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humus.
Norwalk, Tuesday,August 10,1858.
i-fi‘ THE NEW PRINTING Rooms or
run GAZETTE ARE IN Woon’s NEW BRICK
BUILDING, IN MAIN STREET.
Our Ridgefield Carrier dropped one of his
Route Books, week before last, somewhere on
the road leading from New Canaan to Wilton.
The finder will be suitably rewarded by 19“”
ing it. in the possession of any subscriber
whose name is written therein.
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~ THE DEED IS DONE !
THE ATLANTIC CABLE IS LAID !
Six thousand years has the world waited to
hell this hour of her mightiest achievement.
Time and space annihilated,——the old world
and the new—every nation, and kingdom,
and people, under the whole heaven, . lie
bound within the wedded bands of the elec-
tric cord! No pen can compass the stupen-
dous magnitude of the achievement, nor
words express, or imagination conceive the
consequences to flow out from its consumma-
tion. Even man himself starts back in min-
gled wonder and aWe, at the unknown power
he has evoked. The Atlantic Telegraph is a
success—the ocean is chained, and the brigh-
test hopes and visions, of the civilized world
are realized. Never has any event, not even
the declaration of Peace, caused such uuiveri
sal rejoicings. The heart is too full for ut-
terance. We refer to the~dispatches of that
ever to be remembered American, to whom,
more than to any other one man. are we in-
debted, under God, for this stupendous hu-
man miracle. “ Hosannah to the highest,
Peace on Earth, good will to men.”
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Union School.
Since the resignation of Mr. Brigham, the
Union School Committee have been indefati-
' gacle in their exertions to secure a successor
who should combine all the moral and intel-
lectual qualifications requisite for making
this institution the very first of the kind in
the country. Our School already enjoys the
reputation abroad of being the best in all
respects, in Connecticut, and we coufess.to a
feeling of no ordinary satisfaction in the as-
surance we have that under the direction of
Mr. Camp, its character at home and reputa-
tion abroad, will be still fur ther promoted.
Mr. C. was for several years Principal of the
. High School at New London, which place
he resigned on account of ill health, and as
an evidence of the appreciation in which he
is held there, we may add that after it was
known to the citizens of that place that his
health would again permit of his resuming
his vocation as Teacher, they immediately
proffered him his former position in that city,
' with an increase ofsalary, (amounting tosev-
*as his salary here.
eral hundred dollars per annum more than he
had closed a bargain with our Committee for,)
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The Fair at Danbnry,—At the special
meeting of the Fairfield County Agricultural
Society, held at the Norwalk Hotel on Thurs-
day last, the vote of the Annual Meeting, lo-
eating the next Fair at Norwalk, was rescin-
ded, and a vote taken to locate the same at
Danbnry, in compliance with the wishes of
that town.
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Adjourned Again—The monster railroad
trial which has kept the town on the qui nice
for the last fortnight, again adjourned on
Saturday morning till the vacation interve-
ning the next session of the Caurts. It was
supposed the case'would he ended the past
week, but whether it is a case to be nursed
by the lawyers, or whether one party is
afraid and the other dare not “ come to the
pint,” we do not pretend to know.
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Serenade—Our slumbers were made bliss-
ful on Friday night last, by a vocal Sere-
nade from a German Quartette Club, which
. our “ frow” pronounced without qualification
or reservation, the v ery ‘ ‘ best of the season."
I 'We hope to be able to give our thanks a more
tangiblecxpression, the next time they favor
‘ us with the enchanting songs 'of Faderland.
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The Fairfield Codnty Commissioners
have been having a. time with each other
about repairing the Daubury Court
House, but nothing has been done.
,_ lVew Haven Palladium.
. h. We believe the “ wool pulling” origi--
nateglin the fact of the Bridgeport member
of the Commissioners deeming any expendi-
tures for the Court House and Jail at Dénbu-
ry, as money thrown away, that all the funds
the County could afford to expend, were like-
ly to be needed at Bridgeport, and, in fact,
any other place wasn’t of much account any-
way, Jtc. To the second claim we do not
hear that our friends Mead and Norris took
any exception s, but to the others, they were
, . not so willing to acquiesce,,heuce the “ time”
, referred to.
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The Stonington Boats, forming the
through mail line to Boston, now leave their
. . dock, Battery Place,N. Y., at six o‘clock. P.
, 11., instead of five as heretofre. and on Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays the fare
is reduced to three dollars, as we learn from
Mr. R. E. Lockwood, the courteous agent of
the line.
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Norwalk Paper Co.—-At the adjourned
annual meeting of the above Company, held.
last Wednesday evening, Jonathan Camp was
, elected President,‘Wm. C. Street, Secretary
and Treasurer, and Jonathan Camp, Stephen
Olmstead, Lewis Curtis, Wm. C. Street, and
5: Wm. K. James, Directors, for the year ensu-
In g.
“9’”—
- The Homestead Beat—Our friend, A. E.
Kroger, presents us with a head of Timothy
12 5-8 inches in length, which considerably
eclipses the longest stretch of our friends of
the Homestead. They will have topull-oul
' again, or go to seed earlier.
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Building up.—-“ Mine Host David” of the
Norwalk Hotel, has commenced the rebuild-
ing of his Barns and Stables destroyed by
lightning a few weeks since. '
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hThe pulpit of the 1st Congregational
Church was supplied by Rev. Dn. HEWITT, on
Sunday last. '
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‘ ' fl. Those of our readers residing adjacent
. to Cannon’s Station, will find Mr. Jones at
that point,ready to serve them in the Grocery
or Ready Made Clothing line, to better ad-
'_ vantage than-they can obtain by traveling
3. is to be raised to $7000.
farther, besides the, incidental advantages of
dealing with a polite, gentlemanly and up-
‘ right Merchant. " JV‘uf ced.”
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”The salary of Henry Ward Beecher
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" R'We were much gratified last Friday
Kl 3‘01 ..4. ,‘s
'V in takingby thehand, our old friend James
E. Hoyt, who for several months past has been
confined on account of the entire loss of‘the
». «1 use of his lower limbs. ‘His general health is
- restored but it requires a=Yankee contrivance
in the shape of .a self: operating chair, to "sub-
stitute the loss of his-legs. . We hope to greet
his smiling countenance often, as he rolls him
self with the town. ~ .
Foreign Correspondence.
We commence this week‘ the publication of
a series of European Letters, written for the
Buffalo Advertiser, and from the pen of a
former resident of Norwalk, and a graduate
of the old Gazette. The writer thus far has
taken up about the line of travel detailed in
our own letters published some three sum-
mers ago, yet there are many sights in Europe
of exceeding interest and seen through other
eyes, and narrated with our writer’s graphic
pen, we apprehend they will possess an nuns-
al degree of interest to our readers.
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Sabbath School Pic‘Nic.
The Baptist Society of this place, availed
themselves of the pleasant weather of Thurs-
day afternoon last to treat their Sabbath
School to 9. Pic Nic entertainment at that ro_
manticaily beautiful spot, on the river shore,
known as the Amphitheater. The exercises
were of a most entertaining character, the
speeches and singing good, and the refresh-
ments entirely satisfactorily to the children.
At an early hour all returned home, refreshed
by their little season of recreation, instead of
being tired,jaded, and fagged out, as is the
case when so many children are transported
to the Islands. Commend us to the cool shades
of our adjacent woods, hard by some murmur-
ing river or babbling brook, for a children’s
Pic Nie.
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w The Choir of the First Congregational
Church made their annual excursion to“ Nau-
voo Island” on Friday last. We are aware of
the perfect blending of their voices, but are
not aware of any special blending of the
heart, being involved in the selection of the
Utah Island, as the theater of their enjoy-
ments. These annual gatherings of neighbor-
hoods, churches, societies, &c., in Pic Nic par-
ties, at the Islands, constitute one of the rich-
est social bonds of friendship and happiness,
enjoyed by our people.
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fi‘ We learn from the Derby News, that
one of the upper rooms of Rev. Mr. Bottom’s
house, in that place, was discovered to be on
fire, on Thursday evening, and on enteringit,
a young child fast asleep was found lying on_
a blazing bed which was already half burned.
The fire had reached within two inches of the
little fellow’s feet, and the iron bedstead was
too hot to be handled. The fire was extin-
guished.
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useMr. A. H. Nicolay sold last week at auc—
tion 25 shares New York and New Haven gen-
uine stock, at 50 per cent., and 37 shares re-
pudiated stock at $1.00 per share. This, we
believe. is the first test of the market value
of the genuine and fraudulent stock since the
over-issue.
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Twenty-eight'Horses Burned—Messrs.
Hill 81. Chauey’s extensive stables in Manches-
ter, N. H., were destroyed by fire, on Friday
morning, and twenty-ejght horses were burn-
ed. The loss is about $8,000.
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33‘ The August term of the Superior
Court commences its session at Daubury to-
day. Our friend, the sheriff, will again be
absent, but not at Lake Mahopac,fishz’ng, as
on a former occasion, but flat on his back, at
the family mansion, in consequence of a se-
vere and painful dislocation of the ankle-
joint. The pain and especially the confine-
ment, will go hard with the sheriff, and ex-
cite our sympathies, but then he must remem-
ber, " there ’s no peace for the wicked.”
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m, The locomotive of the train connect-
ing with the Daubury cars, broke down last
Monday evening, at Stamford, reaching Nor-
Walk about half an hour behind time and then
fizzled out her piston at our station, where an-
other delay of nearly half an hour occurred.
A singular circumstance connected with the
accident here, was that the Daubury train de-
toyed also, till its dilapidated brother of the
New Haven road was got under way, though
the wiseacres do say that the delay was or-
dered, so that in case the Express train could
not be got off, the Daubury machine was to be
borrowed. Norwalk river will have to be
canaled to Daubury and that little Steamer
run clear through,to the head of navigation 1
o .
RStephen A. Branch of New York city,
has been'sentenced by the Recorder, for a li-
bel on Mayor Tiemann in a paper published
by him ,called The Alligator. to ayear’slm-
prisonment in the penitentiary, and a fine of
$250. Compare this sentence with Dawson’s.
.The following remarks of the Recorder well
exhibit the extent of the libellous articles
Branch has published:
“ Of all the most outrageous libels that
home ever disgraced the city of New York,
this probably is the rankest and the worst—a
libel without an excuse, totally false, and ac-
tuated by feelings of hostility such as would
almost disgrace a maniac. In this case,three
men of high standing and character in the
community have been viliified in such a way
as to make one almost ashamed of the Eu
glish language. In other cases, pure and
honorable citizens have been dragged from
the privacy of their firesides,and branded as
thieves and villi of the worst character
and grade. In those cases, also, there was
no excuse or justification for your conduct.
On these you would have been convicted had
you been acquitted on this. You have li-
belled Mr. Bennett, editor of the Herald, Mr.
Raymond of the Tmes, and Mr. Greeley of
the Tribune, Mr. Hart, Surveyorof the Port,
Mr. Sicklcs a member of Congress, and Mr.
Cooper, one of the most upright and honest
men in the Union, and an ornament to this or
any other country. If you had not been
checked in your nefarious pursuits, no one
could have told where you would have
stopped. , .
If you had been acquitted or the Jury had
disagreed, it would have been a grievance for
libelers to start all manner of vile sheets for
the purpose of black mail, malice or revenge.
No man would have been safe, character
would have been an injury. and high position
a mark to practice at.
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Our Steamboat—The Confidence, since
the change of her hour of leaving New York,
to 2 P. M., easily connects with the Daubury
Train, and plenty of time to spare. We no-
tice also tliat very many on the line of the
road east of us, take the Boat to Norwalk,and
the last train cast to Westport. Southport rise.
It seems the people will go in the Steamboat.
with all the opposition and inconvenience the
Railroad cau’impose. 'A difference of one-
half in the fare, is not altogether an unimpor-
tant matter these hard times.
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-'Titcomb’s Letters,” is the title of a new
work fresh from the press of Charles Sci-ii»
ner. and embracing a series of conversation-
al letters to young men, young women, and
young married people. They are certainly
‘ the most practical common sense epistles to
the young we have ever read. There is an
honest frankness, and even a pleasing abrupt-
ness in his style,which gives an original force
and earnestness to his moral lessons. We
know not the author’s name or residence,
(although we see he dates his deductions
from the Springfield Republican office,) yet
we predict“ a future” for the man, and a
large sale for his book. Sold by A. H. Camp
Norwalk. ‘ . V
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mAt the end of this season, two years
provisions for Gen. Johnstonis present com-
mand will be in, Utah: As Illustrating the
magnitude of expenditures for trains to cross
the plains, We have the'report of 10,000 oxen
to draw 1,000 wagons—the oxen costing 6c.
per pound on the hoof at Fort Leavenworth.
We then have 2,000 horses at, $160 each, and
4.000 beef cattle t6 go along with the troops.
Then there'are 5,006 mules at $120 a head,
and 600 mule wagons. The drivers of the ox
trains, mule trains and droversof cattle and
horses, will number at least 2,500. The cat-
tle may be put to graze next spring, but what
' the mules?
is to be done with the, drivers, the horses and
v. A Bold Transaction.
About ten days since, a young man, whose
name we have forgotten, made his appear-
ance in this place and pretended to be in
search of a farm whichhe could purchase foi' his
father, who was to come on in the course of
about two weeks from the East, to take pos-
Northfield, (as allure who come here.) and
wished to purchase a farm near town. By
some means he learned that our friend and
townsman Mr. S. L. Bushnell, had a farm for
sale, and applied to him accordingly. The
price was agreed upon, and be Woe to pay
$100 down’to bind the bargain, and the re-
mainder was to be pain by his father when
he come to take possession. But before he
did this llowevcr,he wished to go the Land
office at Faribault, and yes if the land was free
from encumbrance, if so, them he was to pay
the $100, as above mentioned. Accordingly,
Mr. Bushnell gave him a description of the
land and he proceeded to Faribault to ascer
tain the facts in the case. When he apppcar-
ed at the Land Office he presented the Regis-
ter of Deeds with a Deed running from Mr.
Bushnell to him, of said piece of land, for re-
cording. Also a mortgage running from him,
to a man in Stillwater. His anxiety and haste
to get them recorded excited a suspicion in
the Receiver, and consequently he informed
him that it could not be done before the next
morning, as it was then late in theafternoon,
Mr. Wheeler, the Sherifi, was called in the
next morning, and when the young man made
his appearance he was arrested on suspicion.
Mr. Bushnell was then sent for when facts of
the case where made known. and the gentle-
man was lodged in the jail for safe keeping,
where he yet remains awaiting his trial. '
This was decidedly a sharp dodge, but he
seemed to lackexperience to carry it out well
and was caught in the act. When it has come
to the pass that such bold deeds are transact-
ed in. our midst, it is time we should-begin to
open our eyes and be. on the lookout. 'And
we wold warn our citizens to be watchful, as.
there are doubtless members of this blackleg
fraternity lurking about watching an oppor-
tunity prcpetrate their evil designs.
Jllorthfield Journal.
gm‘ Wc have no doubt that the master
spirit of the above “ transaction,” Was' the
Mr. Fisher, slide a great many other names,
who bought out about one half, and sold out
the entire population of Ridgefield a few years
since. We have heard of him in several quar-
ters of the west, where he has carried on his
real est ateconfidence games to an almost an-
limited extent. Ought not his "' agent” at
Ridgefield proceed out West at once and re-
lease his principal from durance vile ?
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fi- Our puguacious friend of the Stam-
ford Advocate is again. “ stirred up,” and
with rampant hair, eye-balls strained, ears
erect, nostrils distended, and mouth agape,
he raves and chafeshimself into a white lath-
er, because, not being a fellow townsman of
Mr. Superintendent Hoyt, we can’t .believe
the New Haven Railroad Company is,and
ever has been, in all respects the best man-
aged corporation in the country. Never did
Don Quixotte, or his valiant ’Squire, battle
the air. or strike more desperate blows at gi-
ant grim or goblin dire, than our friend
showers down upon our devoted head. First,
his exercise of mind takes the morose mood,
then he grows caustic. then ventures a little
sarcasm, till encouraged by his success. his
vein breaks out into a broad grin ! Then fear
seizes upon his timid mind, ending with a re-
newed, though less powerful attack of his
ironical difficulties. Then he berateth' our
village, and has a bad relapse, and goes‘in all
over with his chronic humor, and stops palpi-
tatiug and panting under the fungus shades of
a— toad-stool ! Then he supplicatcs us, and
for the first time in his life, we fear, prays,
though with the evident self-distrust of one
with full knowledge of the fact that the
prayers of the wicked are of no effect. Then,
horror of horrors! up rises the skull and
cross bones of old mortality itself, and his
phrenzied vision seeks relief in the address
of the frogs to the boys, and finally ends up
tions, pleadings, whinings,cryings, &.c., &c.
But, seriously, friend Hoyt, after having
relieved your system of so much vile stuff,
you ought to be as calm and serene as an in-
fant in its dreams. At . all events, having
spoken of prayer and DEATH, you ought not
for any selfish ends or personal considerations
allow your_ pen to betray you into such
naughty little lies, as that our correspondents
or ourselves have indulged in any “ vitupe-
ration,” or even disrespect/Ill language to-
.wards your fellow townsmau, whom we be-
lieve to be a very respectable gentleman, but
not sufficient for the task of reforming all
the abuses from which the Stockholders in
the New Haven Railroad have hadto 'sufi‘cr,
and still do suffer.
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Money Market.
The New York money market still exhibits
a plethora of supply; and the puzzle is ex-
treme how to place it out to profit with safe-
ty. Large balances ' continue unemployed
from the impossibility of solving the difficul-
ty. There are no hopes that the coming fall
will absorb the present large excess of 'sup-
ply. - The West is bare of money, and still is
in debt to New York, The domestic ex-
changes from the East to the West are largely
in favor of this city, while those of the South
are pretty well ballanced. Indeed, the bank
balances on Southern account have increased
greatly of late. and are still increasing. , The
country shows an unusual degree of inactivity
in business, which seems circumscribed to the
supplyof actual necessities of immediate con-
sumption. There are no new enterpsises un-
dertaken or entered upon—no large purchases
of mereandise of any kind on speculation or
for stock ; but only for hand to mouth sup-
plies. Everything is on the most ”moderate
scale of consumption. Economy rules every
where, and the amOunt of unemployed labor
is very great. The contraction of credit is
extreme. What business is done is of the
healthiest kind but it is not sufficiently large
to render the condition of trade and comr
merce at all healthy Capital and labor are‘nl-
together too little in demand. The ‘grcat‘re:
sources of the country are not suflicieati y cal-
led ont. The receipts of produce are improv-
ing, but still they seem inadequate to dis-
charge indebtedness and to draw money from
the East into active Western circulation,
which is what is wanted. The deposits in
bank do not decrease. What little ip taken
West is made up for by what is received from
the South.--Indepen_den!. ‘ 7
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A Bold Theft.
A company of eight you nggentlernen from the upper
part of Wiltr n, went down to Bclden’s Neck last week
to clam, and while in the water capturing the bivalves,
some villlan gathered up'every vestige of the wardrobe
and made off with them. He was seen to pass out of
the gate near tLe barn of llr. Wilson, staggerinfi under
his load, but as yet has eluded detection, We hope
justice will soon overtake him however. as we learn
similar thefts have been frequent of late. We had our
editorial “ yacht” which cost nearly five dollars, st o_-
len from the same point last winter-{r ' ‘
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Straw Goods, ‘0' llas, 820.”
Bundle is clearing out his S w Goods at about any
price the purchaser has a mind to give, ‘fu order to
make room for his Fall Fashions of Silk Hats, the Ben-
vers and Felts, $20., kc. He has also just opened a
see if all we’ve said about him heretofore isn’t true.
Blackberries, Ho!
Mr. Samuel Seymour can exhibits. sight at his black.
palates good, we are confident. We do not know but
unfavorably, but otherwise they are as inviting as ever
and we advise all who has not witnessed the‘New Ro-
chelle Blackberry in‘full bearing, to call upon Mr Sey-
moor; We have not yet had an" opportunity of rials-
ing thegrounds oi'Geo. Seymour dz Co , but are told
that his yield .will be at least one hundred bushels, from
a patch of about three acres, ' .
sea-Mr. r- B._Brigham so long at the the .Md .9!
the Norwalk Union School, has received ’an appoint-
ment to the chair of Professorof 'liathematice in the
hieiropolitau Academy. New York City. , ’
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w The vote hasjust been carried, at the special:
Town Meeting this Monday afternoon, authorizing the»
Select men, to‘precta suitabiewbuilding for the :l'own
and Probate accords. - '
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session. He seemed to be well pleased with‘ ..
with an insane vomit of all sorts-of accusa-‘
large invoice of umbrellas. Give the fellow whose bus; 1
lness text is ‘fPush along. keep mo'ving,” a call and
berry patch, which would do "sore eyes and delicata.
the drouth have affected the bias of his berry somewhat _
. The Auntie-Telegraph.
The Boston Journal of Friday gives the fol-
lowing. condensed history of the. Atlantic
Telegraph enterprise z—
In the year 1856, Cyrus W..Field visited
England. The result oi‘his vISIt was the for-
mation of the Atlantic Telegraph 00,, With a
clipitnl 'of $350,000, for the purpose of connec-
tillg Europe with America by a su_bmurlne
telegraph cable. In August, 1851, an at-
tempt was made to lay down the Atlantic
Submarine Cable, resulting in a disastrous
failure. The cable was 2,500 miles in length.
weighing nearly one tun per mile, capable of
bearing a direct strain of over five tune with-
out fracture. The centre of the cable. was
formed by seven fine copper, Wires, twrsted
.ljntoga' cord l-l6 of aninch thick, This strand
was coated with gutta percha. forming a small
rope 3-8 of an inch thick; then coated wrth
hemp twine twice soaked in pitch and tar;
lastly, an external sheath of 18' Iron WIres,
each ;wire being a strand of seven finer wires;
The submersion was commenced on tbe 5th
of August, 1857. There were present the six
steamers, Niagara, Agamemnon, Leopard,
Susquehanna, Willing and Mind. intended to
toiassist in various parts of the operation.—
The cable came up from the hold of the ship,
around alcentral block, so to the open space
above decks; was there wound round grooved
sheaths, geared together by cogs, and firmly
planted on girders. Thence it passed over a
fifth sheath, out over the stern into the sea,
sinking'by its own weight. A trifling acci-
dent happcnened on the 6th ; this was rcpaIr~
ed, and on the lith. 380 miles (sta‘tu‘t'el' had
been submerged. The engineer here conclu-
ded that there was too much “ slack” in the
cable’s course and some modification in the
machinery was consequently made.‘ This ap-
pears to have been bodly‘ attended to. by a
subordinate. The cable snapped, and thus
ended the' attempt oi'1857.. ' - ' '
It having. been concluded, from Lieut.
Maury’s calculations that the average state of
the weather was much better on . the Atlantic
in the early partt of summer, it was decided
this year to make the attempt of laying the
cable in June.; It-was also thought best to
begin the submersion in mid-ocean and pay
cut towards either shore. According] the
telegraph fleet.consisting of the United. tates
steam frigate Niagara and her Majesty’s
steamers Agamemnon, Valorous and Gorgon,
leftrl’lymouth on Thursday, June-10, 1858.—
The Niagara had 850 tune, and the Agamem-.
nou450 tans can], and each about 1200 nauti-
cal,’or.a less than 1500 statute miles of cable
On board. The weather, at first favorable,
becamc‘unusually boisterous so that the fleet
were notn-eady to commence operations until
late on the 25th of June. '
The first splice was made between the Ni-
agara and Ag’amemnon on the morning of
Saturday, the-20th. of June, and .after each
ship had payed out about three miles the ca-
ble broke on board the Niagara, owing to its
overriding and getti‘n off the pulley leading
on to the machine.‘ oth vessels put‘about
and returned, a fresh splice was made, and
again lowered over at half-past seven. :The
paying out proceeded ”beautifully _ until
early on Sunday morning when the signals
suddenly ceased. The cable was cut, and
the Niagara repaired to the rendezvous, The
cause of the rupture was equally mysterious
to those on board the Agamemnon,and no
satisfactory conjecture has since been made.
The cable was again spliced'on the 28th,
and the steamers parted. Everything’work-
ed beautifully during that night and the next
day. But at 9 o’clock P. 11., on the 29th,the
announcement of “ no signals” was made on
board the Niagara. At the time 142 miles of
cable had been payed out. It was subse-
quently ascertained that the cable pasted, for
some reason unknown, about six fathoms from
the stern af the Agamcmnon. About .400
miles-of cable were lost during these trials,
the effect of which upon the public confidence
in the final success of the undertaking was
most depressing. .
But the managers continued indetatigablc
The fleet sailed a second time froin Queens-
towu on the 17th of July, joined the cable on
the 6th of August the warld had new of ‘lsuc-
csss.
The cost of the telegraph cable has been
put down as follows:
Price deep-sea wire per mile 3900
l‘ricé spun yard and iron wire, per mile, 265
Price outside tar per mile, . 20
Total per mile, . $435
___._—...
For 2500 miles, 81,212,500
For 10 miles deep-sea cable, at $1450 per mile 14,600
31,250
For 25 miles snore ends, at $1250 per mile,
Total cost, 31,253,250‘
Although the great work is not yet com-
plete, the enthusiasm of all classes every
where, at the prospect of success, is unbound-
ed.’ No event within our memory has sent
such a thrill of joy through every heart. The
news cars! upon us like a flash of lightning
from a clear sky, and‘as almost every one had
made up his mind that this third attempt to
lay the cable‘would prove a failure,“ created
the more excitement, and the first feeling of
nearly all was that the intelligence could not
be reliable. . , .
No message We’b ieve. has yet been trans-
mitted upon the c e. it having been ar-
ranged that until 11 things were ready, sig-
‘nals only should be given, to show that com-
mneic'atiou could be made. When all is ready
thefirstmecsage is expected to be one from
Queen Victoria to President Buchanan. The
President was‘been notified to be in readiness
to transm it' immediately , a reply, for which
'the cable will be kept fr'ee. - ' - - ’
——-—
' Mr. Field’s Dispatch to the President.
To the President of the Uinted States,
DsAn‘SIn '.——The Atlantic Telegraph cable
on board the U. S; frigate Niagara and 11B.
M. steamer Agamemnon, was joined in mId-
oceau _July 29th, and has been successfully
laid, and as soon as the tire ends are connc't-
with the land lines, Queen Victoria; will send
a messageto you, and the cable Will be kept
free until after your reply has be_en transmit-
ted. With great respect, _
’ I remain your obedint servant,
' ‘ - Crnus W. FIELD.
pan—u.- .
The poet of the Springfield Republican,
gives utterance to his feelings as follows :-
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
A track for the lightning through the billowy deep,
Where sunlight and starlight ne’er venture a ray ;
Where ocean-wrecked, sea-buried voyagers sleep,
In undisturbed silence as day follows Vdny 1, -
()rer wave-watered mlountains,o’er oceaanashed plains,
in darkness and silence this track winds its way,
Away, or away from earth’s tumult and 10“,. '
' Alone, all alone, forever and aye.
, e - , ..: . ~ '-
No eye shall behold, save the All-Seeing-Eye,
When once'it has passed to'its watery bed, ‘
This highway for the lightning—once drawn from the
sky—- ~ ' ~
A highway laid out through the'sea ’mong its dead,
No breath from the heaven’s slia'll this pathway e’er
know, > ': . .'~ ,
No flowers shall spring into. life at its side,
No forests wave over it, no hedge near it grow,
One traveller only, and be without guide..
A brilliant winged courier—brilliant and fleet,
N o four-footed courser c‘nn measure his pace, :
No fire-fed iron-horse e’er so complete, , 1
Can compete thus with time, and annihilate space. .1
A flash and a click and he. speeds on his way,
Regardless of dI‘stau'ce undobsclou's of'time,
A flash has a click, and a thought here toy-day
Is a word of to-day in a far-distant elime.
llurra for this new l’ghtning track through the sea,
- This thought-ferry under old Neptune’s rough tide,
Hurra for the courier who’i-ldes the lone way, .
. And hurl-a, too, for those llo'hnvo 'taught him to
‘ride:- - » s-- 3 ' A
May fortune attend him and prosperous gales, -
,. May his spirits ne’er flag, and hill nerves never. tire ;
And the watery deep tells‘uch wonderful tales, ,
‘As ne’er yet have been told about Telegraph Wire. . .
.—————d~—4, o<.>>
. . a . -.
' Bssnrr'rs or. Anvsnrrero.~.-‘-'l‘he New York
Times, in October last, published a . letter
from Wm. ill-Carr, of t‘ 'Eagle Grove, Frank-
'lin County, Ky,” an’dl‘advertising'for awife.
Ho‘wantcdi-‘Qfi'lady ofvaiB‘ont 30‘ you“ old
aud’onc' ibat’ Bairsa 'g'oo‘d' gcaljictur—Rcund
«use .9..- medium ‘meulhsnh his lips that
will always'cover 'her teeth (that is' when her
sunshade and iguana abduct downy leis
than 130 nor more thad‘ 150-1be.” ,Thef'sams:
paper has sihce'q'lear'ned‘tbutl“Mr. can re-‘
'.c‘eiv¢=.d.ellwllscdréil. undone applications in
reply to thisepistleipptthe .fortuuate‘lady'
- . was the' Wider Brien. shells. sin at 0"“
ppépgd a',correspondeue’dtvith lir:,Ca_r;‘r,whieb . .
led .tdsslsg'uph him,:_alid “stimulates hi.
.l._..~u..whg, Iceman eel-Johns;
(0') “Helm-i; C ’ ', - . I
< Mansions—April 1,7byitbe Rem-L. To“. 0*
the residence; of 'the-bride, .;M_r,, Win. 11,. Carr,
0‘ E381? GM?! :19? and NW 4:?“ We,
of ‘this' “city.-
nio’u’th‘is‘ Fil'ut) shears: no 'fitoléraBly well" ‘
mums mus.
. . . .The Hudson’s Bay Company has of.
fered to, this-government under the .lreaf
ty of1845, all its forts, trading houses,
sheep, cattle, &c., within our limits, for
$000,000, which Gen. Lune andflGov.
"Stevens sa'y‘is cheap. Ml'fCass is 'tulk-
ing about it. '
. . . .A rise of about three cighths of a
cent per pound in sugar, at New York
this. week, is predicted on the reduced
stock in all‘ parts ‘of the country, and the
ascertained deficiency of the Cuban crop.
_. .. .In Kansas, two weeks ago, Miss
.Irenc Baker, 9. girl of seventeen, mar-
ried a man of seventy-five from admira-
tion of one of his political speeches.—
Thus a common saying is verified—“ pol-
itics makes strange bed-fellows.”
. .’ .The‘ annual declamation of the ‘ Ju-
nior. and Sophomore Classes of the Wes-
leyan University, at Middletown, took
place on Friday last, and was .well at-
tended. Only two of the» speakers B. T.
:‘Abbott of Sonthbury, and George L.
Roberts of Middletown, were from Con-
necticut.
. . . .The» editor of the New London
Chronicle has seen a “ white blackbird.’
. . . .A few days since, as a box of fruit
was being opened in Boston, a live‘centi-
pedc of the most venomous class, was dis-
closed to view, and after a somewhat
protracted chase about the store, and
among barrels and boxes, it was captured.
This deadly poisonous reptile measured
some. six inches in length, and had] forty-
‘two distinct legs, each threeffourths of an
inch long. A living scorpion. was discov-
'ered' in the same box. ’ ‘
. . . .At a meeting of the . citizens of
Springfield, Menday evening, to make ar-
rangements for the coming horse show at
that place, George Bliss announced that
the Governors of Maine, New Hampshire,
and Connecticut had agreed to attend
the exhibition. " '
. . . .Sénator Chandler of Michigan, was
seriously, though it is believed not dau-
geronsly injured by the explosion of gas
at his residence in Detroit last Monday
evening.
. . . .Eli Thayer informs the editor of the
Rochester Democrat that his projects are
working admirably.‘ The city—Ceredo
——which he founded in Virginia is fast
filling up, manufactories are .being estab-
lished, and everything promises well.—
When he first went to Virginia, every
paper in the state opposed his designs,
and some of them threatened him’ with
personal violence should he persist in his
scheme. Now, fourteen of these same
papers advocate his interests, and no pa-
per in the state dare say a word to his
detriment. Gov. Wise warmly sympa-
thizes with him in his efforts and purpo-
ses.
. . . .Two mail boats delivered in Cincin-
nati last week, six hundred bushels of
blackberries every day. The Madison
packets probably delivered as many more.
.' . ; .Mr. Fuller, formerly editor of the
Evening Mirror, is the New York corres-
pondent of the London Illustrated News.
It is said that this paper cirCulates to the
enormous extent of 30,000 copies in this
country. ' ,
..-.Slaves are bringing a good price in Mis-
souri, but they arc'generaily sold to go out of
the State. The tide. all sets one, way, and
that is towards the cotton raising Staten-:—
Unless the African slave trade can be re-open-
ed, Missouri and the other border States will
soon be made free by the natural drainage
towards the Gulf. ‘.
,' -.-_j M... .
SELLING A DnmsN MAN FOB Dmsso‘rrom—
Some. nights ago.a number of young men
while, mi" their way home,eame across a seedy-
looking Individual, perfectly in3ensible from
the effects of liquor, stretched at full length
upon the sidewalk. Their funds were quite
exhausted, and how to “raise the wind” had
for some time been a matter of discussion.—
Two of the party. more feeling than the rest,
proposed to set the men upon a steep, and ac-
cordingly laid hold of him with that intent,
the proceeding-was put a stop to by another
proposition, which was to bag the brnnken
loafer and sell him to the doctors at a med-
ical college. This idea struck'all hands very
favorably. A bag wasprocure'd ,the inebriate
slipped- into the sack and borne upon the
shoulders of the party to the college. The
doctor answere the summons at the bell and
demanded what was wanted. when the spokes-
nian- said, “ Doctor, we have got a “ stifi” .for
on.” The doctor asked but few questions,
-and.paid $5 for the “ still” that being the sum
required, ’The sack. with its contents, was
deposited in the hall, and the fellows had
' taken their departure,vwhen the loafer. who
had been thrown in rathe ‘ n " uncomfortable
position,attracted the'd ‘ or’s attention just
~ as he was about closing the door. He atouce
perceivedpthatthe man was alive. and again
opened .the door, halloed to the young fel ows
who lingering on the walk, telling them that
the man was alive. “ All right,” said the
spokesman ; " you’ve got him now, and you
'can kill bimwheu youwant him.” The doc-
tor saw that he had been sold, and pocketed
the jcke ; but unfortunately there was a hole
in his pocket, and the joke leaked out. '
- N. Y. Tribune.
————«.».—_—‘ .
A‘ National Debt.
From an able article in the Evening Post
we glean some valuable and instructive facts
as to the growth of the national debt of Eng-
land. It is well known that Great Britain is
inextricably bemired in hopeless bankruptcy.
The interest alone on her enormous debt in
1816 created 'an annual charge ' against
her of $162,280,000! No wonder that her
people are burdened with enormous taxes.
. Butit has been a general impression that,
this debt was slow growth of several countries
and that had increased only in proportion to
the resources aud'wealth of thenatiou. 0n
the contrary, a debt of 52.955.000’000, was
heaped upon the already burdens of the ca-
plc within thesbort space of tw_eniy-t ree-
years! Her first loans‘were made In 1690, to
the amount of only‘ $3,750,000—a sum abso-
lutely contemptible. compared‘with the debts
created within a single year of peace by Mr.
Buchanan. Within an hundred years that
debt had been enlalged to $1, 305,000,000,
and then foliOwed those twentyth’rce years of
continental were, at the’eud of which her.
debt was $4,270,000! ‘2 . .. . ‘ .. ; .
Sincethat time allthc statesmen, of Eng-
land have been compelled to face one gigau,
tic problem—How to support, and if possible‘
‘ ' to diminish this'burden? All sorts of shifts
and sinking funds have been contrived, and
‘somc of them are indwd marvels .of financial
skill; the taxes of the people have been 99-,
ormous, and there has been no war . of sense-
q'uence to consume‘th'e revenues, and let full
' ' those mighty efforts have only diminis. 'ed the
. debt $230,000,000, or about one-twentleih. _-
These instructive-facts may give us awarn-
ing worth hoodlum. A DBIIODRh. debt is a
quicksaud—it is very only to get In you have
only toljump' once, and ya never need repeat
the operation. you will sink deeper Ind desp-
er, in spite of your utmost eil‘orts.~- Tn. We;
cut isnot-so easy. England Incurred a debt
$2,995,000,000, in. 23 years, and ,has been 42
yearsili payingzofl'. lessthan a temh‘ofit. '
Those who have‘no desire to see the-‘U‘n’ited
States paralyzedzby such vast burdens, who'
would not like to pay such taxes are paid by.
Englishmen,merely to meet the interest of
their national debt: will-inquire with ’anyiet
—It‘ inr’time iof pr‘ofoiInd peace, and when Ca -
iforuia is emptying goldjntoour cofl‘ersat the
rate of a Willie}: ,0 week, we are incurring a
national debt at the rates fl ,0 0,000, mm
single yea‘r,‘may" we not’w thin hir gen years
have a debt «as-dhat-of Great Brliflill‘ in
17192.? ,Is .therean reason ,whatevcato sup-
pose that the'présentadinlni'strlitiou will man-
». e‘more wisel' Tin'fn‘tureyearsltban ~ it - has
“hf?“ Is‘t ers'aby reason to supposed
theti another Democraticpdministrstiou would
be persecutions-Id swallow . that of the
‘f experienc d,,aged. and cantious’?’ Mr. 5}},-
'ch_anan ?_‘_ An if, with such a debt’npon our
should’e ‘, we should be plunged into foreign,
.‘m ‘ t is, fift snare. find ourselres as;
feiein‘iiii' beanie, -lrsemiredlnlwmpr
cry” I,» Glee! Ftiielfi, tiltlilf‘fla’éziiug- -
’fl- . Elm 3.119.13- Y, ,rl-ijh'au‘e,_'uom‘ st. Loulshi
ill“, llr- as: W? "idiot Ital-antigens ‘° 095:}
"gran. bursa-mend oldies? in'lhs' 11.0.1113;ng '
or double our in several of the refill; ' ' ‘ ’
\
‘ixn‘ru 1‘.
WP legit?)
wars, furthers any reason to believe that wsfi
. g ,- Johns Arvin; zat _'
'vflddib',’VtI"fi, shot .
e4, 33-.
8611011123 of Advertising. ‘ ‘
’The Newl'oi'k Tribune in a short article
on the hiéneiltsof advertising, gives the fol-
lowingifijcts as an illustration of what busi-
ness men can do'gby using the coinmns of a
newspaper to mak
sellz. . . ._ ., .
“ The New York Ledger is a weekly paper
of but a few year’s experience, but Its pub-
lishcr has expended about a qlfarler of amt!-
lion dollars in advertising It ill the columns
of the Tribune and other journals—$00,000
of it within the last year. Theresults have
justified this magnificent outlay= The Led-
ger new issues some 320,000 copIcs regularly,
keeping eight single cylinder presses run-
ning from Monday morning tlll Saturday
night. . The white paper of» each issue, dry,
weighs 33,800 lbs., (650 reams, weighing 52
lbs. each,) and each edition as it comes damp
from the press must weigh some 25 or :30 tons.
The publisher’s outlay in obtaining this enor-
mo'us circulatitu has. of course, been great ;
but he has made it all out of his business, and
something more. We do not mean to claim
all the credit of his success for his adverti-
sing, for he employs able and popular writers
and has 'much improved the quality of his
journal within the last year, but without es-
tensioe advertising the merits of his sheet
would have remained to this hour unknown
to, and of course unappreciated by, the great
mass of those who are now his readers.”
a. The , language of the Albany
Journal in reference to its neighbor, the
.Argus, is quite applicable to other Loco
papers. The Journal says :
The Argus claims to have a hundred
eyes, but it is as blind as a but when at-
tention is called to Democratic doings.
Republican “ profusion” in the last Leg-
islature, " seared its eyeballs,” but item:
not see Democratic extravagance In Con-‘
grass. A Republican resolution against
Polygamy was viewed by it as a “ war on
religion,” but the charge of a Democratic
Judge to the same purpose is only a step
for the maintenance of morals. In the
French Slave 'l‘rhde, it behoidsm “ nefa-
rious traffic,” but in attempts to put
down the American Slave Trade, it Sees
only a mock philanthrophy. When Pres:
ton King or Francis P. Blair proposes an
African Colony in Central America, It
arraigns them for “ interfering in the af-
fairs of foreign States,” but when a Dem-
cratic Protectorate over the Black and
Yellow Races of Mexico is“ proposed, it
goes in for it heart and hand. The bru-
tality which compels a Massachusetts
Senator to vacate his seat, is a theme for
chuckling derision, but that the other
Massachusetts Senator should presume
to speak disrespectfully to a Democrat
is a matter of holy horror. It is indig-
nant at Lane’s unprovoked crime, not be-
cause he is a murderer, but because hear
a Republican, while it vieWs with entire
complacency, the immunity of Hamilton,
and the appointment bestowed on Clark,
because. although murderers, they are
“ sound Democrats.” '
FALLEN Msrson FOUan-Jl‘he peeple
of Marblehead think that they have found
a meteor on River Head Beach, which
fell in May last. The meteor when
found, was a‘solid mass, and covered a
space of eight or ten feet. in diameter.—
The substance is of a dark color, and re-
sembles scoria or molten iron after cool-
ing. The surface is perfectly smooth,
and is covered with globules of different
size, which had apparently been forced
upwards by the pressure of the vapor
below. " The under surface of the mass is
porous. on being broken it emits a
strong sulphuric smell. It is in no way
afl'ected by the magnet. . The substance
from a .fluid. state. The whole mass
weighed from six to eight hundred pounds.
.—————o~....————-
gait is satisfactory to know upon
good democratic authority, that President
Buchanan drinks .nothing stimulatmg
except old rye whiskey. This pleasant
information is contained in the postscript
of a letter from Congressman Montgome-
ry of Penn, to one of. his constituents,
published in' the Boonsville Clipper, as
follows :- '
“ P. S.—President Buchanan dnnks
the best that was ever distilled in our re'
-ion, and he made me promise to see you
and get him some if you had it. Could.
youlet me have a barrel, or even - half a
barrel of the best you ever made. Write
me. 'I will‘ send a keg of it to-‘the old
chief, if I can get it. ’ w. II."
———-—-—O¢<.>o . i
Ans or Across—Mr. Peter Ricbings,
who appears on the stage to be a vigor—
ous gentleman of thirtyofive, is seventy~
one years old. Charlotte Cushman,
whom no one would place beyond forty,
is fifty-eight. " Agnes Robertson, a great
pct,‘ supposed to be f about. twenty-three
year'oid, 'is thirty-five and her husband,
Dion Boricauit, is fifty-five? “ Old Burfi
too,” .is sixty-one; TomCome‘r, six-ty-
tbree ; James Wallack, Sen, seventy-
fonr; the fresh-looking Miss Barrow Is
fortysthree, andLaura Keene is :but one
year<her senior. - Loid .Montez is forty-
uine. Gabriel Ravel, lwhose joints are
made of India rubber and who possesses
all the sprightliness of youth, is fifty-eight
years old, and his brothcherome‘ is only
four years younger. ,So the, actor’s, life
lasts well, and simplyvproves that nature
will adapt itselfto regular irregularity.
' M.-. . )
Enaorr. Asroxlsnsn.-—Tlle .Uuitcd
States Government has the reputation of
sending abroad.- diplomatists who speak
only their own language—some of them
'not doing even that correctly. _ But Mr;
O’Sullivan, our minister to Portugal, Is
an exceptiOn to this rule,vnnd has lately
astonished. that court andthe‘ foreign; am.
bdssadors present, on: the occasion of a
hiic reception, by .speaking, . three , lan-"
gaugesinteiligibly. He replied to an al-
lusiongto his country, first. in English,
then in Portugese, and finally for the hen-e
iefit’ of some" whodid not understand .eith-
er.languege,fih'Latim: The priests wero
astonished at the- purity of his Latin, and
the whole
miration to hear an American talk ~ any-
thing besides English;‘r'x‘"l‘he ‘talking of
Latiuis' a very. rare,2acmm imminent,—
Who-is' this Mr; .O’Snllivanw chasdune
us so=much credit-r? .: We fear by his name
that his nationality is such that no 3.‘ na-
tive” can safely-take pride in him... ,
' ' Springfield Republican.
——’_=,_~..~..i .3." .J '-." . -‘ I . . "
. . . The2 Stamford Advocate states that
.‘the‘ (tower ' stone'o'f a new Methodistl
Church was. laid in that village on ' Mon-
day‘last. - The‘ edifice is t'o'be: of ivbrick,
116 feet in length by-’63 feet'in. width.—
\
diateiy;~ '7 j , ‘ .,
. . . .Mr. William'fintcllinson, ,who‘ was
ordained: at 'New Haven ‘as a missionary,
Julyéilh'sill "tulle shsree'vflthe ,Bw
bek . issibn'ery Seminary at gcpstantmo-
ple, Turkeys—upon of peculiar trials and.
dangers in the present exasperated state;
of the Mohammedans towards'all Chris--
tians. 1 ‘-. . ,
, . . .The contest of the Pope with some of
the Shiss‘flhfitocs'is'asspznipg a serious
aSpect.: .The. people inl'edetermipqd that
their affairs. shall ~not- be under the control
ofAustI-ian bishops.- , . , ;. ,. ; -. . .
Lunenburg. Court
barge: H. Price , 1 dead .
‘ilt liisdobl',:becb he peréisted in coming
to court onerofhit daughters, sngainst lll
I u .a,
c known what they have to-
presents the appearance of having cooled
nothing stimulating except old rye whis.
key. I told him that you used to have,
company were struck with ad- I
The war}; is, ’91”: proceeded with . inlme: ;
no... they: Y. Tribune, Jug as:
‘ “an marks the firth with ruin, his control ‘
. Stops wits. thy shore. ,
1., 80 said the bitterly apostrophizing po-
et, giving characteristic vent to his mis-
uanthrophy, lellle describing the ocean ill
noble ,lyric. The scope, splendor and
wrath of the son are therein made com-
paratlvely Inostoi in connection with Inan.
But'tllis ecstatic utterance of the most
passmnatc of poets, who pointed the sea
as It never was painted before,: and‘never
will be again, losing some of its biting
force in view of the stupendous and une-
quailed achievement which we have this
daLy'to record. -
' he Submarine Cable is laid 1
Europe and America are knit together
by the electric telegraph.
It is not possible to grasp the won-
drous beauty and magnitude of this tri-
umph. The ocean has defied man ; new
man defiesthe ocean, in so far as the sub-
tle carriage” of ‘thoughtlis‘ involved.—
. Do‘wli, down'toitslowcst deep—dint late
deemed fathomless—go the magic wires
upon which play the harmonics of whole
peoples. Under the home of leviathans
clustered in obscurity and mystery, where
no human eye can reach, and where car-
ly faiths placed the water. gods, run these
cunning dcviccsby which nation speak
to ‘nation, . coutinent to continent in
the lightning ' of .the 4 heavens. The
old theory of distances, severances,
and physical possibilities, seemil destroyed
to be replaced ‘ by new combinations
and cousegueneesf The ,sea’s storms,
sucking‘fldhrvli armadas and lirgosies, are
now -' compensated forby ‘the”prowess
which.- seizes it. end uses it for-human pur-
pbscs, decidimilig in the language of na-
ture itself-Lesilent and sublime.
.. Each; manvmust feel freer in the traces-
sion of so much power. What the earli-
er theologies and romantic writings.attri-
hated to‘ the functions of Supernatural
beings—ethe , geuii—tlle Olympians—the
force to :s’tfikfe'lifi: the dead drag of the
flesh," and fly ’thrdngh ether t'O'th‘e“ utter-
most ends of the earth, or to course the
under waters of the ocean with the haste
of light itSelf—is here thrust before the
dazzled eyes of this age and all the nu-
tions, iu'the ' steI‘h, fierce“ palpability' of
human triumphfiofgthe work of, man—
who advancing on chaos and the dark,
has battled with the Litauic forces, and
come ofi' victor. '
We must believe that such a new read-
ing to human possibility must carry as
vast moral as it does ,‘physical lessons -.—
It cannot be that such a fresh boon from.
God to Man, which excite the leasts as
well as the greatest of humanity, should
not bear with it the principle of love and
liberty, even to the humblest and saddest.
In the contemplation of such superual
glories accorded to: the‘race, men will,
grow weary with oppression, they will
rise with their newly~bcru destinies ; they
‘will mount ever onward {ind upward, un-
til the better day which has. ever fired
the heart of. poetry and prophesy shall
have dawned on the race.
.—Still, we must not forget that with
such a triumph almost within our grasp,
there is still a probability that some acci-
dent may even yet interfere in the aston-
ishing good fortune which has thus far
tended this last attempt to lay the cable.
No messages have yet been sent along
its wires from one continent to the oth-
er. it is not now even fully certain that
the Agamemnon has arrived at Valentin
Bay, and landed her end or the precious
conductor. It is indeed, likely that she
has done so, since‘she had the- same dise
tancegthat the sNiIigara :ha‘dso successful-
ly accomplished, and must, in all proba-
bility, have proceeded at the. same rate
of speed, and have arrived at about the
same time. That there has been no break
in the flow of the electric current between
thetwo ends of the cable is certain, since
any such interruptions would have at once
been known. Still the current has been
employed only in transmitting signals,
not, messages, and it is probable that
neither ship had on board instruments
which could be used for wilting. 8
must then wait for the assurance that the
Irish end of the cable has been lauded as
Safely as that yesterday brought an shore
at New—Foundlaud, and for the applica-
tion of proper instruments, before the
great problem can be regarded as decis-
ively solved. As our readers-bro deubt-
less aware, it ismaintained by seine elec-
tricians that d‘ niches . cannot be .intels
ligibly conVeye" '(‘Iver Sheba le'n‘gtlr of
wire so deeply submerged, and 'that' 'the
mere sending of flashes byano means set-
tles that words caube written with the
necessary rapidi‘tfiand certainty. Let is
hope, however, t at all these points, we!
'besettled in theconrse of this mdrniug' ;.,
[and that in the congratulations of 'tminor-
row there may not be a singlereservatiOn
or doubt to diminish the unspeakable ex-
citation, natural at an event which so be-
littles the imagination and exceeds the
capacity of language, ‘
W
fiThe' scattered returns from the
ri would indicate theret'nru of seven delu-
corals; Anderson and -,~Woodson, who
were elected as Americans twoyears ago,
but joined’the admifihtration‘bn 'the Le-
com pton question - are‘ : returned by large
majorities. I". B. Blair, Jr., has a lar-
ger vote then he had tun years ago, but
is still defeated by an immensely increased
Democratic vote. ' -
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Prayer for Pardon.
A tition was recently forwarded to
the on. T. H. Hicks, Governor of Ma-
ryland, signed by 114 minister-spot the M.
E Church, asking for the release of Rev.
Samuel Green. a colored .' preacher, who
is now lying in_ the. Penitentiary of ' that
State, under a sentence of ten' years’ im-
prisoiilfifélitflot ilkfihfii illillifimssmn a
copy: of ..
Eerie"? . .
Amiuisteriof the Gospel imprisoned
.forsten yearsrforhavingacopy of Uncle
Tom’s Cabin in his possession lH There is
not a despot on earth, Christian, Muham-
uiedap or Heathen, who ,wOIildh'no't be
ashamed to be partytoso. mean, tyranni-.
cal and cruel enacts—416. Journal. * '
That’s true. but f then '.llas ' not the
G rect Court of this Great .andFree Cash:
to: decidedgthat ,‘FNemshaveno rights
‘Whifih‘ white mehi‘arébbnnd‘ reunited."
,Surposelle established? ‘ "w coidred
preacher ten years for. havi‘a’ inflhiS‘ .pos-
session a copy of , Uncle Touts, Cabin, is
without a paralleliu the-history of. the
world, what then"! Is netthciact justi-
fied bv. the highest-,Judicial'pow‘er in the
‘ zn’lltgola' Times. .
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l .114 as “fife: mil??? .
Elsa]: "it“! “tile. ‘-£‘bm Wishful! M9903!
wee , having ourhoa‘rdfas'i’p‘ angers,
’Rev.,-Dr.’iRiggsi wife and six children ;‘
Rev: Mr. *Lad'd‘, wife and two ’ children;
and Rev. T. L. Ambrose,‘of‘ Ossipec, N.
H.~ Dr. Rig sis-.10 bcvconnecteda with
the Armenia ' lesion at 'onstantincple.
'KS‘IVA.MI‘.’Lad. returns to his former Sta-
tion atSmyrna, andRev..Ml:,‘,;A'mbroise
iis-de'dtined to the Nestorians. Religious
services at the ship were conducted by
Bell: PresIdsn' '; t . White or fiWabash col-
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satisfy im. ” She isnot intellectual. He
different Congressionai districts of Misson- -
belt: Tom’s cabin-:Nm-‘fXWk "
ranch? circuslhjibfss America I ”and" M... a..........
fillfibsndfbi’ liessar‘y t6 add
'rrm ATLANTIC Tsunamis.
Both endS'landed,
Tile WHOLELINE IN ORDER.
TRINITY BAY, Aug. 7th, 1853.
The Atlantic Cable was successfully
lauded here yesterday morning, and is in
perfect order. ‘
The Agamemnon has also landed her
end of the Cable, and we are now re-
- ceiving signals from the Telegraph House
at Valencia.
The U. S. steamer Niagara and H. ‘ll’.
steamers Gorgon. and Porcupine leave for
St. John’s to-morrow. Due notice will
be given when the Atlantic Telegraph
line will be cpcn for public business.
Crass W. FIELD.
——*o.9*———
Destructive Fire in Waterbury, Ct.
WA-rsauunv, Ct., Aug. 6, 1858.
A destructive fire broke out in this. ci-
ty between 1 and 2 o’clock this morning,
completely destroying the main building
of the extensive brass and copper-rolling
mills of Brown at Brothers, situated‘ncar
the Nungatuck Railroad depot.
A great amount of brass and copper
stock in the mill, all their heavy rolls and
machinery, together with their engine,
valued at $20,000, were rendered entire-
ly useless. The surrounding buildings,
owing to the stillness of the atmosphere,
suffered no injury. Messrs. Brown Broth-
ers’ loss is from $70,000 to $100,000—
$20,000 of which is covered byinsurance.
The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary.
W
ILLINOIs.—Mr. Douglas’s home organ,
'The Chicago Times, gives a list of fifty
rim journals in that state whicbrepudi-
ate the Lecompton test, two neuc’ommit-
tal, and siz who “go in” for Buchanan.
0f the latter, one is edited by the Post-
master, one by a mail agent, one by a
Lecompton nominee, one boughtfor 811.7,
and two owned by Postmasters. . The ed-
itors of the two yet noncommittalerpect
to be appointed Postmasters. '
0“»..—
AN INDIAN BATan.—A skirmish took
place'about the '20th of J nly in the imme-
diate vicinity of Fort Kearney between a
small party of Cheyennes and Arrapa-
hoes, and the Pawnees. The assailants
succeeded in surprising a party of Paw-
nees, killing three, among whom was'a
chief, and carrying ofl a large band of
horses. A considerable force of Pawnees
afterwards pursued the Cheyenues, recap-
tured their animals and: wounded several
of their rdversaries. There were over
1,000 Pawnees assembled near the post
for peaceful purposes. Gen. Barney pro-
ceeds to St.- Louis tomorrow to take com-
mand of the Department of the West;-
Major Buell, Capt. Pleasanton, Surgeon
Wright and Father Desmlll returned with
the headquarters. Major Barri’s battery
arrived this morning.
DEATH or A RUSSIAN LADY rnox GLAND-
sns.——-The awful death of Madame Pale-
sikoil', one of the most charming amongst
allthat bevy of charming Russian ladies
who sometimes gladden the winters of
Paris, has created a terrible shock
amongst" the circles she so lately embel-
lished by her presence. The unhappy la-
dy left Paris but a short time ago on a
summer tour to Germany. While step-
pinngrom the door of the opera house at
Berlin, to gain her- carriage, she let full
one of her bracelets close to the pavement.
Stoopiug to pick it up, she noticed at the
time, laughingly, that “ one of the horses
belonging to a carriage standing at hand
had dropped his head so close to ‘herr-face
that he had touched her, and left a moist
kisif'iipon her cheek." In a few days the
unfortunate lady was taken illuith that
most horrible disease, glanders, audio a
few days more breathed her last,» in spite
ofjthe attendance of the first physicians
of Berlin, and eve resource tube ob-
tained by wealth or y the ceaseless vigs
ilance of friends—election Court Journal.
MOO-—
Dickens AND nrsWIrn.—-About twe'n'
t -two years ago, Mr. Dickens, then a
{T 11k, married a very pretty andéiamisble
young girl, (whose parents opposed the
marriage as far beneath _her,) and took
her home to obscure. lodgings in Foru‘ivll’s
Inn. .For sometimethey lived very. hap-
pily together, but Mr.» Dickens having
become n; great man, flattered and con rt-
.ed, films thathis domestic.felieity..is not
.80. wt, as Conldbe desiréd‘. Two or three
' 'yea‘rs‘ag’c, he gave admits? to‘ his liters!
3y ffififis'onltge anniv‘érsary of his wed-
mg , ,a , in ropoam’ his wife’s
health, stated that ii: had ‘ugver'seen a
shade of‘ill-temper over her in his life.“
efinability of disposition does not
reads his works to. her, and she, absorb ,
ed in needle work,‘ inquires abstracted .
what- ‘he means by some of his most brilv'
liaut passages. In short, she is not a
compeuinn‘for him. sathé htillliant our,
chat and actor seperates on the ground of
incompatiubility,‘ i fr'om “her when he
vowed before God to love, and cherish,
and- from Athencefonh their lives have sep-
erate ends. The eldest child,a.youtb of
21, has chosen to follow the fortunes of
his mother while the daughters remain
[with the father. To make the affair still
more notorious,» a youngiiady; Mrs. Dick-
ens’ sister, has undertaken to keep house
for Mr. Dickens and . his» daughters.
The whole affair is very repugnant to our
ideas (if matrimonial constancy, and has
not enlarged the circle of Mr. Dickens '
admirera—sLondon Cor. qf Springfield
Republican. .
'8. A drop or two .offitlierrnilk in the
great”- I-lecompton cocOan‘ "'uti is thus ac-
counted tor by Fcrney's Pressi: 1
. Senator J. C. Jones 'of Ten, (old lin
whig,) had a ,contract.to-snpply 1,700
horses at $159 each, which will make the
neat sum of $270,300. It is stated that
the horses were to be ofa particular col-
or and size,bat.whec lbey arrived at Felt
Leavenworth, they were found to be of
all sizes‘and colors, but were nevertheless
‘aecepted. - .
. . The brotherochn. J. A. Ahl, mem-
ber of Congress for the Cumberland,
York and Barry district. hall a 99.091399
‘9 supply for the- army three hundred
mules, at $175 each, making $52,-
7500 ;' also an order for 200. from Russell
‘ contractorgg 3t
thesa a ripe, a premium a" ‘0 , 6r
000:" .l‘h‘elfkin’d «girrifiilcsidelifirgd ngpld
. l i. .‘ .1 v i .Iece- ll ‘8; ‘ -
be bought for with}: ”Mr: Ahl"vbi§§’ fir
Lecomplonl‘snd'is 9 5994“?!” ’9? 9‘???
W: ‘ 1' ‘ ’ 1 I
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. . . .The Sunday schools of. vWaterbury
are proposing a trip downtbe Naugatuck
railrbnd, and across the Saudi“ esteem-
91’. g .
. . . .Tbe Llichheid Pink, which suspend:
ed its redemption in ’New York h‘ week
since, and has since‘ redeemed at its coun': A
ter, now redeem-at the ‘Snw'-Bsflk,
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