Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-10-26
Communication.
Our Radix Letter.

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Very Badly Mixed--There She
! BlOws-The New York A.
quarium--A Dinner for ..,.
Neptune---Tupper.
To the Editor of the Observer.
New York, Oct. Fl3, 1875,
1t is a long time since, any elec.
ton, state or national, has reused
and sustained in the metropolis
the intense excitement felt for
three days past over the returns
from Ohio and Indiana. The
cloSeness of the fight no less its
importance have made it the
main Subject of thought and con-
versation. Betting has been
heavy, probably not less than halt
a million of dollars being up In
this city alone, beside new hats
enough to load an ocean steamer.
The reports from the seats OF war
have been so singularly conflict
ing that every journal in town
has bad to eat some of its own
words in every addition since last
Tuesday. One of the evening pa
pers, driven to despair by It's ina
bility to get the truth, came out
on Tuesday with half u column of
appropriate headlines in whIch
every yrhing, type included, was as
itself expressed it "Vrev Yladab
Dexium." The following are
specimens of expressions of be-
wilderment: "Ohio Probably Gone
Indiana!' Indiana Probably Ger,
tain for West Virginla!" At all
the leading theatres on Tuesday
night, bulletins were announced
from the stage between acts, and
though Of course wholly unreli-
be, Were received amid the Wild
est cheering on both sides.
The greatest local excitement
of the week, outside OF the poIiti
cal whirlpool, has been that over
the successful completion of an en-
terprise private, in its execution
but eminently public in its char
acter. All the centres of the
world except our own have for
years had extensive acquaria.
which, while affor.iing the best
possible opportunity for studying
an important branch Of Natural
History, have no superior as in
strucrive public entertainments
Within the past year the subject
has occupied the attention Of the
press, which strongly urged the es
tablishment OF such an institution
as demanded by considerations
both of scientific advancement and
public recreation.
lnresponse to the general wish
thus plainly made evident Mr. W.
c, Coup, of this city, in connec-
tion with a firm of we'll known
bird and amin Il fancies, under
took to supply the want by erect
ing and stocking an Aquarium
worthy of a country and city
which never do things by halves.
Operations was commenced early
this year, and now, after unheard
of difficulties, labor and eXpendi-
ture, the work which is one for
whose eXecuion years would
have been allowed in any Euro j
pean country, is ready and open
to the public. The history OF
the New York Aquarium from its
inception to tue opening day
would form the basis for story
of travel and adventure Of no
small interest. The ends of the
earth have been ransacked for Gu
riosiies of sea, river and lake,
many of which, the sole results
of long and costly expeditions,
have died either in transportation
or after arrival here necessltating
a repetition of the whole proceed
ing. Among other misfortunts of
this nature was the death Of two
white whales, specimens of the
rarest denizens Of the deep which
had been successfully capture and
transported, only to die in their
new home. a.g -s.s .n9a 49,.
The constant recurrence of such
disasters, together with the nu-
merous accidents of building, a.
mong which were the bursting, at.
different times of three Of their
immense tanks, flooding the prem
ises and damaging much property,
were enough TO discourage any.
man On Mr.. Coup, however,
they produced no such effect
I'm nediately after the death Of
his whales, the greenbacks expen
dpd on which would have made
winding sheets for both of them,
be fitted out a new expedition
and a third time was fortunate G.
nough TO. take alive a white whale
on whose maintenance and Jour
ney hitherward from the cost Of
Labrador. extra care and appall