Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-08

nc Eclipse We perceive begins 10 Dc iae SUI
Jcct Of comment IN some Of 'he newspapers Ia oil
country and this early notice IS no doub. OWN
70 some peculiar circumstances connected Wit
The PHENOMENON i,scii. For many years past "
have had, al short intervals, large eclipse ofsh
sun-eHber Total or .lanuiar-and this one ha
been styled BY way Of eminence, the last Of N
ssrits-ior VIC shall not witness another simila
eclipse Tor sixteen years, nor total eclipse 70
| nearly generation 10 come and sc cannot with
hold the solemn reflection, that this will be lh
last remarkable Eclipse that many Of Us shall ey
er bepermilted 10 see Yes, before another con
junction Of the heavenly bodies, which will caus,
a total observation Of the suns rays whole gen
Grafton Of our species will have passed the ordea
| Of Dealh, aud the Ietrlbuiions Of Eternity. an,
! yet the undlsturbed affairs of tho Almighty moy,
on-and those splendid spheres, launched fIorn hi.
hands, with undertaking certainty fulfil their des.
shned round-praisIug their great Creator either
10 lustre or in shade But we leave our readers
20 morallze upon the subject at their leisure. We
hope the day may be fne--that not a cloud may
obscure the horizon or dim the setting SUMS y
ehuscnce-thnt all may enjoy the pleasure Of be.
holdlng-though none can experience tho delight
Of such spectacle, buttks student Of Nature, and
the humble worshlpper Of its great Author
The eclipse will occur September 18Th, 1898,
between and O'Clock in the afternoon. Tbs
hrst point Of contact will DO about 81 degrees
from The suns vortex, Tor top to the night hand
precisely al Oh I'm. 5SSec. The beginning of
the annular eclipse will be III. Bonn. 27sec The
luminous ring will continue, ON 204ec, and cad
at Al. lin. 47scc. The nearest approach Of the
pf tha apI ,,..tI al Il.
precisely An. 3Sm. 36 sec, and The apparent dis
lance oil the ceatTes will then be only 20 IL sec
The moons apparent latitude being ls5Gc. South
oil course the ring will be nearly conceHtric, the
upper part being small fraction broader than the
under part, on account Of the exact central path
falling little 10 the vest Of Budseton. THIS
will be by far the most interesting portion Of the
racn1meuon, The sun sill in a great measure
be boited out from the IIeavcns-and his place |
supplied by luminous ring of surprising beau
~ and splendof to witness il would recompense
a voyage across the great Atlantic. The shadow
will then gradually leave the sun, and the eclipse
VIII end at Oh. 80. 53sec., just Is minutes be-
tore the sun sets to the inhabitants of Bridgeton,
having continued oh. 32m 55sec.
PIRATE Banking. We perceive that Real
Estate Banks arc spnnglng up IN every part Of
he State. Whether these institutions are to be
or evil for good will depend entirely upon the
manner in which they are gotten up and managed
II Is all nonsense TO think of banking upon real
state. When bank is properly organized, and
he capital paid III, real estate is an excellent Sc
nrty. II Isl good additional guaranty Hnev. (
can become more. Banking requires an actlI-
capital TO meet constantly accruIng liabilities,
nd II ~ impossible TO carry on tho business of
ankIng without this fund. They who attempt to
anl on real estate alone will either break them
elves or dciraud the community The idea of
SUING bank notes upon nothing but pledge of
'al property IS preposerous, and the community
ould be worse than mad to take such pager.
us probably true that no system can be worse
IAN the present, OF incorporated banks; but that
no reason why another defective one should BIO
We do not believe that the New York banking
Nv wllI prevent ovcr'lssues, although it is doubt.
1873 better than the present system.
II the Legislature would take the law aud i'm.
rove upon il, something might be made Of it. In
10 FIRST place, the stock should all be paid in in
wen Tune not in bank paper, bu, in GOLD and sil-
sr' certain amount of specie in proportion to
e circulation OF these banks should DO required
} be kept constantly on hand.
Each stakeholder should be required to pledre
sal estate to double tho amount of his stock.
luIl statement Of each bank, its stock, and
nc names OF its stockholders amount Of cupitol,
&C. should be registered in the Probate office of
no county where the bank is located. Monthly
'a'ements should DO made to tho Auditor, and |
eguary published
The most difficult matter would he 10 cei nro- !
er'y appraised at 4 fair valuation FOR this nur |
ose sworn appraisers should be appointed in each
ounty' In addition to this, each sockholder
mould DC llablo for tho whole amount of the la
Hht'es of the bOnk.-.NItssissippidn,
AS many persons are ignorant Of what is meant
" Mason'S and Dixon's line, we subon the fol-
owing explanation Of this line, which we copy
rom the Salem Gazette.
MASoN'S AND DIXON'S LINE.
Whenever the rights, Interests, or duties Of the
Northern and Southern States, respectively
nc IN question, reference is commonly made
10" Mason's aud Dixon's Line. " This bounda.
IS termed from the namcs--Charles Mason and
jeremiah DMon--o( the two gentlemen who were
TO run unfinished lines in 1851, between
pennsylvania aud Maryland, on the territories
subjected to the heirs Of Penn and Lord BALI.
more Aicmporary line had been run in 1899,
but had moi gwen satisfaction to the dispudng par
ties although it resulted from an agreement in
1882 between themselves. A decree had been
made IN l6lS by King James, delineatinr The
boundaries between the lands given by charter 10
the first Lord Baltimore, and those adiudged to
his majesty afterwards to William Penn which
divided the tract of land between Delaware BAY
aud The Eastern sea on one side, and the Chesa.
peake Bay on the other by line equally inter.
sectng IT. drawn from Cape Henlopcn to the
fourth degree of north latitude. A decree
chancery rendered tho Kings decree imperative.