Litchfield enquirer., 1844-09-19
CELESTIAL PHENOMENA.

Our citizens were gratlfed yesterday with an uns commonly fine exhibition of haloes and circles about the sun. Two haloes were visible, we be- lieve, most of the morning, but the finest display occurred between l2 and 1 o'clock. The sky at this time in most parts thinly yelled with light clouds intermingled with general haziness--- Around the sun was circle about 45 degrees in die ameter, embraced by an ellipse, blended with the circle above and below, but on the sides extending three or four degrees beyond At the junction, the coors of the rainbow were vivid and beautiful; in other parts the colors were less strong and rather obscure To the North lay large ring, of brilliant white, touching the sun in the South; and in the North at latitude of ffty-thrce and half degrees intersected by two other of circles of similar hue At this point ofintersection the briiliancy of the large circle was much increased, that, with out much extravaganza. the spot might be called a mock sun. The diameter of this large circle was about 73 degrees, as ascertained by measurement, and its centre was in zenith.
 At the same time, a large arc of circle having the colors of the rainbow was visible in the Soth. west. This arc seemed occasionally to consist of parts of two circles one concave to the horlzonfe other convex. A similar one was little later visible in the Southeast. assisted now and then by two or more additional segments. To give an acc curate description and delineation of all the phe- nomcna is more than one person could easily ac- complish, especially some portion of the display was perpetually shifting.
 Groups of solar haloes and circles somewhat sim.
  in this country; but they are not common. For descriptions of two such the inquirer msy consult the 7th and 10th vols. of Sliman's American Jour. nal of Science.
 As to the precise explanation of the cause of phe. nomena of this nature, We believe philosophers are not fully agreed It seems to be commonly snppps. ed that they are occasioned by minute chrystas of ice floating high in the atmosphere To show that collection of minute transparent chrystals will produce haloes. Dr. Brewster proposes the follow ing experiment, which we recommend our reatiefs to try Spread few drops of saturated solution of alum on piece of glass. When dry, the glass will be covered with crust of minute chrystals. Hold this glass up to the sun, moon, pr other luminous body, keeping the eye close 10 the smooth side of the glass, ard you will see three bpdufifsh h0iOes around the blazing body.-M H Her, ef Me 1pts
 n3- The same beautiful phenomena described above was seen by several persons in our village. The appearance was very similar to the one here represented. .-Enq.
 prs-The late Loco Convention in this city was an unfortunate affair for the party To say nothing of the eslervafing" effect which ifs paucity in numbers and lack of enthusiasm must have on our opponents, the remarks of the speakers were in opposition to the judgments of the audience. The arguments on the tariff especially. opened the eyes of some of those present, and satisied them that the policy of Mir. Polk and his advisers. if elected to power, would be disastrous to them and the Fins terests of the country. We learn that of delega. ton of seven from one of our misunderstanding villa. ges four declared in the evening that they should not vote for Mir. Polk, Whether they had made up their minds to go for MT. Clay. or not, we did not learn. If four out of every seven who came to the convention went home determined not tn snpe port Polk. how many friends weIe len him og the S0O who were Presents 4 OeawaMts