Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-09-28
How manyl Comets arc thtre!

h In the !" Star" OF laE8tiweek, We re.
farfed toIthe Comet that so brightly
exhibits his fiery tail to Us eveiy.eren-
Ing. and in the morning, too, .if wt
will only ghtup to sec il, and Stated
lhat there was but one Visible, and
that It could be seen IA the north
sast IN the morning, andfn the north
Kest in the evening. Tiis assertion
ours, wei understand WIS doabtdd
by some Of .the aa1'ans of our place,
V.ho contcndedN that tiie ole that
dould be seen in:Nhe morning, aud
die one that ecas seen in'the evening,
1-ere not one and thc9sane, but two
different wanderers. Aid, by aeon
rhRnication from oal'slMepth in an-
other. column, it will " seen flat
.tNB Astronomer Of eeat+altW as;
SHINES the same position,F and has s6
frightened the. getterss up dfthe pfot
ject for a new county, witlfIhis Learnt
IedI.lingo, that they have Indefinitely
postponed their Barbecuel!. What !
great thing it IS to have larnin +
/ But, notwithstanding this array Of
talent against ns, we still contend
that we are right, and THAT the It'd
comets seen are but=one! There arc
three comets at present rrafersing onri
visible heavens, but only Ipne is visi-
Die to the naked eye. The Boston
Traveller gives the following data IN
regard to them: u. .Ist
saDonoti's"- the constellation Of
Ursa Major-- f'#Y n 4
Rises-sh. 16m, A. NJ. NTH by North,
I sets--8h 44m. r. M.sNW by North.
/ E1ncke' s-In the constellation of Cancer.
Rises 1h.0 7m. A. H. Northeast N.
sets--5h. ] I'm. p M. Northwest. j
G4ttle Sin the constellation Persous.
This comet has just come within the Girl
Gle Of perpetual pparation, ail therefore
does not set to US. It is hi title meridian
a9osf tie Pole, at 81, Sim inI the morn
inc. Il s:fj, n
The first Of these comets onlE. is visible
to lhe naked eye, and can I'D distinctly
seen from seven, 10 eight O'Clock in th4l
evening. Il is growing brighter and
more imposing each succeeding day
This comet is rapidly approaching thelI
Esfth. and is now supposed to be ono.
and forty millions ofI miles dis
tant. AS it rises higher above the hori1l
ION, however, every successive evening,
we shall soon have clearer and more pros
longed views of the illustrious stranger.
The brightest of the three comets is |
supposed by DR.. Gould to be identical
with the comet Of 1864 and The FIRST of
the three comets seen in 1897, and to |
have j period Of about thirty one years.
This conjecture is grounded on sup
POSED identality of the clements of mo-
ton. The motion Of the comet of 1864, |
as We are told, was direct, while that Of
1877 was retfograde.
Astronomers differ in their opinions rs
to what precise comet this really is.
The second comet Isl teleseopic, and
will mot be3visible 10 the naked eye
Thethird also invisible. except through |
artificial aid, is conjectured ID be the
great expected comet of 1864 and 4 556.
All astronomers agree in extolling its
splendor. Its tail IS said to be more than
100 degrees in length, or one half Of the
visible heavens. Its first disappearance
was on the night Of the death Of Pope
i is supposed to appear once IN every
three hundred years. We are told. as a |
singular fact, that all The three bodiest