The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-09

tho ruins fsll apou lot Of rabbits v1ibh
Mese below, kiIlipg some and uonnd Ing
sshsrs. The iavsneor hapPtly sscappd|
uninjnred. ~
re 1eessre1f y $4,000.
The New York Kvsning Pest sayx
There are three routes in coutempla-
don for connecting Europe and America
BY telegraph. Oss a. thsw routes 10
from Caps Rsce, % he coast Of New
foundlaod, 70 Valsata bsys o. ths eoast
Of ireland. 4his u ~ f6ate b which
the csblsswss lad in ie$8s md the re-
suit Of the experiment i we'll kpown.-
Another sxs4smps to lay a4oa6le on this
route is 70 IA made il 1865. The dis
lance from shore TO shore i Two thousand
miles, greater distance tbaa has ever
been worried saes6s1fslly h one circuit,
either o0 lsod or nndcr wster. Is re-
maine TO be seen whether science will be
able to overcome the great difficulties IT.
tending the accomplishment Of this great
feat, . the friends Of the enterprise are
confident of icing. Il
Anosher route is contemplated, via
Behrins' Straits. aud thence around the
Pacific Ocsss tp.the sAHpoF Hvar, and by
the Russian line to St. Petersburg. There
are NO phSsisai djfh1olla6 oa eds route
which may not b Overcome With money.
The only submerged limo would Be- across
Bherring's 6tpaits, shous fofty nilcs.-
That portion Of Asia arousd the sea Of
Ochotsk is unknown. aud the climate se-
we're. The distance from New York to
81. Peisrsburg on that route. is not less
than less than sixteen thousand miles.--
The eossssuSsion Of . Telegraph on this
route viii be begun the present season.
Another proposed routs il from the
coast. Of Labrador, ria Gresaland, Ieslasd
and the Faro Isles, to the northern shore
Of Scotland. The leagsst distsscs from
shore to shore u lsss thaA I've huadfed
ni,es--a lees distance THAI oables ara now
ssecessfully working in The Msdissnass.
IN. Col. T. P. Shaffner made IN sxplo-
ration OF. the soate in 1880. and again
with the aid Of the British Govsrnmsas
in. 1861, and found no upexpested OBJ
stacles to prevent his succsss. Th(
water i said to be 10 deep hat issbergs
never touch bottom on the soate Of tie
cahle. s
IL , letter from Colonel ShaGEner be
says he he's nearly enosgh noaay ssb-
eoFibed 20 conplele his line. Tho I'm
tied States Telegraph Company hsvs 10
formed Col. Shafner that they viii fur
nish him with the amount ks requires "a
complese Il. The United States lines viii
connect with Colonel Sasfnes ocean line,
either st Quebec Or % sfns coast Of Labva-
dor. tine or mora Of the lines 70 Ia
rcpe viii uudoubeedly Be oonplsasd n
lsss than. two ysass, whes words will b
ttansnitled from eontiasat 70 continent
With slnoss the apidiy Of thought.
Fss General Hsrren.
Tho Brownsville (Tszss) correspcn:
dent If the New Orleans Times pays The
following somplineat 70 the gallant LOW
General Heron. he writes:
a6ensral Heron il morn than populas.
Every nan Of his army loves hin. Thl
iloyal citissns here are coming to muct
the same stata Of mind. With citisoae
sarpsstly loyal. and with the men Of Iii
oonmsud, the nsoessity % sepasate fsou
his people hare would b naked viii
snissssal sosrows Whsthsr in The siviI
coetsoi e he oonmnaisy, ths inpeovs.
eoei4As coantsy made through hi