Year: 1860

THE GREAT EASTERN'S SECOND EXCUR


SION.


DEPARTURE NEW YoRK-rHE MUSIC LEFT BE.


The Great Eastern was advertised to leave for
Old Point Comfort and Annapolis, at o'clock, p.
NJ, yesterday, and the notice was also stated that
the excursionists must be on board bv O'Clock.


The steamtug Magnolia was the only boat EN-.
ployed by the Company to convey passengers
aboard, and she made but solitary trim. starfino
from the wharf at Az o'clock, and taking, it is be-
lieved, less than one hundred excursonists Di
rectly came Dodsworth's band who was engaged ia
furnish music for the trip. "What should they
dop Orders had been left with policeman to no
tify all coming after the Magnolia left her wharf
that they should take row boats. Two boats were
soon loaded with dozen persons, and pushed of
amid a few taps of the drum and an "inspirne
air" from kingsand's cornet. The oarsmen pulled
away Justify, but the boiling foam round the stern
of the great ship showed that her screw was in
motion; still we pull away, and by accident our
boat is turned for instant as though going back
when the sound of a voice reaches us to make for
the Magnolia, now just coming round from the
other side of the Great Eastern. Soon her paddle
wheels begin to move, the anchor comes up and
as though by the slightest volition this queen of
ships gides through the waters with a grace and
majesty unequaed by anything afloat. Finally,
we board the Magnolia, the Great Eastern half a
mile away. The Captain gives chase, but she does
not slow, and the distance is not lessened between
the two vessel.


The Magnolia proceeded little below Governor s
Island, when the Captain gave up his undertaking
as bad job put about, and returned to the city
with the most popular blowers of these putting
times. We will not speculate on the dismal condi-
tion of the hundred (more or less) board, with
out their stipulated music. Nor do we know pre-
cisely who is to blame. Mr.. Kingsand, however,
says that the agent ofthe Great Eastern told him to
be at the wharf from five to halfpast five, and that
he was there ten minutes before the time specified


N rapar1 tn tho numbar f,niur on tha
a gentleman who was stationed where he observed
all who came on board, thought there could not
have been many over hundred.


A SAD CASE OF HYDRoPHoBIA.-In February last
as Mrs. Tucker, of Toulmnvie, Alabama, was
walking in the street, she was assailed by a dog
and her hand badly mangled. 1t appears that the
medical men of that section doubt whether genu-
inc case of hydrophobia ever occurred at the
South, could occur in that climate and the ply
sician to whom Mrs. Tucker applied to have her
hand dressed disliked to resort to the severe mea
sures necessary in such cases, as there posi-
tive proof that the dog was mad, and the wound
was treated in the ordinary manner. The hand
became healed in due time, and no trouble was ex-
perienced from it until the 18th of July, when
Mrs. Tucker attacked by pain in the right
hand and arm (the one bitten), which extended to
her right side She was also little feverish and
had some headache On the second dav after she
died. The peculiar and distressing symptoms which
marked the progress of her terrible disease are
thus described by her physician in letter to the
Mobile Tribune:


"On Wednesday these dsagreable feelings CON
tinung, she found suddenly that she could not
swallow water. 1t produced spasmodic feeling:
in word, the effort to dr nix took away her breath
| saw her on Wednesday evening. She was lying
down on bed, dressed and looking quite natural
skin felt pleasant, head little too hot pulse soft
and weak, but not excited; asked her how she felt,
and she said she had burning thirst for water
but could not take it.


81 had some brought to her then. She began to
look excited ! gave it to her, and the very sight
OF it caused spasm of all the respirating muscles.
\ on have had dash of cold water thrown sudden
ly in the face andbreast; you gasp; it takes away
yv"t breath In o~oh " .aanne" did tIo rory sight
of the water affect her causing such feeling of
suffocatl0n that the patient cried Away with it,
you will kill me-.


"Imagne in this dry and heated weather, when
there is no moisture even in the atmosphere that,
consumed by terrible thirst the very sight of
ter should pl oduce such an effect. Can anything
be more horrible? On Wednesday night, urged by
this desperate thirst, she rushed to the bucket of
water, saying, Il will have water but reach
ing it the very sight brought on spasm, and she
would have fallen, her daughter told me, if they
had not caught her.


'On Thursday the spasms began more frequent
the secretion of a frothy, tenacious mucus in the
throat added to the distress, causing a constant
hawking and splitting. The c0untenance seemed
more wild and haggard; she was sensible, how
ever, and recognized her acquaintance. She
never showed any desire to hurt any one. She
steadily grew weaker, and eleven o'clock Thursday
night closed the sad scene.''


RACE BETWEEN FLORA TEMPLE AND PATCHEN.-A
race between these famous trotters came off over
the Union Course, Long Island, on Thursday. The
New York papers say that the attendance
very good there being about 5000 people on the
track. There was some difficulty apprehended on
account of the stories about the being sold,
but everything went off smoothly. The horses
came to the score few minutes after the time,
being driven, Flora by McMann and Patchen by
Tallmap, as usual. They got off together, and
made very fast time at the lead, reaching the half
mile pole in l:l0%. Patchen won the heat in 223.
There was no great amount of excitement, people
who generally are free with their money seeming
afraid to bet The rest of the went off rather
tamely, Flora winning three straight heats in
2:221a, 2:23, and 2:24. The time was considered
good when the state of the track is take into