North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-27

land, who obtained steamer. from 81 noyal of Ss
ers OF the Northern Lighthouses. anS ommissir
from Inc swedish authorities to land ~ PeFmisir
;ne o0as ~ ., Norway, accompanied by Rev part
inson, OF the Armagh Observatory. won' ID. RAJ
to observe the total eclipse and has WI. 10 NUw
ton of it, from which we extract TINS eh a desct
''These matters, therefore, being .,. much: ri
Economical party being taken on board The 4,
passed on lis way to the Shetland Isles NE vss.
sPecuon OF Inc lighthouses there being co anO The
rapid run was successfully Accomplish omPkted
wegldn shore, and station was seIa", 10 The M
the outlying Blue Islands, in lat 81 deg 90 on One
position not only placed US in the cas-. ~ mln TIL
OF shadow, but gave US clear horizone Of The lin
ton OF the sun at the time of the eclnsa III 3e dse
ed us sufficiently far from the great me' ana reuo
OF mountains, running along the wes, ,oHn chain
Norway, and gathering about them. ,b., hen coast Of
multitude of clouds, to make I'D, as !, a MOtnng
unprecedented deluge of rain, for the nnru Ian
space of uninterrupted fine weather wbo suay hOD
experienced before our arrival. With had Be-,
Inc instruments were landed at an e,,,,
there were sufficient gimpses of the SIM a0utaa
clouds to obtain the necessary obso,a, Wrought
and for latitude and before the commn for tin.
eclipse each observer was told off viii, elaniOf&e
ments prepared, and with code oI I MS lnsru.
These, too, were so arranged, that hv A.; ucton
Dor it was hoped that, although the D,'On Of h.
the eclipse was OF so short duration. and ,p part
OF phenomena to be noticed so great and we nunb
- nm u 'iio.i'' etner referring 10 the np,T "4
Economical bearings of the case or to purely as
terrestrial physics, could be well LOST sirS, OF
IS, weather only permitting; but this was O--hai
so favorable as could have been wished y III meaH
Still, however, the commencement nj Il.
was very fairly observed, and sufficient e eclipse
ring Its progress TO enable the observers IN M d.
curate notes of some spots on the sun and %keac
tans on the edge of the moon, so as tn ba molN
state their degree of connection as reuarI1 pddb
those wondrous tongues Of light, and ,bo pace,
of the corona. the most inexplicable and ,bo aloH
Poltant of all the phenomena presented dnriu mOn
eclipse. Further, the instant of competp obasGa
was observed very accurately, and some iDt".Dn
FEATURES were remarked, tending to explainan1n,Es
perceived in former total eclpses, and injia,'INs
rapid 1uctnation in the degree of brightness
suns surface. Z" lie
Immediately after this, however, the clOuds b.,.-
so very thick that the EMERSON of the SIM rr ,sI
seen at all, and heavy rain beginning soon ,fto- @
tInhed through the rest of the evening. Bnt ,bo"
restrlai phenomena, TO which more attention cnniL
turned, on the loss of the celestial ones, wera of
nature abundantly sufficient 10 satisfy aDv son oo
Bile OF entering into and approaching the awful 5ni
As the totality approached, the air felt soD,a,-
colder at every moment, and the darkness plainly
creased; the clouds seemed TO lower, and unIp; fl,
sun was seen an appearance of rushing, descenjin,
streams OF them, while the sea-brds apSearpj ~ .
ly rest, or for shelter. The difference of iuminao
had also become very marked on the mountains !,
different distances, those far from us being brOugb
out with vividness and distinctness which mazda
our own increasing gloom the more observable S,I
denly, at the moment of totally, the very EXTREMITY
of darkness seemed to fall upon US. Not so, howe;
er, absolutely, for the rain-clouds closed in the great
er part of the horizon, left open strip of sky extend
ing from n. w. to K. n. E., and Two or three d.
grees high, ard which, at this moment became oil 4
dark urid orange color verging from red on one si
TO greensh on the other, and enabled barely to see
each other by faint, unearthly sort Of light; small
and-lamps, fifty or sixty yards off, in hollow, we've
as visible as in dark night, and with their red co..
or, contrasted strangely with the general green hue
everything Immediately around
But the appearance of the country, seen through
that urid opening under the clouds, was the mnsla
pallng. Though standing in the centre Of the sha
DIV, we could not, by reason of their great height
see the distant peaks of the lofty Jostedas and Do
VreGeild mountains still illuminated by the rays Of
the sun descending upon them from on high; buWe
were shut out into outer darkness. Some approx
nation to the appearance might be obtained by wach
ng the opportunity Of similar confguraiion ofcOa6
n the north from the Gallon hill during mJsum
ner's midnight; bat still it would be only an approx
nation, for never have we observed all the light
heaven and earth entirely confined TO one narrow
"trip along the horizon, never that peculiar greensl
Tue, and never that appearance of outer darkness 10
he place of observation, and of extensive dshEcem
he verge of the horizon, (caused in this by The
ILLS there being more highly illuminated as they r.
eded, by less and less eclipsed sun; while IN
morning or evening sky, they are, on the CONTRARY
most in the shade, and therefore are dark and unnl
rally thrown forward.)
Though none of US were unmoved with gratitude
having been allowed to witness such spectacle
hough we should have been glad to have enloyedln
eachings for longer space Of time, and should have
cen alarmed, indeed, if it had not happened as
id, and with such wonderful accuracy to The com
uted time, yet certain feeling Of relief was exp
fenced when the lurid streak in the sky suddenly
hanged 10 yellow, when the clouds Frightened W
nd the darkness seemed to be waited vIsbiy a"@
D the southeast.
The birds that had stopped their screaming 49, 80,
ing the darkness, now re-appeared ; but the VIZ,
1orsemen of those rocky isles, who had congreglNf
o curiously around us during the commencement"
ne eclipse, when the light returned, where , wee
hey Gone to hide themselves in thei huts, ihlnA,
lg that they were In the Jaws of destruction am"s
ne stones of darkness, and in the shadow Of DEAN
Such, we heard aiterward, was the general ieenns
mong them all along the coast, even beyond the Im
$ of total observation. Horses and oxen began"
'end their way homewards, and poultry to ny up"
lelr roosts; but one farmer informed US thai :.
musng scene of confusion took place when The ioS%
'und the darkness coming on 80 quickly tna' '"l
ould not all get placed their perches in Tune a~
len again, when they found, by the quickly !euir
lg light, that they had had false alarm. wen
card that there had been over all that line OF cou
lch excessive rain that day. that party enaOsn
the lighthouse steamer to take up the peculiar y
ton we did, was probably the only one that had Va,
lie good luck to make any accurate observations,
Renaissance the more fortunate. inasmuch as tn%
as the earliest part of Europe visited by the shaun
/ its progress from west to east. ,a
These observations will, of course, appear e
here in due form but meanwhile some genera "~
what was witnessed may not be unacceptaO'
lie public at large"
EXCLUSION OF FREE NEGROES FROM INDIANA n
blowing are the provisions forming part OF lhg
institution of Indiana, which were submitted ~
sparate vote at the recent election, and adopted
the instrument by majority of thirty thonsa ,or
majority larger than that given for the cons'1,s