Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-01
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18th. arrived Ut five o'clock.
GREAT BRITAIN.
| The Times publishes long letter from !
correspondent at Valentia in regard 10 the
difficulty on the Atlantic cable. The view
10 rather iiscouraging one, but Il il nss e.
theless stated by Mr.. Henly Who has been
for some days making experiments on the
cable is sAnguine OF making the hne again
seryiceable BY the use Of his powerful mag
netic electric machines which are pov on
their way from London. Mr.. Lua1y. one
OF the assistants has come 70 Nevfoandland
| to ASCERTAIN the condition Of the wire st
Trinity Bay and to arrange day o which
| certain known code Of signals are = be
sent Ct concerted timss from boeA eods and
70 endeavor thus . rs-ests bliah intaligibls
! communication
The Hmes Of the 17sh ssys che shsres had
declined to between 420 and 46O pounds.
II appears the recent experiment induced
the belief that the fracture or fractures. for
u.
be found at distance Of bet cen 900 and
800 miles from the shore For shout $50 or
24o miles the depth is only 4l0 fathoms. and
within that range the mischief could easily
be repaired but a sudden descent then oc
ours to ,ols fsthoms. where it 10 extremely
doubtful if anything could be done The
probability seems taat IL is at this abrupt
point where the damage has been su stained
Mr.. Whitehouse, the late electrician Of
the Company. writes another letter to the
Tunes on the sebIect of his dismissal, in
which he charges the managers with incom-
potency and demands full investigation
Of the share holders of the grounds on which
he was dismissed
On the 18th the shares fell to 32Oas6O
pounds.
Mr.. j. w. Brett claims the origination Of
the Atlantic Telegraph project in ls45
The Doncaster st. Ledger was won by
Mr.. Morris Sunbeam-Lord Derby's horse
Toxopholite coming in 4th.
FRANCE.
1t was rumored that Marshal Canrobert
WAS to marry the duchess Of Sotonayer.
treaty is said to have been made with
the King Of Korea, q vsssal Of China, for the
establishment OF French Commercial set
tlement there.
The attack upon the Emperor of Ava had
been ordered
Russia
50. Petersburg letter says, o 6na Dcial
plan has been submitted To the Emperor,
destined to furnish the capital for the eman.
cipation of serfs, according to it q bank Of
issue would be established with capital
equal to the indemnity to be paic the pro
prietors.
The st. Petersburg Journals of the 10Th
announce what they call decisive efeat Of
Schamyl in the Caucasus
According to them on the I'd ult. . large
detachment of his forces kttacked . Russian
column. whereupon Schamyl resolved to
make a division in this movement The
Russian General moved in such . way a. to
entice him forward, and then dividing his
force into two columns, he attacked him
right and left, and at last routed him, be
sides capturing S4 horses, 424 muskets $50
swords. AS pistols and Ia tents-one Of the
latter Schamyls own. 1t was on the llth
ult. that this engag cement took place, aud u
is said that the Russian loss was only "a
killed and 16 wounded
EGYPT.-A case Of the plague is said TO
have occurred at Alexandria, although
some physicians denied that it was that dis
ease
TURKGY---The excitement among the
Musseimen was daily Increasing. The pur
chase OF weapons 10 said to be enormous