Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-15

SENATORIAL ELEcTIoN.-We publish, as an
advertisement, this morning, call, numerously
signed, for meeting on Saturday evening, to
consider what action may be had in reference to
the nomination made by the recent convention,
Of a candidate for Senator for the Worcester Cen
trail District. It is to be regretted that nomi-
nation should be made, which creates such wide
and general dissatisfaction in the party aud it is
greatly to be hoped that measures may be adopt
ed to heal the breach so that Republicans may
go together, with clean aud united ticket. The
dissatisfaction, believe, is not confined to this
city, but extends 20 other parts OF the district
and two of the leading Republican papers in Bos-
ton, yesterday, expressed their surprise in the
most decided and unequivocal terms that such
nomination should be made. Under these cir
cumstances, We hope that wise and judlcious
counsels will prevail, and that every thing may
be avoided, that will tend to exasperate and di
vide those who ought to work together in the
good cause.
We are requested to say that the names an
nexed to the call as published are those only
which were obtained upon one copy thereof
Other copies in circulation, but were not re-
turned in for publication this morning.
The names which may be subscribed to the other
copies will be published tomorrow morning.
ANOTHER GREAT COMET CoMING.-Donati's
comet. at its first appearance, was supposed to be
identified with the great comet Of Charles ".
which is " due about this time" butit does not
answer the description, and the great comet may
therefore be expected to appear at any moment.
1t appeared in 1864 and in 1866. an displayed
tail of one hundred degrees in length. Tie pres
ent beautiful comet is not circumstance to it
The astronomers differ in their calculations of its
period. Its return was predicted in lS4S. 9th
ers have fixed the time in 1858, and others still
in 1860. The truth is that the data are not suf.
feiently asceTtained to enable US to fix its period
within five or six years, and it may be considered
due any time till it appears.
The New York Commercial Advertiser gives
the following mode of making cheap telescope
for family use in these cometary times 1t is
said to cost but few shilllngs, and to be equal
to Galileo's telescope, with which he made his
great discoveries
Procure from an optican a thirty inch
object glass lthat is, convex glass which pro-
duces focus of the sun rays at a distance Of
thirty six inches), and one-inch eye glass (that
is, a convex glass producing focus at one inch).
Employ a tin plate worker to make two tin
tubes, one thirty inches long aud about one and
one fourth inch diameter; the other ten or twelve
inches long, and its diameter such that it will
just slide comfortably inside the larger. The in
side of these tubes should first be painted or 9TH
erwse lined with dull black. at the end of the
larger tube, an ingenious workman will find no
difficulty in securing the object glass, so that no
more than inch diameter of it shall be expos
ed, and at the end Of the smaller the eye glass
must be fixed When the open end of one tube
is inserted into the open end of the other that
the two glasses will be about thirty seven inches
apart, telescope will be present which will mag
nifty the diameter of objects thirty. six times or,
in other words, will make heavenly objects APP
pear thirty.six times With such tele-
scope, the satellites of Jupiter, the crescent of
Venus, aud the inequalities of the surface of the
moon, may be distinguished"