide FIda and cin confirmed firmed tile wie argus arous was 1191 more than two miles d stant slant but in ill S sach such cli cil a wind and sea sie sio she would not have been abd abe abl aby tad ta taj a d us about 63 6 1 as we were werd werdon on oil the huri cane deck deck watching dt ching the bark which was etch ing at such a rate that flat it if was not pos possible to work on oil tiie the cable she sile suddenly mide nude a bound forward as if to aspria uon us there was wis a loud load cry arv from her deck tiie tile cable is tan the fie knell of all our hopes and anxieties for a week past tile mhd en engine gine I 1 was imm immediately put in motion mation we headed to the tiie wind and soon had the tile bark in it tow low again if irr hr r topmasts top fop masts masti had llad ba be n hous d before f abing cape I 1 ray ay and after she was r lieven froni from the tile strain of the tile cabe and hu hii li r chains hauled aft she roie rode the tha rough seas in fit b t tet tei arfin the hawser was well welt s rv d with ith c n vas at trio tile hawse holes and ivry evry evary pre cauti n taken to aid her in case the tile gale gile should the argus came up with us about dusk ad aud signaled to know whether we wanted as but as there was no fet set pet of or signals oll on cloird we no were unable to answer her aft aftin r some som concu atlon alion we headed for sydney a cape breton anc are now going oil on our way at thi tha rate of four rr tr give five miles an h haur ur no the argus is stilt still near us in fit tile tiie hop hopa of or being us useful eru ero the present failure of this important ent r priss prisa is lse 1 p artly owing to gotlie tiie tile gae and partly to the tile difficulty of paying out a c ciuro caul iuro ibro from a vess I 1 i ii tow town 71 tile e difed i terra n nail nall ail all and black sea cani caul s were joth idd laid directly from stam htam rs and 61 tin former as mr hir cannisi Cann lii iii informed in tn during a cale gale as ii davv as epa iva we ii it ive exp eap rei rel cd c d beai deia s the tiie J tines adger lii III neither adapted for tow ilig nor is she bhe at ht present in ill proper trim for borsuch such buch a service tin this 3 faure feure r olli will if but tha foual ss of tin undertaking although it is sad to reflect that as sa much energy industry and perseverance have now been expended lai ini vain the tiie will doub doubtless dou bess iless be fully madi mads before another aal year |