Year: 1869

The Eclipse at Springfield, Illinois.
| We copy as follows from a Chicago dispatch Of tn.
| sth inst:


The eclipse at Springfield, Illinois, was startling


and sublime phenomena. The sky was perfectly clear


not a cloud visible.


Professor Pierce, of Harvard, had charge of the OBJ


serVations, which made near the city reservoir


hundred photographs of the eclipse were taken by


Mr. Black, of Boston. When the total observation


took place the heavens and the earth presented


scene of awful snbli:nity.


brilliant amber-color corona appeared around the


and moon, shooting rays of light outward in al


directions when the whole horizon illuminated


with light OF the same color. The planets Mercury


and Venus and number of fixed stars distinctly


visible, but no planets between Mercury and the


were discovered.


A brilliant rose-colored fame or protuberance was


noticed in the western limb of the sun during the


period of total observation. The phenomenon known


as "Raily's Beads" also distinctly witnessed


The phenomenon Prof. Pierce thinks is oscassioned


by the sefracton of light He is also satisfied that


the halo at the time OF the total observation


was occassioned by the SUMS atmosphere Prof. Chas


Schot, of the Coast Survey, had charge of the gen


eral arrangements, and with powerful telescope, OBJ


served particularly the form of the prouberanees and
made special observations, in connection with the
| photographer W. P Montague, graduate OF Har-


ward College this year. detailed to note the time by
viz eutF6 ecipSe, from
its commencement until its final Close never for a
moment allowed his eye to wander from the dial plate


thus not losing sight of the eclipse any of its phases
| During the total observation of the sun silence


M death Fesaa re- the su fey to hs,
wings of shelter. drove Of cows feeding the
reservoir with heads and tails erect and with startled
and frightened look started for the city, and did not
cease running until Old Sol once shone forth.
Many other incidents, some langhable and grave
| tran neDired 6nrinr the pclinsa DOps tn
gaze in wonder the terrible appearance Of the sky
and remain during the total observation in attitude
of alarm and wonderment, but just at the moment
the first ray Of the appeared again expressed the
JOY they felt in way dogs only The ohserva.
tions made by the scientific gentlemen have been all
that could be desired. The photographs taken by Mr..


Black have never been equaled in perfectness of exc
cntion r.-ea --.4z Ia 5s5l@z
DECISION IN BANKRUPTCY decision which will
be of interest to all parties who have anything to the
Bankruptcy Act involving, it does, the right of the
Bankruptcy Court to stay proceedings in State Court
made in the United States Circuit Court of this
city, Judge Nelson presiding, last week. The bank
rnpt in this case was the Kerosine Oil Company of New
York, which adjndged bankrupt year ago. The
Guaranty and Indemnity Company Of this city held a
mortgage upon the real estate of the bankrupt for $780,
900, and in October 1868, they commenced suit in
the Supreme Court of this city foreclose it. The
assignee in bankruptcy desired contest the validity
oi lue dSSSIee, dpplleu W
the Bankruptcy Court, petition setting forth the
facts for order directing the Guaranty and Indem-
nifty Company to stop proceedings in their suit in the
State Court. fhry, the other hand, claimed that


the Bankruptcy Court had no jurisdiction to Stay pre-
ceedings in State Court appealing to the provisions
in the Judiciary Act which expressly forbids the s-
suing of injunction for that purpose. The District
Court considered that jurisdiction given to it by
the Bankruptcy Act and made the order for stay Of
proceedings The Guaranty and Indemnity Company
then applied to the Circuit Court to review and reverse
this order and it is the decision of Judge Nelson on
that application to which reference is made The de-
esion of the District Court is sustained on this ques
ton of jurisdiction, but is modified question of
practice. The question is one of Importance and in
terest. 1t is which occasioned serious contest
under the former Bankruptcy Act, and which must in
some way be carried to the Supreme Court for decision
under the present Bankruptcy Act it under the
former en-. Y. Price Current, 7th.


THE CRops-A careful sitting of vast amount of
information from various parts of the country, private
and public leads to the conclusion that the fears enter
tanned about wet weather drawbacks to the cereal
have been much exaggerated. and we have every
to feel grateful for bounteous harvest. In
regions of the West the heavy rains seem to have
damaged the wheat, but upon the whole, in the Wes
tern, Northwestern and Middle States, the crop will
probably exceed that of last year. Winter wheat
shows very large gain while the increased acreage of
spring is relied upon to overcome all damages from
bad weather, INSECTS etc. It cannot be positively
known, of course, what the crop will amount to,
though the general sentiment appears to be that it will
be short The latest advices from the principal re-
gons devoted to this cereal little less tinged with
gloom but none of the authorities look for full YIELD
under the most favorable weather influences hence
forth.


short crop will perpetuate high prices for hog
products and lessen the volume Of the export trade
and is therefore serious drawback. Other cereals
and root crops promise WE'LL Cotton is progressing
whole, favorably that the estimates have been
increased to two and three quarters of million to three
millions Of bales. The planters have introduced fer


zers along the seaboard to considerable extent and
with better seed and improved implements of hus
bandry and the changed relations of labor becoming
more established, the belief entertained that the max
imum estimate is not exaggerated


AS whole, then, the crops are coming in well and
afford the best assurance of content and prosperity
among the people. It was for such Prqyidentia boun
ties these that the ancents graced their harvests
with such impressive festivals and made such liberal
thank-oerings to the Patron Of the fields who filled
the horn Of plenty IN. 7. Price Current, 7th inst.


THE Coon TINE COMING IN THE SoUTH.-The condi-


ton of the Southern States at the present time full
of promise. They seem to have fairly tded over their
industrial and political troubles, and the future is
bright with the promise of high and, trust en-
during prosperity. Another good cotton crop, of
which the indications appear to be the most favora
ble will place them in position which the North
ern States may envy. The Southern people, fortu-
nately for themselves have had credit for several
years past and have therefore debts at the present
time They have been forced to live economically,
and depend entirely upon their own resources, while
the Norherners rule, have been extravagant and
waseful 1t is probable that in the event of the oc
currence of the financial panic which some persons re-
gard imminent, the Southern people would feel the
shock much less keenly, and recover from it much
more rapidly than some Of the more wealthy and ap-
parently more prosperous Northern States.


The condition of the cotton market at the present
time indicates that material reduction is likely to
in the present prices of the great staple The
supply of cotton in both England and the United
States is scarcely adequate to the requirements
during the interval that elapses before the
crop begins to come forward. The cable quotations of
121d. for middling upands at Liverpool is fortune
for the Southern planter. That there will be no i'm
portan reduction from this price is apparent from the
evident nadequacy of all the cotton fields in the world
to supply the demands for consumption The supply
is falling off from India in spite of all the efforts Of
England to stimulate production in that region. The
South for series of years to will be the great
source of cotton supply for the world. King Cotton
recovering his lost throne but he will reign hence
forth constitutional monarch over freemen not as
despot slaves Free labor will intimately vim
dicate its superiority in the cotton field


Nothing then but the contingency of unexpected
and unlocked for disasters to the crop can pre-
vent the South taking start At present the
accounts of the cotton and corn crops are favorable
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