Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-04-13

L fN- eetA -
within q comparatively few
weeks, of .feasting their eyes
upon a real live Emperor, in
the person of Dom Pedro H.,
of Brazil, who is attracted hith-
ierward by the reported won
Iders Of the Centennial. This
being the first visit Of the kind
Uncle Sam has ever received.
coupled with the fact that this
monarch is one of the most lib
eral and enlightened of reigning
sovereigns, New York is natu-
rally on the Qtsi vire to behold
and welcome our illustrious
guest. In view of the uniyer-
sal attention thus attracted to
Dom Pedro and his wonderful
land, Frank Leslie's popular
Monthly for April contains O.
mong its host of good things
(including a graphic sketch of
foreign travel, himself,) an in
teresting article on Brazil, tho
illustrations of which embrace
a portrait of the Emperor and
Empress, and an elegant colored
frontpiece representing the har-
Dor of Rio Janeiro, the scene
of the recent accident to the
"Helvetius," just as she was
leaving port with the imperial
party; and in passing, it may
be Of interest to state that the
engravings of this one number
alone of this marvellous period
.ical, cost over four thousand
dollars.
Now that the ice is broken
between our Republic and mon
arches, we may hope to see
other crowned heads among us
this Summer. 1t has been sew
eral times reported that Queen
Victoria desires to be present,
and perhaps Brazil's course may
encourage her to conquer her
bashfulness and cross the sea-
She would certainly receive q
warm welcome both as queen
and woman.
That eminent ard exemplary
fnancier, M. Jay Gould, shows
by his action in case now
pending, that it makes as much
difference to him whose OK Is
gored, as it does to any one else.
While not at all averse himself
to cornering and squeezing his
lesser brethren Of the street, he
can't repress a slight "squeal''
when his fayors are reciprocal
ted in kind. Some time ago
this worthy man made one of
the common bets on the price
Of gold by buying or selling
for future delivery, and suppos-
ing the thing to be in his own
hands, as usual, placidly awaited
results. But for some reason
the "kingfsher' was for once q
little out in his calculations,
and at the appointed time gold
took the wrong turn. Had cy-
erything gone off according to
his programme, Mr.. Gould
would Of course have insisted
on collecting the difference, and
would have Pocketed it with
bland smile, worthy Of the
"IIeathen Chinec." But when
it came to a demand on his own
cash-box for forty or fifty thou
sand dollars, the whole transac-
ton suddenly took on q very
different aspect. He at once
perceived that the whole sys-
tenn was wrong, and this partic-
ular transaction especially i'm
moral. He therefore refused
payment, and on being sued,
comes into court and cOnfesses
that he has been gambling in
gold, and pleads that his loss
being a gambling debt, is not
cOllectible. 1t is to be hoped
that this heroic defense will be
as successful in saving Mr..
Gould's pocket, as it is in rails
ing his position in public esti-
We had down on our pro-
gramme Of attractions for March
25th, a partial eclipse of the
sun, but the bGsy-body clouds
that are forever getting in the
way at such times, coolIy plan
ted themselves in front Of the
orb of day and frowned down
at scientific New York the his
toric inquiry, ''What are you
going to do about it?" which
conundrum proving a puzzler,
scientific New York only
yrowled a little and at once set
to work calculating when they
would get another chance to see
The same again, which proved to
be in 1873.
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