The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-28

and that negotiations with the Danish authorities have
resulted In securing the Of the same which will
be OF immense value TO our government In case OF
foreign Our correspondent also presents In the
same despatch picture Of the excitement and
nation produced the radical ranks al tho national
capital by the Presidents veto message and Washing
toms Birthday address, and the revuson of public feel
ing which has followed
Additional Interesting letters from our special CORES
pondent in the East published in TO days HERALD
The accounts from Bombay show rapid increase Of the
growth Of cotton In Western India Tho shipment for
five months alone during last year the Great Indian
Pcninsular Railway amounted two hundred and nine
thousand seven hundred and twenty.fo baes-three
times the amount for the period in the
preceding year. Our correspondent gives interest
ing facts relative to the quality OF Indian cotton, and
shows It's great inierorty that grown In this country
Between the French and English there exists great
rivalry in steam communication In the East The French
line Of steamships to have the advantages Of
fort and speed The French fresh water canal at Suez
now emptes into the Gulf Of Suez; but the maritime
canal, which Is the great commercial work. shows no
sgns Of completion Now that the war In this country
Is over large number OF American travellers have found
their way to Egypt The land Of the Pharaohs seems TO
be quite resort for lovers Of antiquity from this side Of
the water
Some interesting facts contained In Rio Janelro
correspondence relative 70 the noarty welcome
countrymen receive Brazil and the earnest desire
for the settlement there Of Of them entertained by
tho Brazians The empire greatly needs tho infusion Of
additional Yankee enterprise and spirit to develop It's al
most inexhaustibe Of wealth Of various kinds
As there was at one time considerable anxety-wh,h
however, the statement given In Mondays HsRALp dis
peed-concerning the safety Of the United States
steamer Brooklyn, which sailed from this port for Rio
Janero in October last publish interesting abstract
from the diary Of young naval apprentice, giving
brief account OF the passage OF this vessel which,
although lengthy, occupying between eighty and ninety
days, attended with serious injury to ship
The Brooklyn Is supposed to have made the pas
sage all the way hence to Rio Janeiro under sal
Judge Ballard, OF tho United States District Court In
Kentucky yesterday granted wrs Of haboas corpus in
the OF Captains Reed and Lennn who wore some
time ago arrested and committed jail for protecting
the polls by military force at the late election In that
State The trial. which will shortly on, will in-
volve the whole question of military power where
tia law prevails
boiler In the furnace Of tho Mesra Nelly, In Mid
dletown Pennsylvania, exploded Monday evening,
completely demolishing the building killing five and
wounding six men, shatering several structures In tho
vicinity, and shaking the whole town.
The steamers Luna, Leviathan and Peytona were all
burned at the levee at st. Louis Monday night The
loss Ia estimated at half million dollars
On the 22d inst the body Of discharged soldier
named Lewis Bay found suspended from tree
Flushing, l. L. and from the evidence adduced 1t
quest held 1t appeared that he had committed suicide
while laborng under temporary insanity.