The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-11

I'm HAIg-WAY Housk. r-Douglssis 10 the
sg,y house to Black Republication. M.
"a, instances could Be given in proof of this
], Douglas himself wss almost persuaded to
4 Psuublican in 1883 Greeley evidently
oa,ht he had him; but the ambition of the Lit.
scatter required him to hold aloof so a. to
moi party in opposition to Lincoln aud to
back into the Senate. Hickman of Pennsyl-
Ia has been s'half.xsy," and has now landed
4 the Republican party. He is something more
Asn tsipols, ~ not quite frog. He will soon
ked biz tail and come out full Republican
b. Wherever We hear Of converts from the
democratic party to the Republicans, We find
eohvert to have been douglas Democrat. "
IA the change consists only in achangc of namc.
truth Is that the Douglas men Of the North
hpsshiEe IL toto in feelings and sentiments with
Republicans. They differ more a. to which
d be the chief Of the Northern freesoil party
n in regard to principles. They both spring
athe came e5sciad qcatisaa, the same Northern
adaLc horde, and differ mainly rs to which
tkain, Douglas or Lincoln, shall lead the ON.
hsht sgainst the South, and ms to which army
ltnoy the four hundred millions of public
an
tNe led to make these obscrv atoms ON
pag that the Wabash Plaindealer, the only
- paper in Wabash county, Ind, and the
sble one in the Eleventh District. has an.
I'D ss determination to quit the fortunes Of
" and go for Mr.. Lincoln. We learn, al
" Charles Coulon, German of Indianap-
areunced his intention ofquitting Douglas
ons for Lincoln. Mr.. Coulon was one of
paglss marshals on the 18th ult. and is a
influence among his countrymen. He re.
eg 60 for Lincoln on tho day Of the Breck-
mass meeting, assigning as reason that
b could not be elected, and his next choice
.incoln-who is, indeed, the next choice"
Asaenihs ofthc Douglas party in the North.
annapolis Journal; (sreckinridge.)
IN lRrEoRs EXPECTED. are certain
Is every year when meteors are generally
liant The next metoric period is from Au-
9Th TO the 18th. The remaining meteoric
DDS Of the year are: October 1918, Nov
ber l2-H N,v. 27-29, December Ella. The
bor Of the goth of July has excited 80 much
rssf that the scientific aud the curious will be
to watch for the recurrence of similar
euena. 1t now appears that this meteor
mt seen as far west M De Kalb county, ILL.,,
n lss appearance aud direction there were
sue Is here il is quite likely that the mete-
hare struck the esrtli's orbit as far west
Pacific ocean. Its diameter is estimated
tssi half y mile, and it is now the general
OF the astronomers that its velocity was
rsfccme by the attraction of the earth, and
passed out OF our atmosphere, dropping,
Ap some Of the fragments torn of by fric-
WITH the cir.
ssieat6c correspondent Of the New York
niag Poet computes the period of the recent
prs revolution around the Sun at 226x days,
tAas haiti will approach the earth every
yearA he therefore co,cludes that it IL
hiieal with The remarkable meteor of 1850,
90 vas very similarly described Some saw
double meteor and Others a triple and
nrupe. Its remarkable that then as now
R!eedy believed it to be very low, while the
pPsrlson Of the various observations proved
nse been at least 20 miles from the surface
earth The apparent separation Of the
iAe different views obtained Of it in ito
Fight Running so near the surface Of
anA, 1t is certainly possible that at some
nat il NAV come down upon US, literally
thousand Of brick" aud hot ones at that.
pun Of half a mile in diameter stuck into
rss Of this sphere would be great natur-
1aasy at least. IL it should happen to strike
ne crust is thin it might 60 tn, ough and
sssved up in the eternal fires, making an
sicta volcano Of no mean capacity.
askld Republican.
4slHAx MARRIAGE CERKxoSY.-But hush!