The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-04

clothes were found to-day, pointing him ou1
us the murderer. He is surrounded in /
body of woods. and can hardly get entirely
away.
Here comes, again, our old friend of the
Providence Journal, who can talk about the
stars us t;,miliarly as the Petersburg Appeal
about ANSANIAs land the rest of them fel.
lows:
Position AND MOVEMENTS or TIE PLANETS
IN JrNF.-Ecnus is a brilliant object us morn.
iug star. rising about 3 O'Clock In the curly
part of the month, and increasing her dis
tance FROM the sun throughout the month as
she passes towards her greatest western
eongatiOn. She reaches her period of great
est brillianey on the 10th, aud is then SUI
pelb object to behold, the largest and bright
est star ever seen from the earth.
Venus has been morning star since ber
inferior conjunction on the 5th Of May.
She was then at her nearest point to the
earth, and appeared twenty-five times US
large aS she does when at her superior con-
junction, her most distaut point. She
would shiuc like il young moon in this part
of her orbit if it were not that only small
portion of her Illuminated surface Is turned
towards us. Her periods OF greatest bril-
liancy occur about thrty-SiX days before
and after her inferior conjunction. One
of these periods occurred on the 29th of
March ; the other is the most interesting
planetary phenomenon OF the present month,
and will not recur until November, 1874.
| This radiant queen of the stars will repay
an eally riser with il charming view of her
soft, penSiie beauty, aS .heralding the dawn,
she hangs like II golden lamp suspended in
the heavens. A special interest i now at
tached to her movements from the approach
| OF her transit, tue great astronomical epoch
| OF the next year.
| Saturn is Il morning star. rising towards
| midnight on the first part and about O'Clock
on the last part Of the month. lie is increaS.
| iug in briiancy as he approaches his Oppos
| ton with the sun, and may be easily traced
| in the constellation Caprcornu>, as he retro
GRADES among the stars of that cluster. AS
his wear is equal to about thirty Of ours. he
remains two wears and half in a conStella
ton. and it is therefore easy to 1oll l)w hi;
course.
Mars is mo>t conspicuous among the eve
ming stars, although his brilliancy Is lessen
ium AS he travels farther from H., having
passed his opposition or nearest point Oh
the 18th of April. He is visible throughout
the night until he sets in the early morning
hours ut : O'Clock on the first plrt of the
month and about midnight on the last part
He is in the constellation Libra, approach:
ing Alpha LbrI, the brightest star OF tile
cluster, aud may be readily recognized bl
his rudty light.
Jupiter is an evening star, but bus lost
norton of the lustre that made him so beau
tiful an object during the winter nights
He sets about midnight in the nrst part a1o
near 10 O'Clock in the last part oil the month;
He is in the constellation Leo, ana VIII
he near its leading brilliant Regulus on the
2lst.
Mercury reaches his superior conjunction
with the sun on the 9th;F after when he Is ilil
evening star, and towards the last OF the
month begins to be fyorably situated fol
observation. being visible more tbanan hCil
after sunset.
Uranus is an evening star. He may he
seen on clear, moonlesS nights tracing bi;
slow path among the small stars of the con-
siellaiion Cancer, where he will remain for
nearly seven years, aS he requires eighty
four years to complete revolution. II
takes Il practiced eye to detect the distant
wanderer among the little sturs around him
THIEF KILLED IN ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE
FROM A HousE.--[From the Detroit Post,
Nav 3l.l-In Windsor, Ontario, Yesterday
..trernooI,. o criminal met with sudden and
awful death while endeavorins to escape the
conspo,lepces OF crime he had Just COM
mitted. The following are the clreunl
st,nceS: ,,, -,
"snoItly after dinner Major PERKINS, an
old resident Of Windsor, and for long tune re
mast connected with the custoM-house, ielt
h,s residence, which is Il short distance pick
of the Town Hall. and, in company win DE de
wife, started down town. lcavlne Tue
house securely locked. MAJOR Peralns,
between s aud 4 O'clock, went NOME
expecting That his wife had retufneu; ..,;
hut found That she was stu,
absent. He unlocked the front door, ahu
upon walking into the diDing,room was con-
fronted by Two men, who bad, as u ap'
.paared from subsequent developments, ei.
fected an entrance through the back way loI
the purpose of robbiDg tho house. One ol
the thieves made q dash for the back door,
and made his escape, but the Major, VINO i
s,ill vigorous, powerful man, although. 2 ad.
yaucsd in wears, was too quick for the other
fsilnw- and seized him by the collar. Inc