, 1865-08-24

integrity sud experience. likewise paid MY re-
spects to the Secretary Of War in company with
the South Caro1tra delegation, and en-
dearozrF to lay before this functons1
the toae and condition Of attafts
IN South CsruiIun. I regretted not scring Gen.
Howazd. He fl the head Of the freedmen In Wash
ingtou. But addressed him letter gfying him
my yicws IN reference to the freedmen, asking his
instruction. The whole South Carolina delegation
were earnest In their elrorta to impress the Prst
dent and bis Cabinet Of the tmpol1cy ol garraonng
South Caroitns with colo1ed t,pops-,
The Cable.
NEw YoAK, tus. ga-The HtrakI says It has
received private information fnm England that the
defects In the eabe the result OF rtvalrie and
jealousy on tho part Of xome firms who put IN con-
t7cts fos ita manufacturc. Thc firms several grArs
ago employed men to drive na1ls through the cable
between England and Holland, because they were
disappointed In obtaining the contract.
The London 5t0r snys: A1t IS the TeleEssphic
Construction md Maintenance Company, to which
a good evil hitherto done Is to be aHc1ibed This
company undertook the prosecution md layfng Of
tho cable for the Atlantic Telegraph Company, re-
ceiying. larSe Hum IN case Of failure,
and claiming an enormnus sum IN the
event Of stccets. The Great Eastern Vas
engaged for the enterprise, her owner. 10 rccc,y
1fty thousand pounds IL the attempt succeeded and
successful, it Is asserted that the Great Eastern
would have been at once purchased BY the Tese-
graph Construction and Maintenance Company, and
there were already projects for laying less iau
eix cables between lrcland md America.
Dr. Russell has two sons With him on board the
Great Eastetn.
. The London 1fexs Of Tho 9Th saya that alt tests
are considered hy electricians a8 showing concln-
sive,y that about 1,aa50 miles Of insulaions
and eonductivity Of the line arc absolutely
perfect, and that within few miles beyond that
distancc, lis severed end lies ut the bottom Of the
ocean: The balance Of evidence Of scientific op-
tniou points so overwhelmingly 10 this disastrous
resnlt,' that 1t now fears there Is no reasonable
doubt. Some hope and almost believa that
the .htp. had got hold Of the nblc and
Hoy bau1 It back and repair the fault Their Eeason
for entertaining this expectation is that az yet NO
battery currents Aayc COMO to land at Tn1cntia- In
almost cyeTy case when submarine
cable paris beneath the sca,. its cop
per conductor psotrudes beyond the
broken gutta petcha end md comes in enntact
with the outside eptn1 iron wires. The action o.
suit walter instnnty makes this battery Of iron and
copper. and would transmit what might almost be
mistaken for weak signals to the instrument at Va
1entia. These are called battery currents, and none
Of these hare come. In the case Of the old Atlantic
cable, these battery e1gnals kept topa alive for
- s..,tes ~ So, ~ ss.1 ssA.n
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"eFsase' "e&c eouHE.
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p1Iaeu - otous eotfeyos y, H. easuaS -, LUZ InT o
u'et VI Ne" ot'ess' w. tnos. oiuuie, u teun.
!naula, has Deen appoln1eu eommlssoua VI lne
Pa1 " tne uul'eu sIa' " aeJua1 Ms .laA' ~. ~
ger ING leeent anelnso eo1'shy. oe.".ea s suS
United States Of America ana tne United Ssa1se o.
Columbia
BALTIMORE, aug. @3.-Richmond papers of this
forcnnon hnyr hren received. The TThi1 saws alai-
,s.5,1.n 1,hrso, hoo rcuicne5 tbe nnstsfon tn
llanHe oonno" o....,t ~ s'a.+.s 49, .,,,o
"n1en Nc "A" - 7''
ago.
Ihe nhtg mas an ats'e!e aa'ocatms Ine ,aNs
non I'll inc eonsutauonnl alneuu.aGA. 'oe ~ ~.
lition Of slavery. II urges the proptteg o. IN extra
rsesfon nf the TepfEiaturr IN the lat OF November
80 A.. ,,aon,a ~ on,o,+,,n;tr ~ nn.t1no ther
s'o .ue poIo ~ ~ ~ - .ss,..a
selves right and IN full aecord with the fccommen-
daiIons and feelings Of The general Government on
the suf'ect of slavery before the meeting Of Con-
..o..
s'"e- S.u~.1n
, ao ~ fs.n,,,,, r,,,,,,,,.
RoLHEcs aug @'.|an eaH'.11a" e11'oAa,
turns 10 Juna 30ih Of the present year. chow there
,ras {nnnorted dnrtne The v,.,r merchandise val
- - t-tr f,,- ,,d.. hoff ,ns,1to,,s dollars or
asI =. ~. ~ -,i,,.nas I.-s f-o,, .hs
1r.,... 60. a.r-,.so ~ 49, Otr1 ;Io11,-x
-; oA'.s "s-.~1 .r,t. 49, ,,~.s;on. ~. IN
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