The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1860, Page 2

9g - ANERIGAN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. The Great Beteors of July and August-—-What De the Astronomers Know About Them ?— The Last Eclipse of the Sua—Report @f the Labrador Expediion, de, ae, hee FIFTH DAY. Newrort, Aupuat 6, 1860 ‘The Socicatifie Association met, pursuaut to adjourn- mont, at ten o'clock this morning. On Saturday inst they had but half a day jon, and to-day they did not sit very long, as they had to attend an evening party given fa their honor by Mrs. Dr. Howe. PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION A. ‘The first paper brought up for the consideration of this section was an abstract of the principal re- Bults of the observations of the tides at Van Rensse leer barbor, made by the second Grinnell expedition, under command of Dr, FE. K. Kane, United Mates Navy, during the years 1853, 1954 ant 1855, from a reduction and discussion fby Chs. A. Schott, assistant coast survey. This paper was read by Professor Bacmm, who sald that although, according to we theory of equilibriums, there fhould be no tide at the North Pole, recent observations had disclosed the f¢ hat « gentle tide does prevail there, thus overthrowing & theory which has long been sap posed b» be (heonly true one, ‘The tide Low discovered ot 1 cerived, and presents some remarkable t w ite variation of height m the g. Tis inequality geuorally de. ecliwation, and imereases durivg the towards the north, ceases at the oquator, when the moon tmoyes towards the gouth t height was about two feet and a half. on Catachroism, anew resp opt tuin crystalline ruefaee with § urization by rel from eo: lored Surface er Was prepared by M. C. Lea, Dut possessed no features of popular taterest Bir. O. N. Roop follow wn of hght—a hester, kugtat d by a poper on the properties ew theory proposed by J. aims on the actinism of mm tubes was beard with esesses no public interest, rs read thi session was on the aseimilation of iucted during the years England, by BP To far of partion nuderstooc, ife of plants cept through th 16 acid and witeie aod w ud sbrobs, aad there & pounes #bieb produce the «me i 1 experiments of Dr. Draper have established 4, during the long course ot twenty years, had prosecoted similar inquiries, The re sults of the labors of the latter were not altogether satis usequentls , under the patronage of Derao- le resumod the investigations a few years cerded im obtaining results wo startlingly di ¢ of Broussivgcault, thac eorious doubts Later still, ) weut through a suries of expert with plants, selecting oats, wheat, barley, beans, buckWheat, clover and tobaces, The planta were sted from Beed in Fol! destitute of combined vitro id conticed in an sir in which there was no nitro , but sappiied with carbovic acid. The water used to the plants was carcfully deprived of every f cen, aud the experiments were varied by A portion of sulphate. ‘Lhe greatly rowth of the plant » sum total of of the surplus nitrogen wae ussimi- tn regurd to nous plants did uot Ratisict in regard to those, except in ko far as the attain results tendiog sbow toat there was no aiference betwees cereal and leguminous plans, With this view the exper'ments Were prosecuted, and the dna! reeatt proved that no nitrogen hail beer assimilated beyoud that omeni®. The facts claimed vy Groussing us apparently re establiened in regard to the arly £9 With reference to sbe legumi. wuts. This matter ( oue of the most important the selentifie me M iy mei that the ammoula they cog imeuts can de relied upon, they will save the farmer a great deal of money; but, at the same time, if farmers are not willing to pay for ecteatitic ta ons, they CanLot expect chemists to devate their lives to « subject of so mnen importance for nothing. It ts very true that Congress bus appropriated 669,000 for ag tural purpeses; but $15,000 of that sum dave been ed ia the p © of seed, for distri € ageicuitaral + sea 2 adjourned $ ree for Fone progress had be After the re uy ve Of this seotion, Mt spectinens of liguaceous many, had been reevived by the + to the stan pom. ittee of be subs to Prof reported on ai thy These apect: nor WETS SY stated t from @ apd re He move borry wt mm of tt rows ENeb. y exhipit the coal the New Yori: er on tovestivations of lly #tatise fe expected and Clam bak ‘ yt fod citys tiew SIXTH DAY INTERESTING CONCLEDING Kae 48 OF THE S0reN. TIFIC MEN OF AMBKICA * x 260 € the Ansuviation and ¢ t equally s¢ weil sored as with the diality of the fair hrete-s, Tea and cote in urhir profrsian were serv 09 the green eward, bd the {ulicst fellowship anc govd will «re lwterchanged among the guests The party aasembid at arfot four o'clock in the afternoon broke up be the entertainment was piven ia the opeo « pot thenght w rhe the dumy cews On the aome con Gt tey welch this mer ‘Tee suunding Come that or af the « a Soe olerie sed aud recom wed to morrow (W day), they do adjourk Butt next year Unanimously ap prove: Alm: that the PYasicent be roqveeted th atate to the Ax pociation # ain Phe space of three monine, eletner or Bot he Hl. ve prevaed to deliver a valediowry at 8 the -piration Of lus be ° shows reply negative, vb fat be fe quent’ (0 de Ro. Gn the rroommenaat a. wast A that tbe the rests g of papers fo the an they ebeuld meet lie gewes al peneN hear ems peuere of pepera: nierest The pregranme of papers ty Oe rend mi the tre soot wag thew arrenge | | * Profussor Bacnm informed the meeting that be bad made arrangements with the officers of the customs as pounce tothe Assoviatinn the arrival of the schooaer Bibb, with the ecieutille pa:ty from Labrador, as 4000 as ube vessel shall come to auchor within the harbor plause, Ree Sh comeniiiion of the Standing Committee, Dr. Henry Clarke, oi Worcester, Mass , Was elected regttlar tember of the gocioty. The counct] of nomination propreed, an tion of Dr. Gums, unauiinously resolved, v nua! session of the soriety shall be Tennessee, on the Lith or 18th of April next, as may be Prot al A. P. Barnard, of the Usiversity of Missia- rippi, Was unanimously elected Fresident of the Associa- tion, for the next aout at term it was, on mo- tthe next aa. Nashville, Di RW. Gibbs, of Columbia, S. 0., was unantmously elected Vice President. 1 Professor W. T. Trowbridge, of Nashville, was chosen i iw n, of Philadelphia, waa elected Treasurer, god Fro'esor Joseph Lovering, of Cambridge, perpetual Secretary. A local committee was then avpointed, consisting of Mens. Jit, Linsley, P. F. dave, J. B. "Fogg, Carrau M'Kerny, B.C. Gillson, Gol, Putaam, Dr. B. O Foster, and several others. i Op motion of Mr. C. C. Coffin, the Association thea diyi- ded into sect! PROGESDINGS OF SECTION A. MATULMATICS, PHYSIC AND CheMwTRY On coming to order section A proceeded to elacet Dr. Touts H. Steiner, of Raltimore, Chatrmaa for the day ‘The first paper of the morning was read by Profeasor H. M. Harman, on the meteoric appearances of the Mth Of August, and the 20th of July last past, ‘The observa tions of Mr. Harman, thoug! evinoing much scholarly ace quirement, did pot throw much light on tho eubject He explained that his obser rations aud admeasuroments were made at Hajtimore, and a he saw the meteor of the 20:4 of July, it passed along from the northwest, about thirty Uwe degre-s west of north, It was first observed desoribing an are through the hea- ‘Ther was opeving between two trees imme the head of the Profesor, whieh enabled e the meteor with great accuracy. Be sup- pored ita height at aboot the tte it passed over Long Island Mound, w be about forty miles. Its velocity from the of 1:8 fret appearance was about three quartehs of a mincte, being a little over eignt miles a second. It was about one-thigg of the moon's diameter, or a litte more than half a we. The meteor moved fxeter thaa 1 but not in the same direction, nor yet tn an ex- opposite mowon Professor Harmaa gave a com. ted mathewatical statement of Bis raoues of calcu f Cambridge College, Mass. id he had ta paper On the meteoric «appearances ameciutely after Ue adjourzmeut of tas fesion of the ngsoctation at Springtield, as well as oo the later appearances of the 20tu of July last; but he had had but litte time to Gevote to the question, besides Le had Lot yet obtained ali the information necessary to ar rive at & practical solution. The first of these meteors Was probably ooe of the most remarkudle ever observed or kuown iu our regions. The body must have beeo in tensely macmified It exploded ‘with a seuo¢ heard through a region of country some 6,000 equare miles in extent, It was seen from the northern part of Vermont Sud along the covet of New Jersey, aud easterly ag far as Mw New York At that time war and sent itto anum on tquobing this seventy or eighty letters io reply, but only twenty contained anything like reli- Adie {iformation Ut could ba used 1a computation. A domestic calawity preveuied pi frow follow. vp the {uterestiog investigation, but he hoped to fo ge at an cariy opportunity. With regard to the meteor of July 20, the promises were more evcouraging. Te was iu’ possession of sccounts {rem about one bundred apd twenty places, differing really ia geographeeal position; and be thought that b of records bail bave been properly stiter| ad digested, the course of the body wii! be easily determined, and the wore important fact as to the con- vexity or concavity of the meteor He did not hold that it revolved around the sa, but be would reserve any: thing be might bawe wo say on this subject unttl the next Annual meeting of tbe association, when be trusted that be would. be enabled te erubody’ facts more worthy of being preserves Proessor Coarasy, of Maryland, called attonting to the Gay meteoric appearuice of the mouth of taat September, which was seen from Westington to New Jormey Protessur Stiausan said that the meteor in question had been fully studied aud ciscussed by Professur Loumis and on Professor Gor1p inquired of those gentleman wh have given their study to meteors whether it tins ty Lbem that, apart from the period of the ordinary meteuric showers, these metours did not more frequently appear after the month of August than before? Profesor SiLuMAN replied affirmatively, and meationed & remarkable case of meteoric explosions which occurred some years ago at Coucord, N. H. Oa the occasion of this appearazeo the meteor exploded no jes thea twenty three puceersive times, throwing to the eartu about 700 los. of stony matter—one of the etones of which weighed 123 ibs, and is now pregerved in the college at Marietis. He thought trat if the meteor of July last sent tones to the surface of the earth, they would Le more veluable ie @ scleutitic seuse than any svoves hitherto die charged by meteors. He would also state that Rridge. port bad been nymed as @ locality in which the last meteor bud thrown out stones, but he knew nothing poal- tive on the matter Professor Gouin said that the reference to moteoric stoves reminded bin of an oveurrence in point. Soon after the sppearance of the meteor of July, he had occa sion to go Out one morning on an early ride, and on hie by the Janicor of tho tolloge that siven and had ext down a 7° Gould looked on neverthoiass determined to cud the statement regard atl_cantirmed by sev -ral discovered thas had been cat thougut that tt was spiral, 4 that it was of the same plu. The not lave yoduest by a sharp instra e ded hy a mw cud, Dut preseuted sn appear oh would Lave been’ produced if tt had been ma cannon. After an ac fragmeats of Deen aceon, for os courtyard {not reconctle with t iney was tbe @ ty 0 of the tre it me vT anpearan dence of those who bad wituesaed the poet Xr. RA Govuy read an interesting paper on induc Hot tine tn electro mingoot paper ou the motions ¢ The next 4 aad wae followed by a brief the plaaet Uranue 2 the porn ibillty of expressing the of the astorows by enavey tag series . W. Coaktay. In Poauay said that if the other body, deserthing an be produced to moet the elitbec which forms the eecea will be found to % placet, Tae important peew chit thus derived ta, that ts ec amount of the ecsen of the planet. Now la ually develope the the eeceat the plan Ip the ease asteroids, bewever, the eecen. o That the werios converge det slowly, re re great labor lor reduciug the eo ordi tabular storm. Tae new cerived orbit, Grat oS. VOLLIN aa eccentricity only eae that belouplog to the plaact or ¢ more couve gi Hence tho tabor greatly reew 4 If, however, the derived ot 1S Not yet sulliciently equusite fyeility for tabulation, thea ss it is Cary to obtain another ellipse, rived orbit, whese eccentricity is about derived obit or one fourth that of the Toit, and hence gore cov 3] ’ nail arwaye Verlaps the sv coaneetton OF ths ty series deyeadedt P theu read & vory able oatronomicsl pearances ™% certath variable stars. He » important branch of stody, for © ef astrovomers ts rarely of converge be found Ww pertarvauive fupet poo t 08 of the pl rawuary 89 Oat helps vy ectence of thirteen stars whose movements koown to be varietle, changing from eve Wo extrome dulpesa The number bas gene oo perenaing wot the number of wartdbee atars at eighty Thore are ten or twelre artro otleme@n fn ths cowwtry and iw Barope Geroting attention to this quertion, aod there ix gots mark the pen of any of thene xeinatyfie men which dacs not the knowledge we hare of theses woaderful raria- ang beon bus bewe ebowu that eveu Sirias himself may Cangeable All we want to eatablieh these as un t are a ove five minuter cack might, and euuld Perkon of ordiuary intedigencs Ths latter had appar avy disap oo abmat a yaar ago, it eeddenly re. and more effuient than ever, A tery were varienle, aod Proves fas WA in sag tliat every thivd Magnitude tinble to wartability Let teade a few practionl re nuarte ow the t Lue ad vier af Pro practieab is, teagthy panee on ayate Ab ioferonees ed br bee of bright sta Finith, of Athens, guee » no oud oo the theme, ae-oeg them Professors Ganley oud ee arding @ bib moet of praise to Captala Hoot the aoiity Abt research be bad displayed The fection Raum after adjonruet PROCEEDINGS OF BRUTE NATURAL HISTORY ASD UROLOUY » first paper read yn this section war one op the Para. Atomic Theory of Chemists, with e propo. » of & pew Hypothesis by Ciuxton Roosmvmr This hy pollceis ete forth that the creative atom eviated ce pothing oan come from nothing. If Md Completely overthrow ali ol chemistey bow io existence, He de cred the exw tenee OF Lhe Sixty Odd elements oF kinds of rome in tbo. varings aMinition now claimed by ehemista, fu orale g his views, be remarked thet mantiau os grat ol}) Rovere to new theorem, and eciepee bad therefore sofleret cone derntly 1% conmeauence. Indesd, Crom the th cof the anetent Greek rebel, Soren dectared that we huow polbiog Of « certainty, aad Arcesileus added ot th creation NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1860. ' that we kuow still Ieee than nothing. No chemist bad — metlod, we ascertalved who should tako this and who | yer attempted 40 the ori | Should take thas. We had come of these ber of the whica tuey around the cabin, aud , it be inferred Gtoms existed in | ourselves each one to we bis | the beginning. for repelling not te be awestruck interested chemistry He proposed of tatercat, 60 bo bublime. onl “Fetort, not 8: getber—your bumblowervant tn given pro} januric acid. Apply a Gegree | muuicate casily with all—the pe of heat, and what is the reoult{ Hydrated cyanic acid | The seconds were called by ove individual, passing Continue the beatand we next have eyanelide The dif. miautes by auother, 60 that if oac failed, another ferent charact-rs of the products of original gas by could take ft up,and we should not possibly get the america area Se, “ht in favor o! ‘trine, that the laws of motion were not sufficiently Pay wrong minute. we waited until the critical time. Nobory ep ke until ev tag, had heen chaaeved. When 1 was perfectly Bure of m! of contact | called for ‘Heat was motion, aud iv its application in the manner he | it, then the grapher lot fy the spring of bis tastru- had shown, reauits of iroalculable benefit to the chemist | ment, and caught the litwe curve, and showed the ragged would be produced. Mr Rovsevelt’s paper was very edge Of the moon faithful to the éffect, when a border long, but did not seem to meet with mach favor Rages peseen by it. is a beit of lig! Trofessor ©, N. Haxsrurn read a ron the burning | which appears outside of the mooa on the sun, showing of Berean’s Mechanical Bakery, in tom. The ciroum- | that ue reat of the sun is certainly brighter along by the stance of the destruction of several of these bakeries by , eof the moon. We studied that time aud again, with fire bast given rise t the belief that the cause was tobe | ¢ reat colored glasses, some colors showing it more found ta the torch of the incendiary. Careful examina | stroogly than others, and, a5 usual, the faithful photogra. tion bad, however, proved that the @res were of the ua | pher caught it) In the daguerreotype impressions—of ture of spontaacous combustions. The arrangemeat of | which I have copica at heme—taken by Mr. Campoell, tn the bakery made it nccessary to use alarge amount of | 1654, in New Yors, the photograplic illustration is belting, aud it seems evident tbat the fire was bef teliing the same story. And another curious pheuo- the escape of hot lubricating ol! into boxes of sawdust, | menou was scee by enly one of our party. Oa the which were connected with the mackigery. The freon | pide of the moon, close to ths edge of the sua, this ocoabion was discovered im the vicinity of the box, | somehow, close along that edge, projected on the sun wud no doubt could be entertained as to the producing | was a biuisl light. The eyo saw it, was satisfied it causes. The combination of hot oi! with i ble | was (hire, ceported It specisily, aud then we opened the sawdust was the cause of the combustion and eonsequens | photographic plate, aud thou that phenomenon, sappoted deatruetion of the building to be an optical ilusion ia 1820, and to be something The same gensieman read wnother paper onanewam. | strange in 1438—the photo remembered it and put monia, chronic, alum and the violet, green aud red modi. | it down, and eaid, “It is not seem justbecaure you have fications of chrome sait, This was a porely chemical dta- | imperfect cyt, but there ig something there.” (The quisition, only to be understood by Bose versed inthe | breathless plience which had prevailed until pow was Droken by irrepressible applause.) Those three drawinge are a justiScation to the Superintendent af the Coast Sur vey in eli time for sendivg that photographie arrenge. ment so far, (Choers.) Lregard them ag iutensely val vable As tho eclipse advanced nothicg could b+ more beautiful just because the clouts were were, and we did Lot need Reoreen glass, most of us Notbing couid be more beautify! than the ectipse as it approached, and we Gid not wonder that those who knew nothing about it fhould be impressed with the idea that something was devo. iE Wee Ave, ABEOMe KAVAgES are, OF that the gio rious orb was melting away. and through that little Blm of e'oud the beautiful and irsseping ereseeat could be looked at by the bare eye. and as it usrrowed aod narrowed, tt became a bit of ragee. silver wire— all the edges of it ragged, aa the edges uf the sharp cusp are ragged Whea the moon bas just passed tho node, a inteost ly suggestive of that. Ob, it wasno beautiful, grand, it was with some dificulty that some of us were prevented from erying out ie ecstasy I wanted to make a drt of ft, atid bad F known that Tsbould have come bere t cay, I ebould bave tried to bave some representa Of it.” Those whe lovked without the dark glass saw the ragge’ edge, and it seemed to them tuat the glortous Juminury was swking away uotil it was lost: is leked Vike Bowls intensely brilliavt fa capdescent metal exposet to Intense heat, aud dropping away wotil it was gone Tuca, ob, what wonld wo bave given for ao clouds. Bat then wae che most cloudy season of ail: nine-tenths of the sky was covercd with clouds. Just befure thet gtoomy twilight came, one of the party, une of the offloers of coe ship whose part ia the division of the fabor it was to watch if he could eee the shadow core, and see it go, looked around on the savage mountains,” and on came the great biack shadow, Ike some fearfal elond. He sew it approuch., Three minutes passed, aud he faw it fly The notice of this passage Js not new. It has been seen iv tuountelnous regions before, it wae amoug the intervsting things looked for. Perbaps the most sub- ecience Capt. E. B. Howt read a paner on the best means of pre- venting explosion ip colliorice, by Lighting them with coal gas from the surface, und not allowing the atmos. phere of the mwe to come m contact wits the flame. He proposed that the workmes employed ta the talace thould be supplied with portale lamp oa the came principle, or that their apartments should be iiumipated Upon a sitailar priuei ple. The apparatus could be either stationary or portabie, a8 eircumstances requir ed, and the steam power of the iniaes would gerve am aa aurilinry in the genera! works. Al! dangers from accident or careltssuens Would thue be doae away with, and the colliers would operate with a greater sence of personal se- curity, while the awful loss of Laman Life 60 frequently entailed on society by these expivsions would alwgether be prevented : Frof, Ropoxne expressed his doubts as to the practica bility of the pina, from the fact that the cuties of the col- lier ‘were of such a nature thet they could only be per fortned by the aid of smatl_moveabie lamps. It was oor tainly greatly to be desired that some safe plan should be devised wher by the sad calamities which £9 often over take our colli¢rs ang others the mives might be pro vented, but be cid not feel coufident that this would be a experiment 3, Com’ gud several other gentlemen exprossed bat agreeing in the mata on ent ta this drectioa Kr, brought forward » pr. wg ao pew theory in regard to the inercass of prereure upon eteam bait Fie ‘ary twas that the ere was in inverse ratio to the armovato’ temperature, and that the espansive power of steam could be 80 augmented that uo boiler ever made conid be able to resist the force. He was of pinion that the frequent acoownts we have of bower exploricus have 411 been the result of carciereness: aud he contended that ho one should be permitted to actin the capacity of a He Dreman or epgineer who was vot fully acquainted with | lime and hesutitul view of it was in 1953, when the Ger- this cxpansive property of eteata man astronomers were overtaken in the bightande of Swe. Profersor RoGeus, Mr. Kosiien, Mr. C. Roosnvetrand Pro- | ¢eu—(cbeers}—theu, covered with suow, and saw the forsor Luconts differed from the views assumed by Mr. | great rhatow» weeping te ward thom over the snow, and Hyatt, sud were inciined to treat the whole question with | tbe successive illammatun of the spires of the villages 4 * | es it pasred by. When (ie enadow came over us, ob, what a beautiful disaiay of olurs we hag. We could not gee the rorona, and it was permitted to us to look aaide Bad bee the grand Bpretacio. My friend end companion, Dr, Barpard, wer care’. te look over the beautiful dark. pees. [ebal! pot anticipate the account which { bape be will give you. Just s@ the eclipse was fairty tota!—just as tbo loat little fragment was cut away—our 2 frienc, Lient. Ashe, cavgbt a view of th > jong, white blade of light quivertog throagh where the sun bad gone out, and be caught the frst blush of that coroua which we would have given much, very much, have seen throughout. Bot just because it was cloudy, perb aps, that observation is valuable, gad although we lost the spectacle which we would buve giveu 60 tauch w see, yet the coujuacture of phenomena might be ilscif a valuable iustance, which may tel! of the fashion of the experimentum crises, thongh there is no experiment bere, but only @ careful observea- tion. For it 18 # question t be decided how far that red color ig due to glure upo: the eye. 1t may be well for @cieuce thas the Bvade Was But we did not lose the corona quite, for I arranged, througt the assistauce of Mr. Venable, some things to be looked efter by the y Mr. E Poca gave bts views on the nitric acid aud am moni io rain water, cullected September, 1809, between Now York sud Liverpool, about the middle line of the ocean. The results of Mr. Pugh's investigations showed that the water contaived ammunia but 09 aitric acid. Adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Asso‘ ation, pursuant to resolution, met at balf past four o'clotk, in geweral pensions One of the members having been elected to the position of chairman, Professer J. D Warrnsy read the fleet paper of the af ternoon, on the origin of the prairies of the Northwest. We auinisc'verted un the various kiods of pratricn and thoir Various urigins. The bottom prairie, fouad ua the Mis tistippl, Was very difvrent from the great praivies of the West. The great question in reference to these Prairies wos—why was there on their surface such ap ab- ee ions Sesto eget theory be- ieved tu that part of the cuuvtry ia taat the trees pave |. sl vewn buratconn. teu open is however, uttoca, | Seaiuea themselves. They were iostructad what to tooe bie: becanse a tree would burn as well ina moustajeous | fr, and [ received from an tu geartermamser, country 4s on @ level plain. The cause alleged by scietific | ¥bom L closely crosp queationed wflerward, such a dis- men ts the absence of manures, aud the consequent want | tact account of how le anc same of the satlors saw the of (enndty inthe sail, Be thought this opinion equatly | CoToua along che olack moon, aud how it looked, and how atevablo, His tory is tbat these prairies hare bee | red ering aig past gwen ove yin vi hon the becs of lakes, which bave gradvaliy become dry, oa vat oe - be perborate any tering _ sstropomical bon, and jotted down the details, for Mr. Cuum sadresses some remarks tothe meeting on | the description was so natural and so precise ] began the some subject, showing that ‘rom a variety of obser. | 0 bave grest bope that we bed it, and that eheet of vations which be had made it resulted that where prairies | lve paper (pointiog to @ diagram on the wall) whieh J wore « plentiful water was gevierel's searoe, aad he looked baw Bota —_ Ang gag age berasgongs i book a sbscace of trees as being tbe result of the want of gould to wal he told me. “No, it is vot righ there” Se, x e said, “there is auotber beam.” “0, this is all right = CG fore, ch benen pemaet aoe ium. | bere but there—i rathor UniDK there © os eoeber Beam." ‘briisaut aurora of August 6, 1800. The auroral display Theo EO peal and paid, wae S to yOUr asRoelates be bogeu mt eleven P M., but did notattyin mach brillianey | fee ¥ y any", add be took it and qgane back an votii 2.90 From that time wutil dawn its reful war | 14, “They tay Wat We exactly what they saw” (4p Aimiomt equal tothe display of September 2, 1889. Ie was | Piavin) That ts exactiy tho eoronk, just thst ray that marked by sudden changes from extreme luminoeity and | Pboote out bere, and there be has got ita litte usr. Dr illianoy to a cloudy haze, slumting ot the sight of the | TOWCr 00 One siteo—just where he ought to bave it nar etare in ters than five minutes. Mr. Cotfin wasor opinion, | Tewer, for we were a litte south of the centre. I aay it founded on numerons obscevat ious, that this aurora is re- ble crewing. (Loud eheeriag:) These, gente lated lo the thermai condition of the re; that arg among the more ‘utereasing phenomena ‘that any remarkable display is due to a change in the Mesaw. Sometimes I thiuk any two of them pat toge- clectrfeity of the earth or the attunepbere, Meermal | ther cuaht to Joatt alt th wg Be pe be he Profoasir Racuy reported’ the retarn of the Sclentide | e%venience, aud all the trial of mind, ead all the care, Expedition frou Labrador, and stated that the vessel | 80 Al! the distribution of iabor which we bei. The tim thet bore Ube distinguisbed party was then auchored ta | of the Gasocintion is precious, I must uot be tedious; { the harbor. (Appiause.) Tbe inembers ef the expedi. | MURt not detala you longer. Professor Alexander cou tion would be happy to meot the members of the Associa. | “304 araid loud cheers, and immediately after tion at eight o'civak that evening. ie wo etated that Shenae, Trealseatet te Cuiegs of Sintetngt, Proteseor alexander wul to morrow give the members of | the Lewly elected Presi leut of ths Bociety, followed with tag Assorvation au aconunt of the expedition. (Applanse.) | & statement oc tua ex e and ebeccvations Adring Te riset tho views of the goutiomen nod of the Boiety, ie | the ioteresting expedition. He said that it would hardiy rd'that the Astucation ‘asseasile ab half yast | De cxpected of big after the full and highly toterostiog bine o'clock to morrow mo nii Matement of the chief of the expedition of Ure astrousmi val papers were eft over te be read to mocrow, | CORDS, that he should make auy extended romarias te te- whieb wiil doubtless be Ouc of the most inveresting days | Bard to the astroaom mate iv the course see He SIS ea ‘The Association adjourned shortly aftar eeven o'clock, ; rane and it ise: that their anuual Qvaveutinn will wine | Which called patil few retlertious They had wp with ‘aud Clambake by the city authorities, at | hoped to have fuller menue and fa silities fur the solu tion of these inquiries, Wut the observation of the heavens at a moment whes the phosomenon was at the Deighth of ite toterest prevested dhe full accomplishment Of the original Gesign of: the expotition. The visidie darkners of the whole atmospheric expause wag the elict Cause of the saterruption of the aatrotumic observatious. But 1 the courre of the progress of the expedition there were presewted certain phiysteal phevorn whieh jod Lim to thiok that whethe: some pheuo mens Conpected wih former @dipars, bal umver yet ex- pines Bu to sepend on adiwouvered laws, might wot be reasanably refered to laws and principles Weil known and cstablissed. Ae did net alede to the “roy couse’ of which se much bad bevs said, nor to the Draoeues of light or luminous matter which were Grd acre Gone aaciepare to be met vg oe . orth Amerina: Coast, ‘ore, Nubia and other Rest. Y part, au the utenomt taterest was | ern countries. Unfortunately, from circumstances already Duanifeeted tu the protecding: oteted, they =z unable w supply tne information or A. Gacsb, Vico Prost { the ta | Peeded. Be could, however, draw attention to a curwos Prefeame B. » Vien President of tin Atmucie- | Po cman —ve-the Sreaking Up ef, Uae cleats, ein tion, in the abicue Of the Presideut, callse the meeting | je: have been generally sea, and which té remarkable a. The 18 which Judge Douglas #i be proses. SEVENTA AND LAST DaY. Newrone, Rk, August €, L860. ‘The Couveution met at bait past cine o'clock this mora tog, for ibe reading of the fow papers renalniog ow baud nod to hear the repert of the distinguished astronomers whe ecompauiod tbe peiotib> expediuiou to Labrador for the purpose of taking cheervations of the receut total eclipse of the sum. The attendance of both sexes was larger to-day than ou ney other oecasiun during the new ion of the Convention. The large ball of the Seate House be order, aod We mianWs of the previons day's proceed. | in avovlar eclipses—thedieeoiution of the lest rea. apd contiemed Tay of }ight port oa the ewe of the total eclipse, it was resolved that the Association should | breaking up ot the ight, to the agnular ccupse was Grat ce ene for the reading cf payers ant tuatall | obterved by Pravets Bailey during the eetipre of 1807, and embora should reassemble in geaeral geasion at | the strange appearance of the light o’ter ft'was brokeu up batt past © ‘elon gare to We phenomenon the uame if Bailey's beads The meeting then Qrvided inte seetivnr As we observed it, thore Were (an meradic fragmeuts Hor A Was in pesaian ot light, whieh ¢id got preseot’ that rotuad furm Prof, Auexarper proceeded to address the mecting on | that wuld justly the pagie of Bailey's beads, Duriog the re sults ef the Inte expedition to Labrador, Ho said the | the ooservacions, avd immediately priot to them, the membeon of that expeaitiou were bighly gratified by the | chir’ of the expedition bad eajuimed on the rps of od. reeption lind met from the monsent they wet foot on | fer vation the stetetest silence. Not one word wat heard shore. They bad come trom» land of moagmental deso. | ameoug the whole company, except Ub lation tote the midat of friends and roetal tuterconree and “20 was Counting the secoats. saree: and if his ideas shovid not be quite “ that they woeld pardon bw ander auch umetances. You ave, continaed the Pre ware that the obsereation of the total eclipse potat ear the const of Labrador, # and while see- aod even out worthy chief bb }, Saat ce of the lumigous rays of light to which “a 2 not pelp exciniming *Batley'a aahter ex here interposed Lo correct the evesker. Aluhough "be words “Bailey's beads" were utvered by ‘bie Agent Of carrying ont the Vieas of the Super | Gwe of We party at the joocture alluded w, he wan not te stendeot—thet t*, my associates aud 1 = f—for thougk | peren ye clef of the corps, oo herring the words, dition had ac ostensible head, that did not imply | Ioerely called out + Re abil.” (iaughter.) ou the partot any. We were two pace oer felver AS NEAT BK pesstiyle to the line Of the central eeliper; | aud this morning I am to wine to you briedy As jreainle bow We selected dur etation, aad what we maw | Lr. DOWARD, resonating, ARG be was glad to bear the Presideut exculpate Limse (1, bat by bik own comtereion be bad also broken through the rules, We were curious to feces tan Low many poms of ight there @ere; bub wodkt When we ge ore. Never in ty wildest dreams bat | pobece the luminous poiute Oar Oroadian frteut, Cap. frou Rood seeuek Of graLdeur ag ee saw whey nearing | th Wwh,of Quebec, was the Oret whe gu of oor dratioation For the last @fty milesan unbrotea | |! The purrovuding of lighe only chain of mountains, Feemingly formed of cas! iron, rose | 1 be vomparct to etring® of beads. it was op the side Tesood the ligiite of arborescest vererstion, of | eh Which the rim of the eum wat coming oa towards the Boow evil lingering on their easwra aide, from which | euee vf the moon Alo Feou & number of there came Cown tous & sensible chill at wnat dis | emai! but elongoisd line The reat of the stasement of coulaged me more than eli wae at the base of that Though the day wae clear over beat, aloug se tue poetersor tu reference to the apsearance of | Darrier klept a Ded of mist, beld there ueder the inexorable ' eclipses wae very much hike the previoas st aomont of Professor Alexwpuer The phenomeuon was 80 aiflicult of nw cf Condensation by the moantatpe themselves. Aad | obser eee that be could got count toe tae, but got no | when we arrived at our latitude, and were trying to liad | ereted thot be aetoriy lost the fret members be had ( come ete opening through which we could enter, we | teben. He vext ailoded to the irradiation of we clouds, fad deuce’ ihe theory that the telesenpe de-troyed trra- tion. ‘The trath wna that the telescope did aot de ‘OF irraniation that tt wee more diffientt to be fobdured when the light was intease When the exyed } tien poo the Piraite of Bete ate they catered w Tare display of opbes! pheoetaeha, surpansing every thing that he bad biitert: pasee throuch, and coutinaing o great part of tee cape The Profstor here euteret explanation ef the operstions of the rare od upon (b Re toweriag masses 4,000 feet high Liow were to pation the platens was Preparations that had been made #y exrofelig and 4\i he #* pectations that bad been raised —al! peered v0 bave optoced to Chem « barrier as inexorable as the laa of petore themeecttes, Oue thing beeame evirient: «et mmeet take ect vautage of that very arravgement; we mast teterpwe chal huge Darricr Of mountain between cer- pdt. tw ercer to elucidate the cherantor of feives si @ (be ocenn, or our work must come to paugat, | the mirager which tod thmasel¥es on the const dnd, th rofore, we penetrated a Httle Inlet and found, | of Labradon, Whenever these appearances of airages Atior a while, ® Bet Of terraces, vpon whieh we dnally | Sppesred, there Was aiwave @ visibin tremulosity of pieced ours end then the boge mountaio harrier | water, camer’ by thr wetion uf the beat. He then de- Foto vt the toy woder the @ame law Sometimes the fog | Aer bit A eariety of there phenomena which he hed seen, crept through ike @ it, but t¢ cause dowa ca | and altuded particuiarly to two pyramide of clouda, toe parm 000 of ne anaala, eage, ane toarcely ever | which prerouted the mamt erquiaite aaleidewey pyle eum resebed ne Oor harbor was good shag, aod weset | The mirnge a there waters, be sald, were must remarka- ourselves W work te prepare for observations. Rave an exonient ides the Weather fn Wis region was clent, It was very which he alloded. They prssed clear, but it peer remained om more thao two tovt peculiarly varied suades in tbe most bie manner Theo they assumed dayh at & time, and with ay tnexeasing angicty | tapid and wnmcoon we huked forward t the great day. It reamed | the fororo «capital, then of a colnmaw, aod gradually to promee that i would teokiog #! the ehaper and peutions that cogld fhe the very critical moment of all, uine-teoth: ceive: He had aways had be tet opinions in regard to Deaweoe Were overcant, eh that waa ia. — tcrhores, belvewing that they its 4 and diapbareus, ot, aut treat ‘Gest thet was valuable, butia this be hed heen Gece are at were Eelhered, Pod wo felt wbankfal that wo cond ges Opagre Alrbourd they are tuteneely white, waet ta the low na to the different ror—and Cog | couree oof fortuation from glaciers, tie ree ouly ai hte to them in passing, tur this mart be brief, No whith tley sumetimes present arc Alled wr b; Feonet Cone the meen ude upon the cige efthesun so Infiltration of water, etch aswimes @ a thes ber edgy coumonty very rough, whea the dark form These icebergs were among the pheno neon colpee 18 Aimoet anomlar oF total, he i onormonsiy of the Waters fed Comets of Lagrador There were dif rough, whatever cue may banpee. ‘We had already sr. torent opintone @ to tbe Rize OF araximuM Ci neluns of By tbe eloses( measurement one of toom wae ranges Ourselves and distripated our labors. Before wo 400 foot high. On tbe ‘of the there berg ext there we called formal council, we discumed every shown to voese) tome days afer Hirst boeing them, the bergs bad aud was vothiog eon bab cg upeo . There of first »pealt af the Large num. aps tt wold he right for bim aordivary magnetic disturbaace 1g the expedition they observed no less than fiftcen auroras, & uumber of them being vory lasting, but not very dense. 10 was his impression @t first that the presence of the ioun bad the eflect of suppresaing the briltiazey of these pbe- nomena; but at a period te ‘had the opporta- nity of eecing the aurora and the moon and twilight at the sume tie, and yet the northern lights burued eteadi- ly, despite of the two lights with whi Of the etopendous grandeur of, of Labracor, the ex President 8 ‘aud pe could add nothing to the description. Every spot’on that shore where louse stones can lie is covered the dais of shattered rocks, and where these are not found the eoli¢ rociss themselves are to be seen. What has peeu the cause of the breaking up of the rocks which form go large a portion of the coutinent would be hard to say, but it Beems probable that their decay Las been brought about by the infliration of water into their deep re- cesses. “Porhaps jn the interior of Labrador there might be Guer lands, bat on the coast there was nothiog but Darrenpers aid Cesolation Although there mast be some living animals there, they have almost altogether disap- peared, and al) he Raw of animal life were» fow soak tering land birds and s few ducks, Certainly, the wild fowls of the Aratiy regions are not to be found to this locality. They founc the boaes of sore quadrupeds, but no living representatives of the specice. They did not ever Oud apy epeolmena of vertebrated animals, and the whole coast resembled a grand Golgotha. Profeasor Bar. bard went om at some or h to describe the various eoene® presented on this rocky and barren coast, and con cluded a lengthy ada oud applause. TA the retiring President of procectiod to deliver hie vaiedictory dle ewid;—Vir, Chairaiau, ladies and gentlemen—I am cot geverally ve Apologies befor facts, bat rather pr my facts anc leave them to epesk for then: tome a matter of great vucertaluty, o whether 1 would have the bappiness ucd th seeing the faces of those who ure now pate me. Eogaged a8 1 wan for a few weeks past ia scieatitic ftudies at some distance from bone many re, it was cottely a wm whether puch a pleasure as this awalted me ome 2 years s.ace the celebrated Francia courting of (he operations aod im pature, tanght us iv these words, wonderfil auc familiar force — peceesary i the tront and begiuni: i out besitat® reservation lO be profes: not lees in ths human kingds God's kingdom of Heaven, that py ‘man enter into ti except be becomes Grat like a littic ot {8 m Obedivnee to this nobie upborism—thoyst in view of tt—inat ait veritable progress in acieage ts made. We mention tule sasertion with the distiact por euasion tha: it itself be regarded ag an unquestiona dle deeuctios the history of the past, vovb before Bacow’e tire, as Well WS from the expericace uf That it Wil be 60 regarded, we sag, by a!! ‘of what bas reaily been done in tite iat , and Low that bas been effected, The ‘yr owhich is thus the prerequt always eda: site tm the aracter and composition of tbe trae pbilosopuer—ihis clilditke character consists not merciy ia the spiris of humilly which would become o litte child—that spirit of humi{ti. 45, Cistrast and teachableness which is content to learn what in pertnitted lo be, instead of determining from ita own intelligence what must be aud out to he Iternsiats not inerely ip wat defined humility, but the same childtiics character wit! be found to he based upoa more extended principles. The range of philosophy, tae duty of the trua pbilogopher, and the great fleld open to the children of ecience tn the future, were the themes on whieh the Pro. fessor very ably aud eloque ally discourset Sach a splen- did oration bas rare)y been delivered, eve before a learn- ed society, and when the Profeesor concluded be was greeted by a buret of unanimous applause. ‘The vsyal reaolutions of thanks to the citizens of the place of meeting, to the principal officers of the society, end to ali who were entitled to the thauke of the Associa. tion, then tollowed, accompanied by eloqueot and elabo rate speeches by Pro‘essors Kogersa, Myatt, Henry, Le conte, Hunt and others fal ceremony of “ehakiog ‘The aftectionate and yet hauJs"’ was the next act of the scene, aud the metabers slowly separated, to meet at Naabvilie, Tear ebsee, in April mext Our Mammoth Cave Correspondence. q Maxnors Cava, Ky., August 3, 1860. Fuatiors to the Mammoth Cawv—The Diamond Cave and the Dramendo—Southerners for Pouclas, dc, dec. T have just emerged, after av eight bour# tour through that gigautic wonder, the Mammoth Gave of Kentucky. Tt seems like a dreom, for in gone but in ¢reamland, or the wildest imagivings, can the wonders there to be wit eased be conceived I witl uot heve attempt to describe il Taw, for it would require pages of the valuable room. of the Hagar. Let it for the present euffice for me to ‘Say that the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky isa big thing,” And those who do not credit the assertion had better go dows into its depths, over its chasms ead precipio «, through ie imperia! alls, star chamber, tuatels, eban: nels, brovks, rivers—see the stars as if shinivg in the eaves, look at the Giant's Office, und see the dotes aud the thousand teyged epiders, al! eveless, swimming aut crawling, the ove in a river, the other upon the walls aud sin the crevices of tits great cavo—the most wonderful caverp iu the universe ‘Cur party consisted of some forty ladies and gentlemen, mostly from the Seutbern cities, en route for tue White Sulpher or t§® Hot Springs, or the far North, on ploasoro escursious A.noug the number was the well known Dr. Fenver, of New Oricans tacluding Squire wha, like muay others Jacies Walker, father of the unqueucbable filibuster, Geo Wm. Walker, is a strong Douglas man. Dr. Fenner was caliod to the Devil's Pedestal at n proper moment, aud delivered @ mammoth Dovglas speech tn the Mammoth Cave to a highty We Lug mudienee, consisting of pretey women ti yellow bloomers and oil lawpe, and @ uumuer of young mer who rather favored gaisnury than potttic: io inowents of so much danger to whe fair sex. It is a re markable fact, however, chat the young girls who explore this caver pass over the most dangerous places with more totrepidity,and come the ordea) with loss fatigne, than the must robust men. Abaodsome 4 0, froma Lovisiaua, discovered @ new cascade while on this Cprativn Large Dumber of visiters are coming aud going dally to the Cave, or rather the Caves, for the Diamond Cave ts culy & Butle aodabalf from Proctor'e, at Bell's tavern stopping place, “Giagguw junction,’ on the Lours- ville and Nashville Rasiresd, where diamou’s can be pees up by the busbel fell, Uy paying only @ two dollars © for eotrasce. Seine thonge the high; bat ack Charley Fordbara, the celvdrated New York Broad way Inpidary and worker in precious stones aod metals, Whether that t» too high a price far some of the choteas: Saud tove Clamouds tu tbe 4. The Diamend Cave sarperses the Mammoth in the ‘Of {8 peciciena, Dut the Mewmeth far purpastes It in grandeur on y of the Swuthersers bere advocate the election of gina, Prince Jerome Wonapariec. BTS ARRIVAL AT BaLTOMORK IN ISUS—PinsT Derma YIRW WIT Mies PATTAUSON—HIS MaKHIAGS Lit ibtd, BTe. TOWN MORFOR OF HME HERALD Vmuaruryma, Augeat 5. 1°60 As eo Dory vermear Cf the marr lege of Prince Jerome Bovaparts to bis American wre, Misa Patterson, of Batti are belog cireulated, Taend you an extract wyon i Fubject, taken from We “Life of Commodore Baruey,”” whieb I thing will aie dew orge hehe, A FRin SO OF THE FAMILY. EXTRACT FROM THR LiFR OF COMMODORE BAKNGT. ti July of shin yoar Jerome Bow » tbe it Drotber ojmleoe, Who Dad re cel: from tae Owen! the commienion of Cazataine de Vatswau, without having, hosever, tbe rliphtest wrens aus ty a knowledge of tu Cuties abd bat taken the opportunity of @ erative ia tne ‘West India seas to ciske a visit to re tis was aecomyeniod by bis friond, Geveral Rov del, a Keoretary, POS Himad, Puc @ lerge Butte of atuender ts, all of whoa were immectutely tuvited by Commodore Bara ty to re fide with bite aaring thew say m the city, an soritation whieh war very gratefully accepted, aud they rewamned frvxral @eeks to partake the clegaut buaptality uf his ast Ta Jerome expreseing & wish Ww viet Philatelphia, the Commodore gratided bim by plasuing ay agrecamte exewrion though York, Lascester, th+ Spriogs, and « a laces of auactuer row tt, Ue ail of watch and wiroduced bim Tey prssed agveral io Philecelphia, with which Jerone professed to be Divcd | lemeed: a0 as every body Comyrcted with Une erent Captals Was tore OF bese & Hot 10 tie Unttert States, the Comte dere lost ne cyportonity of pratitying the very on. torai Coru nity of bis (ottow ettiz-as by “Rhowing off” the ung Jerome at al poblic oe withia rence Toe Totes at the bevotifil village of Havre de Grace, on the Bue quel jp tt go ete these irom tae eorgenareny rise Concours» of countrymen from ties ea thcre the chasse of coon wee ‘t tune after their return to Baltimore, the races wD WOK plnoe, and there for the first time Devote Was evovgl ly 8 ereature beter thre wreepy before bem, be losisted apat au intrude ston w her, ant He bad newer woow sn tuve forgetting brother, empire, fu ery thing bur the fascinating onyect to Ore tie he Very noow eppeain’ to the frien feblp of the Jommoedore to aia bia fo bien very prodently’ and Qe ageiuet the folly of forming or attachment with any lady tm dhe Laie Mtates, situate. a6 he wae—nnder age, aud entipely dep ndemt upot bin other viows for bim, be reminded oouaequence could to all partion, Commodore ee make dy ob = ero ber fermily; end thu, instead of nes step whicn he Reemed oa the beautiful Mes P———— A aiugle glawce | nent nen 2 tee HE TURF Su Messrs. Jackson and aaedmen ments to Pay Forfeit of Twelve Thousand Five Ham: ared Dollars, d&e. In the Hatin, a short time ago, we stated that weep. ‘stakes of five thousand dollars each, with 88uD of aye thousand dollara added by the proprictor of the Fashion Course, Loug Island, would be ran for 8a the 26th of Sep. tember next, on the above course, aud that for thi the three best horses oo the Arterican tu ca piel Bouns and Congaree—hua! been entered by their re. Bpective owners. We also sited that ® match betweem Planet and Daniel Boone, for the 4m of twenty thousand: dovars, which bad been almost arranged, had Leen agreed: to be off, for the purpose of eugughig m the above aweep- stakes race In relation to this subject we have roeerved the follow. ing letter from Mesers. Thomas cud Thos. W. Doswell, the: Joint ownere of Planet. Those geatiemen, who are well knOWD a5 two Of the staunchest cupporters of the Amer: cau turf, are desirous that tho trne facts in relation to the match above alluded to with Ganicl Boune should be presented to the public, and we cleerfully publish their tion in our columns.— TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERRALD. own, July 2, 1860, ‘The following article appeared ig your paper We ten ago:— A msich between Planet and Davie! Boone was almoat ranged a few weeks ago for the sum Cf tewnty dhomeeae den. lars tide; bpt as the owner of was destrows of alog tn the Tare, i was Agrend Lo toaie It's 68 ecpalanes Ny ee wally On, Ba camel fed cl AON ktvon by the riewrif the joy Course, thus mabing the Hi re Of $20 00 as the reward of the Victor of the rece ‘That such s represeutation hes been mare to the editor, or foe One of the uuinerous reporters fur the raat, we do uot question; but the statement ¥% eo entirely af variance with the truth that we foel assured you will allow us the space in your valuable colunus to lay the facte before the public exactiy as they have occurred. Wailst we have felt justly tudignant at the manner i= which we have been treated, and, as members of tno turf, have been mortified atthe result, we have bitherto for- borne to make hae pubhe complaint, believing, perhaps erroucouely, that the futerests of the turf would he bet- ter promoted i silent acquiescence ti a great wrong rather than by the exposure of £0 inexcusabic and culpa bie wu act of bad faith on the part of those who have figured Jargely in the apuala of the turt South. We pre ferred, therefore, to submit patiently to an cat rather than bring racing into disctedit by holdiag jartics vp to public censure, whick would woavoidably, owe ustly, involve to some exteut the fonoe with th ty. Bub since the atteupt has been made te moke us participators ip the wroag doing of others, jus luce to ouréelves, 68 Well as to all who were in any mam. ber aeaceiated with us in tue match which was proposed aud accepted, im) vely requirce at our hands « brief but accurate Statement of facte as they Lave traaspired, aud W which weDnow proceed Ou Friday, tie 30th of March, we rao Planet in a Y Blake of eight eutrice, four mile beat, over ihe otarie Course, New Orleans, agaiuat what’ were posed to be at that time two of the best horses on ground, to wit Joba C. Breckinridge and La Varictic, the ther Ave paylug forfoit, which race was won Pianot, aud, withough ju fast time, yet we may be excused for’ saying with suck remarkable ese that we ventured to run bir: agen op the fullowing Monday (only twe days recap aaa om ot fresh horses, iu & post stake, two mile , in which Danivi Boone, whose merits we will pot ettempt to disparage, waa the Winner, There wae cousequcutly, aud very naturally, at exultation among the frieuds of Booue and bis sire xipglou, mixed up With a good deal of boasting, den. Contdeat fa the powers of our ow berse, and belics (whether right or wre “6 it matters not),’ that his Was alone occasioued by soreness, resulting from hie eight mile ruu over a very hurd track three ays ‘We proposed to bet $20 000 that Pianet could beat Bocie four wile heats over the Charleston course, or if they would ruo tho match at Asbiand, Virginia, we woald bet $20,000 t $15,L00, neitrier of which proposition: ‘were then accepi-d, and thos the matter caded at that time.y In the Spirit of the Times of the 12th of May the following Lote appeared as» of the editorial corres. Pondence, writteu by tbe seuior editor of that paper, was then in Tennessee:— Woxstam Houss, Tena. z Covowei-— am authorized by Mr. ee bd - a oo the ea Pn of Than and four mile heais wih Planet, in Virgtuin, for $20,000. F13,.00, or fer 89° ON! walde Wf'Tun at cy elosion, ane ped the chelerge, aud will run Daniel Boone ; on |, over the Asbiand Cou gina, during the mor tb Of Uctober next. bame odde if the Mesere. Dosweli will run Pos, Whew are, also, willing to maich iy J Waabingion, three nie he-ts, for ‘The forfeit will be deposited at may Kaye and p: party may peme , 3 iv. i i Mr Al “uit Fore, then, was not only qualited and unconnitional ‘acceptance of which we were under vo obligation then Conn quence of subsequent ehysgemeute entered into, it was also accompanied with au additions) challenge amatch betwes Laure Farris and Fanny Washiogtoa for £5,000 or $10,000 & Bide, and a plesgs to deposit the ‘This challenge reached us just a8 the Asblaud races, within a short distance of our stables, were about to com- menoe, nud just after we bad eniered iato new obligations to run cur borees durmg the late races ia New York. Bot we gave up the purses at Asulant, for which wo should scarcely have had any competition’ We paid for- fetts ov our engagemeuts at New York, avd promptly wo copied che terios offered by Messrs. Cheatham poi Re fon, a3 will be reen by the following card publiahed ta the Spirtt of Hie Times of the Bich of May, but pearing date ou the 19h, on whieh day 180 autressed @ lobver to the above named parties by yail:— Wonsnax House, Tenn., May 2 nh Reta cba et lcag ie me fon, ms, tO pu allow « Vania) 'W. Doswell, best chal Low dents with Plenet, an $15,000, oF tor $2) WG a rideif run at Charleston, ibe ComD! the ili rum satel Boone oa the terme palwed, over the Ash aud Course, ir the fame odds ft she Meinphis ” Sgrinat Prony, Washingt, OS The fortele wi be deposi the Doeweu porty may name. ¥ A » Notwithstanding we de net consider th ferred to om having heen made hy ws is now 0 HN MCCENICE AL tbe the WES Madm sti Paving. peed Leven the offer and any tnt 10 us of is oeerpt” ni “ take both pedinbe ut Wess aud erksun. a We ist Bw well raw the Asblan’ (curse, ber next for $0000 on Manee ageinat Boone: and Laura Parte aad Panny Washluate sane courne, Un ec mile heats, ow the 13th day of Uet for $10 Oe wide olf forfeit in each mwted. the to depoaitog witt, Mewre Koders Sutton & Co this city, on oF before the Bh dav of June, 4880. Made war deprwit me will he neen from the anbexet ‘Dhet there tay Le no delay bu eeu plying with the derar Mone a Chenthau. ard Jackeau en ‘dis dey, 6 prevert or vik nnd ‘ork, whe we Particularly se we bes but fey Cave betore tae ap) OF Meare. ¢ heather and Jachsn's comauninadion & Yost siake to be ran oser the Fasting et s00¢ be xt necting, eo the frieats of each course ‘cept thie #8 our» for wot eomyty fang wth. thelr end carrying Cut our Liten.ion to Wisi tuem at their ili ? i + i i i ae ii; bi ae i Ey iy i i ta the josdous rivalry Lesicgton would ten tion uper Bisa, the dam of Planet Barton eee well ne oy We propone Vs run on thelr, ew suerte free irom ah “entangling at a ay we @uler thew + ange mente pain a THOMAS W_DOsWhide A Toomer & 1, a th as, SuTron & Oo, W. Dowwell lave tuis day ad dollare-the fortelt referred to a00e wer Med above ANUPRS, SUTLON & CO D> Vo. May 19, 1800. m Ho will be percelved Liat we were noteoaly sad. ferted to cooriderable pecumtars loss, but from the of May to the 6th of Jane (sixieew eave), whieh we allowed for the conver tance of Mossrn. CLeatharn ant Jace. Bon Within whieb to put up their furfelts of $12,500, which ey assured we would be deposited at avy time aed place we mixht indicate, bet thar we ‘alsv have been Pohjectad to the absolut lors of our ‘of $15,008, provided sny ef We sccideuts xo common ja Binbles hed unfortunately wcuree with wa; the breaking out of tue detemper or lurg fee r, the breaking of the atraip winew, OF acy other “of the thousaud h ‘horse’ test is heir to,” promptly teleg Dy the friende of ine Ke parties hore, and His not aifionls to ter! what would have hecome of our forfeita without « chance to wm, and yet, Mr bditor, you Wil 96 surpriced to earn tbat po forfeit has ever w Ubis day heen pat ap by the other parties and no etcase, justification or apako 2) bas been offered fur ©: prema 8 deparvere from muced eb h@ate voluntarily py wae toes, ana thus only, thes the pr fmasch wae gvotied aud de feated: it tee refusal or fatture of the cballenging Hoe to comply Wp ther beh gasconading pt match Panet aed Fanny Waebington with vanier ard Laura Ferrie, from which they flatly and rely backes down What goers) eficct Book & coures of proceeding (which We will Dot Wdertnke to cbaractorite) le tu Baye ou fotare challenges au) marches berween the diferent Reetions aff i i the country we leave to te determined by others, far wurterves we bave oly t y #0 shall be fore we piace vurselves: ach ® will degosit the forfer ty vowrve!. No partion ran piford or he expected to take nl! the riek aud 1 Apom AIDIIILY 10 Cogegerients of AEH AREN'TA te On themselveR, and let othere net only po tree of All rewpoombthiey corp acheap repatation for their boron in the event their chateages HOt Me ing recopted ‘The fwWerpetake that has fice been made between Daniel Boow +, Corgaree aud Piset, to be rae at York, has no ecarnretinn whate with the mate egreed Wow Wear wot witil « ‘ved a letter from Mr. Colton, tbe proprirwer of the Fasbiow Gowrse, Gth of Japemthe day after the tine had expleed for dhe i F oeportt Of the fe mfet ow the tateb—that we bad o the prope % protnke: teh Daniel Booge and paree Dat OM of Sune for Ps od ‘ wet bh we hare ORD Com NEN. but we oteeriy wend +2 agency whatever, digeet of indireet, ia wio-