, 1860-08-07
4 Magnifieeat meteor.

/ faw minutes after ten o'clock, Thursday
night. just - rockets aud balloons ware balm &
sent up from the political messinRs in Coving-
ton, magnificent meteor dartcd acrnss Tho
Southern Ky, glowing for 4 few seconds with I
light far more brilliant than ths moon. We
xere standing 1t thu moment Oh the sidewalk
in front Of the Commercial 0Hics Building, and
observing tho light Of balloon that had fosted
to the north, sud waa moving steadily on ita
Way. There WIS suddenly An intense light In
Tie South, and turning We saw directly over
Covington, moving from the Southeast to the
Northwest, not more than twenty dsgrees ADORE
the horizon, q great ball Of flame. The light
that from tho bslls shot from Roman candle.
Before its marvellous radiance the moon was
paled, aud while it passed. the black shadows
Of the lofty buildings Of the city wheeled xronnd
as the Sild luminary sped; and when it WAS
gone, there was q sensation Of dimness Of sight,
nliuous object disappeared from cur eyes be.
hind the buildings on the west side Of Race
street, and seemed TO have fallen into tho river,
nr to have vanished in the vicinity Of the Fifth
Street Ferry. The imprersinn at the moment
was, that the strange illumination had been
produced By the ingenuity Of the Bell and En-
erett party who are knoxn ;.h 10 be auits susesss
was suggested that balloon had caught fire
and produced the spectacle. 4 balloon, how
ever, is not accustomed 10 tty through the air
selft Is a cannon bali nor, un!ess it was loaded
with red and blue Gre, would it make 80 pene-
trating light. The question as to whether a
meteor had passed, or the Know Nothings had
sought out some strange and prodigious pyro-
tccEnic invention, was discussed at consider
able length, and no satisfactory conclusion YVES
had. .....
Yesterday. however, We heard many accounts
of ,he marvellous meteor. The following COM
n,nnicatiou was handed us by citizen who re-
sides on Ninth street:
minutes past ten O'Clock, while setting al my
front door, in company with my wife and oth-
ers. We Observed, in direction S. T. by s !, a
very large, luminous body, moving behind
stratum Of black clouds. II second, almost,
there burst on our view ono Of the most beau.
tiful and brilliant ueteors that we Tor, think
othcrs) ever had the. good fortune 70 behold:
of fire in its mouth, and two small balls Of tirc
about the middle Of the train. Tbs outer
edges OF the train were of q most beautiful
green color. The centre presented the appear
auce Of q very bright rainbow, while the head
r+sembled in bril!iancy ball discharged from
apparently, was eeysu tirnes the diameter Of
the moon; while passing below Mars, it ap
peared to be about three times the diameter Of
the moon.
ny description is not very graphic; still, it
may possibly meet the eye Of tome others F who
saw it. VIII they b. SO kind as to give their
view ofit7 .. H. L.
Another gentleman says it resembled a great
bar Of iron, lust from the furnace, white, hot
and scintillstipg. Another says it was as big
"A barre1. and seemed like red hot cannon
bali, with q trail Of light. Another says it came
flaming through the air, scattering luminous
spray. ~ u locomotive Ut full speed p10Ws the
Bnow from tie track.
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