The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-04
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE DETAILS
OF THE NEWS BY THE STEAMER WANDER


and Liverpool papers of late a date as the zzd
altimo.
II was rssinored in Paris that Lord Stafford de Red
cfe would be recalled from Consantnople and proba
bly, be succeeded by Lord Howden, the English ambassa
dor at Madrid
The European and Indian Junction telegraph line is
about TO be carried out from Bagdad northward
The draft of the constitution for the Danish Ouch
les had been laid before the Holsten estates The Duchy
of Holstein is to have Legislature and administration for
its own special affairs The Sovereign is to be represented
by minister OF the Duchies Of Hoste,n and Iasenberg
No law is be enacted altered, annued without the
consent of the estates but the resolutions OF the Ger
manic Diet may be promulgated in the Duchy of Holsten
in virtue of the federal constitution.
telegraphic despatch Constantinople announces
that the Sultan has communicated to those European am
basadors who had suspended relations with the Porte
that he Is occupied in the formation Of his ministry
and that until the cabinet should be constructed dpo
matte intercourse would not be resumed.
The master and chief and second mates of the ship
Martha and Jane of Sunderland have been sentenced to
death at Liverpool for numbering Andrew Rose
man, by continued ili-treatment and brutal usage
General Gustayus Won Degenfeld, OF the most
distinguished officers in the Austrian service fifty years
of age has blown out his brains through disappoint
ment In love.
Orders had been received at Plymouth to prepare for
receiving United States steam fgae Niagara into Key
ham BASIN should il be found necessary. Vce-Admral
Sir Darlington Reynolds visited the Niagara the 18th,
and in the evening entertained Capt Hudson and the Off
GERS of the frigate at dinner.
1t was said In London that plan had been submitted
TO the Board OF Control and the India House for estab
fishing postal communication with India via Asatic
Turkey.
The discussions in the Greek Church in Syria and
Egypt appear to be angry ever
Intelligence from Tunis of the 18th announces that
sanguinary disturbance took place three days before
against the Jews, and the Christians mcnaced
Hal E,,rls
suited Military measures Of repression were adopted
but not until some grave disasters had taken place
Official confirmation had been received in England of
the murders of the African travellers DR. Vogel and Cor
poral Mcguire, royal engineers.
The Russians stated to have been defeated the
banks Of the Kuban they lost guns and "a pack
horses 1t is said that Sehamy with $4,000 Circassians
HAD aso defeated the Russian army which attempted to
dislodgc him from the banks Of river commanding
passes.
After battle which lasted ten hours, the Russians
driven the river Several fortified places
built by the Russians at great cost for the maintenance OF
their communications, fell into Schamyl's hands.
Dispatches from Teheran had been received at the
Foreign Office in Paris The OF the Bengal meeting
had produced profound sensation in Persia. Fearing
disturbances the Shah had determined not to reduce his
army for the present.
Queen Maria Christina expected at Barrtz and it
rmored that she about to return to SPAIN to be
present at her daughters accouchnent, in October.
TIE ATLANTIC rnEcn,PH
yery full meeting Of the directors Was held at their
offices yesterday The fullest investigation into the events
which have led to the present pause in the undertaking,
into the suency of the appliances for paying out the
cable and into the additional arrangements and pecau
lions which the valuable knowledge and experience
gained by the late attempt will dictate in respect to future
operations been committed to the charge of sub-com-
ttees appointed for the purpose to report to the general
board.
The directors will sit in permanence till their future
plans have been fully discussed and determined The
appeal of the directors to the commanders of the several
ships composing the Atlantic telegraph squadron to
forward and aid the undertaking at this juncture with
their advice and experience has been cordially responded
to- and the following officers have arrived in town. and
will be in consultation with the directors this day Capt
Wainwright Leopard Capt Sands, Susquehanna Capt.
Hudson Niagara Master Com. Noddall, Agameninon !;
and Lieut. Dayman, Cyclops.
Sufficient information has already been obtained to
show clearly that the present check to the progress of the
work however notifying, has been purely the result OF
an accident and is in way due to any obstacle in the
form Of the cable of any natural difficulty nor Of
any experience that will in the future affect in the slight
est degree the entire Of the enterprise The only
sudden decliyty of any serious magnitude from 40 faith
oms to 1T00 fathoms had been safely overcome, the
beautiful hexbility of the cable having rendered Itself
without strain to circumstances which would proba-
bly, have been its ruin had it been rigidly
structed.
The combined influences the low temperature of the
water and the compression of the Of the insulating
medium had practically shown that the action OF tele
graphic cable far from being impaired is materially
improved by being sunk in deep water. The only diff
Guilty worthy of consideration which remained was to
demonstrate the practicability of making the splice in
mid ocean. This put to experimental test by the
engineer in heavy subsequent to the accident and
before the return home of the ships
The two ends board the Niagara and Agamemnon
were Joined together and the splice let down to the bot
tom into soundings of 1000 fathoms, and during a
heavy The experiment perfectly successful !;
and these and all other circumstances which have been
wrought out by the recent expedition have made more
and more cheering and certain the prospect of complete
on the next occasion.
[from the London Times, Aug 22l
THE AUrINIEs INDIA.
We were favored at late hour last night with the fol-
lowing Geographic despatch received through her Majcs
TVS consul at Cagliari Aug FL, at las p. We
publish it verbatim have received it:
!. ALEX ANDRIA, Aug l4--9 p. m.The Nubia arrived
AZ Suez to-day She brings dates from Calcutta to the
2lst July Madras 25th July Gale, 2sth July; Aden
9Th instant
ssThc Geographic message from Suez is meagrc and
confused and there not time to receive explanation be-
fore the departure Of the steamer Bota for Malta.
1t stated that Delhi Is not taken, but the date is
not given.
General Barnard is reported TO have died from dys
entery.
- The news given in the Bombay Times Of the 14th
July by last mail respecting the taking OF Cawnporc by
the rebels and the of the Europeans there, Is
confirmed
The suez Geographic message then goes to say
follows
Simeon and Himaaya arrived at Calcutta with about
1900 of China forces to proceed at once up country