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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-26

important news:
NASHVILLE October %.
The opposition concentrated on Henry
Cooper TO-DAY, and elected In Senator on
the first ballot, by % TO JOhnson's 81. c o
rer Is gentleman If fine ability, and has
been a consistent Union man all the time.
The election gives satisfaction TO all but
J0hnson's most ardent friends Probably a
Better selection could not be made. Mr..
Cooper i ore of the able>t lawyers in Ten
nsssee. He was one of Military Governor
.Iohnson's appoin,ees to the Judiciary, and
was comments ted for his integrity as an Of
Ecer by Brnwnlow in a message to the Leg
islItuTe. He gave a decision IN the Sher-
brook Ridley case, now pending IN the
United States Supreme Court. that our fran
chise law is unconstitutional. On retiring
from the Bench he became Professor in
Lebanon Law School. Resigning, he re-
moved TO Nashville. and is now Senator from
Davidson County His election throws the
last shovel on acts of Reputation in Ten
Eessee-
On The same day that this occurrence
took place The granite hills Of New
England shook their sides with laugh
ter. All nature is convulsed oEer this
faal removal OF a most obstreperoUs
nuisance. Abandon thine occupation,
Oh, persifaginous Nasty The Circle"
has been squared and has become
corral for Andy's durance.
One begins TO think better of Tenues
see, already. There is hope and re-
d.mptien for that sad State since its
escape from the threatened disgrace OF
Johnson election. Cooper, whoever
and whatever be may be or turn out to
oe is better to have in the Senate than
Johnson. The sweet revenge of bully
tagging the Senators who voted for
lis impeachment is denied to the au-
thor of my Policy" 1.-The Humble In
Giyidual is net to be permitted to
rise from seat in the Senate to visit |
TIE iEfietion of stamp speech upon
President Grant aud his administration. |
The Alderman of his native village
guaweth file.
Had Andrew johnson been elected |
we should have inferred that, as a mat |
Ter Of cou-se, the Tennessee Legislature
vas not to be counted upon to ratify |
the Fifteenth Amendment. Now, there |
are hopes. Doubtless Cooper will add
his influence TO Sentec's in behalf of
that measure.
The country has not been slapped in
the face, as it would have been by the
election of this apos ate braggart hud
iemagogue. The result affords much
cause for congratulation. Tennessee
and the country have, at last, gotten
i'd of a most pestiferous and offensive
nuisance. Treason has been made
cdious.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-26
TURNING OF THE SILVER TIDs.-The
N0raing Gail notes the following fact:


Noraing Gail notes the following fact:
The United States Branch Mint in
this city yesterday received, through
tle Bank of British North America.
me- seven boxes CT silver coin, in the
shape al Japanese itzabOos, Amounting
- nearly twenty thousand dollars
They were received by the bank, we
understand, by the last steamer from
Cbira and Japan, and were turned over
to the Mint to be converted into Amer.
ran half dollars. 1t would appear as
if this shipment of silver is reversing
the usual order of things. We do rot
remember of any silver coin leaving
that part of the world heretofore in the
current of trade. Ii is true England
received large quantity of "sycee"
some years ago-many millions-from
China; but that was for indemnity
which she compelled the Chinese to pay
far the opium war.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-26
A CHRISTIAN EMBRACING JUDAISM

A CHRISTIAN EMBRACING JUDAISM
TIE Hebrew of the 22d. inst. says:
A Christian merchant, aged So years,
doing business at Unionville, in this
State, came to this city a few weeks
ago. for the purpose of embracing the
Jewish religion. The rite of circum-
rision was performed upon him by Rev.
Neus;adt, and he returned few days
ago to his place of residence.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-26
SQUARED.

The telegraph brings US the following
important news:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15

XTIRGINA Al Rules held 81 the Clerks
v Office Of Tazewel Circuit Court. on
Monday, the 7th December, 1868.
Harriet A. Henderson, who \
sues BY D, B. Baldwin,
her next friend. Complaint, Ia Chancery
UefSifS
James Henderson. Deft.
The object OF this Snit is Obtain d.
vorce from bed and board. Aud II appear.
ing from an affidavit fled IN ibe cause that
the defendant Is not resident o. this State,
Il Is ordered that be appear here within
one month nom tho due publication hereof
and DO What y necessary TO protect his iu-
terest IN this suit.
a Copy Tcsie
decll.4s
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15

syENT TAN Bank Those wac lave
used this material for mulching straw
berries, pronounce e excellent; il
formed handsome path up and down
between tue rows. perfectly clean and
free from forming nice bed
for the fruit 70 rest upon whom ripe,
aod i easily n apod over The bin pt
comlnencemens 81 sinIer,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15
VINEYARDS q NURSERIES.
--~.4~-4.4
HARD ARE
H1NETARD AND NURSERY.
Grape Vines 4 Speciality.


FfFHE subscriber taken pleennfe 10 inform-
n inF those who may cuuiompintc riant-
ing Vineyards that be IS prepared 70 fnr.
hIsh superior lot Of Wine Gsapes u the
best varieties we'll rooted. when Dozsons
puschsse m lots of four thouFAad or SUM-
ciont ~ Get I've acres, iso wiii fnrnist tfom
FOR ef50 aud give them II months time on
one. half upon negotiable notes interest ~
cluded pt s per cent, they rcnittng nv
noi6. we'll indorspd, With The cash payment
when they iogWeId the order.
i0o $50 Co0c0aD 1.-The bert Grape fof
nereral cp'tn4e, both FOR table and vine,
Welding 900 gallons Of WING to tho acre,
aud succeeds eyerywhcre. % per doa.
$40 por lG0.
100, Geo ct.}Nxoa. = Makes sunerior Rcd
Wine. 81 per doz So per 100,
100000 1rss. The best Vino Grape
Makes Wine equal 70 Dugkuudy, and yields
500 ehllona pef AGRA ead commands tbs
highest nllce. e5 per dor. enc PER j 90.
s7 Varieties ~ 9lfawb6rfiea. 81 nof 100,
BY mail or express.
Caah nlnsf accompany al orders, and
nlAln directions for shipment. foswafd
money BY draflsor Registered ietterss
fnente wanted IN each county. Address
HENRY "a. PRICE.
Scottsville. Va.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15

r.suE VIRGINIA NURSERY End VINE
/ COMPANY HEBMlrAGE NURSE
ries. Richmond, Va, offer their usual largs
and wais assorted Stock Of
APPLE PEAR, PEACH. PLUM, CIgERRK,
APRICOT, and other FRUIT TREES,
Embracing all tho leading varieties
Also. a very large Assortment Of
KARE- Vim Els,
Including the heaviest stock Of Norton, Con-
cord. Ives AND Delaware, ever offered
in the State.
A full supply Of Strawberries. Rssp-
berries, Blackbsr7ies, Currents, and other
email fruits, constantly on hand. with o fine
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, SC.
Catalogues furnished and correspondence
invited.
Pest Office boz 49, Address
ALLAN s JOHNSON.
Oct. 20 ~ General Asepts.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15

ALSO FOR SANE, Dahlias IS per aos I,
Hyacintbs, 50 per doz.f TULIPS e. per don;
Cfecue, 50o.; per dozi GIadlolun, - per
dcz.. Iris, So per duz.; Stiles, 81 per dcEs
Snow Drops, SOC. per dOz-; S~s.lR. - ps
doz.
lie Win furnish to order, Apple, Peach.
Pear, Plum and other fruit trees poee
and Ornamental SbrpbS carefa1y selectec
Strawberries, 7 varieties; best a. ~ pa ~
Nov. 20, ly.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15
fTlmE GOLD MEDAL was award

FTlHE GOLD MEDAL was award
j. ed at the late fair in Baltimore) to
Chas. N. Stieg, for tho best Pianos NOW
made over Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York Pianos. Office aud Wrvrooms
No. Z North Liberty ST., near Baltimore
St.. Baltimore, Nd.
Stieff7s Pianos have allihs latest improve
ments, including the Agraii.s Treble, Ivory
Fronts, and the improved French Action.
Fully weFranted for five years, with priv
lege Of exchange within twelve months, II
not entirely satisfactory 10 purchaser.
Second hand Pianos and Paflor Organs
always on hand from $50 10 $500.
Reference, who have our Pianos IN use !:
Gen. r. + Lee, Lexington, Va, Gen. Kobt.
Rawson, Wilmington, N. c., Gen. d. II.
Hill, Charlotte, N. O.. Gov. John Letcher,
Lexington, Va, D. B. Payne Brother,
Lynchburg, Va, Martha Washington Col
leee, Abingdon, Va Terms liberal. A
call ie solicited. oet90 ly
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15

CoLTs AND CALVES These animals
should be we'll taken care of during
the first winter; they should have a
clean. warm stable, watesea twice and
fed tlr,e times o day with mess, rco's,
or brewers grains, or In fact anything
that keep them in loose, thriving con-
'dition. They will come out in the
spring looking better than those that
have been wi tered ia an open yard, fed
on dry feed, and stunted 50 much that
it will take most Of the summer to re-
gaiu what they lost in winter
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-01-15


In late number * zhe H9f ncalfa~
,ia. We lnd an article from shs edltor
rclAsive 10 the Distance apart that app'p-
tress should be planted 10 an orehass,
Ii is nos oflep shat we tee 80 moch
straightforward sense ip discussing this
question. which perhaps Is IS Eiuch in-
duired in Is aoy other connected with
agriculture and with as l'tslc success.
Ne dissent, says the Gefmaato,re Tee
graph. only il The evergreen regom-
mendation, which, 10 our opinion, d not
only useless but il is pn extra trouble
aud expense that viii! not be eneountef-
I'd except by fancy expefimensalisis
awe are grhdunIly progressing aud
yearly learning TO bestes apd better
understand our climates and soil, our
trees aud vines aud as we progress and
come 70 kuow our own, We thfow away
much Of tho easly-day teachings thar
we're brought 70 Us from across the
broad ocean. Our vine-groWers com.
mencIag With their vines az three %
four feet, have grednally expanded
them. until now the majority Of plaaters
give to them eight BY ten Or ten by
twelve, and some even more, according
10 the soil and the habit Of the sort.
So, also, beginning severe winter and
summer pruning. from which they OBJ
tanned Iitlle fruit, sanburnt and half
ripened, and produced vadous diseases
in the system of the vino. they have
come to knowledge Of the vines natures
and BY almost leaving It alone are re-
warded with luscious fruit aud healthy
foliage. Ia the apple and pear orchard
we have been brought to place the FIRST
from twenty Eve 70 thirty, thus eabjee
ting thom to all the terrible burning
heat Of the suns rays, in long, hot
summers drought, and to stand as il
we're alone, and brave sirgly the storms
Of wind that in winter aud sprihg bend
their toys, aad creak and tear looss by
leverage their roots.
We have long been impressed with
the view that these old adyices of dis
lance were erroneous and our readers
xv;ll haar ns witness thar we have bei,re
a W. .dv;ssd ! closer nlans;ur. md q
n.aak .iso and aid soUard sb;ald;ne
49, sra;, s,ees he ;n,srr; = .l;nc .no,s.
~ W. 49, 4, tbs o,ch.,d of sveygrssns
= 'sss !, nrscs;ce has been most ana.
ccssfull 10 apple orchards at twelve by
sixteen feet, and we have known the
~, sesalts from nka d;s,anoe H.
s ssa' s svsens;vs orchard i tha wess.
Th s,s ~, s too Years va have aonbted 4
as as r sh;s a;s.ssee bsa nv. bet,sT H. 70.
S.csd and 81, sS.,osed bleak w;ntrv
s','.ss;ons q nrei,Iss o. bIngs ~ Az
sa,;.eaa !, IA M ,,ose, ,rsss ars
nlsn,sa /. /, each other n beaL;se the
- 20 tho Mind and IL grsdssil,,
:. .I7.l 49, a. . N. rs, ~
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

'Tnn UHtvnRsAL EIPosIrIoS FAIR.-It
Is suggested that tho vacant grounds ad-
jacent to tho courthouse, and known as Ju
dietary Square, be designated as a proper
place for tho erection Of the mammoth build
Ing for tho Worlds Fair. This location is
equidistant to all the Federal Departments,
and would save the expense OF the establish.
ment Of railroads to any point beyond the
city limits. The Fair will be patronized by
the masses, and ought to DO located In cen.
trail position, where 1t will be conveniently
accessible to all. These grounds contain
about 30 acres, which are abundant for the
contemplated purpose. Tho great universal
exposition held at Paris occupied 90 acres.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30
FISANCiAL AND COMMERCIAL.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 70. isgo.-Jay Cooke
4 %. furnish the following quotations OF Gov,
ernmcnt securities:
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

THERE HAVE BEEN twenty lone anti-confed-
crates against nine confederates elected In
Newfoundland, which ranks that State with
Nova Scotia against the Dominion as con-
stltH'ea' Independence, either in the shape
OF menaees looking to annexation, or simply
as hostility to imperial tutelage, may be
considered the dominant feeling In these
States,
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

THIS 10 TO OWE NOTICE THAT THR SUB.
4 sChiBkh has obtzinsd from the Orphans'
Sont q WAshlnGtos ssunty, Ia the DisIIlcL Of
WAshington eoqsty s'OIesaid, deceased. All Der.
sous having claims against tbs said deceased ara
hereby warned TO exhibit the same, with lie
youehers thereof to the subscriber, on or befoIs
the Uth dAJ q November nsEt; they may OiheIs
wise BY law be excluded from all 6snent OF ths
Given under ny hand thi. nth day Of Soyembe,
los LbRkT PARKER,
noS-ruSt' AdmieL.trAtOT d. yn
QUARrEHMASrEa s ESp AND o. EQuIP:
DsPor QuARrlnaAsrERs OyyIou.(
WAsusGr99s. D; q November 10. 1892: !
a 10 .. N, a lot u ClothinE, Damp and Garrison
Equipage, eoasi,tlnE IN part q 5000 Kn! shirts,
sEw, together with Tents, Knapsleks, Ne Allie
Scales, Piok.AIes, shoVes, spades, Blankets
Bootess, &c, ae. Also, QuartermAster Stores,
eonsiisling In part Of:
10 Horses, 1900 feet Oak, AAh aud
10 Mules, Hickory Lumber.
n Army Wagons. 7,TO feet ". r. J0ist
100 Water Buckets 700 feel PloorinE. SEw.
400 lbs, Scrap Iron.
And numerous ether articles,
The attention Of farmers and o'her. Is called to
the very superior qu Illty OF the Mules offered.
being sslsetsd ahins's. Aad are sold because no
loasss required.
By order If the aaAftsfnssinb5 qiAsTT1a,axs
Cart, n:sK,, u.sA,. Asiiis Dspas sssiisr.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

,W.THE GENUINE LIEBIGps Ex-
SD TRACT OF MEAT secures great econo-
my. exec lsnee In the preparation OF beef tea.
Meat Company" Baron Liebig's signature on
every Jar FOR sale BY dJaIii.nt "a sTSSeNT:
oeta.2awu Is3 Broadway, New YORK
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

ARMY ORDnRs.-Brevet Col. II. VI. Enos,
assistant quartermaster, has been ordered to
report to the commanding general military
division of the Atlantic, for assignment to
duty at Boston. Second Lieut.. Charles W.
Reyes has been assigned to duty In the
bureau OF refugees, &c, aud has been or.
dered 10 report to the commissioner Of the
bureau for orders
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

~AlLHAU'sG GOLDEN COD LIVER
~ OIL, with hypo- phosphits Of Lime, a
great iinproyementi made with IN. best oil nown,
an,tst sue.ey WITH pleasant nry9r and easy
u bLHAU,s SONS,
oetN'AwH lsJ Broadway, New York
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

THH CITIZENS OF GHoRoErows will re-
member the meeting to be held at the market
house, In Georgetown, this evening at 7
O'Clock, BY the general committee on the
industrial exposition Of tho works of art
and Industry Of all nations.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30
NRIaHT H0NonApLn 0MANp

zERIaHT HONORABLE GRAND
~ LODGB. A. o. orc. ,, 0ryfrs cY rHs
:" cs .st: "a R &. sSy' II;
a Q. " q. ~, " hs n. ey q -Brothsrs Its
asisly the sad intslliGenos Of ths death Of oar NJ
M, y o g; h.s, A.ntSass sgpsl.. q G0sLn
oas i9terestsi A Nsrcrsaly practical msni no
identinsd hlmssi with every public measure cal
rte.ts o. The sommunlly Ia which he lived,
vsIIow an hons.i X" w W ~ s otsa op pt,
the ts,peet snd estcen ~ all who knew him aud
- the silver chord was lo,rened, the golden
boyl eretea At the fountain. and the wheel broken
.tnseistern.' he 1. meuIasd fotss one who has
run his career with usefulnssa, and SUM mad to
receive his reward, leaving behind him the ieh / o.
hsritanos Of good name.
Believing that the memory Of 40 faithfui 4 mem.
Der Of the Otdst should bs held In gr,taFuI re.
membrapes by his b. rru, y Ia ordered th.t food
follows Hall be dtAred 10 mourning, aud that the
memhsr, u the Order wear the usual badge Of
moeIu,nN Tor the .raes Of thirty day,,
isesD FRANK 3. GRANT,
Grand Secretary
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Amusemenis, Etc.
NATIONAL THEATRE-sPBcIAb.
bpsuiding 4 Rapley, Propristors and Managers

NATIONAL THEATRE--sPBCIAL.
spsuldinz 4 Rapisy. Proprietor. and Msn.r.rs
GRAND GERMAN OPERA.
fis.2sy!Ief.iS;iStR;iisy;'i;,s w s;s
G with Freds.ie,, R9,tet Himmer. wsinlieh.
Fun choru, sad orchssIs, y. Van ohsi. Con.
ducter,
wsda''d. "a Rs; SSSI hIXESS ch,rn's
Thursday. Decembsr 2, qounois Celebrated
aa- "A u T.
Friday Last hS Sisfi r. Il e. rABLE
saturday f fsS, Si PSE 81 70 RIsIiN
Afternoon, alta o'eioek, ONLY GALA MATINEE,
MA r r II A.
EVENING, LAST NfGHT OF THE OPERA.
aamsnon, '''''''''''''''''''"'f,W
Reserved Psrasct aud press Circle. % cts extra
Reserved oiehe,,ra Chairs ......"'..'oo cts extra
Seats can be secured al Msiisroti's.
- slfIrEs PrIcE6.
Admission, tinoludinE reserved ssatsI ......tl 90
:. No extra charge for reserving seats notc.
famly gifcle ''.'...................O cents
noDu
7 BCTURE ON PARAGUAY,-oN THURSDAY
llKvBNIf0, December %, PORTER q. BLISS,
rsq, late Of the Uoited States Legation In Para
t6Pfz Asb THE PhRAeuAYAN WAR,
AT tee firs. Congregational Church, corner q
Tiek.t. 6oeentsi to be had At tho Bookstores.
no31.sts
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-30

Hon. John Hltz, Consul General Of Swift.
zsriand, was registered at the Aston house,
New York, yesterday morning.
Bishop serano and Father slltz, of Mexico,
sailed for Europe on Saturday.
John 8. Delano, eonndentisl clerk, con-
missioner's Office, iatsrnal revenue, has re-
turned here amer en- absence Of several
weeks In the West, where he has been on
business connected with the bureau.
General Thomas L. Young, supervisor Of
the Southern district OF Ohio, yesterday ten
derod his resignation, which was accepted.
The following persons are to receive rings
made Of the "last spike" Of the Pacific rail-
road. U. 8. Graut, W. II. Seward, Leland
Stanford, Colonel J. B. Turner, George l..
Dunlap, VIM. b. Ogden, George NJ. and A.
Pullman, John Dud, G. r. Huntington and
c. @. Hammond.
The Crown Princes Of Prussia, II is said,
Is losing her mind.
Tho present Lord Mayor Of London was
at one time printer.
Cespsdes has seut his wife's jewels and
bis own to New York, to be sold for the ben
eft of thu Cubau cause,
Mr.. q. G. splaln b.s been appolnted execu.
tive clerk to tho Presid eut.
Gen. Meips, lately suffering from eryslpc
las, Is much Improved In health.
Senators Corbctt, Of Oregon, and Ed
muuds Of Vermont, arc In town.
Hon. John Coebr,pe. Of Nav York. Il n,
wlllards.
Allie insurance company Of 81. Louis has
paid TO Mr.. Rsvlins o., 200, upon q policy
for that amount held BY Con. Rawlins.
A corrssponden, gives A eomple,o ljs, Of
IN, present. made by the Sultan 70 tho w,fc
| Of Napoleou III, among than a handler.
chief embroidered nv IN, splt,n, ia man.
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For Sale or Rent,

FURNISHED HOUSE FOR REsr-No. 37I
Tenth street, between X, aud Massachusetts
etn Improvements throughout Posseti!on given
lmmeaiAtely. novE-St
The New York herald., 1869-12-09
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LONDON MONEY MARKET. LONDON. Dec. $3.50
r. M.-CoDsos closed at o24 for money. ana o2x u
p2,s for the account American securities fiat.
Fye.twcnties. 1s62 s5s: 1885, s3s: 1907, s6s; ten
foftea, SIN. stocks steady. Eric Railway, 90
illinois central, esA4; Atlantic ana Great Western,
2o..
PARIS BouRsE-PARls, Dec s.-Thc Bourse
closed dull. kentes, 12f. SOC.
FRAsKfoRT TBouKsg.-FsAyKFoRT. Dec. s.--United
States bonds opened nat; nve.twenties, 1852, eoy.
a9l..
LIVERPOOL Corros sMARKEr.-LivrRPooI, Dec. s..
4:30 p. M-Cotton steady. kiddling uplands, IL Ad
middllng 0rleans llf.d. The sales or the day foot
up TO- 900 bales OF which 2,Ooo were taken specu-
Iation and export
HAvRg CorroS MARKEr.-HAvRE. Dec. 8. Cotton
closed quiet and steady on the spot and anoat.
LIVERPOOL BREADsruffs mAKKEr.-LivgRPo0L,
Dec. ST. T.. M.-Corn, 2ps. 30. per quarter for Eu-
ropean.
Dec 81 p M-Pork duh at HOS. per bbl. for East
ern prime mess. Lard quiet ana steady.
LIVERPOOL PRoDUcE MARgEr.-LIvERroot, Dec.
$3.50 n. M.-NavAl stores dull and unchanged.
LONDON MARKRr-LoSDoS, Dec. s--4:s0 T.. NJ
Linseed oil nrmer at c2s lisa Tailow nrm ~ AIS. Sd.
n 47s Cd. Refined petroleum, Is. sd. a IA. s1d.
PETROLEUM MARxEr-ANTwkRr, Dec. s.-Petro.
leum closed nrm yesterday a. 10 marc oancos 3
achilllDQA
The New York herald., 1869-12-09
EXPLORING THE OCEAN BED.

Professor RObins0n's Paper Deep. sea
sounding and Dredging Before tho So
ciety Of Practical Engineering.
MT. b. Z. Gregory, In the absence or Professor
Robinson, read an elaborate and interesting paper
last evening before The Society OF Practical Engi-
neering, at the Cooper Institute. on .'Deep sea
sounding and Dredging, Mr.. J. A. Whitney In the
chair.
He said the present century has witnessed science
advancing with more gigantic strides than at any
other period OF the worlds history. Through the
agency of steam the ocean has been made the
highway OF nations the land is g,rt with network
Of railroads and civilization is carried to the ends OF
the earth. Electricity, though discovered by Tnaes
six hundred years before Christ has only recently
been compelled 10 give forth It's power and subtety
for the benefit OF man. but as science is yet igno
rant or the nature of this agent been unable
apply 1t 10 machinery.
With geology, zoology and many other sciences
deep sea explorations nave an intimate connection,
as Wen Us upon Navigation and submarine tee
for deep sea sounding and lt IL still In use. The
crudeness OF the contrivance has, however. led TO
the popular error OF q .bottomless oceanu and to
many Instakes-sometimes iaLai ones-in making
Soundlngs.
The success which has attended the laying OF SUBJ
marine cables has set the erroneous idea OF an ocean
without bottom NJ rest forever and given an Impulse
10 the effort to invent new means OF sounding and
dredging The soundings MADE In the Atlantic
show It's bottom 10 be an extensive plateau, varying
IN depth at different points Tne averaao depth ls
IL 900 feet, though the steamer Cyclops obtained
depth Of $4,000 feet. TINS ocean door begins about
l50 miles from the Irish coast; there the descent
fiom shallow TO deep water IS very rapid, reaching
10, 900 Ieet III ulGy miles, giving an angle u
descent greater than that OF the Italian Alps.
fhe deepest part OF the Atlantic is on tho
American side, the banks OF Newfornn-
land. where great basin exists ranging
east ana west for nearly thousand miles, and
whose depth Is believed TO exceed the highest OF the
Himaiaya mountains. IL has also been recently
proved that ship can be held IN one place and
soundlngs made, even when the weather is compar-
atyely rough. America has been the pioneer in ln-
venting deep sea sounding apparatus and her inven-
tons are much used in the British navy as or
Here the lecturer described the latest instru-
ments that have been invented for deep sea sound
ing, and after tracing the rise OF dredging with
John Ross efforts IN Batlns Bay IN lsls, he followed
Hoskyn, Bergman and Dayman In their submarine
explorations gave many interesting facts, such a3
tnau OF the bottom OF the ocean teemng with
mai lhe, of them OF very high type, and c0n-
Guided by showing what vast food OF light IS
thrown upon practical science by deep sounding
ald dredging apparatus.