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FR ANO s i. Count de Chambord’s Manifesto to the Nation. (MAOMAHON A PRESENT PROTECTOR, Panis, Joly 3, 1874. The Count de Chambord has issued the following mantfesto — FRENCHMEN—You have required temporary ex- fPedients of safety. The country now seems to be son the eve of fresh dangers. France has need of woyalty. My birth made me your King. I would ®e wanting im the most sacred of duties if & neglected to make a supreme effort to yoverthrow the interposing barriers of prejudice. I ‘AM aware of the accusations against me. 1 have Wemained silent in order not to acta to the difficul- ses of the illustrious soidier who protects you. Because of the accumulation of errors and false- moods silence is no tonger permissible. Per- ‘eons have pretended to understand from (previous declarations that |! placed the woyal power above the laws ‘of unheard-of governmenta: combinations poasea Upon absolutism and arbitrary ideas. The ‘French Christian monarchy is a limited monarchy An ita very essence. 1t borrows nothing from gov- ‘eroments of fortune which promise boundless “Prosperity and lead to ruin. This limited monarchy admits of the existence Of two chambers, one nominated by the King and the other elected by the nation, according to Wegauly established suffrage. The union of the people and the King enabled he ancient morarchy to frustrate for centuries ftne calculations of those seeking to domineer tover the people by contending against the King. Wit is untrue that my policy is at variance with the ‘aspirations of the country. ‘the atrong reparative powers which a durable valliance with the monarchy alone can give. W wish the representatives of the nation to be ‘Vigilant auxiliaries for the examination of ques- ons submitted to them, but wil! not have barren ‘parliamentary struggles, from wuich the sovereign soften issues powerless and weakened. im rejecilng the foreign ana imported formula, ‘with its King who reigns, but does not govern, I deel mysel! in harmony with the immense majority. 2 am now, as before, ready. The House of France is sincerely recouctied, Let there ve a truce to our divisions. Is it not time to restore prosperity mand grandeur to France with the venerable royalty? ENGLAND. The National Policy Towards the Brussels Con- gress—Is the Czar of Russia & Sincere Friend Lonvox, July 3, 1874. In the House of Lords to-night the Karl of Den- bigh asked whether Engiand was to be repre- ‘ented in the Brussels Congress. He said the papers relating thereto had an underhand appear- ance. The programme of the so-called Universal Boctety indicated that it was primarily designed ‘to promote humanity, particularly in reiation to the treatment of prisoners of war. ‘peared that the Emperor of Russia fathered the ‘whole affair. The programme coutained articles Gealing with every contingency of war. Some of the proposed rules might cripple naval action. The Eari of Derby, Secretary of State for the We both desire ; It now ap- | | tained the information from Mr. ‘Villii garle, and dreamed | ‘om Mr, William Earle, of , layed. THE FARADAY. Communication Had with the Stesmer— Her Arrival at Portsmouth Antici- pated—The Origin of the Report of the Wreck. HMALivax, July 8, 1874, Communication has been had with the steamship Faraday. After leaving Halifax she experienced Continuons fogs near Torbay and was greatly de- It is hoped that she will reacu Portsmouth in a few days. All well. SEARCHING FOR THE STEAMER, Yesterday Messrs. Siemen, owners of the Fara- day, sent a cable despatch to Mr. Harrison, direct- ing bim to go in search of that steamer, He came by special Intercolonial train last night and hired a@ tug and left Halifax at four o'clock this morning. Messrs. J. & R. B. Seeton re- | ceived this morning, after Mr. Harrison had left, the inteligence above communicated, Torbay 18 without telegraphic communication, and as the employés knew nothing of the anxiety they made no effort to communicate. This ac- counts for the delay in obtaining information. THE ORIGIN OF THK WRECK STORY, Mr. Chipman, who telegraphed here from Pictou last Wednesday that the Faraday was wrecked, in @ letter to the Press this morning, says he ob- the cable staf at Port Hastings, who said he had Got it from St. Pierre, The Ambassador Ordered in Search of Her Consort. Boston, July 3, 1874. The Cable Company at London have ordered the Ambassador to leave Portsmouth in search of her consort, the Faraday, and, after cruising in tne vicinity of Aehie Island, to report at Halifax. MORE SIOUX OUTRAGES. NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDA Y, JULY 4 1874. ( ‘HE COMET. The Long Looked For Luminary Makes Her Bow. GRAND GATHERING OF STAR GAZERS The House Tops, Trees, Trucks, Terraces and Open Spaces Thronged. Vast Fun Among the Multitude in New York. Observations from the Na- tional Observatory. telling her to “get out.” She rerused, and then he threw her out altogether. She has never since been seen, even by the Washington Observatory. THE NUMBER O¥ COMETS altogether discovered irom the earliest times to the present is roughly estimated at 4,000, They are generally discovered about 2,000,000,000 miles irom the sun, Of comets that have been noticed thirty passed between the Sun and Mercury, lorty- four between Mercury and Venus, thirty-four between Venus and the Karth, twenty-chree be- tween the Eartu ana Mars and six between Mars and Jupiter. A PUNCTUAL COMET. Halley's comet was a remarkably punctual one, He predicied that she would turn up again in seventy-five years aiter he discovered her. Great interest was felt in his preaiction, and Wwough ne died betore the time, a peasant near Dresden discovered tne comet in precisely the ume predicted by Halley, here ts every reason to believe that this comet bad been in rhe habit of paying reguiar visits to this billiard ball, It was seen ia England in 1066, wien it was revarded as the forerunner Of the victory of William of Nor- mandy, Perhaps the present comet may be re. garded by the Bourbon democracy as the harvin- ger of the triumpi two years trom now of tue reso- Jutions of '98, THR PROFESSORS ON THE SITUATION. Professor Swilt, Who rediscovered tis comet in America, originally discovered by M. Coggia, ti Marseiliés, 8a)8 there is ho probability of the ‘tail of the Comet enveloping the earth or moon, ‘ine | i i elements Of this Comet do not tesembie those ol any comet that has appeared during the last 2,000 years, its orbit is no doubt para- bolic, and it is visiting us for the first and last tme. In the next two weeks more SPEED OF THE AERIAL LOCOMOTIVE. | Fixed Stars Seen Through the Nebula. The comet hada larger audience last evening than ail the places of entertainment In town, A vis- itor 80 rare, @ traveller of distances so vast and inconceivable, a character s0 mysterious and ec- centric, could hardly fail todraw. The tops of ade a Lie Indians on the Fort Berthold Agency Savagely Attacked—Lack of Military Defence—Thievery Avenged. WasuinoTon, July 3, 1874, Information has been received at the head- quarters of the army that on the morning of June | Foreign Department, replied that the feeling of | uneasiness was not all unnatural or unfounded, and he was glad of an opportunity to say some- thing to dispel it. The British government had deterred its answer to the invitation to participate in the Congress until the latest mo- ment. ‘to the project; vut as ajl the great European Pow- ers had consented to take part in a Congress ‘Which aimed at the mitigation of susering, it was tnought that an absolute and unconditional re- fusal would be liable to misrepresentation, and the government had, therefore, decided to accept ‘he invitation, stipulating that England was nov no be required to discuss the rules of international jaw governing the relations of beiligerents, or undertake any bew epgagement in regard to gen- eral principles, The scope of the Congress did not Include matters relating to maritime warfare, England would not send a representative unless phe was distinctly assured on these points, and especially he last, In any Case her representa- tive would not be empowered to consent to the adoption of any new rules. He would simply ‘watch apd report the proceedings, the govern- ment reserving full liberty of action. ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT. Mr, James H. Deakin has been returned to Par- usment from Launceston, Cornwall. Royal Visitors from Germany. Lonpon, Jaly 4-5 A. M. The Urown Prince Frederick William of Ger- gmany and the Princess Victoria, bia wife, have ar- | rived at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. SPAIN. The War Spirit Active on Both Sides. Lonpon, July 4, 1874, Despatches from Madrid say it is supposed that @ctive operations will be resumed by the repuoli- cans in Navarre within a fortnight. OARLIST ADVANCE TOWARDS BILBAO. ‘The gerrison of Bilbao, having been much weak- fned by the departure of reinforcements to the Army of the North, has withdrawn trom its ad- ‘vanced positions outside of the town. The abandoned lines were immediately occupied by the Carlists. Tonnage Dues and Charges. Capt, July 3, 1874, ‘The customs authorities here are now exacting tonnage dues of forty cents (goid) per ton upon vessels clearing for America and twenty cents qgold) per ton on all craft sailing for European ports. No warning was given tnat these dues would be smposed other than @ decree published in the Qfi- | cial Gazette, MOROCCO. Revolution in Tangier. Lonpon, July 4, 1874, A revolution has broken out in Tangier. At (ast accounts the rebels were masters of the oM- clei dutldings. The Consequences of the Famine Generally Re- paired, CAaLourTA, July 3, 1874, Reports from the different districts where the famine nag prevailed are of a most favorable nature, The crops are in excellent condition, Yhe number of persons employed at the relief works bas decreased to 250,000, and only 400,000 geople are now being fed by the governmen’. CUBA, | . Havana, July 3, 1874, The religious and military ceremonies to-day in Donor of the memory of Marshal Concha were of the most tmposing character, Havana Exchan, Havana, July 3, 18' Exchange quiet; on United States, sixty days’, gold, 168.4 170 per cent premium; do., short sight, o., 178 8 174 premium; on London, 205 a 208 pre- mim ; on Paris, 171 a {72 premium, Spanish cold, 282 a 283, I nad given no particular encouragement | | dividends will follow ag the season progresses, as | General Censure of All Parties Con- 18a small party of Sioux Indians attacked the Ree village, Arickanees, (ros Ventres and Mandan Indians near the Fort Berthoid Indian agency, Dakota Territory. ‘the attacking party drove the Indians named toa ridge about seven miles irom the agency, in the direction of Knife River, when they were confronted with about 700 well mounted and well armed Sioux, Asnort fight ensued, during which five Rees were killed und one Mindan mortelly wounaed, besides a Bumber receiving supertictal injuries. About six Sioux are thought to have been killed in the fight, Mr. D. W. Sperry, the agent at Fort Berthold, made a requisition upun Lieutenant Colonel Daniel | Huston, Jr., commanding at Fort Stevenson, tor | one non-commissioned officer and ten men, as he | anticipated abother attack; bul Colonel Huston | declined to furnish them on account of his force being very small; besides, there are at the agency at least 300 warriors and from fifteen to twenty white men. He does not think the danger | to the agency immimmeni, as his scouts are out dally | and have found no sizns indicative of hostile In- dians. Colonel Huston expresses the opinion that MW the agency ts attacked [rom that side of the Missouri River this summer it will be due to the tact that two war parties of Mandans’ have this Spring stolen from the Sioux, at the agencies below, eighteen or twenty horses, which they now have at Fort Berthold. AN APPEAL FOR AID, The People im Southwestern Minnesota Suffering for Food—The Crops De- stroyed by Grasshoppers. Sr. Pavt, Minn., Joly 3, 1874. Governor Davis yesterday issued a circular to the granges of the State, in which he says:— Tam compelled to ask the co-operation of each grange of your powerful organization in relieving the destitution of our fellow citizens in the southwestern counttes. ‘That region has been traversed by trustworthy men and they report unanimously a state of destitution Which has no parallel im our history as a state. The time for silence as to this condition of affairs Pore by and the time for prompt and liberal action by all who are willing to do as they would be done by has arrives. The counties of Martin, Murray, Jackson and Cotton- Wood and portions’ of Noble and Watonwan, and, jossibly, to soine extent, other communitie: have been swept by grasshoppers of all crops. as co pictely as if by fre. ‘and children are suffering lor want of tood. The imp ts and stock of the settler: are under mortgage, given in order to tide over the pri- vations ot last year. I have told the people that their fellow citizens Whom. a kind Providence has blessed with abundance will stand by thom in this their dire extremity. Contributions in money are most desirable, rovisions and clothing scarcely less so. send contribu: ions to General H, H. Sibley, St, Paul, Minn. Although the Governor has not asked for assist- ance fron outside the State, tne contributions of the benevolent, addressed as avove, will be grate- fully received, and will be sure to be used in re- lieving the distress of people suffering for food from no fault of their own, ESTATE OF JAY COOKE & CO. Dividends from the Oregon Steam Navi- gation Company. PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 1874. The creditors of Jay Cooke & Co. will be glad to know that E. M. Lewis, the trustee, has received a jetter from the President of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, inclosing a check for a dividend on $1,500,000 of stock held for the estate, amounting to $37,500 in gold, which was exchan; ed for currency, and produced over $41,000. Other this property is exceedingly well managed and prosperous. The policy of the Oregon Navigation Company has been uniform tor the last twenty years—first, to pay every dollar of expenses and imdebtedness, and then to divide out tu the stock- holders monthly all the cash surplus. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Assignments and Detachments. Assistant Surgeon Lucien G. Hineberger has been ordered to the Naval Hospital at Mare Island, Cal.; Passed Assistant Surgeon William J. Simon to the Norfolk Navy Yard; Commander J. P, Fyffe, detached from command of the Ajax; Commander E. K. Owen, irom command of the Canonicus; Commander Chester Hutfleld, !rom command of the Saugus; Commander A. KR. Yates, trom com- mand of tne Manhattan, and Commander James QO. Kane, trom command of tie Mahopac, and or- dered toreturn home and wait orders. Master H. Winslow has been detached trom the Narragansett, an doreres to report for Guty in the North Pacific station. THE MILL RIVER INQUEST. cerned, SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 3, 1874. The verdict of the Coroner’s jury in the Mill River disaster investigation {s published in full in to-night’s Springfield Union. It censures the Legislature for inadequate and defective legisla- on on vhe subject of reservoirs; the mill owners for their parsimonious disregard of life and prop- erty; the engineers for ambiguous and insufficient Specificacions; the contractors for manifest aelin- quencies and want of thoroughness in their work, and, finaliy, the County Commissioners for accept- inga@ dam 80 shabouy built, when they had the power to order its entire reconstruction. THE WEATHER IN THIS OITY YESTERDAY, The following record wiil show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hour in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s harmacy, HERALD Buileing :— 1873. 1874, 1873. 1874. 67 3:30 PM +0 82 69 6 P. . 60 78 18 OP, . 5 16 7 12 P. + 56 69 Average temperature yesterday 46 Average tempera’ last year.... DESTRUOTIVE THUNDER STORM. WILMINGTON, Del,, July 3, 1874. During a severe thunder storm last mght the cotton mills of James Riddle, Son & Co, were Struck by lightning and set on fire. The fre was quickly suppressed and but little damage was done. The storm was more severe south, At Newark many trees in the college campus were biown down. Three fyi were struck by lightning and several unroofed. At Elkton @ Lib Miley unroofed and considerable other dam- e. VESSEL STRUOK BY LIGHTNING. NewoasttF, Del., July 3, 1874. During heavy thunder storm last evening an unknown vessel tying below Wilmington Creek ‘was struck by ne. and burned to the water's edge. No information has been obtained as to the name of the vessel or fate ot the crew. LOCAL OPTION IN CALIFORNIA, SAN FRancrgoo, July 3, 1874. The local option election in Alameda county re- bles in favor of tne license party oF a large ma- ture for corresponding date houses, the open spaces among the parks and squares, the fire towers, the ample summit of the Fiftn Avenue Hotel, the rising elevations of the Central Park, the seats of trucks and omnibuses atrest, were more or less thronged with star gazers. The evening was balmy and beautilul. A gentle breeze from the bay brought a feeling of | physical gladness, and even though no comet il- luminated the profound depths of THE BLUK INFINITY there was still a wonderful fascination in the star- lit sky and in the deiiclous aumosphere. Many a soul that never lifted itself above lager beer and the duli and daily concerns of this earth was raised | in homage to the wondrons Designer of the vast system that in part was illustrated in the cloudieas heavens. Kven in the absence of the comet enough of beauty, wonder and instruction was left to fil the soul with rapture and admiration. But of course the comet was the cynosure of all eyes, Some wished that her tail was longer and her head larger; others hoped to see her approach closer even at a risk to themselves; while many, with an innocent and PLAYFUL RECKLESSNESS, begotten of a natura) longing after the impossible, desired @ chance of straddling her tail and riding on her through the endless spaces of the untverse, with the hope of being returned to vheir friends by some other comet. If the comet were tne in- instrument of no other good she certainly must be credited with producing an amount o! merriment that amply compensated for whatever dry facts she tailed to furnish tue science of astronomy. A PAIR OF LOVERS, with upturned faces, on the roof of a six-story house found abundant material for conver- sation in speculating on the character of comets, whether they were likely to be mar- | ried or single, with @ unanimous belief, atter a trifle of playful controversy, that a comet must be single, or at least divorced from bed and board, to go cavorting around the universe after that fashion. Here was @ comet, countless millions of miles away from her home, perhaps her once happy home, flirting with the UWreat Bear, the Little Bear, the Lion, Jupiter Piluvius and ail these gay Lotharios.’ ‘the comet was divorced | and was looking for satisiaction of soul in wild and reckless trayel. ‘Une good thing,” observed one of the numerous crowd of gazers, “which I think this comet has accom. pee , is that I see no Bao stars of late. ni8 shooting is @ bad business, an wee It put a stop to.” Much tun and star gazing filled the quiet streets up town, and the comet | looked on quite pleased at what was going on. A GLORIOUS SPECTACLE. At nine o'clock P. M. the comet was easily dis- tinguishable, declining trom the apex of tue trian- gle between the Pointers and the Polar Star, in tne direction of the former. Tne tall showed a SS unfolding since her first appearance last ednesday night, it was a filmy vapor, like su- ver dust scatterea over a deep Cerulean ground. The nucleus had gathered in intenstty ana defini- tiveness, and even with the naked eye tt was easy to perceive the contrast between the fixed, set- tled down and well known natives of the heavens, As night wore on the deepening biue brought out tn beautiful distinction the Great Bear and the Little B The Pole Star shone in the far Northern heavens. and the Pointers kept them- selves, as usual, in range with the bright and twinkling Polaris. Altar off the mild-eyed Casnio- tt nd the equally distant Perseus stood as out- ying sentries, while Cepneus ana Draco appeared anxious to hug the Great Bear. The Northern Pleiades were faintly visible, but Aldebaran, in the | constellation of tue Bull, gave out his usual lancy. Sirius, in the constellation of THE GREAT DOG, twinkled like the polished wheel of a carriage driv- ing at full speed in the sunlight and U’Ryan, chiefly known as Orion, made and well defined figure of any other constellation, ‘The Virgin kept a reserved distance {rom the Great Bear and she was equally shy of the Lion. THE CURTAIN FALLS, As the light silvery blue deepened toward the north and west the faint speck of I develop into a definite brilitancy. bril- he distance struck the spectator as something appalling, and | going to heaven ai ordinary speed by such a tre- mendous bee line as the vision struck seemed to be eternity itself, Gradually, near midnight, the comet disappeared, descending toward the hori- won amid the good wishes and iond regrets of many thousands of our best citizens. THE MYSTERY. And what a tale this comet could unfold if the Western Union telegraph could only make con- nection with her by wire. Alter a thousand million miles of travel what a fund of anecdote and story, after hairbreadth escapes in the Milky Way by the Great Bear, the Pointers, the Lion, the Pieiades and many otoers, and even by old Sol himself, the hot-biooded old rascal, alter enduring the jealousy of Venus and the Moon, after run- ning perhaps over the Plough and disiocating some joints of her tall. After all this and a thous- and other instances, what a history she might re- late! And then to think of the trackiess and silent vastnesses she must have pierced where no friendly comet met her on the way and all was utter darkness and desolation. Perhaps in a moment of recaless enterprise she en- | tered Boutwell's “hole in the sky, away among the Southern stars, aud not finding Andrew Johnson there was overwhelmed with the unutterapie lone- liness of the locality. There are publishers in New York who would pay her handsomely lor her ex- perlences, and as for the theatrical Managers any one of them would feel his fortune made by se- curing her or a star engagement. It she would. extinguish the Dog Star Mr. Bergh would be will ing to give two-thirds of his princely income. A COMET THAT LOST BER TALL. Encke’s comet was celebrated for having re- vealed, as many astronomers think, the existence ofa Fesisting Herschel and others dissented from this view and attributed the change in the comet’s motion to ‘the graaual loss of ner tail, She was of showy and dissipated habits, but the loss of her tail broke her heart and she was never afterwards seen and is supposed to have retired into _ private life, Biela’s comet was discovered in 1826." In 1846 the astate astronomers at Washington noticed that this comet had separated into two parte on account, a8 the unastronomical people in Washington concluded, of a difference in politics, significant of a large terrestrial differ- ence commonly called the secession movement, which the same people saw with their own eyes some years later. The two parte Ol the separated comet pursued their way independently and with- out any influence on each other that could be de- tected by the most accurate measurement. Our terrestrial separation had quite a different result. As @ rule the Suan has no great love of comets. They have acted toward bim with a degree of IMPUDENT FAMILIARITY to which one of his dignity was never accustomed betore, Donati’s comet, among the rest, moved with her tail towards the sun and was instan‘ly repelled, Of course this evident polarity leads to the conjecture that the tail ts electricity itself. If inhabitants of this globe are sometimes led by the nose comets are invariably led by the tail. FORM OF THE Tall. Bessel has computed the form of the tall, allow- ing each particle to move forward by inertia and by a repulsive force from the sun inversely propor- tioned to the square of the distance, The curve thus computed agrees well with the observed form Of several noted comets’ tails. Provessor Peirce, of Harvard, was led by the comet of 1858 to the same calculations and results, and published them before he was aware that he had been anticipated by Bessel. JUPITER IN A PASSION. ‘The comet of 1770 ig interestiag from the, distarbance of her orbit by Jupiter. She hi een fooling around the old man, revolving ‘at him until he got tired of the business and Ynrew her (mtg the ahorter orbit, which Was eqp.valent to lacetious star | Tam glad to | is the nucleus, with @ disc more planetary tian stellar, Should the tail increase in width, as well asin length, aud envelop the earth we should be insensidie to it, the matter Composing it being so rae, The rate of motion 1s now thirty mules per second and directly towards us. On the loin of July it will be nearest the sun, The tail lust even. ing was seven or eight degrees in leugta, and on the side nearest the sun it had @ bunchy, nebuious | BppeArAnce, &8 Vhough there was @ new tail 1orm- | Astronomers differ as well as doctors, and there 18 no just reason why they sliould not. It is quite as hard to make an exact estimate of the Coggia comet as to make @ diaguosis of a case that nobody can tell whether itis cerebro spinal menin- ! [ sleed or the Sebleswig-Holstein question in tue ase of the cerebrum. Proiessor Lyman, o: Yale College, deciares about the comet ; that after it disappears trom the Northern Hem- isphere it will be visible in the Southern Hemis- phere, its mouuon being nearly directly south from the Pule Star. As to the tail reaching us tt 1s more than probable that we shall not perceive the | visitor, although, of course, no one can at the present time say whether the sweep oi tue tail will touch the earth or not. Even i the tail did touch the earth tue touch would likely be so diffuse to be scarcely percepubie. Ine shooting stars: e associated With comets, and are piovably the débris 01 comets, a8 Was especially iliustrated with Biela's comet and the meteoric shower of WASHINGTON. tonssnme the duties of tne position, The ques tion now discussed is who will be Jewell’s succes: sor at St. Petersburg. But at present there is nothing bat spccalution concerning the subject, as the President will take his time in Muking au Minister Jewell Appointed Post- | pointment. master General. —_ THE FIVE PER CENT LOAN. | The Process of Redeeming N tional Bank Notes. WASHINGTON, July 3, 1874. jury Regulations for the Redemp- ton of National Bank Notes. A circular was issued to-day from the Treasury Department prescribing regulations governing the redemption of national bank notes, The notes of Dational banks other thau gold banks may be for- Tre warded to the Treasurer of the United States for | redemption under the government contract with | the Adams Express Company, in sams of $1,000 or | any muitiple thereof, by any person, company, firm: and other parties situated without the terrivory covered by the contract, and should be marked “Under government contract with the Adams-Ex- press Company, from ——" (tie point of connec- | ion with the company). The charges should be prepaid to that point, and tie bills therefor | should be sent to the Treasurer jor reimbursement to the consignors. Remittances of any other amounts than even multipies of $1,000 will not be recetved under government con- tract, but the charges thereon must be Paid by the consignors, Assistant treasurers will select from the funds in their castody and them all notes of national banks other than gold banks which are worn, de‘aced, mutilated or otherwise unfit for circulation, and will forward them to the Treasurer from time to time under the government contract with the Adams Express Com- pany. When practicable, the remittances should be made in sums of $1,000 or an even multiple thereol, Notes equalling or exceeding three-fifths of thetr original proportions, if in such condition November 27, ‘Those showers were simply portions of Biela's comet, HOW THEY DO DIFFER, Professor Newton, 0! Yale Coilege, who can tell @ hawk irom @ bandsaw as weil as any man, holds an opinion with shgat points of dittrence from the other two, As Jur as ne can judge he says this comet 1s going to travel directiy south, away irom the Nor:h Star. Jt will grow in brigutneas for some ten days; aiter that the nuciecus will get so near tne sun as probaviy to be invisible in toe strong twilight, It will pass almost directly bde- tween us apd the sun about the lyin and 20tn oi July. At that time the tail, if long enougn, may stretch out across our heavens, though if short or too ditfuse it may not be atall visible. It is iairiy Within the possibilities that the earth will strike through the tall; but the re<ult would ve totally inappreciable either in the signt or in any effect on Our Weather. Alter passing tue sun the \ i} i hemisphere. It will be nearest to us abvut the 2ist ul July, being tuen 26,000,000 miles from us. Tois motion and these distances are obtained from computations made by Dr. Tietjen, of Berlin. It 18 possivie that the Observations which Dr. Tietjen was able to use Were not suficient to give an ex- act orbit. | AT THE OBSERVATORY | of Mr. Rutherford, at present, during that gentle- | wan’s absence in Europe, under the charge of Mr. | Chapman, is a large and excellent instrument, | Manufactured and adjusted entirely on the prem- | iges, Throughit the comet was tully visible at | hali-past nine P. M., quite clear and distinct, the | nucleus bright and the tail streaming at length | towards Ursa Minor. At that time the comet was | passing the bright star marked on constellation | Maps as the Nose of the Great Bear in laittude | direction southwest, | 64 deg. 30 min., Moving in Shortly after an exasperating haze overspread tuat portion of the sky, to the great disappointment of the many comet viewers. OBSERVATIONS AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, July 3, 1874, Between the fading of the twilight ana the rising of the moon to-night the Coggia comet seekers had | | | comet can be seen by persons only in the southern | ‘hat their genuineness can be clearly ascertained, | and if the name of the bank and the signature of One Of its oficers are distinguishable, will be re- deemed for theirfull lace value. Fragments Less | than three-fiiths will not be redeemed oy the | Treasurer, but should be presented for redemp- tion to the banks by which ‘issued, Should euch fragments as those | last mentioned be received by the Treus- ‘ urer they will be returned to the parties by | whom they were forwarded. The government con- | tract with the Adams Express Company extends to and includes ail points within the United States, “accessible through established express lines, reached by continuous railways connection,” but |} does not extend westward beyond Omaha and Nebraska City, in Nebraska, and Atchison and | Leavenworth, in Kansas, nor include the lines of contract covers the lines of the following express companies:—Adams, American, = Merchants’ Union, Central, Earl’s, Eastern, Harnden’s, Hope, Howard’s, National, New Jersey Southern, Union, United States, and United Statesin Canada. Re. turns for remittances from private parties will in all cases be made by express to parties from whom the bank notes have been received, in new legai tender notes or fractional currency of such de- nominations as may be asked for. The proceeds of remittances from assistant trea- surers and designated depositaries will be placed to their credit in the general account, unless @ request shall accompany the remittance that return be made in new legal tender notes or fractional currency. ‘The regulations also contain explicit instructions the notes. and designated depositaries of tue United States | from those which shall hereafter be received by | the notes were | | Wells, Fargo & Co. in Missouri and lowa. The | two hours of uninterrupted enjoyment of the celes- tial visitor, The majority of the citizens of Wash- ington—yes, nearly the entire mass of the District population—take but little interest in heavenly bodies, especially those of nebulous formation. | address of the consignor and the fact that they Congress is @ perpetual naze, eclipsing the best effort of astronomers, the beauty of which consists | or in wrappers of stout paper or cloth, tied by strong twine, secured by careful sealing and plainly marked on the outside with the amount and na- the Adams Express Company. A letter of ad- | ture of the contents, the full name and post office | are lorwarded under the government contract with | AN IMMENSE BLAST, { A blast of from 2,500 to 3,000 tons was made at | the mines of the Toniber Brook Mining Company, | in Morms county, New Jersey, yesterday, exceed- ing in magnitude any ever before accomplished im America, After much delay in the necessary preparations the wires were connected and the signal given for the WOKK OP DESTRUCTION tocommence. A few turns of the battery and &® Gull, heavy thud was Leard, and the immena boulders of rock and ore were seen to give way sluggishly and roll m one huge mass at the [00% of the quarry. THE SCENR WAS TRRRIFIC in the extreme. The air was filled with fragmenta offock, and the sickening odor of the evolved | gases was wlmost unbearable. The great work ) Was tinished, and there, in the midst of the prime val forest, lay in brokeu heaps ¥,000 tous of ore. FIRE IN PATERSON. About half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning | a fire broke outin the shaw! factory of Bachmal | & Co, on Will street, the fire originating in the r3 Rionh nares a | dye room, The loes—principally by water—# Will be learned of the Uhysical nature of comets by | or corporation situated within the territory cov- | re re ae Ok years, Indications last might aud to-night are of | ered by the contract. Remittances may be made up Bachman & Oo. had just rec ved raqiepers for Subdivisions of tne wail, The comet is large aniso | of the notes of various denominations, (rom vanks | 20,009 shawls from tie gover er ‘- twenty days. ‘This fire renders the execution of the order impracticable. @UILIY OF MURDER | PLyMourH, Mass., Juty 8, 1874, | The Sturtevant murder case was given to the j Jury at balf-past five o'clock P. M, to-day, wha, arler an absence of apout two and 4 half bours, returned with w verdict of murder in the first de- | Bree. @ i Pik | MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. | PGES os | | “ayda’ is announced for Pesth, Hapgary, next | winter. Herr August Kutzicb, a celebrated oboe player in Germany, has ariived in town, Miss Ada Dyua, accompanied by her father, satle to-day for Loudon, She will return tu the tall w rejoin Mr. Augustin Daly’s company. A mixed programme was given at the Patmet Garten, Franklort-on-the-main, on June 1. Kapell- meister Stasny is the Thomas of that musical centre. The Fifts Avenue Theatre company, accom- panied by Mr. Daly, will arrive tn town from the Weston Tuesday, Thew visic has veen crowned with success. Downing’s Ninth Regiment Band has a fine pro-~ gramme at Jones’ Wood for Sunday afternoon. Rossini, Strauss, Hamm, Suro, Flotow, Weber, Bent, Meyerbeer, Irving and Heinicke will be rep- resented, The “Nautilus Walts,” publisned by Hall & Son, of this city, has been played with considerable success and Clan by Thomas’ orchestra at Central Park Garden, It is a welcome addition to the music literature of the metropolis, Maurice Grau, the well known manager, safls for Europe to-day by the City of Paris. He purposes | visiting all the European capitals in search of vocal and dramatic taient. He has already made | several important engagements with well knowm | artists, among others Ristori, Miss Netlson, Aimée, and her English rival, Emily Soldene, who will ap- | pear in English opéra bouffe. | When Signor Angelo Mariani, the well knowa conductor in Genoa, died, a httie more than a year ago. Signor Enrico Petrella offered the corporation of that city to compose a requiem in memory of his deceased friend, whose 105s caused a general feeling of regret, the sald requiem to be performed on the | anniversary of the death. The corporation sens back a most polite reply, thanking Signor Petretia, | 1m the name of the city and accepting his disincer- | ested offer. A short time previous to the sad annt- \ versary Signor Petrella arrived there with his ‘Re- | qutem,” but the corporation refused to engage | competent artists to execute it. The consequence | 18 that the composer, who, besides giving his time | and labor, has expended a considerable sum tm | | | regarding the manner of enclosing and sending | baving the parts copied out, has leit in disgust as The packages must be put up in boxes such sordid and miserly behavior, and the “Re- quiem”’ has not been heard. Sulphur Baths 3 Conts—One Rox (Three cakes) GLEN) ULPHUR SOAP costs 6) conte at all cient tor twenty sulphur baths, and - erie ere, Up aee expense ay utiide of your own house. ae eA ORITTENTOR, Sole Proprietor. At Flushing You Can Behold the Mont | Charming and beautitul ‘onng city in the United States. @ most precise | ht began to | medium in the interplanetary spaces. | always in ita tail—the length of time between ses- sions—so the comet does not awaken the sligntest interest in this locality. COGGIA THROUGH THE LENS. Not so at the Naval Observatory. When your correspondent, by appointment, met Prolessor Hall this evening (the scientific gentleman to whose tender regard these wa. 4 are especiaily committed), the small observatory nad been put in order for the beneflt of the HERALD, and, once in the observer's room, the trap door excluding the world beneath was closed and the heavens were unveiled to our view. By nine o'clock His Majesty Comet Coggia appeared. The comet seeker, @ swivel-ulke instrument, of a low order of power, was trained in the region of the nebulous stranger. The Dipper came out by degrees, the brightness of the Pointers in- tensitied as toe twilight merged in darkness. The thin hoe which fora time threatened to obscure the comet dispersed, the gauzy curtain was lilted and with a deflection to the northwest of the point where the comet was first designated, stood out in bold relie! all that was visibie to the naked eye Of Coggia's discovery. It was with a comet secker, just suca as your correspondent was per- | ; Mitted to control auring the evening, that tne dil- | | igent French astronomer first discovered the Juminous body now attracting world-wide atten- tion. BRILLIANCY OF THE NUCLEUS. As the darkness became intensified, the nucleus became as positive almost as Jupiter or Arcturu: | To the lett of the comet Were taree fixed stars, | Measuring }rom point to point about seven de- | grees. by your correspondent the length of the tail could be plainly traced over four degrees, but | Professor Hall, with trained eye sight, could tollow the nebulous light to @ point seven degrees above | the nebula. | Through the comet-seeker the body appeared tn- verted and by @ careful adjustment the nucieus | | Was put in the upper feid, thus giving across the | | whole field a concentrated view of the gaseous jol- lowing of the object. It was well defined, luke A RIBBON OF SILVER against 4 ground of ebony. ‘The inversion more | forcibly reminded one of the the strong headight | of @ iorty-ton locomotive, throwing a poweriul light with br thea rays, making toward the earth in @ direct line at tne mudest speed of 2,200,000 miles a day. Occasionally @ thin, vapor- ous cloud, invisible to the naked eye, would cross | the path of the comet, which served, by contrast, | in making the observation, to bring out | the beauty of the derided visitor. When | the darkness Was most favorable the | smaller equatorial telescope was pointed at the nucieus, but with less sacisfaction than was | gained from the view obtained through the comet- | seeker. The Professor said that | would be disap- winted in the comes appearance through this large glass; and, alter a few minutes’ observation, balancing the leit hand on the Professor's knee, while with the right | endeavored to keep my body in a state of equilibrium, | was glad to return to the swivel gan and let the columbiad take care of | itself. The effect of the strong glasses 1s to disst- pate the comet while the nucleus does not appear ‘eny brighter. One satisiaccion, however, was the | observation of FIXED SPARS THROUGH THE NEBULA that were miilions of miles beyond the path of the | comet. As seen with the naked eve irom the roof of the dabei d the form was distinctly wedge- shaped, the drvad ead thianed off in darkness. As already stated, the Coggia comet is moving toward the earth over 2,000,000 miles aday. While | It is now Over 50,000,000 miles distant, on the 17th inst. it will be Dut little over halt that distance. The rapidity, however, with which it comes will bring it 60 Rear to twilight that ite apparent aug- mented briiliancy will ve loa: to this portion of the world, While this observation was being made the great equatorial telescope in the new dome was being used in physical observations, for which such large instruments only are useful in observing Comets, Protessor Newcomb, in charge of this instrament, was not enthusiastic in praise of the observed of all observers, but seemed to regard it a8 & sort of 4 FOURTH OF JULY PYROTECHNIC. Toward eleven o'clock the rising moon obscured the glory Of the celestial traveller, and ended ob- servations for the night. THE OBSERVATIONS AT ALBANY. ALBANY, N. Y., July 3, 1874, The atmosphere is clear and the comet has been | plainly visible since nine o’clock. The tail ta six degrees in length and its greatest widtn ts about one degree. ere is No Change in ite appearance or its course, except that its head is incpeasing in brilisncy, vice, written on not less than half a sheet of com- mercial note paper, must be put inside the pack- age, and a duplicate letter should be sent by mail to the Treasurer on the day that the remittance ts forwarded. Secretary Bristow’s Management of the Five Per Cent Loan. General Bristow had hardly realized that he was Secretary of the Treasury when an avalanche of money changers came down upon him with ali the five per cent loan, amounting now to a little over $179,000,000. It was expected he would readily accept @ fair offer, but when he found capitalists 80 eager to purchase bonds of the funded loan he resolved not to accept any bid, but to address a circular letter to ail the well known bankers in this country setting forth what amount of bonds remained to be taken | and inviting proposals for the bonds unsold. It ‘will be several weeks before the Secretary will ex- amine the answers. AMiction in his family calls him to Loutaville, where he will remain for ten days, but upon his retura, having got through with the labor of reducing unnecessary expenses and dispensing with the services of clerks unpro- vided for by law, he will now devote his attention to Anance and au improvement of our national credit. Appointments in the Tre: ment. Secretary Bristow vwo-day announced the follow- ing appointments of princtpal cierks in charge of the divisions tn the office of the Secretary of the Treasury :—Customs, H. B. James: D. Lyman; Appointments, H. 8. Vanderbilt; Inter- nal Revenue, E. P. Gaines; Stationery and Blanks, A. L, Sturtevant; Warrants and Appropriations, RH. T. Leipold; Loans, J. P. Bigelow; Revenne Marine, S. J. Kimball. Also the following sssist- | ant clerks:—Navigation, T. B. Sanders: Appoint- | ments, 1. G. Martin; Stationery and Blanks, Charles Lyman; Warrants and Appropriations, A. 0, Whitin; Loans, Dante! Baker; Revenue Marine, E. W. Clark; currency, Charles H. Brown, Independent Treasury, £. B. Dackam. The division of Independent Treasury has been consolidated with that of warrants and appropriations, and the division of currency with that of loans, Mr. Dackam, an assistant clerk, will manage the Inde- pendent Treasury affairs, and Mr. Brown those of what was formerly the currency division. Minister Jewell To Be Postmaster Gen- eral—His Return from St. Petersburg in August. When, on Wednesday, Representative Hale withdrew his acceptance of the Postmaster Gen- eralship; the President tendered the appointment to Minister Jewell but it was not until late this afternoon that a cable despatch was received from him signifying his acceptance. The Presi- dent, on the resignation of Mr. Cresweil, ex- pressed to a friend that he intended the appointee should be from New England, and he has now carried his design into effect. While tue appoint ment is generally received with favor, surprise is | ury Depart- has not been long at his post to discharge the in Russia and the time necessarily occupied on the return vovage will prevent him from entering upon the Postmaster Generalship before the 1st of August, as the law provides that during the ab- sence of a Cabinet officer the appointment of one a4 interim shall not continue for a longer period than ten days, and asthe absence of Mr. Jewell ‘wil necessarily be for @ longer time the President to-day fully commissioned the First Assistant Marshal as Postmaster General, to serve a4 such aMcer untti Mr. Jewell bimpel! suail be prepared manner of propositions to take the remainder of | Navigation, | expressed that he should recall a ininister who | unier's Point, only twenty min tial cars; fare 10 cents; 120 trains daily: 7 depots w aid its growth. Ar you nover have been there accept opr invitation and visft it at once. 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