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W».«lOKPAm‘»fa«»« ) K«irr»rt. ! ,-; ' , Harare. *oo, - - - .:;«rvs-!V;>‘ ' ---•■-■> ftwtltoiMl».W«wY«A. *{'••» f■■ uy> nn j ’C^ ! : «B W( tMtteM Mmml tt*uli/«*«mr kMMkskk if;S>n**iT tl»n/kta\a akeddoala •*»••< : vum, ;.- -- - -*K’- t?s. m• -.■ • ••■ • LOO&IHGtiIbASSES. •>•< lV o: °® x *.M*8»- '. WOTCM flUM*,' '• ' gJffitylkfflM, *«., la, ■;,' iwC>»r**,t, ;jfi«rwuwrpiix«5 t WHOtM fz^i f;-. Tf :■• j»4t» KXTAii. DgJj.Mnt, -••- fU&UHf’ fIALIJS&UEB, ; : l', M« OBKRMVTtT*BK¥, .. FHIlKWfcf. commission iiocsks. ->>rV w : iwvii* ontn»DT«t., i-■ -ir-r^ v.r -v: 'i ■ FHIUADELPHIA-MAUE - liif-ii a.vjajSWp '? > fe- - r__:, [•> -,!.-r ■■ ' ;•■!■'■-', oiaftsT WiMss. : •: /< ; 111. GSODff. )'V BBWING MACHINES.-;; f. . * _ '• . J \Hf t P.DHLINOEHaOO.’B aJiUTTLBANH DOUBLB-J.OOP STITCH b r ß.„c;. NO. 008 . ARCH STREET. Pm.ot shuttle h.aobiNb, •*#. PriaxeLOOUfiLK-LOOF STITCH MACHINE from -'ft-; <’ ! - Tfc* *ua»l*** Mil Koat. .SoiM moUiwa ni&mi- M«i4 *>nnkiw>*ora»e t ,: T. g.-MACHINE SILK," COTTON., NEEDLES. l>lL,eU..»e*wtmH on hand. .. ■. Jr4-3m.-. JJARRIS’ BOUDOIR : " *-''aSEWiNtrpn|th, and darabU/tj;. Seorfn*le dliteaeed with in ltd mannfao t*re,thnjiecnrin*theii»nt*A«i*er»tttinof i ' STRONG COHNEKH. «y~OtderfBoUciled. j• , ■ ! ial«-«a pUHB OLD “GOVERNMENT JAVA” FOR SALE BY JOLY IST. 1860. ' N*W FIEMS ASD CHANCES. NBICHANTt IN WANT OF BLANK BOOKS can bo eayeUed from * yammyarioraaortment mads from Uanaiook. ot made to erdar," waaaaßTn at low nireii. -• WM. F. MURPHY A SON’S NSW STORE. Stationary, Litbotraakere, and Lottor-Froii FriiUn j OIOS OF TSK MtDOIR. No. 3M CHESTNUT Street. iaSaw-tf' • £>t*wrad to, r>t«o MT oraoiat ot IB Otaat Yaiiatr. FUEHITUHB UFTEES, YARN ALiL’S COFFEE. C. H. MATTSON, ARCH AMU TENTH *TXKETS. APKB. P^^^^^l^LETCCm, ■aOO TlwoM Prime BeUiling ■too Him.Aral* Hr tJMB» GRAHAM. ITlAtwot. . : in Oil, for tILLAHROTHB*. 4T aadAO p-J . •; IT» - ;*ASE.-460 bbl».,i 076 half do., 400 EXCUBSIONB. gEA BATHING- ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. Ilf HOURS FROM FIHHABELPHIA, ACCOMMODATIONS lOR «,000 > VI6ITORO. • ATLANTIC CITY ianoir conceded lo be one of the rooit deUghtfuLSes-Bide Vecortii in the Its beth ine U i unbroken oeaob (nine miles in ien*tW,is,ua««asiied Ur saf on the Cootihsnt, Nvn.tMt ‘of its alr ie .remarknUb for its 4i7nW( ItM rniliiig knd &ih)br fooiUtiei are verfeett itshotels are and as veil kept aathoee ;of NftrvoHorßasatogaa mkile ita Rveniios andmJka broader of anr other Bea batlMns place tne country* .>; ! , •TttMns of the dAMDSZi AWD ATLANTIC RAIL ROAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF,.PhiiadelehM, daDr.et7«S9A. M«aod4 PaM, ißeVarninsr-tesoh Phil adelphia at. 9 A* 1 M. and 7.4 ft P. M. ; ' Far* 01AQ. Roand trip tjokets, good 'for' thred dsffi SMO, to be purchased or exchanged attheUoketoawe only,and uot of or by eondaeton.' Dittanoe ftO miles. Sunday train leaves Vjue atieet at AM A. M,; leaves Atlantic City at AM P. only for >obd and water* Atelesraph ■ estudi the whole Icceth of the road* isjp ff FOB OAPE MAY. n:W. -r.,-- .1' ’• ' r Jwggypa rgatstob**a.Mar(MniMa him inolad.d). ■ Barman do., <.do_. do , .... l* gaMoaUflmlaronrlMeliin axtral 8 00 ‘ YatotoSe* Yorß, CaMo ....., too Marai’dH;jrynjanikon at Mtr tota*.jßoddiideinnadpayoni N.’ir’TOTarillb*fpr- Yantod with dbapatoh ftoa of conmlm'tm. - JyU-im 3iraad3lBßoaihl)iiSlWA^A^nmih. FBI vaH Mgg PHILADELPHIA AND »&r&0%BA?i. JUL> Wh* ootil: farther notice, the following route* ' * saJeavKoSit Office, Droad and CAilowhiU stioets. ' f ’ . To Niagara Fab* and return.., OMM i To Scranton and GfID - ■'ToXomc Havenandreturn.6 to ..For farther cartFoours see Small bills, or apilr to Ticket Agent or the Company* Broad and CalioirhiU stress, .or to _ . JNO. F. BEATY, - JTH-tf . r . I. ' FOB CAPE MAY.—The swift rtrjat wbarf aVaty TM.hJay, Thttrrtay, and gatar dbf nontinc at 9H o*olooh. retaniuf oa the interma dlate d.ya. ... . Fan. oarriMa hire laolndad .;.... —9l ho Fan, aalnna, oafriat 8 Sin iBoitUM. 1S Stoaon heketa, owriaw bin extra.: 800 Home, earnafeermd fteif ht taken, - Jyl-imo BCieerai— FOB THE BSA SSeIHHPRBSH'Shoreoamcbn arc Os *Dd i artoipJw^^^*ii|{jY J li ! S p sln?on the Oara den *M AOaetlo KifiroM willioiß m follow, i MaliTralbl«ameVlne-.treet WharfT......—A* M. Extram train (atottms only Iter Wood ana, Mail tjsitt. a— «_.4.45 P. M. Express train....,..., 6.lft A* M. Aeopamodsuon j; «* * * . Leave Vine street at - A3O A.iff. Leave,Ayantio at ASO P. M. , _ Stopping only for wood and water* Fare to Atlaniio when tiokets are purchased before : enterißg tba earg, #IAO. Round trip tickets (goodfor rtre«ds»e>t AMP,fart*furcbasedor sxehangea at the hokst office only,a»d *ci of or by conductors. jPr3Stmkst& MbvVrkd at Cooper*V Poikt by BP.M. Tie Coafany wiU not ,be responsible for-any goods ana receipted for by their Agent at the VTfee Harbter will run Atlsstlo enry gatonlay artemoon natil fur i ThroiKb bwrac. nhaokad at all hoore of th« day at Vin.-nre.t terry? JNO. O, EHYANIV ' , JB-H. , . . . . • Asdnt. omMHma 'TO PLEASURE ; TRAVEL 9HSISF LKRg.—Urand Rsesrnon froni fbjladel i nklatoMiessmFaUe,Moeueid.OaebetuliverSaatte .nay.Whlte.rltpeßtWoe, TPprtUuifl, Bet top, Mratoia ■ -MlB&«d H» w Yprj|r ■ vie Lake P^arfo.^EjTetjßt. d r“ “ &F«» S llni!iSFaree Springe. -■ MUf .li, >■-)• .>' ■) : QeaerriAnn v ' :*v MEDICINAL. J Ni KLINE £ 00.; 116 WALNUT ST. ' f* 5- fwS| t SS- JJS SiHiW £«•*<• aroMo**®W ue . .WOBSTIVE DIGESTIVE CORDIAL S” ‘ DIGESTIVE CORDIAL A * OMATI ° „ DIGESTIVE m,BUh . . WJLL CURB THE DYSPEPSIA, , . WILL CURS,THE HEARTBURN,. ’ WILL OURE'CRAMF IN IRE STOMACH, As. ' N.Kliht tr Ctr.licSn l tl«n«B': U 5 B member of iir baUr. having, sujTered wilt tbs Byspepsiafor aevaul je&«. wealatoly recommended by a friend to trr jour Cordial: and'l ambanr .to aar tnat before using the eonteota of one bottle ahe-oould enjoy her taae&eaitlt a good appetite, without feeling the leaat : ?tSu'wferi el “ mr * in AROJMTIO BIGIiMT^ lent ina AcreMbte preparation n ona of the b**t means ffO 0 ?*. 1 ?? i 1 "* .promoting digeetion, and au> . ""*•'*>+***« «fe|SS©&'4l J 5 » », Pleasant beverage, end. may be used with * nd 4 ' * ' If social Love that eye employed * ' f Ifwith no lawless fire it gleamed, ' ) . fiat through the dews of kindness twatyedt ThaVeyaahaUbelbt avcrlbngkt , \ When stars and suns art suck m Nigkt. , . Within this hollow oavemkung [ Iht-reodr, swift, and tunefol tongue, f If Falsehoods honey it disdaiUsdi \ . . • . And where it coaid sot praise, was ohkined ; If bold in Virtue’s cause it spoke, ; Yet gsnite Cofctibrti hdver Htrokk'! 1 v ; This siiffit Tosguft shall plead tit lh«^ When Time unveils Eternity• ■ Say«didthesa fingersdelvatkesliue^ Or With it* envied rdbies sbihe ?| Tftkewtherooktdrwearifie safe, j '■ Can little now avail to them. ’ = . But if the page of Truth they ioagfaiti , ; Or cdmfdrt to the mourner brought* j These bauds a rioher meed shall elebd • Than alithot'Wait on-Weolth orFom|. , AVails ity Whether bore or okod, , ’’ These feet thabktha of Duty IrdiJ I ' ~lf from the bowers of Bees they fled• Toeeek AfiUotloß’s Jmmbie shad* ! If Oxaadeur’s g mUv bribe they {pursed, AndhoraetoVirtue’scotrowraed, ; These feet with Angel's wmgf ghall vie, * And tread the iAlaoe of the sky.' ! A correspondent sonda the »tau aae, professing himself igoonnt/eWn as we Aye, of thell: authorship.. and melodious* And well worth preparation • SHADOWS. i : - Ol», the shadows—the beaatifu! f Floating far o'er the hills away ; 1 ; Asovalrtliesky The tight clouds fir* So over the mountains wander they. i Sleeping soft oh too meadows, green i * ' Fair are the fiowers • • ; Onetm-brigU bowers,' ' i . But fairer the fioweis those shade* between! Dabbing light on the oceoaspray; ,j . ! Changing each wave - .. : From gay to grave, • .•' 1 T.ike Die frowning smUes of a baiid at stay. - Siuking deep in the mooaUt take; Where the mountains ee»fkt As if viewed ittrh dr«a&, • ‘ * , And a world of pilfer beauty make. J a the krorla without and the world within} ' • For joj may borrow A charm from sorrow; charity smiles oa ropentant ain. FaUrngpoft on thefiasskd vision; , { r * • When the lender thought . By memory brought, Tempers the glare of hopes elysian* ,Aod there are ahodows-msfcifal riiodows, Dropping like balm on the bleeding heart; - When first If knows That Love’s flams glows Strouger and puror when Joys depart. Then bieeh the shadows-the beautiful shadows 1 Aud take this thought as you gase abroad < - That m Heaven and earth . Shades owe their birth ! To liiht—and light ia Uw ehadow of God. * : Every lover ot poetry is familiar with Gray ’a Elegy in « Country Chufch-yarf, which Gene ral Wolfe repeated the . evening before his attack on Quebec, where he gained victory and lost his life; Hu Mid, as ho softly re peated the stanzas to his companions, the while they were drifting in darkness and silence down the St. Lawrence,«l wbuld pre fer being author of lhat'poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow.” can yo forget how, not quite eight yeans ago, when Daniel Webster was upon hfs death-bed, ho called his son to read this elegy to him, and derived consolation and delight from its sub lime thoughts and fiuttiliar words. ! It is the misfortune of excellence to bo pa. rodled—no one dreams of burlesquing shallow mediocrity. Gray’s Elegy has often been parodied. The best specimen of this Is to bo found in the Legal Examiner , published in London in 1844, the authorship of jwhich is unknown. Here St is, from Sts title jand allu sions, evidently the production of a lawyer, ELEGY IN THE TEMPLE GARDENS. The ganlaner rings'tbs bell at ciocc of dari The motltr crowd wind aiowir bomo to ran t Soft on ibe Tbsmoa tbe daylight fsdesaway. And leaves lbs yglka to darkness and to me. ■Now abme tbe sUmmanng fas lamps os tba sifhL Tho wardens now the outer portals lock,, And deapeit stillness marks tb’-approacb of alfbt, Bava when the watchman oalla "part ten o'etook." Rave, also, when from ronder antinae tower,* With solemn aound the ball strltaa on the ear, damsels as they hear the hear, Trip through the gloomy oohrts with haste and fear In those biab rooms where clients ne’er intrude, And hare and there a light doth dimly peep, Each in his lonely act of ohambera mewedj . Tho bnedesa crowd their nigbtly vigils keop. Tha grave attorney, knocking ftinuently, Tbe uttering clerk, who hsalena to tho door, The bulky brief and oorrostonding fee, Are things unknown to all that lofty door. Small eomfort theirs when each dull •«•. g&Kr&ftiftiXft! &»rd to pray, • . CnVra and saqneslyid, OotiunlsMaad routs, " fn tbs rsmols Malt tottu thsf pssskd etch day. * V L\ut : inBbraDal, , .’. r „ /i ; Yet e'eh their nainoa arft (omotimes seen in print \ , For frail memorials, on the outer doors; DUoloflO in letters large, and dinar tint* The nnkuowu tenants of the upper floors. Door-posts supply the place of Term Reports, And splendid plates around the painter sticks. To show that he, who never rabvedthe Coarts, , Has moved from number two to number six;' * For who, to oc/d nSileot a luokless prer* His Uafrevdented attio e'lr resigned* »• ' * , Hyrmovqdwith better hopes across thews// . leave a spruce tin plate oehinij ?! , the lore of fame m noble minds** , And he*'whose bold aapunnssfatedoth-diusli, Receives some consolation, when Imfinde • » His name reoorded the painter’s brush. For thee, who,mindfatof saohbriefless wi^ht,/. ' Dolt ip these motler'rhVmss their tale relate* r.if. musiok in his lonely attirf flitht. r ,-,£orae youthful student tby fate, Hap)y,,eomeuiharof-theJsNrt!Mtfs»7 ' /a n,orj ? I ve wuW him oft, dud lop, "IVdmj.wilh hasty, step, the Btranoavray,^ At four o'clock to reunfor again } ' j' 1 1 ** in.the Rail whdre yon quaint old judjldi r . • ?W B no,e ** n . I read his name, which there stood number tljroei And there l alao read these doleful rhymes-r' TilB EPITAPH, Here resti a youth lamented but by few. A barrister to feme etui oourta unknown ; ' Brief was his life-jet wee It brief,©m too, For uq attorney marked him for his own. Peep am} oorreot hie knowledge of the laws, No Judge a rule of his could e'er refuse; He never lost a olient or a cause,— Beaanfeo* fbrsooth* he ne'er had one to lose. F.vpn m he lived unknown-unknown he dies I Calm be his rest, from hopeless struggle free/ Till that dread CoUrt, from which no etror lies, Shall final Judgment pass 6n him and thse. If the gentle reader will take the trouble oi comparing stanza for stanza, and even line fo r line of the parody with the original poem, bo .will geo how closely the witty rhymester fol lowed the original. But wo hare got to the end of Qi|r tether, and dismiss the subject of ano nymous poetry for tho present, : * The Middle Temple Hall Tower—a modern antique Hon* Joseph Holt, Postmaster General United States* Sift: The discontent evinced by the public'at the recent interruption of ocean mail communica tion with the Pacific ooast forcibly illustrates the importance of that mail, and should dispose the Post Office Department no longer to sanction the wanton destruction of Utters sent to post offices in California; Oregon, Ac. I repeat, " Wantoh daft rue * tipn of letters;” for, when the serious oonsoquenoes that may flow from the non-delivery of a letter aro considered, to destroy it in the face of a’sim ple and inexpensive device, whereby it is admit ted the letter can be delivered, is, in my opinion, an aof not only of wanton, but wicked destruc tion. To to-knowledge of yotirSolf the reanomlble head of the Pest Office Department—and of tho First.and Third Assistant Postmasters General, thousands of letters mailed by olUzens in the At lantic States to their relatives and friends in Cali fornia, Ac., -arc destroyed in the Ban Francisco branch dead letteroffice, the Department mean while having in Us possession a plan for securing the safe delivery ot such letters, which plan an official letter bearing your signature, dated July. 21st, 1859/and,-addresScd to me, declares to.be “ IngeDlouB'snd*sotoible,” and adds; “To a no madic population year plan would bo admirably adapted, and therefore, in the mining regions of our Paoiflo possessions, its introduction would,no doubt load to the delivery of many letters which' now fall to reach their destination. ” lam utterly at a lots to see how the Post Offioe Department oan reconcile, with the duty its 1 owes the public, the destruction of letters In the presence of plans where-' by it is so explUllly admitted they wan be safety; delivered. if a postmaster was detected ©Sating into fire the letters in ids offiofi, his indignant neighbors would demand.bia ipsiant removal and pumsbitieht, and yet he would only be committing, on a minor Halo, the e*ampl* set by the Department To lender the offence the mom marked, is the ftot &tt the Seaatw of the United States, by a reflation adopt ed Maroh 9th, 1869, reaoeated the Department to state, in Us neat annual report, nambcrof letters consigned to the dead-lotter office daring the fiscal year, ahd what for they legislation is ne< oessary to diminish tho number oT sueh letters, 4cv" What responae did the Department m&kbr Did it, in its report, direct attention to themea*. sore which, in duly, it declared 11 would no rt or low, through; out the United States nn^.Cjiaa^a., This phstiq tnenon will exalte more than wijial^interest through out the country, and the wqrii), and will be wit* nosaed with great attention by fioientlAo men gene* rally, in the anolent times eollpses were regarded With consternatin', as' indicating the wrath of the gods; in this age,- however, they ere only looked upon as mere l manifestations :ef Nature, and tfo ionger posaesd tije, dread, to superstitious minds*. to them.. .Solar eolipue*,. aro occurrences--one happens, every., aix, •moottor, and scmejiiqes two, but they Are nearly, always, partial, tjbjit is to aay, ,the dtso of the sunns' only partially covered by the interposed moon'. There are btffc threo orfour knowS fei bordi bf-toUl eoltpses Of/ the sun ‘hi Undent Claes,* ami one of these was only reoehtly brought to light ECLipBIB IH IHCIIUT TIIiBS -The first ia mentioned bj Hercdetua, who says* >im Meihhbwf r». JaeMa' tkw bwS«ir (betwMn the' ;Alf4e« ftiid the Xydlans) was growing warm, day' -wason'a-jmdden chabged*iDt6'light. ! Thi* event hwlibSen* fotetoldl the HUMUn, who, forewarned the fonlant of it, Axing for.it the very year In whi oh it actually took place. The Modes and Lydians, when they observed the change, oeased fighting, and were Alike, anxious to have terms-of peaoe agreed on.” ... Another is recorded.by Aenophon, in his Anaba sis, Who says that the eclipse of the sun led to the cahturt by tk# Persians of a Medean oily which he called Larissa, since identified aa the modern Nimrod. The historian says: “"When the Persians obtained the fcaplra'(of the East) from the tho King of.the Persian* besieged the city (La rUsa), bat ooald not in any way take It, till a cloud covered the sun, and caused it to disappear com plately, eo that the iahib|UnUi withdrew* and tbue the city was taken.” a • ’ A third eclipse'ls mentioned by Diodorus, in his history of a war between the Sicilians and Uartha geniens, where he is deteriMag the escape of Agathooles, the King of Sioiiy, from the harbor of Syracuse, In wbioh nis fleet,was blockaded by a superior fleet of the enSmy: “ There was such, ad eclipse of the sun that the day wholly put on, the. appearance of night, stars being seen everywhere.”' Herodotus alluding to the same eclipse ebys: '< With spring the army (ortho Persians) being ready, set oat from Sardes on its march to Abydos; and as U was setting oflt, the son, Reaving bis seat in heaven, was invisible, whfcre there were no oltftids, but a perfectly dear sky; and instead of day it be came night. Xerxes, who saw thie and heard about It, felt some anxiety, and Inquired of the Magi Wfcat the appearance portended. They replied that the deity prognosticated to. the Greeks the desertion of theircities, saying that the tan was the prognostic*; tor for the Greeks, the moon for the Persians. When Xerxesbeard this he was very joyful, and proceeded’ on hismarch.” In the Philosophical Transactions of tbeftoy al Society of London for 1853, Professor Airy famishes a paper on this eclipse, in which be boratcly examines the m&eni authorities, and comes to the conclusion that the phenomenon men tioned by these writers cannot be explained on the theory of a solar eclipse, but that Herodotus, who repeatedly expresses himself doubtfully on matters of detail whion occurred during the movements of Xerxes on the eastern ride of tho JSgean Bea, had been misinformed, and that the phenomenon in question was an eclipse of the moon; and not of the sun. Sir John Malcolm, in his history of Peed*, remarks: “ We are told by the Persian poetthat ih x battle'which Was fought the Prince .mod his army.were struck with asodden blindness, which had been foretold by a magician.” WHAT MODKHN ASTHOWOMkftS tfIJNK OV THE AN CJEHT KCUPSBS. ' Tho New Yori- in an article referring to these foots, s»ys J that much value is attaohod to these aooieni observations, and astronomers iuvo been at great pains to detormine accurately their epochs, and the paths ef the centra! dclipss, i. ,0.-. of the total obecuration. . Baiioy. and Oltmannk agreed in assigning the total .solar eclipse of'BlO* li. 0. as best answering iheflrst-qaotod account of Herodotus and this eclipse, known as the eellpeo of Thales, has been considered, as establishing an opoph, whiob Mr, Greto, In his recent history of Greece, adopts. But the Astronomer Royal has submitted the subjected further and most careful investigations, ana.oonciadee an eclipse which happened May 38, JB. 0. 584, is the bne-reforred toby Herodosas.-‘fn : thia conelusioh Mr. Hind, fiaperiatoodent of the British Nautical Almanac, oonoora. . The epoch of the eollpse of Laristo, which wAb first brought to light by Mr; Hind two or tbreo ls fixed by Prof. Airy ah May 19, 556 That known as the bolipre ef Agaihoriee, whioh eatablishes in interesting epoch in the history of Sicily, is identified, by.the same authority as that which occurred on lie 14Uz of August, 309 B. C. These dates deviate widely from those given, .hi therto ;• bat when it is Considered that the track of total darkness in ikmlm 1 eclipse is very narrow, and that the’motiotis of the earth and the moon are understood with such wonderful precision that It is possible to trace these phenomena back for thou sands of years, and to point oat, with close ap proximation to accuracy, the boundaries of the path of the central shadow* great weight ought certainly to be allowed to these, later Tnvestige* ! done. AN EXPLANATION *)V THJE ECLIPHC. An of tfc« eon ie eeuted by the moon passing between tho oacth.and tho vxa. An oolipso of tho moon is caused by. the moon passing threagh thh earth's shadow. Toe moon revolves round tne earth once in about twehty'iiioe and a half days, or,-from onenewmoos to another; oonseqaently, the moon passes between the earth and sun once daring eaon revolution of the moon' around the earth, and also passes in opposition,- or is upon the oppoaJte.slde pf the earth, from the tun, once daring each revolution. Hence, if the moon's orbit was m the same piano with the centre of the sut. and earth, the moon would pass dlreetljr between the oarth and son at every new moon, and at every full moon the moon would pass directly through the earth’s shadow, so that we should hare a great eolipse of tho sun at every new moon, and a total eclipse of the moon at every full moon. But the moon's orbit makes an angle with the earth’s orbit of paeven and a half degrees, so that at new moon the moon is generally toe high or too low for her shadow to strike the earth,' and at full moon the moon generally passes above or the earth's shadow, therefore no eolipse oaa' take place. The least number of eclipses that can take plaoe in one year Is two, both of the sun, the greatest number seven. The usual number of eclipses in one year Ufonrorflve. 1 history or ?nfc BCLirsß or to-day. The first appearance of the eclipse .which wiU take place to-day, since theoreation of the world— according to sacred chronology—was In the year A. D. 058. December Bth, old style, at ton o’clock fifty minutes forenoon, when the moon’s penumbra just came in contact with the earth at the south pole. It haa appeared every nineteenth year ainoe, and at. eaoh return the moon’s shadow Sawed across the earth from west to east, a ttle further to the north at eaoh return, until the year 1844. Meroh Bth, old style, when the oentreof the moon’s shadow pawed a little to the north of the earth’s centre (the moon being four teen minutes forty-six seconds from her descending node, which was Us thirty near the Red Sea-~i.,c<,.tha fun will.rise and net »t these two points respectively, totally ©ollpsed. The pheno menon' at Olymbm/Tthe seat of Government of, Washington -Torrifory,, wi», iftheweather is fine, says Ue,2WfcM6 l -ba remofrab y imposing-at 26 minuted past 4 o’clock the sun will mount above the horizon wUHdlsopartfaUy obscured, bringing broad daylight) hOwever-Bot soon the shadows of darkness wUl'fwMtn to be creeping over the earth, and to 19 , mlhdtee Wter sunrise fcighVwMhave oome again, and-iur* wiU reappear N Bat this sublime specta- bp of short continuance. In less than two ttlmtlM tho wentera limb of the no „m bun. into ■ in i > B •bout an hour afterward the shadow will hay, wholly 'moved ‘ away.’ Oh'tt* w «t of phenomenon ysMUae.iwftnawii by a I^Vo 1 ! o ** o*>WNmLtJtoidedby< pV. favorable l K>in * i :.‘.*? 6l ?g J V ) PW> eelipae, in. diafetfeiM themeelirS: i.rMfujcAL pjfnoiutu o» B*n**MzLT. observer anew ware 'flrtt Pottoed 'by VatoiMad’at , ♦ rw * : Tail Toaoßr or Vaasa raawonnitA. ; Tho THhiiie; in * the artMle from which y•■■*** qa**iß*;i eay«. ; . u». iMM .opinion . amtmg. ae^wepmara.. la that tbdfa coriOtu bbjaeta, whatever thalr Bartarei,’ belong tho o*»; aadnot’to th* 'atb*d,'< that they m gaaeegs,cnd*qt aeltd—elapiy win \c£ nlriw to Spain* ittaeybeeapeetod IheOthaae otjeota, if olouds, will taka «a.sew Aapaa or ml Ur twi at* manalona lo the ,interval, and .the variation be da' footed by comparing the' NMttaajatttt'ond dado fcV i the observers at: the respective lUtloaa wo Sraalaat aoooraoj will, doabtleaa, be aaadM, aad «to photography w)U be oaad to mat advantaaw; Dr.' taaoßt, ditnoMW Koyal at MaolahTka. qa*ta r»oaatly atartad Ike theory U» I tkaprotaba ranoea are prod seed ia par owr by llttla maaaea or oloada whioh beebae omlSiiad & tha eoaa of tho Riooß’a ahadow, ewteg to tko de praaatpn of tho tpaipa>pbiro f | wUah jpkoe plaoe there. Thu view dlffora froa-all hitlaerto ontar' tatned. aad may 'he earily tabbed' hy> aby two ; obsarvon dUtant from oaeh Othar, who aaeoood la getting complete .pbeervaUona. ’ - ■ V iiUV'S BRASg,”^ Another well-marked phenomenon ooamonly aa tlcod la-ohat la oaUed “Bally’a Beada,” Mm tr. Franott BaUyj whoidrot oalW attantha to it. Im-i mediately before aad. after total ohaaraKoa, the formation ol a corona, or glory, around tha moon’a din at tba moment of 'total obaeoration.; Itis dsasribed at having “ tba color of tarnished sUv«, brightest next tba m’l I limb, and gradually fading to a distance uqaal to one-lblrd of’her’ wffarelt'fetaMie ©on- fowidad *itk thegeseral tutor>th» hMTMi. 1 ’ ! sun,ae davknatafa jnj mat, and tba affeeta upon! Nature, animate and Inanimate, remarkable.. - “Vegetables and - animals,” sajp Lardaar, “ comport themselves M they at* wont to go altar aunaat.. Flowers cloaa and birds go to mat. Never thclear, tha darkness la different from tba natural, nocturnal daHtmn», mid la attanjad with a certain indescribable, unearthly light .which thrown upon surrounding objects a faint hue, aomatimaa reddish, and sometimes cadarerouslygfeen. ” Mr. iitad thas describes eeoene faa witnessed; “ The entire landscape w»a overspread wdth an unnatural gloom; persons aroond assumed an uc. earthly, 'cadaverous aspect; the diataht aea ap peared of a lurid rod; tha southern heavens bads scmbro, purple hue,theplaee of tba ton being only indicated by the corona I the' northern baaraosi hoa an intense' violet bua. and appeared vary near/’ ' ■ - ' THg gCLIPSB or 1836 JIT BCOroillD. .'Captain Bmjth>ln hfiCrete of Celestial Ob jeota;”-’givee the following interesting details of ;the solar eclipse of May l 6, 1834, whieS was aann lar la Scotland,lwhepe he witnessed it—f. e., at the rblddle of the eclipse, the moon covered' the dim) of the sun, except the edse ererpwffen, which ap peared ae a ling ot light: <* As the ran obfuscated, the air spntibiy qooted, the atmoapherio light be oeme mellowed, deepening to a darkseea which horajio resera blanks: Wither to~htornlag or erening' twilight, aod,ei the greatest obscuration, assumed tho peculiar, land glectn which eompHnly heralds in a summer thunderstorm. * # * effect on the temperature WM more remarhute .then tan the light—e differeoea which merit* *»CTib«l to thn offset of radiation. The TCgatathn in a line with the,mat assented a stiver* parpqafc hue; end in tho'shade ancrenge tint, while the' crocus, gentian, and anemone partial!/ olosed th dr flowers, and reopened themes the phenooen m passed off; and ‘a delicate South' African taimo a, which "Its had raised from a seed, entire)? fold >d its primate; leaves .until the ran was uncovered. More than one person, noticed that while the (std peraturc was at its lowsst scale the earthworm* crept from their hole*.” A BXQDSST TO ABTBOHOMBRS. It will bo. remembered that lieverrier has re* quested the co-operat on of observers In a thorough examination of the* regions in the close neighbor' hood of the sun, daring the three or four minutes of total obscuration in the present eelW. with a view to the discovery of asteroids, which nia theory of planetary perturtations assigns to those spaces. In- case .the observations are snoeearihl, we may look for reports of great interest on this aubjeo t. THE ECLIPSE Ilf fSILADELFBKA, The eolipse will be visible, in Philadelphia at foiir m%nutu fa4t'3tven in this 'morning, the mid* die of the eolipse will be attained at threo minutes fa»t tiffhty. the phenomenon two minutes past nine. The following table snowing the hour at which the eclipee will be vietbl* at various points on tho continent will be found valuable for present and future reference. TABULAR STATBimitT Of WHSBB THB BCJUFSB WILL BE VIBIBL*. NAK* OV PLACK. H, H. H. If. fl. M. Quebec, Canada East *.T« 890 »ss Montreal. Canada Saab —...7 1* al7 991 Toronto.Casada Eaat.... otf 740 848 Halifax, Novaßeotia-. -...,8 0 8 8 uu Bt. Johu.Newßnmnrtolt.....—....7 w 857 10 $ Kaatport, Maine-- .--.....7 44 851 917 flansor. Marne...... ..7 as set 847 Au*usla, Marne.-.*..-. 7-SZ 898 941 Portland, Maine—..— -7 29 BSt 990 Concord New Hampshire. 729 898 998 Montpelier, Vermont-. —B9l 999 Boa ton. Metaanha— ..7 94 817 980 Lowell,Ma—ahuaettt.,...... a 898 919 Bprinineld, Maasachuaetta...... 717 819 9n Naatuoket. MaaaaehßMtts^ 799 891 .993 Providence,Rhodelalaad..92 894 99s Hartford, Conneottoot. —. .7 16 891 994 New Connecticut. „.7U 817 918 New York, B«rTort«w.;—.7 10 810 910 Alb&nv* New York. 7n 819 9iS Kocheeter, New York 689 754 866 Bofialo, New York.. 847 749 Bto Trent.>n,New Jersey ..7 7 8 8 -9 a Dea Moines, lowa. .......649 089 755 Outmaa, lowa-—. ~19 664 788 fit. Paul. ~~.....6 46 .6 46 744 Madison, Wisconsin—6 1 7 0 788 Milwaukee, Wiaoonam... ..6 7 7 6 8 4 Detroit. Michigan _SSi 798 897 Ann Arbor. Miohisan —6 16 72s '8 94 Chicago, Illinois —— S 8 7 7 8 6 Philadelphia, Peonirlvsma. 7 4 8 3 9 2 Harrisburg* reim*irl«aiitt. 6<6 rw a 54 Pittsburg' Penrierlvaaia. ~......641 740 .938 WilmisKton, Delaware.-.- 7 4 8 2 9 0 Baltimore, Maryland * 053 766 883 Washington, District of Columbia... .6 M *7 03 800 Charlottesville, Virginia.- — —......6 49 746 841 gichmond. Virginia— — —— ..6 64 708 ..846 ortolk, Virginia - 7 1 7<6 ■ 843 Raleigh,-North Carolina- 6CO -7 41 831 Wiliungten»NortiiCarohQa~«...,.6o3 743 833 Columbia, South Carolina——.. 6 40 759 8)7 Charleston. Sooth Carolina—— -~-6 46 7 33 8 29 Bavanoaht Georgia. .-.>.6 41 727 Bit Aoxusta, Georgia. .686 7»9 8 1 MiUedgeviUe. Georgia ,6 98 717 6 4 Tallahassee, Florida.. 628 7 7 70C Tuscaloosa. Alabama. .6 8 660 744 MOMle, ftlabatna .......6 8 603 737 Montgomery, Alabama-..- 26 7 3 743 Jackson, Mimimippl.——,., 607 646 732 New Orleans, Lomsiana .6 0 643 726 Galveston, Texas ;..63S 621 7 5 Ban Antonio,Texas-.—. „...6 91 6 6 669 Little Rook, Arkansas 6 48 6 38 7 si fit. Louis, Missouri ..,6 66, 662 746 Jefferson City, Missouri 848 643 737 L&ersnoe, Kansas Territory. ..-...,636 639 723 Cincinnati, 01{io —62) 7)7 8)3 Columbus, Ohio —.....6 28 723 832 Indianapolis. Indiana 614 71) 8 8 Bpnnsfield. Illinois .5 59 ti 66 762 Cairo, Illinois. __6 l 666 748 Louisville, Kentuoky .6 17 712 8 6 Frankfort,Kentucky-,- —. ..-..-..,650 716 did Shelbyvillc. Kentucky., ..6 18 713 8 8 Nashville, Tennessee 611 7 4 766 J£uoxvi"e, Tenne*see._~-.....~—..6 26 71 7 8 9 Tbo iceroy of Egypt has sent a eolentifio expe dition ato Ethiopia to observe the total eolipso of the If h of July. The expedition-has beon fur nishw with two good three-inch telescopes, three, obrot motors, two barometers, and several psy- ; chtoi ,etor4 and thermometers, with instruments to observe the magnetic intensity, inclination^'and deolination. Thus, preparations have be** made to observe the eclipse from its oommegeement Id Oregon to its end in Ethiopia. The'Washington Stoles £as the following personal explanation: “ Several of our cotempd-' raries have unwittingl/assumed that this journal, since the retiraoy oflfsjor Holes, is under the con trol and proprietorship of the National Democratic Committee. • .The same proprietorship exists now that has existed from the foundation of the paper.* Tbo promoted ill ke«Rh °f Major Hein compeUed him w retire from a participation in the duties of; ita vioDrietonhip. Its daily increasing advertiring 2«hd sunwripticn patronage render it onteln that lh!s will 'continue on, oa a per manent Journal, and a aealoniadrooatoof Uteptin otptes of UlO trua National Domoontio psrtr. ‘ It ctroa »» gwat ploaaura ta be ablo to refute folly tbo Statements indultrioualj put forth ns to the ra,t end present peounlarr Oonuitiou of this paper; they are undoubtedly, mod, for Political effect. ’ Tub Chicago Prtss nnd Tribunt of the 13th snys that so fhr the oatnpaigu has besn carried on in that State guerilla feshioh. On the 10th, how ever, it states: “ The State Central Committee met at Springfield on Tuesday lest, and, iu conjunction with the Presidential eleaton"and the Republican nominees for RUto officers, arranged a pleri fhr a systematic end vigorous campaign, so far as it oouid be done at the present time. In aeeordanee with this programme, appointment wen made for dodge Trumbull, Ur. Yates, Mr. Bwett, Carl Sehnrs, Judge Uassaobeok, and others, extending to the middle or last of August.” . THE WEEKLY TTTTiTIiI ?»■« *>■ »• aat to ■kMitaai to rt* i rTF«' .< ~—J-J! Tw *• “ «• -i r- . **" r &s±r"- M eul Kbtcnlm.lmA For ■ Ctahof « onr.vavill mM m extra eoyr totke feller-*»eftke Otak,, ■y-Pnrixitokreare'reeeiiiii h, a«t »»tieritlw Tax Wnurfiui. cxunuu raua. iMoed three timee a Jtentk> iatiwtorlhe CalUenla Steamers. ■ ■ ■ ■ - eEtfm WASHIHOTO* Correeeoedeaoe ofXktfnm.} ‘ .. Wxearxsroa Cirri Jaly M, ISM. The naYy.of tkpTTaiMtEHttMhua tateaWy itnpoeiag Mpwnaoe apoa paper, eoatprixfaw, a* M doex, 10 AJpe-of-tke-liae, U aaOiag ftfcMto, U •loope-ofs krige, aad a aakeasar; Mfcf r toet-elxplxtMM ftjjataa, S eeeead alaaa, and 2 third clue, aU Stud with lonir pnpaUan; am are, MeUee, ll paSdla-rtaaaaan, 2 r ‘trial “J s Of Ikeakore-tofltonea Hae of- battle ekipc,, hawerer, feu an rank tke ,t ‘***; aaa karUybe re 5pJW£W!t«=S Governineato fay* »eeh attnttn, Ika DAM SSfeSHJSS gqjtaydrxacktwriC W wfcUr aa—■ of aersw rtoo»of-w*x; taMkivlm [y*/**)— ■»—frlsisl. y linirri—ill, ili wmiwieHtmaMyTlhemert iSikm r wrnowyiawm, KSs§|b&*sS«S SBSSBS^S£*g!SBX rasas? pwESH-jIjS ed fba Out toipW mt, daring a cralxecf MtokrinatiNyaaL-kaMi* cprid, witt afcaji etedaad aaa, 'CaanMd her than riadcai&Mf hamtH u 4 oat ag to he «uZr*T fore tie wind Me eoald sake toWraita mmnm », Indeed, eeh aChloMe jaak orVSttSfaZ: rftSwa ke deaaHdn- J^Me natngqaaUOee . . .. . *> AmHmm km )m Aom. m mu. tad* for orirbutfs* iirlw oiSmmtnMo l£, —*~l—r* r - r laMritn Ml amai P« tkceeof GreatßriuUllinaee ’Sn “ »—•—*- ft-- lliimiCnii ill * gKttjasirw-s.su: lfc, Snfldt, “May at ear frieatet aeketo ea tfceeeof tkapaatkaMuyl WedGaaM in tiii matter ia a etata of etenaFaMUkeed. Ua )«•■ there be a greetee ieepme eneat la the —*'~-a .qaallUe* of tke Doited Statee aery tkw thiri hu been, oonuaerelel a&terpriee will act ealy ratio tka meaaafor the aapport at eaauwree;- it Vic aiao tnUdtke arete tt.” , *^ >rt > <>M*»«ane need expeetkttleare teetfaa frpqr oar nary in time of nr. Keiahaat rteieli, inxtead of heug defeeded M jf war' will here to pretaet the letter nil knl llanagetate of afliure vk ewe aartleMeae ike iSeSI ranee at oar pekrie flee MiCatiLt-wßfa itjrsssrasssaySS iotereet of the ooentrjia pnriliae fprita Man wolfanaad aeearirir, hae fortte intdn orrix yeale beee evptoyvi ta eoeetaae wreagHag akeet »*» Mgroee- W aMnhaate, whaWke Ma .chief safferenia eaae ofvu. oejckt la rafir aa oaa man to protect tkeometTM in time, aad am |v. seiTee from otter reifi. Thar oanTte lee au nary yaida eeaee to ke tke kokp&da ftr anaU pet hoaae politielaae. Bither Ti^rt aeey or none at all. It bu been ezatamtntn tke efiuttdaolored ia th« dlftnot 4Topniy fto E«iIMSSSSWS3» tho Sonaaa laheeribare, Dr. ltorwita, the pek lisher, ia in co email dOetmaa-- -Bat etttf lia managee to earn oa both' ihoallkn. To maka I , J. B. Buchanan, Geor gia; George P. Padiefordl Sa'irannah ; Hon. 8. P. Hammond, Bath. E'. Y ; Dudley Afeott, Albany ; .W. H. Priobaa, M. D., Charlastan, 8. C.; Claude Gibson, Louisiana; John Moaattord, New Or leans. ' • —An old man named. Abraham Conn, nearly threescore and. ton years of age, Wes redding in an obsorire rift age in the north of Bevon in a state of great distreee. ' In his day ho Was the ohamplon wrestler of -Engloadj and held the belt against all comers, notwithstanding; the. temptation of large sums , of manay , whioh .Wero known to have been offered to him as the prioe of hiaheck. Mr. Long don, of the Bali Inn, Enter, and. other gentlemen; feeling .that it would be a diegroce to the ooanty if e man so genuine endnneritoridas was allowed to eko out tho remainder of his days onpariabpay, oommenotd a' subsoription for him, which has now reoobed a goodly mim, bot is insaCcient to par chaso him an annuity, ihat beihg the object of the friends of tho veteraiFchhihpton. ’ Recently, Mr- Langdon receivod a communication, from Lord Palmerston slating Ibst he hati’dlreeled that a do nation of £lO should bo paid to Abraham Cann oat of the Boyel Bounty Pond. 1 .