The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-07
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.

from Inc Cincinnati Gazette, August a.
AS We writlng In the Caste olce on Thursday
evening, window opening on Wac street. We gcro
surprised by fash 81 blush glt, which III W tho CGs
som House and SURE kcksicn's building, and brought
cut prominently tie figures Of the persons who
standing the The Light Of brief duration,
but Of extreme bslancy-so much 80, indecd that VIC
hurried 70 the window to Gee what new spcvfnen q pyro
tcchny was illuminating the oel and Lycrei dcuoasTa-
ton As the case with Mr. Roc VIC were dlsaprolri
ed. There was darkness there, bni no BENGAL or other
caused by hugo roco. thai Lad passed the
f Fourth and Vine aad thought 10 OF the matter
an ast evening, when We received iho communications
II would appear that others IN the city saw the lgh,
which attracted our attention, a. witness the foiiosn
paragraph from last cycnlr-'s Timlg'-
Few minutes after ten O'Clock last evcrnr the earth
brilliantly Illuminated IN this vicinity about hall
scconl. We we're n tie street al the time, vita our face
40 tho NORTH .Ac light bit before turned around
tlc OF Il hat shed. We supposed Il 10 have
been caused by discharge Of fireworks at tho Covngon
rDeci.ng We were Afterwards tod however. by gen.
tctnan that he looking rectlv 10 u, and that Il
amctcor. he SAID Il SHOT CT Of cloud, had at lrft
rriDson appearance, and was shared Ike an ordinary
trumpet Il passed wostwardy, growing palcr, aud sud
denly disappeared. Is he corrooti Was Is a metcors
A. sErN AT MORROW.
corr6rpoudcui az Morrow. Warren county, furnishes
as ih The following description OF the meteor, a. AZ.
pcarcd al Morrows-
While returning from Lebanon last night witnessed
most Brilliant and beautuul s9cctaclc. The moon was
viii tan Ieccy clouds with here and ihcr. srrcaks az
heavier and darker cCude mar TIC borzon when In the
southeast and ite tccw Tic planet Jupiter, there ap
peare meet brilliant meteor lis direction from
wcst with inclination q about avo degrees
the h1rr1u. suppCsc thst j was twenty twenty
three degrees tie her zcc and the distance moved
from west was abou; twenty-five or thirty dc
srcss II had luminous tau Which extended sotac dis
lance from TIE body. is git O a brilliant white
tuuui mating the whole horizon. n passed behind dark
cloud Cor mcuc1t, Waer q acpcarcd Ike great Orc,
with the body q ihc tane ooscurcd lighting up the edges
az the cioud With great sprudor. was visible Tor
tntnt after lassrg TIC coui. The HIGHT gradually dmln
fsho1 and he laslant tc.orc q disappeared Il wa no
larger than star Of TIE lrsi magnitude Tic length og
tuie WIS vsbic WIS not more than six or seven So
cas.ds Tine leu O'clock u r.eit.
A. EzsN A, CHTLLfCoTur.
We yesterday received from ar / A. Somcrs, The tee
ruphic naCrat0f at CbcOtlc, the following dcs raich
a bril- qnt meteor fazsCG over this city In lcyth-
xoz.oy direction. at ten O'Clock last ughi, Illuminating
10 ho-iDla for ncarly miruic
IS sT1,w At ANTIOCH coLifcE, YELLOW STRINGS.
Mr. II A Preston. of yellow springs. the meteor
sEaer tssy vorapC sircursinnccs Coz Oscryailcu Hc
tiycs VI tisc followipl dostriTtiou.-
Eosxcen nrctceE aud twenty minutes past ten O'Clock
The cnng " tho % Instant while citing tho step
OF ths entrance D. tie so-th wing " the colCgr.
f&-od N fonVerlatua with OF the strlcnts.
there apPcncd 10 tic southern heavens. about
the senith braht Js q Gre, resembling the moon In
sire and color II orGe rccogui1nd Il meteor and
socsed my thO4hsf5r observation. AZ lie first POINT
Il remained ,isscsrry r several seconds, Increasing In
brsliancy nom ga~ rod 20 syery white cncrc.ed
iv ring OF rrc.a II tbcn srt through hs heavens in
nor V,nfa watering Inc frcsn east 70 west. with
nsanse velocity AT .irtt sfarSs OF are wero emitted.
whsh cha1sos AZ tic Gerry bal n.rcascd ir speed 70
sireans az iight ofhe -oN eseNs Coors ana % sooh
brllsBey A. 10 dazzle e eyes aud let IN its train
worry larce Iurosno,,r hsns anal 10 o1ehaf u s
sinstsy In whicb scxsral N Tie cors 81 the rasbo~
stinctly exhibited Cri We pie meteorc display
o. the oon OF July there splcrsa ~ one
San o. IRE a. II entered " A"'1'A