The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-03

And the distribution OF this amount tho following is
his estimate
Great Britain, bales 600 900
France. 4oo,oVo
Other foreign ports f5o,vo
Stock, Sept 1861. $1,000
Total. ,3so, BOO
Cleveland correspondent replies to the attach; made
by Mr. Sontag in n communication to of tho New
York papers the plans AMI estimates of the Tehuane
nee route III answer To Dr. Sontags Recommendation OF
upon tho Jatcpcc riycr westward o! the Coat
zacoaccs, he says that tue best and Cheapest line for
stage H. every engineer knows, follow nc the
summit Of tile dividing r!gc between two rivers rather
than traversng the SUBMITS Of spurs running out
from the dividing ridge DR.. -cnag recommends The
only modification OF winch IN" present plan IS susceptible
bring thu road grade OF fourteen, Nil Lot
than S. With regard changing the Pacific termi
from Yenosa 10 Sina, lac s.s pf Sonttg simply bor
part that has been written AMI SAID hundred
tmes-that when haraor caGaut he used, tht other
can and that the whole making u both
points instead OF onc, comparatively nothing they beng
only three miles apart In his estimates stocking the
wagon road Or. Sontsg equally err;.!c. Instead Of
81 100 each FOR coaches the prices pad At Concord bu.
$780, and 500 each more Than sufficient Ia place them
upon the Istmus. II is quit" clear, he adds, that the
has been the route aud knows nothing
OF what he has boon writing about.
Minnesota correspondent. desires TO correct state
ment which appeared communication published
columns Won date of August 10. concerning the alleged
lines of railroad now in progress Of construction in that
state Tho following tho nvr pfiacipi lines, with
branches tn which Congress made large appropriations Of
land in 1s57 and 10 which the state mas loaned live mil
lions OF dollars aid IN their coasructionie M.nncso
IA and Pacific, beginning at saltwater 81 the = .rcx
river and running via -; Paul, 81. Anthony anu Minnie
apos breckenridge NJ the foot Of Lax. Traycrs. the
western boundary Of the state with branch FROM st.
Anthony via Anoka, 81. Coud aud Gro. Wing, 10 81 Vim
cent the northwest corner 81 tho Stat opposite the
mouth OF Pembaa river. The ST Paul ami Saihorn Mn
nesota Railroad from 81 Iau yin Slkopcc, Belle Plain,
Ie sucur Peters and hanko, % the souicrn bouna
~ OF the state in OF the BIG Soax river,
nth brsD via MDuaapOlS, shake
pee 1.-THE point Of junction with tho main ne.l the MIN
neapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad from Minneapolis
via Mendota, Nor.hhcld, Faribaut, oaatonna, Ian
sing and Austin, TO the Iowa State line,
there 70 connect with the northern branch
OF the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad ter
sninatina At Clinton the Mississippi: tho Root River
Valley lsalroad from II Crescent the Mississippi,
pests la Crosse, via Target LAKE, and up the valley %
Root river 10 point Of junction somewhere east oil
range III ~ah the Transit Railroad, which begins Al WI
and stockton, 81 Charles and Rochester to
St Peters and thence H. Biz Sioux River, south OF the
forty fifth parallel Of latitude These and these alone
the land graut railroads o. Minnesota To no other has
the credit Of the State been oaned ana no other Is I'M
der construction or contract.
Our Richmond ya) correspondent states tina, The Uni
ted States Agricultural Fair wh,h IL to tho
18th OF month will be the grardest exhibition Of tn
kind which has taken place there. This will be but
natural in view of it, national character Heretofore tn.
exhibitions were purely local. embracing contributions
merely tho state itself with few, perhaps, from
Maryland and North Carolina. Tho coming fair will b.
open 70 contributions from the country nj argc and tho
przes are OF character So liberal 10 induce activo
competition IL will form, he adds an occasion for cx-
tensve political wireworkny and intriguing, both with
reference the Guberratoral and Presidential elections
merchant suggests iha, ST. Johns square would DO
one Of the beet sites the city for General Pos, once,
Branch Mint and the United courts and accessory
Offices This square or park he reminds u.s. Is within fvo
inutas tho wharvcs where SIX or seven lines Of
OCEAN mail steamers arrive and depart almost daily tho
aIso within i've or SIX minutes Oft The Hudson River Rail
read passes on Que side, carrying Tho great Western
= much nearer 70 this locality Than Chambers street
would be- the Eighth and sixth avcnue city railroads
running within few yards q this park THIS property,
he ads could be purchased for three ourths ie1s money
Per lot than any property on Broadway.
We have received an invitation from the Kslamszco
town Agricultural Society for improving tho breed Of
horss their first national exhibition Of horses, which
y 10 take place the Burr oak CITY grounds on the i2h
18Th and iith October next.
The master Of the steamer VIM CASTOR ands fault with
the manner In which quarantine administered at Jack
eonvle Florida IIr says that the Quarantine ground
situated about aftcrn miles below thr city, Ia healthy
situation but that there hospital other acc1mtno.
for scs scamcn the doctor having Tic only house
the ground
our Lebanon sprngs cor.cs ondeni writes that colum.
bta and pu,ehcss arc disappointed in Senator Kelly
being nominated for Governor - they hoped by u 10
strengthen the Congressional jcci. Tho district wli
however h. thinks. present hard Aghl t'is ft. Tile
republicans have nominated Bcae, lawyer % Kinder
hook, Tor congress.
our Paris correspondent gives the following accJant II
the late railway accident at ~ Germans
Tho train from 81 Gcrinains containing some 800 per
sous was in consequence % the fse some ten minutes
sner time u should have ieft u 40 ~ y NJ, whereas
u was 1890 IN the midst 81 the forest encountered al
engine slowly coming up, while tsnf going NJ hgh
Il speed IN ordcr ~ make ~ To- The lost LINE The
collision was terrific hghly Respectable chemist, ~
Ialpaz Of the - Houcrc, on h" train, and flr
tunately escaped with only slight bruse but ~ M
carriage two ladies hnd one the arm AMI the
Al. III. NWHl. IN ~ T4l
rares literally smashed y atoms the lights q all
che completely cNtingushcd lud tue itssan
gers found Themselves in tbs midst u tr dark forest,
seeing nothing while thc air rcoirn, with INC groins
of the wounded. the dying AMI. mure than all The terri
fed A. soon a. lights coud ~ got Y Wa ioind taa,
three four persons we're killed. and that sixy
others had been med more ~ css the Whole srcne
appears 10 have BEEN peculiarly distressing TAc hour "
shr night at which the disaster occurred. he darkness
the cries u the ami chren the eel
az the wounded. A. lights were brought 70 bear upon
them the lonelu.A- " thu situation onconpass,i hv
the massive foliage II re forest ccnrasted too with
the festive gaycty " theJ which al hal just lot alto
rcther, more trying o the nerves II tr strongest
man cannot well be imagined. Lord pamerston w9ll
have been ID the train bu fort ana,cy arrived TOO late
the station 10 secure place.
Mr. TAI r. ShaIncr has scnt communication
claiming the credit cf his having given the rst idea o N
Atlantic teegraphio NJ. Crds Field The controversy
s ono in which the public feel but ltr interest much
doubt existing as 10 the party with whom the project orr
v,nated whether Mr. Field conceived the idea ur NJ
there can be no question that was his energy an Mo
mtabc perseverance, which carried y out y ior VA
result for the conception Of the pan that nc ~
been rewarded by the appreciation " hi country en ~
Of the world generally aud from The merit u hs teuf. ~
the contamination Of this glorious enterprise q VIII DC m
possible TO derogstc anything.
correspondent Fort laramie Ncbraska states That
Colonel Munrce, m command there u emory tica'y
pushing forward supplies and shelter for Col Johnstons
troops at salt lake, portion Of whom still lodged in
tents Twelve companies are stationed under Col Nun
roe command (he district % the rlac) tho ostnsbc
object being to Keep open the commuu alton between
the NJ s=onr and Utah Tho road however. - perfectly
safe being travelled daily by single persons and wagons
our Berlin correspondent writing under date q the sh
inst states that the kug &C Prussia has returned
Tceernscc worse than ever. u j. settled tht the
Prince Of Prussia viii formally assume the title Of Regent
uf the Kingdom
Thomas Carlyle, the author Of "sar,,r Hcsortus.