The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-15
FOREIGN NEWS.


NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-The steamship
Bremen, from Southampton. ID, arrived
this noon, with the following additional
concerning the Atlantic Cable, A tele
gram TO Nalentia from the Great East
| ern, 18th, says an accident occurred t.
the cable, cause unknown. Total los!
OF insulation. No communication
with the Great Eastern. 700 miles paiC
OUT: Telegram of 30th-Au going OF
Wen. Fault removed. Insulation per
dect' Telegram from the Great Eastern
3!st.-9OO miles passed out; $50 run BY
1 treat Eastern. All going on WE'LL, O5(
miles laid successfully. Aug. 1st.-AlI
| going on we'll,
warsaw journal announces that
Ine plan for Geographic line between
Russia and America has been approved
and signed by the Gar. The Russian
government undertakes to complete a
line rs far as Nicolajewsk, and the re-
manning portion from Nicolaiewslz to
San Francisco being at the expense OF
Ihe American Co. The capital of the
latter amounts to ten million dollars,
anu anu ponds representing SS,434, 600 have
already been issued. 1t is intended
that this route will be finished in five
years.
Four Days Late per Steamer China.
HALIFAX, Aug 14.-The steamship
emma, from Liverpool, 5th, via Queens
Town, 9th, has arrived. Communica-
tlon with the steamship Great Eastern
remained suspended. Nothing had
been heard from her since the noon of
the I'd inst.
Much anxiety and excitement pre-
vailed concerning the Atlantic cable,
Whlch had continued entirely without
signals since noon of Wednesday the
"a INST. The general feeling was one
OF depression and hOpeleSSness, al
though there were many who retained
their filth.
The Times is respondent, although
not entirely without hopes.
Tho Daily News clings to the hone
that the accident may be repaired. as
the weather has not been unfuyOrnIlo
on board the Great Eastern slowly but
surely in hauling back the cable to tho
affected part.
The slnres of five pound sterling ex-
perienced rapid huctuatiOn on Friday.
ihey were down to discount, and rail-
iIed TO discount, and closing mt 15a2
! A test taken at valontin, shows the
accident to the cable to DO II total
loss OF insulation, nearly 1850 miles
from Nalentin. This would he in about
me deepest water along the whole
The Shipping Gazette says that small
insurance was at Lloyd's ON Friday nj
0O gulneas, but most of the funderTrit-
ers declined risks mt any price.
Inc Pall Mall Gazette saws it is under
Stoou That an astronomer of the ROvnl
observatory has communicated the fol-
lowing facts to the Atlantic TelegraDh
20. AT noon OF Wednesday, when the
became unintelligible, the mag
netlc instruments mt Grecnbush ObscrS- |
ltory showed that heavy magnetic
storm had commenced. These storms
cause currents to flow through teleyro nh /
lines, and seriously affect the working
d both land and sea lines, He also
stated that although the storm has much
| DATED, currents may be still passing
d SUFFICIENT strength confuse the siT2
nails passing from the ship through tho
lellcntc Instruments. This magnetic
storm is the greatest that has occurred
Tor many years. These explanations
arc somewhat reAssuring, although the
Atlantic Co. iii their official statement
makes no allusiOn to electrical disturb-I
lnces. Another theory is that the ship
may nave encountered bad weather.
and obliged to cut and buoy the cable.
GREAT BRITAlN.-It is reported that
ms: he I lion EIederick Peel has resigned
He SeCTethENSlllp VI IlIc Treas s....I /
hat I. s. Barring is likely to succeed |
him.
The Times, editorially, eXpatiates on
he difficulty of maintaining and feeding
he liberated slaves of the South. and
snys 1t is easy for the victorious 90
vernment by few words to strike off
.he slaves letters and dislocate and de-
stroy the industry of the whole com |
but it is not easy for it to find |
an answer to the awful question of
what are the people to live son, which |
i has raised for itself, and which every
day more and more imperatively de-
mands an answer.
The cattle plague continued violent.
ana energetic measures were progress
ing to check it.
SPAIN.-The Epic declares that orders
have been sent to Gen. Bandon to de-
clare war against Sam Domingo. The
statement is considered doubtful.
VERY LATEST PER CHINA.
liverpool, Aug. 5, evening.-Com-
with the Great Eastern re-
mains suspended. Nothing Inns been
heard since noon of the ID inst. A
Nnlentia telegram of noon to-day says:
lantic Cable; original shares closed at
800 a $50"
Nothing has trnnspired concerning
the Atlantic cable, and it is supposed to
remuin in the same state as previously
reported The lost currents were re-
turning stronger, showing that it had
contact with the earth. Twelve hun
dred miles from Valentia O. per cent,
was offered but no insurance effected at
that place for the cable.
The Richmond Wing DIscOursetIn..-
The Crops i'm CAnadn.-.lArr est OF n
Newspaper Correspondent,
NEW YoRK, August 14.-The Rich
mOnd Wing of Saturday last in a lead
ing article respecting the position as
sumed by those at the north who de-
mand political punishment for the trea-
son OF the rebels, says the punishment
of the South is sufficient already, and
that the sun does not look Upon n civil
lied people whose lot is so deplorlhle
rs theirs. In the first place they had to
sustain the shock of humiliation and
disappointment; secondly, from the
wealthiest people III the world they be-
came the poorest; thirdly, bred and