Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-08-27
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THE "GRyAT EASTERN The English
papers report that the engines Of this big
ship are now erected, the propeller is in its
place, ard floats arc on the paddle Wheels
The machinery, indeed, is SO far complete
that steam has been got up to try the accu-
rscy Of the bearings and 80 forth. Of her
six masts, the first, fifth and sixth arc rig
ged. The carpenters have put up the deck
bulwarks, the painters are giving the boards
tho first coat. In short period the Great
Eastern will DO coalcd and provisioned, and
ready to take her trial trip to sea.
NEW Yonx, Aug. 19.-The Atlantic Tel
egraph Company has issued an invitation to
inventors, patentecs, and manufactures Of
Sub-Marine Cables, to come forward as soon
Is possible with specimens and plans OF Ca
bic, suitable Tor Ocean service, to be sub
mitted to the Company for examination and
testing experiments. ..
The invitation ex ends to all persons en-
gagged in tho business, III whatever country
residing, the object being to get the very
best Cable that can be produced. All com
munications are to be addressed to the Sec
rotary Of the Society, George S ward, No.
~ Old Broad ST., London.
The New York Isn,3s says: 1.-The new
Kansas Constitution treats the negro as an
impsrtinence and a bore, refuses to make the
State responsible for the protection Of his
liberty, hesitates even upon the right Of trial
by jury whore he is concerned, and fatty
denies him the exercise of the suffrage
That the Republicans Of the East should
rejoice over this handiwork Of their West
ern brethren, means, Of course, long fare
well to the old ant'-slavery Of the party.
A NOTORIOUS rutian. known in South
western Arkansas as jack Cade, was recent
~ killed by a woman whose husband he
had shot. The widow challenged him to
fight duel, and as the ruttian declined she
attacked him with revolver and lodged
three balls in him, one of which passed
through his heart.
THE Forming Post says that the an
nouncclnent that CHARLES DICKENS intends
to visit this country in the fall, for the col
lection Of new batch of american Notes."
is more than mere rumor. The distinguish.
ed author is under engagements to give
sixty readings" according to pre- -arrang.
ed programme at various points, for the
very reasonable remuneration Of 1926, 900
cash at the start, and one fourth Of the net
profits Of the exhibition"
THE New Haven News says that the to-
bacco crop all over Connecticut promises
great things at present. The cultivation
has spread out Of the valley Of the Connect
icut, and there is row scarcely town in
the State in which tobacco patches, here
and there, are not to be found. The price Of
the past few years has ruled 50 high as to
present irresistible temptations ""
The Rajah Of Cashmere has sent q tent OF
shawls as present to Queen Victoria, with
. bedstead Of carved gold, the whole valued
At s15O,0oO. ,. 81. a.
The Rajah Hundersing has just beeh
married at Lahore, to an English lady, Miss
Hodge. 1t is the first marriage Of the kind
which has taken place. The Prince is a
pagan, and immensely rich. 9
OsE Of the members Of the Baptist Church
in GAINESVILLE, who voted to expel Deacon
Cox, for acting as Deputy United States
Marshal in the arrest Of a fugitive slave, has
since that time been publicly whipped with
araw-hide, in that city, for repeatedly in
su'ting married lady with dishonorable
proposals The indignant lady gave her
husband a letter that the scamp had sen,
her, and the result was, that the would be
gay decciycr" got his deserts
A letter from Washington, dated the 18th.
says that the party for discovering ship
canal across the isthmus Of Darien will be
organized for the most part by officers do.
sss~AAeu uOsu d VSsScA VI VIC uuN (lTOn.
1t will proceed on board the Prebb!e to the
east coast, and seek to verify the statement
Of Osborne Cullen and Surgeon Caldwell,
Of our own Navy, that such gap or de-
preston. Of the Eastern Cordilleras exists as
to admit Of the construction Of ship canal.
The country westward by the Bay Of San
Mieuelar, or the Pacific, is represented to
be nearly fiat. M. Avery who accompa-
MED Lieut. Strain, goes out to join the ex-
petition, and with4lisn an experienced ar-
onaut with balloo1s,by NlAcll t Is ansiqin
pated that considerable advantages may re-
suit to the expedition. n" 'g '"l u
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go LATE news from Europe report symp-
toms Of = serious misunderstanding between
Austria and Prussia. :"
" RETURNS from eghty-two counties in
Texas show majority for General SAM.