The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-11
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HAttrAx, OCT. l0. Tie Steamship
Asia, iffbfn LiV6fpdbl' on the 10th ultl.
via QuasnBtbwn on the Both hltlg
arrived here this afternoon 9hi1pi iVd
b The Atlantic Telegraph Cothpany
held special meeting on the 9th of
September The directors submitted
a report eohgrahilating the share
holders on the success Of the cable,
and thapking those through Whose
energy aud perseverance, II was alaid!i
| The report asks tlig sanction Of the
shafaholders % apply 70 Parliament
for power 10 increase tho nominal
capital 10 FIVE million pounds stere
ling, including tho existing chbital.
The directors explain that they abau.
bdoned tho proposition TO issue one
hiilibn Two hundred thonsahd pounds
as UNNECESSARY, and instead ask for
power 10 issue the balance Of capital,
aud 10 apply TO Pnrliament for in!
creased pewerH The report WIS
adopted. I Hon. jus. Wdtley, CHAIR
man said that he anticipated at
very early moment n great reduction
in the cable tariff, probably 90 one
half the present rates. In iifty.hye
days, ending Septcmbef 2lst, the cable
earned 4aG 04s, which would make an
average Including Sundays and stop.
pRgeh Of land limos, OF fS37 day
| and III he excluded the exceptional
days when tho cable could not work
at all, tbs average would obe eSD6 a
day aa di Dr. p9Hl 80
Tho figures nrb very far from con-.
forming with tho recent statement IN
tho Tifies, TINT the cable was earning
ne the rate of 5000, 900 a year Tho
various eable securities have some
whnt declined in price9 In addition
10 the banquet 20 be- given totlie cable
layers by the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce on tho lst of October, the
American Chamber OF Commerce in
IaLiverpool, have resolved % give them
n banquet sometime in November,
and to present four gold medals COM
memorative of their achievements, TO
four ofllhe principal actors who were
on board tine Great 1tnstern during
the great work viz: one 20 Cyrus w.
nBield, one TO Captain Ahdereou, one
to Mr.. Canning, Head Of skngineer.
ing Department, and one to the Head
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la FRANCE. 1.-The 1tfnperpr remained
Mt Biarritz. The ironAblAd squadron
had arrived off that place, and passed
In review before the Emperor, The
new d foreign Minister, Marquis DE
Mouatier, had arrived in France IRON
Turkey and gone 10 Biarritg i
,1 The weekly returns Of tho bank Of
France. show decrease Of 100000
francs in specie, HfHd tasiH4'H .en IS.
Tho Paris Rabfe asserts that the
inanrreetion IN Palermo, the revolt la
| Gambia, the disturbances ia the Otta-
man Empire the agitation IN Greece,
nnd even tho renewal Of the Juarists
in Mexioolafe the effects of vast
plot formed ih the belief that gene.
fal Eurorean oonflagraton would bu
the result of the late German wnr
a The spanish War Department has
takqn steps for tto manufacture of
the Prlissian needle gun. ri
GERMANY 1.-The estates Of Save
Meinengen assembled on the 9th. to
take the oath Of allegiance 10 Duke
George, who asoended tho throne 10
consequence OF the abdication Of his
father. Tho new Duke, IN n speooh
from the throne, declared ID fitting
that Prussia should be the leader of
! Germany. Ho further stated that he
had gladly accepted, 10 the interests.
of Germany the allegiance offered by
Prussia, aud had recalled the troopa
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