The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-04

Where Il Has Been Seen and WHAT
n Locked Like.
ITS APPEARANCE LAST MIGHT,
Bee. ~, aas

Oar celestial vsiter that has sprung rp,n with ouch
ursxScp sd brlia3cy and magnitude, astonishing our
scsntihc Den and Tightening the mid, ~ho regard I.
ID fesr sosiDg upon IL something terrible, bringing
s train and des9ssion, has taken the country
oy storm. 10 customary when such serious tbng as
large comet expected TO herald It's approach through
he columns Of the press for weeks snd months before
ID. potn, ssa 10 visible TO the naked eye Oar learned
pro-. prepare lengthy paps's giving detailed de-
rsrilrn Of lie every part sne motion az VIII sppar
ADD bnIdre:s 81 people ST. patiently sor hous TO watch
~ Mng, that they may have toe onor Of nei,g among
he 81 20 discover the approach OF hs great wonder OF
day BIT With the present u is eiperent. IN
hs's dsd End rssd il has burs, upon us with all its
III NIP oesu'y and demands cur admiration. We have
Dot bad record each day So increasing s2c from the
ne wSs l,st perceived with tho Rd Of powerful
Telescope, until had hso he .oll size and sto u out
codL IN he hsavens, cbsknglDg competition from the
s'sy )uuins-ies Rrt our description has commenced
w@ea 81 could It and each form his own opinion
an 80 i's size ana appearance.
n. r,a--As cigAs, owing to tbs nsscy clouds thar
.l.d ,hs Ky the coae, AZ aes appear 70 the best al
v-g see At times It dull srd s'ncst hiaGeS for,
view ard then again shone forth briIaoty, present
ing tpitnaid appearance Tbs sase fiae 10 many con
uc,irs opnobs 10 s Brightness, owing 10 Tie fscs
hst reIae cav Wills covered by the iss, clouds, and
o,htrs when 1t shope forth In lie full beausy.
IRIS APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT.
Az pon the darkness began 10 cover everything last
nph. any were hs eyes strained to catch glimpse OF
Ibst aas Come pon ns 30 nncereuopousy bah
be light haz patty covered H., srd at zine O'Clock sp
peaed but half the Of the evening before As the
eight advanced grew moo b,l'ent, and the wavy tail
s.netbersd Itself and 0eoome neasiay defined against
be dark blue OF the sky and Nbe hlays tgnkled and
hone out brightly Than usual, as II trying 10
ulpsfs their greater rival. Tho nucleus did NOT appear
that magnitude that many have declared 70 be- being
only tina. OF star Of the second magnitude.
On the corner Of Warren street and Broadway YVES
stationed large telescope for the benefit Of such ~ were
desrous Of taking nearer view Of the stranger. With
many others We ventured 10 take . peep, but the
comet did not appear TO approach any nearer,
COR indeed was the view any clearer than
shsn seen with the naked eye, the glass only taking in
rorton OF the comet and ito tra while the eye covered
all at glance, aud showed plainly all tts proportions
The sDteIprsng proprietor Of the telescope taking I'D
ysntsge OF the times raised his price, but the comet did
not appear To create the interest that would at another
time Natures splendid fireworks hsd 70 combat with
email but powerful rival, in the shape Of fire crackers
The Of the Fourth Of July time when the pasS
otto New Workers. think Of little else than preparation
fer observing the day Of independence The streets were
Oiled with people liking purchases but there wore few
who devoted moro than passing glance, few words
Of admiration, to the wonder. At two places
groups Of three four people might be convessng
among themselves and sapatiasins upon the comet
But these were exceptions 70 the general rule The OPP
pon generally expressed was that was not equal 10
Dopatis comet while many considered IL the one
e reurn and ridcule the idea Of Ito not being
atm Tn ~ - Uht
pointing in northeasterly direction, but s position
varies much that s utterly impossible to be certain
for few hours together to its 1t 70
attain to ts greatest eze and brightness the small
hours OF morning approach the nucleus visby ncreas
ing In size, snd the tail throwing a rays sti farther
towards the zenith.
It is singular that the comet Of ponati should be
oompsDied with violent storm which lasted for some
lin ard ths the appearance OF the pre- sent should
be 'ol7wed wth the very cold ~elthcr for this
or the year, that have lately experienced II has
been sasd ba. the approach Of comets do not In any
way sAect the atmosphere alter the temperature of
be weather, yet these two simple facts would to
disprcve T..
Yesterday we published the calculations OF Mr..
BONNIE, the astronomer, relative to the comet. We
have few sds,,ions to make Mr.. Hind, the great
English astronomer, does not fully agree with Bonms
ge wrote to the Drecorof the Observatory visnna
Professor Lttrow requesting and urging him TO search
for the original chart drawn by Charles the Fifth's
sstoromer, M. Fabrcius. This was duaiiy ss
complished, after considerable exer,on and trouble
and with IT was, quite Unexpectedly, obtaaed
from the ducsl libraries at Wolfenbutte and Goths,
descriptive treatise by the Nnremourg astronomer Jos
chino Heller who had observed this very comet for fly
three day much longer time than Fabrcius had taken
for bis observation. by this discovery more complete
elementary series obtained.
TIE following illustration will show the comet IL
appeared in this city on Tuesday evening The diae
between IL and DOpssps-a picture OF VII CHI is
given bclcw-will be perceived st glance.