GIBBON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII:-NO. 101.
Li'llat
, . Grand Carnival "La Rat' Manlike." ' -' - -' --
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I Correspondence of thel ) l4la. NOentius Bulletin.] l urtller P arfieitltlra of the Phenomenon '
ATLANTic. CiTY,-August . o.--This - grand:••en -
The_7're ne. as e o ng, entitled
'fru It 'th f llowi ' '
tertainment given last, evening, at . the Sea . . •
EvEnv 'mast HIS OWICASTIIONOStER. •',, ,
View Excursion House at ;Atlantic City,. was • ,
f 1 .
. • The appeataneeof the suitduring the eclipse
an eminent- auccess. ..rt-Avas' - ;:vilrY, largely at manlie very readily.
L shown - in the following
tended, and everybody, was . gratified. The i 'manner : ay apenny upona - piece of Whitt,.
"Epaeloas building was tastefully illuminated: paper, and draw'a pencil line round it. This
with stars and lanterns, pending from the circle will represent:the sun sufficiently well,
although it -pill be a little larger than the
core& of the piazias, and from column to
penny itself, which is to represent the appa
. celninn. , rent size of the moon, - wherels it should be
.
The decoratign of the ball-room was en- little smaller. 'Drawing' .a line around a five a
trusted to Mr. )1r F. S'eheible. It Presented a.. cent' piece • for ' ' the `sun, and - • then
very attractive - appearance. At the head of usingtwo-cent - pieoe . for thmoon,
will be -more accurate. Now dite
the hall
_there wits
__arranged ..by ..3ir. _Black - thaineter -- of - T - th - e -- eirele -- into --- tW - 1 -
a large fountain of natural flowers Parts, and draw a line ; two or . three iii e c il l u' ie l s r
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and shells, from which a jet -, of per- Joug through . the' division ' Corresponding to
finned water played during the evening. The the 'number .Of diblitif ;. lace . about half nay
Thus) for
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long ranges of chandeliers were embellished Boston or any of her
with American fia;iis, The coltunns were between the' lints marked ,on the niap , ".l.o
digits""s
, digits" respectively,,the line
beautiful with red, white and blue trinunings . will lie..drawn . through the , ninth' division,
and the walls were festooned in the national i o f from the bottom.- On; the south side
einblems,and garlands of evergreens and flow- of the hue of totality, as nt - New Orleans, the
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ere. There were 4,500. feet of bunting' used in diyksiOns would be counted from the top.
the decorations, grouped up with American Next we must devise means to hold the paper
tZbields, coats of arms and the flags of all na- so that straight hue shall be parallel to the
' flews. It was a brilliant, enchanting picture, moon'sprbit. East ofthe 3lississippr, the eel pee
and cialainly 'reflected credit upon the skill, i occurs so kite in the afternoon that this may
' judgment and liberality of the gentlemen un-
1 . be dene _with sufficient accuracy for the pre
der wbose auspices thelite was inaugurated. sent purpose in the following manner:—Make
At nine o'clock a - fine display of fireworks i a dot one inch above the line already drawn,
took :place, consisting.''of - honorary. rock- ,
etc and a. . riumber of circular pieces. i and toward the right. From that
toward the lett a, two inch 10, so
Caniages began. to. arrive. in large its left end shall j line ust touch the linen g dot, draw '
previow that
ily
numbers, and. Special. cars were run drawn. This,new linb must be held horizon
from the central part of the city for the accom- tally in o•rder . to show the phases of the eclipse
modatlon
stir e visitors. The acene was lively in their proper position. We, are no.* ready
and intere, and the excitement - was one to see the eclipse. Lay the money On the pa -
of a pleasant character. The windows of the
er, with its top jest touching the - first line
ball loom were thrown wide open, and they
to the right of the circle, and move the penny
were densely crowded by spectators. The at
carefully along the line mail it begins tie hide
niospliere. was cool; clear and delightful, after
he circle. We shall then see where the moon
a drenching' thunder-storm which prevailed
for several hours in due afternoon. will first appear upon the sun's surface, (lon,
tinue to move the penny slowly and carefully
At it o'clock the ball cotumenced to the mu
me of carncross &: Dixe3,l, orchestra, which along the) line, and it will Successively repre
was well performed „ 1 .
.) to the t i me of eiosieg, sent all the different pha.ses -of the eclipse all
at 2 o'clock this morning: The- grand pane- seen from that place. •If thtiposition of the
observer is to, the south of the line of' totality
ramie picture - presented by the, masqueraders'
he will proceed. in the - same way, excepting
was curious, interesting and phaming in every that the bottom of the; pennyrousthe moved
respect. The managers were all cotatiniedin the
;Along - the line.
' Court drei•s• of King Charles the - First, con-
HOW TO „LOOK AT IT. .
t-isting of blue green, yellow, crinison and
' In Order to observe the phases of the partial
' ,purttle velvet,3le.Kenignember appearing as
eelipiie, as visible ontSide of' the line of totality,
the King. 'The 'costumer was Mr. A., It. Van
it win be necessary, if, the sky should he'clear
horn, of .Philattelphia, Who had. provided an
to protect the eye by a shade of dark glass. If•
immense wardrobe, there being .about two. a giass of sufficient depth of shade can not be
thousand suits. The - committee on' bouquets,
t , t .„,, hie!, air. J. V. Availaco was , cha i rman, readily procured, a:piece of plain glass may be
- smoked over a lamp or a candle. An opera.;
presented nun* , artistically arranged ,speci
iaihe,. it is glass, . spy-glass, or telescope, provided with a
mem, of lioTili creation tn-t he will afford a still
scarcely necessary to detail the . various shade-glass to screen the eye,
.cOs- better view... , But here let us repeat the warn
temes. There were Hamlet - ,
tutmug suggested by a. physician in the Trtbune of
Harlequins, Clowns. Friars, Claude, -Mel
pones.. Gladiators, . King iticlunds, :Sailors, el• tertis:ty : , ,
"EVerythiiit tending to strain or fatigue,
Goddess of Lilally, and others, for which we either the eyes themselves or the •. adjacent
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~ L, muscles, should be avoided. - Mang an opera
- THE otioaNtzarieis .
Mono' of Cereviovfr4;-4!ol. A. J. Sellers. glass is lei irritating to; .the eyes than:a spy
, 1,„/,,,oriicaloq ',' ...4.lhes. W. sm i th, and H. . e. glieks,becOase Whlle double the light is received
i t im ey. . se. " .
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~ : . and both eyes, instead of one are employed,the
impales surrounding. and operatiug the ogee
• Assitheas--.Horace Whitelimrl, Chine. Noble,
are at comparative ease. ;.With the opera ;kiss
Ricketts, Villiam H. Cantlin t Captain there is a total rittienee' of the irritating elemertt
John W: Ryan, Kingston It,'; Tarr, E. B.
Totrnrowy~Jlaj. I [tie to the labor of keeping pue-eye closed. In
wnrow,.Maj. Thomas Carstairs, L. S. Green, looking at the eclipse It is essential to give the
Beakunin„.,4l.-Burr, -Alonzo Shetwell, Charles eye the advantage of parallel condittons.' A
.1. Reeve and D. C. 3liddleton.: - • ' piece of ternoketiglass largee nongh to look with
rizossrasaus: AND DANctNo.
• The promenade "La Carnival'.! was thd:thst uoth eyes .. at once should be - used., instead of
.thing iworder, the Music being rendered by stuokin,g ; the glass irregularly al
low a choice of opacity in different parts,the,
the Zonare Baud, who had kindly volunteered
observer should smoke several pieces to differ.:
for the especial occasion. The dancing then exit extent-. but each as uniformly as; pos - sible
followe.d in the order as named: -
over . its entire surface, and choose as neees.-
2. -La Carnival Galop.
I. Quadrille 'Oath. , sary among .the seVeral.piecc. ;Every one
3. .Valse Hop and Itedowa. •
should' ,Ovoid the use of es piec which have
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4. Quadrille) Mazourka.
.beenSeratched or touched bythe finger so as
5. Quadrille Lancers. - , - , to, remove the opaque covering aeauy points;
IL Valle Polka and Galop. the observer shouldd avoid also a single flash of
7. Quadrille plain. .untempered sunlight upon the retina,
and particularly, the repetition of- such
S. Quadrille Polka. . •
it. Quadrille Lancers. . , ; . fiashes„or Irritating hs would result
10. Valise plain and Schottische.
from the Use of a scratched or very unequal
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11. Quadrille 3lazourka.____ - , i - smoked plate. And especially should every
12. False, Galop and Redowa. one avoid fatiguing the eyes by looking too
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- 13. •Q uadrille plain. . long or too often in advance._, Let the glasses
be prepared, if possible, to-day, and the eyes
L'l Valle Hop and P I
14. Quadrille Polka.
_ e. • , held at ease observing the din
gloom Ike. . • ' •
lel Valse Galop. . • . the general landscape, with merely occasion
glances, Until near the
~period of the.-greatest
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The programme 'was printed. on blue paper,
.obscurafion - .Thoife;Whe_. .have reason to'be-;
ill IWO-leaf card form, each being-embellished-. lieve themselves troubled with a tendency to
with`'embossedheads and - faces:- - ' • - -
-weak- weak-be the-more-careful - to - ob - = -
--- Among - the; visitors were - some from-Long
_Branch..l3arnegat, and other. place)), _the.parties_
_serve these preeautions." . _. __. _ _
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With - a convex. or with - a -sea-spyglass
havinghad - a - tme ocean'sall, - underthe power
or telescope, - with the •eye'`piCCl3 drawn out
of a leading breeze from the N. N. West. ,• , further than usual, a distinct linage of the - sun
Among the g,uests WO observed Dr. Wethorill, may_ formed .upon a paper screen, and the
Win.-Daytom-Henry Davis,WlL - Aitken; -- Jno.
P. O'Neill, and Col. It. F. Christy. ' • phases of the eclipse may tlius•be observed by
severatp . ersons -at orece,-and -with- less - danger -
The - entrances - to the ball werentteeded - by
of injuring the eyes.' A more simple but Fess
the .-Zonai•es, fifty of them having, been- de- •
. distinct method of obtaining-the sun's linage is
niched for this duty through the kindness of by making a.-ipin-hiplein a large card, aud •so
-Colonel Sellers. -
holding it, that the suit's rays shall shine
The carnival wag given as a species of through the hole upon.a piece of white palter.
pleasant pastime, and, as we have stud before, • The light will formic an inverted image of - the
it was a great success. The ladies were charm- sun, the size of which may be increased at,
ing even in their masks, and when these were pleasure la , inereasing the distance of the card
removed at 12 o'clock, they were more so thau
er.' I
ever. Towards two o'clock -the. party had from the pap n these methods of observ
ing the sun, by its image, all light from the
greatly diminished,
.and,by tlie hour of three Sun, except that which forms the impage,should
the spacious ball-room, so lively. and so gay as be carefully excluded.
it had been, became deserted, and rill its
grandeur was lost in darkness. The wind at . wirer wira, ,Ite. sEcie. ~
this time freshened from
.tho northwest, and But outside of the line of totality there is
the ouly niusic that fell upon the ear was that comparatively little to see. The diminution of
and the "wild waves daslaing and breaking the' sun's light will be very perceptible, even
upoti the shore. -' if the day should chance to be cloudy, but at
this distance from the line, it•will still give. us
as much light as 100,000 full moons. Possibly
the planet. Venus may be visible, about 24
deg. trom the sun, toward the southeast.; And
it _may be that in the observatories, where
they hive the requisite apparatus, in addition
to the usual observation of' the exact instant
of the beginningand end of the eclipse, some
portion of the phenomena of the corolla and
the spectra of the red .protulientnees may be
witnessed. 'Without 1 urther dwelling upon
what can be seen here, or at any point outside
of the mile of totality—for at the distance of a
single line from - the limits of; totality the sun's
light will equal many full moons—let us trans
port ourselves, in imagination at least, within
• those lintitteand.inquire what phenomena are
to be .witnessed there. • ; .
A TOTAL ECLIPsE. •
. The chief interest' fan eclipse, especially of
a total eclipse), is ; its sublimity ins a natural
phenomenon. Darkness sUcceeds suddenly to
light, and we tremble lest the sun forever turn
into darkness and the moon into blood. Arago
says, in his splendid description of the : total
eclipse which ho witnessed in the South of
Francs!, in 1812, -in . the,
, preaence -of 20;900
“iniprovised,astiinuinieri:', '.When - the sun;
narrowed to; &Mere line, began to throw over
the horizon - but, a faint light,.. an,. anxiety
spread through, the whole crowd. Each man
felt impelled. to 'Conimunicate his impressions
to his neighbor. , Then.began a dull roar, like
that Ota clistant,", - sea,•safter _a ' tempest. The
anise became louder in 'proportion to the thin
is -
nim , of the slender" solar crescent. Finally ,
the_ crescent vanished.,. Darkness succeeded
suddenly tor' thelight, and an absolute silence
marked,thia phase of the eclipse as sharply_ as:
did thependulum ' Ol'eur astronomical clock.
"The phenomenon . , in its ,magniticence,ha,d'
triumphed '.oVeiri-lthe restlessness of youth,
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over t. ne f4YolitY,which;ceirtaln men take for;
a sign of superiority, and over ' ' he'retiiiikindif-'
ferenee of which the soldiers - ordinarily make
their boast.. - • 'A profound :'ealna'; reigned; ;too;
in the air; eventbe-birds ceased their song.;
After a solemn:waiting of about two Minutes' ,
duration,,transports of..tan: frantic applause,'
sainted,with the Smile accord, the lame spon
taneity, the teAplientattee - of the first solar
rays;".
Sellinw Liquor to Minors.
Messrs. _Editors: How is it ;that the ordinance
against selling liquor to minors is so little en
forced in Philadelphia? and tavern-keepers
governed by the cupidity of their trade f sellto
mere youth the poison that goes eventually to
ruin thousands of them, soul' arid body. This
is a bane and evil that should•call for the in
vestigation and attention of our Courts. There
are numerous taverns in, every section of the
city iiinfthe outer wards, where no 'attention
is paid to the age of the applicant for strong
drink; provided they have. the means to pay
for it; and 'from theseplaces: may .be daily
seen issuing mere, boys in years, in a greater
or lesS state of inaikication.. :Cannot this
be broken up by.the strong arm ~Of the law?
We believe we serve the cause of humanity
by calling attention to this eyil,,and trust such
examples will be made of offenders; as, will
deter others from doing F.
indecene,v In mondtnit.
The, wonderful ;Schneider,-the lint Gnat(le
Dur6he,ve, las returned to the;: she so
inuch loves, and is making a new sensation in
the "Orphee aux Enters.' This Offenbachian
operetta has been produced in all its original
impurity, but it is not improper enough for the
taste of an audience accustoined to the dia
logues and . dances of Offenbach's later pro
ductions; and accordingly a cancan has
been introduced in <the last act, by way
of finale, which intensities the indecency aud
vulgarity of tbq performance,. and, which re
minds the decorous Pan Mall Gazette of the
expurgated edition of Martial; mentioned by
Lord. Byron in,his "English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers," which gave all the objectionable
passages together in an appendix. The coin.-
parlhon seems to us unhappy' in thig4--that• if
all the, objectionable attitudes and gestures
were taken out, of. any one ,of Otienbach's
overms, to be given at, the eonclusion, there
would be nothing left of the opera itself. -
- . .--California, learns that General 'Blair is. to
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teniox-o to San Francisco as agent of a Mis
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PHILADELPHIA, IIItfi)AY,AUGtIT 6, 1.869.
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Chinese 411,Stro!oireni in California. ~
AkrokiktY still finds, believers anteing, the
Chinese; and • therkare . sagesin San Franciseo
who practice their trade with 'success. •• A
writer in the Overland Monthly says :' .• '• ' •• ',.
-.!`..Having -uccasion,- not-long -since, - to step
into the cellar of one - of the Chinese stores on
Counriercial street, we found • there a, Man
'busy with his pen; and ' quite absorbed
in-calculations of some kind :or other. ' It
was a:. store-room for goods, and there
was:: little space—left-when: half a. dozen
People had crowded in; moreover, the light in
. the apartineitt was dim: lint what
'this man . be doing ?* Ras...paper is covered
with ChineSe . chat `arid with diagrams
ri
of'vaotis kinds; some of which__are infblack
ink, anirsome in red. "There 'are squares and
circles, arcs, and triangles: there are
straigh Marks and 'inookedmarks; perpen
dicular Kiri ntal and oblique lines. lt is
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not , getinte , nor trigonometry, nor coffin
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sections. a shelf Within reach are piles of
books; and al Of them evidently•treatises Upon:
the subject cif this mates art, whatever that
art may be. - - • , • : -, -
We examine the sheet upon which: he is
engaged, and we find. a strange mixture of
characters and signs. .We find the , names of
ci•rtain stars and constellations, in combina
tion with the 'ten heavenly stems and the
twelve earthly branches . ,' which are the
characters, being, combined in pairS, that form
the terms by which the respective sixty, years
of the cycle are pained. , We see, also, the
characters which: designate the boars, of, the
day and night ; ' also, of the five elements,
as metals; Wood, water, • . fire and
earth. ' The characters - forming the
.names for the years of the cycle • re
present, some of them the male and some the
femaleprinciple of the dual powers. On the
sheet before us these different sets of charac
ters are arranged in many different combina
tions, and occupying venous positions; along=
side of some of the characters we notice a red
mark, and we learn that these are. the lucky
signs, while others are unlucky. We now sat
isfy ourselves, by inquiry, of what we sus
pected from the first, that this new is a for- :.
tens-teller; and, on farther examination' we
gather that the principal element in his system
is astrology. : ' ' ' • "
"We borrow one set of his books: though
'tut little light is to . be, gained from the beaks
'alone. To understand them ' • one needs a
teacher, and that teacher shouki be the. for
tune-teller himself, who has spent a lifetime
in the study of this Subject. In China,fortune
. tellers.--the blind ones especially---lrave boys
apprenticed to them, who lead them: about,
and observe how their masters untmige differ
ent cases; and, when they are at . home, the
master, by degrees, lets MS pupil into the
\mysteries of his
,prolession. Therefore, it,
ctould not he pre.sumed that • thoseilearned in
the art would gratuitodsly impart to others the ,
knowledge which has cost them so much pains:
to 'acquire, and . by' 'which they obtain their
support. Very many books have been written
on this subj
ect; 'more than a donky could
carry,' as the people- are accustomed'to say.
These books :which we borrow were written,
as the title-page asserts, liy one Chin Hi,about
nine hundred years ago;.with additions by sub=
,
sequent authors. . :
" "eve ascertain that our astrologer is' work
' big :up' . the fortunes of : his customers. They
have, given :him certain data, such as the
~vear, month, 'ley and hour in which they were
born ; and in,the bands of this astrologer these
few facts seem to hesulteient. /Like the ,ners
vows centre' of the human system, they appear
to he the Centre or source out of which grows
a - diagram, and other diagrams grow out of
that, and these diagrams swell into a chart,
which continues to expand until we have a
book of many pages. The book, however,will
be large,or small, according to the pay which
the astrologer is to receive.
"This astrologer in the Coinmercial street
cellar appears to be well patronized, for we
find sirs busy at his diagrams every tLay,from
morning till night; and he constantly has on
hand a variety of subjects, whose fortunes he
is working up.
"People who frequently pass up . and down
Jackson street Will encounter a very tell; lean
and somewhat stooping - : Chinaman;" with' a,
long grizzly beard,a, pipe in one hand,a quick,
nervous eitep i and a rather sinister look from
his flashing little eye. ,He also is an a.strolo
ger •--- t- hu -lie ----better understands-- bow
to -keep -- his --- arts ,--- and ----- hiritself- - syrap - pett
.up in mystery than his brother profes,. :
"so - r - "Vf - iitoin we have spoken. Helocks him
selt'-withi 11- his.-mom r -and,wben-ealled i comes
and - merely puts s portion- of'his - griiiTy7ffefid
out at the partl3 , -opened door. It the caller is
on legitimate'business lie may come. into the
little unte4tiorn; 'butthearearaVof the :inner
sanctum few are allowed to inspect,_ although
we-once visited - him at his rooms, whe n * lie
was following his profession at_ldarysville.-He
evidently spends many hours of every_twenty
four iti - sweet -- communion witliliis precious
onium pipe, and often may his spectral - form
be seen darting in or out of the gambling
houses." •
PHILLIPS ON THE RAMPAGE.
Wendell Phillips oh • the Administra-
Phillips lets himself out as follows in the
dell-81acery :Standard for this week .
Wiseacres remind us that we must not ex-
peet too much at once; that as great a change
has been already made as reasonable men
would expect in one generation; that history
moves, in four cases out of live, pendulum
fashion—action and reaction. We know all
that. We know also why it is so in four cases
out of five; and why, had God given us a:great
man for a leader, we might have been the fifth
' exceptional case and moved straight forward.
Had Grant been wise and brave enough for
the hour, .the South would' have been
as law-abiding • as New England; and
loyal men would.. haVe dared to show
their wealth and their opinions
there, under the protection of law. Politics
would have marcheddo the music of a safe,
gainful and contented ministry. Sully, Riche
lieu, -or, Bonaparte, Cromwell, Walpole, or
Chatham, installed at Washington, would, in
five years, have Made NeW Orleans and Sa
vannah the twin sisters of Boston and Chicago.
Charleston would haVe been the banner town
of the ultra Republicano,,auti Galveston would
have takenfor city seal the motto: "If any
man insults the Stars and Stripes, shoot him.'
Instead of this,what have we for. President? A
jockey and sea-side loungeria restless boy,need
ing- constantly' to • 'be and
NO impatient .of business . that he
cannot stay at: ' Morel : than.
eir ettkrita time. FiVe Months in office, ho
has'nOt Yet''given 'Us an administration.' rat,
posting a. coWnti, clerk 'here and there, to
keep the machme in motion, he hurries off to
idle a week at a watering place, act Dummy
at a Monster show, orlielplessat asteamboat
excursion.; The Presidency Must indeed : be, a
sinecure, if, in such an hour as this, a man
bred in a camp and tan-yard can properly dis
charge:its. duties three hundred miles from
the capital; in the interVals of the race-course
and the half hours left after theatres and con
certs
Northern property safe nowhere at the
South. Texas covered wlth,outrages on wo
men and murders'of men.' Tennessee playing
the same game as Vtrglnia. Stokes, at the
risk of his life, unsupported by gOVernment,
fighting on a, forlorn hope.— Andrew •Johnson,
damming .for the 'election;. of SenteT, and
Greeley quietly-' , hoping. for >the defeat of
StOkeS 1 In one-half thet3Outb loyalists telling
us that uulm ' there is 4 .change nt,Wash
ington they cannot live there--"must tly.
across the Ohio!'--and „ throughout the
, whole South the same men Warning us that
I 8 2Betnocrats (that is, rebels).*ill sally the
e S
*belouth on their side. This is too' uniform
to be siecident. It is the result of aplot at the
south and of disloyal apathy bik honest lima;
pacity at .Washita,rton.....-Thern, Grant shows
himSeiroccamonally. 'Fish never was a Re:
publican. Cox was a Johnson,man.
well stands alone—no press to support
If you look at the Tribune, its editor treats
slavery as a dead issue and longs for the old
Whig party—while it is re/waged by one who
opposed impeachment, and would have voted
for Chase as the Taminan2,- candidate for 1868,
.find wants him as such candidate in 1872. If
Johnson's treason and Grant's, neutrality be
succeeded by Chase and Wade Hampton, sent
to Washington by Tammany. Hall, where will
twelve such years leave the nation? * *
* To your tents, 0 Israel--for' a . second
Buchanan sits in the White House, teinporiz
ing While the enemy gets into battle arraY.
CHIME.
THE HOsToni !EisAGED'E:
, .
.4 41 1 1 Ationa! l i artieulairs--Airra ll Znment
Aar the Isturderer. , , • ,
tFrelli the Boston Post, August 5.1 ,-' ' .
.. , , .
After Major White's , rr
aeat the question was
put to him by an officer of ,the station-house
as to the cause- of the dreadful • act, when he
-replied That there was no cause to justify swhat
he had done. , .. - - • .. 1
.The deceased was a lady of,nitinv accom
plishments and was widely known, "She Was
about - thirty-five years of Age -and had been
the, - wife of . Dt..kobbs about twelve years,
their union . during this time having been of
the - most *tender and 'affectionate character.
Before her 'marriage she had acted in the ea-.
pacity of housekeeper in his family. Her
maiden name was Miss Katie Sylvester. She
was twice married, first to a Mr. Laurie, with
whom . she lived for some, time in Ann place:
Mutual disagreement haling sprung up be..
tween them she was afterwards divorced,•and
remarried to Dr. Hobbs: The -latter has also
been twice married. having been rdivorced
from his first wife,- who is still alive: and re
sidingin this city. .- . .
Major Thos. L. 'White is a Canadian, abont
thirty years of age, and eanie - to this city in
18b6 and entered the law office of R. S, Treanor
'to enter the stullY of law. Suhsequently he
pursued his 'studies •at . the Calico: of Messrs.
Burt itt Lincoln. Before the breaking out of
the war he was' admitted to 'the - bar-and com
menced practice in this city. Fired with in
dignation at the action of the South, he gave
up his practice and enlisted as a private in
the 9th _Massachusetts regiment, being Very
active, in organizing the. regiment.' At'
the battle of Fredericksbing he was severely
-wounded, and for- meritorious conduct -he
.was - promoted to a inajorship., He - was di-,
rectly thereafter sent South Mad assisted in or
ganizing several colored regiments.: There he
remained till after the - war, being art intimate
'friend 'of General Dent.. In 18G hewas sent
as a delegateto the Chicago Convention from
3liSsissippi. Since the war he • has remained
in Mississippi,-acting in the capacity of a re
gistry ofticet, a position secured for him by
General Dent. A few . week.s ago he returned
from the South, coming- on to New York,
where he. remained ,a few days. He
name; to this city two Weeks ago to
- day, suffering with some lung disease, and be
ing- a Most intimate friend of Dr. Hobbs and
his -wife, he was invited - te`their' house, the
_Doctor aCtln,g as his niedical -adviser. Major
White has known and loved, fairly idolized,
Mrs. Hobbs for years.- About her he wit , . a
perfect . monomaniac, and in 1861, after .at
tempting to take her ife with a knife, he was,
through the advice of Dr. Stedman, :tent to the
insane Asylum at South Boston, where he re
mained about,six-months. As stated, after his
return to this -city-. two. weeks ago,he was in
vited again to Dr. Hobbs's house, many friends
of Mfrs. Hobbeat the time remarking-that they
thought it very - ifnpnidentfor him to be there.
Major White was arraigned before Judge
Hurd,' of, Municipal Court, yesterday
forenoon, ',On the - charge of the willtd murder
of Mrs. Katie' . Hobbs by shooting her with a
loaded - piste). - - , Mr;.A. - 0: - Briiwster appeared
as his counsel,and in his client'Sbehall waived
all preliminary proceedings as far as the lower
tribunal is concerned. White was then ordered
to be fully committed -- to the county _ jail, to==
an tlienction - of - the - Grand Jury-for - the -
Se itember . tenni ' Mr. Brewster reque.sted
--thatilf-possible, an earlier hearing might be
[
- hadiuntisthattlie. - _ - Agise-inight - -beent;AwAhe- - _ -
,- Grand- - Jury -- n - ow --- 7sittiugt - The—dourt—iii
formed the counsel that to grant the request,-
was beyond his_ power and . that application _
should be made - thtough another source. In
view of the fact that White.lias been an inmate_
"of an insane asyltim, it - ils thought that a plea
of insanity will be made in his defence. , 'lhe
demeanor of the prisoner was calm and undis,
- tirrbed,r and=did - not - evincethe least agitation: -
In appearance he was • a man of medium
stature. His height would 'seem about five
feet eight inches, weight -about 120 pounds,
complexion pale, hair and mustache light
brown. His' countenance will be familiar to
many 'who have done business about Court
square for a inunber of years.
Dr. Alvah Hobbs, the husband of the de
ceased, is a man a little past middle life, rather
thick set, with hair and beard somewhat gray.
He was-thoroughly devoted to his wife, and is
almost inconsolable .at, the great loss he has
sustained. After his return , from the court
yesterday •afternOon; whither he had ,been
summoned to attend the preliminary examina,
tion of Major White, he went to hisi.rooms,
where he remained secluded- the remainder of
-.... . _
the day. His residence,was .kept closed, and
a laige piece of crape attached tO the dpor
knoll told that it was the house of mourning;
and kept it sacred from unnecessary
EXPRESS ROBBERIES.
A Thief Caught in Wisconsin . --A Singular
Story.
A Milwaukee paper says :
"Some three years ago Henry Brayton, then
living at Eagle, Waukesha county, was en
trusted with the sum of $l,BOO to bring to MW
waukee. Shortly after ho disappeared. The
man sending the money by Brayton had to
pocket his loss. For three years all trace of
rayton was lost, when 'suddenly he' turned
up again one day last week in Wan-,
keshit, with his ' pockets well lined with .
greenbacks, and: himself In the most
liberal, disposition. His first move was to buy
a farm, paying the cash for it, and deeding it,
to his wile r . He also bought a pair of horses,'
paying 51,200 4or::them.:- - He ri paidup a few:
small debts, and seemed to he a man Of means.
generally. The person WhO had entrusted the
$l,BOO with Brayton years ago thOught it a
good time to put in his claim, and did se..
Brayton was sued; and a friend went the
.necessary ysecurity for him, Brayton placing:
the sum of $2,000 in the friend's hands to make
him whole.. . ,
"On the 16th day, of July last. Hesoldah
Broughton, the agent `of the United States Ex
press Company at Pacific City, lowa, on a
connecting line'of the Pacifics Railroad, robbed
the office of 510,000 in 'greenbacks, and de
camped. The company commenced search
for him, and offered himd,some reward for
his arrest and the recovery of the. , money.
Photographs ofthis agents were also sent to the
different ofilees to facilitate the arrest, of the
,decamping agent,
.
"When Henry Brayton , with his dash purse,
appeared at Waukesha, 0. M. Tyler, the agent,
of the cotripanY, could not heir associating
hitawith Iles . elriah,Broughton and the Paoifici
CHI , robbery. ' Su ; strong was the association
in Ur. Tykes mind, flat he sent to the °like
heTc•tind secured a photograph. Brayton had
the - whib kers, ano heavy. hair of Broughton
but these were easy enough to cut' off,'auel a
liftlfe investigation showed that Br 'ton had;
been under the barber's bands:
"Satisfied beyond &doubt , his own , mind
ihat'ltrayton arid 'Braughton-were one andthe.
same • man, Tyler • sent for • Chief ..of'Police
Beet who on Saturday last ..Went out there,
Mr. •ory,. the express, agent at this point, ac
• coral anyingthem. They found Brayttm, at
Troy,' and unon laying the matter' before him
all . doubt's disappeared, when he' at once
knowledged - that lie was ,Brattgliton,• atilt time
Braughton that had committlid.the robbery at
Pacific City. ' •,. ;
",Uptin searching him the sum of .$41;5001%*
found on
_ . Brayl•on's_person; the... 52,000 depo- ,
"site - d. - with his friend assecurity was paid over;
the farm deeded to his wife was given. 'up, ass
`iilso,Was the $1,200 team of horses.. This made•
up to the - express company over $9,000 of the •
amount stolen, and Brayton, the money and•
the horses,were brought to this city: — 'Bray
ten has been locked
•, for trial. • No: little
credit is due Mr. Tyler for the 'skill with
which lie started the unravelling of the affair,
and finally' bronght Brayton, to, acknowledge
• " 'hen arrested, Brayton was abent three
• miles' froin TroF,'• and driving his .carriage to
that place. His wife was with him.t Asp soon
as Chief Beek took him in charge he acknow
ledged the theft at ence, and' told where the
money he Yet had was, and:what he had done
with that spent. The money stcilen from the
express company Was In one. package of
$7,000, and one of SAM) belonging to mer
chants of Pacific City. .
"Befere he ;left' 31ukwonago, three years
ago, to commence his exploits L which have
given him so great notoriety, Braytonwas a
sort of farm laborer : but was a man in whotn
everybody had ',confidenCe. His who. is
,in great distress over the affair, is -a lady
highly respected by all, anti she'eertainly de
serves svnipathy.' .
Defalcation - 'in Rhode ,Ishoad.
• The Providence Herald announces a defalca,
tion in Pawtucket, R. 1., by one. of the most
prominent buAness men of the . place, OliVer
L. Hackett, senior partner of the firm of O. L.
Hackett 8.: Co., croekery.dealers,. on Pleasant
street. Mr. Hackett Went into business in
1861, and colidnete.d his atlhirS apparently on
an honest basis until within the last two • or,
three years. His tint known s harp transac
tion was abbut two years ago.. At that• time
he , gave a mortgage on his : to .s
firm in Boston: for for fifteen himdred • dol
lars, as security for, purchaSes, and another,
to Charles ldoyes, of (lent - in! . After this
lie took a partner; in October,iBfK Who put inr
'S , 1,1;00 cash for 'one-half • interest' , in stock.
Hackett represented to his partner that hie
stock was worth :.1/ . ,000, and was wholly free
.and unencumbered. His partner could find.
nothing in the records at Pawtucket to in
validate his statement, and Paid in his money.
The naartgageAwere recortled iii North Provi
dence. Haekett aftenvards induced Charles
Mayes to enclorse a note for - eight hundreil
dollars,. which note he altered to read twenty
eight hundred dollars, and gut • the • money.
This fraud was detected, but the: parties coin
: promised and it did not, course out, This
was last January.. Not . lOng 'after lie drew a
note for three thousand dollars, and 'agreed to
get. eight endorsers. He got but six, and.the.
gentlemen who lent their names are ' now
liable" for .the amount. The • note' was. last
Saturday presented at the: Fimt , ,National
Bank.in Pawtucket.- Another note for four
-four hundred dollars was- drawn i and was.;en
dorsed by a gentleman to whom Hackett pro
mised to procure another endorser: Hefailed
to do it, however, and the gentkanan is' held
tt the amdihnt. It is runiored that another
n to for five hundred dollars exists, but of that
nothing definite is known: -
On Friday Hackett left, Pawtucket, telling
his partner he WAS going down the river to get
one of the endorser's names, and would be
back in the morning. Nothing has since been
seen of or heard frf nn him. "The fact of his
disappearance scion becande known, and ex
cited the liveliest surprise among' all his ac
quaintances.
Hackett is about thirty ,years - of age,socLahl e,'
'Well-educated and gentlemanly. He was_, a
nitinber of the Finst, Baptist, Church, and a,
delegate to the Young 3len's International
Christian Association at Portlaiiii, Maine, held
I.3rtnight -- sinee. -- Htf - httS - Yr , ''
eated_.of:dfsluinestiiracti(Ti
orne the repuffition'tiflWin,
-
-genereusTyoung man..: .--- _
lt was.reported that he juid - beeh seen in this
city last Saturday; but it is more probable that
be.was_on his way West, ,or, as some suppose,
to California. - The stoke is closed to - talte-ae
_count of-stock and see how matters stand.
- TI e'llabilitieS 7 are over $20,000 and the assets
will amount to about $12,000. The mortgages
'_.wade - on his stock in 1867. are not worth much
now, as nearly all the goods in the . store, at
thattime have been sold. . ,
TILE DELAWARI WHIPPING' piisr;
An Iniquitous Law:
The WilmingtOn Goinmercial lays an antago
nist out cold on the whipping post question,
as follows :
" The Wilmington Uoialnercial is furious .at
the victims of the pelaw4ke whipping post for
leaving the State; after geltin g whipped.
thinks it a great injustice to other States that
Delaware criminals always go there to
their vocation, after getting a taste of Dela-.
ware justice, and evidently inclines to the
conviction that Delaware owes it to her neigh
bors to abolish her whipping post .and keep
criminals at.home."—Elleten Democrat.. ,
Not so, sir.' We said nothing about the
whipping post, We do not coinplain that our
discharged criminalS leave the State. They
would be fools if they didn't. Nor do, they
leave on account of their having beenwhipped;
many offences are net, punished by. whipping.
But, our law requires that after their discharge
from jail, they shall wear a" convict's jacket,"
as a • badge of crime." That is, they shall
carry around with theth, everywhere, alcerti
fleet() to the public that they are discharged
convicts.' Should they obey the law the result
would be starvation—for who would: employ
them or a return to crime, .They therefore
don't obey the law, but leave , the State. And
this, we presume, is the law's intention—to
drive all our 'criminals, once convioted,,OYer
our borders, to be quartered; on other cominu
nities. Of such a law we do'COMplain: , It is
unjust to our neighbers,'and therefore a 'die•
brace 'to Ourselves. !:, •
ThellemocTat, froni, the tett oreti its remarks,
seeing to imagine that this arrangement_ of our
:statutes, bong sly; so Verk-Sly+. 144 - so very.
sruart,.ls Hornethingte. :protull of and pleased
with. 'We think decidedly tither Wise.
hold that there 'hi' a ju.stice, due from One
Stable another, a well as between Audi
vidithla; and that if ivt' deliberately drive our
criminals across the 'Maryland and Pennsyl
vaniti line, we are doing just as it' one tlirmer
should transfer all the enemies that infested
his crops , over: the fence inte. the. MAO: of his
„ . '
.AIIIII.ISEMENTS.
--Dupre 21. , :k. Ben edi et's Minstrel Troupe, com
posed of twenty-six famous artists iu the burnt
cork line, will connnence,a short eugageinent
at the:Arch Street Theatre on Monday even
ing; August
- 4 --Ailbe Arch Street Theatre, Bryant's3fin
stlelB,' continue to drani crowded housos
nightly. ' A first-class bill ~ i.v.oft'erott for this
evening,
•
degictes that, fliudoos tuay be
come freetnaeons.
Whereupon Baby breaks in with a•erow
•Pulli bg my top-heavy thoughts to the ;toot;
Stopped in my wondering if it be-so,• • • •
...To Ask of• my heart—if it were so no mote-i
-:: ,• • If, heart; before ' -• "
:" Your operi.door • •••• ••;*.
An angel stood, mdcing . for oho angel
• • •- •• ." ." •- • • a': it:
The fete•Napoleon—abdication... . • ,
• : —Omaha is discussing a Central Perla '
' • —The genera] alarm' opf-Viredriealtiyi night.
The Whisky ring.' •.:. ••• • • :
—When has an apetheeat7 tistisichl taste?
When he has a rial-in-eellar: r••:. ••'• ••• •
• —The habit or titoring so much whisky with
the barrels open is a bung-lingo custom..
—Why is the eclipse like a Delaware flit:Ler
man? Because it's a shudder. •
_ •
• —There was something a-rye in that bonded
warehouse on Wednesday night. , •
--One of the sons of the Viceroy of • Egynt is
'gob* to enter at Oxford. .•. . ,
- - -14'our changes of costume at „Saratoga a
.day must by ''toil"-ettcs indeed.—.Dosten "Best.
Sixty thausa,nd dollars worth or racing
stock are in one Saratoga Stable.
—What was Joshua's poSition after the sun
had done standing still? Look outalow!, It
was next after-nun! , ' •
, .
—seven sisters ,work their father's farm. in
Wright county, Minn. They raised andlsold
last year 1,600 Inuthels of grain.
—The boys in a Manchester school got a
holiday during the Visit of the Prince'of Whlei,
and got it by requestifighim to ask it for them.
,
Why will the sun be roost clearly Visible at
the moment of total Obscuration ? Because it
will then be perfectly disc-covered.,.
—A smart man in Buflhlo is oanizing a
divorce excursion to Chicago. Tickets;will
be sold cheap to any one desiring a divorce.
--Perhaps the whisky fire will not 'affect
the money-market F butat,-produced considera
ble tightness. • ,
fitiftiii - geb - Vetween, ne/roes. is an
Fnouneed in a
to-go Southern-paper.--Butter-win
kkely - down.
.-Swe,dish railroad brakernen are taught the
•
_
rudiments ofsurgery,; Brakesmerare.the-very
felloWs for - railroad:fractures, • '
..,_--Mrs.-Glinn is -name4-
Wood, Miss., vanquished the bite of` a 4, rattle,
snake with two quarts ' ' e
, . .
'--George Sand says trioney,but
do love to - spend it:" \Ve have George's coin
plaint exactly.
•
-Constant Mayer,• is- painting Tenn,vs(?n's
- -
May Queen, the .young.,Wonattn7Who• wished
her mother to keep awake to call her early.
—A new telegraph line in. Nova Scotia is
stretched upon cedar posts wh,aia• have to be
imported, as that wood does not growAn
Acadia.
—The Duke. of Edinburgh, requestediGoVern
ment to :refund LIM the money presents he
made"during his voyages. Sharp young man!
and So benevolent!
—The Viceroy of Egypt b to spend tivemil
lion francs on the` Opera at Cair6 and 'Alexan
dria. He has lately given very fine diamond
brooches to two singers whose voices •pleased
him on his receutwestern : tour • ,
—At one of the rag_gedschools in Ireland,
a clergyman asked the .question, "Inert
holiness?" A pupil, ,in dirty,, tattered rags,
jumped up and yer riverence,
to be chine. Inside." . •
Curtis, a . Boston lawyer, has been
sentenced Urn tuonthS' imprbputUent
for ladling JoS: M. Chnrchill's nose, of •the
Kuno villa,ge. ' CUrtis„however; amicaled. and
is out on bail. Why didn't Churchill come to.
blows? .
• --A Democratic aspirant for a seat in the
Tennessee Legislature. availed hiumelf of the
opportunity offered by a circus exhibition
in his town,. and, vaulting into the ring,
made a speech setting forth his claims to the
position..
—On ,the. complaint book of the St. Louis.
city engineer is the following epistolary
--
osity:" Herr /iivector—Szu: Ter ist em pad,'
blase in der Seitvolk [sidewalk) in der Frank
lin Menu Streets vor '.moin Hans ant I .lant
him tix - quick, at vonst; illy mein irrewarit-der
liiuder—she falls in dem and nowt gitkdam,
dockter bill zu bay ."•
—The Windsor and . Annapolis Rail)%ay,in,
Nova Scotia, traverses the scene •of .iantifeel-,
low's "Evangeline," ,Tho locoitiotiveS
road, which is now nearly linislistadi;:•ate•
named,in lionor of the o 'cliaractOrs iu this ant):
others of Longfellow's ptrems,•the AstiabrielVs•
the "Claipereau," the '"Evan&rialine,' •1110.
",Hiawatha" and tho."Mitatebalita":"..,
—The following is a literal ettirly : of an, origi,
nal and gennirte doeument..lldaell. wst3
Idbited in Detroit July Zit,
"This is to certify, that. It is Inv desire, that
my son Andrew JOhnsoU is botind an apPrSn
rice to'James J. Selby t,t, learn the Taylor's
Trade, and that he is: tci servo Lnn faiti"b r
until he is 21 veartrobi... ' ' •
"Andrew'. Jellison, was born in the , year
1808 Decor 211th. , '
"Novm 7ib:lBla."
P. I.
MIEIRSitei. Publister
pl!gps::'llti.4EQ : pitgi-
FASTS AAM" IrANILIEB
(For the Bu
our
,- • , •••
Modestly thOuglltfiil,thefolly,oldriun,
...:Jiliitipg.kis.rounilred Mee
Waited himthero till our clone—
.. Baby was born at n quarter to tbrne..
, , • ..Bieroy om me,
• Queer thing to see, •
.IVasnour baby born at a quarter to three .
Painful . ly. yrptebing her aole-lent li er face,
Softly I whispered txt.nurse, 'fGirl, or boy!...
Calmly the old:spoolc, tn. tones ocannotphiettp'
- -Answered roe, "girl, sir"-zniut*e - pt
. 1 Joy..
• (Afem.• "girl or•boy;"
•' • Nesier employ •• ' '
Elderly gos ipg to share its•yourjorY
Yoke like a well brought; up younwnightia.
gale
-8o said her:mother and , kind Mrs. Di
Mildly 1 ventured to mentlon•a : -;-quaill .
Oh ! tholightless reader, takewarninefttuisi
me: • ' '
:"A.nee§tral Tree,"
" "Ifo . ni . of the Y'rfe"=-
,
Quote *I; tit would,slr, they Loth weutforate.
Hair of the softest and silldest brown,
'Odd-looking chubby hands,. wlinkled? said
small;
Starting in life with a beauldful crown—
Turning hey nose up at us onoand:
Ah! in the fall
When she can crawl, • .
What will tbe black beetles do, one and. all?
. .
'Eyes like two diamond editioniopthese.
Throwing their blue and gray light up tame,
As, penning this nonsense here at.riky ease,
•• I. wonder and wOnder If It can be
. • Real true that la!e . • . •
• • See:what:we see;. .. : • .•
Or only•attit.dreitning of something4o be?
. . . .
( WARY DAuarITUIr
squitxrat VAIYO4TAIr.:
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