Locomotive, Volume 46, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1858 — Page 2

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max, j zrr? 'fffSt SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 25, 1858. " Trsaturdttyisthe day oT publication o f the Locomotive " when it willalwaysberedyfor subscribers. In nocasewill welot&oopyoftbepapei go from theofBce before public Monday. " LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS ' BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. WE would call the uttention of Railroad Men, Presidentsof Colleges and Academies, the Medical Profession, and all oihers, to our assortment of AND BEAUTIFUL, TYPE! Just recoived from the bet Foundries in the United States, embracing all the Medical Signs, Accents, Fractions, French Letters, Alreiraical Signs, ind all the modern fueilities for cloineivork intlicbest style. All our Type and Machinery is new, and in good order, Including two of Adams' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our trork in a superior style, on asshor time. and as good terms as r.ny other ollieft. We have on hand a superior article of Book and Colored 1'apers, and the bestof Inks, and as we are practical work men, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done in the neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our M Department is well supplied with all kinds of New nd Fashionable Type, and wo are prepared to do BLiuds of Tofc Worlt ! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and IILANKS OF I! V E 11 V DESCIIIPTIOJI! on Cap, bettor, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card Hoards. For the character of our work we confidently refer to any Book or Job bearine oar i in print. Our prices are regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will he adhered to. without resort to extra charges. v frjOrdersfrom a listance promptly attended to, and accuracy guarantied . irOllice on Meridian street, immediately oppositcthe ro Olllce. ELDER ife HARKNK.SS. . . North-Western Fair. A meeting was held by the Manufacturers in attendance at the Ohio State Fair, last week, at which the following resolutions were ; adopted: Whereas, all classes of society, and especially the agricultural and mechanical interests, are deeply interested in all the improvements calculated to save labor and economise in a proper application of the same. And, whereas, experience has fully proven in time3 past, that well conducted Fairs, for the exhibition and trial of such implements and machines as are demanded for immediate use, are not only profitable to the inventor and manufacturer, but eminently so to the consumer. ; And, whereas, the spring and summer seasons are the most appropriate for the use and the best for the sale of the same, therefore liesolved, That we recommend the holding of a Mechanical Fair, to be called the "North-AVestern and Mississippi Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Fair," at some accessible and central point. Resolved, That we invito the co-operation of manufacturers and mechanics throughout the entire Northwest and Mississippi Valley. Resolved, That this meeting recommend the appointment of delegates to meet at Indianapolis on Wednesday evening, October 6th, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization. The following gentlemen were appointed delegates to the Indianapolis Convention : Win. DeAVitt, of Cleveland; J. E. Holmes, of Newark; N. S. Loekwood, of Dayton, and Miles Greenwood and I. A. Hedges, of Cincinnati. It will be seen that a committee will meet in this city on the evening of Oct, 6, the week of the State Fair, to perfect a permanent organization for a "Northwestern and Mississippi Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Fair," to be located at some accessible and central point. This is a good time for the meeting, when the members of the State Board, and all the leading Manufacturers and Agriculturists of the State . will be in the city, and if proper steps are taken to provide a suitable place, and give proper notice, there is no donbt but a good attendance will be had. . The idea is a good one, and as a central location is desired, we would suggest this point, and if the time is fixed so as not to interfere with the State Fair, we have no doubt the State Board will aid it by tendering the use of their ground. Who will attend to it, and see that Indianapolis is properly represented in this matter? Good Flak. Tfce Superintendent of the State Fair .has fitted up a hall iu which baskets, coats, and Other small articles an be deposited, in charge of a trusty man, and retaken at pleasure. In years past, persons attending the Fair, with their families, wanted to take a basket of lunch along when they did this they had no place to put it inside the Fair grounds, and they were compelled either to carry it round with them, or leave it outside, and pay for entering again. By this arrangement, all baskets can be taken on the ground, and deposited in this hall, and when they want to eat tlieir dinners they can get their baskets, return then wlien done, and spend the day on the ground unincumbered, and free from care. This will be a great convenience to persons visiting the Fair, as persons coming by railroad can bring their lunch as well as those living in this county. A charge of 5 cents will be made for taking eharge of a packagt enough to cover expenses of fitting up the hall, and taking care of it. If persons from the country will leave their horses well secured and cared for, tliey can spend the whole day on the ground without the necessity of going .out i . ADMISSION TO THE "sTATE FAIR 1 858 The following rules, with respect to admission to the State Fair, were adopted by the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, at its last session, and published in the annual Premium List : "1. Tickets of admission, price twenty-five cents each, can be had at Treasurer's office near the entrance of the Fair Grounds, and also at several suitable places in the city. No badges fob exhibitors or others WILL BE SOLD. 2. Carriage tickets can be had at the Treasurer's office at SI for each admission, by all who wish to visit the Fair Grounds by a ride along the carriage way; but no one will be exempt thereby from procuring a single ticket before entering the grounds." O-A DDITIONA L On Monday and Tuesdayi 4th and 5th of October, those who attend the State Fair as exhilntars, will, wit hout extra charges, be allowed all reasonable facilities for enabling them to place their Animals or articles on the Fair Grounds for exhibition and competition. The entries required by exhibitors are to be made in the books of the Secretary without charge. JOHN B. DILLON, Scc'y Indiana State Board Agriculture. ;I.vpianapolis, Sept. 21, 1858. Large Grapes. Mr Samuel Longenecker has left with us some specimen Grapes, of the Mammoth Connecticut variety, the largest of which measures three inches and seven-twelfths in circumference. They are as large as large red Plums, and about the same color. Copper Slates. Messrs. Stewart & Bowen have sent us a Copper Slate, that appears to be much better adapted for schools than the old stone slate. It is lighter, and cannot be broken, and marks full as well ai the other. We would say to all wanting a slate, get the copper slate.

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MARION COUNTY FAIR. The Annual Exhibition of the Marion County Agricultural Society, this week, was a decided success in attendance, and the number of entries was greatly larger than those of last year. . The weather was fine cool enough to be pleasant, without a drop of rain to lay the dust. The competitiontctween competitors, and particularly between cattle, horses and hogs, was strong, the owners being just as anxious for the ribbon as we ever saw at the State Fair. This is an honorable spirit of emulation, and will result in the improvement of the stock of the county. We acknowledge that we have not prepared as full a report of the Fair as it deserves, as our time this week has been wholly occupied in the office, and in our duties as a member of the Board; we therefore copy the following from the Journal, as a fuller and more accurate report than

that of the Sentinel ; The following embraces the full list of entries in all the classes and divisions : , entries. . Class A, Division 1 Horses. 116 " " 2 Mules and Jacks . 15 Class B Cattle 73 Class C Sheep. 30 Class D Swine. 85 Class E Grain and other crops 90 Class F, Division 1 Gardens and Fruits 17 2 Vegetables ' 43 Class G Farm Implements 22 Class II Leather and Mnufacturcrs of Leather. .. 00 Class I Carriages and miscellaneous manufactures 17 Class IV Dairy froducts, iioney ana sugar. ... 27 Class L, Division 1 Flour 00 f " 2 Bread, Cakes, &c. i 58 Class M Needlework 45 Class N Domestic Manufactures..... 54 Class O Flowers 12 Class P Miscellaneous and Factory made ar- ' tides,. 7 Class Q Poultry 33 Class II Riding 24 Class S, Sweepstakes Dorses 12 Cattle 16 ' Sheep .16 Swine. . 14 Class, &c. Unenumerated articles...... 70 Total... This is over one 847 hundred more entries than were made last year. THE MULE RACE ' was the great feature of the show up to Friday morning, the rules of which we have published hertofore. Seventeen entries were made for the mule race the officers of the Marion County Agricultural Society composing the majority of the riders. The following is the list of entries, with the names of the mules and of their riders: . Stephen II. Anderson .Jackson W. J. Johnson .Dick Thomas A. Morris .Midas Fielding Beeler Kentuck Calvin Fletcher, Jr Last Rose of Summer John S. Tarkington Brownie V. M. vvaiKer .JLiigiitnins Samuel J. Patterson Shave Mane Thomas Perry Little Black Charles Onne Big Roan John R. Elder Othello James A. Merrymon Turtle Dove Ilezekiah Hinkson. Paul David George ; Old Joe Daniel C. Greenfield. , Bones John McMahan Beat All Dick Norwood Jake ' Punctually at the time the mules and their riders were made read'. There were seventeen saddled to make the circuit four times each for the prize of $10 offered to the slowest animal. The owners of the mules andthe substitutes for owners were dismounted by the committee and given different animals from those rid den by them into the ring. The mules were divided into four squads each squad having to make the cir cuit or the ring lour times. 1. The first squad of four was set in motion and a lively race commenced. Some went pretty fast, some slowlv. and one. after trotting; a short distance. stoDned. turned around and looked to see how far he had pro ceeded, on his journey. Un the hrst or second round one rider fell from his animal ; another fell to the rrround with the beast he rode. Nobody was hurt. The saddles had no girths to them, and the sliding off was easily etlected. llie slowest mule of this squad was one entered by Daniel C. Greenfield and ridden by Phipps. It was a small animal, about the size of a large sheep, and as bony as a skeleton. It was a good mule to win a prize by slowness, and Greenfield stock rose to the top of the market immediately. 2. During the racing by the second squad there was no tailing ot the mules or throwing ot riders, borne of the mules occaionalv insisted on runing over the trees and up against the enclosure fence to scatter the bovs, but nothing "alarming happened. I he animal placed in the list by C. Fletcher, jr., and belonging to S. A. Fletcher, jr., won this heat coming a considerable distance behind in fact not eettinrr around the ring at all the prescribed number of times. 2. The third squad made considerable fun. The mule entered by P. A. Morris, belonging to Charles Orme, and rode by Dick Norwood, came out sadly behind. He was much better at "backing out" than advancing. 4. The race of the foruth squad was won by the mule entered by John R. Elder, belonging to Wm. Wells, and rode by Jessey Johnson. He was a larger animal than Greenfield's, but twice as ugly. 5. After all the squads had tested the slowness of the mules composing them, the four victims were pitted for the test race. This was the most exciting trial of all. Some of the animals utterly refused to do anything but "go slow" in a very decided and unequivocal manner. After a deal of coaxing two of them finally made the circuit four times, leaving the contest in doubt between the animals entered by Morris and JMder. Morns stock ran high in the market for a while, but no bets were made the mule being considered a very uncertain, as well as a stubborn hybrid. Elder stock finally began to advance, and at the close of the race was the only kind in market that could be quoted. Elder's mule was adjudged the prize, which was bestowed on the owner and rider of the ani-mule. . The race was pretty hard on the animals. Their riders lashed a portion of them furiously to make them "go." Some ot them were badly cut to pieces with whips and spurs, and two or three, we noticed, left the ring with the blood dripping from their flanks. Cruel and unprofitable as the sport of the mule race was, it attracted a larger number of people to the Fair Gronnds than any other exhibition would have done. It was the means of yielding the Society a handsome revenue, and placing it in possession of funds which it needed badfy. On this morning, (Friday, the last day of the exhi. bition,) the military parade on the Fair ground, and will be received by the Governor and suite, after which, the Annual Address will be delivered, and the Premiums awarded. Next week we shall publish a complete and correct List of Premiums, and the exact amount of the receipts. The receipts up to Thursday night, were $697.00, which, with what is received from the State, will pay the debts of the Society, and the premiums nearly, if not quite in full. W The electric current is again passing through the Telegraphic Cable, after an interruption of over a week. C3 Wiley sells to-day, at 2 o'clock T. M., in front of the Wright House, a lot of ground one square south of the Court House, being part of lot No. 9, in square 63, fronting on Maryland street 63T The Messrs Bradshaw have opened out their new Provision Store, on Meridian street, nearly op. posite the Post Office. See advertisement.

Victoria as a Mother. .We are permitted to make the following extract from a letter from a gentleman from this city, now in Berlin, Prussia, to a gentleman in this city. It is reliable testimony of the moral worth of the Queen of England, and worthy of being presented to the readers of the Locomotive : " You have the likeness of the young Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Frederick William. This marriage is one of love and affection, and not for political purposes. Queen Victoria, her mother, is now on a visit here. No wonder the English people love her. Remember for centuries the English throne has not been more moral and virtuous than it might beHere is a mother who has taken a high family moral stand, and no wonder they love her. She will not suffer any of her children to marry where there is no love. She is not pretty, but is a good mother and loving wife, and above all encourages virtue, and denounces vice in anything, and is a model Queen. And if the world has to be afflicted with the curse of a Queen or King, my prayer is, that they may be all like Queen Victoria." Notice of Proceedings of the S. S. Concert. The Superintendents of the Sabbath Schools in this city, are requested to notice the following proceedings of the late Sabbath School Concert, and bring the same before their schools. ' On motion, the question in reference to changing the plan of visiting was laid over until next meeting, on next Monday evening. On motion, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That it is the unanimous determination of the Association of Sabbath Schools, heretofore uniting in visiting the city, to continue visiting it, and under whatever plan a majority may decide upon, and that each school is hereby notified to appoint a committee, consisting of 5 ladies and 5 gentlemen, to attend the meeting on next Monday evening, at 7J o'clock, in Wesley Chapel, to consider the plan of union visiting. F. A. AV. Davis, Sec'y.

iW We are in receipt of a copy of the "Proceedings, including speeches, opinions, and votes in the Senate of the United States, by which the right of the Hon. Jesse D. Bbigat and the Hon. Graham N. Fitch, to their seats as Senators U. S. from the State ' of Indiana was confirmed." It is a pamphlet of 132 pages, and gives the complete history of the case, so largely discussed by politicians and political papers in this State. Beat Once. A Circus was advertised for weeks to exhibit at the hour the mule race in the County Fair came off, on Thursday, but there was but about 50 persons at the circus, including dead heatfs, while over 3,000 were on the Fair Grounds. This is the first time that a crowd could be drawn from a circus in this city, and the mule race deserveds full credit for it W The New York Storf-., by the Mossrs. Glenn, is one of the places to get Dry Goods. They have an immense stock of goods, sell low, and have their store full of customers all the time in consequence. ' See their new advertisement in another column, headed "Time." ' IgaT The water is now out of the canal, owing to a break at Pitts' bank, this side of white river. We understand the break is a bad one, and it may be some time before it will be repaired. IJsT Already a large number of booths and eating stands are being erected near the State Fair grounds, in anticipation of the crowd of visitors. 6aT McGinnis, a first-rate, clever gentleman, is prepared to fit the heads of all with a suitable Hat. See his advertisement. The Corn Crop. Wo have advices of a reliable nature from all parts of the West, regarding the growing corn crop, of quite a recent date. Without giving them in detail, we will sum up the points as follows : The corn, except that planted in the Litter part of June, is now nearly ripe, the ears unusually large and fully developed. No frost has yet come to injure it in the least, and should the weather remain as it now is for two or three weeks longer, even that sown late will be ripe. We have an ear grown from seed planted the 26th of June, in fair soil, which is fully developed, and too hard for table use. The rapidity with which corn has grown, from the 1st of July on up to the present date, is the subject of very general comment, and the statements before us with regard to this feature, seem, in many cases, incredible. From the information we have, there seems to be but little doubt that the crop in the North-western States will be fully two-thirds of that of last year. In Kentucky it will be three-fourths, but wo allow this excess to make up for Indiana, which stands rather below our estimate. Cincinnati Price Current, September 22. The Hog Market. Until within the last -week, there has been a good demand for hogs, for November delivery, at $6, and for the forepart of December delivery, at $5 75 per cwt net; but the admirable manner in which the corn is ripening, and the decline in pork, with an absolute certainty that a pretty large stock will go over to the next season, have had a depressing influence on the feelings of speculators, regarding the future, and there were several anxious to sell hogs for early delivery the past week, at $5 75, but buyers had disappeared. It seems quite plain that the ideas of those who have expected a "short crop," are undergoing a radical change, and they are beginning to discuss the possibility of the reverse being the case. Indeed, the impression is gaining ground rapidly that $6 for pork, the coming season, is above a safe point, and that the chances are all against those who buy at tliis rate. Cincinnati Price Current, September 22. Fearful Accident A Horse Dragging a Dead Body Three AVeeks. Early in August, John Rawle, a lad of 16 years, living in A'olcano, Amador county, who had vainly been endeavoring to obtain his fathers consent to go to Frazer river, disappeared, taking with him a valuable horse belonging to the family. It was supposed he had started for Frazer river, and so little anxiety was felt in regard to him. On the loth of August his body was found in the Butte Ditch, a few miles east of Jackson, attached by a "lariat" to a half-dead horse. From appearances, the boy, on the night after leaving home, lay down to sleep with the horse tied to his person, to prevent escape. The animal becoming unmanageable through fright during the night, had run off and dragged his master by the rope until the boy's life was extinct. Afterwards the horse had continued to graze around, dragging the body along for three weeks. Finally, the corpse had been dragged into a ditch, where it became entangled beyond the horse's power to extricate it. In his efforts to pull loose, the horse had cut his neck to the bone with the rope. The boy's remains were horribly mutilated. Most of the limbs were broken and the flesh rubbed bare from the bone. California Paper. Liebig's Opinion of Beer as Food. According to chemical investigations by Prof. Liebig, beer is worth less for food, so far as the blood is affected ; it is of value only to support respiration and to supply warmth. The nitrogenious portion of the barley becomes soluble in brewing, passes of in the sweet beer, and separated partly by boiling and partly by fermentation, or lees. Beer serves to make people fat when they are thin in flesh ; it has the same cfiect as starch in bread. It has its value in supplying warmth, but not in the formation of blood. It has its use also as a means of enjoyment and as a stimulent to the nerves. Chemicaly, the use of meat may be recommended with bread instead of beer.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. An adjourned meeting of the Council was held on Saturday evening, commencing at 7 o'clock. The special busines of the meeting was the consideration of a report of the Finance Committee on the condition of the City Treasurer's books for the past six or seven years. The report is based on a thorough investigation of the Treasurer's books made by Daniel B. Cully and a corps of competant assistants, authorized to overhaul the accounts on the Clerk's and Treasurer's books under a resolution of Council passed Mrch 13, 1858. The report is very lengthy, and shows the amount of delinquent taxes for each year as far back as the researches of the committee extended, and the per centage of delinquent taxes for each year is also statedamounting, on one duplicate, to 85 per cent, which will account, to a very considerble extent, for the indebtedness of the city. The report also shows the amount of collections and orders isued for each year, by which the progress of the city debt is historicaly traced. - It is recommended that the accounts of the Clerk be kept in double entry, so that the financial condition of the city can be seen at a glance. The debt of the city each year is given, and also the amount owing to the city in delinquent taxes, &c. The amount owing to the city, from all sources, on the 1st of March, 1858, over and above the amount of the city indebtedness, was $22,888 64 nearly $14,000 more than was owing to the city, over its indebtedness, on the 1st of April, 1857. On motion of Mr. Locke the report was received and ordered to be spread upon the minutes. On motion of Mr. Fletcher the School Delinquent tax was ordered to be stricken from the duplicate by the Clerk. The delinquency on the School Duplicate is over $18,000, but under the decision of the Supreme Court it cannot be collected, and to close the account it was ordered to be wiped from the pages of the books. On motion of Mr. Fletcher, seconded by Mr. English, the Treasurer was instructed to collect the taxes due the city from delinquents by legal means, unless previously paid. ' The special business of the Council having been disposed of, it proceeded to the transaction of regular business. : PETITIONS, memorials, &C. ; By Mr. Pratt : a petition from Park & Braden for the erection of hay scales opposite the Metropolitan Theatre, on Tennesee street. Granted. . By Mr. Cottrell : a communication from J. S. Bobbs and T. M. Stevens, contradicting the statement of Mr. Bikcing, on the reputed authority of I. N. Phipps, that he had not sold a portion of the property on McCarty street as represented to Council as owned by him in a petition for street improvements. Laid on the table. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, . Mr. Vandegrift, from Committee on Bridges, reported that the bridge over the Canal on AVashington street needed repairs, and on his motion the Street Commisioner was ordered to re-floor it. ' " REPORT OF THE CnlEF FIRE ENGINEER. ' ! The Engineer reported the Fire Department in good condition, with the exception of a few things needed ; in favor of the building of a cistern near Pogue's Run, on Alabama street, to afford water, in case of fire, for the protection of the railroad and manufacturing interest in that locality Pogue's Run inadequate at all times to supply the fire engines; recommends the digging of wells in Pogue's Run at six different places to supply the fire engines ; states that a large portion of the hose in use is unfit for use, and suggests that sone means be used to keep them iu order. Refferred, in part, to the Committee on Cisterns. ,. . . The Civil Engineer reported progress in improvements on several streets, and the refusal of several contractors to go on with the work allottted to them. Report accepted. ; RJiOLUTIONS. ' . By Mr. Dunlap : authorizing the Engineer to procure the assistance of AArm. Sullivan and T. A. Morris in making a survey of the City Hospital lot, and fix the corner of the donation permanently. By Mr. North: instructing the Engineer to make estimates for culverts across AVashington at the crossing of Pennsylvania steet. MISCELLANEOUS. - An opinion from Morrison & Rey, relative to the power of the Council to make a loan of money for the payment of debts was presented by Mr. Vandegrift from the Finance Committee. ' "' ' . An appropriation of $20 was asked for as a compensation for the opinion. The power of the Council to make a loan was fully asserted. Mr. Dunlap opposed the paying of a fee for legal opinions while we had a City Atourney. If any banker proposing to make the loan, desired an opinion from Morrison & Ray, let him get it from them and pay them for it. The appropriation asked for was allowed. Journal.

The Grasshoppers all Drowned in the Red River- of the North. The following grasshopper story we find in The St. Paul Minnesolian of Sept. 14: "By the last train from Selkirk settlements we learn that the previous reports of the destruction of the crops and herbage by the grasshoppers are entirely unfounded. - . "Judge Johnston, the Recorder of Rupert's Land, who came down by this arrival, states that the crops were most plentiful, and that in the respect of supplies of provisions, the colony was never better off. "The reports of the destruction by the grasshoppers originated in this wise : AArhen the Red River trains left Selkirk, about the 15th of June, the whole country was filled with young grasshoppers just hatched, and the fear and. supposition was that another such devastation by them as formerly created a famine in the colony would be again experienced. "Under this belief, pork, flour and provisions were ordered from here both by the Hudson's Bay Company and by private traders, and the returning carts were loaded more or less with provisions. "It seems, however, that about the 20th of June the grasshoppers rose in the air, and in a body attempted to emigrate east of Red River ; but lo ! and behold ! their ambition exceeded their ability, and down they all fell and were drowned in the Red River, whose surface they covered to the depth of three or four inches ! This has improved the fisheries on Red River, and the fish now caught, it is said, are gloriously fat ! The drowning of the grasshoppers, therefore, not only rejoiced the hearts of all the people of the Red River of the North, but even the fish thereof must have shouted with gladness at the plentiful feast spread before their maws. ' 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good.' " . , Ekfectof Pedestrian Exercise. A celebrated English physician says that pedestrian exercise partic ularly exhausts the spine and brain, and is, therefore, the kind of exercise less suited to intellectually hardworking men. It is on this account that horseback exercise is the medicine it is the horse having the fatigue and the rider the exercise. To sufficently jar and agitate the liver and other internal organs, for some convalesents, the legs and loins must be overworked. The thorough shake-up which is got in the saddle is without effort, or with the effort of only such muscles as can best afford it ; and the student-rider comes back with physical forces all refreshed, besides the exhilaration of movement for the spirits and the change ot nund. A Famous Poultice. A correspondent of the Providence Journal says, that in ninely-nine cases out of a hundred, cramberries applied as a poultice will effectually cure the erysipelas. There is not an instance known whore it has failed to effect a cure, when faithfully applied before the sufferer was iu a dying state. Two or three applications generally do the work. This remedy is so simple, and so easily obtained, that every one afflicted with the disease should give it a trial. Disease Among the Oysters. We understand that the oysters and clains, which abound in such profusion on our coast, have become diseased. On opening them the contents are found to be perfectly black and shriveled up, presenting a singular appearance. In consequence of this the Sounders have stopped eating them altogether. AVho can tell the cause of this mortality among the ovsters? Wilmington (Ar. C.) Herald.

IS THE ATLANTIC CABLE BROKEN ? THE CONTINUITY STOPPED? There is a general want of confidence in the nuto:

mind regarding the condition of the Atlantic telegraBt cable, and there are very few who do not believe that it is either broken or absolutely useless for the tran. mission of messages. It is now nearly six weeks, tuev say, since the cable was laid, and the last dispatch r ceived through it was that read by Mr. Cyrus AV. p; on the day of the great celebration at the Crystal X auice. delay in calculated want of confidence in the complete success of tu Uliueruunu.. o-nc oiaLt'uirut ui d lun iu;i, iiuwevpf will serve to remove this uneasiness, and show thJ there is not only no just cause for their fears, buttht the cable isas perfect now as when the Queen's sage was sent through it. When the the Atlantic Telegraph Company organized, Dr. AVildman Whitehouse was employ as the chief electrician, and by an agreement, subse. quently made, he was to receive on the successful working of the cable by his system, and with his in. struments, a salary of ten thousand pounds, or fift, thousand dollars a year. The payment of this was to commence on the day on which the cable was laid and was of course contingent on the perfect transmit sion of messages after it should have been submerged Before this that is, from the organization of the coin! pany to the 5th of August last ho was in receipt of a yearly salary of one thousand pounds, or five thouj. and dollars. According to the further term of the agreement, all his improvements, inventions and dia. coveries were to accrew to the exclusive benefit of the company. This is a simple statement of the business relations between them. To the month of January last it was believed that the chief electrician would be able to fulfil the terms of his contract with the company ; and the directors, or at least a majority of them entertained no doubt of his ability to send messawej through the whole length of the cable. Their confidence was sustained by the report which Dr. AVhitehouse made to the company on the 4th of January last in which he said he had at that time attained tno gratifying speed of four words per minute, and that by ine aia oi improvements wmcn ne was tnen makmo he believed he would attain a still more satisfactory result. This statement, and the promise of still better things, so far from being supported by actual extieri. ments and tests, were proved, however, to be wholly incorrect and without foundation. One of the directors, desirous of satisfying himself in regard to the rate of speed, went down from London to Plymouth, where the cable then was, and where Dr. AVhitehouse had been engaged in his experiments. Ho told the Doctor the object of his visit, said that he would remain in tit office for one hour, and as he wished to report the number of words that could be sent through the cable in that time to the company, he desired him to put his best operators at work. The Doctor complied with his desire, and at the end ot the specified time succeeded in getting exactly sixty-one words through the cable, or a little more than a word a minute. Subsequent experiments, however, showed that there was very little reliance to be put upon even this rate of transmission, for it not unfrequently occurred that the electricians were unable to send a single letter through correctly. It became apparent that Dr. AVhitehouse could not do what he was led to believe ho could do, as he had stated in his report, and the company resolved that the cable should be thrown open to other electricians, and that they should be invited to test their systems. Among these were Dr. Thompson, a gentleman of high scientific reputation in Great Britain, and Professor Hughes, the inventor of the American printing telegraph. Dr. Thompson tried his system, and after repeated attempts, failed. It now came to Professor Hughes turn, and although he had never tried his instruments on so great a length of wire, and he had no means at that time of adjusting them, he actualy succeeded in attaining a speed of three words a minute. This was more than had ever been accomplished, and proved satisfactorily to the minds of all unprejudiced observers that the instrument of Professr Hughes was the best adapted to the working of the line. But Dr. Whitehouse and Professor Thompson insisted that an opportunity should be afforded them of making experiments after the cable should have been laid, and the company final acceded to their demand. The former was accordingly granted the exclusive use of the cable from the 5th of August the day on which it was successfully landed to the first of the present months The public are already aware of what he has done from the President's and Queen's messages and the news of the Chinese treaty. Next came Professor Thompson, who had sole possession of the line from the 1st to the 15th inst, and whose experiments, as wasto be expected, resulted in a complete failure. Had Pro Thompson succeeded, he would have received, according to his agreement with the company, as iuable a recompense as that offered to Dr. AAThitehouse. AATe may state here that the experiments of Dr. AVhitehouse cost the company no leess than $1 76,000. . -. It is now the turn of Prof. Hughes, who is to have a certain amount contingent on his success in sending words a hundred per cent faster than Dr. Whitehouse, whose last message was sent at the rate of four letters, or four-fifths of a word, per minute. This amount is to be further augmented, and in equal proportion as the rate of transmission is still further increased. In accordance with the terms of this arrangement a special steamer was sent from England to Trinity Bay with one of Professor Hughes' operators, an instrument and all the necessary aparatus for the working of the cable. This steamer started on the 8th or 10th inst, taking on board a few miles of shore cable, which is to be taken and connected with the deep sea line and submerged in the shallow water, where the cable is more liable to be damaged by the falling of anchors. As this steamer has not yet arrived, and will not probably reach her destination for some two or three days more, the result of Professor Hughes' trial cannot be known before another week at least. AVhat he achieved before the cable was laid, when not more than thirtyfive currents could be sent through it in a minute, and when his instruments were not adjusted, leads us to expect still more satisfactory results. Now the cur- . rents course along the conductor at the rate of sixty a minute, and he undertakes the task under far more favorable circumstances than when he made his first attempt ; but if he, too, should fail, then we understand Professor Farraday is to try, and after him the whole world of electricjans. In review of these facts we say there is no causa for aprehension. There were sceptics who firmly believed the cable would never be laid ; there were others who held that a current could not be sent through such a length of wire; and now we have sceptics who believe it cannot be successfully worked. The first and second divisions of these unbelievers were p" to route on the memorable 5th of August, and the third division will be entirely swept away in the course of a few weeks more. All that is required is time and patience. Any hour after the 25th instant may brinj, us the intelligence of Professor Hughes' success, an" after that we will be enabled to present our readers with the daily news of the world in the daily issues of the New York Herald. Patience will have perfect work. ) Marrying a Bridesmaid. A few weeks since, in the neighborhood of St Barnards, a lover conducted his bride to the alter. The marriage ceremony proceeded with regularity until the fair one was asked the niiosrinn. ' Wilr. thnu linvo tliiq man fnr thv wed ded husband ?" To which, with much apparent sincerity, she replied, "No." The poor bridegroom gazed upon her with astonishment; but no expostulatin could induce her to alter her resolution. She frankl) replied that she had just seen a gentleman whom sn liked better. This declaration soon brought matters to a crisis. The marriage ceremony was suspended) and the clergyman politely conducted the parties ' different, doors. The bridegroom more disgusted witu such conduct than mortified at his disappointment, de clared that his affections from that moment were alienated, and that nothing should induce him to tak the lady, even if her resolution were to alter. rj B. , the lady's own brother, finding him in such gooa spirits, intimated, that,' as a splendid dinner would oe prepared at his house, much time and expense wou be spared if he would return to the church and conelude the ceremony with one of the bridesm.'ulsand a3 the fair one herself had no objection, a rcFJ' license was procured, they cot married at the identi cnurcn on me identical morning, aim anci , took of the identical dinner which had been prepare0 for the changeable one. Court Journal.

the practical working of the line is certainly

to create a feeling of uneasiness, if not