The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 18, 1865, Page 1

y Telegraph te the N. Y. San. HE ATLANTIC CABLE, eturn of the Great Eastern to England. NE IS TO TRY IT AGAIN. ull “the Accident. forts to £ Econre tho Lost Cable. LMOST A Suc CESs8. The Grappling. Genr Gives Ont. 10PE NOT D BAD YET GUR WASHINGTON Tana: ange in the New “York Navai Office, oses FF, Odell Appointed, A VERY SAD ACCIDENT. o Young Ladies Shot by a Sentry. ity and Miscellaneous News, More About the Ketchum Swindles Tie = PROENIX BAN DEFALCATION. Evidence Relativo to the SArrow” Explosion. &e., ke, &e. THE ATLANTIC CARILRE, Return of the (reat Kastera te England — Full Detnile of the Werk up te the Time of the \ccklent. Tleart's Content, Aug ofa Atpy Bay, Avg. 17. ~The British war steamers Terrible and Galates rived et 8. John's, Newfoundland, et 9 o'clock on Toweday evening, the 15th tnstent, The steamship Great Eastern returned to Sheerness on the 1ith fastant. Coptain Nepler reports as follows: “The eable parted on Wednesday, the 24 Inet., at | mon, fo ninetesn hundred and fifty fathoms It waa | ten grappled for three diVerent times, and raised twelve brodrel, nine hovdred, and «iz hundred fathorne reepectively, Each time the erappling broke, bat thaceble remained unbroken, Toe treat East- @™ returued to England for stronger end betes Grappling gear.” Mr, Varloy, ame of the olectriclans, writes most gacourngingl, in regart to the ead! “We tornd no difMcalty whatever In grappling the table. evoa in the crevteat depth of water. As soon a proper tacklo ls prepare’, wo will probably cow- mence » ro poling fer the cable again, one hundred miler east of the break, where tLe water is only fiftecn hundred fathome doep, The toy rides the wales 1, being fustenod by pieees of condomued @abie, Mr, Field fe in good health and «ptriss,”* Diary of Mr. C. W. Fiold, " Sreameurr Geant F awrrns, ATLANTIO Ocran,) ‘ Dowie Lar W ust Lowa, 39,4 vou n Prpay byewixy, Ave, 117H,1305, ) ‘The steamrk!p Groat Lestorn sailed from the Nore Off Sheemess, Hatarday, July bth, at 12:50 o'clock, At half poet two o'clock on Monday afternoon, 17th, she overhan.ed the Careline, that left London on the th loat., with the shore end ou board, &he had boen detained by bad weather, Woe took her tn tow, and arrived off Valentin at 6:45 A.M. of Wednesday, As the weather wos anfavornbie, the Caroline went futo Vaieutia harbor snd the (rest Eastern to Beerhaven Baniry Bay, followed the next day, by Lier Majesty's stexmers ‘Territie and Ephynx, The 27 miles of fhe heavy shore ead were successfully laid from the Caroling, towed by the steamer Hawk. On Saturday, 22d, at a quarter past 5 o'clock, (the pext afternoon.) the splice between the main cable and the abore oud was vompleto! end the Great Kast ern, the Terrible and Bphynx steamed towards how Foundland, while the Caroline and Hawk returned to Valentia. All went on in the most satisfactory man- per until #20A. M. on Monday, the 24th, where portial loss of inaulation suddenly showed itself, Bhortiy after this the speed of the ships was reduced and ‘be cable paid oat more slowly, while teste were applied to locate the fault which was found tobe in fhe water some wiles astern of the Groat Ras‘ern, AtS 60 A.M. the cable was transferred to the pick- #me-up apparatus at the bows, and we began to haul in the cable, This op*zation was frequently suspended by want of steam in tho boiler attached to the picking-up apparatus, and during the day @ portable boiler was connected with the former, At five minutes past § o'clock the next morning the @un!t was Droayht on board, and found to have been eaure? by a ploce of tron wire similar to that used in the mannfectoro of the cable, about two inches long, Daving been forced between the outer wires and Account of fault cut out and @ new splice made, the cable retransferred to the paying-out inachine at the stern, and at 4104. M,, Tuesday, the 25th, all was again ip porfect order, and the fleot on iw way to America, Raving been cotained 37 pours and 60 minutes, 7 At noon on Wednesilay, the 26th, the Great East rn was 178 iniles from Va'entia, and there hat been poid out, including the 17 miles on the shore end, of cable, Deyibh of werwr 1,760 fathoms, Toste wery good. Thursday, July 27.—The ehip ran Lo the last rig ours 141 wiles, and paid out 153 milesef cable, Depth of water 2,160 fashormna, Teste very good, Friday, July 35.—Distance made, i65'¢ miles, Cable paid out, 174 miles, Water, 1,060 fathoms. Dosis very good Saturday, July 29,—Diatanee run, 160 miles, Cable paid out, 176 wi Depth of water, 1,900 fathoms, Teste very good, Atl o'clock Pat, it was discovered that there mens 0 serious fault im the oatie, which emiluely oui aff through the gutts percha into the copper wire. Ten | end a quarter wiles of eable were recovered, the | | cmeeaieidian wiih the shore, The ahip was stopped and the eable transferred to the picking-up gear, which commenced hanling it in at 0:14P.M. After picking ap two and « quarter miles of cable, the fanit carue on board, and on examination proved to bave been caused by astoat plece of wire having been driven eutirely throuch the eabla. The two and « quarter niles of cable were recovered from a depth of 1,000 fathoma, The operation of picking up from the eroat depth wae frequently interrupted by want of | steam. The night being very dark and foger, the operation of lowartog the aplice and transferring the eah'e to the payiug-out machinery, at the stern, was Postponed until the mext morning The Great Kast ern was by we able manageroenut of Capt. Anderson, kept ap all aight to the cable, and so provented any strein, beyond the eabie's own weight, couing on it At 610 A. M.. the spuce had been successfully lowered, and the ehip was again on hercourte, Lhe detention by thie fault war eighteen hours ant forty- four minutes, and most anxious hours and minutes they vera, Sunday, July 3.—Ths distance mate was 34 Miles, aod OT miles of the cable was paid out, Demh of waier 1290 fathoms, Teste very rood. Monday, July $1.—Disiance run 124 miles, Cablo paid out 138 miles, Water 1770 fathoma Teste very good Tuenlay, Aug. 1.0 chat.os made 166 miles. Cablo paid out 179 mfies, Weer 1700 fathoms Teste very rook Wetnesday, Avg 2.-At 6ST A M., on resuming the ‘uevintion testa, it was discovered that there was 4 patie! loss of ineniation, The ship was soon after. wards stopped, and the cable transferred to the piok- ieg up rear asi the bows, The operation of bauling in commenced, By noon the engine ased for picking up stopped for wantof water for « considerable tine, Two miler had been recovered, and the cable was cut to reo whether (he fault had come on board, At aboot 12.5 P.M the cable caught and chafed oa the mouth of the “horse pipe,” and wes with considerable di Mculty removed, and ag 12.86 roe on board, where tt waa iniured, just behind (he atop pers. and in@ moment the end disappeared im the waler Distance ma tn the Inst 24 Bours, 116 miles, Cable paid out 132 malles, Recovered two miles, Depth of water, 1,050 tathema, Total distance trom Valentia. 1, C8miles, Total cable paid out, 1,312 miles, equal to 7 sper cent. Pvuamed back towards Valontia twelve miles, and commonced dragging for the cable, Thureday, at 44. a. it being evident from the strain thas the grapnel bad eaught the cable, we began to bau! tt, and at 11.60, wheu 1,150 fathoms of grepnetiiog rope bad been got on board, « shackle broke pear the ship, and 1.400 fathows of the rope senk with the cable to the Lottom of the Atlantic, A bnoy waa lowerod with & 4u0 inthomes of eable, and a “ausbroom" to hold it and mark the apot, Durtag the operation of picking up, the machinery gave way Lt ds supposed that @ tooth broke off by the strain, and ths getting ia between the “spar” wheel, mashed the latter. ‘This eccldent happened twice, and the operation of hauling in had to be performod by the oapetan, Friday, Saturday and Sunday — Weather onfay- erable tor recovering the cable, Mondey, Aug. 1.-Lowered another grapnel. At 12.10 P. M. commenced dragging for thecable, Até . M. began tw haul in, and coutiuned to do so slowly ali night, Tueeday, Aug. 8.—At 7.00 A.M. one thousand fath- ome of grapnel rope hed becm hauled {m when the shackios broke fust fuside the ahip: lost im this as- teuip, 1,500 fathoms of rope, A second bucy was lowered to mark che spot, The balance of thie day aud all the next, wes iu, occupied in having now ahack!les inade for the hauling in repos, aitering the capstan, aud making picparations for another at- | tempt to recover the cable. Mad tho apparatus been ready, the weather on Wedueeday wes mech to rough to attempt any operations, The two buoys | rode out the gales in this depih perfectly Thurstay, 1th—At T o'clock A M. we began to lower the grapnel, and at 8:05 had oat %,040 tathoros— all ‘hat wes on board the ship-and commenced drag- cing ior the cabie, and continued do so until the eveulng, When we begau to haul in slowly, Fridwy, 1UA—At 64. M.we Gnisbed barling tn the 2,460 fathows of rope. when the grapnel came up foul with {ts own chain, Atll A. M. wo began to lower the grapne!l aatn, nd af soon 8 all the 9,460 fathoms were paid out, wo commenced dragging until 3:65 P.M, when we be- gan to haul in slowly, It was soon evident by the G7ea8 etralp that the grapnel Lad caceht the calle, AVTP. M,, when 710 fathoms had been recovered, the rope parted, end as there was not suibcient ropo on board the Great Lastern to resume grapueliing, It was decided that she should rvturo at once to England, From Washingtoa. The Andersonville Dead All Rurled— Heavy Revenue Receipts—Appointwent of Moses F. Odell as Naval Uticer at New York—Twe \oung Ladies thot By a Seutry, Kic, , Wasninatom, Aagust 17, The President to-day, as usual, opened his doors to all visitors, one third of whom were women, The throng was not near so largo as it was yesterday; twenty or thirty persous only being im the office at one o'clock, Their business was consecutively trans acted, Capt, James M. Morse, to-day telecraphed from Andersonville, that he yesterday finished the suita- bie interment of the Union prisoners who died at that prison. The receipts from Internal Rovenue to-day were nearly one million of dollars, The Secretary of the Interior hes tssned an order forbidding the clerks in his Department froma giving tociaim agents any information concerning the pend- ing business or claims, except by order of bimself or the Anslstant Secretary of the Interior Moses F, Odell, member of the late Honre of Re- presentatives from Brooklyn, N, Y, has been ap- pointed Naval Officer of the port of New York, to take effect on the Ist of Septem? aber nest, Last night, at Camp Barry, near the city, a eeatry on duty was ordered to file op an escaping priser, and in doing so sccidentally hot Mise Mary (ond | end Miss Fiza Ward, who were walking in the vicinity with a genfleman, The wound inflicted spon Miss Ward was alleht; bat Miss Good was shot through the back and imng, and her ‘njaries ere sup- posed te Le mortal, phe ie o resident of Baltl- more, Several hundred applications for pardon, Including one (rum phe rebel Brig. Geu, CampLeli,of Tennessee, were recoived to-day. Yosterday afte:noon, while some workmen were raising a large stone on the south wing of the Capitol extension, one of the traveree beams on the derrick, aud several of the guys, broke, The derrick fell from an elevation of 30 feet or more, with « trementous crash, almost completely demolishing the scaffolding, One of the workmen, named James Dorsey, war kill. ed, Another of the workmen leaped fram the sal Hild nad waconed with bus eles buna NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 48, 1 The Department of Agricultare ré bas te feat eae comstat wt) ite tablos, ahowing the condition of the crops on the Ist day of August, as reported by its correspondents, At that time the harvest had not been secnrod: but from the correspondence since thon, it is believed that the wheat crop had not received additional in- | Jury, excepting perbaps in Wiscousin and Minucsota, where the mains hare extented since the first of | August, The table fonmed on the August ciroulars show the following decrease of the wi) 1866 f.om those of 1964 Crop of 1864 th ene! ‘9) doo eee Estimates tor 1965 (Lusbels), Decreree. ‘The lowe is aa fo lows: Ta the New Fasiand aod Mi In Staryinnd aud la Westeru and North Woaera sue it ciops of 160,695,893 4404, 16 le Total. . All ether crops, particulacdy comm an Moet promising, except iobuceo, of lows bas beon plantod eter the Lay cropin the Woet e tach injured by the wot | weather, but fe atill sua lant | Major General Curtis ene sorenated to-nirht, and | 1 acknowledged the honorine petriotie rpoech ecrenading party then proceed! to the residence of Beeretary Harlan, and, alior the band hed plarved ecveral airs, the Becretary was collod out by the erowd, and in the course of his arkn, aid You met not oxpect ma, to-mieht, to develop what Wild be, io the ‘urnre, the paticr of the indi vidnal Glectes te the hiahest position In ibe mitt of che Awerican » ole, Neo one authorized to speck tor him but hw and I donbt very wuch whether be pow kno: ode will te the policy which he will be compuiied by circumstances to follow tu the futare, We may, howeves, Julie of the turnre f ot bis official arts tn the pani, know a lore portion of The the American PY en 4 feel a deep solicituce the t the probable micce@ of bis amin ion t and there are thee who are the enomies of this Adruinisiraton, as (ney were of that of hie predecesor, *!o a e@ aurious to array arainat him thoee by whore vores ¢ ted ta Dis present position, Mauy | no*, | # doitade on this out Some ay fear that, p thos he hae been elevacd t place and | power, be may turn aca tuore who elec ed him. ” Those whe fear, kuow hut wile or (he man | tuey hove thas honored wiih their votes, (Chere } | ‘Lhe party which, throuch t) e military power, ‘(wed @ rebeilion wheh har had no 3 history, hag now ihe great sya (tbo kes P ite colun no woul the dleorern re¢ 5 felling of friendsliip an Ou; whole eouniz,, We, a ” men, have no) caure lo complain of the Mrerideat tor anything | which ne could me alese with equal fecce mewiuet | bie pee ceoersor see thatwae give Lim uo | Cause Wo Lieak with us, POLITICAL I INTELL AGENCE, Pennsylvania. Harrisburo, August 17—The olor Btate Con- vention met in the House of Representatives at noon to-day. Tho Conveniion was called to order by Cen, Cameron, tho Chairman of the State Couual Com- mittee, John Ceesna was choseu tamporery Prev. dent. A committee was eppolniad on contested # and permenent organtration, Mr, ‘lodd, of Cumbe:- land, offered the following : Resolved, T thie Convention. reprerenting the loyal people Penneyirania, recowuize (60 clalme of our seuldievs ix its couft..nee and gratituce a4 superior to thowe of all eurre: ant hatin token of the sincerity ot thie declare ion, it will nominete BOLE as condidates ior eftice exceot thowe who have proved the.r iovalty and patrie ism by secvices ln the Leld agains, i @ evemiewo! the Diop Mr, Blevens moved its reference to the committee on resolutions which was moditied by ina re ting the committee to report this afternoon, and then siopied, A committee, con texting of one from each Beuatorial district, wee eppoin'ed on resolutions, AYTHRSOON FESATON Harvisburgh, Aug. 11.—The Convention reassern- bled at 4 «'clook, The Cornral: on fermeneut orgamation reported if, ©, Joluroa, of Crawford tor Presitent, with a Vice Presideut fiom each senato- rial distciet, Mr. McVetght, Chairman of the Committee en relations, subtmitiod # report. The resolutions express eonfidevce iu the edsnin'strotion of Pres deut Johuson, and endorse his reooustruction polle compliment Gov, Curtinand &. M Stenton we recom. mend the fisestion of u jerty of Bouthera re'e's anioun sver 1 di yaue, to pay 7 & &e the revision o rev on law, 60 w to ineu. tection to American + end uh Deovirine, end meint of « adives and posts of pr aad hone The re.olutions sesuimitied by the Coumitiee were Unanimously adopted. The Convention then nominated Gen, John PF. Martranfit for Auditor Genera’, and Col, Jacob M. Campboll for Surveyor Genersl, Adjourned eine die, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn, Avg. 16.—1be Minnesota Demo- cratic Atate Convention met in thlacity to-day Resolu.vions were ad. ped to sustain the reconstruc. thon pol.cy of Presideut Jovoron; in favor of the maintenance of the diontoe Leet ine; opposing « protective tariff, and denousctng the euspousion of the writ of habeas corpus. \o-vight the members hold a oaucus to cousicer (he iwely @f acjournlog the Convention over until UcroLer, Kentucky, Loutertila, Aug. 16.—The Kentucky Senate will étand 21 Conrorvatives and 17 Union, The gains in the Fastern partof the Bile for the Lower House will secure a Union majority if the Southern pait of the State has not done worre than supposed. Tho Vemocratic caudidate for btato Tres urer is dead, sud the Union candidate le cangerourty eck, The Union candidates for Conerese in the second und ‘Third Distriots were defeaied by 1,40 ouch, ‘Tepneaeco, It ia now ascertained that ihe Congressional e!ec- tlons in Teunessee on the oi of August, resulted as follows: Ist Distric! NG, Taylor, Un'on. ae Borsee Marnard, | olon, ted W. DB, Sores, Union 4th cmund Cooper, Upion, tth “ WU. Cample., Conservative, Oth * .D.B, Thomar Conservative, ith © wac K, Hawklio, Calon, oh . Dr, Letty lok, Lacan Miselaaippl. Jackson, Misa, Aug. 16.—Lhe Miwiestup! Conven- vention met on the Sth inet. The ablest and inmost | talented State repreentatives word p event. The following resolutions were offered and carried; Resolved, That the P: mmm \ttee of fiiteen to inquie @ fUch alterations a of the B.ate as way ve p store the Btate to ite ci Federal Government, aud invasion und Gomesic res Resolved, That woo! t appointed to inquire | vee of fifteen le mn to that body an suck ection as is proper ie be tehe | * 4 of Scceasiou, a + 1, by aconvent!oo 0: legs! ee ry to be (ekea 1 Judicial meas. 10 (ue Act of Beces- report Blno, what lerisietion in regard w executive, ures that have boon eet non was piararon Jackson, Miss, Aug. 10.—1¢ Mite'eelppt Conven- Non re-assembled to-day. | sons Were offered © amend the Constituiicu ™ #* t° Feqnire the Probate Judge of wach County to eh YY virtue of his office. aa Clerk of the ( prereat method of transacting the duties ur ow the Clerk's SECOND ee. Office being unsatuatec! ewiuhons were tuned tole Comin swe hes. ofthe Vention then adjour \ ? nD OF the Commuicteg Pere yones ime the Couati+ | to be the longs n'g life ie ata tes day of “i aie ¥ kre | the artilory w From Mexico. News to the Sth Instant. New Orleans, Aug. 16.—The first bale of Texas cotton arrived here to-day, and sold at fifty-one and and quarter cente per pound, The Matamoras Rascan of the Sth instant ander- etande that Gem. Merri:t, with 0,000 Federal cavairy, t reeentiy at Austin, Texas, and is now on route to the Ric Grande, The \ehel General Stanchter publishes «letter fully exculpsting Gen, Mejia and the [mipertal forces from the charge of assisting the Confederates, He ears thet pot a rifle or a musket over ervesed the Rio ® or otherwise enteed the Confederacy (rock the Inporial ines, Belog offered some peces of art! he o. on Gen. Mejiaton ke ta to cet th into Texas, Tho latter 1, anhealteting! bo would take active consecuently, lery, arrangemei feptte y, tha neutrality ; pe to maintain a strict not purchased (Goods have advanced from 60 to 100 percent. tn Motamoras and hie eon from the ronment of the lastor Ly tion of Gen, Caraler use, and the impr udhean Government, is reported, Travei ¢ o Uraode te now couasldered aafe, The banditti of Cortinss are not allowed to smncele through Brownsville any longer, arms aad munitious of war athe lt “News Items. (My Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Gov, Hamrnron bas commenced making cepart- mente for the Bato of Lexna, Tia batialion of the Now York Beventy-firat regiment left Moston, for horas, last evening, thar parently bein @ very agreeable ono. eretar War has ordered the tmmedi- Th 1 damage was done, Toe European stenmahip China, which wae sou harbor, got off Wednemlay even- stapparent damage, ashore in Bos ing, wilh dy a Daoe Bact maton at Philadelptria yesterday the Aciantics best the Cam lens, in the prescnce of 6,000 epectators, The more stood—Aslantics 16; Camden 10, Sroustary ala Attorney General Speed and wiles, and by Medical Lnspector, ead wife, arr pont at Cape Laland yesterday, They are quartered in the Gonyress Hall, “Club Cot tage," with Mr. F Bree, W. Beward, on family. General Intellirence, (Dy Mail to the New York Sun.) Tre buyer neels a hundred eyes, the seller not one Van Auporon's chariot broke throngh « bridce In Western Pe anit coe ty Iv reea we tin teceally, and two men led, Garkert Davia, of K ence.voring to eee t of waking representat! ence in the Kentucky shee Tov Prov Ting in that ety dail), and at will soon get Le stucky, is ta Washington, dent, for the sbout millitery on. URAL spenks of a aquash nM purpose terier- lence inches ts-counle was alxiy feet long. Ib yond the limita of she Atate. Tus cclebr 1 artiat, FP. A Lane, died on Snn- day erev ug a Gotvcomer, Mass, The do onsed was 60 years of aye, aud oue ef our best marine painte: rows eighteen mplelod Ly a brigade of men and @ bri- gaco of women. The expense is estimated a 9,001 for cleaning the pavement, and 70,0004 for the labor, A Me. Brows eloped from Burlington, Ver- mont, last Weel, w.tu the wivos of three promis neut citizens, Al! te women Wee mistresses of the scamp., ‘the gi border, closely pur bands, Aturmo, the celebrated racing mare, recently died at Luclete, Mo., through rupturing # blood veasel while tratuiug, ‘The mare was formerly owned by Joho Carey, of South Car iina, but was confiscated du and Lrought to Fareris Mou artes crossed the Cannde ae by ove of the wronged bis ¢ Sherman's march by an officer Louts. of Virginia, formerly Govern- or of Washington Terrliory, and late ex-reel member of Cougress, in company with the present Governor of that termtory, will leave Washington shortly, in charge of 700 womea who inuiend mi- grating Wea, * Want to see Grant mi a blue-coa veveran the ople crow sboard th ra the other morning, oa ther way v4 getarquiot at our famous General, “ W-a-w-ll, why jp thunder ditn't you come down to the front, whon Le wauied to #@ you, hey f' chty bad, do you id sald ate discharge of the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Now York heavy artillery A snocs of an earthquake was felt at Bt, Louis, Mo. yesterday morutug ; elec, at Cairo, Di, no Thirty-Third Year. churches, The negroes are fleeing to the Wools for gafesy. Twenty-five Miesiaainp’ planters are under arrest at Vicksburg, on the charge of mal- treating or killing their former elaves, Tuey ere to be tr’ et by « Military Commission, Pe Thursday night a week ago @ latge number ernment Wine! Graken in alot at Bacou's it Reranch, near hmond, Va. were seirod ny ® panic, and the whole multitude misned s'out in wild consterration, A number of the frightened avinales rushed Into @ deep raving in the eaclomre and ag the darkness of the night [Mea an tions to extricate them, some found dead next morning. The bof a dock of geone is naid to havo mpele. i or mc eaused the LOCAL NE Ws SEW YORK AND TUR VICINITY, Tim Kerenew Pororny Baoxess Brrrimse THEIR Acoor or The Curox Roox—Tur Cain Aunesten A Wanruant Orem ENT in Hanrronp.—(he bankers and brokers of Wail stroet have boon so mach accustomed to “een ato: that even the Ketcham affair ia not likely to be sidered more than a “soven days won .o:” b cold-biooled men who pursue wealth by siook bling and other fluancial speeulations, are naturally excited when anything ikely to direct’ publie attention to the in- security of the banking institutions entrusted with the care of their funde; but when the mnoke of an “excitement” blo away, and the wounded are discovered, the unharined lookers-on coldly turn away, and ¢o about their own buainces, with @ slrag ot the shoulders which reeme to say, “served them right for being In the Ine of fire.” The Ketchum fraud, however, has caused a greater amount of uncertness awnong bankers and brokers than any other event of the kind, that has oceurred in Wall etree! since the Schuyler affair, The forgery TANKERS AND tr. KRroovrar AL Nov Yor GRaninn the Copitahete oecare of gold checks created leas disturbance than the theft of securities deposited with the firm of Morrie Ketchum, Scn & Co, The fret that oue member of that firm Goung Edward) did reb the coueero of stocks and bonds—left as collaterals by ansurpectiug custome:s—bas tudueed hundreds of depositors to visit their bankers, and inquire into the conultion of thelr respective deposits, Yesterday, a @roat desl of this kind of business was transacted in tho Wail street offices, Parties whe had left their eecarities lo the hands of different bankers insisted on kuowiug whother their property was still securely held, and bankers who had advanced money were engegod io taking ot stoek,"’ for the = pur- pose of ratisfving themselves, that they had not also been made the victim of some “nice young man" or partner. In consequence of these investi- «ations, Madamo Kumor went fly!ug around the strect, burslug Inte the ears of every one she mot, some now tale of defaleattions discovered, Unaeru- pulons people took aivantage of the occasion te annoy aod injure opposition firms, but thus far uone of the ramored frauds or failures have been made public, A wholesome effect has, however, been produced, and both banks and customers will be benefited by so genera! @ serutiny of banking affairs. The committee appointed by the Board of Brokers to lovevtigate the fraad of Edward B. Ketchum, yesterday commoneed thelr rk, aud = io- dustriously colleeted evidence, which, when published, will be aa nearly an authentic his- tory of the fraud as can be compiled, Owing to the reticence cf interested parties, and the anwillinguess of others to mate public what they knew, our reportors have gathered very litle toedd to the iu- formation given in previous issues of ihe Bun, David Groesbeck, Key, tho assiguee of Charles Graham & Co, has obtalaed an attachment against the property of young Ketchum, and Sheriff Kelly i now ip possersion of the premiser, corner of Madison avenue and Thirty-second street, Au affidavit wae sworn to by Mr. Grossbeck, in which he declares that Edward BD. Ketchum owes bim ((iroesbeck), as aa the sum of #14),000, and that said Ketchum hes abecouded, ‘Lhis preliuuloary legal proceeding was followod up by # dozen others, all necessary to placo the detective officers upou the trail of (he crimbnal, ood secure to hia creditors whatover property they can discover has been left pb ehind by the fugitive, The check book wae found at Ketcbum's bowe by Mr, Charles Grahem, who brow ‘e#ht it down town yesterday morning, Throe hund. 4 and fifty checks had Leen drawn, out of the five hi dred which the book originally contained Instead Of =ousing § the checks as they wore nuabere 4 the first fifty romain, and then the numt oreappear to have becn ured ina manne that woul!’ prevent an extended series from get ting inio tli poesossion of any one bank or indivi- dual bolle Thus number 64,556 was filled up, but mumber65.407 was not wed, and eo on iu many fnstances all throgh the book. Ouo ehock, whieb had Leon partly’ toru ont, bore a fair tmitation of the : Mr. Hanno te of Bi Idlel nary) Vt. has } recently | ‘nature of » Dodge & Co." The names of fever or ene ateot aller an tlie as of poet or | mans of New York. appear on the left band, but ar four weeks Mr, Harmimoud bas refused §1U,000 | poor imitations of the genuine—the name Booker" for biusy, aud it ie uid the buck Was valued as bigh fae $25,000, A MADMAN waa recently discovered in one of the earcial of @ ralwey train in Fray He was pocured without injuring » ther of pacsengers, butwhilet couflue! la a room atthe railway station bo erukos water- vottle and thiust one of the ploces into lus neck, 8 (ar ww to never Sue cartoid artery aud Cause aliuods Dateut death, One lady on the grand stand at the Saratoga races told @ newspaper co respondent that she bad 20,000 worth of diamo ds in her hairs that she fels perfectivy “eate,'' as no pickpockets ° adia.tled w b the aces god bor husband vad ube poiceman belind ber with uothing clue to do yut to geo tues her diatnond Lead eutfered Lo viola- on, Tue Govern ment fe making arrangernenta to nell 1 Ostoler, thirty locomotives viueby cars, as Manclester, Live locomoy Vee a. Va. during the month « and two hundred and opposite Bi-limond, Va.; one care a6 Portsrou Norkfolk ®3 and th hundred end fifty cars at Aiexanuria, Touere will also be sid at Alexaniriy two thousand tons of railroad iron, anu at C.ty Point four thousand tons, An extraordivary match of carrier-pigeons has recently taken place at Brusse! Not iese than GUS of these Waxed messcugersy which had been bent to Toulouse ‘or tho purpose, were released there at balf-poss four on Basurday morning laut, to contend for pris stountingin number te 83, The Brat pigevu arrived at Brussels ip 14 hour Toe distance reing $00 leagues; ig must beve own at the spevu of 22 leagues au hour, A ovaious ease of insanity has man) (ented itself in @ vill near Bruny, in Muvevia, An iuhabi- tant of tue pluce Went one Lixht to the cemelery, aud while there stripped bunse{ naked sud em- ployed all he articles of bis dress tu coveriug over the ianages of the saints with which the tombs abound, When disvovered in a ett vy, he declare that he cid not wish that the salntawuould be ea pored to caich old ‘tool ‘reed have adv) rom ® respons lie that the rebels in Aiabamu are ki! by Wholtanln ‘and pursing hes bound and 1th ty- O18 locowesive ab HOUVes #04 seven being intended’ for “Bunker.” Lo this connection it may be proper t@ notice @ etatemout that has been mace the effect that young Ketchum was frejuen’- ly obeerved fiostmting the aignature of woil known | firms, while idly conyersing with visitors, who taleed with him fm bis office, Other incidents are meu- tioned, come of which eppearto be put forward with tho desien of hereafter using them, as evidence that the young man was insane, ‘The firm of Kewham, Bon & Co, have avaigned their arsots to I’. C, Calhoun, President of tho Fourth Nationa! Bank, and Mr, Bement, a former partner of Morris Koichum, Keq, The firm have leeuod a card, in which they deny the published statemonts that they were engaged in stock speculations or foid trans- actions, They also declare thatin February last they ceased to employ Mr, Grahain as thei: bioker, on ac- count “of his frequent absence from town,” As this firm were the agents of a numberof bante in Lart- ford, considerable excitement was coursed iu thatcity by the news, and rumors were current that a sun bad beon commenced upon the institutions that bad many millions of dollare doporited with Ketel Bon & Co, These rumors wesc ab by the receipt of a leg the Hartford basks, as tollows “They are all ine ndiiion and have the entire eontidenes of the wuiby, [tis uuderetood t losses thiguck Ae touuan wh i be +t Wil BOs Le eaouy ain, wd of ) @sterday he pooiiou uf am detind Patel wate »wifect the saudiug or mcurily of ony of the baie,” Tho Philadelphia people have also been excited, end large niucunis of stuck were offered jor sale, but prices did not indicate naything like @panic. The bankers Of the ety of “irotherly love" are also uvere baullug thou @ cousty, and looking luv they atlaue generally Thus far, no clue has been obtained as to the route fekenu by the forver, ‘ibe Euylish steamer which sailed from Hooton on Weduesday, was watched, aud & detective officer, aequainted with Ketehom, seug (Coatiaged om the Las Paaey