Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-01
THAT An CoMrr.-The following letter ha.

THAT Ar CoMEr-The following letter ha'
been addressed to the Bulletin:
Observing in papers, a statement, that tn,
comet now visible Is tie comet of Charles Y
| send YOU an extract from a letter, datec
Paris, July 27, and published in the h.t
number of the Courier deS EtdtS UHiS, re
ceived in this city. 1t says
NJ. Bahinet, member Of the Institute at
Paris IAN astronomer of reputation has ad
dressed 10 the Debats the following note ON
the Comet of 1853: This year has already
shown us five comets, of which two are peri
odical. None of them is the comet of 1906,
called the comet of Charles V. and us to the
return OF which the contrary opinion Of Hind
and Hook divide the learned world. AS to
the comet discovered 10y NJ. Donati, at Flor
ence, on the ID of June, the comet now in
the Heavens it has no resemblance to the
comet of 1906, of 1864, and of 9I5, which
however, are supposed to be identical. The
actual comet moves very slowly and will Et
in the middle of its course about the 9th OF
! 9th Of the approaching month Of September
! Its course is to the rest, whilst the comet OF
Charles V moves towards the east, SO that ii
is no more allowable to confound them, than
it would be 10 take Il courier from Brest for
one from Strasburg. Besides, there are 100
degrees of difference between the two. Us
respects the position OF the perihelion Tor
point nearest the sun, and the inclination
TO the eclipse Is 72l degrees, instead of 80
degrees the inclination of Charles VS. comet.
y pnper in this city (San Francisco states
that the comet now ,isibe is that Of 1850
and that its orbit is given and its return pre-
dicted in an almanac for 1858, printed in the
City Of Mexico 1t is sutiicicn. to say that
the clements of the orbits Of the present
comet are entirely different from those OF
the comet of 1880. This comet was observ
ed 10y Newton and HALEY, who judged tina,
the comet accomplished its revolution in $40
years.
With regard to the great comet of Charles
V, sometimes called the comet of Fahricius,
after the astronomer OF that Emperor, it
elements have been calculated 10y MIR. Hind,
the royal astronomer of England. aud 10y n
BONNIE, learned calculator of Middlebourg
! in the Netherlands. These distinguished Us,
tronomers differ By tara gears in respect t.
! the period Of the return of the comet. All
! that can be said of it is, that its next pelihr
| lion passage may take place within two year
OF August, lSjS nearer thin this it does no!
appear possible to approximate. 1t has no.
| yet made its appearance.
In DR.. Lardners large work on astronomy
there is n catalogue giving the elements Of
the orbits of more than two hundred comets
No one of these is like the present comet a;
Tar us the catalogue extends, then, it war
rants us saying, that the comet now visi.
| Die is new to astronomers.
The comet is now approaching the sun. Ii
moves quite slowly towards the southwest
its course making an angle Of about five dc
grces with the horizon 1t sets little ear
| ier each night. From its northern position
i is below the horizon only seven hours and
! half while it is above it sixteen hours and
i half 1t passes the meridian about three
legrees south of the zenith, about l2l o'clock
in the day. when it is, of course. invisible
1t is nearer to Us at pre- 'eit than the sun, and
will grow brighter as it approaches that
luminary Its tail. which is now some firteel
degrees in length, will, at the same time, be
come longer. NJ.