, 1858-10-29

We are indebted to T. NJ REED, ESQ.,,
the gentlemanly and obligiug agent of
Wells, Fargo & Co., for files of late papers
from New York to the Goth September,
and from San Francisco 10 the 2Ist inst.
Gen. Harney arrived at Vancouver on
the Panama
From the papers we CLEAN the following
Intelligence
The second Overland Mail coach arrived
in this city yesterday afternoon shortly
after 4 O'Clock, (having left st. Louis on
the goth September and was received by
the citizens with great enthusiasm. The
news Of the arrival Of the mail at San Jose
was telegraphed at about IL o'clock in the
morning, and as it spread among the citi-
zens, public expectation was aroused, and
the most lively interest was excited 1t
was understood that the coach would arrive
about half past o'clock, and long before
that hour the streets were throDged by
thousandS Of people, congregated to well
come it. A number Of persons also mount
ed fast horses and rode out to meet it.
Alta quarter after o'clock the coach
turned from Market into Montgomery
street. The driver blew his horn and
cracked his whip; at which the horses,
-four in number, almost seemed to partake
Of bis enthusiasm, and dashed ahead at
clattering pace, and the dust flew from the
glowing wheels At the same time o shout
was raised, that ran with the rapidity Of
an electric fash along Montgomery street,
which throughout its length was crowded
by an excited populace. As the coach
dashed along through the crowds, the hats
Of the spectators were whirled in the air
and the hurrah was repeated from thou
sand threats, responsive to which, the dri
yer, the lion Of the occasion, doffed his
weather-beaten old slouch, and in uncovered
dignity, like the victor Of an Olympic race,
guided his foaming team towards the Post
Office 1t is safe to say that no returning
conqueror, loaded with barbaric spoils,
ever called forth o more unanimous burst
of applause than did the dust-begrimed
Delos Cole, "who brought the good news"
As the coach sped along Montgomery
street, Monumental Engine Co. No. 6
fred salute in honor of the event from
the Plaza. As it reached the Post Office,
ut the instance of Postmaster Weller, the
assembled crowd gave three cheers After
delivering the mails, the coach proceed to
the Plaza, where more cheers were given
and more enthusiasm exhibited. - San
Francisco Bulletin, OCT. 81.
BAD WORKING OF THE ATLANTIC TELE-
GRAPH.-The latest news we have of the
Atlantic Telegraph, says the Memphis
Appeal of the 10th September, is contained
in dispatch from Washington, dated Sep
tember 14th, informing US that London
letters, per steamer Vanderbilt, say, Pro
fessor Hughes will leave for Trinity Bay
on the 9Th, with confidence that he can
make the Cable work and transmit from
three to six words per minute" His arri-
val may, therefore, be looked for in day
or two, and soon thereafter we may expect
a solution Of the problem. Will the line
work In the meantime, we must content
ourselves with the assurance of the electri-
clans that although communication has
beep suspended for some days, the insula-
ton is still perfect One thing is certain,
the English Instruments have proved a
complete failure, and Prof Whitehouse and
his assistants, after experimenting, without
interruption, for more than month, have
finally given up in despair. The public
confidence is daily waning, and doubts are
freely expressed that Prof. Hughes will not
be able to overcome the difficulties which
Whitehouse encountered, and which be
could not successfully resist.
Another and later account says We
are at last furnished with reason why the
Atlantic Cable is not working. The COM
pany appears to have been taken by sur
} prise in the successful laying of the long
wire, and so have omitted provision for a
, stouter and stronger strand required at
either terminus, to save the line from the
. dangers of shallow water. This heavy
cable was only shipped from London, un-
. der the charge of Mr. Clifford, at the first
of this month. His instructions were to
make the substitution at the Valentia end
forthwith, and then to proceed to Trinity
Bay-a task requiring at least three or
four weeks in the ful6lment. The London
papers of Sept. l, announce accordingly,
that at the end Of three weeks the line
would be ready for public use, aud that the
London celebration would be reserved for
that occasion.
A recent decision of the Secretary of the
Interior recites that pre-emptions to town
sites on public lands are to accrue to the
benefit of actual occupants naturally drawn
TO the point by the course of business and
trade. This breaks up the old routine
practice Of the Land Department, which
has made many land spectators millonairs
by recognizing their bogus occupants as
really so in contemplation of law. Hun
dreds of speculative sites and thousands Of
spectators will be headed of by this policy
Of Mr.. Thompson. Though it is assumed
by the spectators that the old practice
had the sanction of Mr.. Gushing, he has
personally approved of the decision of the
Secretary Of the Interior