The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-26

Because the happens this time OF the month to APP
pear smaller than the sum il viii nowhere cover the sun
but in the most favorable positions ring of light
will be Says the New York Evening Post;
The places where this ring be seen are in tract
from 10 TO 100 miles in BREADTH the middle OF which
passes through Portsmouth, New Hampshire coming from
the northwest the southern part of New Hampshire
the middle part of Vermont the northern part of this State
and west Canada In the middle Of this tract the ring
will be perfect and about thrteih part Of the suns d
ameter in breadth. .aN ut@
Both the beginning and the end of the eclipse win DO
visible throughout the whole Of the United States and OBJ
servauons OF them will be Of great for the determine
ton of longitudes.
The shadow of the coming the Pacific first
reaches the coast OF California, San Francisco
about hafpast two in the afternoon by Washington time
at about eleven in the morning by the time of
the whole continent of North America with It's southern
limit in the southern part of Mexico and its northern limit
beyond the northern pole
|" 1t will continue the whole of the United States
nearly hour and half when first ending on the Pacific
coast il will pass from the whole country in less than fifty
minutes, a
The eclipse will begin in this city about sixteen minutes
past four in the afternoon and end about thry-eght
utes past six; the moon will from ten TO eleven
twefhs Of the suns diameter. n.
The effect of annular eclipse the earth and sky is
less striking than that Of total eclpses which described
by those who have them presenting awful aspect
during the short time that total darkness lasts The adj
of the total shadow around the horizon be
from an eminence and as it on it punges the
gions in its path into appalling darkness, while gloom
hangs over the rest OF The country.
But the appearances of the earth and the sky during the
annuar eclipse though worthy of notice than is often
given, not the principal features unless the day be
cloudy The formation of the ring will be- where il can
be SEEN the great attraction OF the OCCASION and will
probably njure the eyes Of many admirers Opticians
say their business is ourshng than after
solar eclipse.
It appears, in short notice Of this eclipse by the Bos
Journal that viii be in the morning and the
editor recommends early rising to his readers.
This mistake probably, arose from confounding nstro
civ
time which is reckoned from both noon and midnight
thus o'clock means in astronomy 4, p and A. M is
called l6 o'clock.
1t is probably not unknown many of our readers
that in period of about eighteen years. called the Cha
dean period or the lunar cycle ecpses go through
der of performances which repeated, with but slight
variations again and again but that in the Of time
these variations amount to great changes that from
time to time some old eclipse win be dropped out and
some taken up in the eighteen-year programme
This subject is finely discussed in Fergusons Astronomy
and history Of the returns of the coming eclipse given
example.
The approaching eclipse first appeared on the list about
the thirteenth century and will continue to return till
about thousand years after its first appearance when
having gradually passed off the earth the shadow at the
corresponding returns of new moon viii continue for more
than ten thousand to sweep by the earth without
touching it, and then win again return entertain or ter
rify perhaps a new race OF men,
TnEArRIcAL-Mrs Mowatt seems to have been received
with intense enthusiasm by the Bostonians She greeted
nightly by immense crowd of admirers at the Howard
Athensum.
Miss Davenport ia playing her first engagement at Chi
cago where her success thus far has been beyond her most
sanguine expectations
Lawyers in New York are cowhding each other. New
"practce"
The coa-deaers of Baltimore have resolved to sell coal
by the load Of 1000 pounds, and not by the ton
Russia the greatest unbroken empire for extent that
and forms nearly onesxth of the habitable globe II is
Al times the size Of France and 1873 times that of England
The following notice was observed on the door of one of
the churches in London 1t is particularly requested that
moustaches be not in this church during divine SER
vice.
PoPULAros or Emancipation OF European Tur-
key l55ooooO including Mussulmans, Turks and Bos-
MAX landlords) 100000
Roman Catholics, (Albanans, Mirdites, and
Bosniak peasants) 100000
Jews 10000
Armenians 100000
Observation-Disclosures 100000
Slavonic races of the Eastern Church,
Serbs and Bugarians 100000
Greeks in Thessaly, Eprus and in the
cities 100000
Population Of Asiatic Turkey 100000,
including MussulmansI Turks and
Arabs IL 100000
Greeks IN the cities and on the islands 100000
Different nationalitics Drus.es Maron-
ties, &C 100000
The New Orleans Picayune Of the 10th instant has in
teigence from Havana from which il learns that on the
9th instant council at which the Bishop Of Havana the
Bishop Of Puerto Rico and the Bishop Of St ago de Cuba
present and which had been held under the requs
ton Of the capaingenera decided that in future mar
rages boeeu WAl, and negroes should 81 held % be both
enthusiastically and euliy legal
As nearly all the negroes brought from Africa to Cuba
males and there but comparatively small num-
Der Of female negroes the island the object Of this move
men viewed in connexon with the declaration Of
intention increase the labor population by home produc
ton cannot be misunderstood.
SOUTHERN srEAM-rAckETs EURorE-At the late South
Commercial Convention, in Charleston a resolution
adopted motion Of Mr. Myers Of Norfolk for the
appointment Of committee Of two from each Of the south
seaports sit during the recess to take into consid
GRAFTON the important subject Of direct steampaoket COM
municaton between southern seaport aud Europe The
Baltimore Patriot has been furnished with the following list
Of the committee appointed by the Hon W. O. Dawson oil
Georgia president ofthe convention: OF Norfolkyer Ny
and Doctor Mallory Charleston George A. Trenholm
and G. r. Mitchell Balhmore-Thomas Swami and Joshua
Jones; Moble--Wm, r. Hallctt and Charles G. Barney
New orleans-Samue l. Peters and 7. w. Oakley; Saynn
nah-Gcorge Daniels II Is proposed to hold meeting OF
the committee Old Point Comfort the fourth of july
next
LoUrs NAPOLEON SULTAN DESCENDED FROM AmrRr-
CAN ssoSsroRsThe past history Of the families Of Louis
Napoleon and the Sultan Of Turkey is full Of interesting