The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-05

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United States s..........''.'''' bgOO,UOO
These companies we've consolidated April
Russian Extension Observation-Disclosures. 10 000 900
Bankers and Brokers'. 1000 900
lnsu ated Lines OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
franklin Ielegraph' .,.....'''...',...... 50O0OO
Illinois and Mississippi. ................ 100000
Nor,thWesleIh' b5VVOV0
Cahorhla STATE z0UO,UOO
The net receipts Of the Western Union Com
pany, from January ], 1860, to December 81,
1865, were 81 659 499'O4. The policy of having
the Government take charge of the telegraph
ing business, il the same way as it does OF car
rying the mails, is discussed, and its eXpedency
questioned.
A Deserved Compliment of the follow
ing United States Telegraph operators have
been, by order of the Secretary of War, pre-
sented with one OF the silver watches which were
used to establish uniform time in the Army OF
the Potomac:-
D. H. Bates, assistant manager Department OF
the Potomac; Charles A. Tinker, chief operator
War Department. Albert Il. Chandler, cipher
and disbursing clerk, War Department; A. II.
Caldwell, chief operator, Army of the Potomac;
Dennis Doren superintendent of construction
Department of the Potomac; Frank Stewart,
cipher clerk, War Department.; George W. Bald
win, cipher clerk, War Department.; Richard
O'Brien, chiet operator, Department of North
Carolina; George d. Sheldon, chief operator
Fortress Monroe, Va; Mr.. NJ. V. B. Buell., chief
operator Deiaware and Eastern Shore Line;
John H. limerick, chief operator Army of the
James.
A complimentary note accompanied the pre-
sent, slened by Thomas 7. Eckert, Assistant
Secretary OF War and superintendent OF the
United States Military Telegraph.
Dead Sea DiscoVeries-M. Terrell, who acconl-
PANIED the Due de Luynes TO Palestine in 1860,
has addressed a paper 10 the Academy on the
chemical composition of the waters OF the Dead
Sea. This inland lake has generally been consi-
dered untenanted by living creatures, but NJ.
Terrell states that near Sodom he distinctly
saw a number of small fish that seemed to
thrive very well. His other observations may
| be summed up as follows:-l. The density of
| the waters of the Dead Sea increase with their
| depth. 2. Their composition is not everywhere
the same. 3. Their concentration is likewise
variable. A. The samples taken north of Sodom,
| in that part which forms lagoon, contain
more chloride of sodium than chloride of
| magnesium this explains why small fish will
live in it. s. OF all the salts contained in the
Dead Sea, the bromdes alone seem to be much
| more concentrated at the bottom, in those
strata the depth of which exceeds 900 metres.
| g. The waters OF the Dead Sea contain no
| iodine, nor are there any traces of phosphoriC
acid Gdligndni.
A Fine Efort.-A reporter of the Nashville
| (Tenn.) Republican Banner undertook last
| Sunday to relate that colored man who had
| been fined five dollars by a magistrate, paid the
| fine, and was allowed to depart. This was the
| nearest he could come to lt:-
| Little streaks of pallid moonlight dancing il
| and out and through and between the classic
1
| House, revealed to municipal eyes the mani,
corpus of one Henry Hensley, as he lengthenet
his weary limbs high up an altitudnous perch
as II In wait tor purchaser. Next mornin!
| freedom bought him for five dollars, end to-da,
he 'breathes the air again. and sips his foamin
soda-water in peace"
Burns Cottage For Sale.-The necessities c
the Ayr Incorporation of Shoemakers compc
them to dispose of the most valuable propert
in their possession-"the auld clay blgeiu." des
n IY,Af, nT 81,
greatest lyric genius of this or any other cour
try-if they would maintain, and desire to eI
hance, the yearly allowance of their age
| members. We understand the cottage is no
being exposed by private bargain, at such
| price as ii may bring. The honor of becomin
proprietor of the building hallowed by so man
| heart-stirring associations as the natal spot
| our great natl ona poet IS one that cannot ia
| to be coveted by manY.-AyTSiiTe Farmer.
A Convocation of Thieves-Thieves from a
parts of the country have gathered IN large nun
bers at Chicago. These patriotic men al
always present in large numbers on great occ
sOns, like that which Is attracting so many
| the seat of the Douglas monument. The Supe
intendent of Police has arrested them, and the
| have been fined from five to ten dollars eac
Many of them have concluded not to renal
and witness the ceremony OF laying the cOrne
| stone.
Important Trial.-The trial of the Irisone
charged with the heavy robbery of the Adam
, | Express Company on the New Haven RailrOi
last January, has been IN progress in Danbur
Conn.,, during the past week. Two OF the pl
= > soners were tried some time ago, and the ca
! of the five others is not yet concluded. 1t W
be remembered that the amount stolen was ov
half million OF dollars, of which about o.
. hundred and twenty thousand dollars was
i | covered
l. Rev. Robert Wallace, delegate from +
= irish Conference to the Methodists of the Unit
3 States, died of cholera at Cincinnati, on Monda
e Mr.. Wallace arrived in New York on the 2
e ult., preached here on the following Sunday, a.
'f reached Cincinnati on Saturday last. He wal
- nahYe OF County Down, Ireland. His age "
/ hfty-lour years