WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. 1865 THE NEWS- A Washington despatch says that the Consti (liana' Union pi Wishes a letter from one John • .Hrophs, impeach ing the testimony of Welch . an, a ()overall/ CM witness in the conspiracy rial. Brophy says that Weichman was an Innate friend Of Atzerott, and that since be 'trial closed he admitted he haleold lies, nd that Cieellman had said that Mrs, Smatt as ignorant of the plans of the conspirators, na that she asked her son, John H., what was lie reason of the meeting of so many strange , in the house. 4,•..tatuissliry General ft, E. Shiite:her, of New an osshirc, who had just been appointed to I v a position in recognition of his gallantry nd distinguished services in the Reid as a liewber of a New Hampshire cavalry regi ,;eat , died on Friday last, at the age of twenty. min Ile was a young man of much promise, son of Mr. Robert. Shill:ibex, of Portsmouth, ad nephew of IL P. Shill:lbe; Esq., (Mrs.Part igt on.) t:overnOr'l3rOWnlOw, Of Tennessee, has is not] a prOelainalion declaring the franchise aw as the snpreme law of the State, and de , mincing those us rebels who oppose it. fie , rders the arrest M' all candidates for office ho advise the people to nullify the laws. merson Etheridge, a former member of GOn .c,,s, has been arrested by the military for elivering incendiary speeches. New Orleans dates of the 6th inst. have been veived at New York. General Sheridan had rt totst refugees from. Texas that ;they could ,cay Mara to their homes, and that the mill forces protect them. All acts of the ovenior and Legislature since the ordinance f secession was passed, are declared void. Up , July Ist 11,1, , 34; bales of cotton had been re. •ived at Mobile. .1k special despatch from Washington to The • 'no positively denies that Admiral Dupont filled his prize-MOney (reported at $175,000) a fund for the erection of a home for honor-" dy discharged soldiers and sailors and their plurnS. 1210 prize-money awarded to the amirat will not amount to much over $50,000. Ls-Governor Letcher has been released on ,brute, on condition that he go to his home, in irginia, and remain there subject to the rder of the President. 11drices from Sall Salvador say that the exe ,ustor of the Prussian Consul had been with- , rain 11. Y. S. Osbon, the navel reporter who was ar ed for alleged sending for publication con raband news, has been deemed "not „my! , by the court-martial which tried him. en• Dix has approved the finding,. The Adjutant Generals of the loyal States .let at Boston yesterday. AU the States ex- Indiana,Wisconsin, and Ohio, "were repro .e»ted. The chief of the Cherokee Nation has writ an appeal for Charity, as his people are on he verge Of starvation. ueneral Hooker has.arrived in New York. The Stock market WaS dUll yesterday. finding sold at a decline of ;K m and rennsyl eels Central at an advance of ,s; 12814 was tit; for Camden and Amboy, and 43 for North ra Central. There was a change in prices of .assenger Railroad shares. Bank shares ditto. n domestiC markets there m.-. 1.4 more demand or Flour at pre` ions rates. Rye Flour tyttB all, whilst Wheat was firmer. Corn was carve ; and Oats have advanced, selling at e •ents. Cotton sales were limited, Sugar was !noted at Whisky was firmer. Gold closed in New York last night at 139 X. RR. STANTON'. The condition of Mr. Secretary STAN , ON'S health excites the solicitude of some f the newspapers so much that they ex ,and into the most eloquent anxiety, and leclare that he intends to leave as soon as he President can find a successor. Let us 'nee more calm these perturbed spirits. ttr. STANTON is very well, even hearty, and . attentive to his official duties as if he ntended to stay in his Department till he .ouelucled to resign—an event which he lees not contemplate, nor the President de.: be Report about Admiral "Papont•a The report telegraphed The Trees, from iiugton, that Admiral DUPONT had willed all jiffs prize money (stated to be $175,000,) to the siylum for the relief and education of the ildren cud orpbans of honorably discharged find deceased soldiers and sailors, proves to be setorreet. The Admiral made MS will about 11 week previous to his decease, but it did not Contain any such provision as above stated. 3! , eiiles, his whole prize money did not amount to much over $50,000. This contradic tion is made on the authority of the relatives of the deceased. [Our authority for the original despatch ,, t - as that of an officer of high rank in the ,havy, who heard it from an intimate friend pf the deceased.]—En. PRESS. WASHINGTON. ONTRIDICTION OF TEE REPORT CONCERN ING ADMIRAL DUPONT. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF MISS HARRIS. sore Love•letters, in a Disguised sand, Produced in Court. MPORTANT FACTS ELICITED ON IM PORTANT POINTS. 'isit of the President, with a Distinguished Escort, to Admiral Dahlgren. iShccial Despatches to The Press.] WABK,A'6TOY, July 11, 1865. The RUChantilll The long-promised volume of the Old Pub lic Functionary is now in the hands of the 3 ., rimers, and will be published in fine style by the Appleton's, the celebrated New York pub- It will be a full history of the last jtilinblistration, from J. B.?s own notes, writ ten by himself, in the months of classic quiet Pt Wheatland, - while his theory that the Go kernment could not protect itself from emu- Lilation, was being tried at the cost of pre- CionS blood and life on the field of battle. It 'Pill be a work of some five hundred pages duodecimo. The respectable ex-P. kept a diary of all the events of his splendid hule. He is an old hand at this bellows; be t:Thies, he has rare industry and powers of la 'bur in that he has few equals. His genius is dull, but his endurance is WOuderful. He regu larly collects, digests, files away, and revises All his correspondence and memoranda. And es he was -fully aware that he left °Mee not Over-blessed with friends, and a good deal complained of, (l) be has used his materials for Vindication with his best ability. lam told he is very anxious for his book to appear, thinks the printers slow, and expects that it trill be a very conclusive affair in .- all re :Spouts. It has been to him a work of lovt„lndeed, he gave to it all his time Lunt thought, of Which, in his solitude, ire has bad overmuch. When the book is out he will engage himself by reading the reviews unit critiques—a pleasant pastime, truly, to the 0. P. F. Anyhow, this shows that he it In fine health and robust equanimity, for he trill have to be .a most correct annalist to es -Cape a steady and searching analysis. But, us Ile MYS he wants occupation, this is a capital tray to secure it. J. B. must now be nearly Eighty. lie had a hope of being the last Presi dent of the United States. He has not been gratified, minie will live long enough to find himself mistaken in many other things. He trill not go to Bedford thiksummer, having his book on his hands. 'Who Family of air. Seward to 'hat Cape say. Arrangements are being made by Mr. Sew. AnD's friends for the accommodation of him- Cell and family at Cape May during the pre- Sent month. The Secretary is rapidly recov- Cring his health; and his son, the Assistant Secretary, under the advice of Physicians, will *eon be restored by the bracing breezes of old ocean and the repose in the midst of good so- Ciety and genial friends. Mr. SEWARD'S daugh ter and JUr. F. W. Saw..nn will also be of the party. Probably no more delightful spot Could have been selected for The parpose of re. laxatiOn by this long-afflicted family than the Celebrated Cape Island, especially at the pre- Cent season, where thousands of loyal men *MI women who, for four long years, have been Rt work in the battle-field, or in the various :Avenues of home and labor, laboring for the, VANt cane, enjoy their first moment of natal and physical relaxation. A sense of grutitede for the reSelle Of Mr. SEWARD frow ; I : l ' l, atifel calamity, and for his own inestima "'e services to his country in his great de- Partment, will make all 'Warta yearn Ode hint ?loner. ~.. - . . . 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A v , I ,' , i i : . r.". : -,_ \'r;l • - AI ' -,.' j_ ' 9°lo ' ...' :le , --;I '' Oilie ,: .. _,..,,,'-W. - - - . • iv,_._•,,,.•:•.: .;.... ,-,•-,.;.,...., ...- -'_:: .--, - .....6. _ -•..•-•--•--- - -...., ----.....-- _ .--,,....._ - 7 .--<,-,-- - . ..--..,.. . 4. 2 . , :" . . 1--- VOL. 8.-NO. 214. Visit of President Johnson to the Vunbont Pawnee. Boar AdMira] DAIILGREN, whose flag-Ship, the Pawnee, has been lying near Giesboro, received President JOIIXSON, this afternoon, with all the honors prescribed for his official position. The President was accompanied by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, and the lion. Protaron FtaO; Mr. Goo onto. Marshal of the District of Columbia; Admiral SmITII, Captain DRAYTON, Paymaster JIMMIE, General lifuzzcy, the Presi den l Snerelary; WM. FAXON, Chief Clerk of the Navy Department; Colonel Pommy . , and a number of other gent - Mince, together with ladies. The party took the Geranium at Scrod h-si mit wharf, and upon reaching the Pawnee were received by the officers in full ess, the Presidential salute was fired, the n»u•inr band played a national air, the yard' - were maimed, and all the ceremonies of a man-of-war were performed. The President then inspected the ship, and the sailors went through their evolutions with the guns. An elegant entertainment was given by the Admiral, after which the party re-embarked and took a Short turn down the river, receiving salutes from the Don, the flag ship of the Potomac flotilla, and several ves sels of the squadron. Admiral Dm - mon= will now strike his flag, and the Pawnee will sail for Portsmouth, N. R., and go out of et/minis sloe. Release of Rebel Prisoners. During the last week there were released from prison stations 081 rebel prisonervnaking a total of ,13,301 ilieharged by Viesident JOHN SON. There are now none but sick prisoners left. Release of Ex.Roverntor Letcher. Ex-Governor LETCHER Was released from the Old Capitol Prison, last evening, by the direc tion of President JOHNSON, upon the condition that he innnediatety go to his home in Virgi nia and give his parole to remain there sub ject to the order of the President. The Harris Murder Trial. An additional number of intensely loving letters Were read in the MAny llAims trial to day, and also several dated September, 1983, signed " J. P. GREENWOOD," the letter request ing her, as a friend, to meet him at a disre putable house in Chicago. Miss ',Byrne, in whose store the accused was a Clerk, testified as to the crazing effect the base proposition had on the mind of Miss Haunts, as well as the circumstances which induced the belief that BURROUGHS, Whom Miss HARRIS killed, m as the author of the letter. Resignation, and Vacancy Filled. The resignation of the Hon. Wu. P. DOLE ES GOlnrninsionor of Indian Affairs, which had been before the President several days, was accepted yesterday, and this morning his suc cessor, Judge D. N. COOLEY, of lowa, entered upon the dutiespf that office. Arr. Dote was was several wes ago instructed by the Presi dent to visit certain Indian tribes, with a view to their pacification and removal to the Go vernment Reserves, but this mission he now declines. Sale of War Vessels. Several vessels lately attached to the East Gulf Squadron were sold at Key West on the 28th alt. Among them was the notorious yacht Wanderer. The squadron is being rapidly re tweed to a small complement. Appointment of a Consul. Ex-Brigadier General JAMES L. KIERNAN, Of New ITork, was yesterday appointed United States Consul at Chin Kiang, China. Navel Appointments. Major JOHN A. RottEs 11/LS received the ap pointment Of Solicitor and Naval Judge Ad vocate General of the Naval Department, and Secretary WELLES has appointed Surgeon PM NEAS TAIORWITZ as Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Depart ment. THE TRIAL OF HISS mums, AT WASHINGTON. The Testimony for the Defence—Letters from the Deceased. The trial of Miss Mary Harris, who shot Mr. Burroughs, a clerk in the Treasury Depart ment, is now in progress at Washington, D. C. The defence have set up the plea of tempo rary insanity at the time the deed was com mitted. On Monday a Mrs. Harris (no rela tive of the accused), testified that she had known both the accused and deceased in Chi cago, for the last three years, and that from the manners of the two she was led to believe they were engaged to be married, although 31r. Burroughs never stated that they were. At the time Burroughs married another lady Miss Harris had told witness that she believed the deceased had proved false to her, and that he had endeavored to induce her to go to a diSreputable house. She was very much wor ried about it. The accused's lawyer testified that Miss Harris came to him in July, iset, requesting him to commence a suit against Burroughs for breach of promise. The accused's motive for prosecuting the deceased was for the sole pur pose of vindicating, her character and honor She exhibited to the lawyer (Lewis H. Davis) the letter of Burroughs referred to above, in viting her to a disreputable house. Until she received this letter she had loved Burroughs, but now that love had turned to hate. A number of letters from deceased to ac cused were read in court. The folloiving ex tract from one of these epistles is a fair index of the whole. It is dated Monday, August 25 1959, and is addressed to— , 4 oh! My dear little Rosebud." Burroughs writes "Many times I had longed for your picture, and let my imagination dwell upon the receipt of, but durst not ask you for it, for reasons I will give you if we ever meet—not now: but it is the more grateful, coming as surprise of such-inexpressible delight. Really, Mollie, as I returned from the post office, _after receiving it, I felt so light I could with difficulty keep the ground. I could scarcely avoid flying. I want ed to button-bole everybody I met, and show them what I had got, and it required all the sense Of propriety I could command to keep myself from doing so. aOh ! that beautiful picture! beautiful! beau tiful! beautiful! and my beautiful! beautiful What can I now say for her? I cannot say—words fail me. Could I see her, I might perhaps express faintly what are my feelings as reawakened by such visible testimony of her loveliness. O! Mollie, Mollie! you have turned my dry, sterile old bachelor heart into a gushing, fountain of glad emotion and warm, genial affection ; and Mollie, dear, darling Mol lie, is the source and end of all. Would. I had a hundred Pike's Peak fortunes to lay at her feet, and the affection of a hundred hearts to lavish upon her. If 'another Monte were to contest the claim to my love she would stand but a poer chance now, if not before. "When you were remarkiffg concerning the change (improvement) that had taken place in your personal appearance, were you trying to make me understand that you had added to your already redundant stock of beauty? I did not fullytake the hint then. I understand now. Nature has surpassed herself in bestew ing new charms when the measure is already full—running over; and,. Mollie herself is taken by surprise at her cei - n new excellencies. I understand it all now, and a most effective Way have you adopted to bring the feet to my compreansiori; and as modest and winning as effective. : Your beautiful picture! I have to look at the last thing before I put out the light at bed-time, and the first thing in the morning. * "If I speak warmly in your praise it is hut the free gushing forth of uncontrolled feeling,. and von know by experience may ring the din of hated chiding in your ears, and make you wish—oh, so much I it might cease. But when I chide you, Mollie, I would rather take you in my arms and soften the harsh accents by the smoothing caresses of true, kind, and warm affection, for I am not a tyrant nor a hear in disposition; would I be the fitful cat that utters ' her fondness in tones of winning tenderness at one moment, and plants her claws to the quick into her darling pet the next; but I would bens I have professed, your true friend, in eat:awe, asking pardon for lilt many failings." [Some of the sentences of this letter are omitted in delierenee to the sensibilities of our readers.] • • The Trial Yesterday. [Special Despatch to the Press.] WAsHINGTON, July 11.—The trial of Miss Har ris was continued to-day. A large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen were present,and the ease eszeited a lively interest.. A number of letters were read to the jury, which bliss Har ris had received from Burroughs. They were all affecting and loving in the extreme, though some of them contained paragraphs, which showed a desire on the part of the de ceased to indulge in a love quarrel. These letters covered a space of time from Sep tember 15, Theo, to September 12, ISea. Two letters, which we here Introduce, show a villainous character on the part of the writer, and there was some objection raised in court in Vie mode of establishing their identity, as they were evidently written in a disguised: band, and signed J. P. Greenwood. Miss Dev lin, who was well acquainted with the hand writing of the deceased, fully identified them however, as having been written by Din roughs. The writer attempts to entice Miss Harris to a noted assignation house in Chica go. The letter reads as follows : "CHICAGO, Sept. 8,186:8. "Miss Mollie Harris, Chicago: Dileat mom.rm : I am aware that it is step ping somewhat beyond the bounds of true pro- prietyffor a Comparative stranger, to address a note to a young lady, requesting her to meet him, but my hope is that you will excuse the presumption, and accede to my request. I ',live had the pleasure of seeing you several times, but never have had the honor Of an in troduction. Now, my dear Mollie,-.1 have sonic things to say to you, which I know you will be glad to hear, and I know of no better way to say them than for you to meet me, say on Friday, Sept. 11, at Quincy street, at 114 °mock in the afternoon. I am-perfectly well acquainted - with the lady who keeps the house, and I know that we can talk there without interruption. You will Perhaps, have some hesitancy in coming. But yen aced not have, as I can assure you my sole motive in requesting the interview is that we may become acquainted, and that mutual friendship may result from it. lam confident I Can convince you with a few words of con vcrsatien that My Very sole (loin is to be your friend,. and I think g meeting Would do us both good. Will you come' Du! I would rather I could see you at some other place. Write when I Vail come. If you think it im proper to meet sue, I hope you will at ratoit answer this note, and state your objectionsi Your friend, J. r. GREEN WOOD: 1W M-30, September 12, 1833 DaAr. Miss MULLIS:" Yollr favor of Thursday was duly received. and I was sorry to read that you could not cone at the hour I ap pointed. Unfortunately, I had a previous hesiness engngement at 3 1 ,4; o'clock, which is my excuse fir not coming—my engagement was of such d' nature that it was almost impos sible for me to neglect it. I should have been. most happy to hays seen you.l have been ab sent from the city since Friday night; have Just returned this evening, and I now embrace the first leisure Moment to say to you that 1 will See you on Tuesday., met 9. 1 %. o'clock. at the place formerly designated, i!4 Quin cy street, provided it is perfectly satis factory to you. I am very anxious to cultivate. your acquaintance, which I think will result to our mutual good, and I hope you will grant me the privilege of proving to you that I desire only to be your friend. I will here say I have had the pleasurtrof seeing you several times, but never have had an in troduction. If you cannot come at the time I have appointed 2 please say by note when yes Can Mae or, it you prefer seeing the at some other place than 94 Quincey street, if you will be kind enough to state the time and place, I will, if possible. see you. Your friend; J. P. GREENWOOD. The testimony of the two witnesses—Miss Devlin and Dr. Fitch, both of Chicago—tended to silo* insanity on the part of the accused. Dr. Fitch stated that eases were frequent where such diseases as Miss _Harris labored Under resulted in Ike insanity of the patient, and said her conduct and conversation, while accompanying the officer from the Treasury Department to the jail, at the time of the homi cide, were strong indications of insanity. TIIE CONSPIRE TRIAL. IMPEACHMENT OF THE VERACITY OF A GOVERNMENT WITNESS. report of the Strange Talk of Weiehman. MRS. SURATT SAW TO HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSPIRATORS' PLANS. Her Tearful Opposition to her Son 4 Journey to Richmond. MASER SAID TO HATE CONFESSED TO RENERAL HARTRANET THAT SHE WAS EN TIRELY INNOCENT. WASHINGTON, July llth.—The Constitutional Union, of this afternoon, publishes au affidavit of John P. Brophy, who says he could have it proved, if time wire allowed, that Weichman is and always was a coward, according tti the words of his father ; that since the trial closed he has admitted that he was a liar ; that a short time before the assassination Weichman hitroduced Atzerott to him as a particular friend of his, and that on the same day he and Atzerott were riding on Booth's horses. Brophy says he can bring other and new witnesses to testify to his intimacy with Atzerott, that since the trial closed Welchman told Brophy that Mrs Siiratt Wept bitterly at the thought of Johti going to Richmond, and implored him to re. main at home, and not bring trouble upon him self and upon the family; that ()ace, while some men where at the house Mrs. Suratt called John, her son, aside, and said to him, "John, I am afraid there is something going on ; why do these men come here/ Now, John, I do not' - feel easy about this, and. you must tel me what you are about" Brophy asked Welch man-if John told her, and Weichman replied that John did not and could not tell her. since the close of the trial Weielunau offered to give Brophy a letter to President John son in Mrs. Snratt's handwriting, provi ded Brophy would keep it a profound secret. Brophy asked Weidman to give him a similar letter to Judge Holt, and he replied : "No ; I will not write to him, because libave no confidence whatever in Holt." Brophy further says that Weichman had him summon ed to testify to his character; and afterwards remembering, as Brophy supposed, that his testimony would injure him, hogged hiul phy) for about half an hour to leave the Court tind brockelat—comn....c.f.--il , e sub-officers of the place to urge him to go, so that he (Brophy) would not be placed on the witness stand. These and other things were sworn to by John P. Brophy on the 7th inst. The Constitutional Union further says, that General Ilartranft, on Friday week, wrote in substance as follows to the President, a short time before the execution: "The :prisoner, Payne, has just told me that Mrs. Suratt is en tirely innocent of the assassination of Presi dent Lincoln, and of any knowledge thereof. He also states that she had no knowledge whatever of the anduction plot; that nothing was ever said to her about it, and that her name was never mentioned by theparties con 'meted therewith:9, INTERESTING FRox IMAM. VISIT OF SPEAKER COLFAX AND OTHERS TO SALT LARS CITY—THE MINERAL PRODUCTS OF UTAH —THE WONDERFUL MINERAL AND. AGRICUL TURAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY—THE CRUELTY, DEBASEMENT, AND TREACHERY OF THE INDIANS—DISLOYALTY / FALSEHOOD, AND UNTRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE MORMONS. [Special Despatch to The Press.] Wasmkarox, July IL—Speaker COLFAX, ac companied by Lieutenant Governor Baoss, of Illinos, lidenArensok, Of the New York Tribune, and others, have, of course, reached Califor nia by this time. They were at Salt Lake City on the 12th of June. Information received from these parties, discloses a most extraor dinary development of mineral wealth in the portion of the country through which they passed, surpassing all anticipation, and more than fulfilling• the pre dictions of Secretary Usuen, when he re ceived the specimens of silver, gold, synebar, quicksilver, more than a year ago. In fact t in reading the speech of Mr. COLFAX, at Salt Lake City, one would suppose that he was describing a celestial region, and the same impression is produced by utterances of his companions. One of the speakers pre diets that men now aged will live to witness the completion of the grandest of all national enterprises—the Pacific Railroad—and that boys who heard his voice that night would see the Pacific slope teeming with the busy life of hundreds of millions of people. Not the least of the wonders described is that of the great overland stage line, now extending through a desert of twelve hundred miles in ex tent. The coaches of this line abound in personal comforts, and are driven with ra pidity anti ease. In the course of the speech. of Mr. COLFAx, he distinctly told the Mor mons that all attempts to destroy the Union had. failed; that it was to-day stronger than ever; that treason would be punished with prompt and terrible death; and that the tide of emigration was coming, and would sweep away m all their institutions, whether of slavery Or polygamy, thus covering the whole of that region with the blessings of Christianity and morality. Another fact was proved, that the great arid wastes,which have lain for years without water,ean be successfully irrigated. The speaker showed that the In dian races were unworthy"of consideration or respect. They were loathsome, savage, disho nest, ungrateful, and cruel—obstacles in the way of progress, and would be swept off by the strong arm like so many wild beasts. His judgment of the inhuman tribes of that far. off country is confirmed by all travellers. and yet, While all these things are true,. ests" Wishing not alone the fertility and unbounded wealth of that distant region, the power of the National Government, and the prospect of the completion of the Pacific Itailroad, the Mon. mons are proved, by all recent and former tes timony, to be faithless, cruel, and full of trea son. Outside of South Carolina we had no bit terer enemies than the Mormon leaders, and although like conquered slaveholders they profess to be friendly new, they are not to be trusted. The D«ily Union Vidette,published at Salt Lake City, and conducted by a brave Union man, brands the whole- drew, without fear, favor, or affection. These facts deserve to be known and recorded, at a period when the Government is girding nri its loins to purge the whole land from every element or symp tom of an attempt to disturb or interfere with its mighty progress. Gunboats at Belfast, Maine. BIILYAST, Me., July 11.—The gunboat Ashue_ lotte arrived last Evening from Eastport. Thousands of our people have visited the monitor Agamentus, now in the harbor. This afternoon Mayor Abbott and other city OM (Ash; were guests onboard. The gunboat Tioga opens to-morrow a rendezvous for naval ap prentices. Assault by.ltobbers. Lomsvni.a, July 11.--Philip Speed, collector of internal revenue, was assaulted while going home on Saturday evening, at eleven o'clock, by three men, in the garb of soldiers, one of whom, with a stone, knoeked in several of Speed's teeth, inflicting a Serious wound. Mr. Speed thinks their rurpoga was robbery. lie is now doing well. The Railroad Strike. BUFFALO, July 11.—As yet there has been no overt act on the part of the railroad strikers, The railroad officers have collected from other places hands enough to do the neeesktrylabOr. Any attempt to interrupt the work or create a disturbance, will be ta p ie ro e n o ip u t m ly an m ic e s t b h y a t s h c e o a m n: il l i t l e ° l l ; ies C it edp . ° rooo n o c di o n t ga against one of the chiefs of the Union for a conspiracy and attempt to obstruct the business of the ma, PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1865. TEXAS. REPUOEES INVITED TO RETURN TO THE STATE. THE UNITED . STATES FULLY EQRI. TO THEIR PROTECTION. Reba Cherokee Indians Starving—Tlar Chief Begs for Charity., THE CROPS EXPECTED TO BE GENEROUS. NEW Tors, July 11.—The steamship Evening Star has arrived from New Orleans, with dates to the Gth inst. Among her passengers are Hon. John Corrode and Mts. Gleneratflanks. General: Sheridan has issued an order notify- Mg refugees from Texas that the United States troops are now in possession of the-State, and that they can return to their homes with secu rity and resume possession of their property. The order also notifies the people 'of Texas that no home guards or armed- bands for self protection will be permitted in the State, as the military forces of the United. States• will be sufficient to protect persons and property. All the acts of the Governor and Legislature; since the passage of the ordinance of seces sion, are declared illegitimate. The New Orleans papers of Airy 4th, contain the following . . -It is said that the late rebel portton of , the Cherokee Indians in northwestern: Texas, are in great distress, and nefir starvation. Their Chief, Standwatie, who held. a. commission of Brigadier General in the rebel army. has issued an appeal-to the people of Texas for as sietance. ' Up to July 1et,11,486 bolo% of eottOnlad been received at Mobile. The first nail train from Mobile to, New Or leans since the close of the war, left on the Ist instant. Shreveport advices say the crops are looking. well. The freedmen, women and children, are still flocking into the town,. many engaging thellinlves to planters. Cotten iii arriving there slowly, the planters being afraid •it will be gobbled up by speculators. The river is rising, with a prospect of giving navigation for a month. Seventeen steamboats had arrived in a week with full freights. TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. A FORCIBLE PROCLAMATION FROM GOVERNOR BROWNLOW. ARREST OF EMERSON ETHERIDGE FOR INCENDIARY LANGUAGE. CrItiCITTITATI, July 11.—Au enthusiastic Union mass meeting was held at Lexington, Ken_ tacky, yesterday, at which speeches were made by Mr. Kassel), of lowa, and Gen. P. P. Blair, urging the adoption of the constitu tional amendment. A special despatch to the Gazette says Gov. Browulow, of Tennessee, has ; issued a pro clamation declaring the franchise law the su preme law of the State, and denouncing as re beU those who attempt to oppose its c;cceu tion. lie calls upon the civil authorities to arrest persons who, under - pretence of being candidates for Congress, are advising the peo ple to nullify the constitution and laws, and are stirring up rebellion Find•sedition. • A Nashville despatch to the Commercial an nounces the arrest of Emerson Etheridge, at Columbus, tip., by the commander of that post, for delivering incendiary speeches in Ten ntssee. WESTERN NEWS. Murder of a Woman sad' Child—Whole. sale Poisoning.. CINCINNATI, July 11.—During, the last few days, thirty persons in the eastern portion of the city, and nine in Newport, Kentucky, have been poisoned by eating cheese. None of the cases have proved fatal. The meymr.. s - publish: the details or the Murder of a woman and Child, by three rob bers, near London, lSfadison county, Ohio, in,6t week. The owner of the premises, accompa nied by another niau, approached the house while the robbers were ransacking it and killed all three, with their revolvers. No names or date are given. SAN SALVADOR. The Prussian Consul Ordered Out—Au Address of Thanks to the Army. NEW YORK, July 11.--Advices from San vador state that the Government has with drawn the exequatur of Dr. Bernhard, Consul of Prussia at San Miguel, and has forbidden him to return to the Republic. Bernhard was implicated in the recent rebellion, and had already fled from the country. President Buenas -has issued an address to the army, thanking it for prompt and efficient services in suppressing the rebellion. Pass. port regulations, for the present, will be strictly maintained in San. Salvador. A strong public feeling exists against General Barrios, who is viewed as the chief instigator of the recent rebellion. • Meeting of A.djutant Generals. Bosalnv, July 11.--The Convention of Adju tant Generals of the Loyal States met to-day in the Senate Chamber. General Baker, of lowa, was chosen President. The roll of mem. hers present was called, as follows: Adjutant General Hodgiton, Maine;-Head, New Hamp shire ; Washburn, Vermont; Schoulter, Massa chusetts; Maurer, Rhode Island; Morse, Con necticut ; Russell, Pennsylvania; Perry, Mary land ; Pierpont, West Virginia ; Lindsay', Ken tucky ; Baker, loWa, and Anderson, of Kan sas. Communications were read from the Adjutant penerals of Indiana and Wisconsin, regretting their inability to be present. Ad jutant General Bishop,.of Arkansas, will reach this' city to-night. A letter was read from. Adjutant General Cowan, of Ohio, regretting his absence, accom panying which was a copy of the militia law of that State and statements in relation to. itS workings. Henry Lee, late of Gov. Andrews, staff; in accordance with an invitation, reads carefully prepare'd paper upon the militia system, showing the results of examination, the theses of the founders of the Repubric, and of military men since that time, and making carious recommendations, growing out of ex perience during the present, war. Gen. Lindsay moved the appointment of a committee of five to memorialize Congress on the subject of a general militia law: • Gen: Lindsay,.and Messrs. Washburn, Andrew,.Rus - sell, and Perry were appointed. Generals Anderson, Hodson, and Pierpont, were appointed a. committee relative to. the appointment of the Adjutant Generals of the several States, as pension grants. Generals Schermer, Maurer, and Lindsay were appointed a Committee to procure from the War Department muster-rolls, or certified copies of such rolls, to be deposited in. the-Ad jutant General's office of the several. States. The Convention then adjourned till Wed nesday. - fro:von 101 :44:1/4 I 3 ACKI)4 CRESS. TAB IfIRST "DAY'S 3tEETING IN DETROIT DETIWIT, July IL—Delegations from all the leading cities and commercial interests in the United States and British Provinces are in attendance at the Trade Convention. Canada is well represented, and her delegates are ae tive in efforts to induce an extension of the Reciprocity treaty. The Western delegates, who are in great numbers, second this view. A powerful protection influence from New England and the Northern States oppose the renewal of the treaty. "The Canadian delegates aze favOrade to the extension of the Canadian eanals, to facilitate American commerce. , James Aspinwall, of Detroit, called the Con vention to order, and Hiram Walbridge, of New York, was chosen permanent President. Hannibal Hamlin, of Blaine, and illr. Walker, of chicago, were chosen Vice Presidents at largo, and one Vice President for each State and Province. The only Committees announced are the fol.. lowing: On Transit—D. W. C Littlejohn, E. S. Pros ser, Duncan Stewart, R. S. Elliott, J. C. Con verse, P. C. Hersey, C. F. Randolph, it. P. Spaulding, and D. R. Smith. Canadians who will confer with the above above committee: Messrs. Malcolm Canteron, John McClellan, Wm. McGovern, and George H. Perry. On Reciprocity.—J. F. Joy, R. M. Waite, J. J Hatch, J. W. Taylor, F. Traylor, and S. Novitt Canadians to confer as above: liesars, JOB. House, Thomas Rigan, J. S. Wertz, Sad Henry Fray. Considerable dissatisfaction exi,sts among the Chicago delegates at theantion of the con- Vention in cm - alumg the delegetee to one vote. Several of the Chicago motettel% have left, and it is probable they will alt Wave to-morrow. The U. S. Stehmer St. Marys. IlAvrimonn, July 11..-erA letter from an officer of the U. S. steamer St. Marys, dated Ckincha Island, June 9, says ; " It is expected that the St. Marys will make a cruise of about four months along the Meat of Peru and Chili, and then return to San Francisco, calling at Kenn of the Mexican poita Olt the way?' h`EW YOIIII CITY. THIS CASE OF OSECrig B. S. °shall, naval reporte4who was under arrest charged with publishing contraband news, has been netillefil>y General Dix that he has approved the finding of tlie! court in his case, which was "not guilty." ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF .L.I3F6Ii:ICIi The Steanviiip City of Lirrierick r - fram Liver. pool June 24, via Queenstown on the 25th, has arrived. Her at - tykes have been antitipated. GENERAL HOOKER IN NEW YOEKi• General Hooker arrived here last night IMPORTATION ON COAL • The ship Carrier Dove has arrived) from Shields, England, with over 2,000 tons olcoal. CATTLE MARKET Reef advaneeil le to.iay under a comhfila 'lion to cause a short supply ; prices ranged from 9to 17c, the average being 14 1 ,4 e. The-re ceipts were 4,000 heath Cows were - firmer and Teals better; sales at 7 to lie. Sheep were Briber, closing firm at 4 to 0c; Lambs firmer at 12 to 14e. The receipts were HMO head. Swine— better sales at Receipts 10,500 heat. At Gallagher's Exchange this evening gold vas firm at 130%. Stocks were strong. Erie, 90,%; RI2(18011S.M., 11l ;-fieading, 101; Michi gan Southern, 67%; Illinois Central, 13EY.4 ; ritts- burg, 90%; Fort Wavne,loo ; Prairie du Chien, 41; Canton, 4114; Cumberland, 45; Quicksil ver, 6014. SHIP NEWS Arrived, ship General Butler, from Shields hark Mary C. Dyer, from Cow Bay. Below ship Underwriter, from Pensacola; brig Neva A Youthful Traveller A YOUNG GIRL ABDUCTED ny r .mm aRAND 'MOTHER—SITE IS TAKEN TO THE GOLD RE GIONS OF MONTANA—Ran &UPPER - LNG% ESCAPE, AND RETURN TO HER HONE IN ST. rAuL. • [From the St. Punt Press.) We met recently a youthful but extensive .traveller, Miss Emily Wells, a little girl. of eleven 3rears, who h asjust returned from Vir ginia City, Montana Territory, atone. Her his tory, from the time she left this State in Ma until her return, is of the most remarkable cha e r s a , c h t x i l_ ab n i. t e l a l c ie t r h a e c e s c o a u T i 3 i e t s o , f t o t g h e r t i h l l e i i n g w i at h l vten e sufferings and privations whieli she endured, would fill a volume. In the spring of VA this little girl was liv lug with her grandmother at Shakopee, in tins State, and when the expedition left that place in April for the then Territory of Idaho, she accompanied it, taking with her her , ginnct. daughter, without the knowledge or consent of the child's mother, who resided in this city. Emily cannot remember much of anything that happened during her outward trip, but thinks that there was nothing of more than Ordinary interest occurred. he first thing that she remembers, with ally accuracy, isthe death of her grandmother, which occurred in the latter part of the December following her arrival in Virginia City—an incident which would be likely to leave an impression not easily to be effaced, even on a mind so young, as by it she was left in a wild and strange land, without a friend or relative nearer than 'fifteen hundred miles, and that over a wild and barren country, inhabited only by hostile bands of Indians. Alter this incident she was left friendless and alone, with no one to care for her, and no means to secure the sustenance of life. For weeks and months she was com pelled to hunt and beg for the morsel of bread that was to keep body and soul together. In a new mining country, such as Montana, the character of the inhabitants is not sup posed to be such as would afford much relief to suffering humanity. Indeed, from Virginia City and its surroundings, the people who compose its population are of the most lawless and brutal type of human beings. It was among such people as these, and in Such a country, that little Emma was left, or phaned, liOnteleSs, and friendless, cast out upon the wOrse than cold charities of an un feeling and unsympathizing world. It is no wonder that she should, in her own language, be "kicked about" as she went from house to house begging and entreating for something to appease her hunger. As she wandered one day along the back streets of Virginia City, seeking among the filth of the street for some morsel of food to appease her appetite, she attracted the atten tion of a family living in the vicinity, to whom, upon their request, She related the sad tale of her sufferings. Her dejected appear ance, her apparent innocence, and the, straight forwardness with which she related her story, touched the hearts of all these good people, who agreed to take her in and adopt her as one of their own family. While she remained with her new parents her treatment was kind in the extreme. In April last, after she had been in t iler new home some months, she chanced to hear of a party of emigrants who were about to leave Yirgmia City for the States, and having ascer tained that by aCeallipanying this party she could return to her home in St. Paul, and having found out some of the party, and ob taining their permission to go with them, she accordingly stole away from her new protec tors, and on the 21st day of April last bade adieu toYirginia City. This party consisted of about forty-live teams,. and were about two weeks in reaching Fort Benton, on the Upper Missouri river. Nothing of importance occurred on their trip to Fort Benton. When within= a day>s travel of the fort they saw a party of three or tour hundred Indians at a great distance, but were not molested by them. Upon arriving at Fort Benton, the party with ‘yhom _she had been travelling gave up the notion of returning to the .States, and concluded to stop at a new place Jamb being laid out on the Upper Missouri river, called Mont& Emily, who still fondly cherished the idea of returning to her home, and who accordingly declined the invitation of her travelling companions to remain with -them, was again left alone, and still a long distance from her destination. As good luck would have it, the steamer Yellow Stone had just arrived from below, and, being about to return, Emily was allowed to take passage on her for St. Joseph, Mo. The Yellow Stone was four weeks on her trip down to St. Joseph, having laid up every night, it being, on account of the Indians unsafe to travel after dark. Upon arriving at'St..Toseph, Emily took the cars for Chicago, from whence she came to this city via La Crosse, and is now with her mother,Mrs.Paddoek,who resides on Pearl street. The facts, as we have related them, are Just as we received them from the little girl herself, and, from the plain and simple manner in which she told ner story, we have no doubt whatever of its truthfulness. The history itself is certainly one of the most remarkable on record. That one so young and tender could endure so much, and travel so far entirely un protected, is certainly a miracle. She is a smart, intelligent girl of her age, and seems proud of the fact that she is the greatest youthful adventurer known to history. We were glad to See her feel so, as she certainly is entitled to do, as a part compensation for the, privations, hardships, and suiferinga whichshe has Undergone. i!clay she long live tell her trOnderful story. Cotton in Egypt. A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazelle writing from Cairo on the .28th ult., says : I have just returned from a ten days' tour in the villages, and send you the result of my ob servations and inquiries on the state of the cotton interests in Egypt, as affected by the late reduction of price in that staple—that is to say, by the prospective cheapening of calico by 2(1. or 3d, a yard to the customer, and the loss to the producers and collectors of the raw staple in bulk. I find the portion of the crop of 1861-5 yet in the villages to be variously esti mated from one-sixth to one-third of the whole, though all seem to think that there cannot be less in the villages unginned than kantars, (of Epglish weight;) 400,000; supposed to be held at Alexandria, 3Q01,000 ; assumed to be held in England, for Egyptian account, 300,000; total kantars, 1,000,0000 affected by- the fall, and,. On an average, to the extent of about „fa per kantar—which will repre sent a loss, on the value of one Million kantars, of £0,000,Q00. Add to this the corre, lative loss to third parties of dishonored bills, bie.,at least £1,000,000. Total anticipated loss on Egyptian account, £6,000,000. And _I have met more than one person of experience who judges this to be an under-estimate. No one who has not visited the interior of the Delta can have any adequate idea pf the new kind of industry which the late high prices for cot ton have developed. The cotton is now all cleaned by gins, which, by the best systems, clean live hundred pounds of cotton In twenty four hours. In practice, great attention is re quired at the gins, for the machinery is not nearly so simple as one might suppose. The fellah girls have, however, shown such apti tude for the work, that they hardly come be hind our own factory-girls. I was surprised to land that they perceived at once when any thing went wrong with the gin; and what as tonished ree still more Was the jealonayinani fested when one hand turned out a larger quantity than the rest. In such cases, those who were in arrears would often cry with vexation. The prize of a silk kerchief, or some other arti cle, bestowed weekly on the best worker, is the secret of this emulation. Moreover, the wages paid are good. At one establishment where I remained several flays, the. girls' get fourteen piastres per day, and the night girls sixteen piastres (172 equalling £1). In like manner boys of twelve years old, working as bravely as English boys, are getting from ten to twelve plastree a day, at work dependent on a steam engine; and as work must go on to keep pace with the engine, the boys won't allow their companions tostop. I heard one lad, who was working much harder than the other, inveigh ing lustily against the latter in the true Orien tal style—" There you are again, Mohammed, behindhand, as usual—curse you!" Another remarkably intelligent boy, who had been put to tend an engine, had taken so kindly to the task that he generally addressed the machine as if it had been a favorite donkey. Grown-up men were receiving from sixteen to thirty , four piastres a day, according to their skill and kind of work. Rotwithstanding theschigh wages, and the enormous charges by railway for coal and the transport ofproduee to Alexan. dria, the well-managed factories are paying well but it Is a race in which inefficient ma nagement is sure to be attended with loss, as many an unfortunate man,,who imagined that he had nothing to do but to buy an engine and some gins, and get an engineer, bas found to his cost. The system of, advances to the fel lahs has become very general, and it is esti mated that there is not less than three millions sterling out in'the villages, some, however, on. loan only at high interest: The stoppage in, the demand for cottell.has produced no little alarm among the creditors for these advances. Behind all this industry and development there lurks, unfortunately, an unworthy jeal ousy on the peat of the Government, which, extracts labor by force without duly paying for it ; and many are the ignoble tricks resorted to by officials for getting clever men here and there Mit Of the European factories. The Viceroy has Weedy made several brnnell rail ways by fOreed labor, varying in length from three to thirty miles, for the sole ttwolat Of his own estates. - Markets by Telegrwpk. .—F CINCINNATI July 11lour is in good de, mand Iwo b'bls sold at 85.60@0.75 for supordne, and 8a.50 for extra. Whisky unchanged, sad. in limited demand. Proviskais firm. ileAce July 11.—Flour ", and ad canned 510 100 SaleS s.s', a 9o e @ ti 6go r extra. Wheat quiet; sales at 11114 e for NO. 1, and 95@97e for No. 2, Corn active, and ad. vanced I©2o ; sales 56@57V, for No. 1, and_ 5314@b1e for N 0.2. Oats dull and declined le sales at 4134642. tligh Wines unchanged. ' Freights steady. Provisions firm. Moss I - - sales of 2,600 bbls prime mess at *2O. Receipts. Shipments: Flour, barrels...: 50,M0 69,000 'Wheat, bushels 52,000 37,000 Corn, bushels—. ... . . 119,000 OMO 7 - 13111311013 • 0,00 1.1 . 3rAr Yowl, July 11 Iron Nerves to Register the Feel ings of tile Whole World. THE GREAT' MANTIC TELEGRAPH FR(OKI EnorE TO AMERICA. How it will be Laid for 2,970 Miles in'the Bottom of the 8e&. Meal BETTER SUCCESS, EXPECTED THIS TIME THAN IN 1858. The G-Igantle overland Lino - The Couu - "tries. it will 'Tra verse and. the People it will join. NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA-THE WHOLE WORLD TO BE INCLUDED IN ITS CIRCUIT. Which of the Lines will be Most -Advan- THEIR, VALUE-THEIR PROSPECTS--THE STRIDE HUMANITY MAKES BY THEIR SUCCESS. The ambition of the men of to-day is vault lug and far-reaching. Ever since our fellows in the far-off ages strove by their ToWer of Babel to reach the clouds, and attain heaven without the ordPal of death, there have been outcroppings of the same spirit, though not manifested, perhaps, in the same way. Elixirs have been sought after to prolong life, and set the old skeleton-avenger, with his trenchant scythe, at bay, and De Sotos have accom plished actual good while searching after ac tual impossibilities. Thousands have grown haggard and gray, and died at last in vain al chemy for the philosopher's stone ; but to this class] of labors the spirit has been confined. In our day one chief object seems to have been to save labor—to avoid the command, " in the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread " to annihilate distance, and to make our puny powers, by the aid of mind, 'most mighty, so that no difficulties "can daunt nor no labors tire." But it is to our efforts to con oner space, and that earthly space, which we now propose to consider. Beyond the earth, or the atmosphere that surrounds it, we have no hope to go just now. Balloons and flying ma chines (the latter in embryo) arc the only means of ascension we have yet discovered, and they are yeti limited in their scope. But we can go over the land with the swiftness of the wind ; and steam engines on 'the water leave" white, swelling sails far behind. We think on the telegraph wires, and almost as fast as imagination can speed, our thoughts find utterance in strange sounds, thou sands and thousands of miles away. It is now the dream of mankind to compass the whole world with tiny nerves, through which will flow electric life; so that, at a single touch, our antipodes can be summoned to speak with us, though oceans and mountains, and difficulties. infinite lay between. This dream is now rapidly - finding a development in two directions, one uniting Europe with the New World, the other gathering in all the rest of the nations—savage, half-eiVilized, and en lightened—by one great, vast circuit, and con centrating the whole world, as it were, into one atom, or reducing all time to nought or to the tiniest of Instants. The great Atlantic Ocean, though it forever physically divides the great hemispheres, is to be annihilated by Mind, through its passive yet powerfulinstru ment—tde "Cable"—while all the great reaches of country which spread from San Francisco to Yeddo, and from YeddO to Moscow and London, with all their various conforma tions and climates, will be traversed in an in stant by the Bebring's Strait and Russian Over land .Telegraph. This enterprise has fora long while been on foot, and this is the second attempt made by those who have it in hand to accomplish it; and, from present appearances, they will be rewarded with better fortune than that which met their first endeavor. Experience has taught them many valuable things, of which they appear to be taking the largest advant age. The Great Eastern, for many weeks past fitig — been reneivimr_the.2,97o miles of cable, ; and, Providence permitting;ll-is announced that she will leave Valentin Bay, Ireland, for Heart's Content Ray, on the Canada coast, on or about the 18th inst. In this connection it may be interesting •to go back "to the first attempts at laying the cable, in June and July, 1858, so that it may be seen what the directors have learned, and what is yet to be feared from the perils and vagaries Of the sea. Such accounts lead to a short history of the early days of the Atlantic cable. After a considerable time spent in the manufacture, it was shipped on board the United States frigate Niagara and her Majes ty's frigate Agamemnon; in April and May, 1858. It was 2,790 miles in length-1,395 miles (or half) on each vessel. After an ex verimentary trip, lasting about four days, the vessels, accompanied by tenders, left Plymouth on the 10th of June, 1958, sailing for lat. 52 12 N., and long. 33 18 W., in about mid ocean, where the depth was about one thou sand fathoms, and it was considered proper to begin the risky experiment, During the whole voyage out very bad weather was experienced, so that it required sixteen days to reach the point above mentioned. On the 25th it was reached, and an attempt was made to splice the cable, but it failed because of the tar bulenee of the elements, which broke it after two and a half miles had been paid out. On the 20th a second attempt was made; but when forty miles had been paid out it snapped a second time. On the 28th connection was recovered, but only to be lost again. The commanders of the two ships had agreed that when communication was thoroughly lost, when they had separated more than a hundred miles from each other, both should return to QueenStOwn. This was done, the Niagara arriving at that pOrt on the 9th and the Agamemnon on the 12th of July. The prospect of inter-continental wire was a very gloomy one. We, here on the Atlantic side, were waitingand growling for the arrival of what we called the "telegraph fleet" at Tri nity Bay. There were not wanting persons who insisted that the fate of the two frigates was • like that of the lost "President. and "City of Glasgow "—gone from port to founder, "and none to tell the tale." Weeks and weeks wo waited, until the Persia arrived, with the news that the "telegraph fleet" was at Queenstown. Now, of course, the whole scheme of a telegraph 2,400 miles under water, was pronounced a failure in the minds of the unadventurous and doubting, But the projectors. Or the line, and Cyrus W. Field, their manager, whose reputation depended on success, and whose heart yearned for it, Was not discouraged. A meeting of the direct ors of the company was held, and it was de cided that the work must go on, even while in the English Parliament, Mr. Disraeli launched fierce diatribes against the Whole scheme, and the London Times decried the Agamemnon as totally unfit for the pur pose, suggesting the Great Eastern, which had then just been built, as . the fittest vessel for the purpose. But suggestions, condemnations, and warnings were not lis tened to. Dope and glory were before those immediately interested, if the cable was laid,' and continued in successful operation. On the 12th of July, 1858, the steamers, with the same tenders, the Valorous and Gorgon, both British vesselS, Went out again over the deep—this time destined to better success. There were for many days the same croakings at the non-arrival of the "fleet," and day after day (as readers of good memories will remem ber) there came despatches to the daily press giving the state of the weather, always end ing with the stereotyped phrase: "No signs of the telegraph Rect." . But at last it did arrive. There was no war, in the land then. People were suifceptible,to.excitements, and went into rhapsodies or hysterics, according to eircum_ stances, on, the slightest provocation. po when the newspapers of August ethannonaced, with flarhig displayhoads and double-leaded type, that the, Niagnra and consort hatbarrived at Trinity Bay. Qn the afternoon of the 5111 there was a feu de joie all over the country. There was some Eelay about sending the first mes sage, and the excuses about unforeseen dial unities 04AI/tractable instruments, that were publisliSd. every day, mach. the cabalistic words. "De Santy " very familiar to the pub lic, who, all wondered who; he was, and wore told. that he was the "assistant electrician of the, American Telegraph Company." But, after eleven days' waiting, Queen Vieto- TM's. greeting to the: President came, and was followed rapidly by news, messages, and congratulatory • messages Of all kinds, from, Lind to all kinds ofpeople, of all kinds of digni ties here and abroad. On the' ISt of SepteM her the good citizens of this city celebrated its SUCCCBI3 in a grand, and enthusiastic way. That celebration is fresh in the Men:lodes offal our inhabitants, over ten years of age, with its biistlo,, worry, 'annoyances, and enjoy ments. The sound of our bells, cannons, speeches, and cheers,' had scarcely ceased, however, when the telegraph suddenly ceased working. The electricity refused to obey the hand of man ; the instrument would not Speak. , Every effort to revivify the dead nerve Waa in vain, and at last the warmest urgers and ad mirers of the enterprise admitted that it WAS a gigantic failure. UNION OF THE TWO CONTINENTS: tageous to as as a Nation. TAR FIRST ATTEMPT AT CABLE LAYING. TUE 001311.811 OP. THE COMPANY. As the company were undismayed at the THREE CENTS. first failhire, so' it was atthe second. It set to work to raise funds for the mannfacture of another czble. There watt kgood deal of atm dully at first, henause failure depreciates the merits of the - ixst cause in a great many eyes. Tribulation after - tribulation. pained, disap pointment after dirappointmeat galled, but after a while the' aid of the English Geciern -- meet was obtained, so• that another 'cable mrci3. manufactured. WHAT EX24:llllt NCH Tnrcurr. • On the Stith of July, IESB, whon tie cable parted after more Wait ono hundree mites had been paid out (nearly Onaliundred aq,lifotqw Rye we belleved,) the Iliagara, stout, staunch heavyshigras she was and. is, was held firmly anchored in the very mid'st-of the ocean, there 4606 . fathoris deep, by thiS' cable, though, as Alm' captain. reported at the time a " fresh bree.7.6 was blowing.” It vilis broken only wheal itwas found necessary to go to Queens town. This fact prove'd the cable to be very strongstab° places, at lenstOut its break ing, when'strctehed upon by t‘te vessels,. and .when ifrwes fully-laid, induced them to maim facture a-cable ono-quarter of an inch thinker, superior in over way to the one' which- had failed. The English papers tell uslhat it was submitted toall sorts of tests having:reference both to the distance , traversed; and the depth of water; and that, in reference tollie latter contingency, it - Was subjected, before being placed on shiph r oard, to a preasiire of three hundred pounds' to the inch, without thO electric current: being. interfered with in any way. The insulation' of the cable was also improVed npon, but as any consideration of this question involves the use of teehniCal terms, meaningless to most- people, it is- use. Tess to enter into it. A-better method of-pay ing out was discovered, and a better method of Coiling and storing it. Besides these it had been made levident that one ship was better than two, and Dlr. DisraelPs advice, grudging ly as it was given, and' The fames , advice, ill - as was its birth t was adopted. The Great Eastern was chartered for the second and perhaps the final experiment, either for failure or success. But experience taught still another and quite as important a fact as any of the others. It was discovered by. an examina lion of the togs of the Cunard and other steam.: c-rs constantly plying the Atlantic, that there was one day of gales hi every seven days of the month of June ; one day of - gales in every twenty-live of the month of July, and one in every nine of the month of August. Every fact gained was of great value in a second layer • ing of• the cable: THE PRESENT EXPERIXENT. For the reason last given ' July was chosen as the month for the present experiment, and, as has Pmen stated in our preface, the Great Eastern is expected to leave Valentia Bay on or about the 18th inst., (next Tuesday,) although reasons may be found for despatching her earlier. She has already left the Medway, wheie she has been taking in the cable, steam being applied to her engines for the first time in a year. An English eorleshohdentthhs describes her departure; " The irmrkense vessel, piloted by the Govern ment surveying steamer Porcupine, moved cautiously and slowly along the channel, being readily steered and perfectly under centre; and passed down by Garrison's Point and the Nore light, and came to an anchor five miles below, at a spot where she will have at least seven , fathoms of water at the lowest tides. Iler draught of water aft, on leaving the Med way, was something less than thirty-four feet,- and as she had yet upwards of one thousand lons of coal to take on board, it was thought unsafe to complete her preparations in the comparatively shallow river, where she might ground on attempting to jrrOceed to sea, and her removal to the ;point. above alluded to was wisely determined upon. She will also swing at her anchors 'here with safety. On her passage to her present anchorage she pawed the Navy Yard at Sheerness, and was saluted be the cheers of the crews of the men of-war lying there, who manned the rigging and gave vent to their enthusiasm in wild voeiferations. The marines on board the line of-battle-ship Formidable, eighty, presented arms as the great ship glided by, and the band on the Cumberland, seventy-tour, struck up "Rule Britannia," and then " Bail Columbia," which honors were recognized hi the caste mary manlier by the Great Eastern." THE VOYAGE OVER THE SEA. The great ship will not come any nearer than twenty-four miles of the shore, where she will be met by a steamer from Valentia Bay. Her cable and that of the steamer, which is somewhat less in diameter and weight, will here be spliced, and the Leviathan will then proceed on her way. It is well understood that with such an immense amount of iron in herhold, her compasses would be materially affected. Such is the case, but she has two convoys, the British ships of war Terrible and Sphynx, who will act as guides for her over her long course. It is expected that the cable will be laid at the rate of six miles an hour, no marine difficulty of ordinary character being expected, as she is furnished with all tb o appliance, such as day, night, and fog signals, ete., the heSt - yet de vised, None.of the dangers that are ordinari ly to be feared from the dangers of the sea, needbe feared, as the statistics of twenty-seven years, the results of which we give above, show that storms are few in July. The laying of the short cable in Valentia Bay, it is announced by the English journals, will be the occasion of a grand meeting, at which the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and many of the notabilities, nobles, and others will assist. The occasion is in itself impor tant, for it is the laying of twenty-four miles of cable, almost as long as that over the biedi terranean, even if it "pales its ineffectual rays" before the vast work of binding the shores of America with the shores of Europe, The work is expected to be done about the . 4th of August, although there are many con tingencies which may hasten or retard it. Every preparation has been made to complete it as fast as possible. Powerful batteries, OR board the Great Eastern, are provided, so that constant communication may be kept up between the ship and the °lnce of the company, in London. If the current fails at any time it is intended to underrun the cable, which is so strong as to bear an im mense amount of its own weight, until either the break or the electrical defect is dis- Coveted. If the diElculty is the latter, there are means provided to remedy it M a short space of time. A break, of course, could not be remedied. There is every prospect of its success. Experience, scientific research, even the elements are in its favor, and what more Could be wished, if the company audits agents do their duty l THE HERRING'S STRAITS AND ASIATIC-RUSSIAN. While the Atlantic line is attracting Bitch a large share •of attention, and. absorbing so many thoughts and hopes, there is another line which subserves the saniepurposes, but is trained. overland. This line is called the " Behring's Straits and Asiatic-Russian line. ,, The.project was originated by Perry McDowell Collins, Esq., a commercial agent of ours on the Amoor River, who memorialized Congress, in Med, for an appropriation to make, an ex ploration of this route, and has.met the•WArat est approval of our Governinent. Its intent will be learndll from an extract of a circular letter from Mr. Seward to "the diplomatic officers of the United States in South America." He says : , " The memorial of Mr. Collins was reported on'favorably by the Committee of the House of Representatives, to whom it was referred, and subsequently in RV; recseived the, sane tion of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate. In both eases bill were, presented providing an adequate appropriation to carry out the views of the petitioner, upon which, however, at that time, Congress did not deem it expedient to take 'final action, In the mean time Mr. Collins, with perseverance and ener gy well befitting that, clear sagacity which ener gy suggested the work, urged its considera tion upon the Government's of ,Russia and Great Britain, whose territories the projected line would traverse, and whose consent and co-op eration were, , therefore,necessary to its success. His proposal.. Was countenanced and encouraged by spcial grants. He has been authorized. by her Britannic Ma jesty's . Government to construct a line of telegraph across the Province of British Co-, lumbia, and from the Imperial Government of Russia not only obtained a similar privilege, covering the ground' from the Mouth of the . Amcor River to the frontier of the Russian possessionS in America. but a stipulation on their part also to construct, upon certain COn- Aitions, a continuous line of telegraph con necting the European system with the Pacific . Ocean, In view of ,the grants, and in .con sideration of the benefits to result to us, as a . great commercial nation, from the completion of a telegraphic, circuit, embracing the East ern and Western. CoetentS Mr. Collins re newed his petition m n to the I:ongress of; the United Stittes during its recent session, and an act was Accordingly passed authorizing a. survey of the rent% " Ali the legal conditions of success to• 1113.. main enteiprilib.being thus f (Willed, the atten . tam of the department has been invited,to-a, proposition for the construction Of a Centimil ous line of telegraph to cover the whole mart-. . time border 0.. t: South America, terminating at Panama, en& to be continued; when'inliOtiea ble, through, Central America and Mexicp, to. connect with lines in The United States, thus affording unbroken telegraphic communica tion throughout North and South America. With this invitation to the denartment is coal led ,p, request on the part of. Mr. Collins that' mix diplomatic officers in the States of . South America may be notified of this tele. graphic Proposition, and histrueted to further the than so far as they may cointistwitly do so. The late affirmative action of Congress not less than its own estimate of the national advantage to - ae derivedfr om a successful 44 ' achievement the undertekina , warrants the department is acceding to r. Collins) re quest." Mr, SeWrod further recommended this ido" ject on the score of the close union into Which it would bring all liatiowi, end the tendency it therefore had to peace. He considered it the highest policy to pKoVi,otp the success Of this undertaking, Its principal features are thus more explicitly stated "The line is to eNtend from San Francisco northward along the Pacific coast, through the British toad Russian ()Monies of New Cornwall, New Norfolk and Russian' America ta Wiring Malta et Cape Prince of Wales. Here it is propmed to execs tile Sailitththirty-nine miles Pacificdnt Asiatic. Russia,line dOWn the coast to the mouth of the Amoor Rivo . r, thence through Nrorth China and tue southein ,I provinces of Russian Asia to Moscow and 1 .g.. direct lino From St. Petersburg the main is to be extended along the north coast of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to and fierOsa the English Channel MEM WA.II, FrEMISB. (PtiMASHED WEEKLY.) THE Wdit ?AVIS Wilt be gent to gubaortberil by mall (per annum in 'adranee t ) at $2 50 Flyct copies 10 Of Ten copies " ' 00 00 Larger clubs than Teti *jl be charged at the same r ate , a 2.00 per Copy. l i ke 'money moat a Mai* accompany the order, aM in no instance eon ihege terms be deviated from, as they cfford very little more than the cat of paper. ANY" Postmaeters are requeefed to Oct an agents for Tur. Wait Pitr.sa. 3' To the getter-up of the Club of ten' or twentr r an extra copy of the paper whl be given. to London and the Jumping-off the Atl an ti c cable would complete the place of the pordle tflantle cable on the coast of Ireland; Thence round the carth,O and Puck's ,proposterene f a ncy grow tame and commomplacchcsitle the great reality. The second part of the plan is simply to extend the San Franeisco line south. ward through Mexico, Central America; and the Isthmus of Panama to South America, and thence arltind the coast of that country, passing thrtiough Bogota, Quito, Lima, to San. tinge, where',- leaving. the coast it crosses the continent to Buenas' Ayrea, and thence relit; Iliont4veido Rio de Janeiro, San Sill- vitdor, Pernambneo,',Para, and Caracas, back to Panama. From some point Or points of the Main line in Asiatic Ruebla, also proposed . to extend Conn CaPfig lineg.gaUth OW through out Southern Ashrieveli extending* them in time to Japan and Australl2," TWelve thousand eight hundred miles are already completed ont'Of 20 miles overland. If tho'Atiantie cable we have described' is sue ceSsfara contemporary supposes that but 7,789 miles ate to be traverseJ, thirty - mine of them muter water. Our telegpohic despatches front Caltfornuy have already markeo tho progress of the Large and on cruetlO bodies of men aZtfengaged , in building it, and its completion is u questkon rather of weeps than mouths. NATIONAL 7.ALTIrt OF THE T-46.TI•ILIMIVAVHS While' we' May be boner:MAl commercially. socially; and' intellectually for a time by the Atlantic 'Telegraphic Cable, it can never be expected that aline with both ends on British and therefore under the exclusive con trol of the British GoVernMen ty. can perma nently secure thcoontidenee and earnest sup port of the Arneriean people, It may at any moment, In view ofotir relations wi ell England, become a powerful eifensive weapon against tuil In case of war with that power, one of onr first movements would bolo attempt to destroy it. The proposed line across Behring's Straits and the Russian poSsesslOns is the one that, per haps, has the best chance of permanent este. , ielnnent, and it - certainly bais the hest Awns upon our sympathy and support. We might rely upon fair play on that' line, and rest sured that it would'net be effectively used against us. TRH COMBfiti,TA:I7. VALDE. That there will be 'a, , ,tatue of this kind in these 'stupendous telegraptis admits of no doubt even if the expense is great; a pound per letter it is said, is the tariff: of the company. If the. length of our article did not preclude it, we would sketch some Of , our ideas. But in default of the opportunity-thetfollOaring, frOna an evening contemporary', wilt give a general conception : "This new avenue of friendly intercourse will tend to change the. relations of business and trade, and infuse new life and activity into commercial and monetary circles. The 'merchant whose business requires his pre sence in Europe can be on his way in three hours from the time When his foreign corres pondent notifies him of time necessity—indeed, it will obviate to a considerable extent the in dispensability of tedious and costly transat lantic trips. It will affect the markets both of foreign and domestic products, from the fact that every event of importance will bo in stantly pushed to every commercial centre. It will assist the police In detecting and tracing criminals escaping from justice. In various ways it will Change existing relations, and bring about a better era. it will be undoubt edly a bond of union anti a tie•of affection among the nations of the world, and a hank,. ger of that millennial era of "peace on earth and good-will to men." With these remarks, we conclude our view of. the two great enterprises of the ago. Slaveholding Depravity.. . • Edwin Chadwick writes to the London Daily News: "In 1844, whilst paying a visit of sanitary in speetion to Sheffield, I went over the cutlers , workshops, when in one.of them my attention was arrested by a displaypf strange weapons iu course of matitifeeture..daggets neatly as large as short Roman swords.. These weapons were inscribed with the words i in large characters, 'Death to Abolition. , There was a characteristic malignant cun ning in the use of the abstract word Mimi.) for the inscription on the weapons de stalled for the Abolitionists. I was told they wWili bowie-knives, made to order for the American market,Where they had a large sale. This was, be it noted, at a time when the North Apieriertag were generally reproached in this country for their quiet. aegaleseenee in the extension, as well as the existence of slavery, and when the institution was unmenaced anywhere in the States. I expressed useless reprobation of the scandalous manufacture, but 1 purchased two of the weapons as curt osities, and presented one of them to my friend, the late Rev. Sidney Smith, to servo as a sort of commentary on the barbarous conditions of society—on which he had recently made some animadversions—denoted by the ostentatious sale and display of such weapons for the maintenance of slavery, Such weapons, probably of that same Sheffield ma nufacture, have been habitually used—not merely in vulgar brawls, but have been drawn and Bashed—and I was told in one Instance had been used fatally—by representative Southern men in the highest assemblies; in tended to be deliberative, not only without reprobation, but with the like wide public ap. plause by people of high condition in the slave States that was given to the man waomade the murderous assault upon Mr. Sumner on the door of the Rouse. "vnrions evidence might be cited confirma. tory of trio opinion expressed by sir Charles Lyell, that the civil war—whatever glosses sympathizers with-the s/aVollolthag Confede. racy may attempt to put upon a—llas really been between a higher and a lower order of civilization. Happily for the world, it is the lower order which in the attempt to found an empire on the barbarous basis of slavery, has sustained a decided and irretrievable defeat," "I am, &C., E. C." Not Cured Yet A Nashville correspondent, who recently had a conversation with an influential citizen of Tennessee, writes as follows; I asked him if he felt willing to tell me frankly what he thought of the future of slavery in Tennessee? " Certainly" he replied, "I have no conceal ment to make upon. that or any other public question." "Do you believe there is any possible pros pect for its restoration in this State?" I in qu Wed , "That," said he, this Still an open question. I consider it no more settled that we shall not again have slavery in Tennessee than it is wile , tiler the institution shall be abolished in Ken tucky," "Is there any considerable number of the people who would favor such restoration?" " A large Majority would, if all were allowed to ex - press themselves." "Would you?" "Unquestionably, I would." " lint as your amended Constitution forever prohibits it, Why is not the question settled 1" " Why," taw - the, "even a. legal Constitution is not a finality and, Of. bourse, sremare aware that many of us regard the March amend ments to the Constitution of Tennessee as utterly illegal and void. Were it not for the presence of military force, the matter would have been brought, ore this,lmformthe courts, and I doubt not their decision would have confirmed our opinion." " But," said 1, 7, even if the courts should de ciae. as you say, would it not be impossible to restore the institution, on account of the re sistance which the blacks would everywhere Make to RV "Of course," he replied, " We could not rein. state our authority Immediately over the whole of them, ilierhaps not over one-half of them. But there are many sections of the State' where the blacks are not aware that slavery has been abolished at all, Some of those sections are M West Tennessee, where the colored population is most nutnerous. In other quarters there are many families which the blacks have never attempted to leave, and where the quiet resumption of the master's authority would be at once aketittioBoll4 Gradually all resistance would cease, anti the colored people, in many eases disgusted with their new-found freedom, so different from what they anticipated, would voluntarily re turn to bondage, or accept as destiny what they could easily be persuaded was unavoida ble. What it required a great army to destroy, can easily be restored by the people, when that army is removed." ComrsmAriVn ISteogas IN 4)1110490,—T1l) re tains of incomes in the southern halt of Chi cago have been published. Sonic of the heaviest ; men reside in that part of the city. We select the Larger returns, and compare them with , those of the same persons for 1803: Names. 1863. ISM. Allcrton S. W..,„„, 83,178' sx,7osnom . n, G. S' 29,016 02,243 Bown .7.. x. " 29,046 02,408 now n; C. G 19,646 62,238 14riggs,C' ' 50,765 71,908. Crosky, A. F . 27,611847 25,0211 H, Foy, J. C 00 61458 D. J 35, , 279 35, ; 944 Farwell, J. V 197,152 16,1,119 Farnham?, floury Griggs, S., C . . • ' 18,863 ' 67,559 liodilock, F.,, 11 22,111 30,809 • . trihhard, W. G 16 , 550 31,503 :Ingraham, S. S. 11,920 28,451 .1 CWO Et . , F . 18,760 21,302 Ray, AN . V 18,400. 80,982' : iting, lh ii. 3 3 &-t , 80,231 Kellogg, C. P , ' • 3 ' 442.' Kin 1 111eKiadrey, .Tarne3 22,100 30,408 Peek, P. V.. F 20,05,, ' 33 , 744 '.Pollard, J. K 28,000, 2675 . I tiehards, J. 23)794 ~ • 85,194 Show, V. A. 26,791 ' 30,890 Shufelat, G. F • 4, 4T 8' 33,315 hufelitt, H. II .12,763.32,572 Wadsworth, P • 4,200' 42,139 , Witham, George 11, ....... Th t 723 37,478. Williams, N. 0.... ........... ..... 14 007 23038. • AN ANECDOTE ON TEN Fromm( Eurnsss.—The• Paris correspondent or this London Slap writes 3 "A charming %needed° of the I:lllPreac hap reached me from Boston. A IlulYle v" . Y "- duced eireurnstanees, but who had 01100 ACCD! , pied a superior station, Cormeil a collection of the varied leaves of the magnificent trees for which , tahnd forests o b f r iAfflmaent ca i naro ar o wel e known to exceed in vivid coloring, oven the foliage of tropical plants. Part of Mitt and. Sent collection was placed. in an album and 0110 or itic Crowricti heseiti, of. lcurops• tthe (1„„n 7) t prceiscly similar album. pots sent by the same steamer to the EMPress of the; French. But the reception of the poor very Bider at the courts in questien- Was very diderent. From the first arrived, rip ticknew. ledginent, penned by an official, Stating that e< for once" the sovereign "hail eoniteseended to accept the of ring, which, however, it was hopedwould not be considered as a Preoedent or • cncburagoincnt for any. frktdre • similar gifts." ProUl Clio second ti t he donor had the.. Infinite gratification of teceiringlDW Uhl* from the pen of her Impenial Dl eat ex:preps. ing her surprise at the extrenie hilltetV of the s pecimens contained is the album, Weite rouvait revissante, and requesting the heir to accept the ring whigh she enclosed. as a token. of her reconnaissance. A NRWSPAPSII. Swett-O.W. Watts, Union can didate for the SccOht Contir f nisional district of Viritinia, has sued the philadelphia in- Pquirer, for stating that in a ',ate interview with resident Jelliesiiii holm° .requeetee a military interference in t The °lett:t e n in order tO secure hie own return , lionK t the ens° come to trial' the Froth:tent will lna, a witness therein, Mr. Butts is now ix., Washington, Mr. Butte lawYvrs are LOYO:ard and 'Barlow.— Tfa4littgio* Corresrprdffloe r hsreto York /feriae;