The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-11
More About the Comet.

sUnilde Harolde'' writes TO the Dtspotch
from Powhatau county:
J. am constrained n express surprise tC F"e
so ittilS inen jlOn Tlsds ~, ana dttentteD be-
slowed upon, that most magnificent phe-
nOmenon tI--S bas so suddenly made its ap-
pearance in the Nor rthern heaVens. It wa.s
noticed by I>Jr 5ae FIRST t.I1a a3o. hSlE-,..i
eleven verterGdy evening At than early hour
Il Displayed but little Of that Eril1ii AT appea-
dage which 3 few hours latar st1eamed tar
oCG, reaching Ia- beyOli the zeLILil, and hold
ipg The delightad locker. on perfectly ent1nnced
by its grandeur. know Or nothing go s0oth-
ing TO Ene feelings, and 81 tha same sine SO
well calculated 10 elevate the mind Of niac
aoove terrestrial objects an3 s9TGid coaz.dere-
Iocs, and gently, ys: surely, drawing a.ld fix
ing - "a. things acoveA as contemplation OF the
glorious heav What can SGrylas IN love
liBees or suhliInifv s. GEAR blus SKY betlsclzad
with countless Lnyriads Of shining Crbs-
solna in great and picturesque gnOdeety hoia-
ing tBe,ns elves IN the dis tant background, and
iTOM theiT I4r-oG petitions shielding mild aad
z, ,ial rays upon US, whilst others, more bold,
seLd forit FOODS $50 to speak Ct celestial rSa-
dance, an3 Standing ous in holc relief againSs
the dar., blue vaulti But how mach must
even such scene this be heightened IN
grandeur, when 4 magnificent comet OF the
first magnitude burst suddenly ;Eto taii view,
holding uoG only The aetOoished ga1ar n deep
awe, but even drawing reverence from the
gitrs themselves, as tboy behold for The first
time niS unneraldsd presence among them,
with his briiiiart train almost sD1nning t2s
beayCQG ana before whose Spi6nJOT tle most
OF Stars seem to pale? Is immense trail COW
cred d pace Of not less than eighty. five de-
grFas OF the heavens. This would eive an ac-
Luai length OF A43 .5G, 900 miles. When .irss
seen, sle comet seemed about thirty degrees
above the horizon, and its position was be-
tween the right hand star III Iha 't ripDer"
and the North star, considerably nearer The
former. I...t .
Every ona is doubtless extremely aGx io2s
tc know the mans and Oh hit ot this grandsre-
zestial visitor, and we suppose the astToao-
1aar3 viii soon favor us with that iufoina-
:son. The ancents would have been greatly
terrified at such an appearance, regard: ag
all such phan0m6na SIS porteHiing wax, pesti-
lrEee or famine, and, in the words OF the
poeE, looking npop them as .--
''Cla menace of tbs universe - ..
II is true, (haS science has dispellad all such
illusions on our part. Nevertheless, who
knows bat that it may De the harhinge7 of Il
speedy success aud glorousday for the South
era Con .edsrac y--i,ke the 'atlliar ot Fire. 10
the israsiileS, Or the Pillar OF Light. In the
4aS hiou OF i cross, appearing uueAp ledly 10
Constantine Wnen he WAS begirt with diff
cultiFs-t hat this same comet, rs It faces and
rpghes towards the North, may be the great
standard beGrer OF the brave and pauICtic
Regions who are 40 rapidly pouring forth ar
taS call OK Liberty, and that It may proclaim,
without any such characters as were on the
''cross' appearing to Coustantine-Es Tptto
Nlha. f.