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From the Norfolk Herald. ANA. 1st1

IFron the Norfolk Herald, Aug 1st.l
DIRECT TRADE AND THE GREAT EAsTERN.-It is
unnecessary for to call attention to the follow
ing letter-the name of the writer alone will suffice
10 insure it ready perusal. The subject of Sc
curing direct trade to the agricultural States has
tonS occupied his attention, and when the project
OIL the Great Eastern was first started his mind
EIasPeu the subject more firmly, for he foresaw
s .nat II was through that class of ships his darling
problem must be worked out and the grand object
accomplished Norfolk (or Hamnton Roads, he
insisted must OF necessity be the point of ladng
for these mammoth ships, and it is ascertained that
the propretors of the Great Eastern are nerfectIy
willing that it shall be
My DEAR SR:-I am most thankful to you for the
complimentary resolutions which you introduced in
relation to mysef and to the meeting which adopt
ed it. You may depend shall not relax in my ex-
ertions until the enterprise, which [ initiated four
years ago. is in the full tide of successful expert
ment Its feasibility is daily increasing, and the
most incredulous will be overpowered by its practi-
cal results. | never doubted this for a moment
from the first. Norfolk, nor Petersburg, nor Rich
mond, nor Baltimore will ever be a commercial
rival to New lork, but their common outer harbor
Hampton Roads-will be the largest exporting
and importing mart, before the end of the present
century, that the world ever beheld
am encouraged to believe that the Great East
ern will yet moor, for few days, in that noblest
of all waters before she proceeds to Milford Haven
but whether this shall occur not, she will soon
return to trade regularly there and to carry off on
each homeward voyage 80, 600 bales of cotton, at
such rates as will ensure much more than two such
leviathans could carry. 1t is estimated that she
can easily take across the Atlantic the amount of
this staple which have mentioned. and also in ad
dition thereto, 1900 hhds. of tobacco and 5000
bbls. of flour! She afford to transport the
former at three dollars per bale and the two latter
at proportionate rates. | rejoice to see Norfolk
bestrring herself. She has bright future if she
Will benefit by the golden moment. She is moving
now in the right direction. Her march should be
to the time of "double quick STEP Believe me,
my dear sir, your friend truly,
A. A.DUDLEY MANN.
Doc. J. J. SMKrNs,
Norfolk, Va.
SINGULAR MURDER CASE IN ENGLANp.-A most
mysterious murder has lately occupied public at
tention in England. factory inspector, living
near Frome, in Somersetshire, one morning missed
his youngest child, a boy of about four wears of
age, from the cot in the nurses room, where he
usually slept, and after a tedious search, found
his body thrust down the vault of out house,
with the throat cut from to ear, and a large
stab in the region of the heart, evidently inflicted
after death. The mystery enveoping the whole
affair battles even the famous detectives of London.
This may better be appreciated when it is known
that in one of the bedrooms slept the nursemaid,
and IN the same room the deceased in little cot,
and IN another part of the room another child in
seconu COT; AT hve o'clock the next morning, the
nurse awoke, and missed the deceased. The i'm
preston of the cbild's body still remained on the
bed and pillow, but the under blanket was gone
and the coverlid carefully folded down. The father
Sc,
If they had removed the child into their bed, but
they had seen nothing Of it since the previous
night. Further search made, and the draw
ing-room door, window and shutter-all of which
had been fastened the inside the previous night
were found little opened After a time the
body of the poor child was discovered in his night
clothes, as above stated. Every inmate of the
house searched, but not a spot of blood or the
slightest clue tending TO criminate any in the
commission of the crime, could be found. How an
individual could have taken the child from his cot,
placed the bed clothes tidily, carried him through
a shrubbery and stable-yard, where a watch dog
was loose roaming about, thence into the water
closet, deprived the child of life, and decamped
without leaving behind them the smallest clue to
their guilt, or coming into collision with the dog
is mystery which time alone can unravel. A re-
ward has been offered by the government and
free pardon to any accessory, not being the actual
murderer, who may give such information as may
lead to the detection OF the murderer.
A New FIRE ExTINGUIsHER.-At the instance of
the New York Board of Underwriters, trial was
made on Wednesday, at NewtOwn, L. l., of Mueller's
hre-eXtinguishing compound A little frame two.
story cottage on the premises OF Mr.. James Perry,
Engineer of the Underwriters, selected for the
experiment. A room on the first floor, II by 13%
feet, and feet in height, with a closet ~ by 2
feet, containing in all 1892 cubic feet of space,
prepared by covering the floor with fresh earth,
boarding up the hearth, and batting all the open
ings except the door and windows. For the first
| experiment Capt Story lain pile of light pine
|
! underneath The mass contained ten square feet of
| combustibles IL fired, and after it had been
in a blaze two minutes, two round tin boxes about
eight inches in diameter by three in depth were
produced. The boxes were filled with the COM
pound, and were ignited by means of fusee which
the operator touched off with his cigar. Lighting
each in succession, he threw them into the room,
and closed the doors and shutters. The fusees
burned 70 seconds, when they reached the charge,
and sound like the escape of large body of steam
was heard. In an instant the was filled with
a dense, sulphurous vapor. In eight minutes the
doors and windows were opened, when the fire was
found to have been extinguished, leaving the char
red room and oakum, and two empty tin boxes half
full of black scnara, that looked like the of
Bengal lights.
The MoRMoNs JUBTLANT.-The men of the Salt
Lake Valley, after having delied the power of the
government, and after having been implicated in
atrocities too horrible to mention, have concluded
to adopt peace policy. An opportunity was want
ing to show the people OF these sovereign States
the repentance of the followers of the renowned
Brigham. That opportunity came on the Fourth
of July last, and on that day grand meeting was
held under the auspices of the Elders of the Church.
Orson Pratt ofiiciated. and invoked blessings on
call men in authority" President Buchanan will
doubtless feel himself hOnored. The Declaration
OF Independence read, and then came the ora
ton This of the most startling, patriotic
style, especial regards being paid to the American
Eagle, and "our nations flag" Some of the flights
were terrific. "Where,' said the speaker, ethan
in those lone hills, American citizens more
prompt to present TO their friends the olive branch
or to shower upon their enemies the arrows?"
Our NAVAL Forces IN THE MEDTrERRANEAN.-In a
few days the splendid steamer-frigate Susquehan-
ma, bearing the flag of Commodore Bell, will leave
New York for the Mediterranean. where she is to
be the flagship of the United States naval forces.
1t is somewhat to be regretted that in the present
troubled state of some European countries, have
only national ship to represent US in the
Strais;" but the unexpected failure of vessels un-
der orders to proceed there exonerates the Navy
Department from any blame in the premises. We
believe that the Richmond will follow the Susque-
hanna, so that our naval strength in the Mediter
ranean three months hence, will probably consist
OF three good steamers, carrying about 30 guns and
| one thousand men. The British naval force in the
Mediterranean at present consists of % ships, 532
guns, and $3.50 men; the French of about IA ships
! and 400 men.-Journal Of Commerce.
| Pleuro pneumonia has, find, made its ap-
pearance in Philadelphia. A farmer Med
! ford, Burlington county, n j., bought COW in
Philadelphia, which, proving to be affected by the