Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-31
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had been determined In regard to the At
lantic cable. Future proceedings were to
be resolved upon on the 2lst. Capt. Ander-
son, of the Great Eastern, in a letter. says
1t will require ten months to provideproper
gear tor lifting the cable and make the nee
essaryirepairs to the Great Eastern. He
suggested new cable should be made and
laid in May next, and the old one be then
picked up and repaired. He has every con-
fidence in the future success of the cable,
but thinks itTuseless to renew the attempt
to lay it during the winter months.
The SueZ canal was opened on the 7th
inst, and vessel laden with coal passed
from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. ~
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 20.-Cotton sales yes
terday Saturday $1,000 bales; market firm
but prices unchanged. .sa-
Breadstuffs market dull and nominal. f;y
The weather has been favorable for crops.
Provisions firm. Produce steady. p"
LONDON, Aug. 2O.-Consols closed last
Central 7s1a@79; Erie 24@53N 5-20s
6S@6s1s. 3. ;;h ~
The Atlantic Cable. a
HALIFAX, Aug. 30.-The steamship Afri-
ca, from Liverpool at $3.50 A. NJ. the 10Th,
via Queenstown the 20th, arrived at Halifax
late last night. t.4u te
Moorings had been laid down for the
Great Eastern at Sheerness, and the infer
ence was drawn that she would not go out
again this season. iC s..,. H t..e '.N
The Times says the experience of the ex-
peditionis full of encouragement fol, the fu-
ture. The only discouraging circumstance
is the apparent Inability or electricians to
discovers serious faults in the Cable before
it is poyed over the side of the ship. The
delay of another year will not be thrown
away if it enables them to devise better
tests of the excellence of the Cable before
it is submerged, though whether they do so
or not we must believe the possibility of an
Atlantic telegraph established, and look for
ward to the day as certain, evenif distant,
when England and America will throb with
one pulse of life.
The Daily News special correspondent
says: 1t is more than probable that the
Great Eastern will be dispatched to fish up
the severed cable as soon as she can be re-
fitted with storage, ropes and grapnel. No
formal decision can be taken until the meet
ing of the various boards on the 2lst; but
it'is tolerably certain that the expedition
will restart at once.
The prospects of the Atlantic cable were
the prevalent topic. The report OF the
Great Eastern had a favorable effect on the
shares, which rallied from 1877 to ~. There
was much differnce of opinion as to the
prospect Of recovering the cable, but the
general feeling was that it might be done.
The Times says the result of the proceed
ings on the Great Eastern demonstrate the
feasibility of the Atlantic cable. The prin-
cipal difficulties of the enterprise are over
come. Failure ensued from accidents, which
may be called provoking from their little
ness. Explanation Is required whether the
| hauling apparatus was defective, but the
experience gained may enable the company
to redeem their error and accomplish the
real work. p .s. arH
| . The Daily News censures those who
were responsible, for not having on hand a
sufficient quantity of hauling in tackle, but
says: Although the facts warrant disap-
poinment, they don't cause dismay; but,
on the contrary, point to ultimate success,
and assuming that the three communities
| interested can make the necessary arrange
ments at once, it is now not impossible
that attempts at telegraph communication
with America may be commenced before
autumn has passed. .-....
! Other journals also regard the prospects
| of the cable from hopeful point of view,
although some express fears that 1t will not
be recovered, and that the enterprise will
fail for the present. The opinion, however,
appears to be general that ultimate success
is only question of time and money.
The Daily News says: Nothing will be
definitely known as to future proceedings
in connection with the cable until the 2lst
inst.,f on which day the different boards
will meet and settle on the future course
Fresh contracts will have to be made and
new arrangements entered into. Ill
The Times of the 10th inst. publishes a
diary of the expedition, occupying seven
columns, and in a leader on the subject re-
marks that, although the results are very
encouraging for the future, still if perfect
machinery were at hand it would now, we
fear, be too late to lay the cable this year,
although sanguine spirits may remind us
that after the equinoxial gales are past the
month of October is generally calm, and
| further delay must cause total loss of po-
sition of the cable which has been payed
out. One malicious injury was discovered.
A piece of iron wire was run through the
covering, causing dead earth.
The prospectus is published for the new
Steem Line, with vessels of 1000 tons bur
then, between Southampton and New York.
The title is to be "Trans-Atlantc Ship Co"
capital 9SOO 900 in ESQ shares; passages to
be performed Within ten days, two sub
siding steamers. of 600 tons to be spliced to
connect with Antwerp and London,
through rates of freight being established
between those cities and New York.
A Fenian demonstration on small scale
has taken place, near Scoroa. Ample police
and military preparations had been made
by the authorities and order was not dis
turbed. f'iH hfN S'4'H"
| ,Apprehensions of the approach of the
cholera were increasing in England. The
epidemic had reached Marseilles. At an
important meeting of medical officers and
others in London, resolutions were adopted
advising the utmost care and all possible
precaution. y '1fI
FRANcE-W Weekly returns of the Bank of
France show an increase of cash of about
one and three-quarter million Of franes.s
The Cherbourg fetes continued until the
10th, when the. French and English squad
rons left for, Brest. All passed off well,
although the. brilliancy of the earlier pro-
ceedings were marred by stormy weather.
Bourse fiat, closing flrmer at 6Sf l5c. l'.
RUssIA.-Two ships of the Russian Iron
clad squadron were wrecked on their way
| to Stocks. h..H ~ .,1ls .ls'7i--l s
:. The Gar had gone to Nassau to present
the Czarwitsch to the Senate of the peo-
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