The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-08

NELLIE of New CE1e"AA'' AA's
Resolutions Of the 11iss,ss5sPnn Pna1is:
IN the House on SATURDAY last, Mr. Hn1YER IN
troduoed the following 4esoluuons' Wnlcn, upon =
vote of yeas and nay', were unanimously aoopteo :
so That ea dasnest p9a ugy9a synatSy te
Sonnd 'I rasrgct, their combined personal attach
mant aad their enduring remembrance OF his vlr-
tues IS man; and those great qualities OF mlnd
snd heart which, in the cabinet and teld N power
and misfortunes, have marked his eventful life,
and which, from his prison-house, call forth and q
reoeiye at their hands the same acknowledgement OF
love and regard that they did when he breathed
che air Of freedom.
nnon the confinement of Mr.. Davis as state
prisoner and without judicial powers, continued
now nearly eighteen months, as unWarrantable py
the Constitution and the. law, and in the namo
Of common humanity, they urge his immodlate re-,
lease or at least that speedy trial which every man
has RIGHT to claim under the Constitution when
called upon to answer to the courts of his country
for his conduct. ,u.4=.L,o
Resoued. That this House is desirons that able
members Of tho Mississippi bar shoula ~ oaco 'a'
Fence Of Mr. Davis with view to his rolease ana, No.
that for such purpose it is prepared 20 MAKE VIZ
necessary nppropriatiSng. uon.o nrosant 10 TIM
reonio of mississippi the subject Of providing for
the family of Mr. Davis by such general u ana hperal
con ributons from every county as will Insure to
his wife and children that provision FOR 1e Wnlch
his eminent services devotion 70 MS etasG
his self saorifHe-his great merits and great mis-
fortunes go i1hperatiTely demand, ana WINCH 1or
Mis7issippi now to refuse, will show her ana ner
sons alike degenerate.
The Expected Meteoric Shower i'm November.
The public has been advised for some time, by
the papers, that on or about the 12th 18th or 10th
ofNovember grand meteoric display, such as has
not been witnessed since 1888, would occur. we
learn through the National Iteasgescer, that Pro-
fessor FERGUSON, Of the National Observatory, is
making arrangements to take the scientific obser-
yations on the expected phenomena. The wash
inpton paper furnishes interesting data on the
subject, o portion Of which we subjon as possess
ing no little interest in connection with the near.
ness Of the anticipated display:
The appearances Of shooting stars is quite com
mon, but in the months Of August and November
Of each year they are >seen in greater numbers,
Tember. The great meteoric shower Of 1888 seems
to have drawn the attention Of astronomers more
particularly to this subject and from that time to
the recurrence Of the meteorio showers IN 1883,
and up to the present day, they have been en-
deayoring to refer the different phases and oharnc-
terics Of the phenomenon to known laws, and to
establish tho exact anniversary OF it's appearance
Thus for the moro brilliant Of these neteoric
showers have occurred ct Intervals OF thlrty-three
years; that Of 1888 was especially dis
ing naeteors to be seen at once, ana !, loi
the remarkable size and splendorsscf ;, them
Among the n,yriads Of blazing meteors visible on
that occasion, one was seen at several places on
servers BY it's extraordinary size and brilllanoy q
we'll as by the length of time its train u remained
visible, which was about ten minutes. The lumln'
ous train seemed to follow the meteor in serpen'
ous cloud, many times larger than the moon, and
which continued to move onward with velocity
greater than the clouds.
The neteoric displays of 1873 and 1883 ,! were or
oharaoteriBed by the fall Of meteorltes, wn1oh
n1shing toward the surface Of the earth with Q
loud nosie penetrated beneath it several feet. The
periodioity Of these starry showers is not so def
nitely asoertained with regard to the day as the
year.. They have occurred to greater or less de-
gree in the months Of August and November, from
1888 to 1889; but the most remarkable of them
have appeared on the 18th Of November, or be.
tween that day md the 14th.
The next appearance Of the meteorio phenome.
non, therefore, is expected on or about tho 12th ot
this month. The observations Of astronomers
have demonstrated that the shooting stars are
more numerous between midnight and sunrise
and the majority Of them agree in fixing the radi:
ant point point in which the lines described
0J A4AO00OAo ~ NA0A WY
stellaMonL Leo, limiting the area Of radiation to the
immediate vicinity Of Regulus, in the neck of the
lion. Others assign the radiant point to the con-
stellation Orion.
The theory most generally accepted in account
ing for the regular occurrence of meteoric showers
that an unus MI aggregation of these asteroids
exist In the plane which is reached by the earth at
that point If its orbit, and through which the
earth is several hours in passing: although obser-
vatio1s have not been suffice tntly numerous 10
establish the exact period Of the erth's arrival at
this part Of it's orbit During the flight Of meteors
in November 1888, much apprehension was mani
tested from fear that one or more Of these asteroids
would come into collision with the earth; but
hitherto no disastrous consequences have ensred
from this grand celestial display, and although
this kind is possible, scientific men unite in the o1
opinion that such a calamity is not within the
bounds probability.
The Richmond Times says bets Of two to one are
freely offered in that city that the grand display
will not s'oomo off," We, however, do not doubt