Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 July 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL iTUESUAi, JULY 21 C 1874.1 ;

THE SHIP INTHE DESERT. . -f . ' " " "" ' BY JOAQCIN MILLER. ' Thev -tood upon tue inonntain brow, Thebeanrtrtl trappen, halting stood 3rro'u.'e, In nettled ire; A group irom out the cool Ins; wood ' They .zed right eagerly below. '"' ' The flushed sun settled to the west, ' lkeaom farhemt phereof Ore; Taa aaad flhed bac like fleMs of snow. ' ' And yet ajriin they gazed. And now.. Kar off and atnt, they ww or gues-ed. They haw, beyond the sands, a ,lne A dire and distant liftln beach Thtdarin men mtith dre and reacn. Dim thape of toppled peafcs with pine, An4 w Wired foot-hills uark like wine. TkHrleader turned and shook his head. And shall we turn aide." he ia, -"Or dare this hell T" i ue noen stood still , Asleanlngon his sterner will: . And then be stopped and tame And held his broad hand to h m brow. T'tefar. white levels of the plains . flashed back like billows, tven cow He Haw rise P remote, 'raid e, -JitrSpM". mid wastes, 'mid nothingness, A snln becalmed as In d Inf res. The dim sign passed s suddenly. And then b s eager eyes rew dazJle brought hLs two han is to hl face. Again he raised his bead, and gazed -Will i flAshlng eyes and visage nerce ar ont, a d resolute to pierce The far. far, faint receding reach Of space, and touch its fan best beach. He saw bat pace, unbounded space, JfiLernal space an.d rthlnKness. They rested on the desert's ltx Of sand i hey aw I he sun K Ho w L,le some round, sinking sir aflame, behind them wheeled white pe-iksof snow JU tbey proceeded, liny and dim. And uhosti shapes, tat-wl-gd and brown, And awful objecis wni and came Before them dow. They pierced at last 'The deserts middle depths, and lo! There loomed from out the desert vast . -A lonelr ship, well built and trim, .And pertect all In bull and mast. 7o storm had stained it any whit, "No seasons set their tee' h in 1U The rains, the elem nw.andal The moving thine tnat bring decay Hr fair green lands or fairer se s. Had not touched her- f r centues. Jot date has lost all recko ling fa this tost laud, and no new thing. Jr old, can any wise befall, ! IFor time goes by the other way. The aces have not any coarse -. Aero this untracted wast. The sky Wtara here one blue, unchanging hue, " The heavensone unbending mood. The far.stlll stars, they filter through The heavens, failing bright and bold Aiainst the sands s beams of gold. The wl e, white moon forgets her force; The very sun rides round and high, " As if to shon this solitude. What dreams of ro'd or conquest drew The oak built sea-king to th- s- seas, IRre Earth, old Earth uusatlxfled, . Jioe op and shook man in disgust, , And smote his cities down, and dried -i-t. naoiiiuil invrn -tw.l seas to dust?

Who trod these decks? What captain knew The stra'ts that led to lands like tnesei ' rt!- .Anth un.hrMi or north sea-breeze? .ni! winds whistled through this , What bajnrs streamed above these seasT ' -. And what stra -ge semu answered back , , To otbe sea-king's beck and hall. aCnt blew across his foamy track? . n - . . i - :' Ssonght Jason here the golden fleece? ' -Came Trojan ship or ships of Greece? . Ome decks dark manned from dusky ind, AVooed here by spacious wooing wind ; . , .ome likea grand, sweet woman, wnen .A great love moves her sonl to men? ,,; ... i'' ' - Otmt here strong shins of Solomon In tet of tfhi by OthayT -it down and dream of eaa withdrawn, And every sea-breath drawn away. Jäit down, sit d wn. What is the good "That we goon still fashioning Orest lro i ships or walls of wood ; - JLiigto masts of oak, or anything? "ffiöi'äli thloK moving innst goby, r . '.The sea lies dead. Benold, this land rtfits desolate In dust beside Wis snow-white, seamless shroud o' sand; "The very clouds have wept and died, A.nd only Ood is In thesky, O MON IXEUR! "W' toiled toeether. vou an4 I. Through hot aud cold, through wet and dry, These years, iwine iwtniy, And yon seem weary of the work, -And I, although I'm not a fchirk. Have had Just plenty. And don't you think, 'twlxt me and you, Tlitt we'v doaa all we no(ht to do? We've worn life's Kleam off. "We've spent our youth, we're past our prime, -And somehow il seems almost uma , To shut the sreim off. Tiere on the sofa let's recline 1 bear yn know. Oheart of mine, - Bat wlh persistence. ".Vby toil st Uercely. pray you, sioo ' These pal pliations wild! Let's drop Out of existence! ! GENERAL NOTES A bronze statue has been erected on th6 - OT-nnnds of Yale College to the memory of &cior Pierson, the first President of the College. .; ..The French -assembly- has decided, by a "Tery large majority that no child is tobe Ärarned to any dangerous acrobatic perforuinraces before the age of 12, by its parents, or Jhe age of 16 by non-relaiivea. , The Grand Trunk railway of Canada lateSly offered bids for the construction of flf:y lacamatires for that road. Ten manufactoaiea jxiide bids ranging from 310.250 to $3,700. Tkn latter wan the Rhode Island locomotive ' 'works at Providence, and ot course was the aucoSäSful bidder. 'v Tbe e nans of 1870 shgws that in tbe XJnlted States there were thirteen shovel and spade manufactories, employing eight hundred and fif.y hands, using $757,100 apital. payiag 4SJ,100 fr wagns, consuming 51,421 of raw material, aud produc"ing $2,415 ,&Jü vorlb ot shovels and spades. Tbe Britannic, the new Star steamship, lately made the passage of the Atlantic in -even davs and twenty hours after leaving Inrope. " It is penible now to make the trip .across tbecontioeut, Irom New York to San Trancisco, in seven days; so that in a little over two weeks a man may traverse a quarter of the earth's circumference. Tie gross dabt of .Boston .increased over 418,000,000 d a ri n past year, nearly f 4.000,000 being due V' litfciiitia tssumad by the an--jeration 'of Cha'rlestown; ' Brighton" and West Roxbury. The net debt was increased ear $13,000,000, and is now nearly $28.000.OOd. Sumner's funeral cost the city f 1.3Ö0. Wnat it cont the slate has not yet been coin jynted. 1 1'"1T74, Joseph-"t Priestley ;t discovered oaygen, and the year was otherwise remarkable in the progress of chemistry. Therej jfore it baa been planned to celebrate the -chemical centennial and forty-two pmfesasora In American collezes have signed a call for a gathering of chemists at Northumber4and, tennM on the 31st of this mouthrThe exercises will Include an address, by ' TretHeaiv J.seDb: a sketch ot the lile and labors -of -Joaepb. Priestley, by Protetor rSenrr JL :Croft; review, -of the cen mrry'a progress in. theoretical chemistry, by TPrnfessor T. wrerry nnnt: a voirfnar rsf I. Via tsentury's progress : . - -i i'.r. In Industrial chemistry, hr Pmfesaor j., Lawrence Smitn. and an .' essay on American contributions to cbemistrr. bv Profrtssor Benjamin Silliman. There will alsobe a loan exhibition during the inflating fjr displaying, apparatus, books. annscripts. etc, belonging to Dr. Priest ley, on vber ctjecta Illustrating the history . wot chemistry. . . " . . ' L : No genius has lived in the last thousand ' years whose Ins are so reluctantly pardoned Veltalrra. Ilia career was in complete .4Escord with all the customs and beliefs of li aire. Notwithstanding his impiety a

monstrous sin always in the eyes ot women

he bad the charm of winning their love; and if history has recorded tb truth -e was an Pxcentioral noet. in that he ne ' t aban donee! a womau who was unwise enough to love him. M'me de Genii wrote of mm as being the only man of the eighteenth century Who knew how to talk to women as they loved to be t alked to. Galaxy. j Cambridge university, England, conferred fifteen honorary degrees athe recent commencement. Chief Justice Cockiiurn headed the list of doctors of laws, and amon? the other who received that degree were James Russell Lowell and Robert C. Winthrop or Boston, the celebrated French astronomer, Leverrier. Sir Bartle Frere.who has done so mneh to nut down the Atrican slave tra e, Sir Thorn Lyell, the geologist, Sir James Paget, a great London surgeon, Mr uarnei Wnlselev. the -ouiuiander in the recent Ahantee expedition. Gilbert Scott, the architect, and E. A. Freeman, the historian. Sir Garnet Wolseley has also received an honorary degree a' Oxford. The Italian city of Milan was visited on the afternoon of June 13 by a terrific hail storm, which did an enormous amount of damage, and wounded thirty persons. Some of the hail stones were as large as ben's egg's, and the birds, unable to find shelter, owing to the suddenness of the storm, fell dead in hundreds. Ar er the storm naa panned, basketaful of dead birds, from oizeons downward, were picked up A great number ol persons crowded for shelter into the immense arcad or covered street known as the Victor Emmanuel Gallery, but the glass roof gave way at all points, and a rush was made tor the shops. In the rush i-everal persona were injured. Kvery pane f tr lass wm broken in the arcade, and the iron franvs were all bent and broken. Skylights and windows all the city were des rven, ana roots were oroisen in. i ne sur rounding country tor some distance suflered much, and the rice and grain crops damazed. In the Brera, the picture gallery, all tbe skylights and windows were smashed save one, and in the cathedral the great saind windows of Bertini were seriously injured. Profeor Dc'.afontaine, of Chicago, has lately given the results of his spectroscopic observations of Coggia's comet. lie says there is no doubt that tbe nucleus of the comet is composed of incandescent gas under a pressure less than that of air at the earth a surface. I be spectrum is not a con tlnuous one. made ' of the seven primary colors, as it would be if tbe comet were a solid, a liquid, or a highly compressed gas in an incandescent state.' In other words, the tact thattbe spectrum is a dis'iontinuous one made of several bright bands separat by dark spaces, proves thattbe nucleus c the comet is an incandescent, rarefied gat Some comets may have a compositioi diff. reot from that of others; and when tw observers like Tluggins and Seechi disacre about the numbar of bands found in the spectrum ot Tempel's comet of 1865, it is very likely that it is owing to the conditions of our atmosphere and the nature or tbe in s'ruroent. For instance, Seechi found three bands, lluggins only one, in the spectrum ot tbe came comet, therefore, l should not wonder at all if the nucleus of comets should be made of some gaseous carbon com pond undergoing at the same time a process of partial decomposition, not to say combustion, that would set free some particles of solid carbon, the same as We se them floating in a candle flame, the presence of which solid particles would account for the faint continuous spectrum observed by different astronomers. . THE TEXAS INDIANS. A YOTJ2a OIRL CARRIKD AWAY BY THE BEDSKINS HER ATTEMPTED RESCUE AND THE RKSUI.T. TheSedalia(Mo.) Bazoo gives the follow inz incident of lile on the Texan frontier: A f unilv, consisting of a man aud wile and three children, passed through this city this morning, slowly wending their way north' ward to their old home in Ralls county I nev wero in a covered wagon, ana had a team which, some day, bad been a good one; but its travel-worn appearance, together with the jaded look or tbe travelers, attracted the attention ot a Bazoo reporter, who elic ited the following particulars of ibeir journey fo tne westeru portion oi lexis and bow their number was now less than when they staried from their Ralls county home: Mr. Reveler was a well-to-do : armer, who in an early day went to the State of California, and by hard work, amassed what he consid ered for a good start in farming life Je returned home to Missouri, married and settled down to regular farming life. This spring, when emigration com menced Texaswards, the old fever which had takeu him to California in 1851 bez-in to ngo. and although he had a good home he grew restless, and concluded to try bis for tune in Texas. He was looking for , cheap anas, ana patsea tnrouga urayson county west into Cook and out into tbe western nor tion of .Montague county. This county. hough j id ana .subject to frequent incur sions of the nomadic tribes of Indians that nfest the western border, is rather rich and full at 2iiie.. Mr. Ressler pitched his camp on a little stream, near a good spring, some four or five miles from any habitation, and it tie dreamed of danaer. On tbe fourth day of their stay there the oldest daughter, young lady of seventeen, went to the spring f r a bucket of water, but. alas! ehe never came hack, oue hcream like that of the surprised panther was carried to the ears of the mother, who was at tbe camp, the father being out bunting.. The mother . RUSHED TO THE RESCUE. of her first born only to hear tbe receding footsteps or the . Uomanche pony. Tan motner was paralyzed with grier, ana tainted away as soon a she realized the fate of her daughter. Tbe fa; her returned in a lew houTS,-and examined -tbe locality-of tbe sprinz. and found that about fifteen ponies had been bitched hard by, ana tbe Indians had evidently crept up to tbe spring, arid were 1 ving In wait for their victim.1 Mr. R. cared for his wife, and at once started lor the next neighbor, and tbe alarm was given that a young lady had been stolen. The frontier Texan is ever ready to Jump into his saddle at a moment's notice, and a partv of ten de termined men were soon on the trail of the red fiends, which had taken a westerly direc-ti-n. The superior horses of the Texans rap idly gained on tne poor pomes, or the in dians, and artet traveling an night on a warm trail, came up with the induns the next morning, just as they came to a halt. and a fight ensued, in which the object of the chase lost her life, and ' was scalped, all ot the Indians getting awav but three. One ol the three killed had t e gory scalp of the voung girl attached to his .belt. ,They had killed her just as soon as attacked. :ite lather was almost distracted, and absolutely frenzied with grief, and when the chase was given up by the others he could hardly lw kept back. .. me young ,iaay was ourieu where killed in tbe western wilds of Texas, and tbe family could no longer remain in the'cianlTV that caused them so mnch misery. The Bazoo reporter asked wnat be came oribe scalp. Tbe tear-dimmed eyes of tbe mother looked in tbe. direction, pf a substantial chest in the wagon, and she said: "It is there." We asked if they had auy objection to showing It. Tb6y said no, and tbe father unlocked the cbest and pro duoed a long lock of dark hair, cut from the crown of the bead, with about an inch and a half inxliametet . of the ncalp Whea. this was nroduced the entire family gave way to load sobs, and we wondered why so ghastly a memento was kept, that would ever keep fresh In their memory the tragic end of their Deiovea aaugnver auu aioioi.

8CIENOS BAFFLED.

THE LAST OF THE COMET. j THE COMPOSITION OF THE TAIL. AND THE DIF FERENT HYPOTHESES CHEMICAL NATPKK OF THE JfUTiEVs OLEFIANT OA IN THK COMET WHAT " OLD PROBABILITIES" THINKS. - ; The New York Herald gives the summary o tbe views or Uen. Myer, of tee Mgnai Service: It is, however, with tbe tail rathir than the nucleus that we have now to do, in so lar indeed as it is possible to separate one of these bodies from tbe other. The struc ture and chemical constitution of a comet's tail evidently depend directly upon the chemical nature and physical condition of the nucleus. Much has been said concerning the powerful effect of intense solar beat upon such comets as approach near to that body, and, indeed, these considerations are in place in tbe case of such comets as that ot 1843, whose nucleus appoached to within 500.000 or 600,000 miles of tbe sun's center, and must, therefore, have by but very little escaped grazing the surface of that tremendous orb, but in tbe case of the present comet, which, when Dearest the sun, is scarcely more distant than the planet Venus, we evident y must bave pres ent peculiar conditions it the heat received directly from the sun is to play an impor tant pir. in tue format ion ot Us tail, in ref erence to this conspicuous appendage three plausible hypotheses may b entertained either that the nucleus may be gaseous only, or may bean easily vaporized solid or liquid, whose vapor, rising up under the influence of solar beat, fljwg away as an iucande8cent gas; or second, the existence of a resisting medium in space may be invoked, the friction between whicu and the nucleus may give rise to the heat required for the evaporation of tbe gaseous matter composing the tail; or, third, the frequent impact ot of the myriads of int tori tes that are known to nil all space against the trout ot tbe comet as it rushes along may suffice to produce the heat needed for the formation of its brilliant tail. While there are reasons for believing i hat each ef the three preceding suppositions must, as occasion serves, be invoked as the probable explanation of tbe origin of the beat that is believed to be necessary, on the other hand, in any case, it seems imppossible not to attribute a very bigh degree oi volatility to the solid or liquid matter forming the nucleus. As a rule THE GROWTH OF THE TAIL of a comet takes place at the expense of the nucleus That of the great comet of 1811 had. according to Sir William Ilerscbel, a diameter of 428 miles at the . period of its greatest brilliancy, while Donati'a comet, in 1858 bad a diameter of 5,600 miles in tbe early part ot its course, which subsequently diminished to 400 miles. The comet at present visible in the northern heavens be longs neither to the class of great y.ir of large meteors, since It is at present less than 4,000 miles in diameter. Ot tbe chem ical nature of tbe nucleus and of its vapor we can,, it would seem, no longer remain in doubt. Tbe examination of the light of the tail of the twe comets of 1868, by means of the spectroscope, revealed to Mr. Hugzins, first of all, the posibihty that its substance consisted of a gas intimately al.'ied to olenant gas, It, indeed, not that very gas itself : in fact, Mr. Huggins stated that tbe spectra of these comets agreed precisely with the spectrum or caroon, as obtained from olefiant gas, at least as exactly as it was possible to conduct the observations. It is customary in spectroscopic ana'yses to consider so close a coincidence as that observed by Mr. Hugginsas satisfactory evidence of the chemical nature of tbe body under ex amination; but owing to the uncertainties attending such novel investigations Mr. Huggins was very . cautious when six years , ago be announced his conclusions and alluded to the difficulties that met him when he attempted to explam the origin ot tbe beat necessary in order to render incandesceut the comeary matter observed by him through the spectroscope. Smce, however, Mr. Hug gins' oofcrvations nave oeen repeateo upon several succeeding comets, and we berieve rri n t-' nhflArvati witn iuvariably tue frame result, and since even the profound analyses of Mr. Lockyer bave not yet suggested auv dennite, plausible explanation, we are probably jus' ified in believing that the presence of cerrain three bright bands In tbe spectrum of a comet in dicates that there is either a mass of incan descent olefiant gas, or else molecules of vapor having a spectrum precisely like that. and wnose chemical properties may there fore be presumed to be similar. Those three bands exist in Coggia's comet. OLEFIANT OAS IN OUR ATMOSPHERE. The question as to what phenomena would probably be observed in case tbe earth en counters the tall of the eo met may." there fore, be answered by answering the ques tion: What would be the consequence ot adding to the exterior earth's atmospheres layer of olefiant ga9 having a density lai less than that of our present atmosphere at the greatest heights to waich balloons have ascended. Tyndall haatshown that olefiant teas ia one of. tbe most powerful obnor bents ot the heat rays. It follows, therefore, that the mixture of possibly one per cent, of this gas with our atmosphere would tend to raise tbe average temperature ot the earth, nince its presence would hinder the radiation into space of terrestrial beat, the total effect upon tbe mean annual temperature being &j nearly as we can estimate less than a quarter of a degree or tanrenheit lor stations at the Equator, and considerably less even than this for stations in our latitude. This dimunition of terrestrial radia tlon would have as a further consequence an increase in tbe quantity ot moisture held suspended in the air, an increase in the se venty of storms, and a still greater contrast between the rainfall in the desert and in the well-watered regions of the earth. But considerations as to the possible 'effect of adding to tbe earth's atmosphere a small Dortion of tbe comet's tal wems altogether out of place when we consider that such addition cannot happe.i unless our globe comes into so close proximity to a portion of tbe tail as to .. DRAW IT TO ITSEf.F and of this event there seems, in the present case, but little, if any, probability. It has, Indeed, been satisfactorily ascertained that on two previous occasions during the past century namely, on June oil, isol, .ana Novemoer 27, 1872 this very event did, in all Drobabilitv. happen. On the latter oc casion a beautiful display of shooting stars took place in consequence. , At the earlier date there was some talk about perceiving a slizht haze in the atmosphere similar to that of Indian summer weatner, or of the aurora borealia,-Y i : ' ' ' THE GROWTH OF THE TAIL. But as regards the present comet we, as was above said, can hardly expect so inter esting an jvent. Accurate observations have beer, made at Washington on the growth o' the tail during the past month, which hive chown that, while on the 23d ot June itu apparent length was one and a half dezrees. corresponding to a real length of at least 3.000.000 miles, it had on the 7tb of July increased to an aoparent length of 11 degrees, corresponding to a real length of at least 10,000,000 miles. At this rate the length of the tail will, on the 20th of July, not exceed 20.000.000 miles.' - Observations made' I upon tbe nucleus with a very powerful tel , .vu - .

marked internal constitution about tbe head, such as . was remarkably shown in Donati'a comet, whence we would rather infer that Cogcia's comt will not at any time bave tbe intrinsic brightness and magnitude of its predecessor

. . PERK UYACLVTH. THE OROANIZATIOM OF THE NEW CATHOLIC CHCRCH THE NAME ADOPTED AND ITS GOVERNMENT BISHOP RETAINED UNDER PROTEST. . The London correspondent of the New York World gives an account of the new church movement under Pere Hyacinth: Tbe "Old Catholics" of Switzerland have met at Berne to lay the foundations of their new ecclesiastical organization. The meeting was compsed of -nearly eighty delegates" from Basle, Berne. Geneva. St. (Jail, LAieerne, Nwienre, and Zurich. Out or the eighty, however, only four were priests, or ex priests, to-wit: Mr. Lovson, Pfarrer Herzog, "whom general repute designates as the first Bishop of this Church," Pfsrrer iaschwind, aud another Pfarrer, name not given, of Zurich. The title ! the new church caused some discussion. 'Old CaMiolic" was voted down; "Liberal Catnolic" was strongly advocated; but "Christian Catholic" carried tbe day Tbe Roman Catholi church was voted to be no church at all, but onlv a corporation of heathenish idoli6rs The new church is to be governed by a council, consisting of the bishop, when they get one. inree priests, ana nve laymen, and the bishop can do no' hing without the council When the meeting had got thus far, a member proposed that they should have no bishop. This motion obtained strong support. 4,An able professor ' of B'rne University, a delegate from Z fflgn, and a Basle deputy declared that bishops were a nuisance, and tht the new churc'i w uld die if It got a bishop. At this point of the proceedings Mr. Lovson and Pfarrer tlerzog retired, and they were only induced to return by being informed thaw the meeting had voted, "amid much laughter," on the suggestion of Pfarrer Oacnwind, that "a bis bop is a necessity for us Cat holes, although A MECESSARY EVIL." Even after this waa settled and arrangements for stripping the bishop of all . authority were made, so great was tbe fear of tbe lav men t hat they made another effort to roh the ogreotsomeot his terrors bv calling him by another name. Tbe term "Ant stiö" was suggested, but this was ruled out by reason ot tue tact mat this was tbe very word used for bishop in the Roman Catholic mass. And finally, moved by the remarks, of the pres ident of the meeting that it they changed the name of bishop "tbeCatbolic folks will tbink our religion a new one," they reluctantly consented to retain tne dreaded appellation. but with the proviso that the council might depose the bishop at any; time. The ques tion of how they were not . to get a bishop and wno was to consecrate him was noUdis cussed. The correspondent through whom I have obtained the above iLteresting facts states tbat tbe new church has not made much progress save in Geneva. "Five of the priests are already married." and the others are looking out for wives, "Confession is no longer obligatory:" tbe election of the clergy bv the laity is a fixed principle, and the new church bas obtained possession, by the aid of the au thorities, ol four of the edifices which be longed to tbe Roman Catholics, these idola tors being now compelled to -worship in barns or in halls hired for the purpose. Tbe whole influence of tbe present Swiss gov ernment is thrown in lavor of tbe new church and it is rather astonishing that its progress has not been more marked than it appears to be. .Perhaps when Mr. Loyson or Pfarrer Herzog is made bishop it will spin along more merrilv. . THE NEvV CABLE. THK APPROACHING COMPLETION OF A NEW LINE THE REDCCKD RATES AND THE STOCK OF THE NEW COMPANY. The New York Times of the 10fb Inst., says: The arrival at Ports-uouth, N. xH., of the long expected steamship Faraday with the shoreend of the new cable on board was a topic of conversation yesterday among those directly interested, as well as the still larger portion of tbe general public who will be benefited by th promised reduction in caoie rates. The last has become an nn disguised necessity to the business portion of the community, the heavy tariffs of. the existing lines forbidding all but the most limited communication with foreign mar kets. The present charge per word is 1 gold. Bv tbe new cable this amount will be materially reduced, probadly not less than fifty per cent. Such a decrease will allow the transmission of an ordinary messaje from New York to London for $.5, or even less, and can hardly fail to give immense impetus to the business of the new company if, indeed, i( does not result in a similar lowering ot rates by tbe other corporations, j At tbe Broadway office of the Atlantic and Pacifie Telegraph Company, to whom the exclusive use of tne new cable in this country has been guaranteed, the news of tbe Faraday's arrival was well received. This line, which. or a numler of years past, bas been steadily extending , its connections across tbe contiueut and throughout the West and south, anticipates a large increase of business from the consummation of the new enterprise. The following report of tbe length Of LINES OWNED AND OPERATED by the Atlantic and Pacific and the Franklin Telegraph Cmpanie9, Doth of whith are ander the same management, was furnished a reporter by the secretary of the former. Miles o! polo and wire lines owned and operated by the Atlantic and Pacifi? and Franklin Telegraph Campinies,' 15.000; miles of line and wire of. companies nnder contract ot connection or else with the same, 18,745; miles of pole and wire line making voluntary connection and interchange of business with the above two companies, 9,005 It will. be thus .seen that, couuting the cable, which cannot well be estimated at less than 2,500 miles, a total ot over 42,000 miles of pole and wire is controlled by the new Direct United Stages Cable Comnanv and its connection in this country. In addition to the- lines already mentioned is the project tor the construction of automatic telegraphs along the routes of the principal railways, atter the plan mentioned yesterday, and which it is stated, was originally proposed by the late J. Edgar Thompson, President of the Pennsylvania railroad. The roads alleged to have leen Included in the original project were tbe Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio. On completing the laying of tbe shore ( end the Faraday will return to England. 'and there take on board tbe deepest cable. This last has been constructed with unusual care, and considerably larger than any of the old ones.- The wire is more securely protected againstthe action ot the water; which has heretofore prived such a source of annoyance. It is expected that the cable will be open tor business by the 25h of August.' The Springfield Republican, in speaking of the close of tbe Amherst Agricultural College, says: The examinations Into tbe circulation of sap in plants' have absorbed mnch of the time of several persons and tbe results are certainly most valuable; over sixty species of trees and Khrubs have been operated upon by means otmureurial gauges made for this purpose by Professor S. H. Peabody. By means of this instrurr ent the pressure of the, sap in several , parts of the same tree and on different trees was measured with great accuracy; it cost over flOO' to tap and adjust the apparatus to one single tree; and observations were taken hourly, day and night. '

TIL.TON'8 TROU LEJ.

MYSTERIOUS MUTTERINGS. : MOrLTON APPEARS A STATEMENT AS IS A STATEMENT TILTON's WIFE LEAVES HIM EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS TILTON, New York. July 14 Mr. Francis D. Monlton, of Brooklyn, the friend and confident of bath Mr. Beeoher and Mr Tllton, in response to the invitation of the Beecberin veetigatink.' committee, appeared before that committee last evening and made tbe following satemit: "Gentlemen of the CommitteeI aopear before you at your invitation'to make a s'atement which 1 have read to Mr. Tiltoo aud to Mr. Beecher, and which both deem, honorab'e, and in tbe fairness and propriety of wbic4!. so far as I am concern they hoth concur. Tbe parties in this aus are personal friends of mine, m whose behalf i nave endeav red to act as an umpire and peacemaker, for the last four veara with a conscientious regard far all tbe interests in volved. I regret, for voursakes. the resnnn ibility imposed on me of ap taring here to night. If I say anything I must sneak the truth. I do not bebeve thattbe simple curiosity of the world at Urge, or even of this committee ought to be gratified through any recitation bv me of the fact which are in my possession, neeessarilv in confidence, through mv relations o the panie , the personal differences ot whom I m aware as the choHn ar bit rater, have once been settled bonorablv Iwinmn t! parties, and would never have been revived exe pt on account ot recent attacks, both in na out oi fiymoutn church, made upon the character of Theodore Tilton, to which be thought a reply necessary. If the present issue is to be settled it mpat be. in mv opinion, by the parties them selves, either together or separately before your committee, each " taking tbe responsibility of his Own utterance. As 1 am fully conversant with tbe facts and evidences I shall as between these parties, il necessary, deem it' my dutv to state tbe truth iu order to reach a settlement, and that the world may be well informed before pro nouncing its judgment with reference to either, I, therefore, suggest to yon that the parties first be heard ; that if you then deem it necessary that I should a d near be fore yoc I will do so to speak the truth, the wnoie irutn and nothing but the truth. I hold to-night as I hare held hitherto, the opinion mat Air. lieecber should frankly state that HE HAD COMMITTED AN OFFENSE against Mr. Tilton for which it was necessary to apologize, and for which he did apologize, in the language of the letter, a part of which nas Deen quoted : that he deemed it necessary for Mr. Tilton to bave made the defense against Dr. Leonard Bacon which be did make, and that he (Mr. Beecher) should refuse to be a party to tbe re-opening of the painful subject. If he had made this statement be would have stated no more than the truth, and it would have saved him and you the responsibility of a further inquiry. It is better now that the committee should not report, and in place of a report Mr. Beecher himself should make the statement I have suggested, or that if the committee does report, the report should be a recommendation to Mr. Beecher, to make such a statement." This paper was not satisfactory to the committee. The members of the committee s informed Mr. Moulton. They assured him that they wanted from him a detailed statement of all he knew in this matter. They told him be must submit to a thorough examination. Mr. Moulton positively declined to do this. He expressed . the most tender sympai by and , regard for Mr. Beecher, but declared that his warm friendship tor Mr. Tilton was such that he could not hear him abused without making every effort in his power to justity bim in his course. The committee expressed the firm determination to Moulton to makMhe investigation as searching as possible. .They bave learned that an effort is being made by Mr. Brecher 's friends to compromise the matter. They will consent to no such proceedings. The . investigation must go on. All tbe facts obtainable are to be brought out before the members of the committee will make a report. This is,, certain. The Brooklyn Argus says, "We hear from the highest sources an admissien that the friends of Mr. Beecher are endeavoring to effect a compromise which shall permit the publication of tbe lengthy statement promised by Mr. Tilton. , , THEODORE TILTON's WIFE has been before tbe committee. She bas given evidence contradictory to her husband's version of the matter. A disagreement has resulted between man and wife and Mrs. Tilton haslaftber husband. It is now established beyond tbe shadow of a doubt that Mr. Tilton was not aware of the exis'enceof an investigating committee in Plymouth church until after Mrs. Tilton had appeared before the committee to give her testimony. Her', appearance, before the committee, ' w s brought about by intimate . friends of Mrs. Tilton who are ' well known attendants at Plymouth church, and ardent admirers of Mr. Beecher. It appears that after the publication of Mr. Tilton's letter addressed to Dr. Bacon. Mrs. Tilton left her home jo Liv logs ton street. Mr. Tilton and his children continued to occupy tbe house, and .be receives his friends there. Mrs. Tilton is now sojourning In a family of Mr. Beecher'a friends. It is not understood tbat a formal separation bas taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Tilton but only one inference can be drawn from tbe course the lady has seen fit to adopt, aud that is that her lot i cast for the present at least with those who are wholly" antagonistic to Mr. Tilton. An Argus reporter, who conversed with a gentleman qualified to speak authoritively, was iu formed that Mr. Tilton, since his last letter, bas been approached by a leading lawyer of ' the committee, as well as , by' 'a well known agent' from ' Boston,; who came oown from Peekskill with Mr. Beecher yesterday, with overtures ol a settlement. The exact nature ot these overtures be would not then state but their purport was tbat il Mr. Tilton eould refrain from the course be had determined upon, tbe report of the committee would be satisfactory to .the friends of both parties; Negotiations in tbis bet are now being assiduously pressed upon Tilton wbo has not yet shown any signs of yielding." i ' - - ' - . ; - . THE BEECHER BUSINESS.' ' . NO COMPROMISE DOUBLE DEALING OF MOULTON MRS TILTON PARTS FROM HER HUSBAND forever Theodore's story hK GROWS BITTER. ' New York, July 15 The Brooklyn Eagle says that a member of tbe Beecher committee, to day stated positively, without reservation, or qualification, that -Beechcr's demand for an investigation was mode in the lullest good faith, tbat he expected and desired the most thorough possible examination into the ecandal, and they furthermore stated, tbat even if Mr. Beecber were not acting in good faith, and was desirous of such a' compromise 1 with Tilton as would close Tilton's mouth, it would ba impossible for him to effect it. Tbe investigation has gone beyond Mr. Beecher's power to control it and whatever there may be at the bottom of tbe scandal,' and no matter whom and bow much it injures, the facts. So far as lies In the power of the committee, shall be brought to 1 gbt. Another member of the committee stated that 'Mr. Beecher did not authorize Mr. Moulton to say that he concurred ia the statement read by the latter before tbe committee and thattbe following worda in the statement as published were

not in tbe original read before the com

mittee bot were interpolated by Mr. Moul ton before publication: "Which I nave read to Mr. Tilton and to Mr. Brecher and which both deem honorable and in tbe fairness and propriety of which, so ftr as I am concerned, they both concur." Mr. Tilton'a friends say that it was idle to talk to him of a compromise. Nothing can stop the case except a total surrender ot the committee, Mr. Tilton has already taken eminent legal advice as to tbe best method of carrying , on' the case. Mr. Tilton regards the com ml' tee and its report as a mere incident in tbe future devel opment of the case, that the interests Invol ved are so so great tbat thev can properly only be settled in conformity" with tbe rules tbat govern courts where teaMmouv is taken under oath, Mr. Tiltou will meet the com mittee next Monday. Tbe Argus sa a that Mr. Tilton is in a litcbt place nd be realizes it. Mr. Beecher would not permit anyone to broach the auMeetof compromise at this stage of affairs and the members ot the com mittee have scouted the idea. They bave already heard enough to convince them that Mr. Tilton has a weak case and that be ia at present trying to avoid an issue. MRS. tilton ' remains at the residence of Edward J. Ovington. Mr. Ovington's place has been visited by numberless newspaper men, but the lady has quietly detlinfd to talk with any representative of the press. Mr. Ovington reports tha$ Mrs. Tilton informed Mr. niton on Saturday morning last that, in consequeDce ot the course he bad taken, henceforth their paths were apart. The Union has the following: "Mr. Tilton, in an interview to-day, said that tbe first inti mation he bad of tbe existence cf a Beecher investigating committee was an announcement made to him last Thursday night bv Mrs. Tilton, wbo informed him on her coming in. after baying been as he supposed, spending a social evening with some friends, that by Mr. Beecher's advice, communicated to her through bis lawyer, she had just been before such a committee and hail answered some questions put to her in fad vancebv tbat Jawyer for tbe purpose o clearing Kir. Beecher ot charges and imputations made against him by the public papers, in connection with her name. She had been informed, she told him. that her testimony was given as required, and would pnt an end to the trouble, and ehe was willing to say anything for the cause of peace and religion. In answer. to the question whether the case was to be compromised, Mr. Tilton said: I know nothing of future events. I only know my present duty, which is to make tbe sworn statement that I have promised to the committee ot the exact facts in the esse. ' I have tried for four years, using mv best wit, which has proved small in endeavoring to cloak and conceal facts which are npw to be divulged. Tbe responsibility of divnlging them belongs not to me for I would rather keep tbem buried. This responsibility belongs to Mr. Beecher, who has summoned tlx men ot bis own church to examine into the facts which, wben they are made known, will put an end to Beecher's ministry, and show him to have been guilty of a degree of criminality which the woild little suspects, and to have attempted to shield himself by putting forth another man's breat as an armor which was to receive the blow. As to a compromise, I know nothing. I shall accept none. It is a day of battle and death. . , "DO IT QUICK, 'SQUIRE." THE TROUBLES OF A PAIR OF LOVERS IN KENTUCKY HOW THEY WERE .PRONOUNCED 'MAN AND WIFE" IN THE FACE OF AN APPROACHING CROWD OF SUPPOSED REHCUEKS. TheCannelton Enquirer has a graphic picture of the way some things are done in tbat vicinity : Can nelton Las a notoriety for runaway matches not possessed by any other town in tbe state. So common is it to tee a runaway couple on our streets, tbat new arrivals are only noticed w ben their love affairs present some peculiar. Martling, or novel feature not possessed by an ordinary elopement. Kentucky damsels bave learned that when an obstinate papa says "No!"' a trip to Cannelton will set all things right. ,Last week, a young lady f Hancck county was tbe happy possesor ot two arderjt and demonstrative lovers. Being an exceedingly sweet-looking girl, there was nothing so singular in her having two lovers, except that the were brothers. Each claimed that the little angel loved only himself, and that the other was regarded with only a sisterly affection. On latt feunday -morning the rivals met on the road, each - being bound for tbe admired one's home to learn his late. A dispute arose, and they repaired to tbe shades of an aged oak to settle which waa to be the, possessor of tbis sweet little four-toot specimen ot blushing loveliness. While t-hese brothers were settling their little difficulty in tbis true Kentucky style, a neighboring you'b, wbo ba4 also fallen a victim to tbe lad's . charms, was proposing an elopement to Cannelton, tbe Gretna Green . for Kentucky lovers. This modest request was granted, and the couple started, and, as they passed tbe residence of a favorite minister near Hawesviile, be waa requested to come over in a short time and perform tbe ceremony, wbile tbe lovers continued their way to our town to procure tbe necessary "arms and ammuuitiou" to enable the man ol Uod to perform his duty with no fear of hereafters. Tbey came over, got possession of the necessary papers, and started up Front street. When they arrived at Castleberry bridge, they found it undergoing repairs, and a large portion or tbe floor taken up. At tbis same moment they beheld a sight well calculated to make their youthful hearts cease their harmonious beatings, and for the nioraent they saw . . - : THEIR BRIGHT DREAMS VANISH, their ardent hopes dashed to the ground They beheld a crowd of persona crossing over from Hawesviile, coming with a swift and steady stroke, which but too plainly betoken their business and their determined purpose. The almost bride aud groom gasped for breath, and clung to each other with a grip which denoted that they never more wished to be parted, looked around to see which way tbey could be run with safety, cast a longing yet frightened look through tbe bridge to tbe water, tar below, stepped one step nearer, but before taking tbe fatal leap they cast one more imploring glance across the bridge, and saw, to tbeir intense delight, the smiling countenance of 'Squire Patterson at tbe other side. They immediately hallooed across, and asked bim If be could marry tbem, quick! at tbe same time pointing to tbe approaching skiff in the river. The 'Squire took in the si uation at u glance, and shouted to them to send on their papers. The young ' man hastily' gathered a dornick, and tying the license to it with bis handkerchief, threw it over to the 'Squire, talking rapidly all the time, and explaining their cause for speedy action,while tbe young lady was urging both on to greatei peed by crying at the top of her voice: "Here they come! ; Tfcey are all ready to land I Do it quick,' Mr. Squirer" The 'Squire asked their names, and, being somewhat flurried by the peculiar situation, yelled at the lop of his voice; and without stopping to take brea' b : "John and Mary you are married I pronounce you uian and wife so help you Ood amen so be it run quick and tell them that what God hath joined together let no man put asunder tie tbe dollar to that brick and throw it over!" and then, as be wiped the perspiration from his dripping forehead, be said, in a calmer tone, It's all right now. The young couple turned, prepared and eif acting to meet an angry father and furious rdlhers; but saw only the minister and a few friends, who had come over ar requested, and who were much chagrined to üu j t' it they were a little too late. : "