Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-11
Noa.5a.


canvass, as a figure familiar to all. let his
mighty shade appal the man who would
whisper treason to the Uniopi
TnE ATLANTIC CABLE-The completion
of l,250 miles Tone hal0 of the cable for
the Submarine Atlantic Telegraph by Mes
srs. Newall d Co. WAS celsbraled at their
works, Birkenhead, yesterday. by .diuuer
given TO about 600 of their ,workmen, with
their wives and families. Messrs Newall's
contract has been executed with great speed
and pnnctuality On the 9th of Novem-
Der last they rendered either for half or the
whole of the cable, TO be finished by the
30th of June. The tender for the half was
| accepted in the December following, and
Messl. Newall, who bad taken one of the
transit sheds attached to the Birkenhead
docks, at once set to work to provide the
necessary machinery, all of which had to be
created for the OCCASION The wire was
Supplied 10 Mcssrs Newall by the own wire
drawers, Messrs. Richard, johnson & Co..
of Manchester, who completed their task bv
the lst of June. Messrs. NewalI commenc
ed spinning the cable on the Syh of Feb
ruary, and proceeded without interrupt,
until Monday last, the 9Th of June .r
war. oorr SSIo,Nod N'' '''' ~ ''0 ""0'o e"oie)
The cabIe cono;s,s or o,.,.s e
wire covered ,hroo t,,,.. VIII 'u a,,,t - ooppeF
Tho on,,o no.oh, i a,s Az" c s".." Pe'cn",
with snnn yarn ond 5000 ,G 'n;,I e'e ,o 70 Gu"
If soyan 80 ooo,, NJ. M" "'e" : q, . 'uanuS
600 m;ios of s."n1 t"e'o are 'tus Zo,-
times that onont;,n f IP0SeH ,u;nI :. seven
of 175'0oo iniles &c u;ra 1,hs nso" . eo'''.
snnning occnn;cd 90 anrs % "e SoP 'oG9ss '''I OF
wire beino nssd ner ,isS .nI arn ",es heI 9'
BEING emnlovnd The en-, yar,, ,,.an ,"I"' a,'S
made bv Messrs Naval nnon tho .".sD ".so
premises 100 machines for ,I,;o ,,sno., 800
beino RANGED in ono Of No ,nnar aanS 80
the works The cahla ;s now Ir;n,.;r C.,
buoe coils (nocb 90 foo, ~ a;a9eo
feet bioh all readv far b.inn sh;nnoa a"u :,
will be transferred nrohablv ta.Sa,,
small vessels and thsrro 81, hoo,a H. NJ;
aoara which ;s axnac,ed 70 ar.;,,o a.+,t.
mouth Of tho river earlv nov, waaL Tn' rno
weight of the cable areraoos ono ,o, ino
mile: and il is 10 be .la;J bv ,ho ,Wm pea
patented bv Mr Naval and 49, ::
the Black Sca G,ass;no, ,be ,;ro ,L.p,,S, "
hollow ooncl wbicb nsoyonto ,n,;.,;n
TLo,Jn,, T;1,,o.
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coods on ,ars aM'M a's;A - a. near ~ rarely ez-
N''NS ~ Juu'S, ~ uOU lives ~ wears n
wolf %; fox IA or lG; lions are long
lived. Pompey lived to the age Of 20. The
average OF eats is a years squirrel and
h"fe or 8 years rabbits g.. Elephants
nave oeen known to live to the greatage of
400 years. When Alexander the Great
nad conquered one Porus, King Of India. he
'ooR a great elephant which had fought
very va"ntiy ior the king, banned him Ajax,
and dedicated him to the sun, and let him
go with this inscription" Alexander, the
son OF Jupiter, had dedicated Ajax to the
sun This Elephant was'found 354 years
"f.er' Figs have been known TO live to tho
age OF 30 years; the rhinocoros to 90. A
morse has been known to live to the age of
o2' out averages 20 to %. Camels some-
''mes i've. to the ageo 100. Stags are
long iNed. sheep seldom exceed the age
OF ~; COWS I'VE about rs years; Cuver
considers 1t probabie that whales sometimes
i've TO the ageot 1000. The dolphin and
P!orp"isrs attain the age Of 30. An eagle
alc' At N'en"" Mt the age Of 100. Swans
nave oeeh known 10 llve 500 years. Mr..
MaHertoP has the skeleton OF swan that
attained 'ne age OF 2oo years. Pellcons are
nns n'eo' "A tortoise has been known 10
"ye'o 'ne age OF loI.S
CowniDrs RcpIvivrs-.1,re g. ,oovs.n
liz. AThe New O1eons C,sccoat of ,",,n,
date sors - =" '"'e"'
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