, 1866-03-04
TIE AEFtCAfIoS TRAGEDY.


Anyus sae electricians Tie consolidation 0,
the We.te1a Cnlon aa1 United States TclI-
R7nFh Companies hn& been III absorbing snt-
{rrt- The attempt A. consolidation has hrru
IN PROGRESS fhr cons}derahlt time. Some
months as;o The a.s; Atep ~Aa made Il the
ssIse.ntns o. the two companies to suspend
asa.r.t Zach other. The t,rat struks u hall
ihe ba.t.e, .sl ths movement naturally led
70 snothtf. Notwithstanding The .uud user.
slons Of tht InsEagers af the United States
li1'e. thal .hcy ,uuuld peres sell aut
10 any stsct eonlan1; many Prnoo4
have believed that the Organization
bought OF. About 4 year ago the Eu.led
5:Atts Company suceecdrd, fy tho OLE: Of
rrrr ljst, salaries, IN obtaining so.ao Of the
trat practical tel+srapheEs b, the sery{cc Of
sht American ard Natte.u Union Com panlcs,
the.e tnsn COW fac ,hemeelves In An IN.
also 1asosEd s4rnestly to nlale division h.
t*ern the Oh! companies npd the
Press a.socistlens, bu: the efsast
vas nps sueer-srl. The details
thc CONSOLIDATION arc not fully arranged, but
and sacrc fan be little doubt .haI /, viii ta
accomplished. understand Il l. the L.-slEu
oi{ he cct,sol:latton 10 cto&e Immediately hi
hui ttngle otl1es In shr as,Alirr 10 waa
throughout the country, aud eventually 10
THits the offices IN The !arrts r.,5es rndlr I
Htasle raaisaTxc1nent. The t,,ret. uf cheap
tafcs were huplag fuT \ runtinurnes Of The
oFpnsE!su. hati seems theg were moi 10 BE-
: The a,e Laudss,, miles o: Il: rap,p ordered Tor
Russian. American Telegraph, ~ connect ,hc
txo rortlNcnts, ~as TO be shipped from, Drk-
eEhes :, ~, ~ tnEissl. on the Lib OF February.
Horn to s!tka, IN Russian. .An,c1tca. Il is
not yet decided whsthef the cable will te iaEJ
tbs re.snn or held over un,il 1sGs. Tho lacd
Inca will hardly be sufficiently aasancel 10
render The cenh $sesvlccet1c. n,id the unly al.
FantaSt would te IN getting the eAb1s Of
talp. matd snd safel5 snhrneseed. Tho
selected Is !eas thsn two hundred niles. and
The bottom Of the oean Is said 10 hc highly
1aTdrktlc. ETary ono Connected w{4h the en-.
teTPItA' hrttr+c. u to b. perfectly iaasible,
uod HI close Of 1871 il e1pcc,ed 10 witneas
New York aud St. Petersburg In Insaautano-
oua estumunicat}on.
nArtp TRAVELLING.
A gentleman Eho len this city in June last
Tor little Journey 10 The East, rctnract. bsrn
en- Thursday. lie tas yihicI y.ndon. raIis M
'fnd Astseillcs, sIxut fortnight Ia E-rpt 10
study The py1s1ultls and other cur1tslsjes Of
that region, lAseed through The Rad Hea to
Adcn sod vent thrnee 10 C~slou. he ,isited
Ine 4noiek, .topHlnr4at BOMBAY, and made
journey to the interior Of the poxss+s,o;,s al
tas ErI,ish Queen. Altcr Inusncyinr in In.
iis lie returned ~ cesson and went thence
70 Melbourne, Australts. ue axF
the sold satue. II thst island
snd made journey 10 Van Dlrnan't ia1l,
which be penetrated = Considerable distance
Inland In returning to America he cnmc 10
Ceylo14. and from there followed yety ueArly
the route Of h!s outward trip. lie va absent
Z little morc than sevru monthA, aud travelled
10 ali mo1e THAI teerty-tix thousand nIjt.,
How strange this sto15 would have eoundtd
hundred yrar. nga.
LITERARY.
shoE. tfmc $50 staleJ that Hollands
Life Of Lincoln had reached sale Of 0a0o1.
! recently aseertRlncd thAt The publIsbe, Of
Raymopd's LII Of Lincoln have sold :D,aO
cnp'es oi their t'aak, md the saIe H. still 70.
Ing on. Tic cttcr liyca nf Gor. ls.e PrrsldEat
Ea,e bern tishl, successful. The sa1a Of
f!csc lseska u Euod fudI>a,lou Of tho se.peca
taat l. everywhere entertained for the nnsnxl+
= nf abraham i4urptn- Thr plain people
b.! :. t-rsz .i''at..; fs- :tE s,:. s.s rc.7s'