New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-23

,d ma, the light for few moments, being bright
a. l. conceivable rendering every object around as dis
s;petly visible. The sky clear not cloud to DO
while passing ii seemed to throw off large bodies
s,ur or fiye-which followed closely upon the main
body the whole leaving brilliant train like that of
rocket
and from forty 20 sixty seconds occupied in It's pas
sage. Between two and three minutes after it dsap-
peared we distinctly heard dull, heavy explosive
souLd like that Of a distaii, cannon. l.. w. b.
NORTH HAvERSrRAw, July 81, 1860.
Allow me to trespass upon your time and patience
by few brief lines descriptive of most beautiful
meteor or ball Of fire, which crossed the sky directly
over this place lsst night at "a O'Clock. 1t wit
neeeed by q large number Of the residents Of Haver
straw and and all combine in saying that it far
exceeded IN beauty any phenomena of the KIND ever
witnessed In this locality. II originated apparently
about midway of the heavens, and crossing the SKY
In essterly direction, left long aud grace9i sreak
Of fire In It's IL moved very slowly aug, curng
hmSns,eS +. T.
'' Nrw-HAvES, July 81 1860
The city was quite excited about quarter before ~
O'Clock lat night by the passing OF meteor IN the
drsct;on of north west TO southeast. IL was at hrs
taken for rocket many in fact would not believe it
was ANYTHING else IL stirred mp our scieothc men,
and they are almost wild to-day, running about after
testimony about ts appearance. A friend whose OBJ
starvation was good has furnished the following facts
Tia highest reach was 0o south of the zenith lie did
not il at the beginning nor end Its motion was not
YVES great, chsngeabe, and gave strong shadows lts
colors strong, at times orange and crimson often
blending, and stronger and greater AS the meteor moved
on IL was In shape an elhpse, but not regular, and
much elongated. There was evidently great in erna
movement Finally il burst in two psrs, which went
on with less speed t they were out OF sight In size
Il was equal at times to the new moon.
.-... GREENWICH, Conn, July Il, 1860.
Last evening at quarter before 10 clock, as was
sitting the piazza the south side OF the house, IN
company with some ladies' and gentleman we were
rtad Nv and brilliant thnnuh Hickerinp
light We at first somewhat alarmed, as We sup
posed that the aide of the house must be on hre
but on looking around, we saw the light in every d
rection. Immediately jumped out on the lawn, and
then discovered the cause, which some five or Six
balls of fire, some of very bright white light, others
pale tinged with orange and green, al an appar
emily average distance of two feet apart, the hIs
seeming to be about six inches in diameter, and the
others gradually lessening TO the size VI one or two
inches They did not seem to have any connection
with each other, except all occasional faint hne OF
Light streaming from 10 the other and all pursuing
the same path. They passed directly overhead from
north to southeast, at an apparent hight Of not
more than 400 500 feet, aud moved silently be-
meath the start sky, casting far wide aud uneartby
light until they gradually faded from view at an ele
walton of some Is degrees above the horizon II was
nearly two minutes from the time the light was first
seen, to it's knal disappearance. have seen many
meteorc exhibitions, bat none go suemey beautlfu as
that of last evening. E.D.H.
NEWPORT, R. l., July 81, 1860.
We were treated to beautiful exhibition of celestial
pyrotechnics at 10 O'Clock last evening IL was a
calm clear night; the infant moon had gone TO rest,
and the stars keeping their silent vgils, when.
from the west, apparently, just beyond Conanicut
Island q ball OF urd lire. IL had the appearance
of the CHASTITY fireworks produced by the Rsvels In
some of their pieces, and seemed about the SIZE your
City Hall clock. Ii came up without defamation, and
when about half way between the horizon and the
zenith the body underwent change, presenting the
ASPECT Of q dumb bell. sudden twist took place IN
the heavenly apparton, which gave an appearance OF
the balls of rocket and then the heads OF the bell,
llp yard he
east and either expended themselves were lost,
right of in the distance, most probably tue former
/ had an excellent view Of the eccentric yiror,
from its appearance 10 its disappearance and must pro-
pounce il one Of the most brilliant exhibitions of cees
tsl phenomena that has ever come 10 my kno Wedge
Its duration about two minutes, and It's bfllhancy
about equal 10 tnat OF Bengola Light In It's passage
across the sky did appear OF higher altitude tnn
half mile, from where our party was standing IL
moved steadily and noselessy along in it's divided con-
dtion and the lanibent flames OF The portions MAN
tanned eQuidistanee, until out Of sght; tram OF
scantations follow ing III their wake 10 The end Inc
sight was awful interesting, and gallant Rhode
Island General declared to the ladies OF the party that
he WAS fairly scared. The adiet expressed their
fears In the prettlest Imaginable, the Gen
eral was in good company with his fear. AS lof my
self was divided in my admiration by the thooghts
OF what it could all mean, and what an interesting
paragraph the had furnished Tor the readers OF
Tx TRIBUNE. l must leave II W the sclentluc 70
soIve the mystery the vstauti 1t may have pocai
significance, 1t may be thas II Is SIMPLY meeori0
display, easily accounted for.
In tIouoous tunes of Roman history strange things
were heard and startling signs wero seem and why
not now? Why may not the bali OF dosSy lame DC
nort@ptous of the fate of the Democratic party why
nav not tne twist the zenith be enoematl-
cal of the Baltimore Conventions ana W!l IL DC 700
much 70 imagine that the divided lights, gong alone
ON their devious way and finally exhaustlng them
syes in the utter darkness of the east Represent the
candidates of that party, Douglas and Breckinridge
There Will be all sorts OF specuauons IN regard 10 thS
meteor: why are not mine sensible aud practical
"a can be given But leave the questions " the
Scientific society, which meets here neat week.
The American Association for the Advancement Oh
Science holds its annual Session III this cy on the LIST
of August. The city authorities Will snow the sAVans
all possible courtesy. ., ,oco
"n HusiERDos Co., N. j., July p, 1860.
The most remarkable celestial phenomenon that has
been seen since the falling OF the stars, In lo was
witnessed by myself and some twenty DINERS al ABOUT
10 o'clock yesterday Friday mght' meteor OF
immense size and eastiag bright glare Of hgh upon
the earth burst apparently from cloud IN the wost
tile 20 the north and passing slowly and with uni
form speed toward the east dsappeareo III Tue
Judging from It's apparent proximity 10 cnurcn sPe
concluded its highth t. DO less Joan wv loeti pot
having since received accounts OF It's appearance rom
observers who were stationed at distance, l thnK IL
mna have been more than mile high Nheh hrs'
seen il gave several the impression that II was pyro
techpic display ii seemed and moved 80 slowly
and with such regularity. It's head reSemOieo TWO
iaroe flaming stars OIL close behind the other, and
shed bright white light upon the earth as u passed.
leaving a long brilliant streaner In lis wake, muon
tessmblnR the tail OF comet Dut more uenss; Nodi
the end of the tail three red hrebas, OF oerent
napnudes the largest nearest the head These Dalls
were eoui-dstaIt from each other ana not iaf apart
hut AT considerable distance from the head OF the
meteor All these bodies moved as Al connected oy
an invisible string so perfectly aid .ney netp 'a s"d
thinking II would burst, loud report bul II noVeo Oh
IN silence snd disappeared n the distance: r. r; n.
- NEWPORT, Della ware, July ~, 1860
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