The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-05 00:00:00

EARTHQUAKES IN NEW ENGLAND.

The New York papers contain accounts of two shocks of
earthquake which were felt in New England on the 22nd
of October. In Boston the people were roused from their
sleep at five o'clock in the morning, by the violent shaking
of the earth, and from further accounts the commotion
extended along the Atlantic coast from New Brunswick to
the furthest western section of New England. There was
unquestionably a genuine earthquake. In Charlestown the
shock was felt with great distinctness, and the "old fogies"
of the place looked upon the movement as the sequel to the
annexation meeting held the night before to join the city to
Boston. The sentinels at the Navy Yard felt the shock,
but at first thought an explosion had occurred at the
Watertow-n Arsenal. The earthquake was felt in Blaine. In
Augusta nearly every person was awakened, bells were rung
and doors shaken. At Eastport the shock was reported to
have been the most severe ever felt in the vicinity.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Troops have been ordered into Idaho in view of
the threatened combination of the Sioux and Ogallallah
Indians. It is alleged that the traders made the Indians
drunk and then cheated them. and this is the result. In
Dacotah Li utenant Woodson reports the subsistence stores
at the agency to be insecure. Whisky is said to have
demoralised the Indians there, causing disturbances and
leading to a wanton destruction of public property. Capt.
Poole, the Indian agent of that territory, reports that the
Ogallallahs and Brules, smarting under their defeat by
General Carr and his Pawnee scouts last July, are being
incited by hostile Indians to avenge their slain comrades,
and their war parties have penetrated into the Pawnee reser-
vations and taken some scalps. In return the Pawnees
stole the horses of the Whetstone agency. In Arizona
Governor Safford has offered 300 volunteers to the Go-
vernment for a six months' campaign, the men, who are
skilled in Indian warfare, to be supplied with rations and
ammunition. We fear, however, that the fighting is not
altogether directed against the Indians, as three soldiers
were killed and one wounded on the 20th September in a
a riot at Prescott in that Territory. The Engineer Bureau
of the War Department has published two maps, one
specially designed for the use of the army in its connection
with the various Indian tribes. It gives the country from
the Mississippi to the Pacific, showing the military posts,
the loeAlity of the different Indian tribes, tracks, rivers,
roads; the other is a general map of the United States.
General Augur has arrived at Cheyenne with five Ara-
pahoe chiefs, who desire to consult in reference to a
meeting of Snake, Shoshone, and other chiolg, for protec-
tion against the hostile Sioux and Cheyennes.
The American Minister, Mr. John Jay, arrived
at Pesth, from Vienna, on Friday, Oct. 22nd, to confer with
Count Andrassy, before the departure of the latter with
the Emperor for the celebration of the opening of the Suez
Canal. Mr. Jay attended tho sittings in both houses of
tho Diet last Monday.

The New York Times has taken up the complaint
made through our columns of the refusal to some Ameri-
can gentlemen in Paris of a concession to lay another
Cable from America to France. We do not think that the
Duxbury and Brost Cable is calculated to act as an en-
couragement, except to those who delight in an annual per-
centage of 4, with the risk any morning of learning that
all is gone; but then you and I cannot see the attraction
which fascinates others, and there are people who desired
to lay another lino and were indignant that the French
Government refused the permission, as the refusal
formed a clause in their contract with Messrs. Reuter and
Erlinger. In doing so the Minister only acted in good faith
and ho had no other course, but Congress can only see the
question from an American point of view, which is—
what right has the French Government to give to Messrs.
Reuter and Edinger a monopoly of direct telegraph com-
munication from the United States to France ? No one
denies half the right, but no one admits the whole right ;
certainly not in Congress. Hence, on the principle that
the seaboard of an American State cannot be monopolized
by a decree of the French Government. Congress must
act, and it is just possible that it may do if the permission
bo maiataaecl to toe Wow oirc,c.tionairo

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what the New York Times advises, that is, casf oiikti
Duxbury end. What we said then, we say now—jot
French company in time give up this monopoly
is really worthless, for, notwithstanding talk,no ccnl)"'o,"
tion is likely to lay another Cable from any partA of Fr°
unless impelled by the pure "cussedness" of oppositioa.
A CONNECTICUT RO3IANCE.—Here is a true (Orrl
out of which a novel may be written. A young latlY1;
travelled in Europe, last year, was taken seriouslrto
Cairo, Egypt, where she was attended by a haticite
Scotch physician, who fell desperately in love with -I,io
and she was somewhat affected. Her brother, who of
her travellivg companion, had met before this one r
Connecticut's fairest daughters in Paris, and was c 4
siderably smitten. After recovering her health 11-10
continuing her tour, she returned home, as did tee
young lady who had made an impression 111:41/
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brother. What has intervened since—no matter.
here is what is to be : In the first week in Oelel)
the brother is to marry the girl he loves—who is, of OW:11
the original Paris attraction —and a European trip the
follow. Along with the newly married couple, will g°
be
sister to meet in Cairo the attentive doctor, to `ah°';,f,ao
is to be wedded immediately upon her arrival t!lere.
a party of four will be made up, and the romance of i!':10
lives will furnish interest enough to make their journeYi
socially pleasant when there is nothing else to Calf{i'f(!j
cat
The story would possess additional interest to Coups-it sl
readers were names published, but that, cannot: be Ps
this particular moment.—Hartford Courant. liog
Charles S. P. Bowles, head of the Paris ban-sed
firm cf Messrs. Bowles, Bros., and Co., has addrepabl
another letter to Secretary Boutwell on the public 0
of the United States. When last he wrote be /1:00,
Switzerland, now the letter is dated from the Fifill'a tbd
Hotel, New York. We have not space to coraineet °-n'
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long and able document, which we must reserve I°l.
week, but a subject has arisen in antagonism tow tilt fe
mopolitan views of the Paris American banker, hicteoe
cannot refrain from noticing. It is urged that the 13-the
will be injured by encouraging foreigners to bcaid, to
bonds. The policy of the country should be, it is Sairit
keep the debt at home. Granted—if possible—b,ll:bt es
not possible, and therefore men who argue thus 5116 idol
well protest against a "heated term" or the bitter CLioe
the northern winter wind. it is bad to be in debt, bat 'etje
in debt, it is wise so to administer your affairs as to ralali the
burden as light as possible when it may be got 14" was 0
sooner. If Americans will take Three per Cent- POP
par the debt will remain in America, but if Bondi/17f00e
per Cent be there under par in gold they will BOthat
strong boxes of foreigners, for the simple reettjae
money in an old industrial community does net rrioeS
the same interest as with a young community; the tool
the debt of the young community will, in obediencel bite
economic law, be held by the old community. It 19t,
cognising this fact, and it is mere folly to ignere
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Mr. Bowles' letter should be read, and a man wb°9„,,iiig
it by talk ing of the disadvantage to the country °', el°
its bonds held by foreigners, might as well go oe"
his dog at midnight and howl at the moon. uer Of
OBITUARY.—MichaeI Hughes, elder bretu oaf
the late Archbishop Hughes, died in New York reca-801
and his funeral took place Oct. 13. His remains WI; for'
to Chambersburg, Pa., for interment.—John Nesiii 15, at
merly Lieut.-Governor of Massachusetts, died, oe'f3attle
Lowell, aged 76.—Capt. Godfrey, proprietor of tbe t
House at Mobile, Alabama, died Oct. 14 at halfv-P3:101
o'clock.—John Hayward, author of the " New., le.
Gazetteer," published about 30 years ago, and oldliar
graphical and statistical works, died at Boston,
day, Oct. 13, at the age of 88. 1,0115,
RAILWAY NEWS.—It is rumoured that ante
Fargo, and Co. and the United States Express 0°111„1): the
have combined to perform the express business e." f the
Pacific Railroad and along this coast. The styin° of
new express across the continent is the " Unneerri
Company's Express," and not the "Union Paniscroral
Company," as it has no charter, but is a part of the v5,i1199,
—The Wall-street Journal says the Central Pacific fit Abo
bids fair to prove an unusually successful and Pr; 0)0
enterprise. In 1865, when there were less than xpooSes'
constructed, it earned over and above operating el es c 0.5
$280,000 in gold ; in 1866, with less than 100 ei1.0186,1,1
structed, it earned $664,200 in gold over exponees,,;ll-07,!,
with less than 150 miles constructed, it earned V 's
Or
above the operating expenses ; and in 1868, witl-1,17,e-
-350 miles in operation, the net earnings exceeded $10; 01'3
This was upon local traffic exclusively, and interot#
prediction that the Central Pacific would be reals",'4 tbd
from its business alone. Since the compretionbastosge
through line in May last, and the addition of
lard
drawn from the Eastern lines, the business shosoLdoce_
increase, even though the rates have been groat11';"'0,000
The receipts for September foot up nearly $ ulosiaei
coin, and the average of the four and a half nie et
u'r
the junction is upwatds of $590,000 per moutb"-°9,00A
rate of $7,000,000 per annum in coin, equal to $ opt. s
in currency value. Of this amount fully 70 P' for tlis
found to be from local traffic, and the net eamiligo'ver
fiscal year promise to exceed $3,000,000 in gel ooropeeiso
rating expenses. As the interest upon th co
bonded debt is only $1,000,000 their financia t ndit Tle
of t
is very flattering.—The following is the req. of sr
Illinois Central Railroad Company for the 111051

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LAND DEPARTMENT. a-1,,:',-6.,
Acres construction lands sold ... 4,535.02 for v 8,1/..0
Acres interest fund lands sold ... 240.00 for 21,64.1_,
Acres free lands 501 d... ... ... 1,346.06 for ~-.-
o:3 _
.----
Total sales during the month 1 ------ „,,.: 23d.
of September, 1869 ~,
To which add town lot sales ... ,--"" 3ue
66 •
461,
..„,
Total of all ... ... ... ... .., 6,121.08 for 2fL....---601
5t...222:2/
6,121.08 for r"430.0°

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