The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-24

Baltimore Paa Of July H. made is appearance beswssa
nine and ten ocock the neassn Ems were .u%nstsd oy
u was composed apparently u two distinct balls OF hre
ss.so o. streams Of green tint hight II uaverssd
ss slowly In q southwestern, direction, cssting
a. ,ou he roots IL the buildings which Il
sseo flare 20 strg s " create an impression upon
ibose who witnessed II that ore was raging 10 the
vicinity The phenomenon atracte. general attention,
the most brilliant meteor which has visits tais CITY In
many years
now IT APPEARED At our NATIONAL CAPITAL.
tfrom the Washington S%, July II
Al haB past nine last night q mete,f appeared IN the
northeast ri an elevation Of about above tho
horizon II moved through descending pau TO tho east
two bodies each &c brrh, a. Venus when close 10 tho
earth One followed the other closely mako them
spIear like al immense chain shot, Il lasted about
same tune each one remsrking sss being divided into
two parts.
AS sKsN AT NORFOLK VA.
In shape. the meteor, says ths Day Book, resembed
two dumb beiis, and were of exceeding briany, and
starting fron northwest direction, continued at To-
comprehensive speed towards tho east, the course
dropping one by spe the balls Of the imaginary bells
until nothing was eft but speck, which quickly
disappeared from view We make no professions 70 a.
onomicsi lore, and therefore hazard explanation Of
this singular phenomenon We noticed also that In the
airectoO hsm which the meteor started formidable
looking cloud had banked up which Immediately dis
persed when the meteor left its vicinity.
THE TRACKS LEFT AT BUSHNELL, PIKE COUNTY, PENN.
10 THE EDITOR or TIE HERALD.
NEW Yosk, July %, 1890.
friend with when observed the meteor's nrst
appearance the Blue Ridge Mountains, Pike county,
Pennsylvania When Hrst IL appeared a. coming
from the northern hemisphere, and directing its
eastward. lYassu med red hue which Afterwards
changed into fiery green, throwing behind 1t . long
trail This color Il bore until arrived above our beads,
when IL proceeded It's route but dropped at about half
Q mile from where were standing, causing terrific
explosion Our curiosity Afterwards led 70 tho spot
where this explosion ok place, and arrival there
discovered round hoio In the ground which appeared
70 be free from any loose earth around IT. the hole Itself
oked To be very perfect and resembled that OF cannon
ball that might have been buried there. II about
one foot In deph and nine inches in diameter, and the
* the meteor and being then ignorant Of the phenome
non 10 the conclusion that II had been ball Of
tire On the night previous observed number Of vivid
northern lights which were variegaed in color the same
the rain how. When nrst the meteor It
about hsif-psst nine O'Clock at night
AMOS LEEDS, D.,L&w.R.R.
IT'S APPEARANCES AT WILMINGTON, DBL.
THE EpIrOR OF THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON, Del, July q, 1880.
On reading Saturdays HERALD q notice Of curl
atmospheric phenomenon last night You speak OF
II confined 70 New York city and Brooklyn, but
am happy inform you that little Delaware had soare
also. Al about quarter to ten O'Clock myself and
~ OF others sitting the steps Of farm house IN
Newcastle county talking Of the stars, &c, when sud
dealy brilliant light, Of bl ,ish color tho
heavens apparently the part othe city
Do ~ &c Of
city they do not say Philadelphia, but the ty az
~ere The only In the country Tho light then took
pesrance burst and then with long OF balls OF dre
pooeeded ftom enlightened United states and dsap
peared la the forsaken and Of Jersey. We AMI ssve
dephis can't have any Great Eastern ehe. Ia this email
piece II land, we can have big Light occssonsily
TWO HUNDRED AND Pity x1fHs AZ SRA.
SEA les, Of the British schooner Achever nom
usrs' furui-bce US the ioii wing report;Ion the
evening Of the Smh ., nine o'clock at
sassins to K ME- Il had the spp-enoe Of round bal
Light. but soon pated, carrying after oeantfal
tail Of light. II remsina ID sisn' ABOUT '"e'e "AAN'
The July number Of saimo"T e..-.a. Sss . con:
tains several articles on tho meteor N; P,os
Andrews, of Marietta College gives drawings On sevei
OF the pieces which came DOWN New Coucsso, In
in he casns, Of that inssisusioa Ths declared
to be the largest meteorito existing In an IN.
pioso, which accompanied the fall d these
stones heard Of l6o miles In diameter,
Of Ma e,sa College, gives computations respecting sHs
meteor, In which he shows from its varying attu ie,
octy, &C. as seen nom different places through opcS.
northwestery (about ~ degrees vest Of nor,h)
passing the eastern part OF Washington county
then southwestern Of Guernsey county
the northeastern Of huskngum county; I'd,
forty miles ss /, crossed Noble county 3D. that ts rate
of motion about four miles second: 9Th, that Its
diameter was about hve-esh.hs Of a mic The evidence
on which the stones fell This accords with
me,ecrs are small satellites which revoIve "a
Irregular orbits about the earth and occasionally coming
> ms basments, which fAi 70 the gr ;und. Professor
Concord was overcast with clouds the mso body Of the
meteor not by those who Witnessed the fall OF
the frsgmen,s but The sounds a. beard by them nrss
the southeast This seemingly contradictory fact agrees
perfectly With the hypothesis that the course OF the me
velocity greatly exceeding the velocity q sound the
pcsions which occurred last must have been the first
heard"
chemical analysis II the meteor Ia added By 8. n.
Johnston, Of Coshocton Ohio The principal ingredients
In silica prooxydeo iron, masuesiA iron slunina,
nickel and sulphur. He gives It's specific gravity -
| THE COMET IN CALIFORNIA.
from the Sacramento pnion June rs
There Is great believe that the present gene
ra,ion Of men and no, after ali to be dsap.
pointed In their expectations Of witnessing the return OF
the great IL 1884 last In 1855 when Charles
V. Emperor Of Germany, and, from that monarch 8
approximations tho event, sometimes called, by hn
There is visible In the northwest quarter Of
the heavens stii low In the horizon however one OF
these remarkable visers, which, % Ear ~ has been
Comet Of charcr Y. II was nrst seen two or three
evenings SINCE but tnly made out with any approach
% accuracy on Friday evening Or Logan OF thu city,
degrees the horison that IN nucleus or head
the sim Of Of the third fouytb magnitude,
aud that tail stretched toward the zenth covering
| Apparent space Of thrtyhvc forty degrees Last
evening further observed, and became object OF
interest and hundreds OF citzeos whose
attention had been called to IL in the Tnson.
When she comet OF 1865, known Donatie comet, 40
peared nj nrst supposed IN be the Industrious vsi
of three centuries before, and announced 10 the
Paris press from which copied. The very
pardonsbe because It's retarn the very month eptom
ber 1852 ~hen the stranger became visible had been
1 predicted by two eminent astronouers- u.
BONNIE Of the Netherlands had calculated &c appearance
on "a 81 August Of that year aiso appeared 10 the
q the heavens where the Charles v comet
became visible. And although II did not equal In mag
pitude the latter all who will bear record 90 ts
surpa ing majesty and spendnr ~ celestial pheno-
m.pop wns 10 this state about the Isth
OF september and disappeared the 18th Of the ensuing
month.
The comet OF 1854 has been expected for tho last three
four yr.rs, rs elements having been calculated ana
ia reapp.arauce predicted ny half different as
| trononers, no two o. whom appear TO have exactly