The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-14

and the officers and crew of the Dolphin. This
sum will be distributed as follows the flag Of
fcer receives one-twentieth, the commanding
oflcer of the Dolphin twotwentieths, and the
balance is distributed to the other officers and
the crew of the Dolphin, according to rank and
rate. 1t is doubted, however, whether the dag
officer Commodore McIntosh) is entitled to one.
twentieth, as he was absent On leave from the
station at the time of the capture. This ques.
ton will doubtless be determined by the Attor
ney General.
After the prescribed legal forms have been
gone through with, and the " Echo" has been
hbelled, she will be sold at public auction. half
OF the proceeds will be taken by the Govern
ment, according to special provision of law,
and devoted to the naval pension fund. The
other half will be divided among the officers
and crew of the Dolphin, according to the same
rule BY which the per capita prixemoney is
distributed. Eighteen of the Africans died
after their capture by Lieut.. Msfit. For these
the per capita of $25 will not be paid, but only
hands of the United States Marshal Wash
ington States. I|
A travelling correspondent of the Neso
Hampshire Patriot, writing of Madeira, says
Mr.. March, U. 8. Consul at Madeira, is ma.
tive of the fine agricultural town Of Greenland,
N. H., whose ample and cheerful hospitality
amazed others as well as myself. 1t was abso-
lutely princely; at the same time, it was with.
out ostentation and boast. Not only did he
keep free table, spread with all the delicacies
of the leland, at his house out of town, but he
kept an open house in the town, where ample
rooms and chan bers were at the disposal of our
party, with attendants to do the waiting, and
servants to provide our breakfasts. Indeed, We
were lords of all We surveyed whether house,
beds, servants, fruits, books, or food. Mr.. March
has been for many years largely engaged in the
wine culture and wine trade, in which he has
made princely fortune. l wish that all the
winebibbers, publicans, and sinners, would
remember the statement Mr.. March made to
me, that not FIVE pipes of wine are now made a
year in all the island of Madiera And yet it
is abundant in the United States, and as deli.
cious as abundant. The American crop never
fails, though blight and mildew have killed all
the vines in Madeira. Strychnine does not fail
either, if the vine does"
Mr.. Varley, " the Electrician of the Electric
and International Telegraph Company" so he
is styled by the company, has made report
on the state of the cable, as observed by him on
the 9Th, 7th, 9th, 9th, and 10th of September,
ouu tuC ACouit, VIC AOSHCt W 5oJs 10 ny III mCouo
encouraging. he finds I" q fault of great mag.
nitude at distance of between 245 and 300
statute miles from Valentia," and possibly in
water of but 4l0 fathoms in depth. He finds
the cable unbroken, but thinks the power used
will shortly eat away the exposed copper wire
in the faulty place by electrolytic decomposi-
ton. He is satisfied also that there is another
fault" more distant than this, the approx
mate locality of which he could not estimate
without communication with Newfoundland.
From authentic data shown him at Vslentis,
he is also of opinion that there was fault in
the cable on board the Agamemnon before it
was submerged Offering a resistance equal to
1000 or 1900 miles of the cable, situated at a
distance of about 500 miles from one end of
the 1900 mile coil, and supposed to be the
fault which caused 80 much alarm when the
ships were 500 miles from Ireland. He is sat.
isfed that the cable has been seriously, if not
fatally, impaired by the use of too powerful cur
rents from the large induction coils, especially
from this side, and that the present conducting
strand is too small to have answered its pur-
pose, even had the insulation been sound.
Mr.. Varley closes his discouraging catalogue
with what, though intended to convey some
consolation to the directors, is perhaps the
most discouraging part of his report. He says:
Z" 1t is not, however, altogether impossible that
some Ineligible signals may yet be received
through the cable, as stated in my previous
communication" He does not say that such
q result is even probable, much less that the
present cable can ever be turned to any practi-
cal use, but implies contrary opinion. The
publication of such report by the company is
q practical admission that they cannot escape
its conclusions, and that they have no better
face to put upon the matter. D..
W. s. Bailey, editor of the Free South, is
travelling in Ohio and Indiana. He writes to
his paper as f lows:
ain our brief tour thus far (Richmond, Ind J
we visited the colored school at Harveysburg,
Ohio, and were astonished to see the elegant
penmanship Of the scholars. The teachers are
one white man and one colorpd, whose names
we do not now recollect. In Xenis, the colored
people have erected most beautiful brick
church, and are Fastening the completion of
the inside carpenter work, painting. &c. At
the Wilberforee University, a beautiful Mace,
situated about three miles northeast of Xenia,
Ohio, are about one hundred pupils, mainly the
children of Southern Shareholders. 1t is some.
what strange to see that shareholders are in the
main anxious to extend Slavery over free terrific.
~, and yet are glad to send their children into
free States to be educated. Ito cave them
this trouble, they should pass law for all the
children of Shareholders to have free access to
the public or private schools in the Southern
States) The children, however, are not to
blame for their condition, and we are proud to
see the sweeping progress they are making in
learning under the superintendence of Profess
cor R. 8. Rust, most amiable gentleman, of
Manchester, N. 81. May his philanthropy and
devotion to the equality of mind receive the
rs oil
plel"
The exports from the State of Illinois, in
American and foreign vessels, to foreign ports,
during the fiscal year ending June so, 1867,
amounted in the aggregate to 81 ,5s5,096. Her
imports, during the same period, amounted to
$326,325; showing balance of trade in her
favor of $l,258,77l. If all the States could
show as favorable bslancesheet at the close
of the same year, we might laugh at the idea
of q money panic. How stands the account
with the State of New York? She exported
$ll9, ,30l, and imported during the year
1857 1926, 463,485, leaving a balance against
her of $ll7,296,l84. Many of the old States
imported largely beyond their exports but the
grand total Of the exports from all the States,
as compared with the imports, does not fall so
far short as might be imagined. The ae.
count stands thus exports, 1898, 985, 065 i'm
ports. $360,79O,l4l. Imports over exports,
SCI ,806, 076. 1t should not be overlooked that
much of our exports has been of the precious
metals-coin and bullion.
G. W. Bradley, Esq, who is the bearer of the
treaty recently concluded by Hon. William b.
Reed, our Minister to China, with their Excel
lencies the Imperial Commissioners, at Tientsin,
has arrived in this city. We learn that he also
brings other dispatches from Mr.. Reed, one of
which is request of that gentleman to be al
louad A., rofurn IN the limited Statoa In a let