Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-15


whatever from that Goveromsn, 10 draw w.
Q That the Bank proposal TO tho Treasury 70 |
,o,l,e, the money as ITS agsnl-and not 10 pay
mill /, was received from Ftanee thus asoio'ns
The very embarrassment, which has occuf.eo
,u, IN is the Treasury declined, and re9ueseo Inc
MEDIATE payment by the Bank as n purchaser
. That Of The money so paddy the Bank, Inc
,shole was immediately appropriated by lie iiea
.ury and part used IN the current expenses o' ii'e
Government. .
"a was inevitable and the money Pa'd by The a.
cents Of the ink to save the credit Of the lreasn
80 he claim of damages by the Bank was M IN
isncnsable act OF duty, as that alone would ena-
IA. the Treasury to claim damages tron the French
Government. which If tho Treasury had my
fyht 10 draw al all, was much due as the pm.
| eipnl.
= That the universal and inac xb!e rule OF the
Treasury Is 10 make every one pay damages; and
a. !, has req rcd OF the Stockholders OF the BANK
to pay damages, when heir bills sold TO the ifea
! sury have been protested, should II now pay
damages To those Stockholders, when they III turn
have bought bill from the Treasury, which be-
comes protested.
An tits will be ma Ic manifest whenever the
Treasury resorts to the proper tribunal. Until
,hen, i, seems unjust to prejudice tho question, and
quite fruiiless 10 discuss II.
have The honor to be-
Very respectfully, yours,
(SignoO N. BiDDLE, President.
Hon. Levi WooDBUaY,
Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, d. {.
Dispatches from France.-Philip K"urncy, Es1r.
arrived al New York Thursday from flavtc,
bearing desp, ches from Mr.. Living s,on, our MIN
s,er 10 the c 1utt &c Louis Philippe.
From, tic HiliedgerWe Geo Journal, Dc 2.
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Having perfectly cleor sky last Sunday, we,
ut Milledgeyillc IN common with all others we
presume IN The track OF the total obscura ION, had
the full enjoyment Of that sublime phenomenon
Nor was the occasion lost TO Science. MI.
Nlcoct, IA distinguished Asrononov from Paris,
now on a scientific through the United States
to k this place on his way 10 the West and was
assisted by Doctor Dugas and Ford Of The Medical
College of Georgia. Being well provided with up
propagate instruments, we doubt not their ohserVn
tons accurate and satisfactory, and will prob
ably tend TO advance several branches of science.
Among which, thing, interesting to The
Stute, we presume will be, The exact asccrIa'nmen
Of the latitude and Longitude of its capital This,
and any other results that We may be utIe to pro.
cue, shall of course be happy to communicate TO
our ,ca1ers
We were prepare for magnificent spectacle
but the even, out vent our antcipaous. With thou
sands of others, we watched The instant when the
last beam was shut out, rendering the planetary
mo,ion uistbte. Then ensned an in,e.val OF more
then minute, of indtscrbably awfu granieuf.
A pail of lunerel black drawn over the Sun, whose
1T ,l.encc still broke of around and then the
first gush oflght as opened out 10 Us tor that lit
tie instant, while the naked eye, no yet overpoe err
ed cnitI c In, ed HE N Ia IF he
wing Moon.-fhe universal twilight, the appear
Of the Stars, the rosy hue like morning, oil
round the horizon, the sudden chill Of temperature
showed for the only time in most lives, how ii would
be, It the Sun should be stricken out IN midday
1t was spectacle that terrified the snvagc and as
,onshel the vulgar eye. Il elevated and strength
entd all hInan conception of component power,
and showed forth, in the wonderful accuracy, even
TO second, OF the astronomical predictions of the
event, another Of the iLmphs OF that grandes, and
most ex tct of The sciences.
The line OF total occultstion, seventy miles wide
or more, coming from the Pacific and crossing our
Western wds, and the back parts of Mississippi
Alabama, took ihro the central region Of Geor.
ga. and thence 10 the A lanc Ocean Being yisI.
ole IN no part of Europe, Georgia and sma
corner OF South Cafolina, the only part Of the
globe At all favorable TO obse' vn,ion and We are
reJoced I" lam that the opportunity has not be en-
neglected We hear Of gentlemen from distant
places, Of Beaufort and at Ebcnczer, near Savan.
nah, and probably al other ponis, whose smul.
ancons labos will tend correct or to corroborac
| each other
Having called on Mr. Nlcollei, he kin lily fur
Hishcd US with such of The results interesting 10
nus section OF the country. as could be made out,
without detailed and proracted calculation They
will Lc founi below
ASTRONOMIC al OBSERVATIONS.
ONE 1otal Eclipse oftie san. made III. 30tt No.
te"0ef' 1884, at me STATE House, MAedyeuili.,
Gee
beginning Of tho Eclipse, IS 2sPM, Ne.,
gnning of total dar kucss, 1 nm. a,
ind official Ja kne,s, ~ O3 the stat. I
End of tho Eclipse. s 40 uo,..
a difference ALL be perceived between these c i.
co'"t'ons, and those set down in Painc's American
Almanac but the latitude and longitude of the can
'ta' OF Georgia, now ascertanct could NOT be ac.
curately known TO that gentleman --The Alma,,o