The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-03
THE NEW YORK SUN.
"WEDNESDAY MORNING, July 3, issr


TIE Great Csrsst.
OuR strssts wcrp hllsd vithexeitsmsntl last
svs.ing. By The sudden APPEARANCE Of . com.t
II s1rpssring ntsniho.po. aod brilliHney, dis-
playing an unusually bright puelsss at an sl,.
vstis. Of perhaps % dssr.-s, In the North
wss, With its vast train perpendicular 10 the
hrisou, end spanning fally hsf the sky. Il
wss s.sn BY . fsv persona ve are informed, I.
ssriy ~ Friday OF Saturday mCtnpg, aud va,
Observed On Sunday evening BY Mr.. BRApLBr,
soains Superintendent Of thu Allegheny oossr.
vs.osy. We are NOT aware that any prs,ious.
y hnswn ccmst Ia expected At this psrisd by
pstsoocusrs, and Mr.. BRALLsr evidsrtly a.
sunss that the present Oomst IL lev ono 70
human observation, stylmg It in mia report
which We quots -
nn asHIT CONT ov 1861.
Nucleus In ,hs LyrH .bJ "a, % 10 dee. nssi a..
osr-ion, End about 90 de-. Do iisit' n, w.l
d,hasd, bo,h 70 the uosssi,,-o ,y-, And slsJ byA
maRnifying power Of co or 70, sni n si,1tr ~
sppsrensiy much larger than sbs yl'asa Jd,tst
Tsi, deg. broad, apd roOrs sbsn 60 deg. t.
j.r sad he Csmsi Ls,p.rd. .nd .b.u, ui ar 20
tvesn Polsris End De % Ursa- ahbr ., 11t D..
wnd almost 70 Lyrs. I de- n.i's' N 'ltt g o
tud., but is virbls our ne ,hs uish' ty'rl's 're
korthsp ,rison.
II viii be on Tho m.ridiaN today q, Abou, ~
O'Clock, sud abou, teu desrsss 20 tAa nth ~ tbs
on 70 ltfef hA, approsohins 'to bua 81 al ms n
ceivabls rste.
The appearance Of this startling ph,nonsnon
was attended by the most remarkable cold We
rcmsmber 70 have exp-risnced IN the month
Of July. We shall doUb lss have by TO-
mWrow further aud fuller scientific informa-
ficn on the subject.
TIE sdvsnt Of one of ,hs mot rcma'kab'e
comets ever witne sed from ,h's plIist AlnDs,
Of the moment Of the sHpsotsf collision be
tween the forcos Of Oder aud Ansr lhy in the
Western world, Is ons Of hos. strit'rs cpind.
dsness OF Divine Providence ~1ioh over.
whslm the superstitious h,nd WITH ave,
whils trey challenge the stsn,ion evan
Of intelligent faith. In'.lu..nt, W, sy-
and yet how little ~ knos n tbs
language o. heaven and ,hs .ymholIn Of
dates and svsnts, q who, 20 many remark
abba instances have been pOtsn 10 our bhs'
national bis'ory. A few co .,uri.s ago. AMI III,
contssdipg heats wotli hsv, God =, hast 81
the ny storious massage zig al lei on th,tky,
and tho flaming arbiter would alrost or quit,
have decided the eontss, 81 i'sslk But TO q
holy ard Just Gauss, all per srts are propi ius-
Desied the ohildisb faith sud -o7dor II 'n
earlier sgs, imat nation st'il rrds davout
poetry In tho PRODIGY, and hais 'h' uplfted
BLADE and its jswsl-hIt Ike r,lE swo I'D oT
TIVE LoRD AND Oh GIDKoE."
rhs Be.sat Of Hsvlss N-w.papo-
TaE papers were generally occlyiNd ysst,r-
day morning with . inmate and h rrby gra-
phie description Of q dsvilisn p1za q. h., from
the London Times. Tbs worry page seems to
resk with the sskening odor Il warm blood
and mashed and mangled human Assa The
victim, though giant In frsms, evidently
knew nothing Of boxing" and ht great power
only enabled him TO stand p until battered
out Of all resemblance 10 humanity, by sn
agils and skIlifui antagonist, without returning
blow, until the clothes Of beth combstsnts,
OF the seoosds, and all the grsss OF tue ring. y
wsrs saturated with hb blood, and h, report OF
ths murdsrsri Tremendous bios "testsnsd
down 70 splashins sound, like striking raw
meat
PuhAps We have given already ZOO muoh oil
this. We have impaired enous h to m.k, the
unbSutaliEsd mind turn awsy sicten,d from
thu bsu'slizing sights snd description oil
hatchery. but not enough 70 excite the blood
appetite whss u Is not slossiy strcng nor 70
dsadsn ssnsibility whore It still fingers. Sad,
ct least No conceive TO b our duty as journal
lists. Moral ssnisility is int'bdsd by this
Creator for similar Office TO that Of physical
pIin-to guard the nature by its swn shrinking.
frSw outrage and dIst ruction-snd he who does
anything to blum, this I.nsiuvsn.st docs just
DO much to degrade his fellow creature first to
q brute and them TO isnd Wsen will humane
and Christian people cease to toi~as ~ their
housss ard place in the hands OF thor cniIdrsn
newspapers that vie with each ohsr Ia pictur-
ing tho details Of erims7