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Queen's message 90 Buchanan and It
turns ont that Il s5ds u6esssge. but not
the whole Of it. Below such dispatches -
have reached us, all Of wiz plain themselves,
The success Of this grand enterprise seems to be
placed beyond . doubt The very idea is almost
too stupendous for thought. Art and science, en-
ergy and capital have marched onward, step by
step, until the very to have been reach
ed but who candarc set bounds to genius, indus
try, perseverance, art science and capital? It may
be that our descendants, hundred years hence,
will regard us as we do our progenitors Of hum
dred years past-that is, as old togies Who
knows? Who dare say it is impracticable to skim
the air like swift-winged birdP to give to matter
the expedition of the mind to convey the body as
swiftly and as safely as the thought? But to the
dispatches:
Queen Victorias Message. &c., by the Atzantic
Cable.
New York, August 17.-After night of intense
anxiety, owing to the non-working of some of the
lines between this place and Trinity Bay the message
from Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, was an
nounced this morning. At 10 minutes before II
this morning the following message with that of the
Mr.. Archibald of the Honorary Directors Of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company:
TRINITY BAY, August II.
To E. ~ archibald, Esq.,, Neso York:
SIR-The Queens Message was completed at 5
o'clock this morning. 1t was commenced yesterday,
Q6th) and during its reception the electricians at
Valentia desisted, for while, in order to make
slight repairs in the cable. Through a mistake on
this SIDE the part received was sent Southwark as
if it constituted the whole message.
(Signe6 DE SAULTY.
On receipt of this, there was sent Immediately to
Washington, with the despatch to Mr. Archibald, the
following:
New YORK, August II.
To the Hon. James Buchanan,
President Of the United States Washington ::
Sri beg leave to transmit to you message, re-
ceived this moment, from Trinity Bay, explaining
the cause which prevented the whole of the Queen
of Eneland's Message from being telegraphed from
Valentia, Ireland, yesterday. Shall consider
your message to Her Majesty full reply, and date
it this day, accordingly? The reporters at Trinity
Bay await our answer.
{Signed) PETER COOPER.
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Texas SENAToR.-The Governor of Texas has ap.
pointed COL Mat. Ward Senator in place Of Hon. j.
?. Henderson, deceased.
Col. Ward is a sound Southern Rights politician
and gentleman Of ability. He was the Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Eastern District in
1856, and was beaten very few votes by Judge
Evans
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The FIRST SHER1T.-Wm. Flynt, Jr, Sheriff Of
Forsyth county, is to-day friday settling his tax
account with the Comptroller. Mr.. Fynt for several
years past, has stood second third, and fourth on
the list, but this year he heads the column. BE is
good officer and clever gentleman; and the peo-
pie Of his county appreciate him, a. is shows BY
the large vote by which they elect him. s-e.st.
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SINGULAR DBArH.-We learn that Mr.. Bunch, Sec
t'on.master on the lower end Of the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad, started in hand car from Suffolk
Va, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of going to
Portsmouth to procure metallic coffin for friend
who had just died in the neighborhood, and had
gone but short distance when, by some means, he
Tell out at the front end Of the car the wheels pas
sing over him and killing him instantly.
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Maj. for Vance,

MISSOURI CONGRESSIONAL DELEGAr1oN-The next
delegation in Congress from Missouri will be COM
posed wholly of national Democrats-a gain of
three
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VALUABLE RESIDENCE ron SALE.

a'9 VALUABLE RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
TIME SUBSCRIBER wishes to ssll his 'Rssidencss ct
Foresville N. c., with fCO acres of land Tho clear
ed land in fine state of cultivation, with suepcy Of
wood land for frcwood and plantation purposeA Forest
vile is Just mile from Wake Forest College imed.
Raleigh The neighborhood cannot be surpassed hy any
dwelling house is two story building with six rooms
The euthouses consisting of Kitchen, smoke house. negro
houses carriage house. barns and stahleA Ill Tram
ed buildings good we'll Of water in yard win also
good repair, and good stand for mercant viii sell
the above property cheap and on terms to suit the pu
chaser For further particulars address the sberier At
Forestville, Wake county, N. G. s....J..a u
August II, 1858. s 8 S4-waks
A HOMESTEAD FOR eIDgs SO
Il FEW MORE Of those Sdesirabse building lots ssnd
"A farms the Gold Region and other portions Of Rr-
gnia be divided amongst Immediately
for the benefit of the town Of ReEp1hG1n which IL
situated in cupepper county and q now being rapidly
settled. lYss 81 ~ $3.50 sss4'.Tss
Subscriptions only SO esch onshsf dowp and balance
on delivery of Died. Every subscriber win qet building
lot farm, ranging in value from $10 up to $3000O
The object 10 to build up the and tAde
BY giving away part Of The property - q e eah.o the
for all kinds of business Lumbesme1, Ha6ani xspu-
facturers Tradesmen and Farmers cannot ~ % owsn
~ 20 900 Of land II las1e maa fsestA can
also be bad and on snA sepe
Aensas * wAsTn r7zTfv.rss T. ~ fhes lrna.
Salary q, 900 ayeaf, an intereM 10 The business
Apply to s4siaS Il. :BAUDRk, Port noyal;vas
- q to ,,a (: -i,s r. SMITH, Ras;Gs ncg
august ~, io0o' sss s4asssrg s0sTAHP0e
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ID IED GsS g
In this City at the house Of his father on the morning Of
the 18th inst, Edward Marlborough, un aged 50 years
months and days ssss s.8s - ssi rsts's
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The LEG1sLATURE.-In our next we hope to be
able to give complete list of the members elect to
the next Legislature There are three or four coun-
ties still to hear from. In the Senate the Democratic
majority is fourteen. In the Commons the Demo-
cratic majority will be about forty.
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GEN. HoRNsBY.--This gentleman, identified with
Gen Walker and his Nicaraguan enterprise, is at
present in our City. He is native of this county,
and looks every inch soldier. His figure is tall,
well proportioned and even in the dress of quiet
unpretending citizen, he has martial air. Gen.
Hornsby is one of the heroes of the Mexican war.
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The Mountain District.

The Rutherford Enquirer gives the following as
the official vote of the Mountain district for mem
hnro IF GonoreSS
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VERY GooD-The Newbern Era contends that
Craven is the banner county, and gives the following
cogent reasons for the distinction. We thought
Wake entitled to the honor but we yield to Craven.
The Era says:
Judge Ellis has done remarkably we'll through
out the State, but Craven is the Banner County
She gives him tao hundred majority and Wife,"
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If the above II counties, (yet to be heard from,)
vote at the Presidential election, Revis majority
will be, above, 1888, not including the new
county Of jackson. which is decidedly Democratic.
Mr. Revl's election over Mckee. is deemed certain
by majority exceeding 10000 votes. No other
officer was voted for throughout the entire State
For Judge Of the Louisville appellate district, Mr..
Wood, Democrat, has defeated Judge Wheat his
American competitor by about thousand votes
The district is composed of some twenty odd coun.
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EFFECT OF THE MESSAGES ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC.


ATLANTIC.
WASHINGTON, August II.
When it became generally authenticated in the
various cities of the Union, that Queen Victoria had
sent her message to the President and that Mr.. Bu
clranan had sent off his response to it. the joy of
the people become intense In Baltimore the streets
had holiday appearance. salute of 200 guns
was fired at and all the church bells rang forth
peas of joy!
In Philadelphia, 100 guns were fired early in the
morning, at the Navy Yard and at other points
On the last round being fred from cannon on the
corner of Broad and Washington streets, sad acct
dent took place. The ecannon was discharged pre-
maturely, and two of the artillerymen had their
arms shattered by the charge
At Chicago, Illinois, 100 guns we're fred off last
night accompanied with joy bells, fireworks bon
fires!
In New York the joy was unbounded, and the
programme published for jubilee was carried by
general consent. Great dongs were INDUCED in
when it was known that the cable worked all right
The success of the enterprise has been celebrated
in various ways in every city Of importance on the
North American continent Even our own little
city talked of firing cannon-but only talked. Our
Reporter, however, who is tenacious of our city
credit and the glory Of the great Anglo-American
races, was determined to save the one and COM
memorate this greatest glory of the other. He had
one rocket and some other fireworks of minor power.
No mere could be had. Shortly after nine O'Clock,
on Wednesday evening, he fred his rocket, and, as
if conscious that upon it depended the success OF
the celebration it shot high into the air and there
"spread itself into shower of beautifully varia-
gated stars The other fireworks followed in their
best style; !" and the. Reporter returned to bis
batchelor's hall Conscious he now had done has
duty, he lighted his pipe. filled up bumper Of good
old re end drsnis $ Death to all croskers, and
hurrah for Old England and Young Americal" We
say hnrrah for him - - ~ s. sSg
sf The Black Republicans Of the second district
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/ H The Black Republicans Of the second district
Of Ohio have nomiaated the notorious Tom. Cofwin
| Is their candidate tor Oongrsss. n
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO THE QUEEN.
NW Asurrcro,u Auo,cf ~ 1870


"The President cordially reciprocates the congrat-
uations of her Majesty the Queen the success of
the great international enterprise accomplished by
the science, SKILL and indomitable energy of the two
countries. It is triumph more glorious, because
far more useful to mankind, than was ever won BY
conqueror on the field of battle.
''May the Atlantic Telegraph under the blessing
Of Heaven, prove to be bond of perpetual peace
and friendship between the kindred nations, and
an instrument destined by Divine Providence to diff
fuse religion civilization, liberty, and law through
out the world! In this view, will not all the ma
tons Of Chrstendom spontaneously unite in the
declaration that it shall be forever neutral and that
its communications shall be held sacred in passing
to the places of their destination even in the midst
of hostilities.
THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK'S MESSAGE TO
THE MAYOR OF LONDON.
The following message was sent by Mayor Tieman
of New York to the Lord Mayor of London:
"C1rY HALL, New York, Aug. II, 1858.
81 congratulate your Lordship upon the success
full laying of the Geographic cable, uniting the two
continents of Europe and America and the cities of
New York and London; the work of Great Britain
and the United States, the triumph of science and
energy over space, uniting more closely the bonds
of peace and of commercial prosperity, and intro
ducing into the worlds history pregnant with
results beyond the conception of finite man. To
God be all the praise.
DANIEL F. TTEMAN,
Mayor of New York.
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VIRGINIA LEADING THE SOUTH The Richmond
Enquirer is the first paper in the South which pro.
poses that the South should surrender to the Adolf
tionists the consideration she obtained in the late
Kansas Compromise Act 1t FIRST commended this
Act just and fair arrangement for the South. It
now proposes to violate it. before the Black Re-
publicans have made single move to overthrow it
The course of the Enquirer is very like that Of
commander Of post, who advertises the enemy that
if he will to take it he will surrender. Some
such precedent, we believe, took place in our Revo-
luton, with which doubtless the Enquirer is fami-
liar Although Virginia has Representative for
ninety thousand inhabitants, the Black Repub-
licans of Kansas are to enter Congress with . Re-
preventative for only thirty thousand. It's pretext
for such conscession is, of course the old one
the Democratic party and the Union-both of which
destructibe ndestructible just the present
policy of the Enquirer requires. It in some sort,
too, seems to imply that it has the Administration
along with it; but it implied the same thing when
it urged the Administration to take its friend Dou-
glas into its embraces. The Administration under
standing very we'll Douglas and his supporters in
the South, turned its back upon them. 1t knows,
too that should Douglas succeed in being reelected
to the Senate, the Enquirer has only foreshadowed
the policy he will pursue in the Senate The En-
quirer is preparing the way before him in the South
but with view whatever to the Presidency
Charleston Mercury.
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QUEEN vICTORIA's MESSAGE.


To the President of tho United States
Washington, y s.:
The Queen desires to congratulate the President
upon the successful completion of this great inter-
national work, in which the Queen has taken the
deepest interest.
The Queen is convinced that the President will
join with herin fervently hoping that the electric
cable which connects Great Britain with the United
States will prove additional link between the
tons whose friendship is founded upon their COM
mon interest and reciprocal esteem. The Queen has
much pleasure in thus communicating with the
President and of renewing to him her wishes for the
prosperity of the United States.
To day before all the above had been received the
the following answer from President Buchanan, was
sent North for transmission to Queen Victoria. On
receipt however, of the full message from Victoria
the President did think it necessary to change
it. but authorized the transmission of the message
to the Queen, as it was, with merely change Of
date Below is correct copy of President Buchan-
ans message to Queen Victoria:
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KENTUCKY ELEcTloN-The table of returns for
Clerk of the Court of Appeals shows the following
result: ia -HF,
Ninety three counties give for Revil, Demo-
crat, majority of II, $50
The counties of Ballard, Clinton, Fulton,
> Harlan, johnson, Letcher, Mclean, Powell,
Whitley, Russell and Rowan, yet to be
Of 1908
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-12-10


Il. is we'll understood that posts DO
not rot SO fast when Sc. up top end
down, and the reason being equally a?-
parent, VIZ: Because tn, valves that
close from TIE leas: pressure, stay It's as
cent, as the same valves s:ayed the DE-
scent Of sap il the night tine, that hal
been propelled upwards by hea: IN tie
dav, in tee living rec. ca re not ap-
ply this principle in seasoning or drying
wood! As such valves prevented the
descent Of. or rather held up the sap or
water in growing wood, and as they pre-
vent the ascent of water so long as the
wood is sound in part, surely they do
no. prevent the descent Of water or sap
in the latter case. Ba. IS they close BY
upward pressure in any kind Of inverted
wood, so they mus: open when tee pres
sure ceases in the opposite direction
To deny this, would be to deny that sap
is suspended by them in the night time,
after having assembled in the day in the
growing tree. Admit the valves thus
exist and act-how could circulation in
cell. 90 on without them and we here
by admit a ready mean, Of seasoning all
kinds of building timber, posts, boards,
or otherwise, much sooner than by evap-
Grating alone, viz: by setting top end
downward. or inverting thsir growing
position, and placing them as nearly
vertical or upright as practicable. Ii
this position, the sap water will as sure
ly descend and drain out OF timber,
boards, g., as it descended il the grow.
ing tree. Why not'
When from their large size, knotti-
ness, or some other reason, using theil
crosches al their top in some instances
it becomes impracticable to set posts tor
end down, the sap wood should all b.
hewed off little higher than it is In
tended to insert Them in the ground
This process. although it reduces its size
will increase the durability of the whole
post; because, as water does net ascen'
through the heart-wood, the channels o
tubes in the sap-wooi, or the inner par
Of them. furnish the only course open t.
it.. Cut these off, and thereby you Gu
of the eommunicat on water in tn
ground with the part of the post abov
the soil; the vessels or tubes OF the sap
wood alone having afforded means 70
its ascent. This process will keep pos;
tolerAbly dry, and OF course make ther
more lasting But in all practicable ca
SEES they should be inverted for the rea
sons given in this paper.
Country Gentleman.
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tpron The wbeelinst We. )Isteligcncer,S ov. Io. ]
Mistakes OF a Ni2hi.

An acqualntance Of ouss Brown
sleeps in the third story Of one ofour hotels
On Sunday night, contrary to his usual
abstenious habits, Brown concluded to
indulge himself in the luxury Of hot
~hiskey punch. The liquor had the
effect TO set his spirit in Il glow, Brown
argued with himself, arithm atically, il
one whi,key punch will make a man
feel good, what will two whiskay punch
CD do /: He took another punch. 1t
was now bedtime, and Browa becoming
slightly top-heavy, start-d towards his
dornitory. As before stated he rooned
In the third story. Being little heav-
Ter on This occasion than usual, Brown.
Of course, experienced mora difficulty in
getting up stairs. Owing to this fact he
thought he had attained greater aiti-
tude than he really had. The consequence
was, in the FIRST place. tia. Brown, in
all innocence, entered the room immed-
lately below his own, in the second sto-
~. This roo belonged to a lady and
gentleman, but was uaoccapisd at the
time of Browns entrance. The Ioom
was very like his own. and Brown not
being very intimately acquainted with
himself, proceeded to dtvest himself of
his h ,bilimen.s and got into bed. Just
as be had fallen into sort Of dreamy
drunken wakefulness. he fe.t a soft hand
wandering over his face and pressing bis
temples in 4 very atfec ionate manner
He leaocd with sd iden bound into the
middle OF the door. AMI the iaiy.for such
it was. screamed and run down stairs
Meeting her husband who had just came
in. the lady informed him OF what she
had discovered and how she had very
nearly made a terrible mistake. The
husband went up to his room accom-
panied By a couple Of servants, and
found the door locked. In answer to
repeated tnumpinss on the door Brown
answered in great indi gnation tina: rath-
er than be interrupted in that way be
would leave the house, and accordingly
commenced to harness up. Meantime
the true state of things flashed across
his oefudd!ed intellect, as he opened the
door he stood out in bold relief to the
husband and servants, locking the pic
ture of shame and. confusion. Being
proverbially polite man, Brown stoo
humbly passing his hands over each
other. as he related how the mistake
occurred, seemingly.
Washing his hands in invisible soap
And impcrcertible water.
His profuse apologies and Easty exit
saved him from being precipitated head
long down stairs. He has net been
seen at table since, and is supposed to
have sough. another boardins-hous,.
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JAPANEsE JUGGLERs.--A letter from Siino-
da, in the Philadelphia Ledger given the fol
lowing account OF TIE faats q iuggler-the
Anderson Of Japan-pertormed before Mr.
Townsend Harris, the American Consul
No /. He took an ordinary boys tcr,
spun it in the air. caught 1t on Lis hand and
then place it (still spinninsl upon tie ed :
of sword near the hlt Then be dropr
the sword point little and the top moved
ire lit was lowered in turn and tie top
brought back. As usual, the sword was
dangerously sharp.
No was also performed with the top
He spun it in the air and then threw the
eni of the string back toward it with such
accuracy that it was caught UP and wound
itself all ready for 4 second cast. BY the
time i, had done this il had reached his hand
and was ready for another spin.
NJ was still performed with the top
There was an upright pole, U pom the top Of
which was perched llttl. house with very
large front door. The top was spun, made
to climb the pole knock open the front door
and disappear As well as remember, the
hand end OF the string WAS fastened near the
door. so that this WIS almost repetition OF
the self-winding feat
But feat NJ was something even more
astonishing than all this. lie took two pa
per butterflies, armed himself with the usual
paper fan, threw them into the air and, fam
ming gently, kept them flying about him as
if they had been alive.
HE can make them alight wherever you
wish try him" remarked the Kami (prirce)
through the interpreter.
Mr.. H-requtsted that one might alight
upon each ear of the juggler. No sooner ex-
pressed than complied with. Gentle undu-
latious Of the fan waved them slowly 10 the
required points, and there left them comfort
abl; seated. Now, whether this command
OYER pieces Of paper was obtained simply by
currents of air, or by the power of a conceal
ed magnet ,Mr. H-eould not tell or ascer-
tain. One thing, however, was certain-shs
po,cer wGs there.