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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1865
THE NEWS.
'The steamship Cuba, iyhich arrived at Nevi
oik..yeterilay, brings us some important in
-I,ll;geriee.. al,e reports about the Atlantic
table are t.o the 30th July, On the 29th seven
'r.viiiired miles bad been paid out, but from
• oftic=e unknown the insulation was lost.
cholera continues to spread in Constanti
„vie. The United States had put in a claim
pi•fOrso the Englis Ch
h ance Court to restrain
, agent from disposing of some cotton
' ,onging to the rebel Coveetirdent_ The MSC
n al.cen definitely settled yet. Dr. Pritch-
K •,l, the wife-poisoner, was executed in Was
,..; on the tutu ult. The sentence of Conr
••
acc *An r•t I as beeneommuted transporta
t-tio 'orl i fe. orm. C. Dreckinridge had arrived
lefe=t One hundred persons were waiting
,„; Viecutive Mansion yesterday, at two
t -,,ek, to see the President. Among the
srverai rebels in quest of pardon, Colonel Bur
who, when a member of the House of
v‘petqloltthiliC4l was a firm advocate of eeees
illi V,a,-1.1.1110111; the number. The li:timber of_
onions thee far granted by the President will
1 :,)1 exceed five hundred. Many applications
I„,ve, however. been favorably considered by
l y e t torney General, and await the action of
ti, , . ii eSiderd ,
The Dauphin. County (Pennsylvania) Union
tonvention met in Harrisburg on Tuesday,
and nominated the following officers : Henry
Uoffinan for the Legislature ; John W.
iiinoirton. District Attorney ; Colonel E. G.
7,1 county Treasurer ; Jacob C. Milleisen,
county CondniS,SiOlt er ; Preston Miller, Conn-,
surveyor ; Thomas Wooley, Coroner y It. T.
lienar, Director of the Poor, and Daniel Erna,
.littinor. floury Thomas and Colonel Thomas
Freeland were appointed Representative dela
?.:lles to the - Union Convention.
NlVannah dates to the sth have been received.
11g. General Mercer, of the late rebel army,
been .wnt to fort Pulaski. One Howell, a
mother-in law of Jeff Davis, and three other
rebels, here soundly thrashed by a Captain
il t , w iey, in the presence of the guests of the
l'nl:lA;.i House, for using indecent and unbeara
b;e iauguuge, in speaking of the President and.
• oovernment Another sympathizer was
won tly thrashed by Hassey, for doubting
tie ability of one Yankee to whip four rebels.
The returns of the Kentucky election show
that licuu , s eau, in the Fifth ; Smith, in the Sixth; •
Iz:ant:.ll. in the Eighth ; and McKee, in the
cinch di3trietZ—all Union—are elected. Yea
(Vni.oll), in the Second, is also probably
alerted. Trimble, in the First, and Shankliu,
1:1 the seventh—both Democrats—are elected.
Ir'ihr rd district is doubtful.
I; Mvices from Buenos Ayres are to June 4th
:lot; z;ate that on May 25th, after severe fight:
:he Argentine forces succeeded in recap
luring Corrientes. From reports, Lopez is
, •'.y to meet with general defeat. It is also
tint Baron Yalaug gave battle to the in
with 13,000 men, repulsing the Para
..uayaw-, who lost `2,000.
:,every'• applications having been made to
Uounati:Aoner of Pensions at Washington,
:tier the impression that at the last session
• Cwigreas the rate of pensions for the loss of
hail been increased, it is officially an-
(mw] that no such change in the pension
as tias been wade.
Panama advice. of July 31st have been re
reined. at .Ne , .‘• York. The Manuelita Pianos,
,chose seizure by the Xlearaguan Government
wa. 1 ecentiy announced, has been confiscated,
portly on :epcomlt of her informal papers, but
prhteipally owing to her being engaged in an
;.a!:o fid anti piratical cruise.
.hiintaut . General Thomas is now on a tour
Ni,iihrg the different hospitals and military
inip7.
It, discharge all soldiers uot absolutely
nriqiett in the service, and also to cut down
the expenses at the hospitals. All military
11r-oner, except criminals, are to be dis
d.,:ged.
Ali txtelhi{"C• fire oeeurred in Salem, Mass..,
as :be eNwing of the Bth. The bark mill and
Lau,ery owe cied by Jacob Putnam .t Carothers,
aide t: &vol. The loss is estimated at $30,000,
Welt there is but a small insurance.
The annual County Convention of the Berks
~ Allorracy was held in Reading on the Bth.
',,olutions were adopted urging the nomina
in of Ilea. }Rester Ginner for Governor of
ht. State.
In Chili the Congress has been a fortnight
.onf-idering .Arfiele sth of the Constitution,
Lich zrtke , the itoman Catholic religion the
.614ioti of the Republic, to the exclusion of
A private letter from Lima, dated Jut:mini),
ty , the President of Peru has purchased the
!ker:can ship White Pigeon for the purpose
litoirTorting ex-President Gen. Caswell to
, p.)e 1 ort in China. .
.10vice5 from Central America state that on
itch tee ViearaguanVernment had
1-aced redeliver Barrios to the Government of
:.;J:laitur, on the condition that his life
a , u1(1 he ssnarcd. He was sent to La Libertad.
match between the Actives, of
N..nr Lurk. and the Olympics, of this city, was
ye , „tertiny on the grounds of the latter.
iives were victorious. The game stood—
.terivt ; Olympics, It.
D 55 Eixique Palacios, Minister from Guate
wa;a, aa, assassinated on the night of July
Pali:aim, by a person named Rivas. No
vtigneCt for the act.
The Imelice.n. Institute of Instruction held
:cc end annual session yesterday, at Ne.w
ihrcn. Conn. An important letter from Gen.
n , t2 , 1, to:leery:lug the freedmen, was read.
Tile Nary Department intends sending the
xm clad Monadnonok to San Francisco. She
I.e accompanied by another vethd, tarr-Y
-ng eco l end other supplies.
Hill, of the late rebel army, has been
Wria , :,; from the workhouse at Washington.
lir pals h iS Sne.
moner, - for about five hundred naval
announced for distribution at the
Afflitoni Bureau, at Itiashing,ton.
important decision by the Commis
oP Revenue will be found in
W.tihington despatches.
Nirthba, Domingo, is evacuated by
ana the exchange of prisoners
been :-:1:1-factorily arranged.
;velie; , le7er is raging in Puerto Priu-
Th•-•r4. Et-nif..min and Kirby Smith were still
"i , #* h:nairol thousand colored troops are
the ,errite.
;1.1:0 14th Maine Regiments, now at 5a
....
ttJ... to be• Mustered out.
A iiry ‘LiparziLso on the Vith of .Mite de
croTth of property.
e!(*0.1 in New York last evening at
• on ly !larked feature of the stock market
an active speculation in Read
`, I : l trif. , l-i ~,tee k, and a further advance, of
t:11 loans were lower, except the
!:Ich arrain advanced 1. The volume of
ver2„-
' ••trnutrket was firm yesterday.. The
Corn market Nwa4 the same. 3.Zew
cents and old Wain cents. The
was quiet. Whisky was lower.
H I ATLANTIC CABLE AND THE
i thS.IAN EXTENSION OF THE
I niSITRN UNION TELEGRAPH.
!uHure of the Atlantic Telegraph en-
't. 1, 3 - the loss of imu/ation, when the
'1! :tern had reached a point about
hundred miles from the shore of Ire-
• will cause great disappointment
those who confidently calculated
die success of the present experi
','l. The definition given by WEBSTER
- ! 1 1': term " insulation " explains to un
readers the nature of the
tiiat has been encountered—viz : "in
Jrtlt iral experiments, act of being electri
'' I ff by means of non-conductors,
ha Situation that the electricity is pre
;lolh escaping." Our intelligence
iteeived from the shore end of the
1 0 it is not yet known whether it
iolien, and thus irrevocably lost,
had its coating injured ; but it
certbialy been deprived of the power
messages, and is, there
i'l.4('l 1 '""Y worthless in its present
A Portion maypossibly be taken
reptiiveti, so that it may be used in
;;!1. attenipt z , to consummate this gigantic
iiTi;.c ; or, if the whole project is
be divided into detached pieces
of companies which have
, se
lortes that require shorter sub-ma-
ftgro. of the. American people at
I:tiiare ',MIA: materially lessened by
t that the project was almost exclu
' Britid/ in origin, in management, in
and that both ends of the
c , cated on British. soil ; and by
01,!11,1;:ty that at no di.thurt period
1;n and Russian enterprise will sup
' (:!•;:iin and reliable system of tele
coMmunication that will connect
r :' (, America, Asia, and Europe. Al
-11:vt; liaS been comparatively litVe
iwinifested in this line, it is, never
being rapidly and energetically ad
to conipletion,'and there are good
to Inc, not ottlyAllut it will soon
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be constructed, lint that it will be so regu
lated and protected that permanent utility
and international equity in its application
will be ensured.
American genius is the pioneer in this
grand scheme. We have united our At- 1
lantie and Pacific seaboards, and in doing
this, demonstrated the practicability of the
most extensive overland telegraphic routes
in cold climates. A portion of the line di
verges from the Overland Mail Route, over
the mountains, and a part of this has been
submerged al times under snow that has
covered not merely the telegraphic poles,
but the telegraphic wire. This has not in
terfered with the transmission of messages,
for it is confidently stated that no part of
the telegraphic system of the United States
is so reliable and secure as that which passes
through the cold mountain region of our
Western Territories. The Indians of that
section, instead of injuring, protect the
wires, their good-will having been se
cured by a happy illuStration of the
mysterious nature of the telegraph,
which is worth repeating. When a divi
sion of sehn hundred miles passing,
through their country was completed, two
chiefs were invited to station themselves
at the respective ends of the line. The
design was explained to them, and the
Indian comprehension of it was that we
bottled up the lightning in our batteries,
and then made it our Messenger to con_
vey intelligence to distant points with
electric speed. The chiefs were induced
to send messages to each other. Puzzled
With this incomprehensible, scheme of the
white men, an distrusting the marvel
lous statements made, they sent runners,
after their own fashion, to satisfy them
selves whether in reality, on the day named,
the despatches they mutually received were
actually transmitted, As soon as they ob
tained from each other an assurance of the
literal truthfulness of our operators, they
voluntarily pledged their protection to the
whole line, promising all the assistance
they could render, and eyidently feeling
deeply impressed with the sacred nature of
the great invention of modern civilization.
This pledge has been as faithfully kept as
the treaty made on our soil with WILLIAM
PENN, the recent Indian attack having been
made by other tribes.
The Western Union Telegraphic Com
pany having thus demonstrated the feasi
bility of telegraphic communication through
a region of eternal snows, occupied chiefly
by savages, has extended its line northward
from San Francisco through Oregon and
Washington Territory to New Westmin
ster, the capital of British Columbia. After
reaching our territorial limits, they received
the aid and co-operation of the British Colo
nial Governor, who acquired the neces
sary sanction and an exclusive right of way
for thirty years, from the British Govern
ment. What is called the Collins' Overland
Telegraph is in course of rapid construc
tion, under the direction of skilful Ameri
can engineers, through the northern por
tion of British Columbia, and thence through
Russian America, to a, point a few hundred
miles south of Behring's Straits. Here the .
Paeifie Ocean is about five hundred miles
wide, and nearly midway is an island upon
which it is proposed to erect a station tllitt
will be connected by one or more short
submarine cables, with Asia, and by others
with Russian North America, From the
Asiatic landing in Siberia, our American
company agrees to construct a line that will
connect with the mouth of the Antoor River.
To that point the Russian Government is
now rapidly extending a telegraphic line
from St. Petersburg, which, it is under
stood, will undoubtedly be completed be
fore the labors our American engineers have
undertaken can be finished.
The great project we have thus briefly
sketched is known in general terms in tele
graphic circles as the Russian extension of
the Western Union Telegraph. The. cor
dial co-operation of the Russian Govern
ment was secured some time since by the
President of the American Company, and
Abe line .from St. PetersbUrg to Amoor is
an official Government enterprise, prose
cuted with the zeal and determination
which characterizes the management of the
national industrial projects of that country.
Already a continuous line is in operation
front London to Irkontsk, a point in Siberia
about twice as distant from St. Petersburg
as it is from the mouth of the Amoor River.
A line is also being built to connect the lat
ter point with Canton, in China, and it is
proposed to connect this with Calcutta, from
which city the great overland telegraph to
London through Southern Asia and South
ern Europe is now in operation.
In one year from this time all these con
nections will probably be completed. It is
supposed that the overland wires in Ame
rica and Asia will be finished during the
coming winter, and that the short subma
rine cables will be laidin the Pacifie, below
Behring's Straits, next summer. It has
been demonstrated that high latitudes are
peculiarly favorable to telegraphic enter
prises, as they are comparatively free from
moisture; and the timber in the poles is not
subject to rapid decay. The experience of
Russia in her lone: line of five thousand
miles through Siberia, corresponds with that
of the owners of the great American line
running from San Francisco to the Atlan
tic. The advantages of this route, lengthy
as it is, over the Atlantic cable, are nume
rous. Its expenses and charges will be
lighter. If any accident occurs, it can
be speedily and cheaply remedied. The
concurrence of three great nations—the
United States, Great Britain, and Russia—
will be required kir its successful operation,
and their mutual interests will demand that
it should be devoted to the common good
of each and all, and not used as an instru
ment for hostile purposes. No untried
problems are involved in its construction;
its projectors have only to extend mecha
nical contrivances with which they are
perfectly familiar, over districts similar to
those now occupied, and to use a few of
such short cables as have already been tho
roughly tested to accomplish the end which
the Atlantic cable seems unable to attain.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, August 9,1865
Mallory's defeat' in the Louisville (Ken
tucky) district, even if it is not followed by
the election of a Legislatitte favorable to the
anti-slavery amendment of the National
Constitution, means much more than an
ordinary party triumph. Gen. Rosseau,
the victor, broke the shackles of party when
the rebellion broke out, and took his stand
for the old flag. I remember meeting him
before he was called into the field, and
while he was a State Senator from the
Louisville district; early in 1861. Never
shall I forget his cheering words that event
ful evening. Gen. Rosseau, like tens of thou_
sands of others, had been a member of the
Democratic party in former years, but his
soul revolted from the fate to which that
once great organization had been doomed
by its traitor , chiefs, and he rejected, with
manly contempt, the task set for those who
had not voted for Mr. Lincoln in 1860. In
May of 1861 General Rosseau spoke the
following noble sentiments in the Legisla
ture of Kentucky :
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Mr, Speaker, let inti tell you, sir, Kentucky
m ill not "go out." She will not stampede.
That has been tried. Secessionists roust invent
,omething new in the way of secession appli
ances before they can eitherfrighten or" drag"
Kentucky out of the Union. I tell you, gawk..
thin gentlemen, that your exciting eVentg have
ceased to affect us. Try something else. Get
lip a light at Cairo, that you may get us to side
with you. That is your game, and you will
blay it whenever you think you can succeed at
it. You tried to scare us but you failed in
Sour purpose. And if you illegally and against
<jair9, I hope every man of you
will go his mad knocked, or be taken pri
soner. and that the Cairo folks will never per
mit you to come to Kentucky again. That's
what I w and lyhat I believe would happen
in such alt event.
:But we won't "ge out"—have not tite le&it
notion of it in the world. You must take us
out according to law and right, or take us
dead. Believe this,
and not accordingly. It
would be better for all of us. We shall be but
too happy to keep peace, but we cannot leave
the Union of our fathers. When Kentneky
goes e rst f o l down i. d. She ,4 1 , 1 i1 b l e
not I
g h o l o a o s d
ti f t Aeerttti t at e
s b Luvne
gone. Let the responsibility rest on you.,
where it belongs. It is all your work, and
whatever happens will be your work. -We have
more right to defend our Government than
you have to overturn it. Many of us arc sworn
to support it.
Let our good Union brethren. of the South
stand their ground. I know that Many patri
otic hearts in the seceded States still beat
warmly for .the old Union—the old flag. The
time will come when wo shall all, be together
f i tt t o in n;eo T4te
i f i c i r y l e ela Ira e ve th ! , a x ylrig l tlr a i da s y r;
ebiding P oonildenee in the viola. and have
e now
that this secession movement is all wrong.
There is, in fact, not a single substantial rea
son for it. Tf there is, I should be glad to hear
it ; our Government has never oppressed us
with a feather's weight. The direst oppression
alone could justify what has brought all our
present sufferinr . upon
May God, in his mercy, Save Our glorious
Republic.
And splendidly has his prophecy been
fulfilled. In all the trials that followed
- this
bold utterance General Rosseau has got
been found wanting. He defeats Mallory,
one of the most plausible and dangerous of
the so-called Democratic leaders, who, for
getting his old Whig professions, became
like many of his class in the Booth, a vio
lent advocate of the hated theories
of Calhoun—and who, in the last Con
gress, delighted to antagonize and delay
all the measures necessary to a suc
cessful prosecution of the war. But while
remembering the eloquence and high
smiled sincerity of Rosseau, we must not
forget that in this glorious canvass the
Union newspapers of Louisville contributed
immensely to his election. The course of
the Louisville Journal, inspired by George
D. Prentice, who never wrote With more
fire and force, as indeed he never had a
nobler theme, and the courage and energy
of the, new daily, The Union Press,
prove how successfully public opinion can
be moulded by able men writing what they
believe, and impelled by a sacred and
eternal principle. Louisville was the resi
dence of most of the richest and control
ling men of the State. Many of the oldest
families were divided by' the war. The
lamented John J. Crittenden had one son
in the Union and one in the rebel army.
Mr. Prentice, of the Journal, was himself,
I think, similarly represented. The elite—
" the quality "—as the poor whites call the
pinchbeck aristocracy of the Southern
cities, whose ridiculous airs and disgusting
ostentation have been the laughing-stock
of sensible men for generations—all this
" set " were opposed to Rosseau, or voted
against the " Yankees " and Abolitionists.
The Louisville Democrat was the organ
of this aristocracy, and was conducted
with a very bitter ability. The Louis
ville district has been a secesh strong
hold—not, probably, so offensive in its de
monstrations as interior localities, of which
Lexington, Frankfort, and Paducah were
the centres—but abounding in the worst
types of Copperheadism. To have re
versed the majority in that district, and to
have elected the entire Union ticket, is a
proud tribute to the devotion of the Union
men, and the strength of the prinbiples
they espoused. You will, of course, have
-it charged that General Palmer, the mili
tary commander, wielded the military
power against the freedom of elections ;
but in whatever he did he was sustained
and directed by President Johnson. It is
really amusing to hear such 'Complaints
from men who sought to Carry Ken..
tucky out of the. Union in defiance of
the majority, and who openly applauded
the monstrous frau& by which Virginia,
North Carolina, and other States were
forced into treason_ The rebellion had its
active beginning in the foul election crimes
of Kansas of 1857, after Buchanan's elec
tion, when thousands of forged votes were
thrown to make that a slave State, by di
rection of such " Democrats " as Bucha
nan, Davis, Breckinridge, & Co. The
only votes that ought not to -be thrown
now in the South are those of the men
whose hands are red • with Union blood—
and if they were excluded by Gen. Pal
mer—he acted as a wise and just soldier
should have acted. It would seem, how
ever, that such citizens were not
not kept back the interior of the State,
judging by Democratic or 'rebel majorities
there—especially in the neighborhood of
ex-Vice President and ex-Secretary of War
J. C. Breckinridge. Taken for all in all,
the election in Kentucky is a grand panacea.
It will have a healing effect upon future
politics. It must teach a good lesson to
New Jersey and to Delaware. If a slave
State, so full of the venom of the rebellion
and so torn with domestic strife on account
of the we; and so frequently ravaged by
qonflicting armies, thus emphatically pro
nounces against slavery in her chief city,
and probably by a majority of her people,
how disgraceful it will be for them to allow
party chains to hold them to an institution
which repels even its former devotees by
the poison -stench of its reeking remains !
OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON. •
A HUE AMOUNT OF PRIZE-MONEY READY
FOR DISTRIBUTION,
Admiral Porter Temporarily Appointed
Chief of Navigation Bureau.
ANOTHER LARGE INFLUX OF PAR
DON-SEEKERS.
ADJUTANT GENERAL THOMAS AGAIN ON
AN INPOUTANT MSBIO3I
[Special Despatches to The Press.l
WASHINGTON, August 9 2 1865
Still further Military Reductions.
Adj. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS left Washington
this morning, by direction of Secretary STAN
TON, to visit the hospitals and different mili
tary prisons, on a grand tour of economy and
general delivery. lie will go to Elmira, New
York, where he. will begin operations. He
will cut down expenses generally at the hospi
tals. concentrating the patients where this
can b e conveniently done, and, of course, dis
pensing with supernumerary Menus. lie
will set free all military prisoners, except
those against whom there are criminal
charges. After leaving Elmira, General Tao-
IttAS will pay a visit, for a similar purpose, - to
the hospitals of New York and Boston, and
will then go West to Louisville and St. Louis.
Our Colored Army.
It is estimated that at least one hundred
thousand colored troops are retained in the
service of the United States.
(ny Assoelated Press.)
Seeking for Pardons.
At least one hundred persons were iewreit
jug, at two o'clock to-day, at the Executive
3fansion, to see the President, among them
persons from several of the Southern States
jzt quest of pardon.
colonel BURNETT, of }tent - nay, who, *hen a
member of the United States House of Repre
sentatives, was one of the fiercest advocates of
secession, and who afterwards was a leader in
the rebel Senate; was also in the group as a
seeker after Executive clemency.
Of the entire number of anxious solicitors
for admission to the President's °Mee, nearly
one-half were women. Comparatively few of
the crowd succeeded in obtaining au inter
view.
W.M. &ELDEN, of Norfolk, Va., was today the
object of a special pardon.
Time number of pardons tliu far granted by
the President Will not exceed dve hundred.
Many applications have, however, been favor
ably acted upon by the Attorney General, but
await the final action of the President.
Pensions for the Loss of Limbs.
Several applications having been made to
the Commissioner of Fonsionsomder th," mis
taken impression that at the last sesion of
Congress the late of pension for the loss of a
limb had been increased, it is officially an
nounced that no such change in the pension
law has been made. For the losa of one limb,
the army pensioner receives tis per month if
he was a private, nomemmtuisSiOned Officer, or
ninqician ; $l5 if a second lieutenant; NI if a
first lieutenant ; s‘2o if a captain; US if a ma.
Pr, and. 140 if a lieuteuaat colonel of any
4, P A a i SI t9.' 9 A UGUST 10. 1865.
higher grade. The same rates, Recording to
rank, are applicable to navy pensions.
International Law for Celestials.
The Department of Stale has received,
through Air. BIDILI/VOANC, the United. States
Mitnister to Chinn, a copy of the recent trulls .
Intim of WREATon's International Law "
into the Chinese language, which has been
made by the Rev. U. A. P. MARTIN, of the Ame
rican Presbyterian mission, assisted by a com
mission appointed by Prince Kunio. It is un
derstood that the translation does not embrace
such of the notes to the late edition_ as were
inserted with the supposed• intent . to justify
disloyalty in this country.
Internal Revenue Revision.
Tile Commissioner of Inteimal Revenue rules
that a deed executed prior to September Ist,
1882, if it was delivered prior to that date, re
quires no stamp, and may be admitted to re
cord ; but if delivered since that date it should
be stamped, and cannot legally be recorded
unless stamped. Bonds given in actions of re
plevin, and in actions commenced ;by mph's,
arc bad to he bonds required in legal proCeed
ings, and therefore exempt from stamp duty.
The Monitor Monadnock to, go to Cali-
fornia.
The Navy Department designs sending the
iron-clad Monadnock to San Francisco. She
will be accompanied by anothei vessel carry
ing coal and other necessary supplies.
Admiral Porter temporarily appointed
Head of Bureau of Navigation
No permanent appointment is yet-made to
supply the vacancy in the Bureau of Naviga
tion, OCCUSiOned by the death of Capt. Dray
ton. Admiral Porter has, however, been as
signed to the duty as its chief ad interim.
General 11/11 Released from the Work-
House
The rebel General HILL, who was committed
to the work-house a few days ago, for indecent
and disorderly conduct, has been released, two
mechanics having yesterday paid the flue.
Prize Money Distributed.
The prize money from about live.hundred
naval captures is announced for distribution
at the Fourth Auditor's Bureau. -
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.
FOUR UNION CONGRESSMEN CERTAINLY
ELECTED,
LOUISVILLE, August 9.—Gallatin . county.—
Official, for Congress, Ward, 357; Sinith, 243.
The Democratic ticket is elected throughout
the entire First district, and Trimble (Mim i )
gets 5,000 majority for Congress.
LOUISVILLE, August 9. —The Union Press
makes the following estimates of Congres
sional majorities:
First District—Trimble, Dem., 3,050.
Second District—Close 5 ea.man, Union, pro.
bably elected.
Third District—Close; chances evenbetween
Lowry and Grider.
Fourth District—liarding, Pro-Slavery, 3,500.
Fifth District—Rousseau, Amendment can
didate, 1,500.
Sixth ,District—Smith, Amendment candi
date, SOO.
Seventh District—Shanklen, Pro-Slavery,
8,000.
Eighth District—Randall, Amendment can
didate, 4,000. •
cinth District—McKee, Amendment candi
date, 1,000.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
PROGRESS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN
SOUTH AMERICA
CORRIENTES RECAPTURED FROM THE
PARAGUAYANS.
AN EX-PRESIBENT OF PERII BAN-
'SHED TO CHINA
NzW Yoax, August .9:—The steamer iCosta
Pica brings Panama aclviees of July 3L
The alanuelita, Pianos, whose seizure by the
Nicara t tuan Government was announced by
the last arrival, has been confiscated, partly
on account of her informal papers, made out
by the United States Consul at Pananla, but
principally owing to her being engaged in an
illegal and piratical cruise.
The wet season is remarkably mild:
The place of burial - for foreigners imPaname,
has been, through the instrumentality of the
British Consul and other foreign gentlemen,
handsomely enclosed and otherwise improved.
Those having friends buried there can con
tribute to the expense by sending subscrip
tions to Mr. .tkoadley, President of the Panama
Railroad Company, 88 Wall street, New York.
A visit to the wreck of the Golden Gate
showed she had gone to pleees. None or her
machinery had been saved.
An lltempt is being made to establish a line
of steamers between Cuba and Aspinwall.
There is considerable excitement concerning
the coming election, and Mosquera , will pro
biddy be chosen.
Advises from Central America state that on
July 14th the Nicaragalan Government had
agreed to deliver Barrios to the Government
of Salvador, on the special conditions that his
life should be spared, and that in any trial for
his conduct as President of the latter State he
should be held free frOM sentence of death.
lie was sent to La Libertad.
Don Enrique Palacios, Minister from Guate
mala to Nicaragua, was assassinated on the
night of July 12th, by a person named Rivas.
No cause is assigned for the murder.
In Chili the COngreas has been a fortnight
considering article 5 of the Constitution,
which makes the Roman Catholic the relinion
of the Republic, to the exclusion of the public
exercise of any other.
Argarte, celebrated in connection with the
awful Are and destruction of women in San
tiago, made a speech on the subjeet to some
two hundred senoritas, and so excited them
that the whole crowd of Women rushed to the
Congress, exclaiming "Death to the heretics"
"Live our holy religion, ,, &c.
A fire at Valparaiso on the 45th of June de
stroyed 41200,000 worth of property.
The news from Pero is not any more hope.
ful of the restoration of tranquility. The
revolutionary forces seem tote concentrating
at or near Trujillo.
A private letter from Lima, dated Julyl2,
says the President of Peru has purchased the
American ship White Pigeon, for the purpose
of transporting ex-President Gen. Caswell to
SOMe port in China.
Advices from Buenos Ayres are to June 4,
and state that on May 25th, after a severe
fight, the Argentine forces succeeded in re.
capturing Corrientes from the Paraguayans.
From - reports, Lopez is likely tO meet with
general defeat It is also said that Baron
Yacay gave battle to the invaders with 13,000
men, repulsing the Paraguayans, who lost 2,000
men.
10EW Tons, August 9.—The steamer Costa
Elea brings the following details additional to
those already telegraphed
There la nothing important from Ecuador,
and the rebellion in that State seems to be
entirely quelled for the present.
PANAMA, July3l, 9 o'clock A.M.—The Golden
City, which has just arrived here, reports the
United States flag-ship Lancaster at Acapulco,
severely damaged by haary weather, on the
trip to that port, off Cape San Lucas. She will
remain at Acapulco for repairs.
The U. S. steamer State of Georgia will be
relieved and return to the United States. The
S. sloop Cyane is still at Panama. The U.
S. steamer Watarbee arrived ist,Panaina on the
22d ult. The U. S. steamer Suwanee sailed
from Panama for Mexico on the 23d
The steamer Costa Rica brings irnio,ooo in
specie.
The Saratoga Races.
SARATOGA, N. T. August S.—The first rage
to-day, for three-year olds, one and a half mile
clasb, was won by, the Revenue colt Baltimore.
°Bata was second. Time, two mines forty-one
and a half seconds.
The second Me, for two-year Olds, one-mile
41ash, wag won by Mr. Hunter's colt., Time,
one minute fifty-one and a quarter seconds.
The third race, for all ages, one and a quar
ter miles, was won by Arcola, with Nettie
Graves second. Time, two minutes and thir
teen seconds.
The Atlantic enble—No Signs 11l the
Great Eastern.
Asry BAY, Cape Breton, August '9,10 o'clock.
—There are as get no signs of the steamer
Clara Clarita, which is expected to bring the
first tidings of the arrival of the Great Eastern
at Ileartia Content.
Asry DAY, C. 8., August o—Midnight.—lt is
raining here, ♦rith much fog. The Clara
Clurita has not arrived from Newfoundland.
Democratic Convention of Berks
County.
UgAlamo, Pa., August 9.—The annual County
meeting of the Democracy was held here yes.
terday. Resolutions were adapted urging the
nomination of Ilon. liidster Clymerfor. Gover.
nor of Pennsylvania.
Fire in Buffalo.
llerpAr.o, August 9. - -Farrar, TteftS,
Knight's Lafayette .3laehine Shop,. in Ohio
street, was burned to-night. The loss is
heaTy.
Poughkeepsie Root Race.
Poreu KEtil:StE, August 9.—The single scull
race for 5100, between den Veburn, prize lig)lt
er;aud Thomas Rums, of Staten Islanki, tn.
day, was is - on in seven minutes by 'Bums.
Mitanee half a / 1 4 1 e, .
NEW HAVEN.
Meeting of the American Institute of
Instruction—A Letter from General
Howard.
NEW HAVEN, August 9.—The American Insti
tute of Instruction held its second session
to-day. There were present at least one
thousand guests, mostly from the Northern.
States, and of whom two-thirds were ladies.
B. P. Northrop was re-elected President. The
question discussed to-day was " What duties
does the return of peace D' , 3 l3 g. to the friends
of education, especially in reference to freed
menl" Speeches were made by Rev. Mr.
Streely and Rev. Mr.. Abbott, of New York;
Professor Hart, of Philadelphia; Professor E.
B. Bassett, colored, of Philadelphia; Bishop
Smith, of Kentueky, and. Mr. Wood, of Illi
nois. Mr. Abbott said he had letters from Go
vernors Holden and Brownlow, urging mis
sionary Work in . the North to establish the
public school system in Tennessee and North
Carolina.. Professor Bassett urged co-opera- •
tion with the blacks to accomplish the object.
The reedmen woultlhava more confidende in
negroes as teachers. A letter from
.General
Howardwas rend,.of which the following is a
portion :
"I am particularly rejoiced at the proposed
discussion of the wabject relating to the edu
cation of American freedmen. My purpose is
to aid the work of education by every means
of encouragement that are or may come
within my power as Commissioner of freed
men or refugees. I will have the general
superintendence of this work in the States
where I have assistant cominiesierirs ) and
have already provided; where possible, that
the teach'ers shall have quarters and poi,
and they are permitted to have the
army ration by purchase, which lessens the
cost of board one-half. When the blacks
have received money or wages enough, they
will feed as many teachers as the benevo
lent agencies may send them, so they promise.
Then send the teachers and organize as many
schools as PosSible. The difficulties will be
from the opposition of prejudice or real igno..
raucc. Some men will shut their plantations
as far as they can against loyal teachers, and
we must meet them in the spirit of mission
aries. My agents are instructed to give full
protection to the slaves, and they will always
hare the power to call for military aid ; but I
am much induced to exercise every other
method before calling for military force. We
must do what we can to overcome prejudice
and oppoSition by carrying with us the spirit of
Christinto every nook and corner of the South ;
rejoice over every foot of ground gained, and
never be discouraged at contumely or failure.
4, The whites need much real effort in their
behalf. I scarcely ever found a white child
.that could rend m passing through Georgia
and Smith Carolina. The union of the dif
ferent benevolent agencies is really a move in
the right direction. It will harmonize and
encourage the efforts of those whose heart's
are longing for a successful fulfilment of the
promiSe 'of this wonderfill rnvolution. Work
and schOols go hand-in-hand when free la
bor is well regulated and properly sered,
as will soon be the case with a large in_
fluX. of loyal immigration and a purchase
or rental of land by freedmen, more or less ex
tended, Schools and churches will spring into
existence. More than two hundred thousand
people, old and young, in the insurrectionary
States, have learned to read in the last three
years. The soldiers of regiments, and the
schools established all over these States, at
test the energy put forth. With the Govern
ment, the loyal Christians, and the negroes on
the one aide, working night and day, what will
be the efforts of a few blind guides on the
other, but to demonstrate with increasing em
phasis the wickedness and folly of shutting
out the light of truth !
"Truly, yours, 0. 0. HOWARD."
Governor Andrew will speak to-morrow
WvAervilk (Me.) College has conferred. the
honorary degree of LL. D., on Major General
Howard.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN CON-
NECTICUT,
A Train of Cars Plunged into a River--
One Man Killed and Twelve or Fif
teen Wounded.
Nouwien, Aug. 9.-The Norwich line, steam
boat tzain, New London for Boston,this morn
ing ran off the track eVeert miles north of Now
London. Four cars were plunged into the
river; •Mr. Adams, of Northboro, Mass., was
killed, and twelve or fifteen others were
slightly, injured, but none seriously. The
wounded are receiving every attention from.
our citizela.
The full list of the names of the wounded
cannotbe obtained until this afternoon. The
following is a partial list :
Alpheus Adams, of Northboro, Mass., is the
only passenger killed.
John Blaisdell, agent of the Lake Shore Rail
road, is seriously injured in the back, but will
recover.
Charles Davis, of New York, was cut in the
face slightly.
Mrs. P. Negley, of Hagefhtown, had her arm
broken and her face cut badly. Her daughter
was cut in the face slightly.
Mr, Broker, of the firm of Lowrie & Breker,
No. 449 Broadway, was badly hurt in the leg.
Elizabeth Rose and Susie Rose ' of Brookline,
Mass., were slightly injured. The accident
was caused by;a broken rail.
Nouwietr, Conn., Aug. 9.—Additional names
of passengers injured this morning ;
Wincy Worth, Nantucket, MasS., out in head.
Maria lialseY, (colored,) Wilmington, N. C.
George F. Satin, Fitchburg.
S. G. Johnston, Holliston, Mass.
James Colby, emigrant.
Edward McDonald, emigrant.
Patrick Dugan, tdnigrant.
L. P. Goulneld, Boston.
Win. H. Brown, Baltimore.
Mrs. Wm. H. Brown, Baltimore.
H. N. Moore, Mobile, Ala.
Mrs. George W. Finek and daughter, Brook
line, Mass.
KENTUCKY.
The Number of Colored Troops al.•
furnished the-Union Army—Offleial
',Report of General Briaballe.
LouievirLE, August 9.—General Brisbane in
his official report of the organization of
colored troops, states that Kentucky has fur
nished 28,818 black men to the army. The
107th, 108th, 109th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, 118th,
110th, 122 d, 123 d, 124th, and 125th Regiments of
Colored Infantry are all from Kentucky- They
have been retained in Oervi.oo, alld the - first
eight.regiments ordered to Texas. The 4th,
Bth, 12th, and 18th Regiments of Colored Artil
lery, and fie sth and 6th Regiments of Colored
Cavalry, are from Kentucky, and, except the
Bth Artillery, are now on duty in that State.
General l ßrisbane says that 24,000 womet, and
children have been freed under the act of
March, 1865, granting freedom to the wives
and children of colored soldiers. The whole
number of persons made free in Kentucky
through the instrumentality of the army is
100,864.
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS.
Destructive Fire at Galveston —The
State Divided into Three Military
Districts.
ICEw Oamt.idcs, August S.—Cotton firm, Sales
1,700 bales at 41€43e. Freights leri t e higher.
Other markets unchanged.
An extensive , lire occurred at Galveston on
the 2d instantOnvolving a heavy loss. It was
doubtless the designs of parties to burn the
town. The transactions of villains and out"
law has never before been equalled.
TeXAS is divided into three military districts.
General Turner commands in Galveston. re
lieving General Granger.
SAVANNAH.
SOUTHERN BRAYADoEs JtATLY PURISHED....k LES.
SON TAUGHT THEN
NEW Tonic, August 9.—The steamer America,
from Savannah on the sth instant, arrived at
this port to-day.
The Herald states that the rebel Brigadier
Genial Mereer has been sent toFort Pultuaki,
One Howell, a brother-in-law of Jeff Davis;
and three other insulting rebels, were most
soundly thrashed, in the presence of all the
guests of the Pulaski Rouse, by Captain Has
gay alone, for making indecent and insulting
remarics agalust the President And our flag,
Subsequently another rebel sympathizer re•
eeived similar deserts from Captain Hassey,
for doubting the ability of one Yankee to whip
four rebels. Howell and his badly whipped
bullies were then taken to the police station.
The Republican says this le*Son was badly
needed, as the Union men have been uniformly
insulted of late at Savannah, and the thing has
become unbearable.
The 30th and the 14th iliaine Regiments arc to
be mustered out.
The weather is very hot in Savannah.
HAVANA.
The Stonewall still in Port—The Eva•
emotion of San Domingo.
Nsw Tonic August 9.—The steamer CoWm.
bia brings Ilit'vana dates to the sth inst Tll9
ram Stone Wall still remains in port. The opin..
ion expre'ssed by Adiniral Gordon, that she
could not, stand an attack from any of our
large monitors, is endorsed generally by all
Nvhe lurre,visitecl her.
Sanana,• Santo Domingo, is evaentect by Spa
nish troops, and the exchange:of prieonere has
been satisfactorily arranged. There is a ru
mor Olaf the ilnytiene are giving the Domini
cans trouble. .
• The yellow fever is raging in Puerto Prin•
eipe. There is very little fever in Havana.
Ileapinin and Kirby Smith were etttl
iu Havana, but would probably go to EarOpi
soon. •
EUROPE.
THE IROGRESS OF THE AT
LANTIC CABLE.
SEVEN HUNDRED MILES PAID OUT.
THE INSULATION THEN BECAME
BROKEN.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER NOT KNOWN.
PARTICULARS OF THE FIRST
FAULT.
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE IN ENGLAND
THE CHOLERA SPREADING WESTWARD,
EXECUTION. OF DR. PRITCHARD, THE
GLASGOW MTRDERER.
TM Cunard steamer Culla, from LIYOrp4QI
July 29th and Queenstown 30th, arrived at
New York yesterday. Iler newsothielt is very
interesting, is as follows
THE INSULATION OF THE CABLE BILOENN
On Saturday, July 29, when seven hundred!
Miles had been paid out from the Great East
ern, the insulation was lost. The cause of the•
break was unknown when the Cuba hailed.
We gather from the English. papers the fol
lowing consecutive account of the progress of
the cable, from the date of the previous re
ports up to the 50th of July :
" lYnnitzsDay, July 25.—The advieesi received
to-day axe of the most satisfactory nature and
Great
Eastern
kink , in the cable on board the
Eastern was discovered before that portion
was paid out. So far as the paying out , ap
paratus is concerned, everything has worked
well on board the big ship, and the latest tele
grams to Valentin from Mr. Glass, who is on
board the Great Eastern, state. at 9.50
this morning they were one hundred and
Ilfty-sis miles from laud ; but at 6.50
there had gone over the rollers' at the
stern one hundred and fifty miles of
cable. Considering that the Great East
ernn has only about seven hundred miles of
spare cable onboard,if the general dip is equal
to that since the vessel left Valentiaot is just
possible that, by the time she sights Hope liar.
bor, there may be a length or two' wanted.
The Great Eastern picked up eleven miles to
the fault in the cable, which was caused by a
piece of wire being driven quite accidentally
into the core by the paying -out machinery.
Captain Gilpin reports that the picking up
gAve n oTeat satisfaction to all on board the
Great - Masten'. The fault was localized most
accurately by Mr. Saunders (electrician.) Cap
tain Gilpin also reports that the process of
paying out was being perfectly 'executed."
THURBDAY, July 27.—Three hiuidred miles
were paid Out at 5.50 A. N. to-day, and three
hundred miles were run at 9.50 All is
going well. The signals are perfect. As the
steamer becomes gradually lighter, owing to
her consumption of coal and the paying out of
the cable, she is able to use her paddles with
more effect, for the screw is useless, owing to
the fact that the cable has to be paid out over
the stern. The calmness of the sea was yes
terday morning disturbed by several squalls,
which made a nasty tumbling sea, causing
some slight diminution in the speed at which
the cable was paid out. Fortunately, the
steering of the Great Eastern becomes easier
as she gets lighter amidships, and she is now
much more manageable in bad weather than
when she started from the Nore. At 9.50
A. N. she was three hundred miles from the
place where the shorn end was spliced to the
main cable, and as one of the chief features in
laying the cable this time is the curtailment
of apace, it is feared that, in spite of all antici
pations to the contrary, there will be a con
siderable length of cable required when the
Great Eastern reaches Hope Harbor, her desti
nation on the other side of the Atlantic. Al
though the Great Eastern was three Hundred
miles out at sea at 9.50 A. yesterday, she
bad paid out three hundred miles of the cable
at 5.50 A. N. The insulation throughout WAS
perfect, and it is hoped that in a few days the
cable will be run out with a very much small
er allowance of.' slack'
FRIDAY, July 29.—Up to 4.50 P. M., five
hun
dred and fifty nautical miles of cable had been
paid out; signals were perfect, and all was
right."
SAmuuniv, July 19.—Seven lumina MHOS
of cable were paid out(one hundred and fifty
this day) when insulatiOnwaSlOst. Cause nu
know
n. Further particulars not received:,
lIRECIIINRIDGE IN ENGLAND
John C. Breckinridge arrived at Southamp
ton on the 28th ultimo, by the,West India hail
eteamer-mnanaue.
THE CHOLERA.
The cliolera continued to suread in Constan
tinople. The daily average of deaths was for
ty-five.
The abatement of the disease in. Alexandria
is confirmed,hy the latest aceonuts.
CONSTA'NCE KENT'S SENTENCE COMMYTED
The sentence 9f Miss Constance Kent has
been commuted to penal servitude for life, and
she is to be treated in exactly the same man
ner as any other criminal subjected to the
same species of punishment. She is to be re
moved at an early day to the convict prison at
Brixton, previous to her transportation to
Western Australia.
The Manchester Guardian says! An impel'.
taut case, the United States of America vs.
Prioleau, was argued before Vice Chancellor
Wood on Wednesday. It was a motion to re
strain the defendant Prioleau (a Confederate
agent) and others from parting with or dispo
sm,g of a freight of cotton, consisting of 1,500
bales or thereabouts, which had been shipped
from Havana per the Arline, to he turned into
money for the purposes of the Confederates,
and which was now lying at the Mersey Coin
pany's dock tit Liverpool. The plaintiffs claim
ed the property lawful governors of the
United States. The defendants insisted that
their title as successful runners of the block
ade was a good one, and that even if it were
not, the title of the 'United States wee Subject
to the rights in the cotton of Prioleau, who al
leged he was a loser of £20,000 and upwards by
the Confederates. The Vice Chancellorsaid he
was clearly of opinion that the plaintiffs were
entitled to the cotton in question ; but whether
or not subject to the agreement between the
defunct Government and Mr, Prioleau was a
more serious question. The transaction was
a:transaction between a Government de facto
and the citizens of a country not connected
with the belligerents. In the first place,
it was for the court to see to whom the
cotton belonged at the time when the trans
action was entered upon. Upon the evidence
it could not be doubted but that it was the
property of the confederate States. It was the
produce of moneys contributed to and levied
as taxes by the Government of those States.
It was not theproperty of any individual State
of America; if it had been, the peculiar con
stitution of the United States in this respect
might have led to difficult questions. But it
was plain that the money which produced the
cotton was levied in more than one State, and
was the property of the Government of the
revolted Confederation. Next to be con
sidered was this: What was that Govern
ment 1 It was not a mere band of ma
rauders; not a set of persons 'plunder
ing a country and living upon the plun
der they • levied. It was an actual, ade
facto "government "
, exercising authority
and. receiving submission as such. It
had pow come to an end, and its functions
been resumed and its authority suppressed by
the plaintiffs. Whatwas the law applicable to
this state of things? It could not be doubted
for a moment. International law—the consent
of all civilized nations—had settled beyond
dispute that when de facto oyernment came
to an end, and was succeededby another gov
ernment, the property of the defacto govern
meat passed to its successors. But then arose
the question, did not the successors take such
property bound by the agreements, and af
fected by the equities of their predecessors ?
Subject to any argument which might be ad
duced on the hearing of the ease, it clearly
appeared that the successors were so bound..
Clearly, therefore, as at present advised, the
plaintiffs must take this cotton, subject to the
agreement between the late Government and
the defendant Prioleau. But upon that agree
ment much question might arise. The expenses
of transit should come out of the amount, but
beyond this there was much question. One
half the residue appeared pretty certainly to
be the property of the defunct Government,
under the agreement, and, of course;that
Would pass to the plaintiff, All these
questions, however Were matters of de
termination at the hearing, and the court
had nothing to do now but to take care that,
`considering the large amount at stake, the
plaintiffs were held harmless. The value of
the cotton., in round numbers, appeared to be
about kio,ooo, and the order would be, there
fore, that Mr. Prioleau be appointed receiver
in the cause (which would enable him to dis
pose of the cotton = and pay all proper charges,
&c.,) he either giving security for £20,000 or
paying the amount into court, as lie might
think lit, before the second day of next term.
AUSTRIA.
It Is denied that Austria had Made over
tures to the Emperor Napoleon, expressive of
an intention to recognize the kingdom of
Italy.
A Weimar despatch says it was officially
stated that a good prospect exists of a meet
ing between the sovereigns of Austria, Prus
sia, Bamaria) and Saxony, at Salzburg*,
The Latest Commercial Reverie.
LOIVDON, July 29 A —Five-twenties, O9~r; Illinois
Central, 80 . !A ; Erie, .54 1 A.
LIVNIIPOOL;JuIy 2(l—R - vening,--Cotton—Sales
to-day 5,500 bales ; market closing dull, with a
downward tendency ; sales to speculatOrS and
exporters 1,1160 bales.
Breadstuffs quiet but Steady
Provisions steady. Lard—llolders demand
an advance.
LONDON, July 29.—Consols, 90%4190% for
money. United States five-twenties, 09 1 A • Il
linois Central shares, 5034081 ; Erie, 5-tqlfidiXt.
THE. CAUSE OF TUE FIRST DEFECT. IN THE CABLE.
COr. (July 27th) Loudon Times.)
At last the mystery of the breakdown of the
cable is known in all its details. The master
of the Mark, which returned here this even
ing, having left the great ship last night,
brings full particulars, both of the extraordb
nail , nature of the accident, and the still more
curious manner in which it was discovered, its
place ascertained, thO'cable hauled in, and the
piece cut out.
When about eig hty miles off land, with dead
calm weather, t e ship going six knots, and
the canto., we are told, running out as softly
as a "silk rope," the usual test-signals were
being sent through, when suddenly both
'those to and from the shore gave most serious
alarm was felt on this discovery, The yen
ludicauona Of faulty innulation. The utmost
nections of the Instruments were carefully re
examined, and the most rigid exactness ob
seArlil ed g i a u v t e h t e le final tests.
same result, and what was a
still more certain and ominous proof, the re
turn currents from Valentin showed an equal
lose. notice was instantly given to Mr. Can
ning and entail' Allaer,sou, and the speed of
the Great FAastern, which was thou thren
74nridlied fatllol 3 / 2 , was reduced tO almost a
THREE CENTS.
standstill, It must be remembered that all
these signals wore sent and received through
the 'whole length' of 2,1100 nautical miles, Or
about 2,700 statute miles. of wire.
Valentin was instantly communicated with,
and the whole electrical staff, under Mr. De
Sauty, set to work to ascertain by resistance
tests whether the fault was in the ship or in
the eighty miles that had been paid out. Trials
of so delicate a iintuve, and of such vital
portance to the success of the undertaking*,
were, of course, conducted with the most vigi
lant caution, and the calculations based upon
their data made and re-made to insure ecr
tainty.
Thu result of all was a unanimous decision
that the fault was' net on board,. butin the
eighty miles of submerged wire. when this
decision had been .arrived at the eslde was at
(MCC Cut on boardtliti Great Eastern,. and: the
length under water tested by Mr. Saunders.
With wonderful skill his tests at once " local
ized n the spot whore the fault existed—eleven
miles from the stern of the ship, and within a
quarter of a mile from where it actually was.
Instantly preparations were made for t.
g
tin the threat pastern rourld, - and employ
.ing - the winding-in apparatus fixed forward
specially to be used in case of such mishaps.
It was hoped, of course, that its use would
never be required, and many believed that,
whether required or not, it would never ac
complish what it was intended to achieve.
The result proved the fallacy of both ht.. 1) 13 g
and fears. The severed portion of the cable
Was passed into this machine, and, the Groat
Eastern steaming back over the ropes course,
the work of reeling-in at once began. The ca
ble came up with singular ease. The strain on
the dynarnomer of the machine never exceed
ed eighteen hundred *eight, which was noth
ing to a cable nuaranteed, not to break Udder
seven tons, and equal, from its specific gravi
ty, to supporting eleven miles of its weight in
water, or through a deeper sea than soundings
have ever yet found in the world.
As we have said, within a quarter of a mile
• of the spot indicated liy Mr. Saunders, the
fault was found, and nothing can more strong
ly indicate the endless perils with which SW
cessful submarine telegraphy is beset than the
trial and almost unavoidable accident .which
had caused it.
As the lengths of wire of one hundred or
one hundred and fifty miles were manufac
tured at Messrs. Glass t Elliott's they Were
_taken down in 'barges, and Coiled away in the
tanks on board the Great Eastern. Each, as it
arrived, was, of course, spliced up to that
which had preceded it, and this was often
done in the tanks themselves. The operation
of splicing not only means joining the con
ductor, but also joining the outside wires, the
junction of the latter being made at - different
lengths, the bits of wire cut out being thrown
awa.
It seems, however, that One of these atoms
of wire, about two inches long, and as thick
and as stout as a darning needle, fell on the
coil -
unnoticed—as, indeed, who would notice
it, or for a moment think of the consequences
which its disregarded presence in such a spot
might surely occasionl
The weight of the layers_ of cable laid above
this fragMent--AS ineignifleant as a shaving in
a carpenter's Shop—pressed it - firmly into tite
tarred hemp which forms the outside covering
of the cable. .To this it adhered. While in the
tank it did no harm., but when this portion
came to be paid out, the small diameter of the
eight leading wheels which give access to the
paying-out machine, and the weight of the
jockey pulleys over these which keep the rope
m its place, bent the stout iron wire so sharp
ly that It passed between the hemp, pierced
the gotta percha through at least two or three
of its four folds, and there remained. In this
state it was found, and instantly recog,nized as
a piece of wire from the splice joint. A short
length of cable was at once cut out, a new
splice made, vigilantly 'WSW, IPA gradually
sunk. When on the bottom it was aain. re
tested for some hours, and the signals were
shown to be absolutely perfect.
During all this time the Great Eastern re
mained quietly hove to. The sea was calm,
and even the throbbing swell of the Atlantic
had died away into the mere undulation of a
waves The motion in her, therefore, was bare
ly. perceptible to the feeling, and could ed•
tautly not be detected by the sight, save by
watching the little arc of a circle which her
topmast now and then described.
The whole accident caused a delay of nearly
twenty-four hours, during Which the drift of
the vessel was almost nothing. Here it is
generally regarded as a most gratifying fact,
and one auguring well for the success of the
attempt, that not, only can a fault be dis
covered at once, but its ,plaee indicated, the
cable hauled in again, and the piece repaired
or cut oat. This evening signals were received
from the Great Eastern, which report all well.
She was then more than two hundred knots
from land, going into 1,000 fathoms of water.
The cable was paying -out at the rate of nearly
sewn knots an hour, and the signals to tha
shore, both for piOng-ent and messages, were
as clever as if only sent for two diS
tauce.-
- -
The strain on the dynamometer in sinking
the rope was less than fourteen hundred
weight, owing to the specific gravity of the
cable or, in other words, the bulk of its
tarred hemp i#4s Sufficient buoyancy tohalance
and atmon teep up the weight of its copper
conductor and outside iron wires. Before
twelve hours more are out the Great Eastern
will have run into 1,500 fathoms ' when, if any
mishap occurs, she will have tobring back her
own intelligence, for no signals under such
circumstances can reach her.
From this time forth, therefore, the public.
Must depend on the messages forwarded from
the 'vessel itself, and when these messages
cease, will be at liberty to conjecture with. as
much wildness
w n....4n, ALUM ptaAtkumwalitiSfillSl
Thean end to communication with Valentin.
fine compression of the water and unvarying
temperature of the Atlantic are already im
proving the Miles that have been sunk t and, if
all should happily go well ; the wires will eond
tinue to improve to the last fathom.
The Caroline leaves here to-morrow. It
would be impossible to over-praise the courage
and self-devotion of her officers omdcrew,who,
on that stormy Tuesdaynight, when the Great
Eastern was almost towing her under water,
and )yheri the cutting of the tow-rope would
have at ono -A, relloved her, deliberately re
solved to hold on to the last, and risk anything
rather than delay the expedition.. It is not
often that such thorough "pluck " is shown
onboard a vessel when the men on deck at the
wheel are up to their waists in water. When -
it occurs, it is merely justice that it should be
recorded, and, as far as endurance and de
termined courage are concerned, few have
more contributed to the auceees of the, Allan:
tic Telegraph than the officers and crew of the
Caroline.
EXECUTION OP DR. PRITCHARD, THE POISONER.
Dr. Pritchard, who poisoned his wife and
mother-in-law, was executed at Glasgow, on
the 28th of Jul ,in thp presence of an 'rumens •
crowd, estimated by some at nearly one him
Bred thousand persons. A correspondent of a
Manchester paper thus sketches the scene in
court when Pritchard was brought in there
preparatory to his being conducted to the
scaffold:
"The culprit was standing in front of the
bench, with the officials round him, when the
presiding bailie naked /lint Whether he had
anything to say. It being iinpossible for Pelt
chard to hear the question, he turned to the
Governor and asked what was requested of
him. Mr. Stirling having whispered the ques
tion, the unhappy wretch said, in scarcely
audible tones, but quite cool and collected, 'I
acknowledge the justiceof my sentence', im
mediately thereafter making a Drofonnd bow
to the bench, and keeping his head down for a
second or two afterwards. The hailie then
waived his hand to the party to proceed, and
the procession was reformed, the burgh ofd
cers, g
in their scarlet uniforms, going first.
"On moving towards the scaffold, and before
be loft the court, Pritchard looked wistfully
around him and then walked on with it firm
step, showing no signs of weakness, or; indeed,
concern. In fact, although his countenance
bore a death-like pallor, still he seemed the
least excited or troubled of those present.
Arrived in the vestibule, the procession passed
between files of policemen, and at once as
cended the scaffold, the culprit walking up the
steps quite stoutly and taking his place on the
drop with more coolness than those standing
at the shortf the ROMA Nr. Oldham then
read a prayer and left Pritchard alone
with Calera% who immediately proceeded to
cover his head with a white cap, his large,
flowing beard and whiskers making this a
more difficult operation than usual.
"The convict was dressed in a suit of black:
in fact, apparently one that he often appeared
in on the streets of the city, a peculiarity in
the cut of the coat Making 3 rather conspicu
ous. Ills left hand was gloved, and in his right
hand he carried the other glove. The rope
being quite adjusted, Calcraft pinioned his
ankles with a leather strap, and at nine mi
nutes after eight o'clock the wretched being
was sent into eternity. Me suffered apps.
rently very severely, the body swaying to and
fro for two minutes and a half, Ana
and
thought it expedient to go below and steady
it, so great were the convulsions. Although'
he was doubtless insensible to pain long be
fore, yet four minutes after he was thrown off
the clrop there were signs of life.
" Every precaution had been taken by the
local authorities to secure good order, Thurs
day was occupied in erecting barricades at
points where it was considered neeessar,y to
stop the traffic. About 'fifty thousand persons
were present to witness tile execution. No
demonstration of feeling was shown by the
public. The body was cut down an hour after
death."
THE !SARATOGA RAVES.
THB vcavrzst V. 50. THE CUP
In yesterday's Press we gave the result of the
contest for the Saratoga Cup, which took place
on Tuesday. .Eighteen horses were originally
entered for this contest, but they dwindled off
ono by one until the number reached three,
namely: Kentucky, Captain Moore, and Rhine.
dine. Kentucky was the favorite.
The horses were started from the three
quarter pole, Kentucky on the inside, Rhino-
dine in the middle, and Captain Moore on the
outside. Kentucky Jumped away with the
lead, closely followed by Rhinodine, with
Captain Moor stretchgt behind. They came
up the home- at a pretty fast rate,
and passed the Judges' stand, Kentucky lead
ing half a length, Rhinodine being second,
four lengths ahead of Captain Moore. There
was no change of position around the
turn, but at the quarter pole Kentucky
was a little further ahead, but not Clear of
Rhinodine, Captain Moore being still four
lengths in the rear. Going down the back
stretch there was not the slightest change of
position, and Kentucky passed the half-mile
pole three-quarters of a length in front of
Rhinodine, with Captain Moore four lengths
behind. On the lower turn captain Moore be
gan eloeing, and before the Wader reached the
quarter pole was within two fengths of the
. Rhinodine, who had also closed Atria° and lay
on Kentucky's quarters. As' they dashed up
the homestretch Captain Moore gained rapid
ly and permanently on those before him, pass
ing Rhinodine at the distance stand, and
getting to within a length of Kentucky
as be peeped under the string and enter
ed on the last nine. Time thus far, 0 .12 A
the first quarter being run in twenty-six se.
conds and the mile In 7,46 1 / 2 . Going around the
upper turn Rhinodine waslbur lengths behind,
he caving begun to quit before he reached the
Judges' Stand. Kentucky led to the quarter
pole one length ahead or Captain Moore, and
stayed in that easy position to await the as
sunit lot the Captain, On the 130.0k•etret911 Cal ) *
thin Mooremade several attempts to get eloper,
but the favorite shook him oil' as fast as he ap
proached, anti passel the half-mile pole ono
length ahead .% Captain 'Moore was now eight
lengths or more in front of Rhinodine, who was
laboring along dead beat. Going around the
/ewer turn lientuelay increased his pace and
showed daylight between hilaSelf and the Cap
tain ,• but this opening was Soon closed again,
and they awn/ on the homestretch head find
tail. Captain core strained every nerve to
Overtake Kentucky' on the homestretch, but
the latter was well in hand and running appa
rently as 011 9 7' as at the start, and went in a
winner by a length without ever bo.ing fully
"t tint iod in the race. The last mile was run
int 1.0 waxing 'Ow OW time 4.0134.
•
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The ',mot always accompanW the Order, art 4
110 iriatence can these term. NI dirdated from, at
thew a/fora vent Ifttle more than the cost of PaPer.
B• Postmasters are reatteated t 0 let SS Monti
for IV Wm Pngoo,
Ai• To the getter-Ilb of the Club of ten or commie
an extra copy of the paper writ be given.
NEW YORK CITY.
krov Yottir, Auguqt 91.
GERAT aALEI O 1 WOOL
The great sale of 2,000 bales of South Atueri.
can wool came aff this afternoon, through.
Messrs. Burdett, Jones, & Co q and was largely
attended, Prilleipally by Eastern raanntao
turers, but most of the - large Mies were re
presented. There was not that spirit maul
fested at the opening that was , anticipated.
and prices, though fully sustaining the mar
ket, were not up to the expectations of the
owners, or up to tile coat of Importation, and
many parcels were wltlldfitlM The range of
prices for the new and baltwoOltrwere
41c., and the indifferent description* 22fale.
Since the sale, there is more dispositiOn td
buy at auction prices, which , owners refuse-.
On the whole, the sale Ls considered a pretty
satisfactory oue to sellers,
orirry.b tyrkorm HOrtnß Paw. 'HURON!.
TAO Scotia sailed to-day, taking. $1,500,000. Le
five-twenties, but - no specie.
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SOW IT SOs 'Bl r 107 200 Rending R... ..... 1001
ICCAo if SOs , S 1 e nivi . MO do. ......... ....1067.6
060 1 . ) Tennessee 6s TIX 100 Al Oen 13. Izi
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100 Quicksilver ifi ... 50%
100 do 504
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STOCK BOARD
EMCEE=
; Pittsburg, TOX ; Mortlt
. Market dull but arm,
Gold, 143 5 Erie, 87 1 A
western preferred, MIA
Arrived, steamers Cosmopolitan, ifiltow
Wad, siglity-two melt and wounded_ NOL.•
diers ; Morning Star, MeV °tiering, Aun ,
Bark Argentina, Malaga.
Arrived, ship Talisman, Liverpool.
bummer•night Festival by the Wenger-
'The Smnsertittrid is. a society of Germita
singers of this city. At the late singing fest'.
val of societies from all parts of the United.
States, the Samgerbund carried off the first
prize, a beautiful silk banner, which has been
on exhibition for some days, and which has
been described in The press, In memory of
that achievement they yesterday hada grand.
festival at Schuylkill Falls Park.
The festivities begun at two o'clock in the
afternoon, and consisted of music and dancing.
This continued until six o'clock, when a eon-
Bert took place. The stand which was used by
the singers was erected specially for the pur
pos.e. It was elegantly decorated with titO
American and German flags, the flags and
banners of the society, the prize banner, and
also beautifully illuminated in the evening by
means of a great number of colored lanternS.
The concert embraced, first, a grand march by
theorcheAra,
9.. The Sfengerbund'a prize song, Sturm aryl
Seger, bylialliwoda.
3. The Image of the Rose.
4. Hymn to the Praise of Music, by Lackner.
All of the pieces were sung in a perfect man
ner, and were loudly applauded.
After sunset' about & 4Laiisand 6011Thed ha.
terns, which had been hung on the brunches of
trees, were lighted. The effect was most beau
tiful and grand. The lanterns were rod, white,
yellow, green, blue, violet, and purple in color ;
and the Park, which covers about ten acres,
was made vainest as light as one of our musics
halls by gaslight The Dane discoursed exi•el.-
lent music from the, music stand, up to
nearly ten o'clock, when the procession around
the Park took place in the following order:
EICES33
Section of men-at-arms in full armor. Guard.
of Honor. Music Corps. Transparency. M Na
tional Victory. Soldiers, Sailors and echa
nics, Chntiot containing. Columbia, surrOUntl•
ed by young ladies representing the States of
the Union.
I-HISTORY OP BONO
Dark Ages. Shepherd and Shepherdess. Pa
pageno and Papagcna. The Ancient Bards.
OS:4(M and the Druids.
II; MIDDLE AGFA.
Trounadors, Knight* and gialgrOß. Knignti
of the Cross. Blondel Sc Walter yonAer Vogel.
nettle. Wolfram von Eshenbach. Heinrich
von Ofterdingon. flans Sachh Tannligneer
surroundedmen-at-antis rattd Squires:
Scene from ' Tannhauser," the Grotto, of
Venus.
111-THE 131:77if013 OF. SONG
,
lkfusie of the Poole. Harlequin ; Columbine,
and Pantaloon. Pools. Prince Carnival and his
royal retinue. Fauna. Buchan%Ls. Bacchus
on his Throne.
14-NATIONAL BONGS
Tyrol and Tyrolese. Scotohman and Lady.
Spaniard and Lady. Italian and Lady, Indium
and Squaw.
V—NINETEENTH CENTURY,
Turners. Sharpshooters. Singers. The Ninth
New York Snangerfest. Roosters and Frogs.
-rirt.e Transparencies of the New York Musical.
Union. New York Arlon.
Egyptian Priests. .garastro. UThelanrotiths.
Apollo in the chariot of Victory. The Prize
of Apollo. An Allegorical Group, represent.
the Prime Standard. MOn,at-arlllo.
The procession wns hot on so large a scale
as by the reading of the programme we were
led to believe. The whole number in the line
of the procession did not exceed seventy.
What was lacking in numbers was, how
ever, Wide up in appointment% The drossea
Of all were in aeOQI74ICMCe with the ohs,
meters assumed, and were of the best and
most beautiful material. The section of
men-at-arms, In full armor, and the Guard
of Honor numbered about ten. Tile trans
pareney had upon it "1805." The "Chu.
riot containing Columbia was a divan, upon
which sat a beautiful young Nay arcsed
the National colors. The divan was carried
by four men. In the second part of the parade
the "Scene from Tanhausser," the Grotto of
Venus, was 'not visible to our perceptions.
On the whole, however, the festival was a
grand success. The feast of lighted lanterns
alone was a scene not often enjoyed by mortal
eyes. It is estimated that during the day
there were 4,500 persons present upon the
grounds. The Smngerbund have every reason
to congratulatetthemselves upon the success . _
which attended the celebration of their great
victory.
STATE ITEMS.
The coal miners of South Pittsburg and
vicinity are again on a strike. It seems that,
when they Gast went to work, it was with the
understanding that they would work for Mr
cents per bushel only on condition that their
employers should sell the coal at eight cents.
The latter, it appears, have acted in bad faith s
and have not reduced the prices from the pre.
vious figure—twelve cents, As a consequence
Of file strike some of the iron works have
already been obliged to suspend operations
for the want of fuel.—Pittabarg Gazelle, Aug. Bth.
—A few days ago a party of ladiesfront New 7
Port, Perry county, were gathering whorile
berries. One of the ladies had a child with
her, which she seated on a flat stone, near
where she was picking berries. Shortly after
a dog, which accompanied the party, set 111) fir
loud barking around the Child, and smelling
at the edge of the stone. The child was taken
away and the stone turned over, when a large
rattlesnake was found under it. The flog at.
tacked the snake, was bitten twice, and died
shortly after,
One of the members of the 51st Regitesitt,
after receiving 4400 in greenbacks from the
paymaster at Harrisburg, left the camp, and
shortly after returned, having spent nearly
the whole sum in purchasing a suit Of cloth.
ing, a gold "bogus" watch and other Jewelry.
Last week eighty-throe thousand live hun
dred tons of coal were carried over the Read
ing Railroad, being the largest amount ever
carried during:the same time. The week be.
fore seventy-nine thousand tons were carried
over the road.
On Tuesday hiSt , the Bank of Northumber
land, at Sunbury, destroyed by liro.the Old
issue of bank bills, to the amount of 4162,700.
The bank is calling in its notes with the view
of becoming a National Bank.
The new Presbyterian Church at 011 City
was dedicated last Sabbath week. It cost
410,000, and will accommodate a congregation
of about cis hundred persons.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity was eon•
ferred upon Bev. A. K. Bell, of Allegheny, at,
the late commencement of Lewisburg College.
in this State.
-- Major General George G. Meade has take¢
up his summer residence near Jenkillt9Wll)
the North Pennsylvania Railroad.
--J, P. Hassler, Esq., has been elected cashiee
of the Carlisle Deposit Bank s vice Wm. S?.
Beeteny, deceased.
An old firm in Titusville makes cash sales
to the amount of thirty thousand ilf)PVs 1 301
week. •
Potatoes are selling for seventy-live cents
per bushel in Mifilintown.
Pittsburg wants tenement houses. So says
the Gazette.
Destructive Flee at a.tent, Maga:
BOSTON, August 0.--The extensive• bark mill
and tannery, owned by Jacob Putnam & Caro_
thers, of Salem, MllBB., was destroyed by tire
last night. Eight buildings, used for tanning
purposes, wore burned. The loss ia.estimatea.
at NAM, oil which there is Wit rt small Insu
rance.
Markets by Telegraph.
ST. Louis, August 0.--Cotion—ltecelpts, 52$
b @IS. : 17;ddling dull at •toe. Tobacco firm.. at
841 Shipping leaf, $15.56@i5,44, Flour
active at $8,12.14V5. - •25 far single, and , ite.25010.511
for double extras. )11)Pat unchanged, Dorn.
dull arid unchanged , Oats euehatigoiL MIAOW
steady and unchanged.
CINCINNATI, Auglist s.—Flour firmer at 4.4.64
@ , 9.50 for good (Wit. WiteSt in good. demand.
and higher. Whisky firm but dull. we.thing
doing in provisions.
BALTIMORE, August 5. flour dull; hia , ll
t v adog firm, Wheat firm, now rod, aira g:as.
orn active; 'white, Odettie.
provisions steady, "Whisky dun At Vol/
.
GCNBRAL B. G. Hat% FINE Datu......yesterday
afternoon, George W. Downey, a painter, in
company with Joseph Murphy, also a painter.
called at the Fourth-ward station-bouse, tout
daid the Abe of the rebel amend I.lgAlasain G_
ill, who 'lvan eoracitted to the worklitillSO
last Saturday, for Indecent and disorderly
conduct at the National Hotel. Air.. Downey
said it was wrong to send a men to the work.
house and parade his name in the newspapers
because he happened to bo a rebel general.
Well, here is Mr. Downey's name as company.
—Walhington (Jhroni cie of yesterday.