eight in the morning
None could say . The truth is that every attempt must have failed ! Immersed nearly four miles under the ocean , this metal prison defied every effort of its prisoners . On the 23rd inst. , at eight in the morning , after a rapid passage , the Susquehanna was due at the fatal spot . They must wait till twelve to take the reckoning exactly . The buoy to which the sounding line had been lashed had not yet been recognized . At twelve , Captain Blomsberry , assisted by his officers who superintended the observations , took the reckoning in the presence of the delegates of the Gun Club .