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THK LAYIM* OF TIJK CABLE.
Chantre of Ue CoMe from tU different rods—fr
etting scenes—arrival at Trimly Boy.
A correspondent of tb© New \ oik
* on Ooard the Niagara, give*
of the voyage We pwk out from “ BOioe “
■ ot: ictcretncg portions
The Cafct* Gaard-Ch* toU ’
Turns Dat, MyW-It h 6 !*■> to
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-ditu and mibt be conaide ©a as at an eca, for it
w dd be next to impossible taremedy ti e damage
x ," a lljan among them who doee not know tbit,
a g trtio doe’ not resize toe full importance of the
a * riih wlicb he is entrusted. The reader must
h u,l time be aware that tu payiug out the cable
cautiin Las to bs observed to prevent
it r m kiffitlog, and as iheve i* a much greater ten
and ■ry to kink near the cone, which it in the cen
tre ot the circle, than as yon approach the circatn
fric-jee, tbeeh p is always slowed down affi-U’- five
D mates be lore tbe-lost orouteru.-• l turn ii taken
u.’ As soon, bjwever, as this cn ical part e; the
rk Is safety performed, word is paten to t.t en
aiier to “k ahead,” and immediately after *t
fc age p opthtr Ik again revoi ring w.lh its sot mer ve-
Crfa'rary to the predictions of some, tue cuarge
from the tor ward mam <-<k coil to that on tbede k
Immediately below look place at bai. pas. fij - lb*
afternoon. I wa thought that w.
if a i paid ooi before midnight, but the sperm had
.ocr-aed curing the last tweo.j
fotir hours, and the rapidity’ wlih which hike alter
fir lie otssed out sithfied those on a <a tl-a. Ue
“oil wSffid be exLs .->■! !-> g belore the time an
ir nr ed A ! least an hoar tielore the change wee
• “ t u t . r boundaries of the circle ic which
f” li | ~ya*.i'*r. y cn wded w.th , en. and
tertr was (Treator interest mamteetid in proceed-
I O- belore Item. There were eein.ue coubta and
i iviifcitiij otbe tuccewful periornDaLC© oi bi-
Jim oium partot the Week, and tl.e e only served
1.1 increase the leri.i g of anxit y ana suspense wi u
• ) icn toe 1 - si.tnlj eud breath lee -iy await U.e criti
cal n.oii.eur. lor last ti ke baa been reached, and
urn slier turn leaven the .trcle every eye is in
ter l y fix- don the Cable. Now there are bu thirty
turn/ remaining, and at the flint ot these is un
wound Mr Everett, who has been in tie ctrc e cu
ring toe lac, bait hour, gives the order to tne engi
neer on au yto ‘ h.w down.’ In a lew momenta
there ia a petoeptible diammunn in tb* speed,
w hich continues aikuniehing utilti It has reached the
rate ul about two miles an hour
‘•Look üßt Low, men, says Mr. Everett, in bis
usual quiet, aelt-pouwased way. The men areas
thoroughly wide awi.ke as they can be and ait
waiting eagerly f r the moment when they shah
lilt me night ot the cable, and deliver it out sately.
One of the planks in the side of the oone baa h tn
loosened, and lust as Urey aro about taking the ca
ble in lot IT hands, It is removed altogether ; so that
ih vaf.j pmeerv out i f ibe now en-piy tilde,
toe line commence paying nut from the circle be
i... jrtLe**orl p de k coil, as it ik called. Ibe
nth will) ere no others than the cutlers, or'Knights
t f lb* Black Uano,” as tnev have not inapprepn
e v been termed, have dene tbetr work well, and
tue applause wtih whicb they have been greeted
by the cioi.il ot admiring spec atnra is the rrioa.
cm . ring testimony they can mceive of the fact.
h hey nave baldly passed the cable out ot the Circle
Lore the, are received with as enthusiastic de
■~r ftmtiou ot uppioval w tbft rules ol the imvj
will pel mil. botii u Cl&ppirjr of fcaodi ww never
hecidat the Academy ot Music, and if th.y hai
inly been inrtu ged a li tie, they would have raised
■uch a cheer as would have reused r.ld Neptune
li„m llie prefouudest dep bs of Ins marine domin
k'Tn a few minutes the excitement attendant on
tin irnpor Hilt cperation is over, but as we ap
i, rr h cur oestinaliou, and our chances ot success
L.ar'aasos with eve y hour, the teelmg ot eutpenae
SS becomes absolutely painful. Tbu. t.
cur tni- d day, and since the two ships started from
■ld o •sell we have paid out a great, r length ot
eobm tnn was ever laid belore. V\ e hautly dare
ksk onrUlve’ if we ibah lay the line the w hole on
tanre-i. seetnk to much to hope tor-and we
orea-i to think ul the lu ute. We count the day not
bv Lours nut by ndnuiei, and retne at n'g it not to
|L. U nu’t to .Link tbrough he tedious aud weary
liiomeiii ot the ail-absorhu g suhjtct, The Sound . f
she machinery has beccuio as tauiiiiar to us as
ttatof our own voices, anil wneii it 18 ornwneo
In anv other noise we listen with eagerness to hear
)t again.
i areutenrd Hiorm—How ihe Cable Ituaa.
turn Day—Tuero was every heavy swell,
ike that let after ague, during the whole pf this
lav pud our ship lolled as she never robed be;ore.
no,, as v had baldly corundered h-r cip.ib.e ot do
T o cat Is. however,exhibited no. .goo part
g ail ran out at an angle With the w ater fiat
i Liu'wtid it WAS 1.6’ affected by a stro u great r thau
tin? ikihtft-u buudrud j-Oiinil wb oh bnd be<n put
.men limb chid. AS icr the .nachmery itself,
lolling Could tie more per:e t than tlm way n
Iv“ rked-uo jarring, no irr. gUiar.ty ot motion, but
rvervtbiiig roan, about it was as steady and as
d\ ftryiDniK , vu ( .i { s.w vvo k. It has been
V * rlet is .“together, a, I is just h* re.,able
,“ w . K whfn a in motion utter the splice
was lowueJ m uud- ce“ u - rhß U “’ wlia ' a
.and out 1,1 Ihe Cable as i- passes over the gmovtd
v he-Is collect* In large <{Unt nies; but the scrap
,.-s Which tl Wise loieelgbtot An Everett jirovid
, .l ‘movant it In m aconw.ulauirg m the wnm.-i and
,’ p , O their acuon Ihe brakes l.avo never ohoe
• logg ‘.gjl r vtr a i„ w ,be strain upon the cable to
.*d the pressure ot then., g .s ‘hey are p;o
- thcyci.fi by
~ tbe ‘A'",*^
are etill further iucrrased.i: is tiupos
"i.T* | W .n , ‘lent that si ram in any other way
or not, no f .t.it cm be
Whether wc ate “O. Tbe ship may roll aLli
, ‘" n Tl .r*“ww-.atlat bad enough
worse than c , m by Utr mou u,
£!iiEe f r,pr>. - f
nweti as u j, mat v.Licn ocie-
V ‘i y al gl ot -of water are consumed .daily by
.. *r v * ,* ot II a bleaks, and thrown clt m cloud.
thatiKUch. wßß(len<u M which is blown
•if strain, >c Lar >o quanlilies oi tar are
by’a lo; BCaa iea It oners aud leaves the
pres*, and cut c mi , w1 ,, 0h aru k-fL near the
."sebine Qfotuflaooupl
uiacliine at. . lall aio collected .act. day
it is all pervading, amt
“ndthmwu , about it wfthui adtslanoeof
b, smears evety. Bo( , he ca ,.; e is uiaiked by
bia‘k v. and smMI look
‘> U"ke ot nare whtrieur ir ar , H (|lt , Bb ‘, p
l’ V fa heavy mower ol it bad 1 llm, and tu
- u w Rrt'uuiUl*kU*d v auu
’ “, TtoZZXu h‘ t,m.t of the dyua
ioi ineo into In lb l tnouiids. green color, and
t ci has changed open.-ivee
Vun ik'at ands ound the machine ere coveted
o , ecu uciol the* sme color, let wit hail
X* sudUmge s it WticUl be a difficult matter to
* i.ini/ without ike tar, lor it wj", P*v r . ,
“eatestpir server that could be found for the cal Is.
Change of Cwll-Stkaulsfrem iba Agonic..men.
T„s nr at W-1 kOt this morning was the change
s ‘ tie fore held c. Uto that in the wardroom,
areal least two hundred leet apart. Tiis
I (it eight o’clock in the morning, and as
U c ,0 o P ‘ a sknown to a 1 on board, there was oven
,h f lUU r,'>"wiiHrseuibl,id lo witnessrt tba J cb
” m hi kof the other chaugrs. It was csts'.d
. rnnrt o'frical time, aud although the cpsra
ered ainoet c H iuiy la, i’ was antioipa
t.„„ turned out •!m jiiM 7, erale uneaslneß< f te
ted by • <p ,j a halt been made some
(•plies j K .e. e stationed all along
ud vr* ui walk forward with the bight
SDfOU U V appO.Dtea tow. . . dyL. . VJ4
|he a tsr or wardroom coil. As tee last Hake was
at*t to be payed out the ship was stg.d down,
ad bv i e 1 tn"e the last three or sou-turns to
, Py „i, ut she cot! I hardly be .aid to be moving
I ‘^ U * l \! h c W o up more slowly from tb. hold, nc
tti Iliy wet., nearing the bight, where itjWmd not
ktvewr n going out -aster than hail a mile an hour
Oks mor* turn, and the btght come* up. There ts
a oundto be heard trom ti e crowd who are
.cl*n!r it with caver aid anxious lade, from
e point of VU V. No one a eaks or has v .Dtr
, ;, P k for the U*t uiiuute, except the engineers,
;;Vu! v have very a I vie to say, f,r lh.tr orders ate
fd i the m.*t laaooic style, aud the qrtok
-T, ‘L b rot the mew Mm*.- that they understand
tbi fulTtnlue ottiure. “M •*. men,” >• Mr.
i'vei.tr ‘k-i k, ut forthebighl. >utloe.ntle
bold betid it up 1° t'"* n,< “ n ou theorbo , r.tk, and it
. . „ i r „iu t surd to band Ull t: ruai hes ut
?erm mid lo g which h- been bum up^
th * Hpaidftcs. ioreba •"rt ol tb© work. Utreine
J.V ATilvesat last, and Fain. tok*.
vsvic. i'Ut • he i.Hotrsti e hue . i u.e caole to tto
wvdtwmroil. llow anxiously the u#v watch
h,n a tie w.ilks that terrible and .fauoeot ,\vo „nu
‘4 and..’ it k tba. if he she id hkpp.n to trip
“w.tumble Wtw- he holds that tuget B. h bnu.
the gttai enterprise sray fi'd 111 d "* t '* r - •; ‘’ ‘
od ffii ul ,ash, but how Olteu hkVe thing* the. me
“,.e“ily per Aimed, been*, mated by want of coot
"'There ts, however. .<<* at. easy se) p wv.ri ; n
nbout the man as he acmes slowly aw-the-oug
black bne that iuepl.r * ‘* c *■ * ‘ ’
have deserted the decks below, end to.mw bin _ae
he waks an. aLd one, la’kw >mpk.ianc . g
glimpse of Mm, baa nearly .a.l*n ttri dvj. he ky
ocht of the. ugtmiv.m. mwh.il be had smashed
eevtral piu,tr ol glass in the tfi.o .ossys him. i ,
Pick up P ih. pieefs,” a\s Patisr, o. ,met
hum, r, as he prreesds on Ins ca ur.-e. a . “■ •
•eiroptiou, and coming up tothaWueel, wu.oL is
above the wardiooin. ue “rrughtecs
•T* bight, a. and the cable fc.girs lo .un, ut trmn the
■,* ot the coil on the decs bsneatb. Utsworkts
maniocs of V. s.i “ , fc paiue “ are is.:
1 hug'icr, its ah njiht i 6* and •> < ® ft mi L ,
ribad couipnimU Rite* ojnal>y
tatter premature n “ teuk'o belore wears
triumphant expression cf tesk.y
even in sight ° land. w
.r Loud He Kalraaoe to Tr.nt.y .V,-
At.vano’clock land waa reported ron tn,
mainmast. but the repeat U ‘iu'”
chip like a clarion not* c> trtumqih. W. J*• ■
etter x uav. of aucb anxtstv auu sii-p-i-Bc -
£7*\er p-aec th.,.ngh-rtx dap * o. wry
wa ot t* vrUh ‘ L J
thStbrragbtnorepcee. Land at Usi-yea, there
Vid boid’> ia i iJW >* * 8
past two o’clock, and we a e enter
lag Tiiuitv 11 a. at arpeedof seven at and a ra t bn> ts
, n h. ur, paying ont the cable at a very eh.;ht m
< r*-A J © v n it© ratt The C'iU've wbi.'h is f rav
• and ta’Wc en the sh-p aud the water prove* that there
js ititle ert o stra u upon it, aud prove* also another
, airK uj, • itcau be run out at exjhi. nine, and I be
,ver s i have pr> vtoosly elated, cat n-1 t<-oon
vi bold cab e tba’ baa been coned sootteuaatohave
a ter derct t kbsk. and there is. a* baa been a’
ready „t mated, fogpe of tbg* kvd wh.d, *.■ wi
■ P ob lgsd to pay out en.te la: eng A e-gMI.
*.grif.i,g “ahw-i . ha. I- en received free, tu
n Oct now b© ch tbe point of
t t 1 Cj mile* ti-ccd our preseui j>ostt on.
A * u’ariU’e* after five Reamer reported
.a ““ Knd mou alios “be as mads j'jt to
U,T. l 80 kur , emnmauiH
P M;
t on with Mr. Field aud
be aud. given up a., tmpf MwU on jjul.V Is
Jmt had-.evert bent* , , t . bay and a
rod- which c Tremmui® be tmri ot
J'"’ despat’ h Cos
I*t i , ‘ c. . i. tber© of Mr
{ >"■ y - 0 , n up lube tei.graph
>• and b ' u ’ ‘ls i. fl teen m- - frf where car wi.p
.tat.n.wb.wbs S hw V■rk, wbiob w-u,
the •> lu-night at least an hour earlier
£*n they are aenh Amarx?ao (Ug some boars
l.'e Uvrg” ho - ed. e^-aracarries the English
ego a - ‘ha tot a, and tbe tv fi , sU fr< , m ter
at toe Ul.'. wrote the te.egre . J, rattier slow on
:i*ec. G'ur p’ gre up the n t already allu
•ooonnt of tb, c-onditionofthe can „ ’ to
ded to. ard it W ‘“**" a ’
~. 1., UI D . lac e near tbe station befme to . ■
‘."or mr Veare -y ug out the cable at
” r „ v-,.e aud as , t w dark the Porcuptce goes
Smad lire 1 ■ de the wa Inward* tbe Bay of Bull’s
a T oak mountain-- loom up tbrough the
Sght, ant Vi uge botJSr*. bicu tk. been built up
£, bou-r Os our arrival on W LOighbcnug m l throws
Sttoolmnns of dense blackaffi*e*d great townee
0f game It is a strange soenf, of whrnb cur snip
I * rawthr c-mre, Rnd in wbitb *■ c is the principal
| obi<c. Tue noon bes rot yet risen, bn? it is not so
daTr as t,- prevent your see t>g. tbo g i inriatinctly
t, Cuisd-rabie d..'nce. The alt-r deck coil,
from wbicb tre cable is now going out. is illumina
ted wi’fc Amps, aid about a dozen men are stand
iugaroor and the circle ready to pounce upon any
kinks tiat may make tbeir appearance Tbe w ik
Is continued sued edu'ly to tbe end of bis dev. and
as there are but a few mo-e mi‘<w of cable to be
paid out, it will be .anded to morrow moruing.
Landing of the Cable.
Eighth Dat —At ten minuM* past two this
morn leg, preparation* were made for the iandieg of
tbe cabic, and the Niagara i* brought to an anchor
for the purpose It is s’.iii qxte dark, and we can
only see the oullitta of tie bill* which tower above
us on every side, showing that we are in a complete
ly landlocked haroor We have just received tne
news trom tbe electricians tbit a telegraphic de
spatch or signal has been sent from the Agamem
non, informing them that a thousand and tec miles
of cab e has been paid out from that skip up to -he
last hour. Tbe iuel tgence is pecu uirly giaUiying
at ttits lime, and adds to the enthusiasm which eve
ry od*“ Lula The operator** oave been at work al.
cay aD<i nujbt, and still la p x>r with a e much ztai as
at the coixmMsijceaieDt. Nobody has thought of go
ing to b-d, except a tew who are eo exhausted by
their big Hatching r to iender reef a mat-erof im
ptrative neceseity. ‘lore® of the Niagara’s boats
iiavi been i Awerea, and two of these are to hold or
buoy :he cable at some distance from th© stern of
the vesaei, vr il© the third receives a suffi ient
bx<gux to reach tiie which ia about
bill a ni ic from tbe shore
As th® Niagara teen brought to anchor, tbe
cable ia p<d out over the machine with the aid of
the l.tt.e steam engine, wh!oh s put w.th tbe
paying out sheaves. About & mite and a half is
lowered and Coiled in tbs bo it. and by sunrise every
thieg is ready for the completion of the work
Tnere is such a singular coincidence connected with
this very part oi the * able which is now about to be
laiideo, ihfit it deserves | art cular men* ion here
By ref rence to the accoonr of the expedition of
last year, it will te s*-en that the in}inv of the cable
wnH c-motecced at V’nieiitia Bay. Ir-lar and, on the
6th of August, ano th t over three hundred cn'les oi
ti had been paid out before it parted oo the Hrh of
the rkiiiK uiontn. home tme atter fifty cr sixty
m iea - ere ©covered, and ‘his is a part of the same
c-ib’e which is now about being lanfled.
B f*re the landing of the cable Captain Hudeon
not tied the Captains of the Gorgon and Porcupine,
and about five o'clock tbe boats of tbe Niagara
were ranged in a regu ar line and cocnec ed With a
haw set, t tow that on which the cable w&a coiled
to the lantlirg place The telegraph flag way dis
played fr.*m ‘he mizxeu trucK, while the Log ish
liag was hoisted at the lore, and the American at
m)zz*-n p*-ak.
A similar compliment was paid to tl e American
flag ty tbe Bnth-b vessel*; and soon after our
boats pushed off fr< m the ship we observed others
coming trom the Valorous and Porcupine to par
li’ ipate m the consummation of be great work. —
Ail the officers of the Niagara, with tbe exception
of those on na r ch on the ship, were in the b> a’s,
the crews of which numbered altogether about sixty
men. These, ‘Mth the crews from the boats of the
B ltieh ships, and ell the* fiicers, English and Ame
rican, made a total of about ore hundred men,—
The demonstration vas certainly anything, but a
pageant, lor there were none of those access (fries
Hbich makeup what ie generally understood by tbe
v.'ord ; hut. thrre could be none who were imbued
with a higher appreciation of the character f the
occasion, nor who were better qualified to do it
honor; and it is doubtful whether tbe presence of
thousands would have added anything t> its impor
tance or solemnity. It would he ad fficult matter
f<*r ore w'ho has eten nothing butcivin processions
to form an idea of that whi h attended ihe la.*t act
in the completion of this enterprise. The scene,
the ciicum. ranees, all conspired to render it totally
different lrom any celebration the world has ever
When the boa*s arrived at the landing the officers
and men jumped ashore, and Mr. North, ficst Lieu
tenant of the Niagara, presented C*pt. Hudson
with the end of the c ible. Capt. Otter, of the Por
cupine, and Commander Daymen, ol the Gorgon,
now t* ok ikokl of it, and all the ffi *rs and men fol
lowing their example, a procession was formed
nloi g the 1-ne. As the cable was covered w ith tar,
the Handling of it was rather objection at D, but
thre was no one, who under the circumstances, re
fused to take a part in the landing. There wa n
-ome, it is ti ne, wno would not at first put their bsre
hand-to it, and who sought to protect them wi h
gloves or by covering the c .bl; wi‘h moes This
movement, h wever, waaia‘her unpopular; so the
gloves were taken o;, and ah ho gh part ot the
moss adhered t< the cable, there was little of it used
after* ards. The road or path over which we had
Oti ke the cable was a most primitive affair. Ir.
ied up the side of a hi 1 a coup e of hundred feet
high, and lad been cut out, of the th ; (k forest of
pines and other evergreens. In sorre places the
turf, which is to be ti>und here on the top of the
highest mo mtains. wa* so soft with recent rains
tl a’ you w ould tut k to your ancles in it.
Thii memorable prcoeesico started at a quarter
t<*: ix o’cl m k and arrived at the telegraph station
p.hout twenty minetes after. The ascent of the hill
was th worst part of the journey, but when we got
othe top fbetceue which opened before m would
have repaid us lor a journey of twenty miles over a
rttilt Worse road. There beneath us lay the harbor
Hbut in by at. the entrance from
Trinity Bay, and the"too lay tbe steamers of th*;
two greatest matidme r a ions in the world. Oa
every aide lies an unbroken wilderness, and if we
except the telegraph station at which we will soon
arrive, not a single habitation to tell that naan Las
ever lived here.
Never was &uch a remarkable scene presented
since tbo world began. Even now. at t‘ e very
point of dn realization, it does not seem as if the
work in wbicb wo have been engaged has been .c
----complished. Looking ba<k ou the past, the seven
long days of anxiety and suspense appear but as
one, aud it is almost impossible for the mind to com
prehend the great fuel that the cable is ready laid,
i: w* dd •‘> di 1 ke a dream, were it nglh r tbo via
ble, palpable evidence which we now hold in our
hands, the electric chain which binds thetwo worlds
together. No, it is n t a dream, but a great reali
ty, the announcement of which will startle the in
credulous and unbelieving of ho h continents. Tie
Continuity, without which tbe cab!© would be utter
ly valueless is as perfect now as it ever was. Mr.
D Laws and Mr De Sauty, the two chief electri
cians, who have accompanied us from England,
have 4 *tas?ed” the current, and about a dozen oth
ers at tb“ head of i ha procension have doue t he seine
thing. The writer himeelf ie a witness on this point,
aud will never forget the singular acid taste which
it had. Borne received a pretty strong shock—so
strong that they willingly resigned the chance of
repeating the experiment.
Oil the arrival of the procession the cnble ii l ,
brought up to the house aud the end nlaoed iu con
nee mm with the instrument. The deflection of the
needle on the galvanometer gives incontrovertible
evidence that the electrical condition of tbe cable
is satisfactory. The question now is hew fcbali we
properly celebrate the consummation of the great
*veut ? How but by an acknowledgment to that
Providence without vhose favor the enterprise
must have ended in dwhster ucd defeat. Every
cue feels that this ia ad that is necessary to make
the celebration complete, and to mask the under
taking as th© woik of two great Christian nations, i
Wlu u, therefore, tuey all gathered together before !
tne telegraph station they understood the purpose j
for wh en they Wtre assembled, Cap'aiu Hudson j
took up his position on h pile of boards, the i fli !f*rs i
aud men standing round amid shavings, stumps of j
irees, pieces < f broken furniture, sheets of copper,
telegraph batterie*, little mounds of lime and mor
tar, branchea ot trees,huge boulders, and along
ca’ • U’gue ot other things equal y incongruous.
“We have,” said the captain, “just accomplished
a work which has attracted the a‘t©ut.ioi aud en
listed the interest of the whole word That work,”
he continued, “has been performed, not by our
etlves ; there has been an Almighty Hand over ua
auu aia mg us; and without the Divine assist an e
thus Attended ti? success was, iropossible. W th
this convictlou Crply iiripret sed upou our minds, ic
becomes our duly to acknowledge our indebtedness
to that overruling Providence who holds the sea in
tb*hollow of bis hand. ‘Not unto ue, Oh Lord?
not unto ns, but thy name, be all the glory.’ I hope
tue day will never cun-e when, iu all our works, we
fc haJ| reluse to acknowledge tbe overruling hand of
a Diviue and Along! ty power. Ir is He who can
rebuke tne winds and calm t*io seas He wo k* in
a mysterious way for his peopla. His path ia uu the
inigi.ty water, l . We have seen his power in the
tempest, and when w T e have called upon him in th*;
time ot troub e, he has heard our voire. And yet
ui*-* png rate ful we are for all His favors, and how
soon w© target him when the trouble passes away
like the summer vh-cd or the morning dew. On a
solemn occasion like th.epr©ani w’e should feel more
particularly our indebtedness to Him, and it is with ;
ang ot heartfelt grati’ucic we should acknowl
edge the ajymy favors which Hr* hsß btstowed upon
us. There ar© liere, I am sure, wii sc hearts
are not ove’flowing with feeling!* of the liveliest
vratiiude to Him, iu view ot ihe great woik which
UviS oo9u accomplished through His permission, aud
wao arc filling to jo u iu a prayer of
mg for its euC(os<tu] termination. I will therelore
fruk you to j -iu mo in iho tVJlowirg prayer, which is
tot utone, with a few necessary alterations,that was
offered for the laying of the cable.
O, Eternal L-*o Hod, wuo alone ppreadest out
tbe ’heavens anl ruleat th*; raging of th© sea, wh
hast compassed the waters w ith bounds tiff day and
night come to an end, and whom the winds at and the
sea obey—look down iu mercy, we beseech Thee,
upou us, Toy servants, who u*w appn ach tbe
of grace, aud let our aet*eud before
Tut © w acceptance. Thou has commanded and
encourageo uSiiA aLI oir ways to acknowledge Thee,
and to commit out vnu..
graci uely piomistd to direct oV pn,th£snd t * prie
per our hanu-w* i k e desire now to thai a i b*c,
beiitying ibat without Thy help and blessing noth
ing oxn or succeed, aud we detire humbly
to cuuiui t (ui who heve bei-neng.iged it this undei
rakiig to iky cAie, pio:©£iiou arid gu.dauce. It
La. i)iea , ed thee to enable us iO complete what
we uuv* led by Thy providence to undertake,
mat being begun ear; ied on in the spir.t of
prayer and in depeueuime unon Thee, it may tend
to Thy gory, end U* the good of all nations, by pro
ui? m’g the increase of unity, peace snd ctncord.
May hand of power anJ mercy be eo acknowl
edged by ail shat tbe language of every hea>t may
b Not uuto u>, OLoidjnot uato u. j , but unto
IVy name give glory . so Thy name max be
haho-fHi atd magmlied in us &ad by us. Tkou
hast cootc Jpd the wind,? and the sea by thy almigh
ty power, and gi’Sflted us such favorable weativi
• hat we were enabled t* Isy tLe cable Palely aihi
eflbLinallv. Finally, we beeotrh The© to implaut
w uhiu ©’• a spirit ot humility aud childlike oepen
deuce upon andttacb us to feel, as wtll as to
sav, ‘lt t Loid wiil we shall do this or t at.
Utar us, O Lord, aud hear ms in these our pet*tions
acc . u.g to Thy previous promise, for Jesus
The “ Amen 5 which followed the couc of
prayer showed what a sincere repponre it re
ceived trom tbe hearts of all present and the depth
td loeing it excited. “ You recollect, 1 ” proceedtd
the Captain, “ what eur Saviour told hfs discip
that it they had fallen, even as a grain f mustard
seed, thev could move mountains *’ We have per
il lined a w ri, or ra her we are thankful to God tor
having performed a work for ns, which Las bten
rid*%iir* Ibya gr a: manv who regard it a? an itn
peiestbtii!/ W r have been peculiarly tavored in
ueiug permitted -v *r - Li3 agents, and w e are pleased
to acknowledge inafit i.*,. trough i
ty the work was performed.
’ How eagerly we ah waited t >r the word that told
u* : © time had come when we might give \ ©ut to
the that had been so tcug restrained. And
wbcufoe tm* Zgeufer-aiit of th© Niagara called
uat>u us to give tinve *-i?ers, wbat tongue could
Lgve reuia ned silent wereu evty the las; sound it
oculd Slier ? . • j j
“Sow men three cheers, he cried, at>u ~.e .o,?,
w, rd had hardly been sp, ken when the demand was
resDOUdtd to with au outburst that ceine trom toe
verv depta of the heart. Hurah! hurah . hurai. .
©a-h louawr and wilder than tbe la t and as the brai
cr-e©r burst forth, trie echoes tenk it up and repeat
ed UiTaia and aga n, tih it seemed as it the w lier
ntss aicnmu were peopled, aud thousards of yo.cee
iu every valley and on every mountain top j uued
iu the glad snout of rejoicing. But three cneers
are not enough—-we mu©t give another “for coming
up'*—that is for the last pul, for the landing if the
cable. And still another ie demanded one whica
cannot br retiised it it were the Ust cheer we should
©ver n ve. It is “One for America and England,
A*i.d it is called lor by Captain Otter, of the Porcu
pine, a genuecian whose earnest labors and wboc*s
UOthing energy in his share ot tbe work entitle him
to t*e warmest praise, li w*s Captain Ot:©r who
surveyeot Uc bay of Bud’s Arm. and wuo guided us
sa t* y through intricacies of the passage the
tiigut of cur en* ranee U*t* Trini‘y Bty. To him
and to Captain Dayman, of tue Gorgon, wco acted
os our cr. ->rt ana pilot, from mid oc©a*i to ihe Ame
i.-an termini, tie line ot the AtWn'ic TeicgaSph
Company are iurgtly indebted. L is doubtiul it the
B itniii government cculd have selected fro.n its
long of naval officer* iwo who have proved
tbemselvest u,ore capable of performing the work
wi:n which they were entrusted, or two who were
uw.re earnest iu their ns to promote me tuo
oeea of the great undertaaiag.
W inis las _ boats cf tne Niagara were on their
way to th-_t ah;p ‘Ley were enterc-a by the crews of
the Gorgon ana Porcupine, and at twelve o c.oca a
saiute of dl guns or-’ from the former veese;.
The Hon. coa*n uo* ueeu nomina'ea
for C<i#gres* bv Kepubi eons or the 6-vei.th
P-tiic: iu Oh,o. It appears ita:
• Ovrwin how nut go the wboie ier gth ot tie lie
Al ‘ in hi* oppvAiii ion ?o slavery. Hts ;b
puDUOa. acqutsiucu of Lerruory ; out if
p.g*ouct ihe . *-eary we existing ho Jrbcld nef
acquired w iJi &*- v for rejection, if the people c -
mnas that the gruy~r Enion with slaveiy
sired acmorion into t**
EUROPEAN’ INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE /RABIA.
The steamship Arabia arrived at New York on
Friday last, with Liverpool advices to the 6th inst.,
ibe chief points of which have already reached us.
We extract the foliowirg items of interest:
The Atlantic Telegraph—Arrival of the Agn
vnemnon.
The frigate Agamemnon arrived at Valencia on
the morn mg ofthe sh, and the shares of the Atlan
tv- Company immeuiaieiy advanced from J&350 o
£BSO.
A diapauih dated Valencia, August sth, say 3 a
breach of continuity occurred in the oable on the
evening of the day the Agamemnon and Niag ra
parted, wasch lasted one hour and a h&ff. The
Agamemnon was stopped and tbe injury reprlred
at on e. though not UDtil ail Dopes of hoi ung on to
the cable bad been abandoned During the second
day (Friday) after the splice had been made in mid
oc au, it bl*-w a bead gale of wind, against which
‘he ship under her full steam, could hardly m ke
way, even with yards and topmasts struck. Oa
Saturday, the 31st, the wind shifted round to the
southwest, and during that day, Sunday. Monday
hhd Tuesday, i.-continued to blow hard, with fr*
qneot violent squalid, the sea running tremeedou- y
high the whoie t me, and no one expeettd the cable
to h.d on from o?je minute to the other. On Wea
r.e-oay tue weather rmoierated, but tbe ewell was
still high. Ab >ut 4a. m the change from the lower
to the upper cable was made, and dur
ing the aiternoon shallow water wa3 gained. Tne
second change rom the upper to tbe oriop deck
c ni was made about 9 c/clock in the evening, after
which all went well until the ship anchored at 6a.
tn ia Douglas Bay.
Va ll>cia, August 6'b.—The end of the cab ; e
was landed safeiy close by the pier at Knigbtstowu
veaterday afternoon ; the paddle box boatd of The
Valorous carrying it. The end of the cable had
been connected to the company's etatiou, aud the
signals of alternate currents ia opposite dir ctions
c ntinuo througu the cable. Toe currents trous
NW found land are very good, giving a deflection
oi 6i on eiiheir sjideof a galvaut according
as a positive or negative carrent is transmitted.
From the London Timet.
By ©chain cf elec ric communicition, extending
from Irmity Bay, Newfoundland, to this metropu
Us, we are informed that the last attempt to lay ‘he
Atlantic telegraph has succeeded, and that the Old
end New Worlds ar© actually linked t< g-.tber by th©
magnetic wire The intelligence isao much the more
gratifying as we have been led, in common witn the
rrat cf the public—and eurely not *£i:Lout ve . r y
plausible reason—to something like despair, not in
oeed of the ultimate succeed ot the undertaking,
but of its succeed with the existing machinery ana
under conditions apparently so unfavorable. It
was not unnatural to apprehend that a cable which
Lad parted at the bot <>m of tbe eea, and again
within a lew feet o! the stern of tbe vessel that was
pay ing it cot would never be stretched in safety
across the Atlantic But tbe feai has been accum
p idled auu the relish of the surprise is only the
grea’.er from pre\iuus disappoimmeut and uncer
tainty.
AKbootch the weather was unfavorable the cable
seems to Have been payed out with the greatest re
gi l.rity, the quantity of cable discharged from the
two chips being the same every day within ten
miles. On the first two days tbe amount paid out
by each ship was about 130 nautical miles, or at the
rate of between five and Six miles au hour. On the
Ist of August each ship had paid out 170 nautical
m,ies, or at the rate ot seven nautical tnues an hour.
Outhe second this rate was increased to seven nau
ucal miles and five-eighths, so that the result seems
to show that a greater, speed can be at'(lined with
sateiy than bad been calculated on. We are to j
that there are good signals between the ships, but
of couroe we wait with much anxiety more precise
information as to the rapidity of communication
that lias been maintained.
We sincerety congratulate the promoters of this
great euterplije updit tbs triumphant success by
w hi l -h, after so many delays and disappointments,
they have been rewarded.’ It is difficult eo sudden
ly to realise the magnitude of the event which has
just taken place; the accomplishment of this migh
ty feat comes upon us not in .he gradual and tenta
tive manner in which most ecitntifio exploits have
been purtormed, but with a rapidity worthy of the
agent which it employs. Tae steam engine, the
o: her great discovery ot our time, has been perfec
ted lit:le by little, and no one can exactly say When
it was that each ot the triempbs which it has sue
ceasr. ety achieved became possible. Practice was
e, iat ahead of theoiy that high scientific authori
ties a gued strongly agaiust the possibility of re
sults, auu were not refused by counter-arguments,
but by the accomplishment ol those very results the
possibility ol wmuh they had denied. With the At
lantic Telegraph it has been just the contrary.
Theory Lad shown the practicability of the l.ne, but
practice lagged infinitely behind it. Instead of pro-
I:telling b> slow utgieee, the prijectors have leapt
ui once Lo a gigantic success.
Wo believe that we are correct in stating that
OOfi miles of telegraph have never before been sue
Ctes uily laid under auter, and yesterday we receiv
ed inteliigen, e that a communication is fully es
tablished b,mi ath dOIIU miles of stoimyjocean, under
a supei incumbent mass of water tbe depth of which
may be calculated in miles. Only now, whenit has
succeeded, are we able fully to realize the magni
tude ?cd 11,0 lardihood of the enterprise. Over
whit jigged mount ain ranges is that slender thread
folded; in what deep oceanic valleys does it rest,
when he fl ;sh whu tl carries the though tof man
from one continent to another darts along the wire;
through whnt strange aud tinkown regions, among
thin,s now uncouth aud wtid, must it thread its way!
It brings ua up tidioga from the vast abyss, but n t
ot the abyss itscif, but oilmen like ouraelveß who
dwelt beyoud.
Since tiie discovery of Columbus nothing has been
dai o in nuy degree comparable to the vast enlarge
ment wi i.,, has -hue been given to the sphere of hu
man £O-i-, ity. We may, now that this the most dtfii
cult problem of all has been solved, he justified iu an
ticipating that Hi ie w no portion ot tho earth’ssur
trice will h tiny not he placed in tmmediato com
munication w.th us. We know that we have iu
our hands the m-tmu of a practical übiquity. i)
lance as a ground of uncertainty will be eliminated
from the calculation of the statesman and the mar
chant. It is uo violent presumption to suppesj
that wi hin & vity Bbort ptriod ws shall be ab eto
present to our readers every morning intelligence
oi wbat happened the day before ill every quarter
of the g'obe. The Admiralty wi 1 know to with n a
law u.iiLS tueposittoti of every ship in her Majesty’s
service.
The intelligence of aCaffrewar or an ludt.rn
mutruy will reach us bsfare the first blood that hr •
been shed is cold, and we shall be able to econonr.
the Wide time consumed hy the ordinary vehicle.
0 f m;el igence. We see with not unnatural aatiaf&c
tiou that’the advantage ot the discovery will j>e the
greatest io those countries the possessions ot which
are U.e most remote, and, therefore, that England
has more to gain than any of her rivals. More was
and .ne ymterday for the c.msolida ion >f our Empire
than the * isdom of our statesman, the liberality cf
our Li-vU iture. or tho finally of our colonists could
have effected. Distance between Ctmada aud Eng
land i annihilated. For the purposes of mutual
Oocununicatton and of good understanding the At
lantic is uued up, and we become in reality K as well
j as in wish one country. Nor can an/ onerega.-l
; wi.h iudiff.-rence tbe position in which the Atlantic
i Telegraph has placed us in l'cgaid to the great
i Amcr can rt public. It has l.a f undone the Decla
i ration ot 1770, and gone far to make us once again
|in suite ol ourselves, one people To the ties ot a
common bfiod, la: guc.ge and religion, to the inti
mate association in business and complete sympa
thy ~u so many oul jtuts, ia uow added the (acuity
otinstantaneou3 communication, which must give
to ail these tendencies the uu ty and intensity which
th l y never before could possess.
We are most happy that it Las fallen to the lot
of ibis country to carry out au enterprise iu which
human nature is so deeply interested in concert
with the ouy other nation on Ihe giobein which
the flame ot science is fanned aud kept alive by
Ihe breath of freedom. Eetthose who are assem
bled at Cherbourg to celebrate another develop-
I meet in ihe art of destruction, and to fete the inuu
gutalion of a fortress avowedly designed to threat
en t ho independence aud prosperity of these islauds,
re flect on the true nature cf the enterprise which
has thus been executed, and turn from the contem
plation of eeicnce degraded into the nandtnaid of
slaughter and devastation to science applied to her
legitimate office, as the conciliator, the benefeo
tiess, and the enlghtener of the whole human race.
A mi'itary monarchy baa created Cherbourg; po
litical freedom and commercial enterprise have
made the Atlantic Telegraph, aud they have nothing
to bluth for iu the comparison.
Turkey.—Marseilles, Aug. d.—The Presse
d’Onei,t of the2BUi July, had n-ws from Bosnia,
where, it states, the insurreotion against the Curia
tians lias become general.
The Porte lias adopted rigorous Fanit&ry measures
in regard to all commodities eomiug from Tripoli
aud Egypt.
Al! such vessels are to bring up in the Datdi
i eifi s tor inspection, and wifi oe fired into by the
forts if they refuse.
In Cendia, 300 armed Turks wished to pursue
their vengeance on the Christiaus, but they were
prevented by tba arrival of the Minister of Police.
The Pacha of Jerusalem had been obliged to re
pair iu all baste to Gaza, to put a stop to massacre
and pillage. Troops were wanting there.
KaGUsa, Tuesday —The Montenegrins having
learnt the a'taek of the Turks on Beri, and
of their Woiwode’s father, killed by the Colachins,
made an irruption i to the territory of the latter,
notwitfi. ‘Aii-dug a formal prohibition from Prince
Daniio.
The Colachins were met with and driven back, at
a lorn to ihe Montenegrins of thirty in killed and
wounded.
As soon as this came to the Prince’s knowledge,
he had ail ihe chiefs arrested who had disobeyed his
ordtts. and they will be placed in confinement, aud
de: rived of ’heir command.
Trkbinge.n. Monday.—A deputation from the in
surgt n sol !I r Herzsgowina have just laid the com
plain's and w sues before the Turkish Commissi oner
who has promised them ail the immunities poesess
ed bv the o'her Christians of the Empire.
Order and confidence are beginning to be restor
ed in that province.
Jliscellabeocs —A report prevailed, though on
soir. o at indefinite ant’ ority. that Mr. Thornton,
the liriti.u Coii.ul-Geueral residing in Monte \ i
dt-o, had received hfi> passports, without explana
tions. , ,
Au Austrian “corps of observation is said to
have 1 ecu concet trated iu the South of Hungary,
in col:roquet Cl of the even's which have rec.n'ly
tat-:. place nTu key If is Said to consist of 30,-
1 Out) mJu an . .'.sobjeo; to oe to protect the Austrian
1 trot! ier egaius'. the chances of a general collision
between the Muatnimon and Christian population
I | u g e y. i; is aso reported that Austria has de
: a;anded indemnity h r those of her citizens who
! fiive suffered by tue civil <>tu’ iaging iu ’.he Tutkish
i ‘ C.-iuisu paper? state that U;f. Queen of England’s
I Vl>! . 0 Berlin is to arrauge the question of the re
j genry. with a view to protect tho interests of her
I daughter. , .
i Tvs renewal of diplomatic relations between
I Preum and Naples s (aid to be rendered probable
fr,mi the fact that Autontii, the representative of
I yfA.loß, - ■ n tbe French E nperei withdrew his
i AmbaaAdor from that country, has returned to Pa-
Iris-
SpStsnl Dispatch, to the Baltimore Sun j
Sreectie* of Napoleen aaff Prince
Albert.
B t ßTos, Ang. 7 —At Cfcerbou r g on the 6th the
Q iten aud Priuce were ©Li©rtai:v-*d &t die
ntr by the L nper *r us the French on board the
line of battle sh’p Pretagne. The Emperor, in Pro
i posii'g the baliLi ©T Her Majesty, and tho royal
! faxily of Eij and. made a iu which he ex
I press’ and ibe smtimects by winch be eaid he was ac
! tu.ved upon tiie ochasios of the Queen's visit to
> (> it rbourg. Ihe facts, he Ba ; d, do rndeed speak for
thtci>e*ves, aid prove that ‘lie hostile passions
! nhkb were ricked by some unforruna'e incidents
• have never bed able to alter the friendship which
exists between he two countries, or of tbe ceeire of
: tae pe pie to re Ham at peace. I have, the e fore,
! louiid hope that i any attempi were made to re
! v;ve at*ala tue ratcors of a f *rmer period, such at*
teuiot wcu'td be fuled with tho good sense of the
j public, as the wavt? are ba© and by yonder break
! er which, at thU moment, serves to protect the
] ,-qjadrous ot b >th eapires against ths violence of
1 Tce'prince Conor., cn behalf of her Majesty, re
, Tended to tbe loaf, m Cvlng which he earn : “The
: Queen is uiost sensible of tfc word* we hre jwt
v.ard anu which wffi forever be dV to ter. Ihe
; Q Teeu IS dot:fly happy ia havtrg the opportnmty,
I bv fcL n-i LL here, to join the Emperor m en
-1 o—vorice to draw together as ol aeiy as poea ble
“h':L crftriendsh p which exists between the two
; MtioS Thai friendship hse their mktnal prespen
,y for it ' s tej;;, and res tiessing of ceaven win not
si-CW. vFvri 6—Thefol
!swing uispafi.fi has jut beenrecetvea trom A.ex
: larst js
> were reported to be fifty
: miles from Sv pore, and Gen R berts was only tbir
i ty-tour miles from them OBtie same day. There
wes°r report Tyrowsa in Panda, being captures
as tlo et-veral rebel!eiders.
In Cbica th© ambassadors are prepared to de- ,
clare the ext~n*i m of operations, .
At Calcutta tbe alarm o mtmaed. and se\ era*
Eur. peons and Sepoys had been murdered by tbe
natives.
1 CisciiiKATi, 0.. Aug. i7. —The Republican con*
• vtaiucu of tbe 7tk district yesterday nominated
- Hon. Tow i>rwtn for Congress
| Extruorilaary Account of Human Petriflca-
In the Alta California of July 20, is pi bliahed a
leUer from a German physician at Forr Langley,
on Fraser River, whic.i gives a detailed account oi
the death of a miner by petrifaction, conreqaent
upon drinking a mineral fluid known as water of
a yttahzalion —a eolation of silica—found in & geode
Tbe etatemen* i*> very circumstantial and very in
; terecting, but so opposed to scientific experiences
; that it appears b&ruJy entitled to full belief. Aa the
discovery, if true, is one of great interest and im
portance, we give the letter describing the case. It
j will be seen that the writer anncupcee his intention
to transmit specimens of tbe petrified body to tbe
Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia for
examination, lx be has done so we shall hear of it
again :
Fort Langley, Jane 19,1868.
Editors Alta ;—The circumstances attending tbe
recen> dca.b of one ot my party are so remarkable
that I hasten to make them known—not merely as
a cautToc to others, bu r as presenting facts of tbe
highest scientific interest.
ibe individual was a countryman of mine, a
Prussian by birth, named Ernest Fiucterspiegei,
who accompanied me from San Francisco on my
proposed expedition to the Fraser River mines. On
reaching thi-r place I decided, upon information re
j chived from geutieineu ot the Hudson e Bay Com
pany, to leave tbe usual route ty th® river, on ac
count ot the very high frechet, aud attempt toreac.s
ibe diggings by way of the great lake called al er
Mr. JHariLvn, one of the■ r lameuted traders, a;;u
thence by the Leiowuts River. In a*cendii.g the
ifcke I was compelled by a storm to encamp on a
email stream running down trom tbe mountains,
and it being srilleaiiy, some of tue party went up
;ne bed of the torrent to nrospect. This man
Ernest and another, Wilhe mFiedler,had ascended
some di-tauce, and finding no gold, amused them
selves witn breaking open some gtodet, which they
louud abundantly.
Sum© of your readers may probably have seen
these upon toe waters of Lake bupe ior. For the
information of the unscientific, I will state that they
are rounded masses of quartz, containing cavities
lined with crystals, aud varying ia size from a tew
inches to eometiaies a couple ot feet in diameter,
these goedes occa-i naliy, as is often tee case wi'h
single crystals, contains a transparent fluid known
to mineralogists as the water oi crystalizatiou—a li
quid charged with a solution of tbe dubdtance form
mg them, and from which indeed, the crystals are
aggregated, according to fixed laws of figure, into
different geometrical solids Tbe quantity (f ibid
liquid iu usually eo emai. that it has never attracted
attention, except us a subject of curiosity ; but it
appears that on this occasion Eme=t, iu striking one
of thesegoedeu, broke off apiece, leaving a cup
which, according to tbe statement of his comp Dion,
contained half a point of water. Tbe unfortunate
man, with a jeetmg remark, upon the beautilui cup
of crystal, took it up and swallowed it at a draught.
It effect were not immediately perceptible. He
returned toward the camp with his companion, but
belore reochmg it complained of a sense of paiu
ana weight in the epigastric and left hypochondr.ac
regions.
Un arriving, with the, aid of his companion, he
was already speechless. Ue had been much heat
t.*d by the wait, and had perspired lreely but tire
natural warmth of the skin was now gone, aud cold
beads cf sweat covered his lace. Much alarmed,
but not guessing the cause of his illness, I laid him
iu th* bed, appl.ed mustard poultices to his feet aud
used vigorous friction. Ail attempts to make him
swallow some brandy were fruitiest. His pul e was
leebie, the Leart beat with violent but very irregu
lar actiou, and in about fifteen minutes he expired.
Oa questioning his companion as to the manner
in wbicb Ernest nad been attacked, he informed me
that he had drank some water from a schustl stein,
and I concluded that he had swallowed some min
eral poison, though I could conceive of none
which would have acted with tuch rapidity, and
with tuch pecudar symptoms. Upou removing
the body, and attempting properly to disoose the
limbs, an unusual rigidity was observed. Iu vigor
ous men it is very uncommon for the rigor mortis
li appear immediately following somatic death
where the occurrence is sudden (see Von Bibra,
Ueber die Knocken und Zahnt), but iu this cone the
rigiuity set iu at once, aud increased minute by min
u .e, until in the course of two hours aud a half the
ivhoie body became as stiff ad inflexible as a board.
The muscles, however, were still capable of receiving
.au indentation by the fingers, but afforded a Ciack
liug sensation or crepitation ou beiug pressed, as if
the minute capiiariej were in a state of congelation
or ossification.
As the seemed to me a very extraordinary
one, I at once let-olved to institute a post-mortem
examination, and tor this purpose remained in camp
over ihe next day. Aseuiniug the cause of death
to have been some poisonous substance contained
iu ihe water of tue geode, 1 proceeded to examine
the stomach and duedenum. Oa making au inci
sion from a point opposite the zyp oid cartilage to
the umbilicus, through the skin, superficial fascia
aud abdominal muscles, the knife gave a grating
sensation, aud, applying a lens of medium power,
I observed that me smaller blood-vessels were solid
aud apparently ossified. The stomach and duode
num were then removed from the abdomen, and, on
slitting them open with the enterotoine, I found ee
ver&l hard ma'ses of the size of a hazel-nut, looking
like gall-stones, aud evidently composed of biliary
matter, but as hard as the hardest quartz. Efi
dernes of food also existed, and a large mass con
taining fibres of muscles aud lumps of undigested
potatoes, moulded to the form of the antrum pylori,
were taken out, of tho like solidity. This solidifi
cation of the contents of tha stomach, of th© food
and bile—their conveieion, in fact, into stone,
struck me witn astonishment; the more eo as the
coats of tho stomach appeared very neatly nor
mal.
I next made an opening into the cavity of the
thorax wtu tho costatome, and pushing back the
detached sternum over the face, discovered the
heart in situ, and of r. natural color, but it was aa
hard ae aud strongly resembled a piece of red
jasper, exhibiting here aud there tho*e varied
colors which give such beauty to that mineral. By
means of a small hatchet I separated ihe heart from
its connections with the sorts, pulmonary artery
and vena cavy, and with some d.tliculty was able
io break Tin pieces. The righi, ventricle and au
ricle w©re composed centrally ol a sol and of a dark
purple color, which was evidently the venous blood
petrified, while the left chambers vied in the color
of their eeuiral portions wiLh the richest carbuncle.
The larger blood vessels were all as rigid as pipe
stems, and in some cases the petrified blood could
be cracked out from the veins, exhibiting a beauti
lui moulding upon tho valves ot the latter. The
lungs were noticed, cn opening the cavity of the
! pi* ura, not io be collapsed at all, the ucual coritrac
! in ability, aue to the eles ic tiorous tissue iu their
cempofciuon, being overcome by the rigidity of the
capiiimries which kept them firm and expauded.--
Tho brain exhibited nothiug extraordinary except
the petrifaction of the blood vessels.
The contents of the lower intestines were not
solidified, as might have been expected ; the tissues
were all remarkably free lrom the Siam of b ood,
which iu ordinary cares transudes through the coats
of tho vessels after death.
Before consigning to the earth the body exhibiting
this truly unparalleled pathological condition, I
selected portions of the petrified food and bile, as
well as of the heart, lungs, and b.ood vessels, tor
: future investigation, and also as specimens for pre
i servation. I first subjected a portion of the petri
fied blood to analysis. The blowpipe had no effect
: whatever, and I almost exhausted my supply of
nitric, sulphuric and hydrochloric acids in endeavor
i mg to flua an agent that would act upon it.
j After various experiments, and inasmuch as the
• petrified blood exhibited a somewhat vitreous frac*
. ture, I prepared a small quantity oi fluo-hydric
acid, by the action of sulphuric acid on a crysial of
fluor spar, which I carried as a standard of compara
tive hardness of minerals, aud this, to my great
satisfaction, acted upon it rapidly The couteuts
of the stomach and heart elsoyielaed to tLis reagent,
and then 1 became satisfied that silica was at least
contained in the pathological specimens under ex
amination. I therefore adopted the plan advocated
iu No. xx., p. 14:J, of Canotatl’s Jahresbericht, for
tue separation of silica trom its compounds. Tri
turating some petrified blood with four parts of car
bonate of potassa, I melted the whole in a plautinum
crucible. This compound I treated with water at
a high temperature, until a solution is formed, and
by pouring aemail quantity of this into a teat glass,
comaimug a few drops of hydrochloric acid, a
beautilui aud transparent jelly was precipitated,
which I at < nee recognized as silica acid or silica.
The whole quea ion now resolved Itself iu my
mind. The pathological specimens exhibited evi
dence of the presence of silica. Os this there was
no doubt. But silica never exhibits itsef in tbe
bluod large in amount, thougbjUfenneberg (Annalen
de Chemis, No xix. p. 23)) obtaiued it in .small
quantities from that fluid, and traces oi it have al
* > hoen louud by Van Laer and Bibra iu the bones
and hair, it however was noi probable that silica
would collect in tire body in such quauiity as that
it could be obtaiued for exhibition, and consequent
ly some external source must have furnished the ex
cess. I therefore concluded that the water ot the
which my companion had drank contained an im
mense quantity of eilicic acid, in a nascent and so
luble condition, that ou b. ing swollowed,it had en
tered into an unusual combination with the conju
gated acids of the bille (acting as analkli,) and with
ihe abuminoeo of the ingesta; that it ha£ also been
absorbed by the blood (aoe Simon Chemieche dea
Meaechen.) and formed, perhapi a silicate of albu
men with that fluid, (acting in the case as a feeble
acid ) and the result had been a silicfication or pet
rifaction of those substances for which it has most
affiuity.
Bui why should tbe silica cf the geode acquire
properties unknown before, and take on new
habitudes ? I have endeivored to exp ain this to
myself in the fi flowing manner, but I venture tbe
opinion with diffidence, and a w 1 iDg submission to
tie criticism of the scientific worli. The man,
Ernest, was a person of higly nervous ’emperameat
exiee fingD sensitive to mesmeric influence, and,
m tact, had formerly been subjected by Baron Rich*
eabach to numerous experiments. I cave then
i thoughtit possible that s1 ca might take ou the
power ot rev combinations under an ex<e3Sof
1 nervous or electric force, latent in hie system, in the
i i-ft me mam er a3 oxygen, according to the researches
j of Foreday and Kchonbein, through the influence ot
’ electricity, assumes a cev nature under the form of
i ozone aud acquires a power of entering into eom
j biuatioES, which, in its ordinary condition ia absent.
1 Whether this theory be the tru one o; not, the
: ffic*e are no less a&toniahing or ind ; cative of impor
; rant results. It, will be seen that the process undtr
! gone by the different pare was unques ionably a
chemical cue; that anew substance was produced
by tbe chemical union of others, thus distinguishing
this case bo*h from that of injection, in which pae a
geß and cells are filled up with a foreign body, and
lrom ordinary petrification as it is called, where the
original matter is removed particle by particle, and
its place supplied by a different bu: unaltered body.
This last is the mode to which many fossils owe their
form and substance. Petrityicg springs are com
mon in many countries, and so rapid is the process
of replacement in * one of them, not merely sub
stances which resist composition such as wood, are
i thus converted to stone, but even animal matter is
: occasionally found thus transformed. But a very
different agency was here at work.
! It will be remembered by some who peruse this
j paper, that over twenty yea r s ftgo an Italian chem
ist discovered a metiu a of preservin • organic tub
stances resembling this in the result, if not in the
process. He carried this invention so far as actual
y to petrify different parts of the human body, re
taining in each cate the oaorand apparent texture.
There is still exhibited in the Anatomical Museum
of Florence a tessellated slab, highly polished, form
ed ot sections of the liver, heart, lungs and muscu
lar tissue of the human subject, prepared in this
wgy. Tne secret of his art, unfortunately .‘or sci
ence, peruhed with it* author; but *o great is the
analogy of the coses, that I am led to contemplate
its re-discovery here. Strange if an accident, oc
curring on th b* iar off stream, should bring to light
that which was lost by the banks oi the Amo, and
! he death of the excellent but obscure Prussian mi
ner, Fiuchterspeigel, should thus be the means of
reviving a discovery so important to chemistry and
anatomy. It would indeed be a monument to bis
name consoling to his friends. But I must here
close. It is my intention to transmit th-ee speci
mens to the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Phil
adelphia fvr examination, and I truet for decisive re
sults.
Frederich Lichtesberger, M. D , Ph. D.
May a Schoolmaster Rise ▲ school Mistress.
j —Tnis quest on has been up for decision in be
town of Palmer, Maus It seems that the princi
pal of a leading school undertook to kiss a female
assistant. She, like all i&aies that want to show a
proper shyness upon such occasions, and make
folk* think that they don't like to be kicked, resist
ed the gal ant attack just long enough to the
victory more sweet, and to give foundation to the
story that the who.e thing was agaiust her will.—
The story of the transaction got cut. and the
straight-laced school committee took it in hand.
They dec-ared tba: they couldn’t stand it, and they
forthwit h expelled th© teacher. The people of the
town, however, with enlarged views of the fallibil
ity of human nature, intend to keep *he teacher
employed at their expense, and have petitioned for
a general town meetiog to see whether the voters
are unw liing that a school teacher sbaii continue to
be a man. We await the result of the meeting
with some little curiosity
Rats— When a house is infested by rats which
refuse to nibble at toasted cheese and the usual
baits a few drops of the highly scented oil of rho
dium’ poured oa the bottom ot & cage-trap wiU al
most’invariably attract it fal, of the ~ mischievous
rodents’’ before morning. We have known this to
he tried with most extraordinary success. V\ here a
tAp baired withahmsnLer of edibles had faded to
attract a single rat, the oil of rhodium caused it to
S; complete crowded night after night, until th*
Lose was cleared of the noisome vtutors, bo says
one of our exchange*.
WEEKLY
Chronicle ic Sentinel.
A UGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, Al’G. 25. 1858.
Healt h of Charleatow.
Tax report of the Hoard of Health of Charleston
shows a total of forty *three deaths for tbe week end
ing Saturday last—twenty-eight of which were
from yellow fever. Olf these twenty eight, twenty
four were of foreign hiVth. The disease is declared
to have assumed an epidemic form, and tbe Board
of Health of New-York have deolared the port of
Charleston to be infected, land vessels from thence
to New-York will be sulijerit to quarantine regula
tions.
As yet, not a single caseof yellow fever has mads
its appearance in Augusta this season, and we re
port the City in a remarkably healthy condition.—
Our friends in tbe interior may rest assured that we
shall not hesitate to give them immediate notice of
the first appearance of ths disease.
Pla.ntatiok, Sec., sos. Salz —Au advertiimeut
of the public sale of aotns valuable lands and ether
property in Monroe and Spalding counties, to take
place in October and November next, will be found
in another column.
Also, to be tr ated for at private sale, a planta
tion in Early county, containing 95U acres, oak and
hickory land.
Madison Fsmalk Collkoe—This well con
ducted and popular Institution commences its Fall
term to-morrow. As an early entrance would be
desirable, those designing to enter pupils had best
do so immediately. For terms, &c., see advertiee
mi ut.
Ocoee House, Cliteland, Tern.—A ppacioua
aud , ommodious hotel iu Cleveland, Tenn., bearing
the above title, has jußt been completed, and is now
open for the accommodation of visiters and travel
lers. The Cleveland Banner says :—"lt is a large
and well finished building—not surpassed by any
iu East Tennessee—and its proprietor, Mr. Tibbs,
is well calculated to m ake his guests easy and com
fortable.
Cheap Sewing Machines.
Messrs Haigh dt Andrews, in another columD,
offer a number of certificates showing the satisfac
tion with which their machines are received.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
We give this mormng the full message of Queen
Victoria, which was only transmitted in part c-n
Monday evening, together with the reply of Presi
ddent Buchanan, on behalf of the United States.
The demonstrations of rejoicing were continued
yesterday by the firing of cannon and ringing cf
bells at noon, and illuminations and bonfires at
night.
Baying the Cable.
We publish this morning a copious extract from
the correspondence of the New Yolk Hei aid , con
taining a description of the exoitiDg scenes occur
ring during the laying and landing of the cable
whioh will be found deeply interesting.
New Orleans Medioal News and Hospital
Gazette —The August number of tbia truly valu
able Medical monthly journal, is promptly on our
table, and after careful examination of it, we are gra
tified in being able to assure the members of tbe
Profession, that it continues to sustian its high char
acter as a journal—in fact, the present is one of the
beet numbers—it contains the second part of the
celebrated Professor Korins, of Paris, essay on
some of the Normal and Pathological Anatomy of
the Mucus Membrane of the Uterus—which of it
self is worth the subscription price, besides other
original and select articles. This work is edited by
Professors Brickell A Fenner, and published in
the city of New Orleans, at $5 per annum in ad
vance. Address D. Warren Brickell, M. D.,
Editor, No. >65 Cavendelet street, New Orleans’
La.
Military Titles.—The Memphis Bulletin says i
There ere more men bearing the honored title o!
“ Colonel” in the t i!y of Memphis there ean be
mustered in one-half of the States of this Union.—
There are more Colonels in Memphis to-day than
there were Mfjors in Georgia at the time the
“Scenes,” tu ludicrously desoribed by Judge Long
Btreel, transpired. Inthe lust six mouths the title
has been conferred, by common consent, on übout
one hundred citizens. The promotion to this high
military grade have been made almost exclusively
from the ranks of new residents. It has become
customary to confer the title upon every man who
oomes from a distance to reside here.
Fine Mules. —Large droves of Mules have
been passing bsre for the last two weeks, says the
Athens, Tenn., Pod, for tho Georgia market. On
Friday last, Mr G W. Hall, of Kentucky, passed
with a drove of ono hundred head—all mares—the
largest and best mules we have ever ssen. Mr.
Hall, who ts the most extensive stock driver in
Kentucky, informed us that he was aiming for
Macon and Milledgeville. Tue planters iu those
sections will have au opportunity of supplying
themselves with stock a'together superior to that
usually offered. Old Kalntuck beats the world in
raising mules.
A Memorable Day.—The 16th of August, on
which the first telegram was sent across the ocean
is a memorable day in American annals. Ou that
day, in 1519, Cortez set cut on his expedition to
Mexico ; in 1777 the battle of Beningtou, and in
1730 the battle of Camden were fought, and in 1825
the Northern Sea was discovered by Captain Frank
lin.
The Reason for the War of England upon
China. —The London Times says : A Chinese man
darin has more power to tax the English public than
any single member of tbe House of Commons.—
This rebellion at the antipodes has already cost our
industrious classes much more than would have
been required to cleanse the Thames and purify the
Serpentine. The Imperial armies before Nankin
are all paid from the Shanghae duties, all of which
are levied upon the cotton we sell and the tea and
silk we buy. These duties have of late years been
enormously increased, and ate still being increased
for the purpose of maintaining that idle army.
Thunder Storm at Burlington, Vt.—A vio
lent rain Etorm, accompanied with vivid lightning
and heavy thunder, passed over the city of Bur
lington, Vt., on Wednesday last.
The presence of so muoh atmospheric electricity
suggested to the telegraphic operators the propriety
of throwing their instruments out of circuit; but
that even did no good, except the line of the Ameri
can Telegraph Company.
The lightning flashed and cracked like half a
dozen rifles at random, and about half-past four
o’clock there was a blinding flash of lightning, fol
lowed by a terrible crash of thunder, and the in
struments of the railroad line, and the Mount Holly
and Trenton line, were found to bs entirely demol
ished, the magnets bent, aud the coils of insulated
wire crumbled with intense heat.
In the room adjoining the American rffioetwo
persons were knocked down, and a female in the
Railroad Office screamed lustily as she felt the fluid
touch her foot. A young man named Wm. Deacon
was struck while etanding under a tree on his farm,
about half way to Mount Holly, and rendered in
sensible for more than an hour, but recovered.
The Silver Mines of Arizona—The Cincin
nati Gazette publishes a Setter of June 17 from an
Eastern emigrant, who had reached Tubac, Arizona
Territory, on the way to the silver mines of that
region, through many hardships and peri's from
hostile tribes of Indians. Tnbao is mainly composed
of the members of the Santa Rita and Sonora Silver
Miffing Company, whose mines are now paying,
and with new machinery and apparatus already
contracted for, will yield a very large amount The
writer, with bis partner, a'so an American, was to
start on the 18th for the Salero mine, distant fifteen
miles from there, in the Santa Rita mountains. It
is an old Spanish mine, and was worked many
years ago by the Mexicans, bu‘ they were all sur
prised and killed by tbe Indians und the mine has
not been worked since. It is supposed to be very
rich. Tbe Indians are still dangerous in that vi
cinity, but there will be five all armed with Sharpe’s
rifle and Colt’s revolvers. With such weapons five
white men are equal to fifty Indians.
Larse Defalcation y a Canadian Banx Of
ficer—Tne Hamilton (Canada West) Spectator
announces that John Monkhouse, assistant teller of
the B.nk of Montreal, decamped, having etnbez
z e J its funds to the amount of $13,139. Afterwards
$8,112 of tbe money waa found hidden at the rest
deuce of Monkhouse and his father, and the latter
waa arrestsd and committed to jail.
Genera! Jackson once said that those who do
hu-iness on borrowed capital ought to break. The
Bosh n Atlas and Bee wonders wbat the cld hero,
were he alive, would say of the present Federal
Administration, which is doing business on bor
rowed capital to the tune of forty millions a year.
Grain—About 9,000 buahels of corn and 3 800
bushels of wheat changed hands at Norfolk, Va., on
Monday, at $1.30 for prime white, and $1.26 for
prime red.
Georgia Exchange and Citizens’ Bank Monet
The Helena (Ark j Democrat of the 14th says that
a gentleman in that city ia effering to pay twenty
cents on ibe doi.ar for bills on tbe Exchange Bank
ot Georgia, and something more for bills on the
Citizens’ Bank of Memphis.
Fugitive Slave.—There is a legal controversy
in Clevelatd Ohio, in reference to a little black
girl called Amelia, whom a North Carolinian, Joe-
H. Brogman, claims to own, He is charged with
an attempt to kidnap, and the case is before the
Court on a habeas corpus.
Closing Cf —Eleven miles of road have been
completed Detween Cleveland and Chattanooga
Tenn, and but two miles retnaintobe finished
between Norfolk and Petersburg. Soon the whole
route will be oomplete and direct between the wa
ters of the Chesapeake and tbe Mississippi.
A strange affair occurred in a vi lage in France
The grave digger found a skeleton, in which all the
t*eta were intact. It is a popular superstition in
that part of the oountry, that a dead person's tooth
is an infallible preservative against toothache, and
a number of the villagers made the man extract the
teeth, and then they scrambled, and almost fonght
for the po?ession of them. Some tolerably well
educated persons took part in thi* absurd aud un
seemly eocfi.ct.
The Rice Harvest. — The Atiaata Hepubliaan
says that several planters on ths river commenced
harvesting their rioe this week. The prospect fe
flattering for an abundant yield.
Fire.
Between five and e;i o’clock yesterday morning,
another fire broke out cn the promisee of Messrs
Heckle Sc Wilson,i rig'natirg in a honee ianme
diately in the rear of their fire-proof Livery S ables,
need as a store room or barn, and containing a
| quantity of corn, oats, hoy, &c., which was mostly
: destroyed. The loss of Messrs. Heckle & Wilson
i in buildings, provendtr, &.C., is about $1,500, and
■ was not insured.
The flames communicated to a frame building
adjoining, the property of Mr. John Wilis, occu
pied by Mr. Michael F. Bklaib, whose fund
tare was mostly saved. The building, which was
insured, was damaged beyond repair.
The water in the cisterns in the immediate neigh
borhood ol the fire was very low, having been near
ly exhausted on Sunday night, and it was impossi
ble for the engines to procure anything like a suffi
cient supply. The steam fire engine of Mesets.
Platt fit Cos. was, however, speedily jut into ope
ration, and by its efficiency prevented a more dis
astrous fire.
Both cf these recent fires were undoubtedly the
work of an incendiary.
The Dispatch of yesterday eays.—“The untiring
and repeated exertions of Messrs. Platt fit Cos., in
applying their private hoes to extinguish fires that
occur within their reach, has been observed, and
by those who hsvoeuflered from the ravages by
fire, cannot have failed to meet with warm and
grateful appreciation. The insurance companies
derive material benefit frcm the exertions of this
firm, from time to time, and they certainly dtserve
their libera! consideration, as well as the aid cf tie
city, in keeping up the'r arrangements for the pro
tection of their own and neighbor's property.”
Dwarf Pears lrom Murlte County, Gif.
Herndon, Burke Cos , Ga., Aug. 18, 1858.
Editor Chronicle <Jj- Sentinel:
Dear Sir:—•h-xprete” Agent wili deliver you
a basket of ‘ Ueurre Diel” Pears, from a neglected
dwarf tree, gratted and transplanted by me ten
years ago, producing three crops without any prun
ing, manuring or cultivation until last winter.
Including fruit sent you, 70 full g r own (but not
matured) Pears wete taken from this tree ypster
day—many ns large having rotted and blown ofl.
1 Pear weighs 1 pound and 3 ounces,
and Peats “ 1 pounds and l ounce.
8 “ “ 7J “
15 “ “ 13 “ and fi ounces.
We have had a heavier specimen of this variety
from former crops.
There is much speculation at present as to the
success and profit ot Dwarf Pear Trees in the
South, but twenty years’ experience here, and teD
years in a more congenial soil and climate, estab
lishe- the truth cf success in my own mind, beyond
conjecture or controversy.
Your friend truly, J. V. J.
P. 8.- Also specimens of a Seedlirg Apple cf
merit, originated by my ‘■'better half ” here.
[The Pears accompanying the above letter were
so very large and fine, that an experienced Pomo
logical lriend expressed the opinion that they ccu'd
not be the “ Beurre Diel.” If they are that variety,
we have never before seen their equals; ami we
congratulate our correspondent on his great suocess
and advise the planting of Pear tress more ex’- n
sively throughout the country. For deep, rich soi's’
or in the hands of these who will give them proper
care, the Dwarf tree is preferable, as it comes im
mediately into bearing. The seedling Apple spo.
ken of, we found of excellent quality, and we thank
our correspondent for his kindness.—Ed. Chron.
& Sent.]
A Southern Enterprise.—The completion of
the new factory of the Southern Oil Company,
erected on an extensive scale at Mobile, has been
considered an event, especially in that city and
New Orleans, worthy of publio congratulation, and
doubtless it is the initiation of au enterprise des
tined to be of great public utility as well as private
benefit. The Southern Oil Company holds from
the inventor the exclusive patent right of manu
facturing oil out of resin in the five Southern States
of Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. Up to the present time they had
carried on the manufacture on a limited scale, and
rather as an experiment than otherwise. Being
fully assured by the results that the business could
be made highly productive and profitable, and that
the article they could manufacture would makeand
increase the market, the extonsivo works, recently
completed, were resolved on.
Death cf an Old Indian Fighter.—Jacob
Byerly, who died at the age of 99, in Westmoreland
oounty, Pa., was at one time a resident of the only
cabin between Fort Pitt and Ligonier. In the Re.
volution he was active and his scouting expedi
tions extended throughout Western Virginia and
Pennsylvania, and into Ohio. He went with a
party to bury twenty-one settlers who had been
killed at Wheeling ; went to the relief of Fort Law
renoe and Wallace’s station ; was on a scout to
Punxutawney, and joined in pursuit of the party
wiio killod the Willards , wus on the expedition
against the Tuscaroras in Ohio, and served under
Gen. Brodhesd in the dostruction of the towns o f
the Cornplanter Indians. In this expedition, while
following a trail, in company with Jacob Smith and
another scout, he killed an Indian chief in a hand to
hand conflict.
Later kromMr. Morphy.—The Niagara brings
the score of Mr. Morphy's chess match with Mr.
Lowenthal up to the 31st July, at which time Mr.
M. had won four games, Mr. L. one, and one bad
been drawn. No reference is made to any other
performances of the American player, though he
visits the London clubs and oontends with the
leading amateurs. The ungenerous manner in
which Mr. Staunton—the chess-champion of Eu
rope, and chess-editor of the Illustrated London
News—ohronicles the games, elicits severe com
ments from Mr. Morphy’s friends.
Telegraphic Feat.—lt will be seen by the dee.
patches we publish thi3 morning, says the Balti
more American of Tuesday, that the Queen’s Mes
sage, was transmitted from Trinity Bay to all the
principal cities of the Union as far South as New
Orleans, and responses received announcing the
joy with which it had been weloomed. From Trini
ty Bay to New Orleans the distance, by the route
of the telegraph wires, is nearly four thousand
miles ; add to this distance from New Orleans back
to New York, and the message and its responses in
this single direction alone, made a circuit of six
thousand miles. It is probable that the Queen's
Message was transmitted last night over some thir
ty thousand miles of telegraphic wire in this coun.
try, and that this morning it will be simultaneously
read by perhaps ten millions of people. Suoh facts
as these are demonstrative of the wonderful facili
ties of the telegraph.
Yellow Fever in Cuba.—A correspondent of
the New York Times, writing from Matanzas says
that the yellow fever is very severe in all parts of
the island of Cuba the present season. In
thirty years the island has not been so gene
rally effected. There i3 not a part throughout
its whole extent that is entirely free. At Matanzas
the sickness is particularly rife, the American
shipping suffering severely. Since June 14, five
American captains have died there, besides a con
siderable number of mates and seamen.
Memphis and Manchester— The CotlonGrow
ers and Cotton Manufacturers. —The City Counoil
of Memphis have directed the following dispatch to
to be transmitted over the Ocean Telegraph :
The city of Memphis, on the shore of tho Missis
sippi, the largest intenor depot of cotton in Ameri
ca, sends her greetings to the city of Manchester,
the largest manufacturing city of that staple in
Great Britain, and desires to mingle her congratula
tions with those of her trana-Atlantio sister upon
the successful establishment of the ocean telegraph.
Arrival of the Utah Peace Commissioners. —
The Peace Commissioners, Messre. Powell and
McCulloch, have arrived at Washington from Utah
Their representations of the present agreement be
tween the Mormons and the Government do not
vary in any material points from what has already
been published. The most important consideration
is the fact that peace at all events has been secured,
and the supremacy of the laws snd the authority of
the Government recognized. Still, the Commis
sioners do not hesitate to say that muoh remains to
be done before the Mormons wili be brought to
that obedience which is necessary for the continu
ance of amicable relations. The Commissioners
alßo verify tie ecccunts published of the conduct of
the redoubtable Brigham Yeung towsrd his deluded
fi flowers. So unjust and tyrannical has this be
come that it is deemed necessary to repeat the
instructions heretofore given to tLe rfficers of the
Government in Utah, to efferd them all the protec
tion in their power.
Mexico.—The latest advioes received from Mexi
co are by way of Havana, to the 27th July. The
news presages the speedy downfall of Zuloaga.—
The Constitutionalist s are triumphant at every point;
Guanajuato, Guadalajara and Zacatecas have been
conquered ; and President Zuloaga is preparing to
defend the Capital, where before long the final bat
tie must be fought. Vidaorri is again in the field,
and he will net probably leave it until peace has
been restored.
A Wealthy Heiress to *e Married—Miss
Jane Lloyd, the wealthiest of English heiresses, is
shortly to be married to Colonel Lindsay, the “ hero
of the Alma,” who was lucky enough to get nine
Russian balls fired into the colors which be carried,
without receiving one into his own body. The for
tune of Miss Lloyd is stated by the London Illustra
ted News to be near $30,1100,000.
A Yankee Trick.—A countryman cn a visit to
New Bedford fell in with a man who wished to ex
change coats with him. The trade was coneum
mated, and the countryman, thinking he had got
the best of the bargain, walked off, feeling quite
gay in his new attire. In a short time another man
accosted him, claiming the garment, took it from
his shoulders, leaving our countiy friend in his shirt
sleeves.
The Fiith Hcsband Gone.—A few weeks
since, says the New Orleans Crescent, we men
tioned, as a singular circumstance, the marriage of
a German widow in the Third district to ber fifth
husband—no one of the previous four having out
lived his wedding a year. Well, a few days since
this fifth husband took the yellow fever. He died,
and on Friday he was buried. This sirgular and
moat remarkable the husbands of
one :ady would create doubtful talk among that
lady’s acquaintances, were she not well known and
respected, and the causes of death of her different
hnsbands well known to tbeix friends. As it is, itia
one of the most curious instances of fatality we ever
heard of.
Death erom a Spider Bite.— Last week a lit
tle eon of Judge Donalson, in Montezuma, Indiana,
was bitten on the arm by a spider, while sleeping
in a cradle. The arm swelled rapidly, inflamma
tion spread to other parts of the body, and the see
ond day after the injury the child died.
A private letter received in England from Cal
untta, and communksated to the public by Major
General Tullooh, states that Nena Sahib, the execu
tioner ot Laeknow, has bean captured.
Monet V< rnon t onirihou. n.
We submit the following communication, uh’o'.
will explain itseif. We are glad to sea our friends
of the Masonic order moving in flie Mount Ver
noncau e:
Adairsville August 18th, 18 8
Mr. Editor :—Enclosed you have twenty-four
dollars, a contribution to the Mom t Vernon Kurd,
by the members of Adairsville Lodge A. F. M ,
which you will please dispose of according to the
desire ofthe Lodge. Yours. Jit,
T. M, Layton, flso'y.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS NAMES.
A. C. Trimble, $l E King, $\
D M. Hood. 1 J. W. Gray, 1
Jas. M. Teach. 1 S. M Gray, 1
George Stewart, 1 Dr. T. M. Lsyton, 1
S. G. L. Chandler, 1 S. Barnett, 1
John Elrod, 1 D. B Clark, 1
L. F Mauney, 1 J.L McLin, 1
W. L. Avcock, 1 James B-ownlee, 1
Dr J. W. Bondoin, 1 J. L. Neel, I
W. S Murphey, 1 A. T. House, 1
Charies Murpbev, 1 A. C. Wyly,
L. Murphey, 1 John Shulah, 1
Stockholders in the Atlantic Telvoraph
Co.—Taere has been some curiosity to know who
ae the American stockholders in the Alim lie Tele
graph Company, as veil as the aggregate air curt
of stock owned by them. The last question we
oinnot auswer fully. The whole amount cf the ca
pital is £500,000, of which amount, we are told,
Mr. Field owns one-tenth. That is £50,000. How
much of the remainder is owned in America we
have ho means at hand just now to enable U3 to
state accurately, but the following is a complete list
ofthe American stockholders:
Cyrus W. Field, Peter Co-per, David Dudley
Field, August Belmont. John C. Green, Wilson G.
Hunt, Jacob Little. A. M Lawrence, Mathew Mor
gan, Henry G. Marguand, G. T. Trimble, B 11
Van Anker, West Reid, John Hugfes, E't'i’ of
Mortimer Livlrgston, Messrs. A. A Low .V Urn .
Messrs Duncan, Si.t-riliMii &. Cos., Met re. iN.'hi .i'll
fit Gebbaid, Messrs. W. A Sa Sc Cos., Messrs
Phelps, Dodge &. Cos , Mrs. E W Perkins, all i t
New Yoikcity; E. R. titevers, E.-q ,ot Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. ; and William Dow . lisq., 5Io: i.eai,
Canada.
Telegraphic Jokes—A correspondent ofthe
New-York Times says that there is rumor that
there was a postscript in the communication ol Vic
toria to our President, which was omitted in the
publication. It is as follows :
“ You will obl'ge me by expressing you: self
cautiously in replying to my telegram, as I wish t-.
avoid giving Albert any jealous or unpleasant feel
ings which would, you know, very naturally be
created by my sparking with a bachelor .”
President's R ply. —“ The Western World lv idi
ly adapts itselt to European examples, and partw.u
larly to such as are furnished by persons of exa tc t
birth and station. I hope yours will be imitated by
others of your sex although your communication,
owing perhaps to its novelty, was the most shock
ing I ever received.”
Highly Important to Office Holders and
Office Seekers —Taxation and Treason—A
Vermillion Edict ft om the Government Organ
We take what follows from the Washington Union
of Thursday. We believe it is the first time in the
history of the government that the practice of taxa
tion upon the officers of government for the support
of the dominant party, bus been publicly proclaim
ed as a right.
The Union esys:
We see it reported ; we do not care upon what
authority, that a tax is levied upon tjie persons em
ployed in the government service, and the payment
thereof exacted. We are quite ignorant of the ;tl
thority upon which this pa\ ineut is demanded or i he
purposes to which it is applied when r i eived. We
trust, however, that whatever may be thus c M. c',
cd may be wisely and economically applied to ad
vance the interests ot the and. inoerat.ie party in in
great struggle with the opposition. It la said that
from one quarter to oce-ha.t of one per cent, on the
salaries ot officials is thus exacted. Now, without
knowing anything of the alleged tax, and with no
belief in its existence, as a general thing, wo have
just, this to ray on the subject. If there is a person
in the public service who does not voluntarily con
tribute the amount, at least of two dollars and a
half a year on each thousand doilais ot hia aulaix to
support the cause ot the democracy, he should be
dismissed at once, and his plaic filled with one who
is patriotic and liberal enough to double Ike contri
bution. We believe the Cause lojuttify ussupp ii't
and those who refuse to aid in tha. patriotic wotlc
should be the last to complain if they are deprived
ofthe special favors of those in power.
An Educated County.—The county of Hender
son, iu North Carolina, is said to be the only one in
the State in which every male, save one, over
twenty years of age, can rend. I ia doubtlnl if
the same can be said of any other one in the South
perhaps not even in the New England States, where
the system of education ia so thorough.
The Vagaries of Love.—ln New Orleans, on
the Ist inat., a German named Frantz Bingelier,
about 35 years of age, committed suicide on sc
-0 iunt of his unrequited love for a black woman
named Young. He left behind him a letter, stating
that he had long loved Mias Yeung ardently end
passionately ; that at first she pretended to return
his paasicn, and at different times almost acknowl
edged he had won her heart. Latterly, hotvevi r,
her conduct had entirely changed, and she had cool
ly informed him that he was not the man for ber;
that she loved another. This black lady is des
cribed as some years older than her white lover,
who has thus sacrificed hia life. She is very oorpu.
lent, weighing 250 pounds or more, and as block,
sayß the Crescent, an a pair of patent leather boots.
When interrogated about the unfortunate F antz,
sue exclaimed : “Well, the Lord takes, what a fool
that white man was, to be sure, to say that he lub
this nigger.”
Reform in the Household of the New Prin
cess Royal of Prus ia.—A Berlin correspondent
89lates re viral anecdotes of innovations and reforms
in the household made by the Princess Vio oria
since her arrival in Prussia from England. One is
as fol'oW3:
‘Lie chambermaids whose proper business it is t -
clean the rooms, discharge the duties of their posi
tion in Bilk dreises. The daughter of the richest
sovereign iu the world decided to put a stop to this
extravagance. One fine morning she had ali the
female servants summoned to her presence, and de
livered what, may be considered a highly huecessful
maiden speech. She began by telling them the ex
pense of their dresses must evidently exceed the
rate of their wages. She, added that bb their wages
were not to beraised.it would be very fortunate
for them if they were allowed to assume cotton ar
ticles of clothing. “In order to prevent every mis
understanding,” the Princess continued. “I shall
not only permit, but mb r vou to do so.”
Southern Trade.—The Baltimore American
says Tao steamship City of Norfolk left her whaif
on Saturday for Savannah with a full cargo, in
cluded in which were several lots of dry goods, pur
chased in this market for East Tennessee. The
completion of the railroad connections of Savannah,
has made this one of the most direct routes to Ten
nessee and the surrounding Staten. We are glad to
note this opening of anew trade w ith our city, for
which the Savannah steamship line will afford tin
most desirable facilities.
More Indian Rumors.—The Simian (Texas)
Patriot, of the 27th ult., contains the following no
tice of rumored designs of the Indians on the Wes
tern frontier:
We learn from an undoubted source that the
Chickasaw company that had been out securirg to
protect their frontier settlements, hud returned witfc
out having had any conflict with the Camanche.-,;
they penetrated beyond the Witchita Mountains;
they bring the fol owing information, which they
believe to be true: That seven different tribe? were
holding a council on the bead waters of the Arkari
sas ana Canadian, above the L ttlc Sait Plain?, and j
were mak'ng pieparations to make a descent upon
Texas during the fall. Tne council consisted of be
tween three aDd five thousand warriors. They were
called in council by the Camanebea, who are and
termined to avenge their late defeat. They do not
believe that Texas is one of the United States; they
Bay they intend to whip out Texas.
Kansas Election.—Seventeen eounties of Kan
sas have been heard from officially, and incomplete
returns have been received from Beven others. Iu
these twenty-four oounties the majority of votts
cast at the late election against the English propo
sition is entirely overwhelming. The number
against it is 10 735, while only 1,869 are recorded
for it—a somewhat consider- bled fference of 8,866.
The United States Mint, in Philadelphia, was
robbed, on ’.Wednesday, of about S2(JO in go and,
which was taken from a cabinet by means of false
keys, by two respectably-dressed men who had
called to visit the Mint. The suspeoted parties arc
under arreßt.
One of the most noti and residences in Boston, rays
the Bee, is the Gov. Hancock houee, on Beacon
street. It is a connecting link between the pset
and the present. Wo learned yesterday fiorna
gentleman of this city, that the lightning rods on
the house were put there in 1736, and their erection
was superintended fay Dr.Beqj. Franklin.
Grasshoppef.s —The papers of the counties sur
rounding Philadelphia speak of the great numbers
of grasshoppers, and their destruction to vegetation.
Tne city papers also notice in the streets and dwel
lings, the unusual appearance of tbs infect within
the last few days.
Quarantine at Natchez.—The Common Coun
o l of Natchez, Miss., havo established a rigorous
quarantine. No person who has been aboard of a
boat from a port where yellow fever is known to ex
ist, shall be a lowed to enter the city before the expi
ration of twenty-one days after leaving such port.
Kansas Aoain —The Daily Lodger, of Leaven
worth Cily, has been informed that immediate ap
plication will be made to Gov. Denver to call an
extra session of the Legislature of Kansas, in order
that steps may be taken for the formation of an
other constitution tor the Territory.
Later news from Utah is received by the arrival
of the Sait Lake mail at Leavenworth. All the
Morn one who were able had returned from Provo,
and matters were apparently quiet. Brigham
Young, fearing assassination, as is alleged, had shut
himself up in his residence, under a strong guard of
hi3 followers. Gen. Johnston was making prepara
tions for going into permanent quarters. Colonel
Loring, with three companies of the Third Infantry
and one hundred riflemen, had departed for New
Mexico.
Sounds from Home —The day after Mr. Field
landed at Trinity Bay he received the following
despatch from his brother :
“Your family is ail at Stockbridge and wed. The
joyful news arrived there Thursday, and almost
overwhelmed your wife. Fa'her repriced like a boy.
Mother was wild with delight; brothers, eisters—all
were overjoyed. Bells were rnDg; guns fired; chil
dren let out of school, shouted, ‘the cable is laid,' —
the cable is laid.’ The village was in a tumult of
joy. My dear brother, I congratulate V‘ l- God
bless you 1 David Dudley Field.”
Hard Currency.—Judging from the following
notice, from an exchange, of a Bank in Minnesota,
the money in tbat State must be rather below par :
** It may be proper to add that a bushel of notes
are traded for an iron spoon at the place issued, and
gradually lose their value while traveling to remote
sections of the country ’
A Good Old Aox.— Mrs Jane Riooins. aged 110
years, residing near Athens, Teno., died on the
17th inst. She was the relict of James Riggins, a
soldier of the Revolution.
A dispatch from the west announces tbat twenty
six of the Wisconsin banka are discredited in
oago.
Arrival Ft hi Frio ate ‘:-gika t ..w i
Y UK—INTEEI H'G TATE MNT<F ‘ R Ffßl.n j
Tne U. S itigK B N'gura trr v and below New ;
Yoik on Wt dries ay morning, aLd ilarr ly 1 .mi- i
af er, Cyras W. Field, with iLe telegrt pbng neers j
arrived iu tbect'y iu a steam tig. ‘lie Tribune \
bis the following interesting fi.r culs’u ofthe j
cabla lay ing, ga hered lrom a. conversation with ;
him :
Mi. Field describes the I'teling which pervaded
au on board the Niagara wtoie Uie i ajie was being
lad as one or the an.- 1 intense -xo.teuieut. Ever}
man exerted bunse £to tho utmost to achieve sue
Cemi in me work. Pnrongbout the six and ahas
9 most perfect eilecee and attention perva
d-d the men. esta single moment of negligence
should destroy the cable. On the first day alter the
paying out began it was found tbat the cable w-s
being laid out at a rate which ia nrooort-.cn -o le
ci-tauoi run, world if continued have ceftated tie
eulerpii e.
ibis was ow'mg to the fact that the cab’, oa tho
1 Niagara had caused so much i rat attraction I
to seriocs y derage ‘ lie cop'pa sts, rsuotr n* u im i
possible to s.oei the ship. N ;xt ua/the comma-d<-
of the G ‘rgaii being apprised ol t .o mot, ran a . ~and
ofthe Niagara, s i.ng in ibe in s. ci co ■■ ■
lor frmny Bay. This ne couimued to co cay ana
u ght until they arrived, i ever leaving too oe,u
except lor a lev. moiueo, Rt>d vcri'yiag 11„ j- ,
lieu by ieo-.tatedobservß.io;: ol the suo, -- o. il a, .-
| s.ars. To bis agency tber are the succ.ti; of the
! a-, l ievimeul is gieaily indebted.
.Mr. Felt urn el.near the leiegrapb e!a’ -m, T. al
ly B ly, at 2 o'clock iu tha tuo-i.i.ig, a 1 and wUk .i -.o
las house, bait a miie uistani, through the v.’ .flt
ueis, Lot a person bei-g visi’.-le ou la beach. .’.
! ilie leiegrapb hnu• be loin.d the -qir.o ; rn
j London latt asleep, but l. ue of ilis.'-i xpet icg
I that. t_a enterprise world succeed, indeed
i had not anptu-krd t e.r ir i ks, en’ie'pt lmg .h 111
j a week or uvo tk. y would be ordered back to Lo. -
! dou
I The reason why signals and not worm w v-.erf
through itie ca 10, as li was b tug Is and, is the o.
j the previous a'lcuipt i .-oiks iniiul ed n. Lie! ■
! vant Ce-uvenation widen ‘us r.. ‘i .■ . a'-1e..;: ■■■
from duly, at a t.iu wl eutke gn>s obstuio. u
! might be latal to Ibe Work. The Directors there
j ii re ordertd that e’g’ irs omy sh.-.-ld be srut : i.io ‘■:■ ‘■
| the cable turn ship to tup lio ii V,.... I Ii id
Greenwich tin.', and lleeitctiic cm rent luy’o
( to ana ho between th, in lor tin uond.i'S iu-.u I.’
{ The signals showid that oil the liv.-r day tec spued
ofthe Agamemnon siigtily excesi ed lis t o. the
j Niagara, tint on the Bueie ring i y-iLry w. .
the same place, ihere i over b log more than ■ ■ ■ i
ty united tl’-rence between them. W'ber.tb -< .hi
was landed at both eiide, Mr l-'itld arpuu ‘j -
tongue to the end uud received the cheeri. g i do
miit oa that ihe insulation was ptrlei t, in a shuck
that uo;.i y threw tmii over. ho reason wiry in -
sages were not transmitted earlier, was irtm 1
tact that all the app irntu at both ends was new -o and
uuired, and requned a great den! ot Caro aim mil
to adju t.
A Noble Boy An Exam pie to Imitate.—-'it
Memphis Appeal reietes the Ibilowioq very n r .<-
esling iaciueuis ia the history and adet: .urea ol a
boy, one of lie noblest of his bird :
Some weeks ago, on I airi T- on y-six, up tho
river, ibe la'hei and mother of r f.niiy o: e'gbt
nearly the same time done ol Ur fa a! fevers y.-i . I,
so trequeatly no lit) havoc among the papula i ‘ll ot
low and au healthy tii. ire's.
The eldest of toe p ... orphan-’ was a boy, Tl mu?
j Wiiiiame, twelve years of . ge, but to ‘.ve.-.k-y
ague and its attendant all ring tbat he io-. not
look so old us that. The o'lien v.vre graduat-l by
-in. I iutei vms to little wore fhau tui'ancy in tc-.
I youngest. Tho i land was no (dace tor the help e
| babies, and ihe only relatives lu-y Imd io l!iu mil.
lived in Ea-tern Teuueeaeo, at Swettwa'er, wiry
ud.es from Uuaitano ..•two liut-nrod n.ri.-r i:
this city. To these relative* li- -no > rtsolv.-n I
go, and tell his talc o: sot row. The negbh irs in
dertook lh' ca eof the liitls ones ands vpiug c-i
board the Fri sCh. , waeu it Mo. p.-i • . ~ tli
bov made llio dull IKqiiaatelt wi >, the eta e
of ibe orphan family. Tuat gentleman not ou'v
gave him a pus-age io this city, b- l a letter <>t o -
(reduction, whichobtniaei lor aim the kind ho-.; i
taltfies of the Worsham House, and a fine ;u? me
an the Charleston railroad to the end of his jo rue , j
which was given him by the generosity of Air. Ay
res.
I'be lit'io fellow found Fa rri ‘.’i rr. Ttey iv.>-
not rich in mom y, bn: th-y pr.-udvd to miss tn
tamily it they who t-ruugU to them. The yi u ■
hero t on ut off to btlug lo the r new iiou e u.
teveu I.ttle brotaors and sisters lie pae-u-d again
- ver Uo- ■ abroad lo ihe oily . 11a; Pr'hiO iSphie va j
,'i ii g up ibe uver, lie went on b -..<i and informed i
i >,iip Marshall oi b s situation, tltutd cap ani I
i not oily gave hi e. ap s? ge tc he lsla-jd, but t Pit j
| aim to lmve ad ready to bring tho bile ones us - j
h-s proieetiou on board with bins at the return of (ho ;
boat from Si. Lou ?, and whether it was r ight or j
oay, ho bo.v Mould up h.r them. A e-ill leg y, i
on ihe down trip, the Fialadelphia took <m tLe ei.,a t
little orphans, ‘ihetr i; ilidition was distressing in I
the extreme—not one of them Was free from nick- j
HfcSj, : iiuiflaa wao stiff ring iruia n.**ii* uu<- ;
lever— jmietr*tea with i f , we wvre g t ea;.
but -hj ii lie f-Ho - vn\ a tnm e.f tbe at til* |
rubm.la to prostc&iiou. lit* y;tw - j
live aud liiougiitl'ui, fi.tteeriuj; v.ih ui-w-.::.r\i?-K I
oajeto ilia vv.u.t’. uud v/uiiiiigd ii* ihe aiv.k, h< Jp Ori*. i
little one?
Or. lat I Mr. II Won h .in vr< ;cn I
boartl t? - I'i.iiuQ 1,. wlitu Captap Man iu* j
viled i in; tol-.a.k nt to ie pcU lie iiaii, and • t on* ,
f'd Oil tile !l)*tued. ca l-iy H* U.-Upri < } • a Utlf
onea, their wants oaretufly attended to, for tbete I
wed i.ut an officer, :.('t a cabiu boy <*n Ui-> bt at iha
Wad lift -:S ; Jt t dliO'V i.liidot - J t i
whj bo c.Jlci G- l a lr.tie ot e>, !<>r Ho wad
their eole father, and v. ocdr.ilul'y ll* leuiyered
tho wind to tm Mhoiu h. bd.’ ji.. vVoi>- .am j
mediately recognized ins fortnfr {juuat, -ud at once
pet to werk to h p x s. Jia
eaw Mr. Ayr ;li au < ehowed hi u j
letter with whbU ihe boy ha-u b 11 iurn h C ; l . j
gentleman fcuve ciuLCSioue tha; whole b r.i j
have a pas.-.ago on • i;o ro-.d lo ;is i j u.n j’u e.tf. j
Death cfa Mayok —Gm-ral W. Pilcher,
ihe Mayor of XiOuisvi.D, who Ln t been iltsr.m;
time,-died on Saturday night last. The dooeuMed I
I waa a nativo of Virginia, and iu 1841 he ran on the
! democartic ticket lor Lit-Jt. Governor i fK- ire’ey.
file Bub3equen:iy joined the American party, and
waj elected mayor of L u!BV.l!e. Tae Journa!
says:
Geu. P. waa ir* many re peels re ex'rr.ord r-.ary
man. At au early period oi nb c..*'-.r er >;•; rose t.o .
tiiatinguislied po.'h'oj: at the bar. H wi. i ri
oaa, and capable ot great labor ana cuduiv oe
His mind wannciive andoomp *lu* eiv , hisin* m >
| y reteiitive, his imaginatuu lertue, ana his wi • u-l
: iiUioor exuberant. Whether m the and: y <!e■ oi !
the law, or lucid expoeition nf fac:s,cr;n j
’ and persuasive appeals t< jir es, o>- iu b.*rangues to |
I popular aeeembiies, he wth tqn:ily at bom -. No j
1 one excelled him iu pic s’.ug pr mi. . nous aut ; i n- |
Ills store of i*n cuote wto ever ready mid j
perfectly iuoxhauetible, and could : uuc! j
J before the impetuosity of ins iuvv iv •, rioi.-ule I
| and tailery. Otuiitimes, and in it.for minn’es <-iily I
I but hours, he has kep‘ .the court, jury, member.* of J
i ihe bar and crowd of list neraov *.< v. iciouu iu
j tiuguiahablo laughter.
I ‘ *
• California Wine and Bkandy-—The 5
| Francisco Price . urront icmavhs an foilowa ou P.i < .
| production. Tho brandy .‘p ken of i q:- o:ni $ 1 .
! per gallon :
j “California braudy, <*.i>tiled fr* tto t <!ve
I grape, chii now be bo’uglit in :ho i .* kand ;.i a
1 quality • q ;at to ibe nveregt hr. ‘•.l f . ’ i,c -
ported litre, and greatly euperior to the li cholU*
brandy. From the grape crop this year it is "t> I
j mateu 60 000 gahons wi.i be made, o 300*®400 per
j cent, more tb nhi t your. At t. . i ra'io of i .<• tnse (
;wo do not hem:aU* lay{h it thu e years’ i>e>c and t
j fine brandy wi!i be o; eof our exp r able pr cir t . ’ ’
| For two years paet vai u< clu-he o. wine, *adc !
; from the native grape of Lis have b':.n j
j grow ug upon popular noli e anu fa or I’he Alta i
[ California waye it is eH'imated thai 150,000 g as j
ot wiuo were mads the li’u'o lnt year, adt. iu !
j ill grape crop thiflyei r ; ij expected 3>0,0Q gal- i
lons will be manufactured. A . nuinbor o !
new vin yards hnv. h. eu pl. ntcd in the vc n t-y of j
Los Angt-los since 1P63, t. and thr- annual l rtpt • p
since then must have inert.a and t loimously.
Gold Excite mem.— A Dut reusing Drought —!
A letter from T Gi . M (
of tho Fayetteville Observer, dated Augur 7ib, j
says:
A rich depositof gold, unparalleled in r- on,
i has been discovered on the lands o S. 11. Chri lau, *
E.-q, Bear old L wienuviik*. Fivo pieces have j
I been iound within a week by two young men, i
Smith and Sigler, weighing in the a"grega’* a hour, j
95ounce, besides a coneiderable quumiry iu fciiiftll- j
er “chULk'i.”
Many persons are actively f>tged near this!
spot—many of them p cfitably. The pit in which
these largo pitces are found is no’, more tLan 15
feet deep.
The weather is excessively hot and dry. and the |
propp* ct for cr -ps is more ghv ray, if p ‘ -ibh*, than ;
m 1845. In this iniuit-'!-t'o vh*:ri: y there ia not j
been lain enough, if it had fa h: ; ut >i)e time, to ’
stop farmers lrom wo k 12 hours bine e the crt>i a 1
were planted.
Progress 1 f Ocean J eligraphino —fird
the following inten .iling explanation of the nature
f teleprapb operations on extended lice:- 1 of /. ir ,
as especially applicable to the Atlantic c bh-, .11 tho
Boston Daily Advertiser:
It appears that the pass ’ge of ono e ‘ ric-d wg- 1
nal acr:ss the ocean—noton y is an ‘liable 1 ime :
co.feumed, but the e gnat n *.* I k i in ads
g n e, •is original character. It u , to tp-ak, !
ttretchid out. A n'gua wbirli, •i* >. ‘ r* i*ie,
would seem per r ectly eharp and pr m * *.he \* l
form ot ah tig w ve, o. and icqu le r . x: t i
seconds to cl ccl re 1 • -If be* w<-* nii o ! . ut.- ,0!
its tT <:a ana its end. Between wb -ha sig
rtai wc u’d be at the endol a ehor; v f, and what
it to at the end <*f the Atiant c w r a, tin re is some
what the came and fference hs between the shortest
(eta oati) blast of aw tisile, and a note drawn < ut
withther W. il"! an ergar , to the length of six or
even ten t- conds. A instinct fearure to be i strv
ed is the ncell or the prolonged b goah I has mor-t
ftree in iho middle of its pcricd, uud gaLB and lose
ea that force gradually.
Os the length ot time wh’ch thla mod fied signal
require - for parsing the ocean we a*e no- mforme
nor do we know that *t has been ascertained. It :j
evident, however, that i:. must Le fct iefcßt iix Bc
---enda, the eholt* st period in which or.e signal com
pi t*-n itself N wi awe! known by Faraday*
and W/ eatsti ue’- obs-;i va in- 011 lot g wires th at
for alleatt half ihe period i- qu red for t e transmit*
sifeU of ut y signal, the cuir*-i.t must be tout! ueO
unbroken; no news’gnal must be begun. Other*
wi e tl.e signal returns to the ra’ or, tbat being
:tA shortest oppurtar ty discharge its -1 A f
shortest, there ore, one signal on iho cable wiil re
qu.re more than three the po.Lo of e att
ic; , and tix <--ecoods to rc rd it-tb.
R.-aderu who nave tho ei-ghfedi. kncwlodge ‘ f fl. -
g'-’ t/hic machinery wi! anders . r .d h* wma erialy
such a modification of the prtrnpme* • of thu si/ca!
min t affoct any f-.rui o the apparatus i ue. The
quickest tap of Morse's telegraph lor iterance, it
exchanged, w.thsuch a signal, t*r a long C'c cendo
a.'jd diminuendo wave Iu Moise’s alphabet,
ep-ices, short taps or dote, and long ones or dashes,
arc varioosly mod.tied to make the several letters.
A rord of ten letters may cuns etof thirty or (o r ty
of
bio it would be for an operator to transmit -uch a
word, until txp* rutieul enables hnn prweely to
adapt bis spacesj to hif*d..ts au f dashes, to teil when
a cotenCtf, and when a t-pace begins. fc>*> great is
the imaiedia’e change wh**rj an in. aut dot io chaig*
ed into a signal fcix s long.
The Grain Crop of 1858.—TLe Prairie Farrier
gives the following e t.mate of tho grata crop in
the North* ;atem S etea :
After a careful examination of the whole suhjfc’
we have come to this conclusion: that of the wheat
crop of 1858 I Jinoifc will r.ofc export more than Ax
million bushels—perhaps far ; that lowa will
ex;>oit less than one million bushels —perhaps lca
thr.n ha'f a million ; tb&‘ Wiec nsin wiii not exoor
p-r ro than three-fifths a3 much as of ibe crop ol
1857 ; that Indiana will export about in ibe fame
pr portion os Wisconsin ; and tbai there will be a
failing off in Ohio of about three million bnebe's.
Bear m u iud we < ffer tlieee as very high estimates.
A < oclinuanceof bad wea her may r duci- the
ao ountfor to almost noth.ng. At preheat
SSW h!.w LTch old w“ 5 .t t'bera
rfye,”o P UD .r/ not know, but tie
n.i.*i’ v ISceitaint. It” than cummeroia.papersee
tq,r Sera Tbe OGmer. p -ill somewhat aff,<-t .be
r -of wheat, bot there is r.o Dosdbi lty yf lt- be
ft!K an average jietd per inhabitant in I.i.nnis or
Lock Out for Jmperflct Gold Com.—A mfer
ebant from Forte Ki o. now in New Y rk n;ty, had
occasion to collec; golu coin lrom m rchants
down town recently, but waa eurpr sed, on present;
it at the bank lr denotit, fu fiiid that much of
ir vaa imperfect Off Ob in $5 g and pieces, ox* y j
S3U were pwirKet. It. 10 reporied that much 01 this j
Lghe, troper.'ect coin is in circuia i* *tii it would j
be well for the pub.to to be o ntbeir guard again t
it.
n ?r i. 11. fiirPHENS.who h;s bans ou a v’sit to
h N >r(b.veitert! HU'es. ppo I broupju Mimphls
on -Wedneed y last, eu route so
Athens Ekanch—Change , h^Tule—Tl •
tn&il and pa*>sr>g’r train on tb zi neoe branch cf
the Geoipa Kailroad, cn an r%tt~r Monday nest,
will < notet with the night fiutti trii city, ar
nvi *K in Athens nir c w elves, A. M. Th a
change was O iKed for, and w oe oigbiy t atisf&ctory
to the bnA oommuaity i\ ue*e, and we tic|
wiil b3 perms::cut.
Small P x at Trioh Factory —A note from
tho Superintendent at Trion Factory, dated 15th
I suppofio your readers wou’d like so be correefc
l .i . nned iu relatit n to our Smfell Pox.
! 24 ii* art—all ut qu rantine. Have bed
it* cato at mo Factory since 31et Juy. Ail caais
Jciug well—-no dentil.
A. P. Alloqod.
Affray at Tunnel Hill,S.C. — ThePendl(ton
(v C ) Messenger eays:— We undeistaud that a
taan by the name of Scnitb, from Georgia, waa
killed by a crowd of Irishmen, at Tunnel Hill, or.e
day this wrnk The Georgians were about to re
t % di, and so hot had limes becoma, at the last ao
c n*s, it woa found m o *s=sary to call out the m'lt
ta. g, veral arren's ad been irsde, but tho innci
pals to t’ao n urder, we ’. am, bad fl^d.
lloh. Hn.N. it. Yancy.—Oar esteemed fel'ow
t mm h Hou BeijtdKi C. Tans , le’r this
‘"•tv om • ui.-iay n'.jy.r n. 12 o’ch.ck or N-w Yak,
f m whence he uud his exoel-ent family wi i sail in
he cou* s® of next wees. torSmth America, to re
to bs p ’ft 1.8 H • . t rto the Argentine Cun-
I *’*' : eret’or iia cr .1. i wh'ohjte b'uta Fe, about
| 20;’ mi!< up the r.ver lrom Bueno* Ayres.
We hop the C 1 ”.el may ei.j .y ti. time soent
; in connection with the appointment from our Gov
j t-rmntn That he w ill oir’Charge faithful'y ihe du
j <*f ii!B Btat: n, io what all know, who are ac
q'l’ iw’v 1 w.:h i im. At tho close of hig ‘erm of
. ffi •, we sha’l gladly wi i vine him tack to our
eUv t. rsmght again with us, as iu tho p net.—A*-
| lanta Ludhgtncer.
, Pr-wned—Wc barn that a young lad named
j J-:'ti U oi*. aged ab. ut ten s- uof lUr Thos.
* Whit*’, of this city, bed been m f.iug from hie home
ir.ee Fuecii y evt ..ii Ts th** 10fh int. N;> iu'erma
( t - :\ of him could be had until yesterbay, when his
j ii'.of! er, who has be*-n v rv diligent iu searolUDg for
I him, enquired or one oi’ ins p'aymatee, a very
I boy, if b know anylhing ts his whereabouts; he
I replied tbrt ho ci*. no’ ; she then t id tim that he
w.-:•• * ‘ a t mm that her un waa feed with, and if
- • ; : ii!>t t**U where he wae. sbe would have h m
puui.'i'i and. TViji a !i, lit coming somewhat-alarm*
| 0.1, t :>{ “v i it her b<n, together ui; three otuer
no ■ bs i l > i'Hiiri: li. went into a small b tiean, on
J •ev -nr* r.i'ove i e* tioned to a sand bark about
a mite -uicl aha t below the city, to swim, and that
h r . on, w i pla: ing in the water, a. cideutally got
ov. r ti'.s and pt i and v ;,s drowned, lie says Hint all
raw hi ngo and .wn and oome op again three time?,
out tv y, ink n„ i gU, ran for the b..a*. They came
i mined lately to the city but 8:;id nothing of ihe af
fair uuid
covered.— Sav. Republican of Ft id ay.
IT. Mtcjdk in Lincoln County —We learn, that
on Sum iy last ihe Si rH ot Linoolu oounty called
ou Mr. J ita-'s He;;gio, to use at- him in arresting a
Mr Ez.'kiel Jeter, who a’anda charged with hilling
a A* they rp lvached Jeter, he fired at
• her*;, hi* Ball taking .CLct m Mr. Huggit’a right
• •ve, p i din ing h p::n ui >md as ii enppoeed, a ncr
-111 wound. Mr Heg do having a uh t gun in his
hands return and the tne, killi* g Jeter immediately.
Mr. l\‘ L.i is not expected to su vive. no is well
end J: v -rab!o ksiowii in this c. ty. and we sincere
ly l ’No tur.r iho wound v i'l not prove latal.—Augus
ta Dispatch.
Stabbing Affray in Columbus—On Thurslay
it - I.’ .■ difficulty oc urreda the “Elfh rado 1 Bil
ii i i ! ooi),in thUci:y, between Mr John War *en
* T om;s i) which the former waa
\ er* - cut by the l ift, r, but it h hoped not fatal
ly. Wi 1 a.. mibrmod that Wavdn ih cut iu thirteen
I place -f, foie*.* of the cuts being in vital parts, but
I not • m* u hlo produce cb-v h. Toe difficulty,
,<3 originated between Reynolds anti auo h
r geoil man, who being a cripple, Warden ro
icon Taled wth Reynolds which provoked harsh
we*rd - lei ult'Dg iu blows, and the cutting as above
tate-i. Reynolds was arrested, and brought be
h nj tie; co **. ing magistrates jesterday, and af*
v a hea i* * of tL e ca ewa > r< q lirert lo give bund
:*r ! ; :. ■■>■ -.rauceat she next Superior Court in the
iium <> |iOd, iu default of which he was committed
t o jail.— Sun.
Alnbsiui.i Items*
Nf.w Cotton in so hilkT*.ve!v bales of ,new
Ooa .m v. ti e T§ceivcd iu Mobile on Sunday laTt, ma*
Li: g2d bal. icf new cotton this season. ‘
Fatal Accident in Perry Cos., Ala—The
S-ima Reporter of the 13:li inst., regrets to learn
that aM r. Marcey, near Pc:’ryvil|a ) p err y county,
Ala , was acoidently kU *d a lew dava Hnce by the
fahng of a cotb.’u screw. He is rt-presentod as
having been e, very clover and industiious man.
Married by Stem —ln Iho Mobile Tribune wo
find i! anro ;nc<ment of tbo raarringe of Mr J.
Wen*’ rat! Min S-illie J H’tston, ‘*nthedown
ward t”- iu of tho Mobi and and Ohio Raiirosd, while
und r all htadr. ay, pricing through Wayno coun
ty, Mi k-n j pi.” A R v. Mr Heard performed the*
cere tnnriy.
Struck by LiotTirto—We Irani from the
in*ry Aov- riia'u - that, curing ihe prevalence
. ! n thunder e rj;n in that cty on Monday af'er
’ ,<l i ta, the atabieol Mr. P. ul Marx, situated cn
‘W-Bliiiubc street, vv; struck by bgi*tniur, and
tki g tii-.*, i r vbß entirely c .iL-umcd, together witli
die i ic” uof M .1. VV\ man, an-i the s able of *Mr
Wea;li. dy. Two valuable horses iu the stable of
Mr. M ax wore removed unharmed before the fire
had mads much progress. The heavy rain falling
at tlin i'-n j and ib** exertion of the fi o department
pr. ven!:j(i a very f* r.ona couflagratiou. Losses
liaa /ed at nb ut $1,5110. dls riMUeu as loUowb :
Mis Wyman, IjiSUO; Mr.Marx,ssllo; Mr. VVeat: criy
|2OO.
The weafb*r continurr* to be very hot tv. and oppres
sive. A general copmus rain is much neeoed.—
La’o ci- 1 n if HUtfrring lo: the went of ir. The farm
ers a c * aiLering f-Oder. To make up for ihe en
tire 1 3k ofthe oat crop, aH the fodder Bb<uld b
saved that c::n be. ano ihtu na much huy as pop fi.
ble. i.:b f ...I'f y, \ re• telly ©un and, is equal to the
retd clover, timutl yor noithero hay Cotton, w i„. re
‘"Kriitmi ia n>< i>- iiiits vtiy priuisiug.—fjunts
vule Advocate, 19 Ih mst.
Important Arrest—Ti ii mi.rain;; . 0 j oarn
tlial an iu.portnut, arr.-a li; s been mr.de Mobile
—tbai, two ot turriliz- ii. obargeU vi*,h thelL/ee
i.y of $ i 7Ult frr in Cot B'ewarf, i-S il'.ih city. The
MOi'i-y is raid to Sn ve I ec-n S.U.kii //rom Got. S.’s
i: is on. lari. .Sunday night, and i/jo perpetrators
iii’in diately left _ 1
We bo no iirmi tu the immpsof the parties, be
en, v ai } ft, we *• Lot ko'iw wW evidence the
( h *gc rt-it - lAI ‘htgovnt ty Muil t f Wtduckduy.
Geo. P. Blevins, Dead —A j a friend, we ore
c lei upcu to drop a tear over the tit parture of
(ivoi r ;* rBl vitm, ot Dali i-., who died a lew da>H
s<noeattbe family p uce m*ar Selma, from n juries
receiv* dby being throwci from a buggy. Julia
a- ”i'i ihe State l’.-m lost one of her modt gifted sons,
aad hi* i dture one ol ite brightest orunmeutd. Mr.
•ilevms wan undoubtedly one o’ ti e finest classical
| : oh” k. a iu tie o >Uih. TLoui'h holding a loathed
I post-ion iu hi* profession, 11 . law. and ranking
tjQoijg>thb iW • talented at:d cha:*fo pubiio speak
• di * the South, his library pursuits and a tain
•* ntp were but little ktiown so thepuhiic generally.
Hid Kilts ns aw iter were first br u*ht out while
Coll* ge, where he, with Charles G. Iceland,
nd i.thM- t/.kubd young wiitcr*, edited the Col-
I ge Mugazine. I nfier year.-*, he was a favoiite
*r- intr t*> tl.e Kni kerboeker The last, pro
du*;tion of Blevins, oi v/hieh we have any know
edgi:— w Wie imnnrtal ‘’Henry Clay,” whieh we
cot-aiued for pubiicadoci in the Selma Reporter a
f-w inenths since, and republished iuthe Amer j OMl#
The originality and clau-ic beauty ot that produe
■ •‘U bus b•* n admired and exi. bed by ihe best
rol.olars and literary latnt of the SUle. Would
.*•;• >•• knew more of the oary ma u o (>1 d c f George
P r.l vi i . wo mi; ht mah o an hit able effort
t, dolus niv n ocy juetic v ' a r i rn. Ata ) American.
H( MICIDK IN it becomes <ur pain
?u! duty In record Jhe l< ip a lu of a irclancholytra
pedy, of h:li lv: {..eJ'Cuii.i vicinity has recently
been made Ihv ibeatie.
On fhu/rday veiling, (he 19lb iret, about fenr
rnilas north of thid place, two young men, nan ed
Abner and James Nance (cousin*-) attacked
Mid mui eieii a Mr. Jamts A. Gorham in a r eik
l;-a a.-.(l rro-f unfeeling manner. It appears that
Mr. Gorham, a-* overseer of one of the publi c high-
returned She above named your g tm vi to the
lnxgi- ra * for the non pertormance ot roar’i duty
‘in-* nart;eß caeaa ; ly met at the house of a neighbor,
where a dispute arose concerning the road wnrk
ir<K: snd returi itg of defaulters. During the alter
cati ;i! Ahmr Nance gave Gorham tlirj 1 !0 . Deelar
iig that he would ettrer their ahu n • longer, ho
a:temptd t*> repent the imult, w.iereupun the a-
R 1,,w attack* and him with open k/. ivee and ii fl ct
eo three wounds* up**n his person—one upon the
‘/'rt-' 1 . another J ist ab<*ve the rvght breast, iho other
li* tho h p The first win i u>*erficial, hut either of
l ie latter would nec&fcsariV? have proved f*tal
>Sargica ! aid summoned at the earliest ptaoiicai
in* nn iif; bu* iho nnf. r: uuate man si.k rapidy
’r<m int.inal and died n Lour and, k
h-tlf after v t lencdur.fer.
j Up to this wilting, the criminals have not been
I a-rt-f*. .ed; hut ffi*rHhav© been set on toot to secure
j them We are informed that the mothers of the
. murderers—two widow ladies of un* x uople'4 piety
—lt svo h:, • 1 almost fran’lc since the perpetration
•1 ?h u.-ycy deed, whu hit w will diive
• j*- u lo ‘“huty, or Lurry them Vj a premature
;, * r O rbam was a highly esteemed citizen cf oui
c.'u inanity, being an upright af/d orderly number
< : tho Baptist. Church, a3 well as a cuneist-nt end
v/ rhy lnembfer of the Mp/onlo Fraternity. He
I vea an exemplary widow and eight children*to
r. cum their uotiu*ely bereavement. The inter*
meet of liia remains hallowed with Masonic
u*s al C- UQty L’n‘’< Church, this morning, the
instant.— Selma {Ala.) Era, tlXnt nut.
‘lhe American Aloe.—A Philadelphia corree
1 f*.\ tut t f the Courier dee Etafs Lets writes about
; so- o’men of the Century Plant now on exhibition
1 • ;.at city, for ibe benefit o: the Y. H. C. Asafci
t on. which we tius frtms'ate;
’ VT Lave jut*t M=:urn and from vie ting one of the
‘A ’ l ‘ v -jj.. p- om-;! :.*i Ot the vegetable kingdom, A
/. u ant Jo pi -Tit, twenty feet ;n height, whose flowrr
i: g:s alu: ft a } b* I'.omeDOn incur t'Amuera e cli
. , , w ere it attains ibis point only ctea mahun-
J • ‘* wonder, ti • Annerjr &ra, is a plant ot
• l A uaryll ■ ihe n vs’ Culoaual of the
I- ; <cu*. f&iui y ; its !*avcs -re lage, i.umt-iouq
.* * ve. )a> cio'ated, feuceuleiit,ard&giajirb green
( j or, t*ic .r attr g in r long point ot extreme hard
• e tdgea iudtn'fd, cent anted wi h a
• tr*ng thorn, Tbe btafti.r stem is quite bare till it
ft *.:!•: the t.e : ght ot fifteen feet; fr< m thence to
1 • umcdi a pyramid*.! panicle of flowers \a preser
t- 1 *‘. irg >ll iiLi. enfie candelabra, each
t*f noh ot whi h i covered with an infinity of bril
ia greenish ye'low flnwer*.
Wi eo this par. tie it in full bloom, it forms an ak
n *’ i !iO)[ act fn’tol pet*lH. Six stamoi-s wiib their
-. cfet* ; a.tt era pn jot t tiom each bl. ssom, tnd in
t . * iate it present ■ a truly msguiticect sikht. The
Aqave Ameii-ana is indigenous to the ir. prai e
t :. *. where it matures rapi* ly, get ere lly fl .wer
1. ,t the end of a few years; but this le in our
1 .• .u3* i,aud probably has never occurred in the
m ‘idtan countries 0! Europe, where it \ A success*
tul.y cul. vated for purposts of dou gsric uiilty;
t e hedges are formed of it, impenetrable to am
jj: .a in consequence ts its Ing tbo* ne; r< pes and
j • *•* af- made litin ihe tibrour. leaves, which
a: ve ako, when chopped or bruised, ss food for the
ft- !e. Am ititoxicatiug drink, Colled Pulqne by tite
sci: arcs, ia cistdied from iho j"ice, which a lto
b es a9 asibt ti'ute tor eoapin cleansing linen, or
*>co.u:itg wood and metal ”
reign Relationso “Fain.— The Correspond
dencia Avloyrafa, a eemi-offi Jai organ ct Madrid,
ofthe 20th ult., eays:—
r Vhe English government, with an UDrightness
w ch does 11 b nor, has juet given satisfaction to
tbe complaints cf Spaivi on the subject ot the icsul
lh:7, conduct ofthe commander of tha English cruis
er Buazard, wbo vieited vessels in the waters o r s
Cuba. The jfioglish government, which on tbe
ti. • Dewe.ol what had taken place hastened to d>.
clare through its representative tht t it disapprove and
n most formsl manner the conduct of its cruiser
n jolt nobly confirmed in writing that declaration*
ex iu a manner tbe most satisfactory to Spain As
it athing be wanting for the satis action of
nu- nat cnal dignity in this affair, the Minister]of
Fi Ass is ot the Ujited States has addressed
•o General D > dge, the Auit rican Minister in Madrid
j & rote, in w hich he proclaims that the conduct of
I th authorities of Cuba could not have been more
j *v r ‘tby or amicable than it was to the government
f America. This must tend to draw closer the re
'. .iciis between that country and Spain.