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(raps atid JMs. The Chinese Hands on the Pacific road, gc $30 per month in gold, and were "found." -?There is a ladv in Sutton, New York, wh was married at twelve years of age, who is th mother of sixteen children, weighs two hundre and ten pounds, and is "fair, fat and forty." The official returns received at Genert Canby's headquarters from every county- in Yii ginia,*show Colonel Walker's majority-to be 18, 1202. The State Journal says the vote falls fa short of that registered. A geutleman who has traveled over near! all the Southern States says that people general! have not only recovered from the effects of the wa and the general depression of a year ago, but tha they are now on a lair road to riches. ? - A project is on foot in Bourbon County, Ky. to raise a fund for the purchase of a home for Mr Jefferson Davis. One gentleman agrees to donat a site for a residence, with ten acres attached, withii lour-miles of Louisville. The darkies of Cookeville, Tecnncssee, an to have a tournamennt. Among the sports of tin day a "butting match" is announced, at the bot torn of a half-bushel measure, the contestants ti be bindfolded. A n oi,A?ir>noor wliilo in lllS VOCU tion, thus exalted the merits ol a carpet: "(ion tleuicn and ladies, some folks sell carpets for Brus sels, but I can most positively assure you that tlii elegant artiele was made by Mr. Brussels himself.' ?- Thomas Barrett, a member of the jury whicl convicted Dr. Webster, of the murder ot Dr. Park man in Boston twenty years ago, lias written i letter to the New Orleans Times, confessing tha he himself was the murderer and that Webstc was entirely innocent. A large and handsome building has recentlj l>een erected or. Seventh-street, Riclimond, adjoin ing the new Richmond tlieatre, for hotel purposes intended more especially for the accomodation anc entertainment of colored people, "but whites wil not be excluded." The London newspapers contain correspond once from Canton, stating that preparations art making there for wholesale emigration to the Uni ted States on the part of the masses, who are bu. too eager to embrace any opportunity to get awnj from their mandarins and the bastinado. The Augusta Chronicle mentions a repor that the contractors for the Blue Ridge Railroac had determined to employ Chinese instead of ncgre labor*on. the road, and that a large force of these people will be procured from the est and brough out at once to South Carolina. A family in Boston, when-the neighbors an going into the country, secure the same result bj cheaper means. The parlors are closed, carpet; taken up, gas turned off, cheap crockery used, anc by the use of plain food, frequent baths, candle light and other discomforts, persuade themselve: that they are enjoying a season in the country. Lindley Murray, whose graniniar is so cuti ously incorrect, is said to have resided for jAtf. space of two and-twenty years in one fronf-parloi without once going out, attended upon by a kind Jy ojd maid, enamored of his principles and hi; pretcrpluperfects, living chiefly on boiled muttor and turnips, and solacing himself in the intervals of conjugating verbs by grinding a barrel-organ. In answer to a correspondent, the Philadel phia states that according to the Englist system ot notation, a "billion" is one million millions, that is, as many millions as there are units in a million. According to the French system, a billion ia one thousand millions. Heuce, as we ir the United States may be considered as reckoning by the English system, it may be safely asserted that our national debt has not reached billions. A well-known citizen of Philadelphia, whe had been using a weak solution of carbolic acid as a wash to correct the offensive odor arising from a cancerous affection, discovered that the application also entirely removed the cancer. One-fourth ol an ounce of carbolic acid is diluted with a quarl (thirty-two fluid ounces) of water, and the lotion is applied three times a day. A weaker solution, containing one eighth of an ounce of carbolic acid to the quart of water, would probably be a safei application. A Northern exchange says: "There are rumors of a serious break in the Republican party. It is reported that Senators Sprague, Ross, Fowler, Henderson, and perhaps one or two others, will hereafter refuse to act with the Republican majority in the Senate, while Chief Justice Cha.sc is now said to be in full sympathy with the Democrats. The only member of Lincoln's original Cabinet who now acts with the Republicans is Simon Cameron, who was turned out of it for corruption." ?-Niagara Falls is still slowly wearing away. Considerable excitement was recently produced by the announcement that the ITorse Shoe Fall^liad caved in. About thirty-tive foot of rock lias given away on the old Horse Shoe Fall, which gives the shoe a triangular shape on the side nearest Goat Island. It is computed that-some seventy to one hundred tons of rock must have fallen in, from the gorge it has made. The fall of these rocks does not, we learn, in the least spoil the beauty of the I Torse Shoe Fall; if anything, it adds to its attractiveness. The new ten cent currency has appeared. In artistic execution it is said to be a decided improvement on the stamps now in vogue. On the left is a bust of America, with scarf studded with stars, the words "ten" in each corner, in small capital letters?with a corresponding numeral, in large figures 011 the right hand corner, at the top. The back, as usual, is green?with the same inscription as 011 the others. The execution of the . latter is not so fine as it might be. The other denominations are not yet finished. Massachusetts has been con.-idcring the egg question. A report eleven pages long was recently made tq the Legislature, upon a bill to regulate the sale of eggs by weight. In this report the minority,, who favor the bill, discuss the egg question, ancient and modern, from every point oi view; contrast the size of eggs and bonnets, and declare that the female managers of the poultry yard have studied political economy profoundly, in order to reduce th? size and increase the number of their eggs. They treat of the egg trade between France and England, of poultry nouses and diseases, and of the treatment of setting hens. _ The majority report is one page long, and objects in flat terms to the bill. ?- A large force of Chinese laborers has been employed by the contractors to finish thfrSelma, Home and Dukon liailroad. For some time past a large number of convicts from the Georgia penitentiary riave been employed on that railway; but the recent lease of the penitentiary and its imnatei to Grant, Alexander A Co., has caused them all tc l?e turned over to these gentlemen, by whom thej are now employed on the Macon and Augusta Road, deprived of the labor of this force, the contractors on the Schna, Home and Dalton Koad have determined to^ supply its place with Chinese, and have accordingly made arrangements out West bj which many of the Chinese who were employed or the Central Pacific liailroad until its completion, will soon.be at work ou the former railroad. Mrs. Catharine Beecher and Miss Harriet Beeoher Stowe are preparing a book, the title ol which is "The American Woman's Home." It this forth-coming book the authoresses promise "to show how a house can be made convenient warm and pure; how a woman may successfully lie dressmaker, cook, house-keeper and physiciai wf the family, and conduct all the family matter; ' Tnelo onrl i ll/i Inwc A ill accoruauce wuu ivngiuii, uioiv, .?m kUv >?..u hoaltli and economy." A book that "can show' so many tilings will be valuable, if some body wil write another book which will induce the niali members of the family to provide for their house holds things honest in the sight of all men, ant also prevail upon the fair ladies to follow tin "showing" of Miss Catharine Beecher and Mrs Beedier Stowe. The Savannah Advertiser says: "On Tues day evening last, as a party of countrymen wen returning to their homes from market, they wen ntopped by a band of seven negroes, who assaultet and robbed them. One of the negroes told ; member of the party that lie might go to town t( take out a warrant for their arrest^ but he eouldn' get any, as there wan 'no such tings as warrant any more.' About the same time that the abov< affair took place, another oarty of countrymen were stopped near Pipemaker's" Creek, on tli Augusta road, six tniles from the city, and robbe ? one of the number, who resisted the negroes was severely beaten. Since the recent wholesal mrdon of murderers and outlaws by (joyerno Bullock, flie negroes seem to hayo set all jaw a defiance. The agricultural prospects of Texas, it i said, wcTe never more promising at this season c the year. The much dreaded cotton worm has no yet appeared, and general health prevails fchrougli out the whole State. A correspondent at Houston under date of .July 12, writes: "The pecuniary r( suits of the growing crops are estimated at b( fween thirty and forty million dollars?if they e? cape the cotton, worm. A large proportion of this i immense sum will be invested in iuternalimprove_ ju$nts?in the erection of more comfortable dwell- | ~ ings. The freed men are more industrious, and ^ demeaning themselves with more general propric- ; ty than at any'previous time since emancipation. 1 o Our citizens are generally out of debt, and the fi- 1 e nancial condition of the country is much better i d than it has been since the war. Hopefulness per- i vades the public mind. Cotton and woollen facto- : tl rics, flouring mills, beef packing houses and other - improvements are springing up in different parts of the State." y lite ^JothnUc (Jhtqttitw. t YORKVILLE, S. : THURSDAY MORNING, JULY -29, IS09. *. ,, , ( ,j Casli.?Tt must bo distinctly understood tluil our tonus li>r subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. 2 * X.?The paper will be discontinued on t lieexpi- ( D ration of the time for which payment has been - made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on 3 tho wrapper or margin of his paper, , will understand that'the time paid for has expired. [ THE STATE FAIlt. Wc have received a circular from the Executive * Committee of the South Carolina Agricultural ami'"' Mechanical Society, which announces that tho^m- i 1 nual fair will be hold in Columbia, on the second < j Wednesday in November next. They have ar- 1 t ranged to have suitable buildings and grounds pre- 1 r pared; have invited a distinguished orator for the i occasion, and have prepared a liberal premium list, : f which, wc presume, will be published soon. All i * that remains to be done to make the fair a success, ( j belongs to the share of the people.1 1 j The first object is to secure a full and varied list 1 of articles of native production, whether manufac- > - turcd or in their natural state, for exhibition. Each t 2 county is expected to exhibit some evidence of its t * resources, productions, or mechanical skill. The c , second object is to procure funds, which it is pro- 1 ' posed to do, in part at least, by tho foc? of mem- i t hers. It is not.stated yet, whether or not there 1 j arc to bo any entrance or admittance fees. But i ) any one may become an annual member by the c payment of two dollars, or a life member by the 1 payment of t<jn dollars. These fees arc not uti- J reasonable, and we are sure that very many citizens t ; of York, interested in agriculture and mechanical t 5 art, are abundantly able to join the Society. Per- a 1 soils desiring to become either annual or life meiu- a ? Vuyt-c? clirml/] fnvtrnril flio mnilOV tft (lol. T). Wvntt o tend to it." Mr. Groves came in, and; like the j rest, refused to recognize Mr. Clark as Collector, j i A pause ensued, when Mr. Clark again informed Dr. M. that lie was the Collector, and the business ^ of the office must be conducted solely under his . supervision ami control. * U This aroused all the lire of the irrepressible Doc- ^ tor, who, advancing towards Clark, thundered out: \\ "You infamous scoundrel, you Massachusetts carpet-bagger, say that again, and I will kick you out j of the office, you and the whole of your friends, Senator Sawyer, who is a miserable, dirty, foul Mas- ^ , sachusctts carpet-bag schoolmaster and C. C. , Bowen, who is a rascally scoundrel and no better ^ - than Sawyer. The whole set of you Massachu- , setts men deserve to be driven out of the country." 1 lie proceeded in this way lor some time, making ? I his oration in the arms of T. J. and Arthur Mac- * . key, who were holding him back. He pitched in* i to the administration for their "treachery" in taking away the office, and wound up with the , declaration that he was a South Carolina gentle- ^ : man, not to be dictated to bv a Massachusetts ' carpet-bagger. | This violent storm was followed by a lull, during which the belligerents treated for peace. The | CounVr says: "Dr. M. stated his willingness to i retire, provided Mr. Clark would sign receipts in ^ * blank, so that he would have the privilege of fill} ing them out in ease anything came short, remark- ? j ing that he did not suppose that Mr. ('. would be 11 3 such an ass as to do it. 'Yes,' quoth the irrepres- 1 . sible T. J., 1 he'll sign anything,' to which Mr. C. S 1 replied, 'that he did not suppose the J)r. was such . i an ass as to make such a ridiculous proposition.' { * Dr. Mackey also asserted that he should, before a giving up his office, require a receipt forcvory piece t * of brick and marble about the building. I Je.seemed r ; to think that he could not he required to give up ? i the office without receipts for the property, re- J A - , i marking, that lie did not know but that five pipes 5 of brandy would be in Mr. Clark's cellar before 1 night. 'Mr. Clark took this coolly, remarking that " he did not know the full cause of his (Dr. M.'s) ,, removal, but that it might possibly be that the e live pipes of brandy spoken of. are now in his (Dr. J M.'s) cellar." The upshot of the interview was that pr. M. ^ called in th<-- boat hands, who under his orders, I t gently forced Mr. Clark cut of the office, but with- a out using violence. The Doctor was left in trium- d s pliant possession of his office for the rest of the \ if day, 3ir. ClarJc l;avjmr telegraphed to Washington \ ?t for instructions. c l* On the nest day Mr. Clark, having received a [' response to his telegram, procured warrants lbr ] >. the arrest of t)?e three Mackcys, on a charge of j i- tlf-sa'jlt and buttery. fho tynjiapts were served, < ' WVIO) iJUVUtU AUI livtivi ? I?v (Mv?wy - t/ 5 Aiken, Cokesbury, S. C. We will cheerfully fyr- 1 ward any suras, Jeft with us for this purpose. c I WHAT GOVERNOR SCOTT MEANS. t Sjieaking of Gov. Scott's tax letter, the South I j Carolina Republican says : I ' The Youkville Enquirku asks concerning this c ' letter: "What on earth does the Governor mean f" f To which we reply, the Governor unequivocally c . "means business." lie has been elected to the $ i chief magistracy of the State, and he is- detcrnun . ed that our securities shall stand as A No. 1, in the 5 world's markets. Ask Wall street what he means! c 1 That the Governor "means- business," is much | more evident from his contract with Cresswcll, T j Sellers & Co., than from his-threats to those who would exercise the sacred right of appeal to the ( courts. We still want lo know what lie means by 13 forbidding such appeals. As to his determination a i that State "securities shall stand as A No. I, in | \% the world's markets," the whole country fully un- a ^ derstands that. It ish determination well founded, ' ' having no less a basis than the Governor'sandivid- r, ual and private proprietorship in certain of said 1 [ securities. ' ^ We had formed a favorable opinion of the Governor, thinking him to be an honorable man who 1 hpnestly differed with us on some minor points* and some of importance. It is more in sorrow jthan in anger that we give up this opinion ; for i there was much of hope in the prospect, while we thought our chief magistrate a just and unselfish ^ man, however widely his opinions might diverge j from ours. Rut his autocratic tax letter, his sus- /. picious Blue Ridge contract, and his unnecessary military invasion of Edgefield have disenchanted vis. There is no need to ask Wall street wliat Uio Governor means. Indications arc cropping out that lie means to fill Ins carpet-bag. * p " THE CHARLESTON CUSTOM HOUSE.* " The possession of the Custom House is "a bone of contention between Dr. Maclcev, who has been Collector since l.SGo, and Mr. Geo. W. Clark, g who has lately been appointed to the office by See- jj retary Boutwell. Both parties being members of the Republican party, the strife is a purely civil war and is characterized by all the peculiarities of ^ fraternal contention. ^ One day last week Mr. Clark called round to a, take possession of his prize, accompanied by T. II. Ba/.in and II. Judge Moore, lie exhibited his C( credentials and politely requested Dr. Mackcy to transfer the properly and accounts. Dr. M. re- ft plied by a violent and abusive refusal to do so. r) Mr. Clark, who preserved a smiling coolness S( throughout the whole scene, requested Mr. Ba/.in w to call in the deputy Collector, Mr. Groves. lTp- j on this Mr. T. J. Mackcy kindly proposed to have f "this man," meaning Mr. Clark, "kicked out." C . "Be quiet, Thomas," said the l)oclof, "I'll at- ' and the accused brought before Magistrate Dc i Large, colored. The Doctor waived an examination, and was held to bail, in the.sum of $300, to i keep the peace for twelve months. He was also I rctpiircib to appear before Mr. Horlbeck, U. S. i Commissioner, where he was held to bail, in the < sum of $500, to ajrpenr on Monday and answer to i the charge of interfering with a government officer ( in the discharge of his duty. -While the Mackcy clan were thus absent from | thp Qustom House, and entangled in the meshes i of the courts, Mr. Clark made a brilliant and siie- i ccssful flank movement. He assembled his fol- 1 lowers, went to the Custom House, forced open the i door and took possession. * Marshal Lafayette J. i Woolf was put hi charge and at last accounts, i held the post. At night the Clarkeitcs assembled i a party to serenade Bowcn and Sawyer, intending ] thus to give these gentlemen an opportunity of i hulking speeches in reply to Dr. M.'s tirades. But tho Mackcyites, regarding the serenade as a triumphant display over tlicin. got up another crowd and effectually defeated it by yells, howls, : caterwauls, &c. 1 Thus ended the officicial career of Collector 1 Maekcy, who, it must he confessed, died very 1 hard. ** - ' // EDGEFIEDD GARRISONED. The Augusta Chronicle says that on last Tlnirs- 1 ilay, four hundred stands of arms were sent fpom I Columbia, under care of State Constable Ilubbard, to Pine House Station, on the C. C. & A. 11. 11., ' live miles from Edgefield C. II. A large crowd of * negroes assembled at tho station after the train left ind arms were furnished to seventy-three of them,' J ivho, under the command of Hubbard and the ' :ounty Coroner, Hisenbergcr, took up the line of ^ narch for Edgefield, the remainder of the arms 1 jeing conveyed in a wagon. On the way they * vere constantly joined by recruits, and by the time lie crowd reached town, it numbered several linn- c Ired. No resistance was offered by the astonished ' iitizens, and Hubbard took peaceable possession. j The first movement was to take charge of thoj.dl, emovc the jailor nnd place a guard around the juilding. Since that time a force of one hundred s icgroes has remained in town, under the command if Kiscnberger. Idic reasons assigned for this outrage arc these: ) some weeks since two negroes were murdered in 1 he county, no proof being obtained as to the murlercrs. Still three white men, one of them a one- a. irtned Confederate soldier, named Lanier, were . trrcsted and confined in jail, where they still arc, . iwaiting trial. ' The negroes at and near the vil- ' age made considerable fuss, because the "murderers of Union men were allowed to go unpunished." . hisenbergcr took their part, and labored zealously j, o create ill-will between the whites and blacks, 'or this conduct he was burned in effigy by a few ^ toys of the village, and with the instiifcts of a oward, ran down to Columbia to get protection r or his fife, which he savs is in danger. He also , isserts that he was whipped by a party of men in L lisguise. For these reasons he lias been author- v zed (by Governor Scott, we presume) to raise a 0111 pany of one hundred negroes to prbtcct him* 1 The people have thus far avoided any collisiou , rith the EisQiiberger militia; but serious conse- j ;ucnccs are apprehended. A slight provoca- j ion may bring on a conflict. The citizens intend iiakfng a protest to Columbia and Washington, n gainst this military seizure of their town. The Chronicle of Tuesday morning confirms the bovOj and adds several particulars. The negroes till hold the town, being armed with Winchester c iflcs, shooting sixteen times. As the news spread lirough the country, the negroes deserted the c lnntations to rush to town and witness the show, here being several hundred there Sunday. "Many ft rant to "jine" the array, and as all who have done d hre from Edgefield, many of the farms are left s< 1 the lurch, sonic of them without a single hand, ti t is confidently expected that a company of U. S. lfantry will soon reinforce the militia, after which > lilitary arrests will begin. Graniteville and Ham- ci urg arc also to be garrisoned. A committee of itizens have gone to Columbia, to get redress ji om Gov. Scott, but with little hope of success, tl 2 TIIE BLUE RI*I)GE RAIL ROAD. ( A correspondent of the Charleston Ninas, wri- g ng from Columbia, has given an entirely new liaxc to this enterprise. According to his stata- S| icnts,' the construction of the road is intended f( liiefly to put a million or two into the pockets of j ring of which Governor Scott is the head, and , illy incidentally to develop the resources of the rj tate. "Lux," the correspondent alluded to, says n c can prove his statements, and as Gov. Scott has r( ot, after the lapse-of two weeks, made any sort of ublic reply, there is at least a probability of their ]j eing true. We have not the space to publish the C) 1 our ?i. .A. . iVO letters or " .lux ; uui me suusiance ui m? j ecusation is as follows: glider the authority of the Legislature, and in j; ampliancc with the terms advertised, the compct- p or's for the job of building the road met in Co- ^ nnbia on the 8th instant, cither personally or by jprcsentativcs, and made their bids. There were g jven of them, and their bids, in round numbers, ^ rere * . M. Christy & Co $10,200,000 J >udley, Bard well & Co., 9,250,000 Ircsswell, Sellers & Co., 10,000,000 Vt ). Tyler & Co., S,750,000 . A. Hunt, 8,250,000 E ?. I), lliiscll & Co., 7,000,000 . I). Champlin.& Co., S,MOO,000 The parties who made the lowest bids are. well- ^ nown and responsible firms, who have had con- : iderablc experience in building railroads. Yet lov. Scott passed them all by and gave the con- 1 ract to Crcsswcll, Sellers & Co., though their bid Cl as afterwards reduced to $9,000,000. "Lux" 0 films that they were the highest bona full- bid- J) ers, Christy & Co., being in collusion with thera 1 nd putting in a higher bid merely as a blind, afrrding a pretext for high figures. Mr. Kelly, ? ^presenting this firm, was charged to his face with ' eing interested in the bid of Cresswell, Sellers & ! 'o. In reply, Kelly appealed to Mr. Low, the ? ngincor of the road, to say whether or not Chris- ? f & Co's bid was buna fide.; but Mr. Low made 1 o answer. ' f Of course (iov. Scott had his "reasons" for de- 1 iding in favor of high bids instead of low ones. Ie had "found that it would take at least $8,000,- ^ 00 to complete tho road, and ho oould command b nly $4,w0,00O. It would not do to spend any ^ f this, as it was his intention to ask the Legisla- ^ urc to increase tho guarantee to the full amount v equired." On this, the representative of Cress- 1 fell, Sellers & Co. came forward, saying lie had ;~J nown the views of the Governor, and offered to 1 dvance the company $300,000 to pay off outstand- u ng liabilities, and carry on the work for nine a nonths, without touching the bonds. "Lux" a I "The other oontractors very properly ob- c (>ch'<l to this wav of doing business. They said 1 hut they had not known what Scott's views were, I ml asked to be allowed to modify their bids, so as j o he able to offer the same advances. Scott could a lot refuse this. The contractors revised their bids ? md submitted them afresh, Cresswcll <fc Co.'s bcstill, of the humt I'ulr bids, the highest. All 1 he contractors were then bowed out, except Cressveil & Co., who seemed to occupy permanently s he Governor's back room. When the uninitiated e vero out of the way, there was a palaver between ^ scott and Cresswcll it Co. After some talk they , igrccd to reduce their bid to about ^9,000,000, chick ica.* accept'(I. There were other bids as re- s ponsible in every way, at $S,000,000 and less, but 1: lie $'.),000,000 bid was accepted." fi With respect to the specifications, the same dif- r ercncc in price was observed, there being always ]j it least one "covering" bid, higher than Cresswcll i t Co's. The bids on railroad iron, for instance, a verc from $100 to $150 per ton; Cresswcll # Co's | vas$I3i>. Their profit on this article alone, "Lux" f istimatcs at $500,000. a .Since the above was in typo, tl?c Charleston t japcrs of Monday have beep received, which put 'I in entirely different phase on this transaction. A j iorrespondeut of the Cowici) "Veritas," defends c the Governor throughout. In the Xrws, J. 4V. Harrison, President of the road, and George S. Cameron, one of the Directors, both of whom uc- ( ted with the Governor in awarding the contract, ' issutue their share of responsibility for whatever < of wrong or error has been committed. They say i that at the first opening of tlx;. bids, none of the i jorapctitors complied with the terms, and all the < bids were rejected. On the second bidding, the i proposals efCresswcll & Co., were considorcd by ! the Executive Committee, Messrs. Scott, Harrison I and Cameron, the "most advantageous offered, and j were therefore accepted. They also assert that i the bidding was fair and open, crjual chances be- i ing offered to all the competitors. The Nncs cdi- I torially promises that "Lux" will be' heard from I again. This being the case, we think it best to 1 publish this account, giving both sides of the con- < trovcrsy so far as it has gone. I KOOPMANSCIIAP'S I'LANS. 1 Mr. Koopman&chap Cwe.bclievc we have got his name right this timg), who figured so prominently j in the late Memphis Convention, turns out to be a ( dying Dutchman, and not a Chinaman. He. is a i native of Amsterdam,"JHolland, and came to San . Francisco, via New York, in 1851. At first he \ went into the business of importing provisions, but J soon quit that i'fjr the China trade. In T85G, he ( istablished albicof clipf^icr ships between Chinese ( liorts and San Francisco, for freigh' and passengers, [n 18(51, he commenced bringing laborers, and ;ince that time has landed 30,000 celestials on tbc shores of California. The "Colonel," as some paper.} term Mr. Iv., c ins by no means finished his efforts in this line. ' lie went from Memphis to. New York immediate- c y after the adjournment of the Convention, in order ' 0 perfect nrrangements.for importing Chinese on 1 larger scale than ever. lie did not.stay in New fork long, before he started back for San Francis- J :o, bnt not before ha hud paid the modern penal- 1 y of notoriety, to wit, that of being "interviewed" iy an enterprising reporter for the press. The N. f. Times was the fortunate recipient of the fund " information thus obtained from Col. Koopman- . ? ;r>. . _ I That paper announces that the Colonel intends 1 o import 100,000 Chinese during the coming year, vhorn ho offers to deliver in San Francisco at $45, !' n gold, per head. lie also proposes to hire his ^ tock out per annum, at from $S to $12 per month f; ind their feed. They are all tp be blooded males, v all grown, sound and in good order. He don't t wing women over, us he says tlicy are sure to fol- 1 ow wherever the. men go. This remark stamps voopmunschap as a profound pbilo&opbciv worthy -j o be at the head of a movement, to cuq>t>A.s(a 0 nto America.' He has, however, another fer&pn c or not importing women. They arc not generally P aught to work in China, and will not become good s lomestics. Alujp?ttheir only employment in their " lative latid,*fs tW'of fchildroh's nurse. ' ^ The absence of' women, in any proportional num- g icr to the men, will not be an objection to those p rlio favor this movement. What they want is a ible-bodieil men, and if unincumbered with fami- a ies, all the better. If tlicse laborers want women, 1 hey can get them here, from their neighbors of (] African descent, Still it would be more fair to the a ltter to import Chinese women, that Shem and v lam may unite their blood on equal terms, in the ii icw race which is to spring up here. ' ^ CROP WEATHER ITEMS. o ? The crop prospects in Egst.TennessQe are good. ^ ? In Lancaster County the Ledger reports the ? rops in a suffering condition. 0 ? Fine rains ground Montgomeryx Ala. Corn f, rop safe. Fruit scarce. I ? Darlington has been recently favored with re- c resiling rains. - t\ ? The corn in a large portion of the southern 2ction of North Carolina is said to be literally des- ^ royed by drought?dried up and withered. 1^ ? Great floods are reported in Illinois and the a lorthwest, doing serious damage to railroads and si rops. ? There were one hundred and thirty thousand lore acres under wheat in Tennessee this year ian last. , 0 ? A general drought prevails in the Lunenburg c< Va.) section. Corn and tobacco arc suffering ^ reatly. . ^ ? A dispatch from Little llock, dated the 15th, P rates that the Arkansas river is now within five :et of the high water of JS44, and is still rising. 0 Iany plantations are already overflowed. ? In Laurens splendid showers have blessed va- 0 lous sections of the county, and particularly in the u eighborhood of the Cpurt House. The crops are u ivived and looking buoyant. ? In the northern portion of Mississippi no ruin ^ aq fallen for nearly a month, and the corn and s< Dtton are both suffering to a terrible extent, ^hc c: ust is three to four inches deep along the roads. ai ? The first new wheat of the season was sold in 0 'rcdcricksburg, Va., a day or two since, at $1,50 ai cr bushel. At the same time the first peaches of a lo season realized ?4 per bushel. ^ ? llain has been fulling in abundunce to the outli and North-west; hutscvenil portions of the >unty are still suffering for want of water. Unless re have speedy relief, the corn will be entirely estroyed in the region of the drought.? ('nion- ' ille. Times. ^ U EDITORIAL INKLINGS. lyeing n Cur out of Countenance. tj The Augusta Chronicle says that a negro 1' oy of that city offered to subdue, by the power of ai he eye alone, any dog or cat that was brought to s; is father's wood-shed. Ho was accordingly con- n onted with a wolfish-looking eur, which had been u iptured, probably while straying from some wagn. The canine Karey commenced his exhibition w dth bad success at first, the dog disobligingly re- }' jsing to return his gaze. The boy then brought ? is facer closer to his subject, with sundry barks w nd growls, wh'ich so terrified' the dog that he h ricd to get behind a box. But at length he sprang A irward and, having seized Rnrey, Jr., by the chin, 1' hook and bit so vigorously that lie roared for help. .n Vhcn the dog was taken off, the boy's "fhee was jund to be severely bitten. It is supposed he will n ive up the profession of dog taming. tj "lie Edisto Difficulty. C< The Charleston News learns fYorn Sheriff K. ^ V. M. Mackey, that the trouble on Kdisto Island r( as all been peaceably quieted down, all the negroes ei jr whom warrants had been issued having come ti orward when callod for, and all having cone to w ,-ork again. The trouble arose about the eclebra- ~ ion of the dth. The negroes took Monday, the r* th, as a holiday, and the planters refused to give i a.. .1? .1 rr tVint frmv mnlrft 1. ncui lliu u;iy, uuuiiiiiuuig "v ...v^ ........... ........ Jt ip the lost time. This the negroes would not do, p nd many employers sued out writs of ejectment ci gainst them, Cyrus Hawood, one of those to be jeeted, said he was was willing to go, but not y tound, as tiie constable desired. He was shot ^ hrough the hand while resisting the process of f, >cing tied, which caused .all the excitement. The *( i Yens adds that most of the planters on Kdisto, I nd all the officers engaged in the difficulty, are Northern men. C1 tetiirning from Brazil. t, Despite the blooming descriptions of Brazil, tl ouietimes published still, many of tliose South- tl rners who went to that land of milk arid honey, a. mder the impulse of "Ho for Brazil," are now 11 'ho"-ing back as best they can. A party of forty- ^ even returning wanderers arrived in New York J ist week. They report themselves perfectly satis- a led with experimental emigration. They found si 10 money in planting, having no market for what rj ittle they raised, and tried several other employnents with as little success. They were glad to jj vail themselves of the privilege of a free passage a ioujo, on the vessels of the U. S. navy sailing J roiu Bio Janeiro, which was offered by the officers v ,nd allowed by the President. The party alluded P o came on hoard the U. S. steamer (jucrriere. J ["hoy say nearly all of those who have gone to the j, >art of Brazil where they were, have eithcrrcturned o ir intend doing so, "Ho! for Brazil," u Disaster on the Eric Knilrond. A terrible accident occurred a few days ago, 5n the Erie Railroad, at Mast Hope Station, .in Pennsylvania. A frciglii train, which had boon in a side track, started to get on the main track, tnd the engine wason the switch, when an express train came thundering by at full speed. The two ingincs collided, and the express engine was thrown against the station house on the right. Here it got turned around and ran off the track to the lefr, facing east. The tender ran off to the right, facing west. The express ear went straight' forward, downgrade, the baggage car was smashed into the first passenger car, and the remainder of the train stopped, in vaiioUs degrees of coHapsc. Soon the flames from the station house, which had bocn set on fire by the engine thrown against it, communicated with the nearest cars and in a short time the whole train was burnt, except the three rear sleeping cars. Nine persons were killed, most of them by being >o tightly'wedged in by fallen timbers that they rould not get out of the way of the flames. Of his number was Rev. B. B. Ilalleck, of New i if oik, who requested the bystanders to get an axe ind cut a hole through the .side of the car. They itteiHptcd to do this; hut the axe was so uull as ;o he of little use, and the fire made way so fast i hat the heat hccauic insupportable even to those j jutside, and he was abandoned to his doom. Some )thers were, Ijowcver, relieved in this way. l'he U. S. Income Tax. . . It is a fayt not generally known that the in:ome tax for the year ISC'.) will l>e the fhst one Col- , eetcd, unless the operation of the law should Ik1 ixtendcd. The provision of the act reads as fill- , ows : "The taxes on incomes herein imposed shall he evicd on the first day of March, and lie due and layable on or before the .'50th day of April in each < ear, until and including the year 1870, and no . onger." rrinl of nil Acrinl Steamship. The fbllowing description of the trial of a tcamship intended to travel through the air, the nvention of a Mr. Marriott, is taken from a San Vancisco paper: "The Avitor may he briefly described as a baloon of the form of a very short and thick cigar, ts extreme length being'ninety-five feet, its height on feet, and its width at the centre about seven, cot. A delicate framework of light and strong rood passes longitudiually around it, and serves o hold the guides for regulating its movement in heir plates. At the after end of the frame the udder is placed?an ingenious contrivance dor lirecting its conrse cither vertically or horizontally, ihc propelling power is furnished by-a very small ngine and boiler of the very lightest weight, and ertainly of ne more effective force than could be iroduced by turning a crank by a man of ordinary L fvnnntk "TU A nrtniriA nn<d illO llffor film/1 1.1 <_!!?, LII. IMC UII5IUC UUU UUltci iiaw lUbibi uuvu ip with alcohol?are in dangerous proximity to he balloon itself, and arc placed in a niche in its ottom. From the engine by light shafts and ( earing, the power is transmitted to a couple of c ropellers working iu the.frame first mentioned; nd a number of lines, bands, ribbons and network, 11 of the lightest material, serve to bind the frame l1 0 the~balIoon, and preserve its contour. t About one hundred guests witnessed the'pubh'cjl rial of this aerial carriage on the 5th instant On I rriving. at the scene the Avitor Works were found ( rith door open and the carriage just coming out ( ito the open air. The wind was blowing quite ard and coming in gusts; it' was found that it 11 rould be impossible to have a satisfactory trial J ut of doors. The holding on to the guys and ii ramework in this wind caused the carriage to be cverely straiuod, and finally it was taken back in3 the works. Steam was raised, aod the carriage, J beying its propellers, raised itself several iqet j rom the floor, and started forward at a rapid pace. Q Arsons having (lie guys in hand stopped it at the g nd of the hall, and, tuVning it around, it sailed- t aok. The carriage afterward mounted nearly to j; lie roof with a firmness and steadiness equal to the lovements of an ecean steamer on smooth water, * 1ic gHQsts cheered long and loudly, and many fair- 0 1 danced with delight at the success. The trip back iid forth was performed several times, with the lmc success." 31EKE-3IENTION. 1 The Time* announces the death, at Union C. II., ^ f I)r. James E. Hix, on Friday oflast week. A orrcspondent of the Union Times says that "Cor- ^ iir,-" the?-racy correspondent of the Charleston fries, is J. Wood Davidson, Esq. The Sureme Court of North Carolina has just decidod liat intermarriage between a member of the oolrcd race and a member of the white raca /(un- } iwiul, aud therefore void, according to the laws 0 f the State. It cost $208 to try a colored j lan at Cokimbus, Ga., for stealing a chicken val- r cd at 37 cents. Miss Mary Graves, a young t idy of fine talents, has the pastoral charge of tho ^ Iniversalist Society in North Heading, Massachu- 'u itts; Illinois has 210 woolen milfa, with a lpital of $3,GOO,000, employing 3,450 operators Q od using 4,000,000 pounds of wool a year. The c verflow of the Dlinois rivers covers over 800,000 s ires of bottom land. Cliicago is now said to j, >ntai? 350,000 inhabitants. The Supreme r 'ourt of North Carolina has decided the Home- n :ead kur valid agaibst all debts, old as well as new. ri SERIOUS AFFRAY IN BARNWELL. The Augusta Chronicle says that a serious af- ^ ay occurred last week, at the "Tipper Three ^ luns," a place situated in Barnwell, on the SaADnah river, twenty-five miles below Augusta. ^ he cause of the difficulty was a township election, ; le opposing candidates for Clerk, J no. S. Greene, _ eniocrat, and Pickens Woodward, Radical, being & laong the prominent participants. Woodward is ?id to be well esteemed in the county, and his g auie was put on the ticket on account of lifs pop- ? larity with the negroes. The Chronicle says: Q There were present at the election, besides other hitcmcn, the Democratic candidate, Jno. Greene, fl is son, Frank Greene, his son-in-law, John IIol- S1 ind, James Tyler, Wyatt Tyler, and threeVor <"> >ur others of the same name, "Pickens Wood- n ard, tire Radical candidate, A. P. Woodwaru,v is brother, and W. J. Woodward, his father. . ,ftcr the election was over, and it was known what " arty had beeu successful, a crowd of the white u icn were standing around the store discussing it; v i which crowd were the parties above mentioned. ,t length one of the Tylers, an ardent Democrat, ? imarked, that while he hated very badly his parr's being defeated by the negroes, still he attachJ no blame to the latter for what they had done, p ut the men he did blame were the "d?d white a ialawags who ran on the negro ticket." At this ruiark A. P. Woodward stepped up to the speak- & r and said that his brother's name was on that cket; that he was no scalawag and Tyler must 11 itlulraw the offensive epithet. The latter delined to make the required retraction and an al- tl sreation between the parties ensued, while their rspeotive frionds gathered around. While the quarrel was progressing between Ty- ' t and A. P. Woodward, but before blows had b assed, the Rad'cal candidate stepped into the rowd with a drawn revolver in his hand to take fi is brother's part. As soon as this was observed, tl ohn Greene, the Democratic candidate, fell upon Woodward and knocked the pistol from his hand, y Llmost at the same instant A. P. Woodward turned oiii Tyler, drew his revolver and shot .John ircene, killing hitn almost instantjy. Here John l< Tolland drew his pistol to defend his father-in-law, ut before he could fire, Woodward shot linn, in- ti ioting a mortal wound. The melee here became enoral, and of it, it is impossible to give any dedied description. The negroes retreated from ' ic precinct as soon as the firing commenced, and le field was left to the Tylers, Hollands, Greenes nd Woodwards. As fast as tlie combatants emped their pistols, the useless weapons were thrown c side and the knife was drawn and freely used by oth parties.. We learn that as John Holland lay ying 011 the ground, with the balls whistling sl round him, and the parties dealing murderous n tabs over him, he managed to cock and aim his \\ jvolvcr and shot A. P. Woodward twice, one of f. lie balls penetrating his back, the other taking ^ ffect in his kidneys?the latter wound, it is be- , eved, being mortal. Frank Greene was also shot 1( nd severely wounded and stabbed with a knife, h amcsTvler, Wyatt Tyler, and two or three others p rerc badly stabbed, hut none of their wounds will c; rove mortal. Thus closed this terrible combat, a i which one man was killed outright; two others , lortallv wounded (one of whom has since died); . 3 which every man engaged was, we believe, more s r less seriously wounded, and which will carry " nourning and desolation into so many families. J: IjOCATjITEMS. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. S. JoHimys, Secretary -Masonic Xot\jy. Catharine White?AM 111 i11 intratrix' Notice. P. Harris, Jink** of Probate?Citation?-John If. Hilton, Applicant?Elijah Caten. deceased. Kitykondnl ATnnifinson?Tuinip Sees I. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Our friends throughout the county will confer a special favor on us and the readers of the EnquiHKtt,-hy iflforinioff us of any-mattere-of g^neratou^ terest which,, may transpire iu tfieir respective neighborhoods. Furnish the facta in each c;e^e as briefly as possible, and we will put the infopnaljp* in a shape suitable for publication. The names of persons giving us infyuuation mu*t qpcQiupany their communications 'y pqt for publication, but as an evidence of good faith on the part of the writer and i'or own private use. . . + RELIGIOUS NOTICE. * ' Wc arc requested to announce thai communion services will Ikj lipid at Sniyrua Church on next Sahhafh. IYoachitur to cotninerfcc 011 Friday. EELIGWU8 NOTIOE. We are requested to announce that there will be mi j)reaching at Union Baptist Church, four miles from Vorkville, until the 3d Sunday in August. * EDITORIAL VI8ITS. We were pleased to greet at the Enquirer office last week, Col. Townes, a voteum Greenville jditiTTf^itpresent connected with the Entcspmc, mil Mr. .C A. Mills, editor of the Bthlical lic&KIrr, published at lialeigh, N. C. Both gentlemen were in attendance on the Baptist Convention. INVITATION. We have received from our friend, Cadet J. 1). Wallace, of this count/, now aj Went Ryu it, an nvitation to the lwps given by the corps of cadets luring their encampment at camp McPhcrsoij. We arc pleased to learn from other sources that [Cadet Wallace has taken a very creditable stand in lis class. . . THE BCLIPSE OF'TIE 8UN. "* * Mr. J. II. Schorb lias furnished, our 'readers vitli an interesting scientific description yf the rreat. solar eclipse, which is to taKcvpf^ce next vcek. It may seem strange to some* of our regdsrs that the full particulars of-such an event carr >c described before it occurs. Neverfhelcssj this s tru6, and if they read Mr. S. 's a>|lcle thi/wccfe, hey will sec next week that lie has not beenjn inrtnerslnp with* "old Sol" so many years for lothing. The accompanying cut, which illustrates he verbal description, was made fey Mr J. G. jchorb. ?: ? ? THE BAPTI8T CONVENTION. - ' Hie delegates -to the Sooth Carolina* Baptist Convention met in the Baptist church of this |Hn<5e, in last Thursday morning. The Convention was peiicd with prayef by llev. J. 0. B. Dargan, ftcr which the names of delegates were enrolled, ' en Associations being represented. Dr: J. L. teynolds was re elected President; Rev." J. 0. B. )argan, Vice President; Dr. S. 'W. * Bookhart, Clerk; and Profi C.'H. Judson, Treasurer. The Convention met twice a day until Saturday cvoting, during which tim'e reports wcry received fr&ra arious Boards and Agents" of tlfc Baptist ehufch n the State. * ' - - * , On Friday afternoon, Rev. T. Jl. Gaines was revested to lay the condition and claims of* the forkville church before the Convention, which he lid, and about $150 was raised, in cash' and plcd;es, for that cburcHT Greenville was selected* as he place, and Thursday before the iast Ejjjdihath n July as the tirnp, for the next meeting. The [ratifying fact?was announced by tlie committee in obituaries, tlwt but one Baptist minister had iiod in the State since the last meetipg. The delegates made a vory .favorable impression m our community. On Sabbath fiye churches- in own and two in the country were supplied by ninisters from the Convention, and were- listened 0 by attentive and interested audiences. Alto;cther the meeting was a pleasant one, both to the Convention and to those of our citizens who met vitli tlicm. ? THE CIRCUIT COURT. * The Court of Common Pleas and Sessions for i Tork county, met in Yorkvillc, op Monday, tJ^c Gth instant?the fourth, instead of the first Memay in the month, as required by law. The ar- ; angoRient for deTerring the term throe weeks, later . ban the regular term was of great advantage to he farming.camuiunjty, who. could dl spare su<& inportant time to devote to mafters litigant . Judge Thomas, in his charge to the Grand Jury, j n Monday, announced some very important con- j fusions, jn reference to the new jury law. lie jn- } tructed the Grand Jury to see that the hat m&i ( 1 the respectrve townships were selected for jurors, egardless of race or color. If after-a sufficient *( umber of.the best men wero seleeted, it sltpuld esult that a majority or all were white or,blackrit ( 'as immaterial. The constitution of tho State lade it imperative to select the bc.tt men, whose ^ onesty and intelligence fitted them for-the imporant privilege of sitting upoa-a juiy. Metijceuld -( ot claim to sit upon juries as a -matter of right, ; ut rather as a privilege.. It jvas not a personal ightlike the franchise, or the .liberty of theeitien. Existing as a privilege, it mustd>e.exercised , autiously, and iu tho same way that au-applicant 'ould be appointed to any honorable offico in the tate. A juror is au officer, and all men, regard- ' iss of qualifications, have no more right to sit up- ^ n juries than all men, regardless of the neoessary ( ualifications, have to hold office. Such was the ubstanec of the instructions to the Grand Jury, nd to the Selectmen present, in reference to' the j ew jury law. - ^ * Mr. Solicitor Brawley presented a batclroferim- j mis for trial, which occupied the time of the-Gourt 1 ntil Tuesday evening. The following were cow- ] ictcd anif sentenced: 1 ' ' * ' Jno. 0. Jackson?Assault and Battery. Plead uilty. Sentenced to a fine of $20 and costs; * l>avid E. Stephenson?Larcehy. Counsel apealed for a new trial, and sealed sentence was left rith the Clerk of the Court. Henry Crawford, colored?Betailing without Tiensc. Sentenced to a fine of $To and cost?;, pr one lonth's imprisonment. Pink Johnson, colored?Larceny. Sentenced to lie penitentiary for eighteen months. Jerry Darwirjj colored?Larcpny. Septeuced to fine of $50 and imprisonment in jail ope day, or ix months in die peuitentiary. James Boss, eolo. d?Assault. Sentenced to a no of $20 and one day ip jail, or six months in lie penitentiary, Simeon Powell, colored?Assault and Battery, ame sentence as Boss'. Welliourne Meek, colored?Larceny. Sentenced ) twelve months iu the penitentiary.. ? , Nicodemu-s Smith, colored?Larceny. Sentenced 3 twelve months in die penitentiaiy, . Jacob Harris, colored? larceny. -l>id aotap-. car for sentence. For ilii* Vorkvlllc Enquirer. UNION COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ONCKilT AT LIMESTONE SPRINGS?THE WEATHER. The annual musieal entertainment of the Limetonc Springs Female High Sohool came off Wed- : csday evening, the 21st instant. The audience | ms large and well behaved. TJ?e young ladion-ac-j H uitted themselves well, showing that * they were rorthy pupils of'a woftliy school. The pieces so- < ictcJ for the occasion varied from the easy comie 1 ) the severely scientific. Fncveiyinstancethefair I orformers showed themselves mistresses of theoc- J asion. If they manage the game of life as well ! s they did the keys of the piano, success wili crown heir efforts. From what we saw and heard," we i hould think the teacher of the music class was a J aan of much patience, energy, taste and ability. < inch qualities combined make the teacher, and < such is Prof. William Johnson?thorough, untiring, able. The School is gradually growing. It should succeed. Dr. Curtis, for nearly a quarter of a century, has shown himself one of the lirst educators of the period. Let the friends of the institution rally to its support. Health, discipline, and moral influence all combine to make it a desirable place. Long live and prosper the Limestone Springs Female Iligh School. In our vicinity, crops are beginning to fail for "tvflVft "of fafn; consequently some' of us have very elongatedosiers grumble, and growl about the weather^ very few bear it philosophically. Two more weeks of drought and it will become a serious matter, d^rtintvtdipwgrs 'hflvj fussed orer the country, but the rain belts are limited. Some persons consider the rain as falling whimsically, with- ^ out aqy Iajy or control .others that thfre is a special providence in cyery shower: therefore, to spch too rnqch rain is a judgment, as well as too little. Thg ruin is as much controlled by the fixed and c.ejtain laws of (ho universe as the motion of the e.-u-th or the planets. These laws are the will of God. Because we do not understand them, we are apt to form very erroneous notions in regard to the wgather. He who speaks disrespectfully of the weather, would find fault with the Eternal One. To growl and complain and fret Is sinful; to bear it patiently, doing our duty cheerfully through wet jtnd dry, heat and cold, js manly?God like. P. ,??. ? For the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. {2CLIPSE OF TIIK SUN. -Most 4)1' yew readers arc already aware that on the ~>h' of August -next, wiH ocour an eclipse of tHeeun.-. This eclipfle wiU be the most remarkable ihat will bevvisible here daring the remainder of tbe.pre8eut century. Many of us have never witnessed, and will nuvor witness a similar one. The interest now manifested in such phenomena iaeatirely different from what-it was in former times. Then' ignorance nml suporstition -looked toitb trembling gaze ujwxv an -eclipse as some evil portent. How -different the ease now? Thermlettered man scarce gives it a thought, or turns aside frbm his daily avocation to bestow a look upon if; butthc Man of "Science in deeply interested, ftofronlydoes he devote tiuie to its prediction ana minute investigation, but he dxpends money freely to prepafe himself for a favorable observation, and frequently hC travels hundreds of miles, to place himself where he can-view it to the best advantage. Several European govern faftnts and scientific assoclations'senf exrteditiofw to Africa, to make observations Upon the""Solar eclipse tn August of last * yetfr. Otni"t)ongreRS has also appropriated five thousand dollars to Make observations upon the approaching oelrpfsc; and asHie time draws near, many private observing parties will set out for favorable points, ami WiH anxiously ctesire a clear day; sincO a 'cloud-"wotrtchtfake toll their expense and painstaking fruitless. ' - ' $ Manyj no doubt, are ready to ask: "Wherefore this Waste?" What is there in such'phenoraena worthy Of much thought and attention ? It should be* known* that it is only by such diligence, enthusiasm, perseverance and sacrifice of bodily comfort, that thbsc attainments' in Astronomy have been made, by which we are all benefitted more or less, bu^ norie*niQre so than thfi navigator,"ftho now traVtrsfcs ?fie*"oceariWifh as mufh certainty as we travel to the nextf town ; his'daily position being ascertaTned by thfi movement^of the heavenly-bodies. J/ct me give sdmc idea of What the astronomer has to accomplish. He must reduce to order the motions, real and apparent, of the* celsstial bodies. These motions, to the comqioh observer, are com plicdtccf eriou?R, huf to the acute vision of the astronomer, furnished with delicate instruments, the irregfllariffes of thfese.motions are so numerous and intricate, tKat any ruind but that of the patient mathematician, Would give dp in despair the task of rcdudlpg to order, or estimating the effect of tliese'irregularilies. T^he motion ofthe moon, for instance, is subject to" at Ifiast fifty disturbing influences; so'fhit instead of her traversing, ascouiliiohly supposed, the same path through "the heav2ns, in & TegtHar carve with uniform motion, she moves with' varying velocity in an irregular wavy ;urve, which hover returns into itself. Now when t!fe astronomer has, by his computations, founded upon observation and theory, reduced to a tabular form these many disturbing forpes"; so that "we may easily assign to the sun ind moon"their exact pljices in the sky "at any deiired perioiT; is it not natural that he should look wiEjiTptense interest upon a phenomenon which ^o^firms his calculations and verifies his work ? The joy of success experienced in such case is known to the mathematician alone; but the benefits' of his Toil are reaped by all, BefocQ giving a particular account of the approaching eclipse, let me give a plain explanation if ellipses generally , When any opaque body obstructs thoJight of a luminous object, that opaque [%,-!.ixmj'' thn liirltf nn/1 onv in tlm JVU) U^li lUf ll^UH UUV4 muj UUJtV/K ill CIIC shadow of said body is "eclipsed." The earth and the moon, both being opaque, cast shadows behind J die in in a direction opposite from the sun, which m is the "great light." The sun being much the J largest body, these, shadows are conical, and the length of thejeoue ofshadow will depend upon the distance of the sun. . The-nearer the earth or inoou to the sun the shorter the shadow. If the moon passes through the earth's shadow, she is said to bo elipsed; but if tho earth passes iuto the shadow if the moon, there is then what we call an eclipse if the sun, but to an observer on the moon, it nrould be an eclipse of the earth, and in appearing would be exactly like our lunar eclipse, only in a more magnificent scale; owing to the earth's icing so much larger. If the moon's apparent path through the heavens ioincided with that of the sun, we should have jelipses of the* sun every new moon, and eclipses if the moon every time she is full. But as these paths cross at an angle of aboutfive degrees, and rise by reason of the varying cones of shadow, iclipses-are comparatively rare, and when they do iccur, it can only be at or near the two crossing points or nodes, as they are termed. Frequently die moon passes these nodes without being eclipsed, but the sub, moving more slowly, never passes :hc moon's nodes without being more or less ec- j ipsod. Hence there most-be at least two eclipses if-the sun every year, while- there may be no lular eclipse; yet, since the latter if visible to more :han one-half of the earth, while a solar eclipse is united to a very small part of the earth's surface, ts occurrence at any particular place is compararively rare. This fact-, together with the considerltion that the phenomenon occurs in the day time, ind that a large eclipse presents an unusual appearance, renders it the more interesting ; even wutes being more or less affected by it. By reason of the nearness of our uioon, and the liurnal rotation of the earth, the same eclipse will #et appear- precisely alike at any two places; and to predict its appearance at any particular locality, in independent calculation must be made for that locality. If the apparent siee of the moon is less than that of the sun, a solar eclipse will be annular; but if equal to, or greater (ban the sun, as in the present instance, it will be total somewhere.* Of course, . Dnly those places which are on or near the central j / i