The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-17
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From the London Chronicle. July ? !

On sunday evening, June 80, Astronomers and
casual observers were startled by observing large
and brilliant comet in the heavens, near Ursa Ma
Jor, and directly beneath the pole star This unex
pected stranger has considerably perpIpxed scien-
| INC men, but already numerous letters have been
| written endeasoflng to describe and account for
| the phennmenon- From these observations We col
| lect few passages
Mr.. Burder, of Clifton seems To have had n nro
| sentiment that comet was near lie saws: "At
| ten minutes to three, Sunday morning, whill gaz
ing at remarkably clear sky, and looking towards
Tue northeast horizon, with a faint inDre sion op
my mind tn At might possibly see c met | was
s'auhru, slngulariv enough, bv finding one almost
."sean'iy7and remarkably brilliant one--which
"" p'"ihy visible to the naked eye, notwiths:and-
Ing the strong light from the aoDroach of dav
lhe rapidly Increasing dayg ht m 4de me unwil inp
To lose any time bv getting instruments ready for
meaSu! eneht. | therefore made the best use 7
cnnld OF some rougr observations of the comets
aIiltuds and ezimnth by Comparing its position in
relation to some neighbnriug chimney stacks the
bearing of which | afterwards ascertained ins,ru1
mentally. The result gave the Comets altitude at
. III A. NJ. 10 degrees, and its aZimuth 30 degraes
east of north 1t is therefore, in the constellation
AuFIga, and unless its motion be very rapid it will
no doubt be visible this evening ia the northwest
horlzln between nine and ten p. NJ The nucleus
brightest.
Mr. Smell writes that the nucleus of the comet is
:" great dimensions, much larger AID brighter
tnah star OF the first dmansi,n and its tail
which extends many degrees in the heavens is OF
tne FORM, and viii probably equal in extent the
comet winch visited this country in 1858 At the
moment write it is so bright as the comet of
1908 IN Its b'ightest periods, but it is only second
u that in relation to any comet which h - annpar
ed within mFmOrv.''
Another observer suggests that the rapidi}v with
which 1t appears to b. pursuing its course may ac
count Tor lis not having been previously noticed bv
astronomers. y
Mr.. Thurston, writing from Ashford. in Kapt
saws The night was perfectly clear and calm ran
oerng the night uGusuallv interesting; the tail
gra"ua'lY diVerged 70 the west, as the sun which
""S among our ani1DoG"s, was pursuing It's ccurs.
10 the east The nucleus appeared to the naked eve
ou' "he-'hiTd the SIZE OF the moon, but on apply
ing three-uch telescope il Was reduced IN ahnnt
twice the size Cf Jupiter Iiavipo attpnIivaIr on
Sidered these wonders of nature TOR half a c.ntrrr
am me more convinced that comets are trsosns-
rent bodies, ar the nucleus i surrounded bv a
transparent BODY either Of water or air which rp
HdI,S tne rays OF the sun which pass through it.
ana by its agency gives that luminous appearsnce
10 the heavens beyond Intending tor many milIions
o. miles; and as nature does not admit Of yacnutr
mere probably exists sufficient vapor to embodv
these rays and render them viSbl. to the human
eve The tail, j. is called, is always opposite To
luminarv ~ ma"
Paris Correspondence Of the London Herald Jpyy
a comet was distinctly visible last plr ht in the
northwest; its tail is superb
m WHAT THE IRISH PEOPLE SAY OF IT.
The comet seems to have bren plainly seen in
lFtIand on Sunday evening, Jun" 80. The papers
eau II an 'H'ial pHeDomenon," and say: "a star
presenting the appearance of a Comet was last
night observable in thr north. 4 strong line ur
'Ght MAJ ked Its course in the eastward, and num-
oers OF persons were to he seen looking at this
strange visitor. Owing to a heavy fog which rose
shortly after midnight it cnuid not he we'll seen
nut earlier 1t was very distinctly srcn and excited
much interest and speculatiOn'