Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-06-13

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The QUESTION SoLvED.-The Mon.
treal Telegraph Company has recently, in
conjunction with the Ohio, Michigan and
Illinois companies, been working directly
through from Quebec to Chicago, dis.
lance of near l,4OO miles. The object
was to establish the correct longitude. by
solar observations, OF those and other cit.
les. The Toronto Globe says the lines
worked beautifully on fine nights, and the
messages went through as instantaneously
as if the distance were only IA instead of
l,400 miles. The Globe adds
The longest stretch Of the great sub.
marine cable between England and Am.
erica will be about 1900 miles; SO that
if the difficulties Of laying down the cable
can be successfully overcome, there APP
pears to be, as far as human reason can
foresee. no difficulty as to the working Of
it. The opinion Of the operators in To.
ronto, who watched the signals from Chi.
cago TO Quebec, was, that il the distance
had been twice as great, tho electric fluid
would hare bounded over It as quickly.
e..iteralIy i'm s"less than no time as
the signals leaving Quebec at lO4 P. NJ,
would reach. Chicago about. 81 2. NJ
Chicago time being about one hour slow.
er than Quebec. - - :szsx SIT ~
9. The great telegraph question, then, has
has been practically solved. 90 .sae5ia...si y
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War Cart. DAVIS SAys.-From an
official document recently Transmitted to
Government by Captain Davis. in com.
mand Of the sloop:of:war St. Mary 5, we
extract the following bss.s 8 !. 7..5sa
1t was the opinion of those who have
better means Of Judging than myself that
one month ago he (Walker) could, at any
moment have passed the ,enemy's lines,
and maintained himself in the open coun.
try. Since that time the desertions have
been so numerous and frequent, not only
to demoralizs his armylin number, but de.
moralize it in character, that towards the
end of April, the only resort left to him
was TO cut bis, way down to the coast, and
take refuge. il. possible. on board, the
schooner Granada According to the best
intelligence, such an attempt would only
have been the last effort of, despair, and
would have terminated fatally in less than
1--WE miles from Riyas. The time, there.
fore, bad arrived for determining on the
course to be pursued in the case auticipa-
ted in the first letter Of Instructions Of
January 10; that IS, !. in the event of the
expulsion Of Walker and his forces from
Nicaragua BY the allied armies, and Of his
departure TO adjacent. territory IN Central
Americs for ths. purpose Of hostile and az.
gressive operations 8 S 2 ~ -
Capt Davis excuses his seizure of tho
schooner Granada on the ground that she
had lost her nationality, and therefore
should not have been permitted to pass to
the high seas, 's,A = 9 . s.1' :
Fatal CHARIvARI.-Anoe event of 4
very serious and fatal character took place
near Rockford, ILL.,, one night last week.
A son Of ex- Governor Bebb returned from
the East, bringing with him his newly.
welded bride. A number Of young men
Of the neighborhood, possessing more Of
tho spirit Of mischief than Of good breed.
ing OF sense, went 10 the house ut night
tor Tho purpose Of insulting the newly
welded pair with = charivari. While en-.
gagged in their disgusting orgies, the
father Of the bridegroom came from
the house wtha gun, and fred upon them.