Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-27
Letter from Now York.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirer:
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New YORK, July ~, 1ooo'
The Tribune" puts forward the absurd ru'
| NOR that Mr.. Everett designs withdrawing MS
| name as a candidate for the wee Hfesiuehcy'
"The wish probably, sis iather 10 tnc
thought"
The Tribune in its COURSE, very much re-
scmbles the old story Of tho ostrich. IL Is
,.er. anyions 10 show to the world, that Ger
ritz Smith. (whosc recent letter to his TEAR
friend the Black Douglass, has appeared, with
Garrison and Phillips, are not Black Republi-
cans. This is a mere trick to gull conservative
men into the support ofLincoln. The opposition
Of extreme !Aboli,ionistS TO Lincoln, is all
meonshine. When the time arrives, they will
all vote for him. One thing Is certain, If the
abolitionists have not gone over to the Black
Republicans the Black Republicans have gone
over to them. What sheer nonsense for the
Tribune 10 say, Phillips Il Co. are not Repub-
licans, when 1t and the leaders Of its party, are
doing fifty times as much as Garrison, Phillips
& Co., TO abolitionize the North, and to hasten
on d~isunion, by the dissemination Of Helpers
book, Summers speeches, Cheerer's sermons,
and other abolition documents, which contain
more villainous calumnies, more ialsehoods and
more arrant, reasonable abolitionlsnl, thar all
Garrison or Phillips ever uttered. And yet,
f~ursooth, it saws, 'Cicntlcmelt, do not class our
party with the Aboli,ionistS, FOR 10! and be-
hold Phillips, Smith and Garrison y Co., you
see are opposed to us" While thus trying to hide
its head, in the sand, the whole body and rump
Of the black ostrich is exposed TO full view.
Suuat!cr Sovereignty makes slow progress
in this part of the world. People begin to see
that lis representative cannot carry 4 single
State. Satan was the first sQuatter sovereign,
when he suuatted in the Garden Of Eden, and
attempted TO convert it into free SOIL His
sovereignty, however, was Of short DURATION
lie caused our first parents to set up - higher
law" in consequence Of which both they and
himselrwcrc expelled from that celestial terri
tory, resulting in disaster to man which follows
him 10 the present time. The arch tend Of
:4boliliuniSm is the successor who has entered
this new paradise Of ours, and unless under
Divine Providence he is driven hence or con-
fined to his OWN regions, promises to destroy 1t
forever.
Large crowds continue TO visit the Great
Eastern, averaging 5000 to 1000 daily. There
was 4 talk yesterday Of her going to the Ches-
apeake and anchoring in the stream below An
napol!s, on condition that the Common Coun-
Gil and Board of Trade should supply her with
coal. And, Furthermore, that should proper
Inducements be held out, she would hereafter
run between the Chesapeake and some post in
Great Britain, probably Milford Haven. 1t
present We know Of no purDose, on the part Of
the directors to change their programme Of a
trip TO Cape May and TO leave New York for
Milford Haven about the middle Of August. |
understand one object Of going to that port rs
soon as practicable is to have her bottom tho.
roughly cleaned and put in good condition.
1t is so foul, ut present, as to interfere with her
sailing qualities.
The late phenomenon continues to excite
discussion. There is no record of any similar
meteor having appeared before. 1t differed
from all others
1st. In its peculiar colors and separation into
distinct balls following each other.
I'd. By the vast extent Of country over
which it was seen, indicating IN immense
height and size.
Sd. In the deceptive appearance Of its elcra-
ton.
It's immense speed may DC Judged Of by the
time it took 10 pass from Buffalo in the dircc-
ton Of New York to 900 miles at sea. The time
of observation from these distinct positions
and intermediate points, in Il direct line OF 500
miles, allowing for differences in longitude and
in watches, was almost instantaneous, anu did
not, in its transit, probably occupy more than
about 80 or 60 seconds, or less than II minute
of time, showing an extraordinary speed Of
about 100 miles in about twelve seconds and
ive-tenths of o second. How far it continued
to c~ncirclc the Garth before it fell into the sea.
or struck it ut some other point, is unknown.
All who thought it cXtinguishcd when it dis
appeared below their horizon were deceived.
\ gentleman at Long Branch, near the sea
shore, saw it when falling below his horizon,
and thought it had sunk into the ocean,; yet
4 sea Captain reports that he saw it 200 miles
at sea, and, from his description, it looked pre-
ciscly 10 him as it appeared TO the people of
Buffalo, and nearly 1T the same moment. Al
lowing for difference OF longitude there could
not have been Il minutes difference hctwccnt the
time OF the observations.
The path Of its zenith appears to have crossed
Long Island Sound, near Norwalk, Connect
cut, as observed by The captain of schooner.
Taking this to be granted, we have our data
for calculation. At Boston and New Bedford
its South.soGthweStern elevation appeared to be
about 10 to 10 degrees, while at Washington,
240 miles in the opposite direction, its cleva-
ton appeared 10 be about 10 degrees. Calcu-
lating the distances to each Of these places from
the point beneath its zenith, gives general
dotn, by which the height and magnitude of
this extraordinary visitor may possibly DC
worked Out.
Fragments of meteorS, or Grolites, when
found, present an inrariable appearance. y
greyiSh, granula;ed, light metallic looking in
tcrnal structure, Oh the surface Of fracture,
while their external surface is smooth, yet gent.
" waving, as though baked or rolled over III
an intensely ignitcd flame.
Their principal ingredients are always in the
same proportion, and are found TO be iron
(magnetic) nicklc and cobalt, combined with
sulphur, which is mostly consumed before they
reach the earth.
It is a curious fact, that these three metals,
found predominant in the composition Of metc-
oric stones, all possess magnetic properties,
or are capabc ot'being concerted into magncts.
They generally, il not uniformly, move in the
direction of the electrical current around the
earth, from west, or few degrees north ofwest,
towards the East, or Il few degrees South Of
East, and, I have no idea that they ever mate
rally vary their course. What are called
shooting stars, arc mere globulcs of hydro
gen and PHOSPHORUS, and always 60 in the di-
rection Of the wind, and disappear before reach
ing the earth.
By noticing the direction one Of them takes,
indicates that The wind will follow their course
the next day. The materials Of metcoric
stones do not belong to any formation on the
c%artll's surface. and, wherever found, rs in ST.
IBERIA and other places, they are known to be
Of eXtraneous origin, and, to have reached the
earth through its atmosphere. The magnetic
character of It's metals may 90 something tow
ards explaining their origin with the law Of
their movements, i'll the government Of which,
! have every reason to believe, that the laws of
magnetism aud electricity, play Il most import
ant part.
The prominence which the Herald Of today
gives to the Secession feeling at the South, en-
bodied in the letters of McSsrs. kcitt and Yam
ccy, will attract your attention.
In that connection, I have been shown Il pri.
vatc letter from Il distinguished gentleman Of
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