The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1857, Page 2

THE ALBANY BRIDGE] CASE. from those points no# in operation, or that may be here. Our Troy Correspondence, efter constructed ; in addiston fo this use, is to be Tror, July 28, 1867. taken {ato the account the use for commen travel ase » July 28, 1867. | public highway. As to the business ap and down the Zudge Nelson's Injunction upon the Albany Bridge—Recep- | river, garried ‘on by verses Brogelied by mene eae salle, tion of the News in Troy, and Rejoicings of the People, | tome idea may be gat’ tne o Led , ‘ and of the number of pasteges through tho draws, from a The opinion of Mr. Justice Nelson granting the tnjawction | face ct sted by several witnessen, re ees eigtas prayed for, restrainirg the building of the Albany bridge, | of all the freight uyon the Weste n aad Northern canal: ‘was delivered at Cansadaigna yesterday, and a certified | arriving at, and leaving tide water, enter aad leave tho ludson river at Woet Troy; and in addition to this, is to copy reached this city this morning at about nine o’slock a, ‘The glorious tidings that the injunction had been granted flew over the city inatantaneously as it were, and a general conversational and social rejcicing was the {mmodiate re. suk Every citizen's countenance wore the, aspect of a victor fushed with the choicest laurels of success, The fact and its propriety have been the prevailing theme of the be added the business growing out of the coasting carried on with ihe towns above the briige Taere isa question also involved tn this care, that I desire to have pret |, mamely, how far the porsonal duties and obli éay, and there;will doubtless be a public demonstration | to navigation, but that it could be relieve! by the ehalf worthy of th: tude of the subject, and | agency of the tees as the act ons occurred p Ligh A grpos Merce. For to hls charter it to mate the duly of ihe the controlling porition it occopies in the breast of every Trojan, many of whom for years past have “fought, Diet and died’ upon the legal and legislative field encom- parsed by this very point. Giancing at the opinion itself yeu will observe that Jadge Nelson bas pronourced the bill unconstitutional and void. Bat it yet, of course, remains optional for the Bri¢ge Company, togo on and take proofs ia the case; still, Jodge Nelson will give # flaal judgment cf the Circuit Court perpetually enjoining the company against the erec- Uon cf the bridge, Upon this decree en appeal may bo taken to the Sopreme Court of the United Stater, and there can be but little, if any, doubt that that tribunal will ailirm tbe decree of the Cirout Court, up m the printiple tait down by their Honors in the celebrated “Wheeling ‘Bridge’ cace, The true rule would seem to be, that below ports of entry or detivery no bridge by State authority can be allowed that subst impedes vernels nailing jer @ United 8 ates license. 1 American citizens have ght to mavigate, without obstraction, vationally navi gable waters, and tt would, iadeed, seem to be desirable ‘that the national courts ehould firmly protect the freedom of our public rivers, barbore and lakes, UNITED SfATES CIRCUIT COURT. Robert D. Silliman vs. The Hudson River Bridge Qompany Nuison, Chief Justice —This is a motion on behalf of the complaivant, who is engaged in the navigatim of the Had- Gon river with vessels enrolled and licensed under acts of Congress, in the ooastirg trade, for an injauctien against the defendants to enjoin them against the erection of a bridge at Albany, which it is charged will seriously ob Struct the free navigation of said river. The defendants, in anawer to the motion, eet up an‘act of the Legislature of New York, passed Apri! 9, 1858, conferring upoa them an- aority to erect @ bridge over the Hudson river atthe place mentioned, and claim the right to erect the same in pursa ance there)’. The eighth eection of that act provides for the erection of a bridge “which shall be constructed at aa elevation at least twenty feet above common tide water, so ‘as to allow under it the free passags of canal boats at Darges without matts avd with a draw thereio of suffisien: ‘width to admit the free passage of the largost vessels navi gating the said river, and at leat two huwtred feet in width, or of two draws of at least one busdred and instance, defendants to keop in readiness ateac tugs to to # sailing versels through the draw; also, that they shall no. suffer sand bars to cmunue that ma7 be formed by reason of the erec.ion of the bridge or piers, but shail remove the tame. Suppose that the iraw constructed would aot ad mit of the passage of sailing veasols without the aid of th» tug: would this of the charter legaiizs tbe britge? Again, euppose {; should be admitted that tho piers of tae bridge would be the means of the formatioa of bars abova and low them, #0 as to impsde nivig tion: wuld the duty enjoined upon the defendants in the charmer, to re- move the obstruction, answer the legai objection to the Dri’ge? This question, eo faras1 know, ianew,aniasa | oar pricciple is of very great im ortancs, aad may Wwe ® Considerable bearing upoa this case in its flaal hearing. Tbe opering and closivg«f ths draw must de- e ‘more or less upon human agency ; it musi mocesea tly 60, aa long as it is atmi tes that a prover draw may re- lieve the bricge from obs ructions to ihe mavigition The questi mts, how much farther may it be relied ou, in cases. where the bridge, from 1'# construction, cous tutes an ob struction, even with the proper mauagement of the draw? Another question aleo may be involved ia the flasl deter mination, requiring the moet deliberate consideration, ant that ia, how far the business of comm :rce upon tho rivers cf the country—tnone great nateral highways for tho convenience of trate aud intercoursee—is to yield to thé convenience and accommodation of the conve;ance of pascengere, the chief ant primary busines and uses of railroads. it is uadrabted ly true that theee roads furnish very considera%le facili 8 for the transportation of goods ay well a3 0? paisen ors, and deserve tho forietng care a4 encouragement of © government and country; but i} will probably uot now be cenied, after the ox scrience po'seseed of the prac ical uzes of them, that in the transporiaiion of goods, ex. pecially heavy freight, cannot compete with tho great natural thoroughfares subjecict to these uses by steam verses and other water craft. Great card iherd- fore, should be taken iuat the facilides thus furnished by a beveficent Providence for the conventeace of the business and commerce of the country should no! be so encam- bered and obstructed by ie erection of ar'ilcial means of crcsatpg as to render them virtually useless, for the pur pore ofnavigation And it ts specially important that Bome gerera! principles should be arrive? a ia this case by which, while the fair and reasonadie wavigation of rivers is soured to the public, every fadility consistent ‘with the same may de extended to railroads im tho paz fage asrore th stream. che principles proper ta 20 a) plied to this ease will be generally spoakicg, applicale to fifty feet each, which draws ehall not be odsteacted by | every other instance of bridging this river; wad tt is agpa piers or otherwise, ani in such a manner as to | rect that they must so regulate and control the o-ecti om, as cause Lo substantal impediment or ob<truction to | that, however muliplied asthe exig nei 4 business the free navigation cf said river; and, the sail corporation | necestities of tae coun'ry may demiai, tt reasonably bereby created shall atall times during the seasoa of na- ‘vigaiion, caves the said dra to be openot, kad kept opon, except for the parsage of railroad trains of cars, and shut whenever the same muy be necessary, aa ooa!5 or vox sels wishing to pase such draw, shall st all times have a preference over railroad tralaa of cars or engines, and such draw sbali be prempily opened to avy such boat or ‘Vessel on signal, if given before any railroa! tran or en gine shail have appeared and given signa! of (ueir inten tion to pass.” There are other clauses in the wot relating 10 the towing of sai ing vessels throvgt: the draw; for lights at nigh on the bridge; and for the rem>val of cand bars, or oiber obstructions created by the erestion 0! the urobatructed navigation of ih) river is ettll maiatalued. No one can desire to see this great natural thoroagh fare serjous'y cbstructed cr its business ant commerce materially crippled. The gaaraaties of tha con ‘stitation and acts of Cmgress but harmonize in thia re- tpect with what must be the fi gt and wishes of the whole busi: ess community, A question was presented ia ‘this State in the Court of Ubancery and Court fur the Cor- rection of Errore, and decided, namely, whether or tho navigation between diffe-ent ‘parts ujon a pubtic river within the game State came within the power to regulate commerce *‘ among the States"? need not de coasidered, as boeuch quesiizn has doen mate by the defendants. Tho ta bridge er the piers of the eame. Thore ure some provt- | affrmatire has been m: the highest auth rious of the charter which would seem to indicate an in- | in this State. can = Co. ve. std font to limit the use of the bridge to (he transportation o” trains of railroad care across the river; but, upon @ care ful perma! of he whole of the act, we are inclined to think the power con’erre1 upon the defen iauts is more extensive. The firet ection constituting ihe stockholders a Sorporstion, deciares tbe objsct to be tue ¢ ycting and mawisining @ bridge ‘for the Tae mg Of raivad travel ys. Saratoga sud Rens- selaer Railroad Co ) ° examise the question whether or not the pewer in the State to authorize the building of a bridge across a public river, navigable from the sea, is not subordinate to tha: con ‘erred by ihe const! tution upon Congrees to regulate Comterce, as no such quemiou bas been made in this case. That ihe p> io and transportation acroes the Hudson river,’ «> ; and the | Corgress is paramount was conceded on the argument, and eighth section contains ® clause that the company shall | wes alro in the fullest and broadest teri by the distin. “oause the ld diaw to be opened, and kept open exsept | guished Judge (Chief Justice Savage ) on delivering the for the passage of railroad tr: of cars. aod shut when- | oauion of the Uourt in the two casos alvesdy referred ever thesame be necessary,”’ ke. Bat thetwelfihsec- | to, U;on the whole, on the grounds, i for the may dion provides, that “afer the bridge ebail have been com pleted, such tolls, and charges may be coliected for cross- ‘ng the same on foot, and with wagons, carr, or carriages of apy kin, and with borses, or other ‘nui nals, or other. wise, as the directors may from time to time establish, reasons ascigned, we hare arrived at tie conclu- sion that |i is due to the rights ead tntercets of the parties, ss well a3 the groat questions involved to enjoip the pr oceediags in the erection of the bridge until the Onal bearicg of the case, 1 would further # id &c., and any person crossing or attempting tocros said | that altbough neither of the parvies has furcished me ge without paying the proper toll, shail be sudject toa | with an amendment of this charter by the Legislatare penalty of ten dollars, in addi:ion toth:ee times the amount | since the argument, aud pending the oo sideration of the of the toll euch dorson or pereons ought to ve paid.” | motion, it bas come under my ooti ¢, aed If the charter is ‘This section must be read iu connection with the twoclauses | to be regarded as a public act. we shall fee! bound to con- already to, is significant of tho intent and | sider it atthe final hearing This amendment reduces the y nny = by Jo cnc an Fy ped a wlan of Refiae, if but one, from two hendrea to one dlcates purpose we brigge were in au feet, if two, from one hundred simply the trasapertation of railroad trains, bat, in addi ed and ten each.” and Ofty to one bun It Is trae, certaia officers named may, {un their dis srevion, direct those deaws 10 be eplarged ; but this qualiGcation presents a contiageacy we cannot notice or adrivute any weigbt to in passing apon the ton, the accommodation of the public in general, in travel aod pees the use of 14s a common highway. Wo shall Wo reason out this view by collating the ta rio of the charter bearing upon it, batsaxti | question mvolved. It will be for the partics to consider content in stating it. We think it can be establish | whether it will not be for the convenience of all coacerned ed bey: ‘@ny rearona’ ae The grave question in | that in the prezaration for the final hearing the amend- the care, ‘herefore, is whether or nots) idge constructed | ment of the cbarter be taken as modifying the original according to directions in the charter for ihe conveyance | act, so as to embrace the whole case in one beariag, Mrch ‘over te seme of trains of railroad cars, nad for the accom. of the travelling and burinees pub!ic, in general, will comstitute an obstrection of the free pavigation of the river within the meaning of the constitution aod asty of Congress, securing to the complainact, ani o(her Stee tO Se ment of the a The af. irmative is maintained by ihe compiaimant, anc! denied by ‘dhe defendant. The proofs before us bearing upon the question are very voluminous and coniliting, wod if called Of the evidence now before me relaios to a bridge with the draws as orguaily prercribed, and, of cosree, world be entitied to diminished weight when used to uphold the draws asattered inthe ncendment Let aa (ojanetion ts- Ue according to the prayer cf the bill The Mormons and their Faith. TO THE EDITOR OF TH HARALD, would occa Great Sart Lage Crry, U. T., Jaly ty 1887. x, erammeut. Tao | It bas been aid, “tread upon worm and he will tura;” uestion, however, at presented motion, 's ‘ Sites weight ons meeney, on ihe simpls | 8) SM there eeoms to bo uch aa ardent desire amon€ many to blot out the Mormons, or ax they should be callod, inquiry whet) er acare has beea presented whick cads upon the Court to interfere and arreet tbe erecti the | the Saints, for be sving and practicing the family religioa idge until an opporonity te afforded for a more fall ex- | oy 1 amech, Abrabam, Moses, Gideon, David, Solomon, ant jon of witociees #43 ma ure CoBsideration of the a! Jeged obstracticn. A preliminary ioquiry in tbleand lice | Many others of old times, end of relying upon the words eases shor! ospec ally be ma’ party complain. | of Jesus Christ, as truth, when he eit, “ Chore is mo mag ing, axd the work coutemp +" | (hat bas left house, or land, or wife, for my namesake there shoul be nuy rearonavle grounds for believing that the bridge might fually be held an obstr z0tt subject to be abates, asthe cxp neo aud lows of ferdents involved might otherwise be huary acd 4 A cobsiceration that pressed mort strongly aon ha Coart pasting upon the obstraction (n the ave of toe Wheeling ge, was tbe heavy expenditare of tue defen who shal! not receive mavifold more in this pretent time," &e., I propose, as an offret agalast tho term “ polygamy,”’ (hat all those that wish to ght agaioat the law of God, fu the Old aed New fesament, or tho roles of pagans ani heathen, be ealied, as aporopriately, he French ose “ ago”? 1g" for ardent deviro; , and hones | and the Gonpel’ Jokn, | fore aad aft, spok lost enemies | of ‘Coming events cast their st pero like), call things by tarie miter, or polygoramites, show oy their faith ai whem the application for the ic) wade had vot enjoined any further p @reat quertion involved bad besa No court can avoid f th tiom, OF being considerably it tn de Wherating oper the appiicaion for an tojorction. A ref. sa {a ®t encourspement io.¢> om, aad may greatly embarracs | Wheee Kingcom they belong to, scoordia, the deterre: jon in th i eo is vory | Hair play isthe jowel Whea Grd ani the @iferent from the ly Ines or ution virtue @x0i's tho nation; and so, entering a f ch asorane t> | the people wrangle for blood, sin brings destrac the oornp " bo rigot (s regarded as 2 without sin eb vot the Geet gan; aad let the doubtful the injunction (s waualiy withhel: li Ube right 1s consume ths people or nation that treads upon cbus of the innucent, sad let ot oat, ted Stace, but the nvbie + bosest putriows ited of the world, eetabiirhed by a tn the prevent and plainant is not ovly io aw, or onthe flvsl Bonriog. But far cute, tho ipjary to the com ef, bat aleo @ és +. . 4 prepare themtetroe ihe defendants to go on. leading t> ben 0 4 propar el cordingly. Aa dior, if "Gag"? t6 now pro ae ger ven va ae oa paring 0s chow off a spect ™n af te grea ten, the mon to te)! it streets of Washington, lert a gaping world point ths regerd and ren ef the Cour) of Custoery In Fngland—espectaily where nthe F apire Sate, and publish tho tule Of the com, aut is clear, vat the obstractl _ b 1” detied, rud the case to be sent to a court of law for at © of scorn, and say : “Che arylom of the opprease , td watt! the cemented logether with soft soap, aud slipt down— =o eccompany the o: wih an outa! the | a, can ee rallen T este law. Now, in this care thore is no q sation as to t of {0 othor words, the logal right of te com >lainant Mr. Barbee, the Sculptor. free and onobetrecte! navigation of iho H r TO THE EDITOR OF THE BERALD. ‘This bas been me by an eons paten ond ec. Bartawonn, July 94, 1867 nder which the right Is claimed, ava whie cicerstand it, wae not denied ov the ment | Toe An article appeared in the Henao the other day, on war placed on the grocad (oe ® Oridgo | American seulpters,in which you netice wita commenda- utted e6 provided for in the charter, would bet substantially obstract or de this right, bat, oo the costrary, was oonetstent wid its foil & ton Mr. William H. Barbee's statue, the “Ooquette,”’ now on exhibition inthis city. You very justly called atten- ment [is wpow this question Wat! entertain dowd), St | Jou toe prominen! charectoristic of Mr. Barbee’s goniae the present stage of the proceediags aad prools in (2° | ay seuiptor, viz, the originality of his concep,ons. oare, and am nol prepared to agree with the ¢o’entan's hye 1 cape ot ray boy cat advised, that the erection of | Although be bas served the indispensable appreaticnship © art in (ts native seat, under the extes of Italy, ho bas ‘out nothing of that (iriog netionality which makes bim peoultarly the pride of our country, and is a+ thoroaguly an American ecalptor a Olay was an American statesman. (One needs only ty glance at the bol! and free outiioes of bis “Csqaete,” oF tae bs A ant! dasning aétitade illus trated by his model of “Young Americs,” w be com pg TT artist bas giren ecop0 to mative ents, od by Classic conveationalities. Io ‘act, bo seems to apurn the pedantic and rervile repro dcotion of heathen motels, w “hakeyere baret the shackics of the umiiet, with which ancien! criticiem had fetiered tbe (rama My design, however, 'n thus ceoinying your spre) ie not ‘9 ada my feeb'e tribute to the sam) of approbation which oar Couniry mo las received from you, so mash as to correct @ trifling mistake inadvertently crept ‘oto the artigle which snggesied this oommasioxtion. You erroneously cvedied Crncinaat! with beiog thy birth place or the home of Mv. Barbes, wheross taat home bo- ‘orgs to the Old Dominion. A naire of the Stve of Vir Fipia, be remained there unti! die age, in ths pracuee the bridge in the the use of it, will not be 8) obstruction to the free navigation of t ‘What ibe trotn ma pom a more fall and thoror: ‘velop: ment of the fact, of coarse it fe Moe impo * opty of the cage as now pre ation the question of obsteu: not been euMoentty attended Before the fon! hearing they portance, ant preseat them ney to theeourt, Io my if point 'n Luc cose a whetoer ‘O0ay @ travel aud trao-portation to by either of the prt will doubtlons realize to with more motbod >t a Seton regardiog the across the bridge by 1 also by will farniab re eobmantia! obstrnctic gation {com being ner this ¢ 8 qoeetion of fect ng 8 the arroee exten the britve f 7 ° ait . | Fae tan eee vada, cand or gees Page county, known as iho “right wing of croteing, in the course of corn high aosperiation on.” fer bi er ay anvartiet com or travel, wili noceaparily reqaire th» draw cr rat porfor mance in modeling & pa raws to Hats a + his own MMuseMeNt, Jerigne) at orny in mantel piece The atteation which there juciiona auracted, tbe =m: of geniat which ppore! to exit iu them, indeesd Me @ to form a rosolution to develope talents of whore existence ho had > | Dot himeeif been oo Hence his oj ara in Italy, y | *Bd bene that prite of American ars, se “Coz r0tis which hag alreaty pasted (aa you well kao ¢) the seersh | ing ordeal of foreign or od wit what eaccess the American padlie do not neo! w 3 reminded I tate the liboriy pare there facta prbiis (#bick | leacnes treme Mir weil), Decause I An agwured that joeed, when the navigation muat In fact b Ui the closing of the draws for the acsm thts trsveportation and travel be compan with the fair use of river for the purpoves of tn transportation of freight and persone by steain vessels ant other water &} tis point, ap and down the ‘The data for the solution of tiie question before us. It ia msnifeet that the ero both directions will bs very great may not be reconciled by ineans of proper each privilege or right claimed m Joyed, it Is not for me a present t Ta teed, pomitile to give any satisiactory judgment in the mi Upon the present proofs in the cate. Some itea of tent of the business, as confined to railroad train De derived from a ey! of the 12th section 0! the char it b that gentleman's eno rasive motevy—a trait tast dose not fail to impress every fer wy his etatio—woald never permi! bim t> ce! public ateution to Bimeelf by making the correction in person EP. ur tt ides t Any railroad eorporaton whose road now lina, or shall bare, @ terminus at, or shall run | T Comsrsstor.—The members te trains to or from said city of Albany, or Alvapy, | of tb ommissinn, under the reel or shall rw trains in connection with any road baying | treaty with jth States, met at Eastport last week, Such terminas, shail be permitted te use ead bridgs for | and transacted b important basines« — one? Failroad purposes, pon such terme as the directors of the | things the Commisrioners decided upon the arp-intment eevoral companies interssted may of an umpire to settle some (ilferences ae to rivers in New agree Aad in the terms shal! oase shall not be able to agcae, Brongwick and Pricee Edwards Islan’. The choice fell the Casi Board.” Under this clauee all | opothe Hon, Jobn H. Gray, of St. Joha who wae nom oneweg ¢ von 2 Tow | nated he th Relish Commiaionar, with the annenwal of Ce Oe ee ee ne 4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1857. ‘Whe Great Te! Expedition. OUs SPECIAL GORRBSPONDENT. toypow, July 3, 1857. Progress of the Cable Coiling on the Agememnom at Green- wich— Arrangements to be made for the Despatch of Early News from the Telegraph Pluet while Engaged in Paying Out-—Reports to be Sent from the Expedition to the United States and England every Three Days, by the Collins and Cunard Steamers-- Visit to the @ulta Percha Works and the Submarine Telegraph Flctory--The Way the Cable is Insulated and Protected, Bc., de., dc It is pow about nine days since the work of putting the submarine telegraph cable on board the Agamomnon was commenced, and during that time three hundred and fifty odd miles have been coiled ia her hold, At this rate 816 will have her whole cargo in and be ready to leave fur Cork—the point at which the telegraph fleet are to rendez vous—{n about three weeks. It is partioularly desirable that the whole four veseels—that is, the Agamemnon and Terrible or Leopard, and the Susquehanna and Niagara— should be in mid ocean on or before the lst of August, pre- payed to join the two ends of the cable and commence the procees of paying out. Should the ooiling be daished on both chips in three weeks from the present date, they will be able to start for Cork about a week earlier than is anti- clpated, as itis expected they caanot reach that port ve fore the 25th of July, Here four or five days, perhaps a week, will be consumed in making experiments with re. gard to the time required in transmitting electric currents through the whole twenty-five bundred miles of cable. ‘The greatest length of wire which bas yet been telegraph- ed through ts eleven hundred, and the rate of trausmirsion 8 from five to six words per miaute. How much this may be increased by future improvements, or what effsct the experiments to be made at Cork on the full length cavie may bave in etill further increasing the rapidity of electric \ransmtesion, remains to be seen, Bat should the re- duetiov in the number of words be in proportion to the in- creased lergth of the enterprise, regarded in @ pecuniary light, it would still prove largely remunerative to the stockholders, and in isss than two years would pay the whole expenses of the undertaking~ that is, tho manufacture and laying of the cable, including the subse- quent expense of working it, Noone entertains a doab) tbat i} will psy if saccessful, or that the shares, which aro now offered at about seventy per cent discount, may be sold for twice tne origival amount. It is corta‘nly a great stake, and as the poriod approaches when it shall be played for it is but natural that ell who are interested tn the regult should teel somewhat anxious. The time that ammust elapse from the starting of tho four vossels till thor arrival at their separarie places of destination will be re- garded wih considerable impatien:e, and the question “\ Has the cable been laid?’ may becone a3 historical as tbat which attested the impatience of the allies about the fail of Sebastopcl Knoowing the eagerness with which the peosle of both worlds will await tho apoouncpmen; of the success or failure of under. ‘aking, measures have beom taken to inform them of the progress of the work. Application haa been, or wil; be made, to the proprietors of the Cupard and Collins sicamers to run the!r vesze’s along the telegraph route be tween Ireland and Newfouadiand, for the purpose of ca-- rytpg deepatches from tke sbips employed in laying tho cable. By this arrangement the great public on both sides of the ocean will be informed about once in every three da; s from the time the fleet shall have reached mid. coean t}] their arrival at the two termini of the route. A few days ago I paid a visit to the works of the Gatts Perchs Company in thisolty, and through the courtesy and kindrers of Mr. Statham, one of the members of the frm, was made mM jueinted with the manufacture of that part of the submarine cable by which its insulation is e‘sciet, and which is the most interesting, as it is the most im- pertent part of the whole process. The discovery of the peculiar properties of gutta porcha dates back to the year 1842 or 1845 but ite application to submarine telegraphiag | did Lot take place till about the year 1859, whea its value as tninsulator was proved by the laying of a cabie across the Eoglish chanpel. Up to this tho ma: vfacture of the yaw matoriel was confined to the making of water sare frames, and innumerable Mt was considered especially adapted; but the impulse given to the trade by the new. use which was found for it crested an increased demand, and tt eventually one of the moet valuable and {mpor tant articles of !mport. tree from which the gutta percha is obtained = in the East Incies, and the principal market is at Singa- pore, from which the London Gutta Percha Compaay pro- cure'their supply. Itis seat to them in ti crude state, and has to be aunjected to the several procs of masti- cation, boiling and kneading, before it can he employed ta the maaufacture of the submarine cable. In this condi- tion, as it lies im the storehouse of the company, mong the mass several rough specimens the natives. Here is something ntly intended for a camel, although there is oa bis back and he has lost a log dur- voyage, but the artist has still =“ tity. Th q large number of animals beeides this, but tne task of Fee ebony I would erceed even the powers of Cuvier himself. This one has the bill of that otherwie resembies tuat of a monkey, ls a combination of bird and ruped for the like of which you might search in vaia among all the fabuious, ‘thological or manufectured apimsls that were ever the tnventive gentes of ancient pot of ill; the three legged and bompless came!—in a word, the whole monagerio—are pit into immense cavidrons, with the commoa mass, and boiled and boiled again untt! they are rendered almost as In this state the gu er modern monkey’ icto shreds, and from wkich it i# agsia taken to be again bolied. By thie process it ta purifist and freed from all foreign materials which may har while it wes being collected by the Indians. not yet Mt fir the work for which it i must =be =6agsin §=—mastioated, ended Foverai times before it can be deed in the sovor- irg or Insulation of the copper wire alocg which tho elec trio car ent t# to pass. When {i his boon thorovgbly kneaded, it ts 20 porfectiy plastic that It oan be J >i tho greates! ease, and {n such a min torn apart at the point of adheeion Joined, become as completely'one, uni'et and blended as two ginseee of water when poured iuto one vessel. This property which it 4s peculiarly v fe foond necensary to repair an7 defec's ina cable during procers of pay ing it ov cases tt is only ne tog the internal copper wire or coatuc which are to be Ths two parce being as the page on © required to pa vor twenty tons of the F: ial are raacufactaret every week in thit factory, boiling departwent Alone some forty or fifty vats or canidrons are constantly wre On enteriog the first oo’ you see them throwing out the'r little jets of steam oa every side, wh le the boll ing waters bobble up throwgh the opening: on top, ¢ of the desert AX which travellers ve strenge country. floor the Only process of coating the conductor la performed. The co: ductor Is comp 284 of ee ron copper wires, six belng wouad eprally aroune the seventh, w la perfectly *traight fans occaptes the centro. The cox tuctor itself, on account of ite pecaliar spiral form, is capable of being exien“e! twenty per cent of its own ‘vefore breaking, aad the feren wires of which It is com: me gree and im ortant advantage over that formerly used. Of the first cable, which the New Yort, Ni London Telegraph Company attempted unguccoarfe across the Gul! of St. Lawrence, one of the oul they bad ocontend agaiart ing three con¢uctore, which, It is more than p-obsble, would never have oocarred bed they been compssed of $6 wires cach, iuetead of one Stould the whole sevon break under an rxcemire strain the continuity or electric 90 nection will not necessarily be destroyed enless | a be ond even the probabi itv of a char: which it bas over the single wir notion cannot be Joabted, since |t bas been practically terted with succors, It has been prove! that the jaation of & mile of the copper core to ten elevenihs of ite thickaew reduces im power of conduc tion only a thirty seventh part The covering or inaal ing Process is effec'ed by means which © die of tho ret ed, ant the now nw og {t through a water jome fiMy feet in length. To insure its perfect Coats of gutts mal crings of ratte pera, which arc to serve ag a armor for it sat east a quarter of an inch thick. It will be ® meerive affair, ani capade of reais ing almost any strala to which it may be sabje ste: ‘The covering of the atiantic cable with (le wirs tion or armor is performed by a weparate esta |i I aud is an entirely different process from thai I have jas Toere are in tro of these manulactoriss, have already been informs, en di vide*—ong at Birken Gresawich,adaat Fach of thors rescived an order from the Atiantie Telegraph OC y (0 manufastare twelve hundred it was eousidered im pose!bie fer one a hole eave ready by the time required. About two weeks Sines the factory a: Bir wenhead finished thor bal’, acd the factory @ on wich are now busily engaged in comploiing the lat han dret and at ¥ miles of their portion. dome formed of th int of Iron consumed in the itit known that Armor requtres three and fifteen owens miles wire avout the trickaess of & Common pin This armor isc mpwed of eighteen strande, oak cf seven wires, wyund in the evirel form, and being abou’ a twelfh of an inch in di eter. The matufacture of this part of the cable is very simple, and is somowbat et wilar to the twisting of f Tne percha portion of the cable, having been tho- rong te to prove its complete insulation, ie semt t) the y, where it is covered with the iron wire and prepared for ebi pm pment ‘The fertory at Greenwich Is sit rated on the banks of the dud ADIL A wg L caw, ta ke Dope fa sageran | - o ing district, and in view of mammoth trou steamer Great Eastern. There is nothing in the external appear ance of the building ‘wi would give auy ia- | dicetion of the character of the work performed within its a ae the only intimation | the spectator ie not privileged to enter | bas of it, is that conveyed in the immense sign on the roof, to aad dczen miles of which would use up ever made ; and yet strange to say, are 80 common about London, and acd repairing of roads must have a. a time honored aud a Se of oe ‘our correspond: U1 pening e one of the privileged (nah war | ogioma to enter ihe fac. tory, visited it a few daysago 1m compan: Professor Moree and Dr. Whiteho On pi covered cn each side of had been dug . Im both there were eight coil taining from twenty to three hundred miles of the cable, ard some tbree or four of which were roaring Was it came freshly made out of th men wh? were ergeg%¢ in packing or 0: feet henvenred’ with tar, and the whole esta>iishuv redolent of the same material About three hundred and ‘fy miles had been placed on board the Agame nnon, and that veesel was somewhs! blackened by the »p2ration But no mater how objectionable the tar may be it is an exc: lent preventive of rust, and absolutely indispemsab'e im the mattafactur of the eable. The two circuses, or batins, as they are, perhaps, moro properly called, are 80 covstracted that they can bo Siled to ihe top with water, to allow of the complete submersion of the cable. This is neceesary to test its insvlation, and for the discovery of any defects that may havo es ped the keen inspection of Mr, Statham, who proves ry, sixty miles of It before leaving ‘his factory Should any flaw be found, it is immsdiately repairei, ‘anc the cable is again sudjected to the electric test, when, if it prove perfect, it is allowed to remain undistarbed ua: til such time as it is placed on shipboard. The break of Continuity or connection in the core, from imperfec: insu. | Jation or a parting of the copper wire, is m by | the ringing of @ bell, which sounds the alarm the instant — the inter: uption takes place, and continues ringing so long | as the bakery sends the olectric etream along the conduc- | tor, While at the factory of Mr. Statham I saw this test | applied, and with the most perfect success. The connec tion wes temporarily destr. yed, but the moment ihe bat- tery was bre tx to biar upon conductor the unerriag | indicator, the litte bell, commenced ri ig, and kKevt it | up till the battery was detached. Through 'be means of that same infallible detective every mile of itis not ouly proved | ‘as it is coiled in the hold of the ship, but as it is paid over her stern aud goce on its way down {ato the great depths of the ocean. Let it sound the alarm and the ponderous ma chivery of the sip is at once stopped, the cad! \{s brought up ob Geck and minutely mepected bv the workmen, thé detect, whatever {t may be, repaired ‘ia less taah 44 hour, the engines again set in motion, and “tae laying” pro | ceeded wiib as if there had been ne defect, { ‘The machinery in the cable factory is, as Ihave said, | very eimpls, and although at the first glance it eppeacs rather intricate and complicated, afew minutes inspection | mekes it all perfectly plain. The first process is the sew- ing or covering of the gutta percha inculation with hemp steeped in a composition cf tar and pitch, after which it re celves the external protection or wire armor, The prepa- | ration of the hemp and tte winding of it on bobbins en- — gage the services of a dozen boys, who work from morn- ing to night, and from Monday to Saturday, with all the steadiness and regularny of their elder fellow operatives. | Hundreds of miles of this hemp paszes through their hands | every week, and although it i+ reaily the least important of the different materiais of which ihe cable is composed, still t could not well be done without Th e never done during their hours of labor fillmg up empty bobbing, | fer like those extraordinary stables which tte son undertook to clean, these same bobbins suppiy the almost endlees work. Tho sewing of the hem) on the is accomplished by means of a revolving machine oa the | tag wi of be 7 att ae sang or bad od these bob- , the core of the cable pasting directly aud perpendicu- | larly through its centre. As this machine which is thus served on the core. process haps be more simply illustrate! by teking two roui pieces of wood of the same size, a ears, Ovameter, and each having a hele {n the cautro te ‘by three or pried fet At equal distances apart, all placed within a inch of the periphery. This done, best thing is to e bomter spools, each s; represen bobbin. about reven beiog sufficient for the pone to featen them on axes to the lower one of the two circular Plece: workirg order. ~~ and wind upon iustsate the procers. machine ‘® pivot must now be put im moticn, the en: pools, andthe rope ite! awa ‘lowly tarongh the #pools, rope wn slow! ‘cen: tral holes. Then, as the machine !'self revolves and the — rope is drawn upward, the «pools willa'so revolve, paying the twipe out and serving it on therope. Here you have @ tolerably fair i!tustration of the manner ia which no; only two uta percha is covered with the hemp, but in | which the Jast or wire protection Is laid on. The veloci ty ¥i:h which these machines revolve is somewhat ocal- calculated to [ant Jonaye Ty Airat visit to the factory, and should some of the bobbins happen by any chance to fly off while they are in motion, they would make wild work with anything with which they to come in contact. But fortunately they are so | well secured that accidents of the kigd seldom or never cceur, While the cable ts betog paid out fromthe ma chine in ite finished siate it passes over several small wheels and through vats of tar av itis dravn out by the men who are ongaged in coiling tin the basins. Five of the wire coveri: g machines wore tn ion atthe time of our yirit, and these gave about twelve miles as t10 ag ‘ate of their Cay’a work. The cotling of the cable ta the hold of the Agamemnon keeps from tixiy to seventy men employed. Tarse are divided Into two gangs, each of which works ten hours, ‘and the labor they perform ts about the moet tedious, the mort monctonoy s and the dullest that can ba conceived Tor ten lorg hours they are engaged 1a. stooping posturo down a a depth of about thirty feet tu the bold ofa ves | rel pack’ ay the well tarred cable. Ta* dfeen or | twerty gar borners, which throw out thelr little jets of white flame above their heads, are barely suMfisient to rive them Nght to work by, but'they aro accast mod to Werk by such light, and manage to ool! from forty to fity miles every ‘twenty hours. A small enging of twelve horse f, ower, which hee beon erected ov dock, draws the cable out from the cotis {a the factory atthe raw of from two to two and a-half miles per hour, and paya it ¢o ep inio the bold, where it is packed. Tho diameter of this col, which i# no: a perfect ctrele, is furty five foot one way and forty vine theo her, its hegat being aboat 12. It {5 caloulated to contain the whole tavive hunared and Ofty miles, but it is more than probable tbat bere will bot be puifictent room in this part of the ship for the wuole length, and that ove or two bendred miles will have to be colled leewbere. Tere will, howovor, be uo difficaliy bout this, as thore ts abundance of space and as iho ves sel isevery way adapted to the work bota of receiving and paying out. In addition to the shore in of the cable, ton miler for the centre of It are being mate in the Greenwich factory, of the bes; steel wire. e object of this is to have it as porsidle in the middie, as that part will be the firs) aid out and as |i will be subjected to the grestoat strain. It docs no’, however, differ in size from shat por- on with which it will be conueckd, aud will be about the Circalation that the Queen intends ess the re of the raph ‘1 she geceraiiy carrice out her intea not sta'l impropybie, if there i# any trath in the report, wat she will there on tbat eventful ocoa sion. Lod y SY \ - | OUR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENCE. Livaaroo., Joly 3, 1857. Bod woul! (eubtiess bare beer 86 Spring Rowing the Wire in the Hold of the Niagara—How the Work ie oy prosaure of the ye ce | ve is Curried on by the Sailors—No Kink or Poul in the Rope | Point,” by which name overy pilot aad wagonor calls {t —Plan of Paying out the Cable at Sea. | and will continae to call {t while pilots ant wagonors ox I went co board the Niagara last Saturday to see tho | iat It is on the mort urrminent bial bet a ttowing of the telegraphic wire. A small bark of about | six hun red tone, containing 360 miles of tho wire, camo alongside, where she was well secared. A light s'aging waa then e-ected from the mata hateh of the bark to the fore hatch of the Niagara; on this wore placed at intervals of six feet apart a ber of skeleton wheels, over which tho wire was passed down to the | lower circle In the fore hold. Captata Hudaon had asleciet from # number of rolanteers sixty picked men, who were Civided oto four watches, and upon whom devolve! the whole coiling of the cable. One hand was stationed in the upper cone on the main deck to overhaul down the wire, A second seized the bight and walked around the circle, wht at the rest, seated around, caught It as it parsod, and golded {It fairly to ite bed tn the layer, beginning a! the ater edge or periphery of tho circle, and ending at th) cone, when it ie carried back to the periphery again, and iny proteeted by wooden ba'tens. bas been cciled on board the bark fn pro. manner that it ir to be on board the Nia are, and ane ih whieh it can be out without ink or fou! been very promising of The Immediate euperintendence of work the circles 1s condded to the eare of the warrant ofllcers of the Niagers, who consequently ba’ to relieve each other every four hours, as one of them is always in attentance on the work day and night. Mosers. Webber wd Foy! bave po sinecure, as far as goes. The coiling rat was At the rate of about 29 or 30 miles a day, but as the milors get acoustome! to it the progress is much moyo raid ol og fe fa* as Gfty miles to the twenty four howrs, in fact, an told ibat the bark is expected to be cleared on Mon olnely the day next, making 960 miles In eight daye, as on the firrt Baterday’i ittle or nove was transferred. naa will commence to fll the Should nothing oscar to ttop the work going on a: the same rate, a this time vould ew to get it all on board {aine I for the small engine, &e be pat on ber cable as purribie leave this for the by friction out over & roller wheel the Niagara’s propel worthy, bas been feeling of confidence Kure well for RCCr eR. tay that by the tet [Siplemves Weds Las Ww AdGatsn Ali Bo Grdtylewd, | breif? of Sbakopee Our Minnesota Correspondence. Sr: Paut, Minnesota, July 22, 1867. ‘The Constitutional Convention. The ccndition of things relative to the Conatitut!oual Coa- vention has remained in sfafu quo since my last lottor. ‘The democrats otill remata without permanent organiza tion, and the republicans having placed thet: business in | charge cf the standing commitiess for preparation, do pothing outside. No steps have been taken for tho unton of the two bodies, and tho probability of such aa event grows every day more remote. My impression is ‘that unless the Pembina delegation come in within two or threo days the domocrata will organize without them, and 0 on and meke @ constitution, assuming the ground that no specified number of deltgates is necessary to constitute suck a body, inasmuch as no injustice can be done by the mero drawing up of articles which must be submitied to the people for ratification. If the people of the Territory ratify the act it becomes their work, and the matter of who originated it becomes one of little importance. This, 1 think, is equatter eovereignty, according to the Minnesota construction of that memoradle doctrine in 1867. And really, when the question {a c(nsidered practically, I am ‘not eure tbat for the Convention to resolve itself into two grand committees, the result of which shall be to givo the people a chcice between two constituilons, lea not a sen- tibleand pairiotic ceurre. Are not the delegates to this Convention, who, not content with simply doing their duty and preee nting ono draft of @ constitutt m, which the people | must elther accept or reject, propose to do double the + work, ali for the same pay, entitled to admiration rather than censure? And will not future conven ‘ious for future States, following the example now ipavgurated ia Minn Ppresect to thelr constituents &@ series of constitutions, saying to them, ‘Here, gentle- men, aro specimens of the best articles in markel—take 7 hr oi Who ta adc ce of the most aggravi ‘with the y on the part of th men they ‘waiting for. If balf a dozen profound states. men and constitutional lawyers, the wisdom of whose counsel could uot be spared in making up the fundamental law of a great Stato, were detained on baviness of high im- | geome] there would be es dignified in pausing for them tereturn Butthe Pembina delegation, whose habitat is away in the co of the Red river of the North, seven hundred miles off, and whose arrival is dail7 expected by an express train (of ox carts), are, as [ un- derstand, a eet of balf breeds, who sign their names “his X mark,’ who do not speak English, who are of no poesi- ‘We use, except to make up a quorum, and whose right to seata in the Convention is disputed at that. It is really too bad. ‘The great body of the delegates in both conventions, however, are men of whom no State need be ashamed. In the democratic wirg are Hon. H. H. Sibley, Hon. W. A. Gorman, Judge M. Sherburne, ex-Mayor Becker, amd oth era whore reputation for ability 1s world. wide, and whore experi nce ond legal attainments could il! be epared in any body of men in this Territory collected for the purpowe cf forming a couatitition. They bave alsoa good degree of talent among the yourg men of the Convention. * Perhaps the moat marked AIOng (he latter clase te Mainwo © drau, United States Sioux Agent, and now promoted tothe Supreme bench of the Territory. The Major is a native of Oneidagcounty,N Y. He is of the genus young America, and whatever old fogies may eay of the judicial ermiae sitting un- eaily on bim, you may be arsured that no cases of Jarn. dyee va, Jarisct 2 Will exist within nip {urtediciion duricg bis official term So _far as my observation has erento” , all the United Sta‘es Territorial officers here, with perhap3 one excepilon, are of the rame clas. Thoy are just tho ind of men to keep pace with the progress of this essen. Wally fart coun ry. Old togies would not be tolerated, and the adminisiraiton bas shown much discretion in tte se- lections. Amorg the ro; ublicens there are no men of any very coreidersble legislative or paritamectary experience. Most of them are yourg men who bave reided in the Territory for a comperatively short period, but men of a good deal of premise and ability. Toe most praminent arrongtt them are Mosars. Balcombe, of Winona (Presi dent); North of Rice county; Wilson of Winona, and Gal . These repuofican gen lemen sey they rha!l frame a constitution much more conservative iu. its cbaracter than they eheu!d have done if the democrats bad remained as minority in the Convention. The quea on cf negro suffrage, which would bave been hotly eon- tested in full convention, will not be urged, and they will, in every respect, lator to make tuch a document as wi!! command the heed vote of the people when it is suo rel There is a most culpable negligence in the transmission of the mails to and fiom thin pty While half a dozen Our Kentucky Hickuan, Fulton Co , Ky., July 20, 1857 The Kentucky Purchase—The Interior Peninsula—The Growth of Hickman—Ius Trade, Internal Improvements, de, de, : In all your details of correspondence I have seen nothing from this section of the country, although you have many readers here. Western Kentucky, usually donominatet the Kentucky Purchase, or Jackson’s Parchase, from ibo ciroums ance of General Jackson's purchasing }t, on tho part of the government, of Chief Mayfield, in 1825 isa peninsula some fifty miles square, bounded by three of the monster rivers of America, either of which on the other continent would be styled a flood. On the cast wo | ave the Tennessee river, navigable far into Tennessee and Alabama, that debouches into the Obio, near Paducah sixty miles above Cairo; on the north is la llle riviére, the Placid Ohio, loveliest of streams; on the wes! the monarch ‘water course of the earth, the mighty Missisaippi. ‘This peninsula is agriculturally one of the best portions of Kentueky. Its tobacco is prized above auy other raised in the United States for foreign consuinption. Tue greater part of that imported by the French government to supply the Cemands of ite gigattle tohacco monopoly goos from this place. Its corm is unexoeiled, and of late years its exportations of wheat are beginving to be oli in all the grain martes of the West. Tae Now Orleans boo! market, for omall caiilo, is mainly supplied from Hck man, while trado of that great cliy—no mMption—depends almost e old ladies for ite gratification, Thore a #everm merchants,” as fie genus is irrevereaily here, who sbip their fifiy theusant dollars worth ann: apece from man to New Orieans foeir mole of collecting the fowls is to trave! from bouse io house tn long light wagons, covered with large coos, everytbiog that Crows, cackies oF ol month's old chicken t the vete: yard; aod as the chicken m imale part of the household, th dies, biack or white, but wear sereral doron bons and ducks io thelr oars, to say nothing of caliooes acd erino are bat noe. Three railroads, allin courte of construction ant al! take this peninsula io tae dircetion of Js, from north to south—paraliot with the and Tennesse rivers. One of thore, ti Raitroat, connects Cairo, the term! 1,000 miles, and enable Chioago in forty eigit hours oy This great trunk is tapped twice in O>ion bee en a At & poln| some aixicen miles from this; once ‘8 branch from fickmaa to Union City, eighteen milea ia the other by a braach from | Paducah, on the Obio, the mouth of tuo Tennseno river, which will bo about sixty milos in lengih, Both these sv bordinate lines are graded and ready for the tron, Mompbis. and never fails to catch During the ‘ast three years the Popul on its buildings quadrapled. Any miles back, and ov all the way to the Tennessee river, the country proses ‘scene at thin time gla tdening to the heart of every observ: Corn overtoppir g the high ten rail feaces aud promising abu deat harvest—wheat and oat (lols, javt oul, proving by thetr thick stubble the rovere travail {hey have under gone— , to the Imexperieaced Northern eye like vast cal Of which the leaves are often twenty fovr inches lu Jength—ootton ec luxuriaat aa alin oa\ ‘Ub sproer—orchards bending wit Jens rank with a superilaity of vega tables, beyond ell thats leal by, heariy population oan conrume = ruch is ibe eight w hich a bounteour Provide ler through Western Kentucky the pre back of this piace is Lolgeton, the rest ris, Faq., known to your Masonic reat eclurer upoa that nore! theme. Lie tite of tno Wertern Ken- joredt at our last logislative seseion, ant 1 presume but fow who have blo subject, Masonre, and spokorman, Mr dence of Rob. ere as the ubiquitous Pisce hae been selected ast ack College, obi of which be is F Dasied their kpow sonnet! Morrie. The vicinity ari! proapect: Mound Gly, a fow mil iinots Central Railroad, oe or Louisville in twenty hours, and Chica, =the prosrest of the three ies of road ec ii—the unparalicied frctliier of nariy n this pentnaula, added to the abona hfuleens of the year, times gene rally bi ad tradeoff dent jaina with this ve Cairo and Ite rival cit tthe oom) eiton of the Ti: rach 8 Eorgwernt.—Recently, a young printer named £. W. Deford, of Goldebors, Va nyt “trom Golos with a Mire Mary EB. Ni bel the carring and the git! was carried back to her father, Sinoe the Deford bas re-visiied Goldeboro in disguise, and on Sunday night last, Mies Nelaoo, who was on the alert, essaped from the house, and the two repaired to the residence of & friendly equire, who was cailod up, and although rome what in diehabille, married the young couple. Tho last tbat was econ of them was about daylight, making their way to Pikeville, to take the morning train for @ Northern bridal tour. Op Pour Comront, Va., July 28, 1867, The Pleasures and Advantages of this Delightful Summer Resort—The Convention in Reference to the Transailantie Steamship Scheme of the im. A. Dudley Mann—Distin- guished Visiters, dc , Ec. L arrived here to-day, preparatory to the holding of the Convention in reference to the transatlantic echome of the Hon. A. Dadley Mann, which assombies a this place to morrow. The location for this purpose ia ad- mirably chosen, It is taviting no less from business com- siderations connected wiih this particular enterprise, tham from its healthful and pleasurable ansociatious; and being, in addition, within the immediate sphere most interested im the succees of this scheme, I can but anticipate a favorable exhibit of re; resentative influence, so far as the character ‘and consti ation of the convention is concerned. In the variety of moans of enjoyment this seems to me to bave decidedly the advantage of any watering place im Virginia, or probably the Union; and ina healthful aspest it epjoys the same degree of preeminence, In tho very modes of acces to it, which are chiefly by water, the viel- ter discovers a foretaste of tho benefits which await him at this agreeable retreat. He is invigorated by the trip and free from the anvoyances and disadvantages in- cident to long tage travel, which has te be encountered in visiting other watering places. A steamer arrives here each day from Richmond, touch- ing at City Point and a series of other landings along the James river, thus affording a good opportunity for persens: along the region of country bordoring that river to visit this place. The same facility of connection is afforded ‘with Baltimore by two beautifal steamers which ply deity between that city and Norfolk, touching at this point im thetr parsage either way. Of the essential benefits of salt water bathing and the refreshing ocean breezes, nothing need be sali, Bat I will remark that for a full exjoyment of these benolits, Old Point, from its prominent Iooation and close proximity te the oper sea, presents peculiar advantages. In the varie- ty of the modes of healthful and pleasurable recreation which it affords, it bas pre-eminent advantages. To suck ss rcek pleasure in water excursions, the most ample op- portunity for enjoyment is afforded, a series of handsome pleasure boats being always available; while the facilities for excursions on land are no less numerous. Asa field for aquatic sports it stands unrivalled. Its waters abound Jn every variety of sea fish, and as to oysters, clams and crabe, they can be bad in boundless profusion. The yots- riee of this sort of sport would find Old Polat the mow eligible spot for enjoy ment bap within the Union. he scenery around it delight ul. The route for all vessels yarsing to or from Kijhmond, Norfolk or Portsmouth, lips within a few hundred yards of the hotel, eo tbat from the front windows of the buildiag you afull view of every abir or steamor that pavsos, “Kip Raps,” a confused chautio piie of loo:e rocks, about tro miles from it ina direct line. tue namé pi well indicates the fantastic rugged oatline watch they sent. They would seem to coustitute a serious obs! te Ravigation, occupying ag sbey doa position ip dangerous Proximity to the sa’est and most navigable route for yos- eels. At & distarce they present the aspearance of « compilation of rocks pa ly formed, bat upon a closer view are found to lack those features of imperistab'e sta- bility ard grapdeur so characteristic of nature’s mighty edidees. As ou are 00 doubt aware, they are purety ar- fifeial, beng nothing more than e pile of rocks dumped In the ba: to form the foundation fora fort. Jo elovate them to thetr pvseert level involved an amount of Isbor and an expenditure of m aor almoet incalotiable; bas Jookirg io the advantages which they shal! present in the future at a furmidatic clement of na ional defence, I doubt Rot the ovtlsy wili prove judicious, Some years the work of raising the supersiructure for a fort was but it was deemed expedisat to suspend it at an ca! to allow time for the foundation tosettie. Now, however, operations are resumed, the tests spplied justifying the fu lest reliance in the stability of the foundation. once complete and properly equipped, Norfolk, with the other citics accersible by this rouie, will be perfectly se- cure against apy invation, however formidable. Fort Mouroo is nttuated immediately in rear of the and presents in its rich encl sures dotted over with shady trers, and ite tasty dwellings ri in the lovg Ine of ramparts, agcene The commandant and cfiicers seem particu! }, and impart much to the pleasure ond inlererts of their etjourn by their lively social habits and ogricable mauners. The bigh favor in which they i eeem fo siand with ihe ladies is a good commentary ape their attentions, for rest assured that favorable nition ay them Is the result of other than mere motives of disin- te estecnesw or &; . sion. They always look for equtvalents, ul in matters of courtesy, id arc amerat tranny in this connection it tg to megiect or unwillngress to reciprocate such civill- ties, or at least to acknow! them by oven an aot of simple cend: scension in Ctvilides. I Bepe it will net be tnferred that I have been objest of any slight on the of the fair sex. No, I om ent of the ring, but! am no less ond if aay- bp honed ey! with those who the charms of the # word the epaulettes. Ladies aro said to have ‘8 great liking for these 80 much #0 as pet to be drawn off by any amount of attention or kindness or even — gerous rivals, these sword and epaulete 1 bave not the capacity of this hotel, bet the very !mpersonation In bit capacity as this State he has been distinguishet pon all questions. as th the period of in prosperity far } cendirg the most favored epochs in its history. (ybers might safely learn aa instrietive loson from these facta, for ube resulta which they exhibit show conclustve- ly how ineffrctive the most unremitting eucrgy and the mort perfect eyxtem in the conduct of such establiah newts prove im tho absence of a biga toned liberality such as Mr, Scar bas always manifested inthe management of this concern, Amor the vistters here at prosent I notice ex Presideas Tyler, who arrived to aay, to altend the convention; A. Dutioy Maan, Hon. D. W. Barringer, ex Miaister to Epain; Gov. Gratiem, of North Carolina, and Mr. Hubard, of Wehmocd, the artist. Mr H has jurt completed for {he sete of North Carolina a beautifal bronzo statue of Wash’: gion, from ® contd of Houdow’s celebrated statas hi Ib was pinced jl iu the capitol of that State on the aor Wise was oxpecied hero, in his family, he was n He was to have loft fur the Wita regard to tho letter whic it waa F 428 Spriagt to-day aid be os abovt to address to the Sonthera people on the Kentas question I eaa say there was no troth tm the either exprereod nor entertained any laten- ort at ‘Tylor lonks remarkably well considerable time in conversation with Mr, Maan to. day, doubters tpon the subject which dictated the ceil for the convention to morrow. What his opioions of (he practicability of that scheme I bavo no a tunity oC aecortaining That they favorable is to be inferred from tue fact of bis comi:g to atiead the “ © " The a!! abeorbing political topto here is 1! ton The general sentiment, fo far as I e asceciatned, leans decitedly in favor of the policy of tue alministration. Ultratew, jad ging by ho prevelleg opinion in all parte of the State familiar to me, is eb! , Aad will soom be Muerally defeaet. The peopte of Virginia do not relish sua Quarantine Matters TUR CASE QF THR TWO BAY THIRVRS—APPOINTMENT OF MORK SPROLAL POLICRMEN—VESSELS AT QUAR- ANTINE. The two bay thieves, James Harmon and Wm. Maley, arrested Monday night for invading the Quarantice anchor- og*, in violation of the health laws, and atompting to steal coger trom the bark Cella, were taken on Wednesday Srom the Quarantiag jail font to the Tombs. Officer O'Rourke, One of the newly appointed epecial policemen as the old Qoarantine, who sesisted in making the arrest, made am afdavit of complaint in the case W tog, before Jastice “onnolty, upon which we Intter watrent for thelr gommatimese him. OMoor oKelvy, of the Seventecuth ward, arsisted by oflicors Mosymon and McCabe of ibe Quar the chy. | Both Twas wo of his ir oon. mPa io wml yaw! tanen from te oun, ‘i remaing at the old doara ino and ia supposed to bi ben stolen, Harmon, the older prisoner, rays that be {ll suifer imprisonment je of the Health OMoor jcemen was of Police commit suicide before he w: tentiary for his offence. compliance with a statement an additional To bat needed wt "7 fave permission on Wednesday T names of the new men are W. Rot, Jobn Martin, nay, James Cripps, Peter ‘ oeven, Leonard H. Jennings, G 0 Williams and James Ciaes phe pattse force, including the new ‘opointmeate, pineigen men, who are under the charge tere ver nacl wiles,” Bergennt Williams holia the {oie porition of apecial warden at tho old Quaran. ved bis appointment from the State. ith this ang tg vealed on X 4 oard Ja, which have por pe’ with sooh any Reretotore, sill bo put am end to. Until tee pas. tage of the Metropolitan Police law the Health Officer haw been poworlers in arresting these bay thieves. Under ihe arrangement jost compl ‘not only an immense amount of property will be taved to the ablpowners au {row ignees of cargoee, but the safety of the public health will be lees endangered from the communication of there thieves with the shore after expowure to the contagion of jafected ie. The ship Ar vom, from Port an Prince, Wodnemiay, wae tent to the lovee Quarantine ancho: age for propor cleansing and forigation There are now twelvo rossele at the lower enchorage, and tweniy Are at the upper Quar- antine * paving rece! Xpected that w Warar Caor iw New Yors.—: oul, 1s seuss piseab ras tas bose eokocre out Inf and era the weevil has done large damages, while ta other tn. stances an average crop of good wheat wil! be Br civeenes Deieret teen