The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-22

June remarks: AZ
"The weather has beer far as the latest in.
formation states most fs " bile for the success
of the undertaking. The rt9adron left Keyham
harbor rather more than - lstnight since, and
the interest which for i chs past has been
felt in the success of the s,at attempt has now
risen to an almost feve- III state of anxiety.
The last steamer from America brought no
news of having sighted Il telegraph squadron,
but it is confidently e1 ,ested that the mail
packet due this day at L verpool will bring
some information respe, j e the proceedings,
which may be in anticip Gjn of that expected
by the steamer attached - The squadron. The
first message ,ohich ,oa sent along the ioires
aotU be, as zoe stated on g. osrtOuS occasion, one
addressed by Her Maze. y- to the President of
the United States. The, s.jsage, carefully seal.
ed has been sent to the Llied States Legation,
and ,oiU not be opened ,naH the telegraph is
perfectly ready for its tr admission.
at would Of course b. ale to speculate on
the nature of the messae =, -but we confidently
state that it will not be a very inappropriate
one which our transatlat ~ contemporaries an
nounced it to be last YET lamely, What God
had joined together, let q man put asunder'
1t is not exactly a mess g (which the first lady
in England might be ex &c ed to send to a gen.
tleman in the United s ai,s, and it would be
besides singularly infeli, is when applied to
work such as an Allan elegraph."
The London Star, sIbe 26th of June, has
the following:
"The Atlantic Telegrsel Company have as
yet received no intelE ace respecting the
squadron with the teleg pa cable. steamer
accompanied the Agame = on and Niagara and
the other vessels of the gusdron, for the pur-
pose of returning to FL 4. md Immediately on
the commencement of Il proceedings for pay
ing out the cable from Il 1hips, but the steam
er had not arrived at sentia on Saturday
night. 1t is supposed fl u this circumstance
that the paying out vs. not commenced as
soon as was expected, anes bat some further ex
pertinent in the splicing c sinking of the wire
has been considered necest .ry by the engineers
charged with the duty of ! wing the cable, pre-
viously to commencing tki work.
7" The stoppage is no0'lced of Messrs. Bris-
tow, Warren, & Harrison Wholesale grocers,
London, with liabilities :. between ESQ, 900
and $500
"Archdeacon Thorpe, /, Bristol, England has
invited the clergy of thigE diocese to petition,
now that the Jews are to l. admitted to Parlia.
ment, that clergy of the cal .blished church may
not be disqualified as me lbers of the Parlia-
ment.
"The City of Glasgow Z ,nk, which suspend
ed during the crisis in : smber last, has issu-
ed statement preparatc to the annual meet
ing of the shareholders, IN the 7th of July.
According to this, more th n 80 per cent. of the
capital is intact, its Il cunt having been
e745, 10, while there is n. a balance Of assets
over liabilities of f673 NJ. The deficiency,
therefore, is Ell, 5s9, WISH it is proposed to
make up by an appropri( Sysn Of $40, 900 year
out of future profits. -
"Letters from DunkirKr Scotland, state that
the drought is extraordinary in that quarter
There will soon be no water anywhere. Cis
terms, wells, bitches, meadows, rivulets, all are
dry. The aspect of the country is desolate.
The fax has come into flower before it is half
grown; it will yield little seed, aud the fibre
will be of middng quality. The farmer will
not realize the expenses of cultivation. The
wheat is not thick upon the ground, the ears
small, and many of them are black, The yield
is expected to be very small, the heat having
overtaken the greater part of the grains and
the remainder being thin"
Qaeen Christine is said to have made Rome
her home for the future. She has marrie1tw Two
of her daughters there, and placed a great deal
of money in the railways 10 Civita Vecohia and
to the south. Her real estate in France is, or
will soon be, in the market. The most inter
esting property she owns here is Malmason,
celebrated for having been the home of Napo.
fame, and, l dare say, the meridian of their
happiness. 1t will doubtless be purchased. by
the Government, which has recently bought
M. D'Orbigny's collection of fossils, &C., pay.
ing $ll 900 for it.
The London Times, ia an article On the
practice of employing members of Parliament
as advocates of petitions spd claims, says
SIN the course of sgttthe House of Com
will ohoh 40 Late Il ncI
| lstive morality. Every sme a member does
something decidedly wrong or hsgrantly equiv
ocal, there will be eithet censure or resolu-
ton, and one step will be gained towards a
| perfect system. The House had long since
| gone through the rude elements of instruction
| There ives time when members were paid so
much day by their constituents Up to a
very recent period, hundred. pound notes and
dinners were ready for those who wanted them.
Handsome presents from suitors and corpora
tions we're only put under stigma century
ago. 1t is but few years since members we're
known to be receiving large incomes from the
dissatisfied portion of colony or province,
| from the West Indian or some other interest
So undetermined and progressive is the feeling
on these points, that it is only by considering
what has been successfully condemned, tina. we
are led to question what Is now done. An un.
deemed sense of improperly, a suspicion of
error, still hangs over the whole of our railway
Legislation, when lords and members canvassed
ana were canvassed on all sides; when they
dealt with their votes snd influence as freely
tor their private intsrscs, or for the prosecution
OF pet schemes, as if they were put thers to get
what they COULD out OF the scramble. Nov,
there does seem to be rather more of a con.
science on this point. AS to the broad CUES.
ton OF othcisl bribery, and all those interesting
expectations which make Secretary of the
treasury 20 important functionary, that is
still matter for the satirist rather than the cen.
sor. In that reign of merit which is promised
Us, OF course, these doings will be seen in their
trus colors,"
The Partisan journals give q sketch of a
grand spiritual institstion, which they say that
Hume, the American medium, and his new
Russian wife, are about to establish at Paris
After describing the studies of the different
classes in the institution, the account saws:
"Wellinformed persons pretend that, before
| returning to Psris, Hume will pass through
Holstein, where he will visit in the cave whittier
he has retired, the celebrated Count of Saint
GERMAN, from whom he expects to obtain (for
the spirits have promised it him) twenty.seven
of the fourteen Thousand seven hundred secrets
which the immortal Count carries in his bosom.
These twenty seven secrets-the most import
ant of the ancient Egyptian Cabala, and
which are 70 restore to d the mysteries of Isis
and Anubis-these tsahty seven secrets, TO-
gether with the four that Hume already knows,
are to form . total of super.human knowledge
which will make the happy initiated equal in
power, beauty, longevity, health, happiness,
and knowledge, with the Inhabitants of the
planets of the third order. The earth, it is