Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Additional News by the City of Balti-


New YORK, Oct. -.
The steamship City of Baltimore, from Liv
erpool Goth ult., arrived this Pm.
The BOrussia arrived out on the 2Sth. Tn
New York arrived at Bremen on the 23d.
! Letters from Valentia report no improve
ment in the electrical condition of the cable
| The fault, however, did not grow worse, TO
occasionally considerable and distinct reversal
from Newfoundland were discernable TIN
opinion that the principal fault in the cable is
near the shore gained ground although Prot
| Thompsons opinion was directly opposed t.
such supposition.
1t was supposed that something would b'
done towards undermining and repairing th'
cable in October, which is generally flint
month on the Irish coast.
Mr. Henley's gigantic magnetic-elcctrlc ma
chine had arrived at Valentia and been put
in operation, and with the aid of this mstru
ment Mr.. Henley hopes to be able to work
through the cable during some part OF each
day, even if the fault should prove irrepara
BILE.
1t was the nearly unanimous opinion at
Valentia, that the laying of twelve or sixteen
miles of thick shore end of the cable, would
tend to permanently Obviate great many OF
the difficulties Beyond the continuance OF
experiments nothing was to be done with the
cable until the preconcerted experiments at
both termini had been made They would, il
was expected, demonstrate the possibility OF
impossibility of working the line in its present
state.
Government has resolved to fortify Valentia
harbor.
The vicinity Of Valentia had suffered great
" from furious rain storm. Houses were
swept away ard many lives were lost.
Mr. Whitehouse publishes a lengthy reply
to the document issued by the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company He speaks of the Directors
as insincere and incapable, and declares
that he was sacrificed to private and personal
considerations.
The Earl of Elgin is appointed a Knight
and Pready, of the Atlantic Gable expedition
The linen trade of Belfast was in favora-
bic condition.
The iron trade of Staffordshire was dull, al
though slight improvement is noticed in the
orders received from the United States.
At sheffield business was better.
FRANCE-The accounts from the wine dis
tflctS are favorable.
Considerable anxiety was felt throughout
France as to the intentions of Government re-
speeding decree permitting the importation
OF foreign grain, which would expire on the
3Oth of September, and which, if not renew
ed would cause the revival of the obsolete
sliding scale.
The chess contest between MOrphy and
Harriwitz had been adjourned till the 29th.-
The last game was played on the 18th. The
score stands: Morphy f. Harriwitz 2.
A letter from TOulon says that the boiler
of the corvette Roland, whilst being tried, eX
ploded, wounding at least 30 persons, of
whom have died.
1t was rumored that the Empress was again
enciente.
SARD1NIA-Count CavOur had issued an
official document, explaining that the cessiOn
of Villa Franco to Russia was gratutOus, and
rcvokable at will.
INDIA-The dates are Bombay, Sept. 18th,
and Calcutta. The fugitive rebels from Gwa
lior, after their defeat, retreated towards the
Chumbul Sir Hope Grants force was in the
ncighborhood of Sultampore, its movements
being impeded by the rains.
The Goth and 9th native regiments which
were disarmed, had attempted to seize the
arms of the Fusileers, but were repulsed, and
a great many of them killed The British lost
fifty men. The Gwalior rebels have obtained
possession of the town Of Japra Pateeh, which
they were preparing to defeat.
Later news from China unimportant.