The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-10
The Broken Cable-DlshOnes Com
dueTOF-A Canal Pirate, &c.

NEW YORK, December 9.-The di-
Tectors Of the Atlantic telegraph
Company have issued the following:
All efforts to repair the broken Ca
bles have thus far been unsuccessful.
Such efforts will be continued when.
ever and so long as the state Of the
weather will permit. The pTobabil-
tiles of success are, however, much
less this season of the year than in
Summer. There is now an aecumuls-
tion of business at each end of the
remaining cable equal to its capacity
during an entire day-A houTs-mak-
ing 48 hours in all. This accumulation
is the result only of four days busi-
ness. lie is plain, therefore, that
measures must be promptly taken to
diminish the volume of business, or
the usefulness of the cable will be Sc
riously impaired, if not wholly de-
have arrived 10 this emergency. we
have not been il Auenced merely by q
desire 10 Increase the revenues. We
have no right TO discriminate be-
tween our customers, and to decide
whose messages are important and
whose are not. There seems to be no
other course open except to increase
the tariff. Therefore. on and after
Monday next, the 18th inst,
the tariff on all messages be-
tween New York aud Great Britain
and France will be for q message not
exceeding ten words for fifteen dollars
in gold, and for each additional word
one dollar and half in gold. Mes
sages for the press, in plain language,
conveying general and political news
for publication. will be forwarded at
one half the above rates-all mes
sages will be limited in length to fifty
words.
Five conductors of the Seventh
Avenue Railroad were arrested 10 day
By Captain Kennedy, on the charge of
enbezzlement preferred by Robert
Murray, Superintendent of the line.
The accused were committed for ex-
animation. a sIt
Chas. Morrill, was held for eZamin-
alton by Justice Bowling, this morn
ing, to answer the charge of stealing
a canal boat, valued at $15,5OO, the
property of Sloth, Griffin & Co. The
accused had been captain of it.
The depot Of the Coney Island Rail
road, at GoRans, near Brooklyn, was
destroyed BY fire this morning. The
property belonged to Godfrey Gum
ther, of New York. Who loses $780,
600, uninsured. Other parties loss
about 80, coo partially insured.
a riot occurred on board the ship
Shstmuc, Capt. Soule, to-day. while
lying in the stream eff Beddloss
Island, caused By number 9f the
crew coming on board drunk and
committing an assault on the first and
second mates, who endesvored to
quell the disturbance. The first mate
defended himself with revolver. but
the second mate, in defending himself
with aeutlass. cut down one Of the
afsaulting party. named John Smith,
who was fighting with knife, lDjur-
| ing him so severely that he was OBJ
| liged to be removed to the hospital.
The steamer Hornet eluded the
| Spanish spies last night and put Ia
sea. She carries a crew of sixty
/ eight men, who shipped for st. 1hom-
az, and a number of passengers. Itis
/ supposed that she will take on board
supplies of all kinds, for the Cuban
/ patriots, at some point further south
4 4AI I0oS VI al aAl6&SQ O0D1A DyAN
robbery of $250,OOO, in which Carlos
de B'Castello Laysago is eompainant,
and Antoneo Pellettier and Bez;n j
/ Benet are defendants, was to have
taken place at the Tombs before
Justice Hogan. pursuant to adjourn
ment, but Carlos de L'Casteilo was
as before, mysteriously absent.
i DIR. VIM. X. Brockway, charged
with engraving counterfeit plates fol
/ z 80 bonds and various notes, Wa'
brought before Commissioner Osborn
to-day TO have the questions Of exam
! iustion and bail fixed. Assistant
Attorney Purdy wanted the bail hxeC
at $50 .00O. The counsel for the de
fendant thought the amount exhorbit
ant. The Commissioner said that !
/ satisfactory be would wait until SONS
testimony had bsen taken 10 the cast
before be fixed the bail. and fnsll.
settled that the case be set for hearinl
/ on Saturday, the bail to be fxed aftei
| Col. Wood had given bis testimo ony.