The Portland daily press., 1865-08-14
by TELEGRAPH,
TO THE DAILY PRESS.
FIVE DAYS 4
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Moravian on
Farther Point.
FARTuER Po1Nr. Anr 4

FARTHER POINT, Aug 10.
The steamship Moravian, from Liyernool
August Sd, and Queenstown 4th inst. passed
this point this afternoon. }L fa-6 sssl
The steamships Albion and CITY of Cork
from New York, and Belgian from Quebec
arrived out on the 31st uit., and the steamship
EUROPA, City OF Baltimore and Saxonia from
New York ON the 22d ult.
The Bank of England has raised its mini
mum rate of discount to four per cent 81
Communication with the steamship Great
Eastern ceased at noon of the I'd inst, and
had not been resumed. Cause unknown.
Latest dispatches from the Great Eastern to
the morning of the I'd inst. report all going on
WELL and 1900 miles of cable paid out. On
Wednesday evening the following dispatch was
received ~H b b 81 q74He3
VaLentia, dug. 2d.-S30 P. M.-Signals from
the Great Eastern al moon became unintehgl-
bic, and communication has ceased with the
ship. Cause unknown. 4. aarsal
Nothing additional has TRANSFERRED, the land
lines between Valentia and Kittery having
been out Of order since the Sd.
The Atlantic Telegraph told shares) have
been quiet and nominal under the above news,
the quotations on the Sd being 400 and 5OO.-
Preferred shares declined from 3-S premium to
SIS and 3-S discount. ifssss 81 ST. -<
Jeremiah Townsend, clerk in the Savings
Bank at New Haven, CT, who absconded last
May with about $150,900, had been cleverly
captured in Liverpool by two Philadelphia de-
tectives on his arrival at that place from Hav-
ana via Southampton. Townsend sought to
use his loaded revolver when captured, but
money was found in his possession. He. sail
ed for New York in the custody of the captors
per the steamship Etna from New York on
the I'd.
Satterthwait's circular of the evening Of the
I'd, says we have to report fair amount ofbusi
ness i'll American securities for the past week.
U. S. 5-20's steadily declined for several days,
until they touched at 81 rs, from which they
rallied to 6S 1-2. ,s..s l, .l.,es ..s., ,.s
Il Sir r. Mcdonnell, Lieutenant Governor, of
Nova Scotia, has accepted the Governorship
of Hong Kong. .s,..-s s,st.,,.,. 60. 49,.
The weather in England had become MALE
rent. Much rain is falling. assllq AiH
Y FRANCE. s. o9 Ial 5.eoa ark
The Moniteur, speaking OF the present posi-
lion of the Schleswtg-H olstein question, says
France continues to hope that any arrange
ment that may be made will be in conformity
with the national sentiment of the people OF
the Duchies. ',ss.. : t.s s.s.. ..a,5l. ma
- ITALY. t...,,s,,, ~
The ITALIA denies the rumor of an early in
terview between the King of Italy and the
that sucb peisonal meeting will in no case
take nlace before the eyacuation of Rome nv
the French troons -
SPAIN AM - 'aNah
Thirty casas of cholera are re,orted at VAL
encia. The cholera has also anneared in the
camn AZ GibrIter. I - = I
Gyeencastle, Af.g. 4th.-The London Herald
says that the state of offairs in connection with
tl ne Asan.lc oaolo as ~ " si ~ En -
tne insurance premium OF 70 guineas 10 on ana
oV g9ihesS =. on tne Atlantic capie. Up 70 Inc
iniouie OF wednesday Ihe Signals received were
singulariy ulstihct, anu Inc Ureat hasterll Was
Cnen nearly IWo-tillrus Oh the way 10 New
iounoland. one was m the ueepest wafer Oh
tne Wnoie = iitlle oyer Two
ana nan mle Y was eat enis Inns tlat tne
siShals W y aleiiyia pecssaiie anu
gradually az rlall ceased.
dne ies i's ~ t Ky Jug alSssel I,
alter tne capie slelb inc vessel, Hoih tne tact
That 1t was Unknown 70 those on board, VINO
were sending tnelf messages !, az usual Wlen
Iilola psa s q s,leei
anu ae asI ceasee sHslreiy a. 70 ING cnapces
y, che Iecose.y VI .nc iinpaileu Pesrt y, ene Cd
ole anu repairing IL, II may ge sllat tlils pro
cess woulu noc pe cconipltsiieu d. tne raIe u
more tnsll quarVer Oh q lnlie an no9f, winch
Cne snslseSt WHY q s. rqugn zee w1uie az once
th s M Gnu ~ ~ y y ~ rua ~ %yu,d
FL ~ 10 aS;o ~ s; Ea s,,a a,e,,t,'ai;t;os
Gyaa+ Easta, 4 ,I ,roS;od She bs
bmovS IN haard ao.aI aIt5,catbar 70
fre;abt IF t;ftv tons and She has af least four
~ I've m;los ~ norarfnl romeo which can snn-
mort all that tbe Knows themselves can tioaf
rh;s aanrf To hrov However will not he ra'
sorted to until the last extremity. owing to the
do,, sro. a,,d ;T,nrobahiitT IF f;nang the cahla.
aaa;S ''''N up o''''' =
The Times. in conclusion. remarks that
should fine Great Eastern make a successful
effort TO hanl in the cable and repair il. clear
renewal Of fine SIGNALS NAV he looked for. at tbe
latest within couple of DAYS. IF on the CON
trary. that time should mass without the cable
giving sicns of life. we fear that the case must
be considered hopeless as far as regards sue
cess this wear. asa fala .ssa 1sI O - 6ios
The following is a summary of the news for
warded per steamship Etna from Liverpool I'd
INST, Tor New YORK:
men5ation Of the detroit Convention for . ra-
na1Tsl If tbe rec;nrocitv treaty and ridicnlssI
tlo ;Jao +hat Canada conld he Starved into snbS
,,;se .ieS,'
Anst,.;a h nronosad an arrangement for tbe
sottIemant Of he pnestion Of the Dmcbies, She
will consent to5tba aco1,is;tion of Kiel 70 the
,Jat;on Of Rande1hnro and IN further ter
oa;vas a corrasnondino aco1isifion of territory
on the Sicilian frontier. Austria also condi-
tionally approves the Grand Duke of Olden-
burg as the future Duke of Schleswig- Hols-
All.