The New York Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7603. EDITION—THURSDAY, JUNE 2 NEWS FROM VENEZUELA. ‘The Guar,o Islands—Treaty with the Unite aba “The English Debt—Trade with Rus- Wo} ave received files of the Diario, of Caraccar, up the 3 ah of May. T ,e Diario publiebes a transiaticn of the statement laid De‘ fore a Congressional committee at Washington, im re- £ gence to Mr. Shelton’s claim to the guano Bird is '@ Venezuela. It prefaces the publication with these ro marks — ‘The public is aware that there is ponding, for seme Mrs. Patten and the Ship Neptune's Car. ‘The Clipper ship Neptune’s Car, which hes been ren a | dered somewhas famous ‘rom the fact of her baving been taken into San Francisco by Mrs, Mary Patten, the wife of the captain, now lies at the foot of Gouverneur street, to | Past river, The circumstances attending her voyage to Califorvia, and the hervic conduct of the captain’s wife, bave had a wide-spread circulation through the newepa. pers, and some corficting accounts and statements have jande | found their way Wefore the public. The simple facts wore hat Captain Patten, om the voyage, was taken sick with a fever, and became delirios; that be wae unavie to give any orders or stfend to wy duties appertaining to the Ume past, an international cli eee by the Uriied | ship, and thet ais oficers di@ not understand navigation, the ‘Vemezuela, with tre ob- ject ot estety ‘fe demande demands of Messrs. Philo Y. Shalton ‘end Sampeon & Tappan, of Boston, who mainte, by documents presented to the mt at Wash- ‘ogton, their having disoovered aud occupied those ’ isiands, planted the fag of their na- Vion there, and worked the guano or some months. ‘The claimants also maintain that the goverument of Venezuela deprived thee of their property, anc (berefore vbey seek restieution ad inderanity o°rrespontt.ng to thetz ‘Some of our readers will perhape remember the ori¢:n ‘of this matter. An Americnn citizea, John D. F, Wallace, came to this capltcl at the close ¢7 1854, and executed a weoutract'w-th Mr. Simon Pianas, etting as “inister ef the Interior, on the let of December of that pear, by which guase from the Bird we neq the right of e: 1, Island, or apy other portion of repuolic, fortiteen rare, he ctipotating to pay to the Venezecian government ‘Your 200,0€0 on the These ills were aries Donecen 6 farge discourt, the discounters stipulating that imcvent ‘their being-protesied they should have the righi of com- substitution in the Wallace contract. yo -administretion of Venezuela government, by contract of 20th September, Yered in the meatier, reserving bowever the rights wh.ch ‘be eupposed the discoverers and first oocap-nts to beve. ‘This contract of 29th September was afterwards aunu!ied ‘ep account of the nor-payment of the bills of @: connected with it; but on the ‘kth December, 1856, & was re-established through the-mewium of the Venez mi- ister in the United States, by means of fresh sti in the meantime ‘the interedional claim, made by Shel- tonhhas been going on. On the 2th of January, 166, Mr dlieh the grounds of the<iaim of Mr. Shelten, supported By te Skates 2 sta@ment in full,“and adds ‘that Mr. lames is the Venezuelan government 10 government of the United ‘The Diariothen pabliskes the make a decision on The treaty celebrated between Yerezuela and *be United ‘States, and which was ratified by our Jost winter, is under discussion infthegVenezuelan Senate. Its provi- sions did not come to li¢ht here, but the "Diario gives the following resume of them :— ‘There shat! be peace between both countries, but should Eye fe it fit it if att bi os j if i 3 Hy 3 H & 4 Fs it i q of i £ f i f ? i if { j F' : | ui i i g { & i 2 2 ¢ i [ i ef j IN its i il fee Tee Fr: 2i8ee Hs nl call z cit a privateer’s patent froma country with which th: feularly justifies an e n appeal to her own sex. We ay $B ee te adiots a ee eere ot Socssle copenl © Geom wits cltominess sna expatene Geaner; but ‘any of them carry on business be will be {From the Boston Post, June 26.) subject to the same laws as the ciizons of the nation. ‘This lady, whore heroic conduct in navigating ber hus- ‘When 6 citizen of one is chesen as consular agent of the | band’s vessel into San Francisco hus excited the admira- other, be will continue to be regarded as a citizen of the | {on of the civilized world, is lying in this city dangerous, nation to which he belongs, and will consequen:'y ve sab- | il! of typboid fever. Her husband has recovered {Tawney ‘but this is not to embarrass the exercise of health, but remains entirely blind and deaf, and fonctions or to affect the inviowbility of archives. | Dr. Ciark, his physician, is of opinion that further amend- ‘The repudlic of Venezuela and that of the United States | ment in him is not to be expected. Besides al! these ‘will surrender to justice persone charged with homicide, | Sétilctions, that of pecuniary want is i upon the attempt at homicide, rape, forgery or uttering forged pa. woman, and the Courier a women of pers, arson, robbery with violence, burglary, piracy, of Boston to come forward aid their sister. Mr. theft’ and embevziement. This provision does not apply tu | George B, Upton and others are ready to take moasures to acts committed before the date of the or to ofiences | relieve Mra, latten’s necoasi Lda) Anya fu. ‘of a political obaracter, The surrender will be made only | ture want. The sum of $20 was sent to the Boston Courier order of the,executive. The treaty is to be in force for } offieeon Tuesday forenoon for Mre I’. by two ladies of years. this city, and all sums sent to that office will be acknow- fhe Venezuelan Chamber of Depaties was occupied with ledged thr gh the colamns of the paper. the question of the Kagliah debt. The Secretary of the {From the Boston Courier, June 24.| Sere eaninwetn ce |i Cy on 30th J — ‘by Messrs. Urbanchs and Cleepp, bad resolved to wits: | ‘sFor Mra Paen's sickly tiie boy”... bold ite approval from The report states | ‘For that heroic that the question is one merely of possibility, | ‘ paw Te Ag og ‘to the other engagements republic. The executive Payment of two per cent for overdue interest, two cent for the active debt and one per cent for the deferred oot, from Ist of April, 1858 to Ist of April, 1860; two and a per cent for overdue interest, two and a hall per deferred from wo ia tive and one snd a half per cent for deferred debt, from Ist April, 1862, to Ist April, 1868. An exohange of bonds is te be made consequent on the of this el ee for the payment per cent of import duties: the two first years, twenty five per cent during tbe following to be collected at ra, Prerto Cabello, Coro, and Bolivar. The interest COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK YESTERDAY. is to bemade either in ‘ondon or any of the ing | City Inspector Morton commenced yesterday to clean ollars per ton; and in pect — he drow bills of for #2 use ®” John Tasker, of i i i ef it li di Bis leleure hours, previous'to his being, overlaken by ¢in care, were employed im teaching his young w ‘e the eci ence of nerigation; end‘when her nesband was nolengor able to attend to hie duty, ehe left his bedsiée at intervals and took’the station ‘be had rendered yevant om deck The offcers and ‘crew desired and insisted tha the ship shouki wake the monreet port; tut her peremptory orders were that she should be kepi her courso; and every dey her ‘reckoning on yereen oy end’ber course marked out. The dutics o Sea was werned dene ‘weuld encounter in Lary ae was advised to jay off ‘urtil they could secure a This she also refused to do; but, presuming on her acquired know! , she took ‘the helm bereelf, and stoered the vessel safely into port. ~She bas etmec been higkty: complimented by the under- writers, and great praise has been bestowed pen oe by the geared but net half has been done should be, by the tusurance companies, to show their apprecia- tion of her determined spirit. Lad she allowed ship to be taker: into a fc port, under the color of distress, the bills which would heve accumulwed upon her would bave amcunted to no iaconsiderable sum. e Neptune’s Car ie a’ine ship of about sixteen hundred tons barthen. Hon. Edward Everett, tp'his address on the character of Washington, thus spoaks of Mrs. Patten:— _, Witness gata aye, that angelic vestal, Florence , who, ee. the eyes of admiring Europe admiring Asia, walked with serene unooncern, for more tan a twelvemonth, the pestilential wards of a hos- ; witness our not leas heroic countrywoman, ven, whose namo is hardly known to the public—the wife of @ merchant ¢hipmaster— who, far off on the lonely Pacific, with no eye to witness and no Bee wal usband was taken down by illness, now tend whoa ihr in ‘the sextant, laid down the ship’s course ou the cheered and enooureged the desponding crew, arrested the Cas inne who was Ls wayne Ec port— wad who, young wife as sho was, twenty years n overshadowed with the sacred primal sorrow of her sex, yet with a strong will and a siout heart, steered her husbend’s vessel, throxgh storm and through age, an calm, from Oape Horn to San ‘The Boston squeag ntiedar 0a adttion of Mire Pattes’ Hosting, co: re Sa. ether day, that she was in distress, we #-note'to her physician, and received the fol- lowing reply— Bostoy, June 20, 1867. Iv regard to Mrs. Patten, you may state that she has been sick for several weeks with ape fever, and that A husband tibie, is, ink, not to be expected. i HENRY G. CLARK. irs, Waiter Chanping, John Ware and Geo. Bartloti con- cur in the opinion expressed by Dr. Clark. Buch were the services of this heroic women, and such is now her pitiable condition. She docs not ask that an lic in behalf; she Her consolation thal her was on Upon ties simplicity we shall go to the ladics of Boston in a statoment more. Mrs. Patten, soon after her return to New York, ro- ceived from the “‘ underwriters on the ship Neptune’s Car cat aunge-s, voluntery testimonial of €1,000 as a smail token of their appreciation of her private worth, cour- age,” &o pand a8 Boston, she received from an un- known lacy in New Jersey ‘‘a small token of woman’s sympathy, ’ and a similar letter from Mrs. Tappsn. Mire. Paiten has received a etter frem London ‘Sdoliara from » blind gevtioman. so Ont it would seem that from irs: ¢o last Mrs. Patten nd intrepidty have excited & poor bitad writers bas only received trem the her moth and ber own seer yoann, the (rifliog sum of about 00. is now in house, on Salutation street, iv this city. Dr. Henry G. Clark, who is her phy- siclan, has given a truthful account of her health LH i fre Hut HL REEE = but there is something ia the city, prreuant to the instructions of the Common Cona- cil. All the carts that could be procured were pat on the streets, ond laborers were employed in sufficie umber: to gather wp all the dirt they could take away. In two weeks time there i¢ @ prospect that we will have a clean city and tht the danger from a pestilence from that qnar- ter will be over, Af svon as the Common Council have agreed upon pro- per sper iticationa the City Laspector will immediately ad vertine for proposals for clereing the strects, amd the par. ties putting im the lowest bids will recetve the specifications to ‘ contracts be pleating balla d'action of the “Conia. Teen ie ‘ve ample asmurance that they will Berron’s.—Mr. and Mra, Florence continue to attrac. farce numbers of the fon com: to vhis capat ciow edifice. will t in the hight, erwtng plooes ‘entltet eine ‘Limerick Boy. \ since several favorite songs, including the famous ‘Bobbin Aroune.”’ wae ge sh agg and Jallet’’ isto be again per- , with Miss 1 as the heroine, Mr. ir. Mavenport as Romeo Forme’ ©. Jordaw an M We it aces Keare’s.—The new called “Love's Tele ” 8 tobe for he tecond ume this evening. lie Kacne, Who enacts the heroine, will be supported by the cht alert of her excellent company. The amuse mente ciee wih “Variety,” in which Mr, Johuston cre- Aten a past deal ef merri Axmmcan Mose. —' focal drama of the “Sy bi!'« Cave, or Wild Woman of en,’* nightly Increases in recnal gad from present indications will have an uo \ ‘Will be repeated, with a good farce, Cy a twa alernoon we fre promise! the drama Gao, Gree 40 Woon'’s Miverres offer numerous 4 And the farce of “Black Frundorsy se" nie rn part. Buckeye’ for the benent ‘heir wonderfal juvenile performer, of. Young America syening. Ghia will be their lart ap. pearance ths season * Tae BRrant Broriens h eve Decome fixtures both in the estimation of the public an. 4 ‘at Mochasica’ Hall, So great Je the}r popu! to be on hand early Hh — Ty a eal Dassen the “Yankee keeper,” the Mra. F. * | West Broadway: cleaning Penterday derable space to @ criticiam of ‘Mied T.."e acting in this piece, “A Kiss in the Dark’ is the eee. George performs a very laughable ’ Sammy, \naee tender an attractive programme in a resume ot the prevemt condition of the Thin Wartete a tolerabty clean condition, be ari—hn & onilition, but requires: to be offtener than {I is at present sa Second Ward--Not clean. Two Of laborers were put at work yesterday in south and Front streets. Third Ward—Two gange at work in Liberty and Cort shout Were—Wery wo ERDEH AL WOrk yeatorday lirty; two we io Catherine and Roosevell strects . fa Ward—Gangs ® work in a viree) ant want vory m Sizth Ward—Has been clean for & week, the Comptrot Jer ho ving consented to pay the bills Seoenth Ward—Under contract, and quite clean Ward—Labvorers a work in and Groeee streets, Ninth Ward--Two of men were pul to work yes terday in Downing ‘ind Bedford strecia, . Tenth War's under cantract aad olen. a Ward—Under contract; in good condition, bat migh! cl Taelfth Ward—Bat few paved streota: vary dirt — Ward—\ oder contract, and in re oy o dition. Finrieenth Ward—Extremely dirty. Two gangs of men were put to work in Baxter re Rexbeth streetr. Fifieenth Ward—1n bad condition for eo good a ward to be clean; laborers at work in Thirteenth and Fourtecth streets. id Sixteenth War/—Under contract, and in good condition. a. big populows ward Phy laborers willbe put on to-day. ond Pighteenth W ard—\ nder contract; tn fair condition. \ineiernth Ward—Fias few paved streets; is under ‘contract and in fair order. Twentieth Ward—Ie very ‘iithy and has 20 dumping Pitce cleaning ihe commenced to-day. Twenty frt Ward—Coorviderable building dirt tn the health. Y, OCEAN TELEGRAPH. The AVantic Submarine Telegraph Expe~ sald taen Cul ce lose ato to ak im the paying out of the cable. To assist in taking it up, in case of the backing of the ship from icebergs or other obstructions, a steam engine is considered indispensable, and one of twenty OUR PORTSMOUTH CORRESPONDENCE. PorrswovTn, England, June 9, 1867- ‘The Wnited States Steam Frigate Niagara to take One Half & e Submarine Telegraph Cable~ Departure from Gravesend ‘and Arrival of Portsmouth-- English Hospitality to the Of- fecers of the Niagara--Preparations for the Reception of the Cable—Diogram of the Coils and the Amount of Space Appropriated for Them-—Pavis of the Ship where it is to be Stowerl, de, es, or It i now, as I informed you in my leet letter, ® fixed fact that we are to take the cabie and perform the important part which was originally assigned us in this great enter. prise. There were some doubts at first whether our ves- fel, on aecoun' of her peculiar mode of construction, Was qualified for the work for which she was appointed by our government, but a minute investigation into her capacity for stowage satistied the engineers that there was not only room, but more tban sufficient for the purpose. The re- sult which has been arrived at has proyed a eource of the greatert-gratification to every one |p any way connected with the undertaking, for all haye a national pride in it, ‘and to be compelied to play a subordinate part would have grated rather harshly upon their feelings. What- ever doubts were at frst entertained upon the subject our ship is at present undergoing those alterations that are necessary to {it her for the reception of the cable. ‘at adistance the confused sounds of the operatives at work removing the stauncheons and making the necessary preparations for the atill greater work which has yet to be performed, Bat, before speaking of this in detail, let me begin at the beginning, which, correctly speaking, goes back to the 2d inst., the date of my last letter. In that communication I stated that it had been decided, after all, we were to take the submarine cable on board; but It was not known where the vesse) would be fitted up, asthe British Admiralty had to select one of their rod wy yards Purpose. There wasa delay, there- fore, of some days, till the date of our d ’ took place on the Sth inst, when we sail naval depot of Portsmouth. We were three weeks alto- at Gravesend, having arrived off that port on the 4th ef May, and during that time our ship was crowded Our officers were in tions from official and private persons, become at last, that, finding it one of their number was ay keep a regulur daily bulletin posted in the the information of the whole meas. The following will give you some idea of the number of these invitations and of the attentions which the officers connected with the enterprise bave received:— BULLBTIN. Niagara have beew Invited to the fol- are now removed, and Even as I write, I hear as his cabin, as none but a devoted wife can tend a styicken bi now took ‘his place om the quarier deck of his forlorn vessel; took her observation every day with and 80 numerous possible to kee; ted 10 lowing club roome:— 108, Royal London Yacht, af the Caledopian Hotel, Adelphi General invitation to visit Chatham. Tickets from the Marquis of Breadalbane to visit Bock- ingham Palace and Windsor Castle. of London to, accompany” him in” bie Sate barge on te accompany (m on ‘Thames from that city to Greenwicl Lady Harding at home to all the mess. Fari of Darnley at Cobham. Invitation to a fish dinner, with Messrs, D——c, G——-e reenwich 's ly and further arhendment in him, though not imp2s- beater seme ets te epee Ps ‘oO in the chair, su; Of London and Middlesex,” - days, at her residence on Isle of Wight. The fact {it was only a visit to the bherbener thcoke I SE gee whole affair into an in- e case , to our | i id are laid on tho fore the bow, while those op the after part will be about seventy-five feet froin the stern: — ORLOP_DECKS HOLD FLOOR 1 ton weight to one milo (nearly). cable on beard for stowage or recovering part of it in Case of breakage. tur leaders, to prevent foetag. LATERAL SECTION OF THE SHIT, STOWING TRE POSITION OF TEE COILS ON THE DIFFERENT DECES. a for rowsiag teiegrape are de 2 centre of cot ower eager, rotiers daSddiaea 5, 1857. ductor at once destroys the connection, as was proved in the laying of the frat cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence and others which baye since been jaid jp European waters, To form tbe pew core or conductor, the extent of copper wire required js seven timer the jength of tho whole cable, or 17,500 miles; and if to this be added the eighteen strands of iron wire which is used as a protection or outer covering of the cable, and ear of which consists of seven miles, we have a grand tota of 332,000 miles. The manufacture of this cable has given employment to some 360 men, and its Wtal cowl ls estimated at about one million seven hundre’d and fifty thoasand dollars, According to the contract entered junto with the the coment of the coils in a circular form it is horse power wi!) accordingly be erected en the quarter deck, in or pear the ition where it is placed in the draw- ing. It ts only, ho im such cases that i; will be needed; bet it will be always ready and in working order for any emergency in which it may be required. The cable will be paid out first from co!) K, then from coils D, C, Band A Tie number of miles in the coils ©, D and F is eight bundred and thirty-three, and in the coils A and B four hundred and seventeen, making in all twelve hun dred and fifty. Each coil will be made round the hatch of the deck on which it is to be formed, the centre being supported by an Internal cone constructed of sirong s bound firmly together, and about which the cable wil! ve laid. It was feared that by placing £0 large ® portion of it im the forepart of the veszo! the great weight would cauge an undue depression of the bow, so much 60 a8 to taterfere with the working of the ship; but as may bo observed it will not be far enough from the centre of gravity to place her on an uneven keel In addition to this the weigat can be ro equally distributed by storing the provisioge, conis and etorage of the vessel in oiber parts as toayold sect depression of the bow. Tho coil ‘A would be piaced on the hold tisor, like the coil C, bat the sbaft of the propelior interferes hore, and they will be obliged in consequence to put it on the orlop deck. Onthe next or main deck is to be laid the coil B, and to make way for it about #Ix of the onicers’ state rooms must be taken down. Those whohave a} been accustomed to the comforts of a home can realize the inconve- nience and annoyance which will be caused by the intro duction of such & customer into the wardroom, but every officer and every eailor is to sacrifice his own ease In order’o carry out this ul ing successfully. Imagine the cable flying oat from this coil at the rate of three or four miles an hour while they are at dinner, and within some three or four yards of them, passing up the hatch and away out over the stern, to be submerged at the bottom of the ocean at adep'h of from two miles to two and a half. ‘The cable which {s to be oe be on board the Agatnem- non yeh! ‘one coll ~~ a —— pat in tof the ship, it perhaps Ing too ae ee in advance of tho experiment which plan will prove the best, but I belleve the goners} opinion is in fa- vor of ours, which bas been adopted from necessity, on ac. count of the peculiar constraction of the Niagara. To make room for a portion of our haif of the cable, some of the coals will be stowed in another part of the ship, and the water tanke will be secured on the spar deck. In fact, the introduction of the cable will produce a complete revolution in the order of things on the Niagara; some of the officers will be tarned out of thelr staterooms, several of which will be taken down. Tho Captain’s will be invaded, and about two fifths of the crew be obliged to abandon their hammoc!s for beds on the déck, or wherever else they may be fortunate enough two finda to stretch themeelves. Laying the cable across the Gulf of St. Law- rence was mere chili’s play to this work, not only in the length of time required, but inthe maguttide of tho un- dertaking, and the arduous and onerous duties connected with it. The coil, as I beve said, is tobe formed round a cone mace of strong planking, as may be seen by reference to the subjoined epgravings, representing tho front view and lateral sectiovs:— FRONT VIEW OF THE COIL. 2 3 3 i ; on i Gs ; rout view of the coil, with imerna! come appearing above it “Bais colt tons the cable, ie thirty-five eight oY nnd avout ¢o0 miles lob. Tt wil! bo laid om the laid up ageinst the side of and resting against the jn- Dg ternal cone. fv the cofling of 41 the greatest eircumspec. tion and acouracy must be preserved, as one [alse turn might defeat the success of iho whole work 4 Attmg up of the ship at thie port wil) take about two weeks, when she will leave, without further delay, for Liverpool, There the cable will be taken on board; and as nh wil be gd im separate coils, work will not con- sume more than one-half the time that would otherwise be uired. “Cur ship will be obliged to be abort ® mile and a half from the factory where the cavle is being made, and from which it will be conveyed in two large lighters. These are now loading with it, and will be Lae! the time we arrive off Liverpool, so three to four weeks, #0 that we may calculate on being able to start for our of rendezvous at Cork by the latter: part of July, and be able to reach mid ocean between Newfoondiand and Iretand by the second week in August. Among the visitors we have bad our arrival at Vortamonth was Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander of the Port, and Admiral W. F. Martin, tis Superintendent, with the former of whom Captains Hudsop and Pennock and Lieutepante North and Wells, dined a few dars ago. The’Lrst to visit our ship was our Coneu! at Portsmouth, Mr. Papallardo, who bas been untiring (n his attentions, whore courtesies and kindness deserve this particular mention. ‘Fee Nie haa been visited and \nepected by a large nereber of the nayal and military officers connected with thie place, and as may wa is the mubject of pretty severe criticiem, an) at the same time of the most un praise. The critios, however, are ina very smal) minority, being aout one to ten in jon to the eulégists, Some of the papers have ertered the liste and taken part in the controversy, vat not, however, to any greatextent. The Tine: occasionally takes a fling at our ae y Magazine has failed to discover a single good ‘mati g i been inspected by numbers of critical, professional and amateur caval architects and caval men of all ranks. They agree upen one point—the vessel's ugliness.” Now, the answer to this is to be found in the (act that, with one or two exceptions, every visiter of the two or three bapdred who bave been on board since ovr arrival at this port bave been unanimous in thetr praise ef all her pointe, and even the exceptions, while they expressed their doubts regard to the guecess of & vesse! with her peculiar ar- mament in time of action, have willingly mimitted the eo periority of her build over that of their own vessels. Whether courtesy justifies them in praising her before our own officers, and running her down after they have left, im for themselves to say, but one thing is Certain, that their unfavorable opinions bave only been exproesed ashore and in presence of others aot counected with Dre Vingara. “Ob! she is a wonderful ship,” said one of these to an oflicer who was potuting out and explaining the pevalia rites of her mode! and const ruction—sbe is ¢ wonderful ship | never saw anything to equal her—we have noth ing im our service to compare swith her.” And well he might say so, for here in the mirist of some ‘Of the best veanels of the great Pritieh navy, she looks like ‘fA gezelic among 2 heard of bafaloes, the beauty of her symmetry only serving to #how br contrast their agly ant clomsey proportions. There was a great dea! the remark, that the arrival of the Niagara io & ‘Will do more to improve the qual.ties of their ships stenet their ‘critical, professional and amateur naval archi tecty ead naval men men of al! tenke,’’ than all the pro prem they coul! make without such instru tion for the Bext ify years. PortenocT™, Jume 12, 1867 Completion of One Walf the Cable at the Birlenhead Manu Sactory—amount of Copper and Irom Wire wand in Ma hing the Whole-—Pitting up of the Miagara for ite Be ception—Changes and Alier«tiona in he Officers’ Ward voom—The Country on Shipboarde/ irs of May, or Gen eral Moving Day, de., Of the twenty-five hundred miles of the eubmarine tele gTAph cadle Which ix to connect the opperite shoros of Newfoundiand and Ireland, aad thus unite the Old and New World over twenty three busdred are compiated and ready: for shipment, That portion which was costrested for by Meware, Newall & Co., of [irkemhead, opposive Liverpool, was finighed @ few clays ago, and a graod bangeet given on the oveasion of its completion by the manufaeturers to their operatives. The work was commenced oe (he 1th ef February last, and from that date op to the present time over twenty-two miles were manufactured daily. The process of manufecturing the vable bas been already de- sorbed, but there are afew tacts which it may not be amias to mention here, for the purpose of showing the amount of copper and iron wire used, and the almost incredible fengiinof both wires, if extended in one continuous line. fa the makieg of it Lie old conductor of ene copper wire has bedh completely rejected, and another, compose! of seven smaier wires, exch about as thick a8 a pin, adopted tm tte stead. The advantage of the new conductor over that formerly sed consiate in the connection or continuity Deing lene liable to be broken by the parting or rupture of one or more of the wires,as thore which remain perfect will transmit Jeetric current in ail its force to the ter goini of the ceble, wbilgs break in the single wire con time to accomplish it But the expedition with which it war ¢ their favor. ‘The remaining half of the cable, a little over one hundred miles of whicb has yet to be made in the os. tabliebment of Mestre. Glase, iitlot & Co., a Greenwich, will be completed within three weeks at the very latest, As the portion whiecb bas been manufactured can be put op board the Agamemnon at once, the shipment of it will not interfere with tho making of the hundred and odd miles which are necessary to complete this half. By the time you sball have received this, between three and four hun dred miles of it will har our own sbip will be ¥ bundred which has been made, but it is thought that they will be enabled to have it all coiled in four weeks from the time the operation is commenced. The company are certainly using their utmost endeavor to expedite the work, and from what bas been «fone at this port in the way of pre paring our abip for the cable, there is every reason to Ruppose that we will not be detained bere more than six or seven daye al the farthest. York jast April would be astonished at some of the chapgee sbe bas undergone within the Jast two or three days. ‘The officers’ wardroom has been broken tnta, three of their staterooms on each side of it taken down, and the partition which divided i. from the restof the mein or berth deck completely removed. The open space which extended outside of this apartment, away beyond the steerage, is called “the country” among tho eailors, but the barrier once removed the officers’ wardroom may now properly be sald to form a part of the rural districts, and the whole conveniences they had to the success of the enterprise, graph company, the work was to be finished by the b of Juwe, as it Was supposed that it would require ail that dncted gave the contractors a large margin in € lon taat veasel, and ng it‘on board at the rate of two d fity miles e week. This iz the calculation ‘Those who were on the Niagara before she left New meas will enjoy all the pleasures of rustication for the next two or three months, They have sacrificed whatever have cheerfully abandoned their berths for a hammock, and turned out of their staterooms, that there might be ficient epace for the coiing of the cable, which ix spread over a large tract of ‘the country.” The moment the carpenters and other workmen made their appearance there was # general moving among tnose whose quarters were invaded, which, on @ small scale, might not inaptly be compared to the drat of May in New York, Lookinggiasses were entrusted to the hands of careful waiters and stowed away in places of safety; little libraries taken down from their shelves abeve the berths and packed in trunks for the time being; then followed the wardrobe in all its variety—the nayal uniform and the dress of the civilian, the cocked hats of the ‘officers in three cornered japanned boxer, all by themselves, and the beavers ofthe citizens, with and without boxes ; the inree or four dozen shirts and the five or six dozen collare—the most abundant article of dress in the wardrobe—carried as carefully on the outstretched arms of the waiters as if they were se mavy new born babies; India rubber over- coats, India rubber overalls and India rubber boots torm- ing an impervious armor against the rain; combs, brushes, razors, bookjacks, bat brushes, pin cushions, needles, sciseors, and all the other great and little things with out whicu no domestic establisument can be carried on either on sbip or ashore, Varous contrivances were resorted to by those who haye lost their staterooms, and the ingenvity which hes been exhibited under the circum stances would astonish a Inodeman. Here is a little cor- ner which was set apart for a water jar, but which has been converted into a sort of dressing chamber. The jar has been removed, and in ita stead a basin stand is erected, while upen a little hook above it por A cag emitend whole three-cornered concern is en by a curtain formed of canvas, behind which ite possessor porforms hie morning ablutions and arranges his toilet. The oi) cav- pet furnished by Uncle Sam’s agents (and it’s a very poor Pi) ves taken up yesterday, the bu! is torn down, apd stancheons will soon share the same iate; but in their stead wil! be placed tron braces, or arches, to Ruy the immense beams wi! extend under the spar deck, from side to side of the vessel. Jn some places, while the staterooms have been torn down, just — of the berths have been lefl to allow the oocapant to lio ‘upon one side, making it absolutely neces: for him to get up altogether fe he can turn on the other; ‘but after all the inconvenience and annoyance which al- tend these alterations, there is a novelty in the change which gives it a sort of altraction, The carpenters make & iremendous noise when at work, and tbe confused sound of hammering, sawing and filing is anything but pleasant; ‘but it is nothing compared to a good bey otic de- mocratic mass meeting in the Park, or an excited, boilige- rent and pugilisiic crowd in Tammaay Ha To hasten our departure for Liverpoo! it der x longer stay in is detained here jonger than is absolutely necessary. The Town of Pana, Il., Destroyed a Harrteane. iad THIRTY-THREE BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN—ONE CBILD KILLED AND SRVEN PERSONS BADLY IN- JURED—ABOUT SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED, [From the Decatur Gavette, June 16 | We are indebted to Mr. James Shoal for the following particulars, relative to the divastrous burricane which visited Pavk, }!!., om Saturday, 19th instant, at 2 o’clock P.M. Mr. 8's statement can ve relied on, as he has been to Pana and got bis information and particulars from those who knew al! about the circumstances. Hie minates, taken at the scene of the catastrophe, are as follows: — : a belonging to Jobn Ryan are total wrecks. 0x8 $00. W.N, Necland’s dweliing was moved several feet from foundation. [oes $250. Hough Lafiin’s dweiling tota! loss, valued at $500. Jos Vry's dwelling taken from foundation. |..88 $400. De. Fe "es Duilding off foundation. Lose $200, R. L_ Blower, butiding total lose, wife and two children injured. Loss Property $1,500. L. C. Keown loat two dwellings valued at $1,000. yelling, barn and outhouses totally do- stroyed, Lows 600 J, B, Calvin, house moved from foundation, {.o88 $300, sik Alexander, house moved from ‘foundation, {oes ‘. & Miller, one child killed, wife's arm broken and otherwise ag amas a tota) wreck. Loss of building, child dangerously injured, child not ; dwelling a total wreck. [oan > dwelling and furnitare entirely destroyed. to the amount of J. W. er, damages to dwelling $150. = Craig, furniture destroyed to the amount of H. Wiisot—Damages to dwelling $160. H & Bdwaros—loss in buildings (four in number} pa ings ( ) bo goods, $6,000. ton & Hobsop—etore and drugs damaged. | ose $1 K. V, Saunders—roof taken off his house and rood. |. 18H 1,000. Horton's total wreck. Lom $600. Robert Sauaders—bouse biown down. Loss $800. Ss. Rew map—Pnt to house $100. U. B Seockiey. pian Siggy BD badly it wellings bad! to $1 1 Giligan—House of foundations ‘Losast0n, Jobo Dillaa—rocery John MoGuen—Dweiling. Loss $500, Dir Cassell— Damage to bullding $75. injured. Loes 8600. amount @ about % to 1. ©. RR, oneof which was ere biown off the track and dashed to mn Buildings belonging to T. & A. h R.—1.o8s about $3,000. Alfred Bennett—| ye 00 House $200. 0. J, Baldw in—Loes of housebold goods $200. Wu. Glasgow—Storeboure & per wreoi. -dwelling much damaged. Lose $2,000 vi B. Litthe--(amage to stock of goods aad dwelling Dr. Goudy's store remove! {rem foundation. Damage ‘Wm. Hay's welling total loss, |'amages $506. Patton & Brother- Storebouse ecattered over the prai- rie two dwellings badly injured--stock of goeds da- maged. |.ors from $10,060 to *12,600, Meeeh & | eenard’s two story eating house, much dam- aged: roof otf ome side, | ee $1,000, 1, Roardman—Loss of house furniture $100. ~— Vxpress office—O0 foundation. Loss about $1 A achoo! house was carried from its fowadation some ten feet. The Beckwith Houge eustained & slight injury Mr. Seap—Hovse wrecked; stable \lown down. Lom ‘The wind getting the binges, aed man With it, to a distance of 76 Vart of & wood shed was \lown (wo miles southeast of Papa Mr. Edwards and his clerk were biown a comaidlerable distance into the prairie. The upright of the water tank was blown over the Beck- with House, and heavy timbers toa ‘listance of two an! three hundred yards. Three men were blown of the platform in front of the passenger depot, to the freight depot, a distance of tree bundred yards. A condnctor war blows through a window There i+ not a house left standing in Pana lyut what is more or less injered. The harricane was sccompanied with large hail stones and heavy rain At Oconee, a few miles touth of Pane, (wo houses were biown down. At Rosemon, four miles wast o° Mai blown off their foundation and much i . More than one-half the growing crops in that vicinity are entirely ruined. ‘The citizens of Pana who aré able to attend to the wounded and helplers, are :‘oing ail they cao to make them comfortaiie. The physicians, too, are very attentive, and are giving the wounded thetr aid without money or with ovt price. That Is right. four houses were i} tbe men who can work on (he ship have been employed, and two gangs have been ‘within the past three davs and day. There is pothi ar a ee rep- jaf} and stupid place desirable, and it will not be the fault of those on the Niagara if she James Prereole, dwelling, furniture and goods destroyed vO. red. Two The Presbyterian church—Roof blown of and otherwise Bui idit belonging to LC. RR. eustatmed damage to 0 Portiey, made their annual spr rad A. parade poverty. ‘orm, with white pante, and mustere: near! P~ ‘ThM® & (ine regiment, and shows evitence of good raw) hoating near ‘Tuesday , in Greenwood cemetery, PRICE TWO CENTS. City Intelligences TESTIMONIA!, TO CHIR MATSELL: Tor come time past an understanding haa been had among the leading police captain and others who have bad official connection with Chief Matsel!, that a forma! demonstration of esteem and regard would be made in bis behalf before his projected departure for the West. Upon the int: mation that he purposed making a preliminary trip next week, the purposed action on the teatimenial, it fs thou, now be takea at once. It has been quite noticeable that among those who who have most warmly ex)ressed their desire in this connection, and who also contemplate ‘aking part in it, are leading men among the late “‘metropoitan" secessionist. They would seem to manifert iio more i terest in it as aneridence of « personal attachinent to th old Chief, which the recent difficulties might seem to vb- soure. One of the captaine who had seceded was uc!ive ia bis matter, fome wee nary trip d kad engaged the interest of his 12m im st . Mr, Satseli leaves upon bis prelimi Monday. Turn Cous#sioseRs ov Harri will bold their firey formal meeting this year on Wedmesday next, the let day of July, By law they are required to meet every day io the year, but the formal meetings are only beld during the summer months, when there {e danger ‘rom ‘n‘ected ‘veasela entering the port. The Commissioners of Health for the present year are composed of the following named persons :— Fernando Wood, Mayor, John Clancy, President Board of Aldermen. ‘Jonas N- PRitlipe, Presideut Board of Counci!men, Richard H. Thompson, Health (cer. George W. Morton, Cit IF. Jedediah Miller, Hoalty Conimiss'oner. Wilham Rockwell, Resident Physician Waiter F, Conoklin, Clerk. So far thore hag been no infected versels at tbo Qiaran ttne for the Commissioners to take action upon. ‘Tux Srate ARSENAL tN FooTh AvENve.—At the leet eee- tion of the State Legislature a resolution was pissed giv- ing the State Arsenal to the city of New York, provided the Common Couucil was willing to pay $275,000 therefor and cloge the bargain before the 10th of June, 1867, at which time the Arsens! was to be sold to the highest byt- der under the orders of the Land Commissioners of the State, in ease the Common Countil had taken no action Ip the matter. The city authorities agreed to take tbe Arsenal on the day proposed, but failed to pass the necesrary appropriation for the pay- ment in accordance with the resojution of the Legislature. By order of the land Commissioners ‘an eflort was made to sell the Arseoal on the 20th inst. ; bat Dy deg? restrained by an injumeton issued by Judge others on beball of the city, apd the sale was postponed to the 24th inst. Yesterday it Merchants’ Exchange; but the sale was again postponed: until the 23d day of July next atthe instance of ©. H. Ham- mond, the Deputy Attorney (eneral of the State, who is at present in the city attending to this business It seems tho Commissioners of the land Oifice are willing to wat for a couple of months, in order to give our Common Coun- cil ap opportunity to pass the necessary appropriations to secure the right of the city to the Arsenal pri understanding was arrived at yesterday be! Clerke, that ipjunction would expire by its own |imita- tion on'the I#t of September next, the Slate having the re at any previous time to move for a dissolution of © ‘ke om complaint of the Corporation Counsei and should have been sold at the iy. Ao Judge restraint to sell the grounds, Tho Arsenal property ‘some ten acres in the most valuable pari of tho comprises Central Park, and it is desirable that the city should pos- sees it. Racatra 7 Horoxex.—The first annual race of the Ho- boken Model Yacht Club came off yesterday afternoon. ‘At noon there was @ light breeze from the N. N. W., which freshened a little towards evening, and conse- quently it was most favorable for the race, which was ‘also favored with a most glorious day tu every other re- spect. Atoneo’cleck the bank of the river near tbe Elysian fields, and expecially the portion which waa di- op the place from whence the yachts were to literally animated with spectators, whilst neat Tatl ltsed to and fro over the silvery waters of tho river. ‘The boats woich were to run were thirteen in number, but for some reasons only 12 were present when the mo- ment for starting arrived. These were the follow!ng: — First Class Boats, Smoothing Iron. Louise. Second Olaes Boats, Fatelie, 8. Kirby, Avdabon, Bansbee, Frolic, Ada. Third Class Boats. Anna, Pity. Walton, 5 ‘The arrangements were that five mimutes should tnter- vene between the sailing of the boats of the third and se- cond classes and a simi! should citpse between that of the second and Gret boats. Tho course stoor- ed was up the river to and around e stake boat anchored ker’s bay: thence down the river to anothor House; thence farther opporite (iowanus bay; thence again up the river, ing between the stake off the Club House, and ne Gin he jistance being tome 70 miles. five minutes past one, bang wen a gun, ond the Brat part of the Way Hest, Consisting of the boats , Were all animation, and almost immed: aiely aud ¢imultancourly unuer welgh. Five and tem m) nutes passed away, those of the wocoad and rst clas gave chase, Great excitement followed these rapid move- ments. When pare See the river from the place whence they started, ty were cheered! as they passed along, the Smoothing Iron having the lead. At 13 minutes to four @ gun announced the arrival of the Smoothing Iron at the end of ber journey. Six minutes subsoagently « tame place, and six minutes subsequent to this the arrival of the “Fatelle’? was also announced by the firing of a third gun, The prizes consist of three handeome piecen of plate, one of which if to be awarded to each of the three winners. The other boats glided into the anchorage ono after thre other at irregular intervals, with of two—the ‘Ada’ auc! the “Emily,” The latter broke ber ‘lier when commencing the rase, and the ether aban don- ed itfor some other reason. Lacycn or THe Yacut WANDERER. At Setauket, Long Island, op the 20th inst, from the shipyard of Joseph Rowland, was launched the largest yacht ever built on this side of the Atlantic, She was modolied and built Mr. Rowlaod, under the immediate superintendence direction of Capt. Thomas B. Hawkins, of Port Jefferson, Mr. Jobn 1). Johnson, of the New York Yach) Clab; and from her model, wnich appears to be a happy combi- nation of ali late improvements, gives promise of great poe combined with strength and beauty. longth of keel, feet. % 5 BF g . 3 § imp —Oa Friday last @ young mas, between eighteen and nineteen years f age arrived at Pourhkeepsic, accompa nied by a young iacy of twenty-one years. wero ly married tp that city. On , po me ene Dane, eGo Se ag iraced Sen reiee rected a letter oung man, to be left at Test ofice tll called for, and then bim- self bebind the door. ; for et F i i 4 i rf ll the that his wife had eloped, and immediately #tarted. tw pursuit. Sexier or 4 Lover.—0, §, Cooke, a young man about 28 years of age, and jeweller by trade, committed eu) cide inst Sunday, at his late restdeger, in Amity street, by taking strychnine. Deccased was formerly of Oneorta, (Otwego county, where it ts believed his father now. Vasides. The ceuge of the rash eet was unrequited love, a will ap pear from the annexed fugitive lines, found on the drees ing table of deceased — esti “Tis bat n traaquil pasmage 1 a more tenagnit live Commi Teli m Tam not afraid to die, Bot if . ps. er see ion die, Bot if they are pap- lograph over the table to the address marked Send the ore his are with her and Tlove wetemtenguiptae Weumpterncn wt ‘The isamorata of deceasedl was a young lady of Port- landville, in this State, and Mp ele the vaforinnain young man bad attempted ‘destroction three Umer previo Hie effects. wore ly taken care of by empioyer, with whom he lived for a number of years. Myereriors Dray —Meepm on Steins —Aboat noon yesterday, rome children 09 Staten Islan, @) posite Stap'e- i Tar Rowavanr® Estarr.—The estate formerly ewned by Joseph Bonaparte, near Bordentown, New Jersey, was an- nounced to be sold yesterday in the Merebaat:’ gue. The a op beeps \. raw the , a8 be cou! bid be wanted, Tr 0000A, Tole curate wan BORD Ny, Joseph meee parte in the year 1822 for $100,000. It contains 204 acres of ground; it has c! ed ,nanda repentediy , it owned by Mr. Henry Beckett. F a Avstars l'anip®.—The Third regiment of Hassare, Col, jed at 3 P. M., in Madison Sqa: ‘The Sow oF Jostan Jonson, one of our oldest New York SOOT or eo puns teen imep yb dig bas] ol the boat Mary & Catharine, was foond Fort ts , om Monday, and interred om