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VPLMIE
THE SOLAR EOLIPSE.
THE P MW/ELP/M EULIPtSIE PAII I T
ThpOffictitst Ilkport; ,
ICOrreerpand*At of the Philadelphia Evening Bnlibfin 7.
Mr. Editor: From a briefzotice appearing
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• • - - -- 1 out in a.' full theoretical discnissidn,) no
hi your issue of Friday, I see that you are in-
,1 that Mr. Willard, who 'during all the time of
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formed, in general terms, of our great' and ' our preliminary' experiment; ,extendi,ng, over :
, most gratifying success, but presume thatthe more that/ two we had devoted himself lite.
detail of these pleasing results, and the means rally day and night to the •• work, was enabled
by which secured, will be of inter-to
full)
some good pictures of the moon , (tlten
: ful withexposures ofabout, one minute. , •
est to you and your readers, - •- , ,
3 uch,interniptiort ' was - exPerienced„ 'front
Our Party wiT„ l eminently a co-operative
~one, bad weather after thisdnit the rainy days were
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and the unuSua it tocess.:Which _has_ attended_ utilized-by. Mr. Zentimayer in putting the
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) of • both •-instrumenni , (which
our efforts is largely due to t it he theronfhZgy . '
• molly of' effort and the, R flt., c nia A at ,' 9, 114 we v re ill in very bail order) in admirable adjust
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.ement so Matson the few•occasions ~that the
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ti On to the general success, irre.speetive of sit- • sun aid shine, enough work was; den? by the
(linden! interest, witieh has characterized the rest of the party to make them familiar with
, :-entire hixt e i y of this expediti o n, - - ''. ,;'., -- . . the necmiary niaMptilations.,. ~ •
''' ''''' • t The instruments were dismounted, boxed,
The work We had in hand 11:18 of ali at4r and packed in the special catfurnished us.' by
-which, in the first place, required ' thneertibi- ' Colonel Scott, on Saturday; July 31 whets it
nation of a Idgliorder of abilityllimany distinct was found that; with the various photographic
branches It was necessary that the best op aPPliances, they made ,11e
cr. less than live furni
fleet skill ithonlikbe enlisted in the structure t ' loadsofmatetial, . • - , , ~.
On „ Monday , Arust 2; wested, an •on
andarrangentent of the length:, It was email- t wedne*gay, theft I th, ,a,hent ,noon, reached
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tial that the very best mechanical ability ; Burlington, lowa, on the bank of' the 3lissis
should be applied to the details of .. the various 1 Sillii• ' ' ; '•. „ • ,
. • • - ri arranging the divisionof our party into
adjusuneitts of clock-worhand Cameras. . The 1
, - - • - • • 1 three sections,' With the ; three •telesco' peti, so
far east experience in PhotograPhin oP„erationa that they 'might be distributed , along the line
was equally necessary. So aide was a therougb ,
,of totality, anti _thus diminish the chance of
, 1
and,ready skill in the refined details Of. prat- 1 universtal extinction by , local o f I was
. ' ' - of I chiefly guided •by the, 'desire of securing In
tie , a/ astr°/19mY'' Resides' this ' it came eaeli r such diversityof specialability
' . party a
necessity that Lill failure of any one, would ! as might make each self.dependent and ecirn
ruin the work of all, as each step must be, se- i , rim ,e• idso, to 'care nothing, undone to secure
, . 0 ,
cure; or the pinnacle of EineeM4 COldd not art. , content and, harmony of teelin•g, I assigned
Ably be re4e h ed , ' . ' - 1 I myself to the University telescope, which, be-
Under '. ~.0 say 1 ire,. , of smaller sizethan the others, and with
that these , circumstances, Wu il W e . ! out vlockniork movement, could not be we have no''failitre to re,gret", anti that ! p ec t e d to do as , good
se,
as the othe' rs;
• ex
no reproach has had masse to be uttered, the I thollgh should UOll bY chance, be, overclouded,
- highest commendation possible bas been ins- I its roinh would be Invaluable. •
plied towards all awl every one, concerned,. I therefore disided the parties as follows`:
In this connection I eanitot do better than 1 with the _High, School telescope 6 inch
it:mitt:rine the letter sent to toe for my parties : of ert,ure, 9 feet focal length, Prof.' A. M.
Iry Prot:Collin onour way through Bnrlington• ? .3 ayer, Ph. D.,, and Mr. O. 11.- Kendall in
when retondng. • 1 charge of the adjustment of the instrument
lit•itti:sca•Oli lowa, Aug. 9, 1803. , --.3f,y Dear ? and management of the apparatus for expo-
Sir: lii separating from the parties cinamized ';
sure s, and 31esgrs. O. 11. Willard, ILC. Phillips
by you for plibtograpltises tl.• solar 'eclipse of ' and J. Maltone,y hating Charge, of flu,: entire
August 7, 1 desire to express 'My full apprecia- ; pi
intogrhic work. 'This party was' stationed ton of the valuable, services,they e have 'Ten_ I t Burlington. ''.• ' • ' '
s ' ' ' •
dens' and the' abundant success' of their 'LI- With the "Gettysinirg telescope Ginch aper- ,
bons'. ' TIW earnestness and zeal , with which -
each on ture. .43 feet - , focal'. length, ••Professor
l ony which e erfori
pnedids allotted Work,
the''4the liar- t'. ks„ , Rimes,• mr„ J„ z entmayer , and
o peel-Idled' throughout, etlf - 1 3 1r.,..E.310e11ing in charge of the inst ., denial which shiit them out from. he view of' ; &e,
,au . d 3,tr. ,L, C., Br and Mr., W. J.
a grand: and glorious scene, witnessed but ' Maker, w h o wattage(' m i st the pheteg , tanbie
rarely,inore loan tniceittn lifetimes and „the twocesses. This party,' - was istatietne‘ at
exc•ellezice 9f: their merk,,have. all I,een , pe- tittirawa, about 75 miles' nearly west of Bur
enliarly gratifYing: k •••• -', • ,-.' "\- - in i/ i en , ‘ „.., . , , ...
~ . .
- l'lease present Illy thanks td, each one and l. 'Jilt the Lniversity• tele:teepee. were 'Mr. E.
my eiirdisirgopil teislieg fite,,,letihiti fts_thn*l ill L. Nivilson and myself, in charge of t.tte, intro.-
the ftifttris' t'' ' - '.' ' `.. '
~ reent,,and•3lessra.,F t ,V. ~O liffarti,,Jamea.thees
I am,' with shicere regard,'.,'YpTf - ' 3l "-'.°!, "PI nor and W: V. Banger as,photographers." We
servant," -':-: ' .';'' • ,'", '"
': ' .`
-", d - ::' " ' o'' were also jollied by' - 31i.."Johir Carbutt, of Chi,
, e, ~, • . ~... ~,„-... ,• . 4 -1 1-Al..Corr t ,Ri ' ' cogo, volunteer, who ,ve
at
most etti7
• -.norft ef 3latheinatiett, 1..t,:'1i. .lit:-•t., Am; a m id ' ThL5 party was placed at Iti-Pletia-
P'roft H-glitin- 3 ,." 0-11: TO•ltrtini;” . ••• • ' ' ' ".`-- - au; bet Ween the other stations. The various
Where all •were• unremitting" in ; - etillit anti
Parties having reached - their ' 4 -Tes#nations du
excellent in execution, it is not easy without • Bai tdnesiia3", : arinfigententa were at once
injtudige.toany, to intilts, de the ;special I merit getithet, instrgnientglinto On in
(levenipt 4 tlnsoppbrtuititror.trying, Onutre'ency the' foi'•atielis preilousfY pre by Pref.
• in some ; but we cannot refrain‘frorn drawing coittu, ,j,n•the -ease of the - Burlington p.arty
&speial - attenticin 'the irery Valuable. aid an went smoothly,and the dark Weather alone
whit/limas aflinded •by :Prof- A. - 31. 3 ,faYer, prevented gnat adjustment „until the night of.
Pll. D.,:through his intimate familiarity , Nvith the 6th or monang of•the".7tlt, wlusta-tbis'ivaa
all the niceties. Nand mnst-... - rellued Limprows- secured with great nidety by Prof, Mayer, who
nients in practical astrorunny ; by Mr. Joseh sat up a night for the purpose.
Zentmayer, through his admirable ingenuity, With the Ottumwa instrument it Was, ho t o
the devis ' ing and construction 01
requiredth e va„_ l l. o _es ever, tound that
-the' elock-work had Leconte
mechanical-awllOPtical,delarils. to- toe entirely deranged in car•riage. so that Mr.
'several instruthentii," 'and' 'by 31. r. 0: If."Wil- z entmayvr , , was, obliged . tol . mire it ; :entireit ,
lard, through the unsparing devotion of time aPartand refit it. ' Thii he 'accomplished with
and energy, And the itultinutable perseverance entire soccess;:and it may' be regarded ays - one
by which all the preliminary ' arrangements of our many pieces of providential good for
were Pushed to' a ane emsfullsat9Aud his own .tune, that since orie of - the 'clocks was to go
department developed to ;its highest perfec
tion wronger'. the journey, it Iran that one which
.
• was within 'reach of this - - ~,(rentlernaii'd-'skill.
While affording &WY Oda s P ecial- d i atinc" l'he trouble and anxiety which this cause of
lion to sorne„ - we repeat that all were eq"' - '"-----Y delay occasioned, wan however, no small trial
meritoriotut, and that the work of' :no ,one of fortitude to theOttunitra party. The final
would have been of the least value without the adjustment 'was else giVen-to this instrument
aid of others. ••• 1,- : - -' ' '` ' 'during .. the night,- •hetwean ,thtt ,gth . and
These
,points being premised L l will proceed 7th, by Mr. Zentmayets -o• -' • • • •
with a brief liistory •of the VITILAPELPEELA It was - expected that a corps ofastronorners
PIIOTOgnAPHIC • CCL/ .. PBii : TI' AR TI : f`rem its would have -been' at lhis 2 statiem-, - whose aid
origin -2 4 2 -•-„ ''- -'-',- --' - ---- --- might have-lieen•invoked in case of diflicult.r •
In the .early Part ,of - May, Prof. ,T.. H. C. but this not lacing: thnease, the ezitir - e work
Coffin, head of the Nat/deal Alinanac•,oillee, but
left to our ,par,,ty, Who_ acqttitted_ them-.
in Washiiigten, in ;whose hands laid -heell- selves in tint mostrcreditaind manner of. their
placed - the. a% s propriation - of - ftiniN ,voted by anluous duties. In thus . cennection sores'__
Congress for o creations of this eclipse, wrote _reference shot/Id - be mad& te Prof. C. F. Mimes
to nte and requested' that I would t.ake charge
_w_ho,bhis•skill,-judgirient and - coolness In a
-of-the•-•-organiz,ation,-- etsuipthent-anti-manage, serious - emergency , (oceasienet - 1 b:y accidental
- meat of a photogtaPhic narlt. to 'he made 11 1 t derangement of the chronograph attached to
of volunteer's froth this vleinity. , This I limier- the telegebfe"Presereed, the record of this se
took, after reflection, and' with the aid of va- ties of.rpictures which must' otherwiee have
riot's gentlemen,- Col. Scott, Prof. Kendall b een i n great part l est.
Prof. iticht., Mr. R. 11. Lamborn; Mr., Greed". 'The telescope at Mt:. Pleasant having - no
:and others,.'hadSeon secured such a supply 0 lockwork, and being otherwise- unfit for any
instruments and Such facilities for transporta- tinelctsork,
adjustment; required no arrangement ex
tion as proraiked to putt Our, expedition ou ,the,
of the
e w i li t a b t could be given (hiring the , morning
best possible footing.
The next question - that pregented itself was As all kneT/ilthe weather,on- the •• eventful
the arrangement of the telescopes for photo- (lay of the. eclipse was, at all our stations, ter-
work. Having already, on other, ins- feet, so rendering,needlt•ss but- none the less
counts,' studied Carefully -the results' which judicious, our policy of distribution.
had already been obtained by De la 'Rue in At the Burlington station' an attempt -`tic's
was
ligiO, and by the English and „,German parties ninth' to' secure. a . photegraptic record of---first
1111868, it dlil not hike rite long to decide that contact by exposing plates in rapid succession
Our best cotush•WOuld. 'be. to 'fdllow the plan about the calculated, tiine. • A very good result
devised by De la 'tut, and which had in his NlllB thus obtained' '
hands produced far better results, than those
At 31ount Pleasant, we placed a plate ready
qbtained Otherwise., by' any other; Observerg, in the camera' and then waited a signal from
With only Such modifications as WA experience
Prof 'Watson;. of the University of-Michigan;
Seemed to suggest: - ,- 1 s •
~', •.•
.1 therefore, deterniined that in all the in- who, with his party, has on the grottnd with
us, ;and d • watching - for , •the grst contact.
all nas
struinents,eye-plecess. should be emninvell be
which an enlargement eLthe..--:i1-1-re-cilia-a4P' We thus obtained a picture showing aboitt as
slight, an indentation as it would seem possible
formedby•lhe objective should, be :6Toclueed
respect to recognize. By measurentent of this,- the
upon the plattt Of theycatitera 7 -- itt
following the Method of D 6, laß l ne, h yvi.th'' W 3 time of actual. first contact can be reached by
calculation, - eet more precisely than would be,
this "Modtfleationithat the aniett of,enkirge
possible with any eye observation.
scent aheuld.be dnuelt that
1 than was giVert by
p IA es,
hips—tlitifi Seal/ring not only a greaternoncen- , During the partial, I
,accurately,. timed
tuition of light, and gulater working, butj
exposures, N n v n ere fr m om asse ar by fe it a ll,p • e a e rt eo i n es 4 at to int te eri t
also a more accurate :detiniflen,as the want ofV
vats
minutes, antr during the totality, thirteen pie
correction in the eye-piece, when.iised inthis
way, would be less effective in proportion as t m u l re lu s in all were taken with the - three intro
its focus 4:11 longer: >Un , this 'conclusion we Illelatt.3. Of these §ix were made at Burlington
have every reason to congratulate' ourselves; with exposures of live to seven. sedonds, tour
no work done with instruments otherwise were wade atOtt wit with times of, expo
ranged bearing any Comparison with bare.
sure .. ranging from live seconds to sixteen.
The carrYt i iy out • of these
,• general These are negatives which show
gel/ -Zentanaver- --aburalant-detail-undin--some-cases--mneh-ef
111:wroSeweasItilin°entdItiltsey'll'as"Tailtudenh tof ciptleal the' corona. One of the Ottumwa pictures '
nelencelif its 'higher branches, its' well as his e.xpo.settat, the very last:instant before. totality,
'unrivaled skill in the Construction of' the Most snows a photographic record of the curious
itlelieate optical instrurnents,rend_er_ed d 'hitn pre- phenomenon_known as Bailly'.s beads, being
eminantlyhtted for, the task. All owls o s simply the last - glimpse 'of the 8111'8.43dge cut
he tinsingentente,lo which the „varibusf and up 'by_ the peaks of lunar- mountain. s - into
A • ' to and whi c h irregular spots. . • -
:variable' exposures ; were mac to . ,
afterwk.ds
.operated on the • field with suety ~ •The malonty of the solar flarues have the
perfect 's";`e,ces t s, the Method.; qcingertin , and. appearance 'ot . rounded /tumuli, but there , is
adjustiog n'• s' spider • lines; tor , determining a appearance
n carious X shaped figure made by a
.position pi, well as the •arrangendeiri broad bent proiiiinence crossed by a delicate
tangles:Of
one; like the hali-line of the letter X. ' There
;of lenses constituting: the ettplece are it e6nttiiree
vn v is also a large .region of soft, blended, flame-
Iy clue to his ,hniowledge,•"..,! and 4 shaped matter.: ,-.•-• • . • . ' _' - _ : . - •
4e As 800 nius,. 1a as one of the eyepieces and cameras Prof WC. Pick,ertns , of the Massachusetts
' , with its attachments Was ready (having been , Institute. of' Technology, Boston,' aceettipa t •
fitted tethe ' University telescope' of 4 incises ' Med this ex.pedition,and made at M,t,l'leasan
many interestinglib,yste:al observitticms,among
0 n rture as, the only (meat that time available ;
a o - e '
tediate use,) it was at -.once set - up on . - ,whiett,intheflrstplace,wasthateOf the absence
' f f r 1 0.11. Wilkird'a premiaes,„l2o6 Chestortt 1 of polarizatiOn. in the, cproha, while , it ' was
4.l l‘ tr r eet, and, tested in the Preauctlim of a nub.- i strongly mar•kedlnthe adjacent Sky r and alsp
her of son pletures. - . , Much time was devoted • the se e l a ti ng• a hkßinettatdarltlittee.inthe , spec:
to these experiments • and - ; the, kno.wledge
. 60- tram Of the corona: i'lßoth. these observations
;
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tained from Iltem was invaluable tri, carrying would point to, , th, the sell'-,liuni ,, unsi i typf 4 911 , ti t ?)-
431:1t; the work upon the larger Instruments. ; ject. . ~•,_ ' ' '
Baying .obtained front kr•John-Seliertl neks Prot IkleelitneXiftlie RigliSehool, and pref.
mission to use his very conveniently located G frier of. the liaverford College accom
grounds in Niregt Philadelphia for the purpose, palniii7est.thY4
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With'fnovable roof, X next had the two large
teleseopeS belonging to the High Schoolland.
Pennsylvania Vollege.of Gettysburg} removed
to that place
Prof. layer,, who had already promised to
join ourparty, at my request:now came to the
city, and with his xud Anil direction one of the
telescopes was put in .accurate:_tuljustment,
(h3"'" a 'very - - beatitiful mid efficient
method which" bps _ himseif . Carried,
PHILADELPHIA, TU'f3
THE mum' IN DAxenr4.
tspSciai oarrrsporsiende of the Pieta. EvCidne Btlitotf7;.]
I*FO.tir Dautrra, Dakota Territory; .A.ugast,t),.
. any of: the xpeditions s out UP
e sent:,
make observations of the solar eclipse will
have made their report beforocorrespondenee
from this adtaueed post can positively:reach'
•
you. But interest in a phenozzienon, the most
absorbing known to this generation of lAmeri
can astronomers, will - not, it is , hoPed, die out
so soon as, to 'make this paper seem 4aut. of
•
time. ' ' • '
Professor Abbe, Director of the CinCinnati
Observatory r eoneeived an expedition .to thlis
point as intermediate between the most • ad.-
'ranged astronomical post in - , the States and
that at, Alaska. The advantage of independent
alienations atpoluts as widely sundered •as
the limits of a total eclipse Will admit • arc so
obvious as scarcely to require remark.' It
was ulatle the-duty of this - company to leave
railroads and other refinements to travel be
hind them and hide themselves for nine days
in thewilds of an almost Uninhabited region.
'Upon our arrival at Sioux. City, lowa, every
facility was afforded - fishy ,Captain
S. A l in liroeuring wagons and camp cover . ,
bags, and the following day the company
started' 'on their first Journey in emigrant
fashion:
Immediately Onlosing sight of Sioux City,
or rather, of the high Muth; which shut it in on
the west,the epen prarie begips. The, houses,
at first; only small and ill-conditioned, soon
begin to' assiiine- a wretched appearance.;"
until, before - the Brat half day'S drive is'Over,
none remains but nnplastered log cabins and, •
still Worse, little huts of sod.
To one acctistomed , to eastern luxuiies
living, it. might scent the last :stage of deitita
lion to occupy a house whose walls and roof.
were pIICA of clods turned up by, the plow; but
thito are not always What they seem. These , I
little householders are great landholders; anti
every industrious man among them is heap,
ing up, little by little, a wealth which is 'meat=
surer, not by goods, which perish -with the
using, but. by enduring lands „of - almost une
qualled productiveness. A large proportion
of the settlers here are foreigners. • Their habi
tations are usually of the hurnblest,butitis said
that their pockets are generally better lifted
than those of their American neighbors. The'
cattle throughout this region are remarkably
fine., Brit it the inhabitants ever eat beef it
must be , when no eclipse , expeditions, are en
mite, for our • , adnairation. of, their stock, was
per force, entirely of anocular and inseiisui3lllg
character.
The road during ' the day's travel _,lay
through the level prairie. Being near the
Sioitx river, the view was diversified - -
clumpS'of trees_ growing'along the Water; But
on the second day we left , the vicinity, of the
river", and es. there • that the Idea; of
avildernts meets with it .first ,• real,
ization poring many imurs of travel .as far -
Ai the 'eye 'pail' see there'is nought but an
ocean of 'green, unbroken, by tree or•honie'et
fence. ' , Even the 'wheel-tracki a little :in ad,
vane •'are often hard to find. : Sonietimei
billo-wy and soMetimes level, but alwaYS,inek
presSibly desolate, these immense tracts seem
ie,shut out from the mind, a Avell , as from ;;the
eye, all familiarity with civilized: cenes, , ; It
tft . E.lllS: tyr if there could' be nothitig in „the
tiniVerse but ' But what fertility
aecatillanies this vastness! Looking 'Ont.'
front this ; central) spot in the continent, the
patriot cannot help exclaiming : "AII ~ .is
but a tiny part of our great heritage!"
In tliebottenni, , whereit 14 generallyniovst,
the grass is often as high - parhehories",,bacirs.
Indeed; some specimens"'brought away
measure eight, feet in length. On the higher
ground it is'sherter and finer, more nearly re
sembling ourordinary pasture grass. But, we
must not forget the:'-flowers. Our- common
Golden liod is very profuse, so is a variety • of
dwarf sunflower. Our -coinmon little
lilac blossom, •, Oxalist Niolacea, is
less common. ;The ,welhicnown i „single
prairie rose isseen small nunibers; probably
the season is too advanced for it. ,W:ilttsa,ge
is 'very common, almost as 'Much -as :the
daisy-is with us. Another plant, SO thickly,
set that it often gives a hue to great patches in
the landscape, has.large petals of-clear green,
with a wide. margin of the purest white. 'ries
letter being written: daring ear travel, or, at
stations, in order for earipnblieltion,the-i
Wrifer regrets thathe cannot furnish names
with these. brief descriptions,' - But my rea,
dens Pre interested in the`Flora 'of Dakota he
will •be glad to have them inspect his preserved
specimens To give an idea of the luxuriance_
of - floral display it niayhe mentioned that: in i
one-half hour's walk, tfLthe_region_of Sioux
-- Falls,a score of different species and varieties
weregathered; 2- nearlyall - couspienouslit their I
adornment of the Beene; and this in the month
of August.
-On °the third day out we arrived at the
abandoned post of. Fort Dakota, where-the
astronomer had decided to set up his observa
tory. The settlement formerly here was de
stroyed by the .liadians in 1863, about the time
that, they masiacred a number of whites in
Minnesota. The inhabitants of ..this Place,
viithr,ho exception of a father and son, saved
their lives by flight. The charred reinains of
their houses , are still to be seen. The littlq
Settlement of. Sioux Falls,•as it is called, con
tains about, a dozen people and four qr five
houses. It it is on the Big Sunixriver,,about
a half mile above
the romantic Falls, from
which it named. 'Notwithstanding the fe
rocity later.) , 'Shown by a'part of their tribe,
the Sioux, or Santee Indians.; still have their
representatives lolling' about. Butit is: "Lo,
the poor Indian," again now; for these hum
bled children, of nature are the meekest' of the
meek. These thatremain here arenot war
riors, and look [as if they never
could he.
Soon 'after unloading the wagons our Instr 'i
ntents were set in their places, and the regular
astrOnomieal, naeteorological and chronologi
cal observations were commenced. , 'Unfortu
nately, cloudy weather threatened from , the
first, and interfered with much of:the prepara
tion that was pressing upon us. But there WAS
nothing to be clone save to hold ourselVes in
readiness for work if. we were to be favored
with a`clear sky -;' for the exercise of Patience,
if otherwise. The photographers' got ready
their dark rootn,with , the aid of a wagon-cover
on stilteandthe Government tarpaulins. , They
felt that the sun had fixed his own.time to Nit
or his, group-picture with the moen,, and they
'sad to be prepared, whether they; liked the
lit.'or not, for
again.
The astronomers suffered ccinsiderably dur
ing their night °War - rations from myriads of
mosattitoes. The air , was so filled witb. , these
-pests duriligseveral nights, that they:could be
felt flying against the face like ;the sprinkling
of sand. There was no relief from this hin
drance .but in keephig up a' copious smoke
from burning Weeds Such a fire IS called. here
"a smudge" at night, and the - .sintidge' often,
got a large share of scientific attention.
On the 2il and 4th , of the month the sky
was much overcast; the Gth was cloudy; the
Gth cloudy. Could it be that we hail come—
some a thousand and one of us fifteen; hundred
miles—to be, disappointed so bitterly? But at
night the stars appeared and holit,e;revived.
The astronomers were making 'their observa
tions till late, and when they came 'in out Of
the mosquitoes; reported the weather favor
able. One of the party, who could hardly
sleep, looked out at early day aud roused-the
rest with the pheering assurance of a bright
morning,: Butistop ; the clouds are gathering
again. It is 10 o'clock on. the day, of the great
event and overcast ; 11 o'clock, ploudy ; 12
cloudY; 1 o'clock, What a
prospect! 'A spectatle of 'the most absorbing
interest, which astronomers :have 'been fore,
casting for a generation, IS Amato pus off
witnith eauirergy.
DAY AUGUST 1869
just the other side of thiesie elimde half a mite
away, • and we' can't see it. *e ~,••• • ' , • ,
It Is, now within two hours of the calculated
lime Of the first contact, and there is a little
,hrightening up. Yes;: and there is some bhie.
Never before did hear errscolor look so lovely
to our: eves.- Three'o'clock: - "llardly'aeloffd in
eight > tveryhody is at his post. ', The astrote.
omer is making a final arrangement of Ids col
ered glasses, giving his last direction ,to his
nesistants o ., and , briefly answering , questinea
from everybody. The observer at the pitiful-
Scope, is verifying the position ' of- his, prism
and tefradtor, wherewith he means to ,aslethe
stin what, he *made 'of.. The ',photographers
ate itcljnsting their teleacepetotheproperline.
Tlie'ineteterologist is noting every - fiaditation
of hi e3""sari ors _instrmnente ;Alias time-keeper
Is Comparing his chronometer arid- . the :)re
eorder .of general phenomena, with. his billoc
ulaijin hand, is ready to note•tilleliPar4OuilirB
ati are hest, observed outside of the tiel
copcs.
A:little . group of men from the Settlirinent
are gathered Mound. Thew tellits Of irilineWho
ecdff at our expectation. They Say the Indians
laughed incredulously, alt lunch as Indians.can
laugh, when they were told , what was tolake
place.•••, Well, they will see. • But it is- not
strange, after all, that 'people tuffamiliar With
the *enders of science ShOtliii refuse to beliewe
inatich' a predietion. What an astonielung
mark of intellect %which 'the Creator has' given '
tO man is exhibited to-day. -'over Lifland:dale,
along a line of more than five-thousand miles,
is, strip of territory not, more, than •one ;ban
dred and forty miles Wide, which is strewn at
intervals . with companies,: like our. own,
drawn thither in perfect faith in hunian calcu
lations ; and these calculations cotild only be
founded on the exactest meaSureUtents' ref in:-
ateessible celestial dietances and objects-
~ It is now withirrafew•monients of the time
estimated for the first • contact ' , and expecta
tion holds every one in , the profoundest Bi
lence. Directly the sharpest eye at atelescope
discerns a little dent on the western side, pf•
the line. - "There it comes!" The eclipse has
indeed, begun. The orb of the moon is eliding
like a, black pall between us and the only body
inthe ,- universe whose existence is necessary
to our existence, Shutting us, out from, that
creation upon which the Creator has, pivoted
our motion in space, and the very snriags of
our being. Is it any wonder that, in ignorant
lands men are stricken NVithhOlTOr at "the
spectacle':
}low -majestic, and how Solemn is the ad
vance of this dark orb in the •skyl ' Come
Hither.. vain roan, and inspect the machinery
of God. No frictbm here;, no jarring:. • - ne
noise ; no motive power, but the eriginal im,-
ptilse of the Creator's will. This undeviating
progress is the visible representation of
the March 'of the • univeree ;" - it;' is the
footstep of Time; it is "as the finger of= God
pointing us to an exhibition of the• re.sistle.ss
energy of His forces. And now the slihtle has
crept so• far that all that. is left of the tam ie
aslender curyeof light, and that is breaking
iip, look at these little glifmner,s, of' light
ehaeing each other round the disappearing.
side' of the sun. They' look like* diamond
beads being unstrung. They'are' ealled beads;
in fact,"Bailly's beade;":•-tifter the astronomer
who first described them- They , are the last
glimpses of the sun seeitthrough• the, rough
profile of the baler mountains,:; There, the
ant/ails gone, but not all Ins: glery, for see the
beautiful; eorena of Soft White. light ;wenn('
the 'dark border of the moon.' This is. a part
of-the sun itself, for we can''tree! that it tines .
not move as the ` moon-- nieces, bet eremains•
fixedaronndthe sun, It •Ls, no .doubt, - ; .thin
envelope' or atmosphere, too faint te:' In/ Seen
except at such times as this. But what • are
those beautiful, pink flame here ' and there
around the•edgeof the in con? They , belong
It, the sim,.too, for,they, keep their position,
nnaffecfetllby the moon's motion, 'l`.ht.y are
the nuistetinaceountable of all these appear
ances._ But the spectroscope may, yet •show
their composition. That one . shooting out
under She moon's edge is at. leeistninety thou
sand miles long. They must be gaseous, if, we
dare say--"must." ,
Be quick,:now oply a minute of . -"totality*,
left: Look at those long rays of light stream
ing in alldireetions' from the -- sun's position:
They seem to be the effect of the uneven edge
of the moon, which allows the- sunlight to
Bass here and there through openings between
its mountains. Before the sun , reappears cast'
a glance at the sky. It is. about, as ,dark as it
usually-is ize-sunatier-an-hour-Laftei-sunset-'
Let us count_ the Stars. . There are3fereitry
and Vents;bright enough." - What 'is that, lit
tle one close to the sun ? Why, • that must be
the-innerlatiet, - we want - to - find. Alrhere. is
„Lthe_star_ c hart)(l,--LBee,it__As.__onlyßegulus,-t )(1,--LBee,it__As.__onlyRegulus,--
;in Leo. Pshaw ! how provoking; we didn't
discover-anythingafter-all----There arehalf-a
doze') others. Yes, and there is the sun_;_loOlr„_
Tat - thefliffglit-Tdii , AlaillY's beads"
again,and all the other app earanees,in reversed
order. The interest is not passed, brit the in
tensity of it is. Nature begins to look herself
again. The chickens which had sought their
roosts stretch. their 'necks and gape about
'astonished, as if they were saying,,.:," Well,
that's a short night,
to
,The: astropo
niers are watching to note the " last 'contact."
The photographer is fixing his plate in its:rest
to get a final exposure just' before the"' little
"dent" of blackness passe.s oil'. In another
instant the total. eclipse 0f'1869 is passed, so
far as we, are concerneti, forever, and the sun
beams down upon ,the world as grandly as of
1,111.
All the observers, professional aseil '
rustici sit down on the grass and comp •
are\v as
re their
recollectirms while they are fresh.
What about the effect of, the eclipse on the
animals?- We saw no confirmation of the'ex
travagant things read of. There was no indi
cation that the lower 'order had any idea about
it beyond an expectation of approaching night.
And haw was the human .mind affected'?
Leaving ignorance and, superstition out of the
question, we doabt'if that universal and 'antic
countable horror deseribed by strong writers
is a necessary acconmaniment ela total eclipse
of the sun. But that naiad, must be blunt in
deed which can fail, to be r deeply impressed
with, such a spectacle as, this. You feel the
presence of the Creator in the presence of His
greatest works. You have known before, by
the hearing of the ear, that mighty orbs aim
rolling in space, but to-day you have seem it
with your eyes. Aati l . it' :you think it little
deeper, you will perceive that whatever may
be the extent of interest; among other intelh
genees for other phenomena, the exhibition
dependent upon the coajanction_of these
-threeorlksvaironly-be impressive to man. •It,
is, denionstrably, man - whose intellect has' just,
been hail in divine regard. And it would be a
lay if the believer in tAte Christian revelation
could: not rise-- a step ~ higher, anl4 with ti
nearer love, connect an Almighty Saviour
with an- Almighty The :words of
Paul come to mind :, "God, who. at sundry
times and in divers Places, spathe unto eur
fathers by the prophets; hat'!/ in these last
(lap spoken unto us by HiS Sou, whom He
bath''made heir el' 'things, and by whom
also He - framed • the worlds. 'Unto the
Son He sa,ith: Thy throne,.o God, is forever
and eirer. _ Anti Thoui Lord, in t,ho beginning
bast laid the foundations of the earth, The
heavens, also, are the work of Thine hands.
They shell perish, but Thori shalt endhre ; and
they all shall waX old es'(loth a garment; and,
SS It vesture - , Thou shalt fold them up, and
they shall be'ehtinged ; but Thou ,eliangest not,
and Thy years shal t ' not Alt" • '
• . •Therefore; Mighty a'; are `these' globes in
space, they 'are hut creatures after
all ; anti, in theire appointed time, shal
sillier the cheneet thet,-by•-; turn, awaits
all created things, Only in,the Now Heavens
and New Earth. Wtllthertibe Light that shall
net eelipeed.P= • .
Get. read-Si' Let us "fold
our ' (cut's-; 'll4 the Arabs, and ns
•
silently: steal away." But 'What. if ,the
tent is a wagon • Cover? Bo- •
He
the better; the teamster wants it. He has
Keen very kind to d.owithont it Belong. Pack
tip your instrunient4, 211, the "scopes". and all
the `!Titeten 4 .;" and bid good . bye to the pietu--
resque region of the Falls ofthe Big Sioux.
But' we have riot had time to timik at the
Falls yet. Let us take ani hour for it.' Here
they tumble. For a quarter ' of . a Mile the
river rushes down irregular steps, of :cubical
red. sand-stone. Windingaliotiq and descend
ing, in this Way, perhaps - tweilty-tive feet, it
Makes a'flzial clear leap ' tnitenty to thirty
'feet amidst 'huge, rectangular Hacks, uPtin
*Which the 'boisterous channel seer, to have
had no rounding effect. _lt is all noise and
foam,
and flashing of crystal watttr. All. the
n 1 02 e entraneingbeeauSe out orthe'vray of the
regular tours oftravel. • '
0n •• our "W. 3.1 back we pass entre those
I Indian groups width we haw.: had aterinti IN
while here. ;,Tliree women, a child.' and' two'
two
dogs are squatting dawn inside of.wlat would
be an arbor, if ,there were any.vines upon it;
or a tent, if there were any cover to, It,. 'but it
is neither, bnlvsoinearches of flexib...poleit
with a beaver skin:racked on one side to dry.
We are after relica. Ohre of the wreteheti curs
has'a string of bones 'claws for a collar. • TioW
Our boy would like to• have that for his-dog,
We try to 'bargain; but nobody' unile - rstands.
We point to the dogthat, wears,' the; collar
`and pass our band around. he"ruolderpaper
article on our own neck. - Witlituirier of light '
dawns on the owneriotlite dog, •We hold up
a twenty..fire cent note.. .011trear hesitation ,en
sued.which might have ',lasted till. now if, we
had not, in order, to' clinch the bargain;
clinched the dog: appliedeew knife to tbit
cut eted collar, and looked around for -olij.ec
thms. None being offerettt we. eat the string
and released the -dog froint the slaws of ti it
bear. ' Then. there , were great, shakings of
head. Not enough 'money. , We handed 'mit
another note..and. all 'parties were satisfied.
We need Hardly say that, the bear's claws will
have to be purified , with much. soap and
"There is a pain 'in doing' anything for the
last time," says some wise man. And so the
'few discomforts of a • trip are forgotten in re
membering the :pleasant:. things - a„cora.l
panionship soon to come to anent':• in this
view it was painful even. ta, •build our last.
" - smudge" and crush our lastmosquitO, and to
get up from our last sleep on cabiii floors of
"cotton wood," desperately hard: in every
thing but the name. • '
e climb into our.' wagons and 'take the
back track across the wilderness; and, in good
order and time are within rencli of railroad
whistles, telegraphs, nempaperF, „hotel .gongs
and all the signs niiliar life, With the hest
reasons of laying up, with' other ' pleasant
Memories: the' Dakota EclipseExpetlition'
1869. ' ' 0: T.!
. •
[For ItnlTentr4!..
The ipow .
,Water in.the i50nit31,1011,..;;
At seach recurrence iof o..dtorightlike, the
present, one; Attended by a very. low': Stage of
waterthe oar, 'citizens faie
afflicted by an '.unfoandeil'Appreliensiion !that
the river is becorning insiillicient', for 'thiS'
th
ply of e city. =Having, onseveral Occsions;
.
recently explained to personal 'friendfi that
there , are no actual: grounds for their'fcalt; r
ha : VeinVtiriably l fieeit requested ; to prepare'
short statenient • to that effect fel' some public
paper; -- Witly: %view!, to . lallak; the solicitude
which many of, our, citizensuatnrally;feel.on:
this subjects compliarice.With.this,reqoest,;
and strongly ..against' hand.
you these few lines, hoping, they.
~•nia;Y:
serve their intended purpose. , The' sehttp= .
kill furnishes water :.abunderitly.sutliCient.for
all the purposes of the .Schuylkill. Navigation:
COmpany, and. for several cities ,of,the.sizeof
Philadelphia. Were, BoSton,,New, SCOrk, P 1 i 1:
adelphia, Baltimore, end' anY dozen'others of -
our largest all coinlitned into.' one no
other source of water would' lie needed. The
real cause of trouble ,licsiin the.feet that; -the
water-wheels at •Fairmount.7.waste.more.thaii
twenty times as much water as theyipusap into
the reservoirs for city use,. The waste alone
which takes place in
_ten days would supply .
all the lockage water . ;(about '2,2110,000 : 0Q0 gat
Ions) needed by :the • SChitylkill . Navigation
Company', for 'a - 'Whole year. 'When your
w _ ate _m_w_orks_w-erefirst--constriletedi-' , under.----
the skillful_ direction_of. Freclerickl-Graff,--Sr„,:_
father of the present. talented - engineer of tiler
works,, the waste alluded to a.inatter of
lid-importance; 'vas - stippo . sed
Philadelphia would_prer.attaiSuch-aiiitigiii-L -
ft - I - de - di to require that steam 'sbouldik snlistb:
tutedfor_water-wheels_forLpariipli, the-Water
up into the reservoirs. , But tile. !case nevi:
different. A-pstrtierinf-this_waste-nnist-now
be prevented 'hy.the_. use i-of steam.
But, a small portion of. it, will be , 'required for
securing, a great Superabundance : fox every
purpose; u and this being acconiplislidil,;'uqi Can
still afford. to waste enough to supply Many
cities of • the 'same , - size. • , "I%To • one •as mere
eompetent 'than rlr, • GrafV• , to' decide
on ; '••: matters • ! pertaining -
our city water-works-;:and there .can •no
doubt that if the authority to,. execute, as well,
as to suggest and. design, were ; placed iri: its
hands, we should have been iitived from 'the
present water-panic; as - well' as 'froin 'others
which will probably arise in the future. • The
Shameful neglect of the city authorities; for
many years, in not dredging out the deposits
of muZtrapidly for Ming above the 'dam- •at
FaintiOunt, will,probably lead to render , . the
'Water unsafe for -= drinking purposes, if the
present drought continues much longer. This
mud could be, advantageously
_employed in,
making wide carriage: -drives • along the ;edges
of the river threngh..tbe park, .
Jon x C:TRAVTIVINE, Engineer.
Trnireily in I!ovey, 11?ellan - are-9nielltle of
a LabOrini Alan.
•
The Dolawarean of Saturday says : Yesterday
afternoon,•between twelve and ono o'clock, a
laboring ninn named Joseph Keys,. committed
suicitle=by taldng strychnine. 1t seems that
he bought twenty-five cents'Worthat'llurton's,
drug store in the morning, about ten O'clock:
He•afterwards went to'Slutuller's beer Saloon
and as:kedfor a • cup, telling Mrs. S. that - he
was going 'to poison hinssell. She got the
powder from him, but - he forcibly recovered
it again. and left, • rernarlting that it' she
Wonid not let him-, have oupwould
go somewhere where he .could take it. - He
• then - went - to - the - residence:orWnr. - H. Thomas,
6n Qoiternor's ai - enne, procurcd - a cupTmixed
the poison and drank it. Heireturned to Shiud
ler's and told Mrs. S. What he haddone. She
did not-believe-him, and asked j-hint- to'take
sOme illitmer , flaid„he did hot want any
dinner; bid her ood- down 'otur the
floor of, a back shed,. nainuteamas
a corpite. • Seine •nulk.• was administered by
Mrs. Shimller and her, hired girl, but without
°dept. No reason is, assigned:L*or the rash act.
Revs had been drinking a good deal lately,
but' was sober, it is said, the night before, and
appeared so to.be yestertlayntorning. •
. .
—The brother. of thti,:Pope who., recently
died was a respectable old man, of simple tasted
and habits, in pernonal. appearance very :like
the PoPe, and,
.in. • ,his • long, okiietsigintt,oned
coat, graypastaloons,' and white straW'hat or
enormous preportions, Was a, h£ iii
his , ancietithaunt and daily neighborhood.
Ho always Went out unattended, and generally
etide,,d the evening in 'it, cliemititls, shopi,where
he xuet t friends.. and, discussed with
thew, ,tbe. polities of ..the
in which tcvii49
.1 .! ... - u6'lelt,
~yarm.i'q" forest.
liiagg Londe Ili 'Ciininia, Ire
blot pot think it wise for tlie.Dominion
epee.tinni...x talon, and doubta wiiettier:We will
, ex*r . pn v the na tional debt, .•'. •
• • • •
"Fp 'FITHERSToN:'
PATE ;MU cgft:
~IBTER.
Piro at NtitiPrlitittanStat.tat
'me New rork iferald.says : . ' •".
'Yesterday snornitit„, ais - One,lif.'t no in-:.
mates of a house on .Tertseystreet;'o,tittaT
Desnpsey stables, New
:carrying. `mattress from' his , tins ttaillib' ,;
.piazza" to enjoy his:; , rest.. , .4llll::tber, ••
cooling breeze.s of the • open ,air,.
imiapose,light in the Stable building ; s lag . the.gr
of:whieit rapidly increased, eonvincifigilift-'.,'
`that the braiding across the street; from whiptc l ; .
-fhb ligleproceeded, was on fire. .
dlately'gade the alarm, and it 'Was
he was carreet The origin of the -lifelstitilV,;
' involved it dciubt, except the factthtitit brOkOtr
out in
,the ablestst but from what cause no,atte • ' - „ 4
seer's . positidely ,to know. It is believed:,
ho*ever, that.the accidental :uprtting 'ox.-'0,14i1•
plosion 'aira'kerosene lathp,was t 16,801 e, cause ,
of the siireeeding'conflagratioti: , The 'sfablea':
Were-Slied aerie' time With" valitatile Wit& '
and carriages, hut to the ; ear
ly araini
givresti , perscus.' mentioned "alien time
enough 19119-lefl to remove them all before the
building: was• entirely enveloped in Aiamesi
with the- exception ed. • pne horse, -which ;
perialied. ' This lierse Welke geed roaditer„,
valued
,bS - Dti.lienspsti;his 'owner; at about
- Prom' the . stabitr" huililing the iiitune.i. Coin!
muniep.tedspreiWpto the 'adjoining buildingst •
on JerSeysiSteet,‘Yorkstreet and on the Rich.;
mond Terrase road,,and,tweive of them were
either utterly or partially detstroyed before the
further spread"of fire censldbli checheit t
All these builtlitig.s "%dere of ;wood; ' and :drithee
the rapid expansionkot the conflagration. 'At :-
One thrie;:wlien rife-'•fire' Witei at its height, At
abaft four okeeek, int tile morning, the tiarsttis
reached even .abocissi"...leregy street,.-searching • -
the woodwork of the bitidthgs /hong that side
cif.the street, and - erei end there:along ttak
eaves and the , 'roots .the sparkv Couhrlie •
Ewen feeding on the abingles and the franie=
work and gradually ip'sywing into Haines: "It
took all the energy, prseverance find 'courage 1;
of a number of men; who were pouring watet- ~.
on the roofs, while their hair and..beards were ""
being singed by the .approaching firey'torprei '.'"
Yent-thesunned, hulldinat aka: co4'
• About this iiraiddiicris aske,d-lor:hy, fele :
graph from 'the
atE
ment,tinallehyrell-knoWn ditettildriteeeking
steamer . 141 in i- Fnller , :'was:.iminediatelY- do. •
snatalled , ta :the; scene , cit - ther..conflagration:
Tbfi steamer r enehedthoNewidisigliton,ferry ,
landing, nearly. 'opposite: Whieh , the fire. rut •
raging,- in.antidniirablyshorf tinie,.atubbriug-,
isig :014'11:Stead the r yeksefthreir :the flillferce
of:WatOr, puwerftil' 'esighle,':upeUthe
began tenon& her-rB',ooo' galloitir;ot - mita+ psi
minute upoutheillamesi•O'heistun'evisiblyieer..A
tan thattherfte , Was at.nbigto-brought Ander, ,
control,. that the timigerof,further cleAtrucd • .
th.e , Are" Ml* hi 4", passed aWay.'Oda
fa the'stigondtanOvithin a re* dtkirA 'Ot" . th4
John has - renderekvidnahlr'ild i n
kersibest colifiagratiOrrist,` , Xtelikey4;(tnid Wow'
ag aitifsit ' Ne W•BrigliteP, 7, aniV-filitr..veaselthasf '
proved herielf onetof the iiitotithic t ient'sueatia •
1 1 4 0- NreiDePartment.has. adapted to' .prcithett .
property, from destuction- hy.phe gam u t:B.l4 % i -
'The total:loss ItrigVu.4-
mated will rea ch' $lOO,OOO • &Which it iS•satu
abont,iiir ee.littbsara:cove4dlly.itsuinticeil
• , Arc ~;tvas,rfullY, 494thtude'r•ahant..ihrk
olelock i tu . , tbe , morning,.withissiiiialf;att.hosm. •
after :the Zahn Fuller ophied..t,pciltip..vrit4l4%,..
Ituriserotts streams, and .nowXyhat buf th t ts . lay : •.,
before was a husy neighborhood, dove ale" •'.
business And
.trasiiel '4'Smouldering masa • '
of- - ashes; searched•; timber land 'broken titan ,
bolts and barsa-the sad memnatita•of. piers °
tea' Aft .thellre-Spread rapidly. from house to,
b9uletrthe hour.being ao;early aminiostneople
enwrapped in :deep, sleep,, m any ., persons hart
•
but a narroW escapet=from. ; a fiery deatb,,and,
the loss in ' furnifttre". and .Clottung 'was een-: -
sillessiblefhntosci rted.. ": - •
IusTE . E szfaiaraw.
desentatlon of ItlreilenOhio' itii Re*ent ~
Sterratho—Addieso . !of the ,to
ftepretie'lltittilre amid Reply whereto; ?t? r„s
t [rvim Galignititile. 3iegsmger, Aug. 4.1 )_, ' , :. '
General Sickles, the United:States', 3.linistee.4
' to, the Court• of, Spain. lass: justPretiented his,
trede u ti a l s - to - Miiivhal - Serrano - , - RegelitTort4,K -----
Rin g aten-- N mr- E fi s - XliglinessAirerathe:gbi.: - - - - - -E- --- -- ,
ister of Sfiiiii,lie Secretary . qf the' Itegepesr,' The American representative,
,deltiterekthe
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following addresS: - - 7 - 7-- i - ' - --3 q
‘l,_havatliellioitor---tebeitlie bearer - Ot - Taluttef 7 ----
addremed to vourilighitess . V.v . the, President .
_of_the-United-States--accrediting.-nre---asifElroy .-,
Extr a ordi narynniOlinisttir__Plenipotentiary
Itli.tliTi SpaniSl--governiaent- - H-appY - in - being
cliosen to' inlfill a mission of ,t'riendsh n
ip, ad.
good relations, should be - wantin . g to my iit-
structions, not less than my t,1,W11 inCli/14001/SY
if I did - not do nil in my power'tci'preserve nett '
draw closer thase ties of perfect. unilerstarid-:. - -
ing whielt, have been so- cies() and endured so,
lqug,between the ti,yo,Tuttious.:- The people °lc
the 'United States have . not relnaatilli.:
indifferent' ' f,fpeetafors,- 'of the- greati
events, the; result of ' ' which "has. been.,
the election Of your Highness' to the Supra:lla..
Magistraey of fhis noblecountry..- The TJnifed.,
States . attributing in great ineasure their -
national prosperity to the beneficial. influence: a„
of, liberalinstuutions and to;tiva good-faith::
1 with Which they observe all iuternaflon4
treatieS, appreciate at present, more than ccirer f _
the traditional friendship wideli unites',Aienci_
to Spain, they feel thezu.Selves 'animated'. itr,
reoard to' her by that synipathy'whieli'firisese
from a common participation lathe Tirclitablers
exercise of constitutionabliberties.", :0 ": fII :•'-
- Ills Highness replied as followii :...- .
" .c.,,:
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~.,1, receive with satisfaction the letter of, ip . * ..,
President ()like United States aderectilug soli ,
ay ' Envoy Extraordinarffnal -MiniSter Plcinit:
potentiary of 'that Republic 'to, ' the' lrainsh:
Government. , You ma.ylnrassured.tf ildixtr,
among, us' , the '• most r * icorilifil :, ' and' r. eine*.
()ions cooperation ,:f'or' the ~ accotoplishutent
of your noble designs. Yeu mea , be 901),
vi need that our ellbrts 3vill tend to increasethe
traditional relations of peade and'good• 'Net.
ligenee existing- between 4 the:two, 'initial ail
Will be suitable to the interest Of Aiwa pcop e4i, jk
already 2; nuit - ed ,by 'so matiY, mdielit t es,
possess. at. present' • :another s till::- . . , mare
considerable,_tbat.is tO'say,•the usefulexeretse
of the most,extencied liberties , wbicheur lama.;
stitution has made ,to . harmonize, lylikliteL
inonitich3 olie - rceollentions - , - tif, - W10.0„ ,aro: sec
lorions for Spain., As 'to 1 you,„ maces.
hlghevlistingnislieti' qualitiei '' are ts,, ci,
me, I ,el apleaSure in 'ii.S.itiring;''yd , the
President i ot the United Stattis.coultiftibb baVek , • ,
made choice of a , person more agreeable tali -.-
-ine:than yourself- to'-till - tbat • hotionsdilk ,- :'.l r iosiA
ti(p4." ' -1 • ,• . ' , , ' ~.,: : .f. ~i
Afterward the new illni.stelt proiontfig:ici
Hiss 7 1:1Ighnessthe members of the 4b.idiassy . , --
and retired ith 'the, mistoinary ceritiiiineff,'
and honors.''
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—At Zanesid aell_p4iciajr;lnet_
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hernia
the beginning of the !'eelipso, -.lMvidlatutittet
took • up:a pleco of smoked glaSaforrthe,tput.
pose of viewing. the' sMIF !lA , ,: 1 104 i . SdarPOP
raised it to eyes when* wasiStaelco wit h
cro lip de m/eil, and • at prod two tti..thf);.grorput.
On• recovering statett tkatAte senAtiOn i g'et
bj• him way ns• II Sharp•Poitifed instrumon,
bad - hem driven through the ball” 61' ethei °eye,
producing a sharpy penetrating pain. ' `L. :?
—An ill - hatitredtrretteliniati has inveatred a
toy which 116;148111i tbei griniactiscopo, You
phic9 the r wto4evlbiffatalitdy, friend in thn
apparatUS)alAt. 040, I%lApears distorted in a
thousand AidetiwNnaps„the innumerable com
binations' of 4 t4toictogdpi;coi* being success•
appliNt to i?tt ugly rellocitS r ." . •
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