THE WILHISGTOX HERALD
i AUGUST 21
rTcourf , Aug" 2ITI. Honor, 2X17"
5Tr Dawson, IreIdIn8J.
i -.,.t waa fiotd this morninsr. '
A general w "
7, ,,.--Tbe first, case .was. that
of
. ?hite MillynUl an
Fred
Mnson (negroes.) The two fin Were charged
f fficer McGreal with creating a disturbance
I fighting. Mill bad a bruised face and black
tbicb as given her by Annie while in a
fe;' ulUnZ an J rolling in the 'sand by both of
They are residents of "Pigeon hill a
! i r!ace so it is Vsaid." They pulled , each
bsJ place. r;il-
tber s
bair aboui reu. x icu "'J " "
: . i i i j
but
has not Deen aoing as nusuuu
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houldhy Milly. but was ceiieruiisiiuseuiwiiwuB
. s
Annie
Milly did not. iie , bucu cuuuu, m
under the advice of a woman called "big
cling
.'l:v T.i " iind "toneue-tied , JLu.'
ho is neighbor ot the two, she attacked An
lie about Fred., when Annie owned up, by say
. gbe tad him and she intended helding him.,
T.feyhad a confab of dirty words in FredVs
presence and finally, as ..Milly. expressed it, got
to pulling each other's hair and rolling in the
eand, (good for sore eyes,) and M lly here re
ceded her bruises. " There was evidence prov.
ipg these facts, and some suspicious conduct be
tween the fair maid and dark son of African de
scent, but it was all rendered unnecessary by
an acknowledgment of the whole facts. Fred,
keeps a st6re or shop, which was the rendezvous
of Annie, and some very suspicious affairs were
carried on there, whujh the Mayor brpught out
by close questioning, and which stamped this as
a Tery dirty case of miscegenation -
The fight was not described to the court,but
a supposition can be drawn from a knowledge of
the lacts. Milly is lame and walks with a stick,
walk in a double folding door-with apparantly
1 1 nmo 19
overwhelmingly large could hardly
..nt.horaeoower'at her command.
What a fight then it must have been and such
a scene. No wonder that two or three hundred
were called as lookers-on. Fred, was like the
little boy the animal rjiri over, he " didn't have
a word to say." The Mayor saw whiskey was
in the affair that is, in the women and sold
ier's whiskey, too, Annie said, and he concluded
that any one drinking bad whiskey and fighting
in the streets, should pay a fine "6tv five dollars.
Milly was al'.owedto go after her V.,and whtnask
ed if she would get one for Fred.; said she sup
posed Tie would pay for himself and Annie too.
She would nol do it. Nekher of the women were
tery beautiful, an! Fred Vasfrequired v to
?- i .,nn V, nrnman tTinncrVif flft WAR.
pay ucuu?c . :
Figh ing. Albert Sawyer and Thos. Mosely
for fighting in Myers' alley on Saturday after -noon,were
fined $5, without asking any ques
tions further than an acknowledgment that they
had been fighting and thereby breaking the
law. The five dollars was the only damage dene
either. They are to remain in the cell until the
fine is paid.
Drunk. B. WhiteheadaWdy: looking fel
low, was told to "shell" out'a greenback to the
amount of $5 for the privi egeV JEle " shelled."
The Old Fortune rcCT-. Baily Adcock, ' a- rem
nant of Confederate May or's Court, was charged
with fortune teHing in the market. Bailey, told
the officers that arrested him thattimes5 were
was free, and he intended exposing iis cards
and telling fortunes whenever he liked.. They
thought different, and ,to show him that they
were right, put him in the cell, when the Mayor
thought he should remain until he could send
him out of the city.
A Razor Case.--Siere Freeman,-a negro.'on
Saturday, cut Wm. Mapson a boy, on the hand
with a razor. He was not a barber neither
did he have a beard, but the Mayor, thought lie
needed shaving, so he fined him ten dollars, and
to remain in the cell until paid. He is a rough
looking fellow barefooted, and he looks as if it
would be a time before the money is paid.
Cotton Stealers Bob Brinkley "and k Virgin
Carr, (colored) charged wilh stealing Cotton.
They would not tell the truth and were remand
ed.
No other cases before the Court, it was ad
journed. "
City Provost Court. Aug-. 20.
There was a large array of . daraey soldiers
.first attended to this morning, caught in the
eity without passess. Fourteen were sent to
post headquarters, to be disposed of. Two
citizens were released from arrest being charged
with selling or giving away to soldiers liquor.
This closed the docket and the room was
cleared. - v '.'
Leo Baii A negro made his escape from
the mi'itary lock-up onsaturday morning, and
made quite a hurried flight up Second street,
and completely distanced two soldiers who. were
in pursuit of him. A couple of the local po
lice took the race on their, "own hook and
orerhauled the fleeing son of Ham somewhere
iu that delightful place called Texas," "and
brought him" back and turned ' him over to - his
former abode. Sambo looked hot and greasy,
and was none of the better to the windward.
Steawso. The - great "number? of stealing
cases coming up before b ith the military and
tml departments of the government of the city,
is becoming of, no little consequence. : Every
day some two or three aire arrested. Saturday
there was two arrested by the police., and one
hy the city constable. The military have onii
r two up before them nearly every day, and
when it is ' considered , that inly one out of ten
of these rascals are caught it is no little matter
and speak badly indeed for the morals of the
place. It is not intended to suggest my remedy
for the evil, 'as these 'cases are punished as the
circumstances oMbe times will- allow, -which it
is found is not quite sufficient to serve as an ex
ample to others. Some harsher means must
evidently be resorted to before (he practice will
be abandoned entirely by them-
Coxplimestart. The Band of the 20th Re
giment Massachusetts Heavy Art illey, com
posed oaineten ' performers,--'9nd --tinder the
leadership of Lt., Arthur Hall arrived in the
city by theSteamer Jos. Christopher from Smith
ville, where their. Command are now stationed,
yesterday aAernoon. Under the escertof Col.
L J. Sherm n, . formerly of this place,- and
since thattime chief of the detective '. forces of
United States, they visited 3 the' residences of
Mayor Dawson and-James Macomber, Esq., las:
evening; when they discoursed, some of tjaeir
most' beautiful airs, and were hospitably enters
tained. On their.retnrn, Thk Herald estab
lishment was the recipient of a similar favor,
for which thanks are given. .
This band" is "'composed as a whole, .of the
most accomplished musicians in the Union.
They in company with their, command, are soon
to be mustered out of the service, and sent to
their homes. ; A pleasant return to civil life is
wished them, with the hope that it may be as
profitable to each individual, as their soldier
life has been honorable and creditable.
Knock-down Argument. Two individuals,
one a great deal the worse for whiskey, and
probably both, were engaged in a closely con
tested fight in a house near the corner of Front
and - Market streets about dark last evening,
when the police, with McGreal at their head,
appeared to enforce peace and order- . McQ real
between two firesi. received an extra- lick occa
sionally from both parties, and one devoted his
energies specially to him, but alive t o all emer
gencies, McGreal brought his cudgel to bear on
the fellow's pate several times, which finally set
nis liquored Drains
into action, and he quiet
ly succumbed to an arrest, with a bloody nose,
bunged eyes an a sore headi He was sent to
the lock-up, and as some one has : said that he
belonged to the police force, he will have an idea
how a fellow feels
wheu under the, care of the
turnkey. ! 'V
Keasonable. Mayor Dawson it will be seen
by the report of the mayor's court this morning
only charges five dollars for a jittle bit of a fight,
and so on according to the amount of damage
done. A -ThUW-reasonable ; enough fellow
that can'no iffdrd id 'paylthia 'jmneh- to Wards de
fraying the city expenses, had better not in
dulge. A good "many little fines will go a long
distance in defraying necessary expenses.'''
To Travelers South. There has been great
inquiry by persons desirous of going south to
know what amount of unfinished road there may
be between here and Augusta, Ga. A gentle-
man
connected officially with one of the lines
states that there is an unfinished work ot, ten
miles between Kingsville, S. C, and Branchville
and another, of forty miles between Brauchville
and Awgusta'fThe roads : from Augpsfa to Mo-
bile arersaid to" be in proper running, order.
. "
City Cemetery Report. The report of Mr.
Timothy Donlin, Superiptendent ot uataaie
Cemetery, for the week ending Aug. 19th, shows
the total number of interments to have been
seven, three which jrere from Uhe Marine
Hospital, from small-pox, one from consumpl
tion, one from congestion, of, the hraia, one from
effects of ledicinel: and- cW unknown. Que of
these interments was from. the4 country.
nnwisnATisc;-H.A -lieutenant was heard to
say yesie,rdaj that on Saturday last, while on
duty, hellttdt!t.taiBn five demijohns' of liquor,
from parties engaged in selling it in violation of
deisr "From this manner ot conaucung auaim
the military wilHsOon! have sufficient quantity
confiscated .to start a good sized wholesale esJ
tablishment, or enough Jo furnish the medical
department for a considerable, length of time. ;
jr"7D. The steamer ComwanCapt.
Term from New York, arrived yesterdoy at iu
o'clock, beine fifty nine hours on the passage.
wr . .. v t
She brought out a large mail, a full cargo and
nasseneers. She will saU on her return trip on
Wednesday next.
Quick Trip. The schooner Thos. Winans,
Cat)L Briegs, left JSew lors on xuuraunjr a
mi 1 o f
and arrived here yesterday, being a passage out
in but little longer time than is required for tne
regular steamers.
Pmlsoxal. A. A. Bice, general snperintend
ent of the Adam's Express compauj, "-v
south of New York, arrived in the city a few
:T,a on business connected with the in-
Ulguw C3
Uterests of his company
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' VVashingtON, August U.
mL.. DnImGfr General has ordered
contract with the Ceptr..! .nii North Carolina
Railroad compan, tor tne
mails trom yomsuui rr.X-i.l -
ro,iri:"rr ;-6 hundred and twenty-three
miles. Service will be;resumeop the other
U ha ,.rtd that the road, hare teen
southern routes, fX?Z FZZ
repaired and are in good running
rTDTine ill TBI SC
I ana are in gowj """"o t
r odviPK IH TDK SOUTH
To this end ihe-wtole'systemf-soul
rail roads is classified into iurIue"".
eT viz: Branch of spur roads, semi-local
roads and throughoads. "A rate ofj nipen
sation has been fixed for each class, viz.,
$3oT$50,l75 and $100 per mile per annam,
respectively. A circular letter has been, sent
to each of the provisional governors notify
ing them that the departments is ready to re
store; the mail service upon the southern rail
roads as soon as the saki provisional govern -ors
can certify that i hey are in operations and
controlled by proper person The fixing of
the compensation at the prices named is not
an arbitrary act of the l'osttnasfcr General,
butis the result of a careful sjstexniz aion of
the whole business. ,
WALL STREET IUWELSED.
THE GREATEST EXCITE 31 EXT
SINCE THE EXPIOSION OF
THE TRUST . COHPAXY.
Failure of one of the Largest
Firms in the Xew lork
Banking Quarter.
Forging and Absconding
Juuior Partuer.
of tiie
His Departure witli 200,000.
i , 4-, J From the N.j Y.I Tribune, August 15.
" The latest excitement! in Wall st , and pro
bably the greatest for a humber of years, is the
annouiicent of failures in distinguished finan
cial circles. The old j and honored ; firm, of
Messrs. Morris Ketch um, Son and Co., has
fniled for an immense amount of money, and
Edwin B. Ketchum, the late manager of the
concern, and Jhe son of the senior partner
has suddenly disappeared, and as funds to the
amount ot $2,500,Ul)0 are found to be missing
at the same time, the conclusion is that the
young m;n has absconded with tho money or
its equivalent in bad debts.
'MK.t Kelchum, sr., j resides in Westport,
Conri.,and was telegraphed night before last
by. Mr. Belknap of the firm thai his presence
was required in town. Mr. Ketchum arrived
yesterdayj moaning, and for the first time,
learned tHe character and extent of the as
tounding frauds which1 had been perpetrated
by.hison. He immediately directed the house
to suspend payment, and make an investiga
tion into .the condition of its affairs. Tho in
vestigatir.n showsf the frauds were perpetrated
on the house to a gieat extsnt by abstracting
the1 collaterals, winch (bankers and brokers
had left with therri as 'hypothecations' oi loans,
and on? which advances had been made. As
far of ascertained the members of the house
r. . 4 il .i J.I Ml 1 1,1 i
are ot tne opitnon luai .iiiey win ur uic iu
pay fifty cents on the dollar.
All the remittances rejbeived yesterday morn
ing from their correspoti dents, Mr Ketchum
directed to be specially deposited in one of the
qity banks to the credit of the parties con
cerned. ; ,.- ; .
Mr. Ketchum is the i senior, and has been
estimated to be worth from $5,000,000 to $6,
000,000. ,
CHARLES GRAHAM & CO.'s LOSS.
Mr. Edw. B. Ketchum is said to have
forged gold checks f upon the Bank of Ne,v
York to the amount ot zou.uuu, wnicn ru-
mor. increases to the pu,blic amount of $2,500,-
000. Thej gold cheeks were taken trom a
book procured in June last, ostensibly lor the
use of Charles liranam b jo., wuq iiaviug
made a depositdrew a check or lett tneir.sig-
natures with the Bank cf New York, which
acted us the custodians of gold for epeculitors
and brokers. ,The checks weie numberea rrom
58 5nl to 59,000 both inclusive, ana were j
for S5.000 each, and it is supposea were an j
'V i . ' r r ri AAA
used, making ari aggregate ot 5,ouu,uuu.
The -entire filling of the checks was a forgery,
and they were used -as collaters, ana ne:a ior
loans.
Of course, they were not presented for pay.
ment, They were noc weu execuieu au
their appearance shonld nave aiscioseu me
fiaud at an early period. They were mostly
used in country and German houses, and the
Fourth National Bank loaned on mem to ine
extent of $225,000, to parties outside of the
banks of both Ketchum and Graham. It is
stated that in addition to this forgery of gold
checks, Mr, E- B. Ketchum has roooeu me
firm of which he was partner aim auuvc
manager,"of a large amount ot securities, ine
gum is placed as : mgn u ?4vw,wu,
Graha n, -whose business has been managed
by Mr. E. B. Ketchum for tfce past two months,
Mrv Graham being ill, is loser to the extent of
$280,000. 1 l ,
The street -was filled with rumor3 of other
failures and losses, and a general panic pre
y died. Very low quotations were conse
quently" made in the stock market, and there
was little buying at the close of the day.
The principal character in this case, Mr. h.
B; Ketchum, is a j outhful, dashing man," and
was' entrusted with large sums of money.
The tale of his transgression is brief and easily
to be I raced. Living daily in the atmosphere
of f all street, he became infatuated with the
gambling spirit of that locality. He cast and
lost Little by little he was led in deeper and
deeper, unttl to gratify his sambling propen
sities, he went at any length and all lengths,
swindling not only the concern over which he
had sway, but even committing the crime of
forgery to accumulate the means for fresh
gambling. Yet he carried this load upon his
brain and conscience so quietly and skillfully
that no one of those that were in every diy
Kirn rlrp.n.m(l of his Pllilt. He
was seen on Sunday night to leave his father s
house with a small black carpet bag, whi b,
uow that he is gone, is remembered to have
m pnrr-rl stuffed full of bank ntes. Govern ¬
ment bonds or something of the kind. He
has rlpiiiirtAd and mav never bo arrested, j but
hia nunishment-will be greit whereter he
i?oes. and the dark close his career is merely
a rpnpitinn of m mv a wild drama that has
been enacted in Wall street, where gold
ever the soul of the plot.
is
a PART IMPORTERS' i AKO TRADBRS JTATIONAL
To the Editor of the New York Tribune.
Sir : f Various rumors are in circulation in
reord to losses sustained by different parties
hr nf tde : recent! v developed forged
checks among others this bank is mentioned.
I4tvouid state for the information of the public
that this bank holds 5335.000 ot these said
to ba forged checks as collateral security for
loan, which amount UfJLould t prove i B "n-
tire los,. is rearly covered by taeprescfct iar
plus and earnings !
JAMES V DEL, Present'
New York, Auguu 10, I8fj5.
WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT JOMSOX AXD HIS
CABIAET.
Jeff. Davis to; be Tried by Jury.
The Kentucky Election-Personal
&cM
Vc.
Wasiiingtosl Aug. 15, 18G5.
TUE PRESIDENT' POLICY AND MIS CABINET.
Publications have recently been made of
report4, speculations and inferences nb ut dif
ferences of opinion between the preident and
his cabinet with rgaro! to the policy proper
to be pursued in restoring the southern states
to their former relations to the union, and
particularly involving the question of negro,
suffrage in the work of reestablishing the civ
il government, the military measures to se
cure which have already been taken through
the agency of the provisional govt-mors. 'J he
proceedings are strictly private, and it is not
known that any of the members are in the
habit of improperly .revealing them. There
fore, the pu blications professing to give reports
of what takes place in the cabinet council, arc,
t say the least, unreliable.
But it may be said with confidence, as an
answer to many of the speculations, that there i
is.not now, nor is j it believed that there will :
be, any substantial or material difference be-
tween the piesident and his cabinet with re
gard to the restoration of the southern slates.
One of the rt-asons for this assertion is the j
fact that all the proclamations appointing the
provisional governors are precisely in tho
same words, founded on the Tennefe ar
rangement, and maturely considered by the
president, And approved of by the; cabinet,
showing a carefully considered plan- the am-
nesty proclamation! noing in accord witn tnat
document. The president, it is known, Iroin
the representation of kis intimate friends, is
determined to pursue substantially the recon
struction programme thus laid down, having
reasonable evidences from the south that it
will be successful.!; Many of the accounts
from that section $re exaggerated, and mis
represent the true and favorable condition of
public opinion. j , ,
THE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAVIS.
As the result of; careful inquiry it is be
lieved that there is an unwillingness on the
part of a portion of the ajbinet to have Jeffer
son Davis tried for treason, while there ia
reason for asserting th it the 'President is ptr4
sistent. in having him; brought before a civil
tribunal. Chiel Justice Chase is expected to
arrive here in thejcourso of a few days for
consultation with the President as to the lime,
the manner and the! plate which shall bo desig
nated. The ablest counsel in the United States
are also being consulted upon the subject.
There is a fixed d'ermin.ition on the part of
the Executive that there shall be a iuimcdi
ate and fair trial by a jury of the country for
hjh treason. It may, in addition 10 this, be
confidently asserted that the President has
determined, as soon as practicable, to with
draw the orders suspending the privileges of
the writ of habeaal corpus and to dispense
with military courts. - t- 1
AsrilNGT0SAngU8t 15.
Garrett Davis, ojt Kentdcky;:i is nere, en
deavoring to see the President tor the pur
pose of making representations about military
interference in thej Kentucky election.
Governor Andrew of Massachusetts, arrived
here this, morning, lhe story that he has
beetf invited to oceppy the place of Secretary
of the Nav3 is of course, unfounded. -
Secretary Seward has again ictt tor vape
General Scnontid na3 gone worm.
Adjutant General Slonehouse arrived here
rom Albany this morning.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Tlie Iatesf( Telegrams from vaiemia
The China brinars no n ews from the cable
atr than that ahead v nublished. The Eng-
ish papers publish the following tehgrams :
the final susnsaaiu w -'. . ,
Atlantic Telegraph Com pant,
ANT,)
;e, V
No. 12 St. Helen's Place
HlSUOPSGATE ST. WITUrN, L.,AU2
Th follovvinir telegram has just been re
ceived at this office by Mr. G. Saward, secre
tary and general superintendent ot the Atlan-
tic letegrapn uompany, irum ju. i-txuijcj
fttiVahntia: I ,
"Wednesday, 9A. 311,000 miles paid
nnt: all CCinff Weil."
The following telegrams have been received
mm . ..... ..... .
Ileuter's Telejirain! Company, (Limited) from
Mr. It. A. Glass, managing directors ot the
TpWrnnh Construction and 3Iaintenance
Comuanv
o r
On ;uoard the Ureat eastern, vv eunesuay
morninsr. l.zuv miies paiu out ai 1.0 -a. m.
1,050 miles' rua-by; the Great Lasiern at 6.5U
A. 31. All come well
Vallntia, Aog. 2, 8 P. 31. T.ie signals
from the Great Eastern became unintelligible
at noon to-day No communication has been
had with the shin since, and no intormation
has been received.! . Cause unknown.''
THURSDAY, AUG. 3.
4tVALESTiA. 11.30 A. M. -No information
rpftpi red from the shiD.'' Cause unknown. No
communication with the ship."
"Valeria, Aug. 3, 8.40 P. M. Same re
port as this tnoiuing,
The London Times of Aug. 5 published tho
following dispatches
"To the Editor of the Times'
1 "Sir: Annexed I send you a copy of a tel
egram just received from Mr. James Grave.,
an officer of this company "now at Valentia,
with reference to the state of things in refer
ence to the cable. I am, sir, your ebeditjut
servant, 1 j George 5a ward, ;
"Secretary and General Superintendent.
'Atlantic Telegraph Company, No.' 1 2 - St
Helen's Place, jBishopsgate sL, within, E.
C Aug. 4. j , ."'. - ". . -
1 From Mr. Craves, Valentia, to Mr. Saward, ia 12 St,
1 ...... u-- lleien'a Place,-Londun, - -
x Fbidat, 12.35 1?. M. Shore tests for neith-
cr
insulation nur ron!uctivityt aid hi in--
ft!Utinn ild nil rwrmlt him . to la I '
Great Britain troobleJ Ut two dayt with
earth currents equal in nrae place eighty
cells ; Wt ween AnisterdAm and Ber in eqatl
to upward of tercntv cV; wrstwaid from
here equal to upward of one hundre l cell.
Not so trng thi morring. but still prater
thin fignutling poer. -' Anxiomlr aw-iting
their cessation to learn the state of aCTiIrs.
- , rnoAr, aco. 4. v.-:.7 .4-
Fridat, 1 40 P.VM. Test tiken for con;.
ductmty. Kcsu!t shows accident to cable;
Mai !?s of insulation or dead earth 1,25
miles from Ya'cntia. - -
Mr. Glakhcri of the Boy.l Obserrator
brought this morning the fodowing important
letter from the As:ronooier-lloytl in relation
to the stoppage of tfce signals trorn the Great
Kastern. ' ' ' -I ' ' . ;
Mr GUisher a!so laid before tho directors
the phofograpH sheets of the Magnetic Obser
vatory, showing a magnetic ssorm great T in
force than has eccurrcd for many yeatrt, com-inemi-
g at n90n on Wednesday, the 2d inst.
that-being (lie time, almost to an instant, at
which the signals from the Great Eastern be
came unintelligible. . : -i "'
-Mr. Glaisher thinks it probable that tho
storm, though very much abated, has not yet
so ceased as to allow the fremo current ua
in signalling through the cable tlo manifes
ted at VaUntia. vs . Voors ruly,
GEOKfiE SAWAlrn, '
Secretary and General Superintendent, -Atlantic
Telegraph Company, No. 12 St, Ilel
eiis Place, Bishopsgate street, within, K.
; C , Aug. 4. -: . 1 - ; r -
LETTER FH0M TR0FE580R A1RT. . ..
Royal OBSERTATOJtr, 0REE.Nvvicn,( !.
I , .Aug. 4, 1 BG5, t .
"Dear Sir: In r-eferenco to tho reported in-
terruption of communiciti6n thrcugh' tho'At.j
lantic telegraph : 1 . ,
t On Wednesday, Aug. 2,at ndon.as is phown
by our photographic record, a magnetic storm J
Commenced, which rose to cict violeuce in
the course of Wednesday night, and n an at its
height from 5 A. 31. on the morning irTtiuts-
d.iy, Aug. 3, to no'u; of Thursi'ay. " It dc-'
clined t-lowly to 11 P. 3Ik on Thursday night.
nnu nioiu ruiiiuiv v .t -a. m, inisi niormi'ir.
Friday, Aug. 4. At present, about 11 A. M.,
the storm lias generally ceased ' ,
lhe magnetic storm lia been one of the
most violent in some respects the moit vio
lent that I have" even known. ;
Throughout the storm the spontaneous
enth etirrents have been verv strone, and
changing most rapidly. The actions ot tho
earth currents galvanometers hate, in'cmise-
quence. been so rapid that in general tbqy
have lett no trce on the photograph sheets.
From Wednedayf Augu't 2, at noon, to td
A. 31., this morning, Friday, August 4,' the
record from our Croydon wire is. in cono
quence of this rapid motion, entiroly lost. -The
record from our Dartford wJreU lost gen ,
erally, but occasionally rune traces oro vii-
ble. . 'V;V-'
If the magnetic currents in be Atlantic arc
at all comparable in violence to thos in Kng
land, it is impossible that any record enn have
been made by tho Atlantic cable, though it"
be in perfect order. - 4 . -
Perhaps ycrj will I ave tho goodness in
stantly, to communicate , or publish this in tlio
quarters in which yoa think it will bo most
uselui. ; . r
I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, f ,
O.B.AiRT.
THE CHANCES OF DISCOVERT.
The London Times of August 4 nays':
,i in
With regard to the chnce of recovering
'the injuring part and repairing it, it is almost
impossible to speculate. At .tho depth of
waier iu wuicu iuc ureal ciisieiu now is, ..
hauling up three miles of mpo would, under
tne most lovoraoie circumsunce.-, be a HoWf
and most precmous undertaking. Carried
on with all the care which such an operation
wouHrequire, it could hardly be recovered at
the rate or more than a quarter of a mile an
hour, while the trlighl,est wind or rongh fea 4
would at once put an end to it. and the rope
would have to the hnoyed and cut adrift. to j
avoid the cerlainty of its breaking if , it con-
tinned last 10 tne great snip, ror sucu event
ualities the Great Krstern is amply provided ,
blie Las ranny buoys on board equal alto
get er to a weight of fifty tons, and she' has
at least four or five rhihs of powerful wire.'
buoy ropes which " can support all that the''
hunvft thfmtlveM flin ' fl.iat- Thia ;'li.ff.iJ '
buoy, however, will not' be retorted to (HI tho 5
last extremitv. as anart frdm tha men &l Anl
gers of such an expedient, the grfattbt of all
is tbe extreme uncertainty of ever fiudiog the
buoy again whenonco cast Iose intlo mtddlq
of the Atlantic. If the Great Eastern ismtk.
uig a juesMui tnon 10 naui in me cable and
. p t nrv i . - .
repair it, a clear renewal ofsinaU may bi
Ioocked for at latest within a counle of
days- If, on the contrary, that time should
pass by without. the cable giving any sign of
nte we tear tne case musttie'conoidered hotei
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less as ir regarus t uccefes tnis year. , n ., L. .
The Great Eastern . left wih ahoot jlwo,
tli'iusand thrte hondred find ftTtv lrn... r
cable on board, of which, up to 'kthe time of
- m. ui Wft
the accident, twelve hundred miles, or about
one-half, had been lain. It isknowri.-frcm
t!e rate of paying out and tho distance ruri,
that the tp must have beeii;at Ieat two bun.,
dred arid fift miles bt in the forward tank
when the fault rose. The break was evident-
y thei efore, r.ot caused by pawing 'the rot
trom the forward tank to tliat amid.-hira.
miles of wire. Supposing, then, that tho
it uivu vufiimo vigil w v uilt r
worsi has happened, and the ctbie is broken,
a least four htin rd, if not five hundred,
miles may be et 11 recover ad by undcrrunning
and hauling it in from tlic shore end at Va
lentia. This would leave a di-ficit of seven
hundred or eight hundred iniics necessary to
be supplied before again commencing tho
work not a v err great amount, ceriaioly,
rtculprinrr rlmt ift at Rink e. lit 1. onitp Atimwrh
to put an end to any chance of the attempt
le!n renewed before next yeir. Of course,
ait that we have now .--'..staled is mere eonjec
ture, based upon the mot ' reliable informa-,
tion. - In a day or so at rnostihe pubWo will
be able with certainly JU judge for themselves
for if as we have eaid, at the end of that time
tbexe are still no signal they will need none
10 leu nieui ui'w vu hi auu irrerneuiaDio n.9
been the third failure to lay a telegraph
under one of the deepest, and 'certainly one
of the stormiest, seas in the world," j
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