The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-20

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ARRIVAL OF rue TRieArE NIAGARA Al Nrw Yosx-
INTERESTING srAfEnRsf or Ma FIELD The o. g.
hisats Niagara arrived below New York on Wed
nesday morning, and shortly thereafter, Cyrus ".
Field, With the telegraph engineers arrived 10 the
city In . steam tug. The Tribune has the follow.
| ing interesting particulars Of the cable lsyfpg,
gathered from aconversation with him:
Mr. Field describes the feeling which pervsded
ali on board the Niagara while the cable was being
Isia' ss one ef the nost intense excitement Every
nau exerted himself TO the utmost achieve sue.
oess 10 the work. Through sut the six and half
days the most perfect silence and attention perva-
ded the men. iest single moment of negligence
shouid destroy the cable On the first day aftsr
tue paying ont began IL was found that the cattle
vas being laid o1t at q rate which 10 proportion
to the distance run, would Is continued have de.
| feated the enterprise
This was owing TO the fact that the cable on the
Niagara had caused so much local attraction a. to
seriously deran2e the cbmpasses. rendering 1t i'm
possible to steer the ship. Next day the com
mander Of tho 0orgon being apprised Of the fact,
rect course tor Trinity Bay This ho continued to
DO day and night until they arrived, never leaving
| the deck except for few moHeots, aud verifying
his position by repeated observation of the sun,
moonsand stars ITO his agency therefore the sue
| cess Of the achievement 10 greatly indebted
Mr.. Field lauded near the telegraph station,
Trinity Bay at O'clock in the morning, and walk
ed 70 the house, hsif q mile distant, through the
wilderness, not person being visible on the
beach. At tho telegraph bnuse he fonud the ONE
rators from London fast asleep, but none of them
| expecting that the enterprise would succeed. In
| deed they had not unpacked their trunks, antici-
patng that in q week two they would be or
dered back to London.
| The reason why signals and not words were
| sent through the cable, as it was being laid, is
that on the previous attempt the clerks indulged
10 Irrelevant conversation. which distracted their
attention from duty. at a time when the slightest
obstruction might be fatal to the work The D
| rectors theref ordered that signals only should
be sent through the cable from ship to ship. Both
vessels had Greenwich time, and the electric cur
rent played to and fro between them for ten
! minutes each way.
The signals showed that on the first day the
| speed OF the AgamemDon slightly exceeded that Of
the Niagara, but on the succeeding days they went
at the same pace. there nsver being more than
| twenty miles difference between them When
the Cable was landed at both ends, Mr.. Field ap
piled his tongue to the end and received tho cheer
ing inbrmation that the Insulation was perfect in
shock that nearly threw him over. The reason
why messages were not transmitted earlier. was
from the fact that all the apparatus at both ends
was new and untried, and required great deal of
| care aud skill to adjust.
| TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEw YoRK-Mur1sr and
Sst'c'de Tuesday night, about haifpast 4 o clock
| bloody tragedy occurred Ia the house 257 Hous-
ten street. which resulted in the almost instant
death OF Valentino Geajer. a young German wo-
| man, and in all probability Philip Morganheimer
the author OF her death, will also soon cease to ex-
is, as he after taking her life shot himself through
the bead. According to the facts already obtaiued
| it appears that MOrganheimer had been paying
particular attention to his victim with the view
| OF marrying her. The courtship has contiu.
her to take walk with him on Tuesday even
| ing. and after witnessing the fireworks in the
Park, returned to her home at the time
| named above. After entering the bouse and
l when in the Ua tn he mil
| heimer deliberately drew pistol from bis pocket
and without ado, shot her in the left breast caus
ing almost instant death lie then fed to his
boarding house 22i 9th street, and shot bimself
over the left eye, carrying away his forehead and
| inficting mortal wound. Inspector Squires of
the 1lth precinct. hearing the first report of the
pistol and Fastening TO the spot, found the woman
dead on the Moor. Officer Lyon, of the 1lth ward
hearing the second report OF the pistol in 9th st
ran to the house designated, aud in entering Nor.
ganheimer room, saw him in one corner with bis
terehead shot away, aud the pistol still firmly
grasped in bis hand.
The pistol is an ordinary double barrelled one.
carrying rifle bullets. The cause of the tragedy is
supposed to be jealousy on the part of Morgan
heimer, but the refusal of the deceased to become
his partner for life, may have been the principal
| reason. Morgahheimer is still alive, but there are
no hopes of his recovery. Morgsnheimer is 22
years of age. German by BIRTH aud by trade a
painter. Both him and his victim, 90 reports
Capt. Hartt. were respectable members of socie
ty-hew York Journal Of Commerce, Wednesday
afternoon.
IMPORTANT MAIL SERvIUH.-Postmaster General
Brown has directed the contractor for the great
verland mail route to California tor fuow.:
From st Loris, Mo-, by way of Sp' ipgheld, Mo
Fayetteville, Ark Fort Smith, Fort Bplknap, Tex
franklin and Fort Yuma, Cal, to San Fraucisco-
Also, from Memphis, Tenn, via Little Rock to Fort
smith, connecting at the latter place with the
above mentioned route--the contractors to include
| such other offices may be designated from time
70 time, by the Department This important ar
rangement will commence about the 18th of Sep
tember and run through each way in twenty Ave
lays starting from each termini OF Monday and
| Thursday mornings.
The Postmaster General has also improved the
service between Santa Fe and Ell Paso to weekly
trips-makiDg a weekly mail all the way from
| Independence, Missouri, to San Antonio, Texas bv
the way of Santa Fe, New Mexico. distance OF
about two thousand miles. At San Antouio, this
line connects with important routes to New Or.
leans, Louisiana, and San Francisco, California.
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF SPsIN.-The C5rrssponden-
cid Autoyrdta, semfof1cial organ of Madrid, OF
| the 18th ult, says
The English government, with an uprightness
which does IL honor, has just given satisfaction to
the complaints of Spain on the subject of the in
shifting condnct of The commander OF the Euglish
cruiser BuZzard, who visited vessels Ia the waters
| nfCuba. The English government, which on the
nrst news Of what had taken place FASTENED to
declare through its representative that it disap-
proved in the most formal manner the conduct OF
it's cruiser, has just nobly confirmed in writing
that declaration, aud in manner the most salts
factory to Spain. As if nothing should be want.
ing for the satisfaction of our national dignity in
This affair, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs of the
United States has addressed to General Dodge the
American Minister in Madrid, note, in which he
proclaims that the conduct of the authorities oil
Cuba could not have been more worthy AMIGA
ble than it was to the government of America -
This must tend to draw closer the relations be.
tween that country and Spain
Too TRUE.-The Recorder of Chicago, Ill.,, in
charging the grand jury recently, said: "During
he past five years have held this court It has
been my Unpleasant duty to try aud sentence to the
State prison several hundred persons; and am
sorry to say that while It IL easy matter to mud
jurors who are ready and willing to punish poor
blenders without position or frieBdS, Il fs with
great difficulty that jurors can be found who ap:
preciate the fact that bad man of position and
| wealth can do more harm than one hundred poor
men can, who are in the humble walks Of life."
his wife, Sir Charles Napier removed to Caen, In
Normandy, and did bis best to perform the part of
| msther to his girls. His aim was to make them
relg ous as the foundation of all excellence; to
| teach them accounts, that they might learn the
| value of money; work, that they might not waste
| heir time If they were rich, nor be helpless II
| hey were poor; cooking that they might guard
against the waste OF servants and be able to do for
| themselves in the event of . reyolution.-Sr Wm.
Napier's Life Of his Brother.
MEMORABLE DAY-The 10th of August. on
which the first telegram sent across the ocean,
| is memorable day 10 American annals. 90 that
| day. in 1919, Cortez set out on his expedition to
Mexico; iu 1777 the battle of Bennington, and In
1880 the battle Of Camden were nought, and ID
ls2S the Northern Sea was discovered by Captain
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