The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-02
DAILY DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.. SEPTEMBER a ls
THE ATLANTIC,s MAILS

II. THE ATLANVIC'S MAILS.
The Atlantic made the passage from Liverpool 1,
New York In ten days, fifteen hours and thirt,
minutes. There Is no additional news from India
tnsugh there was growing confidence that IN,
next tidangs would be Of q favorable Character.
Miss Juiiana May, the American prima donna
Is among the passengers by the Atlantic
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.
In the Honse of Commons on the lTfb NJ
Disraeli called for, and MIR. Vernon Smith
the production Of the act passed by the sunyen.
Council In Calcutta, with other Documents reiat;r,
1ne RESTRICTION lately established upon the pres
IN inuia The latter gentleman explained that tn,
restrctiveact was passed only for single year
en tuesday the 18th, nothing of conseouene,
tfanspired In the Lords, and in the Commons IN,
aaily perseyering opposition to the Divorce bill
was continued. $500 .a -. ~. = = -
Lord Palmerston in reply to an inouirv st.toJ
mat there was TO be n mutual conferences of tn,
diherent Powers Of Europe, for the purpose a
placing the commerce of Turkey i'd a more favor
able position. -
go The Times says, "a ruinor has been circ,,a,e,
thata merchant of Liverpool. lately deeea.ea Ief
liabilities estimated at f30o o0o of which fto, no,
are upon forged acceptances. The precise fact,
have not transpired. but the statement Is believed
to be true. The death of the defsultrr IA st... -
have been by suicide. and his losses ara snpn.ses
TO have been incurred by heavy speculations in cot
ton and shares" ..st = - "
The fetes Napoleon on the 18th of August passs.
on well, although the outdoor amusements:wer,
mafred by wet weather. The Emperor, on the oc
passion, granted pardons. combinations or reduc
lions Of punishment to 1.142 prisoners
Paris letter in the London News saws
1t is generally asserted and believed In well in
formed quarters here, thatin case the Cover ,ment
sncceed IN procuring the conviction during hi,
absence, Tor eontumacy. OF Iedru Rollin demsnf
will at once be made to the British Cabinet unae,
the extradition treaty for the apprehension aut
surrender Of that individual. No one doubts thai
aconviction will be readily obtained the iDteryen
tion of jury in such cases not being necessary
1t is further stated that already communication,
on this subject of a private sort have passed be
tween Count Wslewski and Lord CowIey and tb,
latter has. it is believed admitted that such con
viction would bring Ledru Rollin within the pro
visions of the extraditon treaty. 1t is added tha
iedru Rollin either has already left or intends I,
leave England for the United States
A Paris correspondent of the London News men
tions the departure. from Paris for HarseiIles o
General D'Orgon and predicts that he will be founG
at the head of the insurgents of Delhi before No
vember. 1twas he who stirred up the last Bur
mese war.
list Of decorations In the Moniteur on the oc
casion of the Emperor's tete contains unexp xpect
edly large number of literary men, among whom
is Alex. Dumas, the younger.
The Emperor and Empress had gone to Biarritz
The Paris correspondent Of the London Times
says tho French government contemplates sending
a naval and military expedition to Cochin China t,
support a demand for satisfaction for an insult of
Tered to the French representative by the Emperor
of AMMAN. He also says that it is proposed Il
found maritime and commercial settlement in tn,
bay of Tonraine in Cochin China
a Berlin dispatch states that great anxiety wal
felt at the continuous fires that taking plac,
throughout Prussia believed to be the result of ar
incendary spirit, although it was thought the,
might have been caused by the heat of the sum-
rays. In the town of Bojanudd in the province o
PoSen, 800 out of APO houses were burnt down rem
dering 1000 persons entirely houseless.
The Emperor of Austria had commenced hi
journey in Hungary, and met with an enthusiastic
reception at Oldenburg.
dispatch from Stockholm represents the health
Of the King of Sweden 10 be still very unsatisfac
tory.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
The Indian troubles absorb all other matters
In England the Government was using increased
activity in dspatching vessels and troops The
steamship Sarah Sands, which WAS TO have embark
ed the headquarters of the 5ith Regiment at Ports
mouth, has been reported incapable of receiving
the troops and stores she certified to carry on
survey, and the vessel has been found otherwise
not in hit state to receive them. The embarka
tioR Of the troops was consequently delayed The
Fast India Company have dispatched to India, sine.
June 10th. ~ shilling vessels, with 1900 men and
l4.steamers. with q, 400 men. Eight ships will em
bark 1900 men on the 18th and 25th of August
and six steamers will embark 5000 men en- the 18th
and 25th of August. Total, II vessels and about
1000 men.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
On Saturday, some of the leadiD members of the
expedition that accompanied the telegraph squad
ron. during the week arrived in tow and confirm
ed in full to the directors. at the companys office
the fact of the failure of the Atlantic Telegraph
Ii does not appear that the accident was OWNS
in any way to the too great weight of the paying
out machinery and gear on the Niagara but the
machinery is susceptible of considerable improve
ments. Some of the gentlemen in command of the
expedition urged the desirabeness of raising Ut
the 800 miles, of splicing that quantity on to the
shore end again, and going on towards the New
foundlsnd shore, in spite Of the catastrophe tha,
had occurred; but ID was eventually determined te
return home, as it would in all probability be
found that the expedition would neither have
enough slack nor available cable to complete
the length to be submerged between shore ant
shore.
The directors of this company. hold = special
meeting on Wednesday next, to consider and deter
mine whether attempts shall be renewed in October
next, after the eQuinoXial gales, or whether the
further prosecution of this enterprise shall be de
ferred until next SUMNER. Various opinions are
af1oat with reference to the strength of the cable
but it IL asserted that, it either stronger ol
weaker. the desredend in view would not hav,
been arrived at, AID that upwards of sixty different
kinds Of rope were experimental on before the pre-
sent form OF cable was determined on. This is the
first electric cable that has been sunk either in th
or any other country to the extent of of three hun
dred and thirty five miles, but il is singular fact
that, with the exception of the Norwegian tele
graph CABLE of some ninety miles long. the first at
tempt III every preyious experiment for laying dowr
a submarine cable has been failure, although tn,
second attempts have been successful The entir,
length OF wire. copper and iron in the cable
amounts to 332, 500 miles, enough to go thireel
times round the earth
With reference to the arrangements on board tn,
Niagara, for regulating the strain which unfor
tnnatey caused the cable to break. it appears tn,
cable weighed one ton a mile, and could bear a iii
rect strain OF four tons upon its strands. When
however, according to Professor Whitehouse ant
Mr.. Bright, the engineers it was immersed in tn,
sea, its relative weight was diminished and iii
downward pressure the salt water was little un
der II cwt per mile. The greatest depth ovel
which the vessels would have to pass in deposting
the cable was little more than two miles, and th
depth reached at the time that the cable broke
consequently, if enough of the rope were suffered
to hang motionless from one of the vessels, Il
reach the bottom In this depth, the strain to b,
borne by the cable would be one ton and half
According to the arrangements, however, fol
the paying-out, tho cable woud be constantly in
motion, with only sufficient restraining power
upon it to control and regulate its passing from
the Niagara until this was increased by q rate
slightly faster than the progress of the vessel In
this condition of things, another modifying inf1u
ence came into operation to act further in relic
of the strain. The cable would not only be some
what buoyed up. SO TO speak, by the water. hu
also by the influence of friction. 1t would not
descend 1t was paid out in q vertical line be
cause the friction Of its sides against the
tarded the sinking of the mass The amount o
this retardation, and the length that wonld liz
between the stern Of the vessel and the bottom O
the sea, were determined by, the rate at which
the cable was paid out. and at which the paying
ont vessel moved. In fact. far from there being
any strain, consequent on the weight OF the cable
sufficient TO iDjure its integrity, 1t was generally
thought and expected that there would be just
pull enough to drag it gently ont of the vessel
over the revolving sheayes.
The arrangements in the event ofanything going
WRONG, were TO hack the Niagara as rapidly as
possible, and so sacken the cable-the brake
being bound down on the friction drnm TO arrest