Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-01

I NATtoHAt OBSERVATORY Tho arm
!, and Navy Chronicle Of the 1T inst. con
tatns an engraved representation Of tn
National observatory nnw IN course -
erection in tho city Of Washington, III,
main building Of tho edIfra will ba lift,
feel Squire and Two ~atories high, s,,fnaoun
ted by n hen'spherieaI revolving dome q
twenty two feet did meter. supported OF
circular walls built up from the foundation
TO Il height Of eeysn fret above the roof
a hollow tohisal pier psuEi hF through tbs
Fet':n u tho hopar ttt:hiaatsa IN n gFa nitf
rap Within i!s ttpain t"s tic atl POT, ri ths
great telescope. 20 the HnHt and aoat
a'dea Of 'l,ts ea,flre ir'll 30 bullt sings.
each t"cnl5 Sc fnd n i.atf feet long mud
twenty one 'er' H'dn. which, with n ~ing
% tho pautl,, Of heafIY tie sslfa a,men.
tong atH lie tioh,r, constitutes tina aRr
hhfiiehl "iistt Fatofp required for the eslal,.
''ahi1ehf, The magnetic obset ynioty ;yiIl
feae'nblo somewhat that Mt Munich, being
N The TORN o. u efoss anl %eHtifslT bahpaih
:hn ground.
The Instruments Hiietl have bcab nsIet'
cd arc 4 great Aehfofnatie Reffhetor,
with focal length ola feet ! inches. n
aotiet %4ce',or. with n focal length efa2
lhehen, n Meridian T,anai'l a Tsansit Tor
pt.mo Vertical, n Mural Circles Egnanat.
~ Instruments; n Billion Magnetbmeter, Il
Vertical Force Magnrlomrter, Il 9tanAatd
hafonetef' Meteorological instruments, d
Maximum Thermometer n Minimum
Thermometer Solar Thermometer &
I%hefnnmstcF in pafabolic Mirror, and
several kinda Of Itygromrteta.
Tho Aehrotrasia ueIth6tof aud Tie
Comet Seeker are bdlnE NIB rt4red IN.
der tho direction Of The Astronomer i;oy.
al nj Munich, by the sute esgpts IT Tho eel.
elfated Fnunhotler, Messfa. fIstz and
Mahlef, md aFe 10 be completed BY jar.
.uafysiest.
Tho books pufuha Oh for the library cir.
brace the standard treatisea Oh Astronomy
and physical aeieneas generally, which
have been published ii The English, French
and German language. A large number
Of valuable beois have been presented 10
the institution,
Hopes arc entarsai ned thnt the building
wall DO completed and Tho Instruments ,en.
dy for use by Tho LAT Of July, 1914.
Another confirmation Of the ifuth of
M'llefism Ia thus given : for tho eamtort of
tho ANYWAY ef'ng. by tho editor Of tho
Bulletin
I'VE anw n dog %tfottine by our window
lnst now,s whose tn,l waa cifled IN 40 M
'e form n perfect tgwe three. And inaa.
much IA tho animal ran Oh four legs, cor.
responding 10 tho nnnefnl going 70 make
out tho requisite number. -, we could not
help thinking it a most remarkable cir.
1umalnnea. The dog was n gray. muyzled
tito cur, locking m though ho might BIO
about oighfeen years old, Il remafkn.
,le hgo iot u cur 10 arrive ~, mind your
I the were ihn ease, there 10 anotbs.
coincidence IN the matter, and
ha psop'et's period ia made out isla."
DtWA u Hteshingto5.'s did sty,ash-
Tho Washington Capitol Of Jpesday
%iefn'ns;, .saSfH'
AfnhesRi ~ Arlington u sGi3fte aet#aht
,att', was buried Oh Danday laHt, from
iraenleafa Point and followed to the ,
), a insae ritnhef Of hlaeta. iie ,
wo understand. at the tlme If his
la years old, and wns f,r n ,ana ,
mo hester to Gen. Washington. whom ,
. serHcd Mt tise pr, ase &c Of tho Delaware, /
na II tFth battles oil D%randywine and
Old Caty was known and rea. j.
by every citizen of This plaee~-he ,
we'd ite memory Of ,sls patriotic %saaate., a
nd "a a humble mark Of respect, Of l:s =
nth day, and IN fact, every t~tilisary pa. +
sde, wore mn old shnd heliied uniform =,
cat, snd II three. coraefoA hat will. t. :,
igo cochade, akisn 10 aaid H'ashipetor 4,
aim" :,