The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-10

should tale that We had some Of these vesy drawings
around tie cabin aud VIC prepared ourselves by schooling
ourselves each TO observe hts own phenomena, and
10 be swesuck and interested b. spectacle SO full
of interest beautiful, sublime We were ranged TO-
eeheryogr humble servant in the ccutre-so as 70 com
muucate easily with alI-the Photographer al my side
The seconds were called by one individual and the passing
minutes By another, SO shat II oae iaed, ano'nes
wrong minute 50 we waited until the critical time
Nobody s Ike until everything had been observed Wien
perfectly OF the minute Of contact called for
IL then the photographer let y the spring Of his instru
nen and caught the .e curve and showed the ragged
edge Of The mooa faithful 70 the effect when bordering
light passes by IT, Another pheuomeaon IL belt OF light
which appears outside Of the moon on the sun, showing
that e rect o. the certainly brighter along ~ tue
tege OF the moon We stutet that time aud ssan Win
strongly than otherr and as usual the faithful photogra
pher ceulht It Ia the tagueTreotype impressions
which have copies al hsne-taken by Mf CAMPBELL, IN
1854, IN New YorS, the photographic illustration 10
telling the story. AND another curious pheno-
menon was seen by en!y one OF our party. On the
side OF the moon, close to the edge q the sun,
somehow. close along that edge, projected on the
blusl hight TIE eye saw it, was satisfied IL
Photographic plate aud then that phenomenon supposed
to be optical illusion 10 1920 and 70 be something
i, down and said, It is usi1acause you have
imperfect eyes, but there s something there" (Ihe
breathess silence which had prevailed until now vas
broken by epressible aprlause Those three drawings
justification 10 the superintendent o. the Coast SCR
vey 81 ell time for sending that Photographic arrange
lnent far (choers) regard them as Intensely va
uabie 40 Tie eclipse advanced rothing could b. more
beautiful just because the CLOUDS werc there and We die
not reed screen glass most Of US Nothing coud De
beautiful than the eclipse es II approached, and we
old net wonter That those who hre~ nothing about IL
should be Impressed With the idea thai somebug
devon. ing soc savages are that tue Clio
rious orb was melting away And through that
little hn Of couc tbe beaotiUi and bssepng rreseen,
could be looked a. by The bare eye aud as i narrowed
oil The edges o. ragged tie ecses vi the sharp
ragged when the has jus, passed the node aad
intensity suggestive that Oh Il beautiful, So
grand 1, With difficulty that some Of US
prevented from crying cot in ecsrsy wanted to make
drawing Of ~ aud had kno Sn thai sbouc have come
here ~ should have tried 10 have representa-
ton Of it. Th1se who looked without the tlrh glass
the ragged edge aud seemed 10 them tsat b glorious
luninaIy sinkng away uotil 1, was ioa', II LIKED
Ike intensely brilliant 10 capdescet metal expNsec
80 intense hea, and dropping away until u wAs gone
then the most cloudy season OF AL nne tephs ~ tue
sky covered uith clouds Just before ,ast gloomy
twilight came, " ths party one OF the ohcefs % toe
ship whose part 10 tie division ot the Labor Il was
20 watch IL be could the sLl1ow coIae ard see u CO.
looked around on the savage oolntains and on came
the great biacS shadow, like some f,arfl cloud
BE saw !, approach. Three minutes passed, aud he
~ The notice Of this passage not rev. II has
been seen ~ rlountsn regions before t vas amons
the Interesting things looked FOR Perhaps the nust sub
lime and besuiiu view 81 IL was w 1883, When the Ger
Astronomers oyerake1 IN The Highlands Of We
ten-( cbeers) then covered with snow, and saw the
great shadow weeping toward them over the snow aud
the successive Illumination 81 the spires OF the villages
as 1t passed BY. Wheo he saado~ came over US, oh
what beautiful dis aT Of c,yrs We Lac. We could not
the corora and q permitted 70 us 20 look asde
snd the geart sp ctsca Ny fritEd ero paniou
Dr. BARNARD csre..l ~ .ook the hexutfll dark
shall %; anticipate the account viii bops be
will give you .Tust the eclipse was fairly total ist
a, tbc last little fragment was cot away-our Canad an
frenc Lieut. Ashe, caught view OF 81, long, white blade
light ouivcrug through where the had gone ane
te caught the first blush Of that which would
have given much very much 70 have seen Throughout
Bot because was cloudy perhsrs that observation is
valuable, and although lost the spectacle which
nrve avsu % .'un nee ~. .ne ch
may tell OF the fashion CT tie czirer.um cseS, though
there rs 80 experiment here bu, on careful observe
ton For IS question 10 be decided how far that rel
color is due 10 <lrc tho eye. IL may be well for
science thai the shade there Bet did not lose
the quite for arranged through the assistance
of Mr. vensbe. some things to be looked .er by the
seancn themselves They Instructed what to loo.
for, and received from an Intelligent cuar,ermasler,
whom c.oseiy questioned nftorwsrc ouch a dis
tact account of how he OF the sailors tue
along The olack noon and how locked and low
IL tire nble and the rays projected here anf there the
description " the had neen, sonehow some
astronomical book, and jctsed down the details, for
TO have greet hope that hn 1t, and that nheet OF
blue paper (poin,Dc " n diagram on the waD which
lad brought with me frou. Princeton, took out, ace
TOOK tec white material and made II 10 look a.
could 10 what lie told "No, " Is not rsh. there"
be said, "there Is another beam 40 this Is ell rght,
bere hut there rather think there a ana.her beam u
Then made And esie, 'Takc 20 associates aud
pee what they say and he took arf came beck and
said, They say tia, is exactly what they saw ZAP.
shoots out here, and ,here he has got lttle
rover 90 ooe stc-just where hc ought to have il
"a a ,ei,sble s-swine To1s Sheerrns Thea ys.yy,s
,ie,oc~ - ,,,or sSe ~, .,sras,r- s g.,
Ne saw s,m.,imes r.. on, t.'" 20 ,,., n, ,o
IN r,eb, 80 ,,s,,., az 81 ,.ayy.r.,s 80 49,
r,, vensc,cs ga III -. ,,aI ~ 80 - ~. ,sa -.
.nd iii a." as,~,hn,ton ~ i.tor srbi.h 80 -ho -
az the sssoc,x,oY "a n,ocors ,nns, n,f IA ,ss'o,s
,pr., moi de,.i, Vo, rracssso- .Iox,nsar -
eleaer amid lons cheers no ,,nnesis,c,v ARR
M p.p~.p-D p-csscn, ~ ~ Coi.ce 81 IS s.,s.i,r,
the aiscts resl iart 90 , sr,s,u coa.oa .,h
sate,rs, ~ ~, ey parienrc ans osa,ya,Ioos a,rns
fhe I,trcsfng er-eai,Ion ia ga th.t ~ o,ss hs.1,
be esuee. ~ hin, srter The f and nch,v in,erai,c
of The ches ~ te ernca,on ~
corps ~ AZ he sbau,s male anv ycn.,s i -.
ear 10 the ssrononlcsI m An the co.re
Of tho eperprise But pever,heIess there were ones
tons Of rhv.Ica p,tpre ana ~ rvs,,,i i,,ro,,,,~e
which called urou hin for few reflections They lad
hored 10 have had fuller means and "a ties far t s,u
ton of these nouries hut the o,-er yatIsp of m.
heavens az moment when tic rhvuoypruoa was M the
bc,chta 81 II. A. .crest pscve1,ei Ie fuu eccoushept
OF tie original ctslgn OF. me exp,stnp tn visihIs
daYnes OF Tie hole atrnos phe-lc exuas was The chef
.uc OF the INTERRUPTION OF the ast,oI obssrv.tions
p; N the corfe q, Tie rrocreas ~ ,se exped,or ,as-
v-ere 10, se,trd rart.in IlysirI ~. s,r,en NH,
I'D b.n, ,o th,,k ,bs, xte,br~ s,,l. - 49, rta.a
r,,, c,,r, cod u,, n to-,res .,is- -, 80. y. ~