Year: 1860

If within year from the day the contract is an
proved the works should be commenced-and
moreover II the line be not commenced and at
work within three years from such approval-the
concession shall be declared null and void The
works will be considered to have commenced when
a quarter of the cable required to connect France
with the island of Saint Pierre shall have been COM
pleted IN the workshops of the company Capt
Rowett, to whom the concession is granted, is a
practical seaman who has devoted much time to
the study OF the subject. He has had an audience
OF the Emperor, who is desirous to establish direct
telegraphlc communication between France, New
foundland and the United States. The cable to be
employed by the company will, at the suggestion
OF Capt. Rowett, be lighter than those hitherto
used, and will, he says, be more easily immersed
ana less liable to injury. Capt Rowett, it appears,
cable when immersed


The PRINcE's HEADQUARTERS AT NIAG.RA.-The
Niagara correspondent of the New York World.
says that 1t is understood that his royal highness
the Prince of Wales will during his soiourn at the


falls have his quarters at the mansion formerly the
residence OF the late Samuel Zimmerman on the
canada side, just in the of the Clifton house
which also belongs to the estate of the same fami-
ly. The Zimmerman homestead has been charter
ed Tor the personal use of his royal highness,
whlle the cottages attached to the Clifton hotel
have been engaged for his suite and attendants
The house in which the Prince will reside, is
substantial dwelling of stone, covered with cement
and stands upon the highest part of beautiful
park OF twenty acres, commanding full view of
the lalls and all the neigh6oring scenery, The
grounds are surrounded by fine hedge of priyet
rendered impenetrable by the addition of a strong
wire fence on the outside. From the emnence upon
when the house is situated, the ground descends
toward the Niagara river on the south first ab-
ruptly through belt of forest trees, and then
gradually across a broad, smooth lawn, neatly or
namented with shade trees and containing a foun-
tam and great number of gas-lght posts. In the
southeast corner of this park, and also upon the
q Hnnr foFfs aic
feet in height will be erected, from which, during
the stay of the Prince, the royal standard of Brit
AIN will float. The flags are manufactured in Eng
land Tor this special purpose. The trees whose tops
and foliage intercept the view from the parlors to-
wards the falls, are to be trimmed so as to afford


iu survey OF the cataract. Over the gateway
which constitutes the main entrance to the grounds
OF the estate proper, and which the Prince must
pass upon his walks or rides, triumphaI arch is
to be erected, fifteen feet in width and thirty feet
high, adorned with representations of forest scene
ry and American life, and surmounted at the sum-
NIT by splendid stuffed deer, in the attitude of
hight, with upreared head and lofty antlers The
work of preparation has already commenced, to-
day the hedge is being pruned with unusual care
next week the papering and vanishing of the in
terror of the mansion will be begun; and every
portion OF the premises from the drawing-room to
the stable will be "swept and garnished" for the
reception of the high born boy, who for a few
short days will honor the place with his temporary
use.


WHAT THE Census TAKERS SAW IN PH1LADEL-
PHA-The Ledger of says:-The taking of
the census in some of the lower wards exhibits
many strange phases of human life, particularly in
the vicinity OF Bedford Small and other streets of
like character. In the space from the south side
ofSouth street, to the north side of Ftzwater and
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, the popu-
latlon footsu up two thousand. The houses occupied
by them are generally three room buildings, and
in most of them family occupies each room: this
is particularly the case in now, where the pro-
prietor rents them only by rooms In some of
these houses the occupants sappear to be comforta
Bile, notwithstanding their close quarters, but in
others there appears to be difficulty in getting
along. In Emiline street, which is the negro
quarter, may be found white woman with hus-
band formerly slave in Delaware, and in another
place two white men had the honor of giving the
names oftwO colored women their lawful wives
In some of the cellars the most abiect poverty is
apparent, the occupants, black and white, frater-
nizing together, being engaged in bone and rag
picking, the result of the days labor being in one
corner OF their wretched room, while the indiyid-
uals occupy the other. The only furniture in many
places being straw bed, wooden bench, and one
or two articles for cooking One family in small
two story house rents the cellar to coored fam
lily, and though the whites in the upper portion are
extremely poor they manage to take of rela-
tive who has been entirely blind for several years.
NJ better place can be found for the operations of
the Benevolent and Christian Associations of
Philadelphia, than the places referred to. Kind
is
visit the sick and needy, would no doubt result in
some great good


THE BEAUTY OF THE CREDIT BUSINESS. Yesterday
afternoon we stepped, while searching for local
incident, into the counting room of a merchant
friend. Merchant in question is among the largest
dealers in the country, and does annual trade of
at least two millions, principally with the South
and West. In order to rest our limbs we sat for a
moment in his counting room. Merchant was busy


in op aning letters of which one contained draft
from Wisconsin for S264. Upon that draft there
hangs tale. Four years ago Merchant sold to
Wisconsin firm, on six months time, goods to the
amount OF sixteen hundred dollars year rolled
by, and no payms mt being made, suit was entered
against the debtor The lawyer to whom the suit
was entrusted was called Gen. Coe. Gen, Coe
went ahead, brought suit, recovered Judgment, and
at the end of the prescribed period obtained the
money. Such being the case, the reader NAV very
naturally suppose that our merchant friend re-
ceived his funds and went rejoicing on his way
Ear from it. He wrote to Gen. Coe number of
times alter first waiting six months for the remis-
sion OF the money. AS no answer came, and as
very long time had intervened Merchant gave up
Gen. Coe as a bad Job, and wrote to another law
yer to hunt up Gen. Coe. A reply was promptly
received. In open Court one day Gen. Coe had
given the lie to brother practitioner, in return
for which brother practitioner had sent bullet
through Gen. Goes head. Gen. Coe had collected
the money but had used it for purposes of specua-
ton, and our merchant friend, after waiting for
four years, received yesterday draft for S264 the
costs, charges, ETC., baving consumed the remain
ing balance ofthe 81 1,600.-Phi. American, JuLy 81


FIVE PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH. About two
o'clock on Sunday morning fire broke out in the
dwelling house of Hon. A. b. Conger, at Clarke
tewn, Rockland county, N. Y, and before the
flames could be subdued it totally destroyed,
with five of the inmates. The dwelling house was
occupied a stewards lodge, and tenanted bv
Thomas Patterson anG family, besides several farm
hands, in all fifteen persons Thomas Long, a farm
hand and an inmate of the house, first discovered
the fire, after it had got under good headway. He
Immediately gave the alarm, and then rushed into
several of the rooms of the burning house to en-.
deavor to arouse and save the inmates, but in his
heroic conduct he lost his life. Thomas Patterson
the steward of the farm, when the alarm was
given, rushed out of the house, but went back i'm
mediatey, frantic with fright, and threw his child
two years old, out of the window. He then went
into the room where his wife Law. and succeeded in
getting her safely out of the house. He then went
back again into the house to save some valuables,
butwas overcome by the dense smoke and fell to
the hoor, but he finally succeeded in escaping
death, through the assistance of a female who was
retreating from the flames. OF the fifteen persons
IN the building at the time of the breaking out OF
the lire, but ten escaped. Among them that were
burned to death are John Blackhurst, Thomas
Long, and three other farm hands, whose names we
could not ascertain. The total loss on building and
outhouses is about 900.