The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-16
The Expected Neteoric Shower.
TIA p,>rLAY AT NEW HAVEN, CONN.

III. b.>ILAN AT Nl.W HAVEN, CoNS.
NrW HAVEN, November I3.-Last night
arart" e.. from twelve 10 eighteen observ
a.. uador the direction Of Professor New
t,g. counted from the tower Of Alumni
!IU six hundred and ninety-six shooting
,..> i: live hours and forty minutes. AT
l. .y..ck they came at the rate of about
,-ltv go the hour, increasing TO one hun
dudapl eighty the last hour before dawn
average for the whole time, one hundred
a.i thirty 10 the hour. Not moro than
ulr-til!.d were Coniormablo 10 the radiant
ia LEO. Another party, observing at Shelf
.e,i Scientific School, obtained results
ac,yciag in the main with the above.
THE DISPLAY AT CHICAGO.
CurAGu, November l3.-The mctcoric
shower nj Chicago, partially promised for
H.: night, WAS sad disappointment, both
to Tie curious and 10 the astronomers, as
lie mctcors We're scarcely more numerous
~ brilliant than may be seen on any clear
ght in the tall OF the year. From III to
o'clock aboGt $50 were counted by Pro-
',,-ur Stafford of the Chicago Observatory.
I.ry appeared to come mostly from the
constellation Leo, in the east, and to move
T.. nearly Il horizontal direction, though
a.ay fell ohliqucly and perpcndicularly,
a.4 ~" direction varied us the constclla-
tin changed its position. One very bril-
liant meteor, about ! o'clock, started from
...r the constellation CanSSipTd, and
a,.crihing parabolic curve, extended
vat.,Iv across the eastern heavens, finally
..as below the horizon. The first part
Of the night was clear and cool, and very
-, fign}inn INIT Slnrt Il, OF 70
ln.noah haze came up, and the heavens
"r.n soon dcnsely oycrSpread, so that no
.gl,sr exhibition could be witnessed.
MnTEoES AT BOSTON.
H. TON, November ii, 2:30.-Largc num-
lr> OF metcorS are appearing here, the
pic turning out 10 see them; is sup
posed - lc precursor of metcoric showers.
MEtLcEs IN NEW YORK.
NV YORK, November ia party
watching the heavens last night from a
Private observatory gives the following in
'u@t!on TO the lncteoric showers:
kIo,a % Three O'clOck.-At about II
o'clock last night the first one Of the shoot
Ing stars was noticed at point near this
cry, where some pains were taken TO see
tsr number which came. Only two or
I.Jec u.ugr were visible till quarter be-
tore hi, morning. Then within period
u ten inmates three bright shooting stars
appeared al the south at an attitude of
1.ort iorty-fve degrees from the horizon.
The first went eastward, the second west
ward, aud the third southwark, or directly
i"4iJa tie horizon. The bright line Of
'Ar path covered about fifteen degrees.
IITce to For O'cl0ck.-Two little me-
tco', appeared at 3 O'Clock in the south
west, and bolh went southwark from the
POSITION Of the constellation Ursa Major.
Immediately afterwards another shooting
Star appeared, fifteen degrees north of the
ly4ta. There were not more than three
or four of the whole number that were not
south 81. that point. The next meteor ap-
h,agcd in the west, forty degrees below the
."@.tA, md the succeeding one III the east,
Near NE horizon; and there was very
I.t.e Oh, in the southwest, thirty degrees
above the horizon. There was an interval
81 one or two minutes in their flight. The
Nlne these luctcOrS remained in sight ave-
'Sscd"nr-'ourth to one-half second. They
were mostly below or between the constel-
,.'oHs The Greater Dog and the Greater
4 20 NN-ANH't NlIS "a Niitth tOuNhS" WV
southwestern section of the Milky Way.
Lyar to Fire O'cJock..-After o'clock
.De Shooting stars appeared in greatest
""'"ne1s. They went III all directions, but
usually southwark, and more than half
we're A.st seen in the southwest. The only
"SH approaching a "shower" which was
,''o ID the course Of the night was at
o'clock and 10 minutes. Then three
,'1' 0aFicd downward in quick succession.
VIC was exceedingly brilliant, and left q
ia" "Alca could he seen some time after
disappeared. In the course of ten
,pao'ca there were seven flights. Then
~eE came at longer intervals, and for
"o.Ht twenty minutes not one shooting
~.ai "aE aeen. Before o'clock there were
S4 or ten, however. They were nearly
e., small. One Of them, which was very
r ~ distant, seemed like long, thin line OF
~ and was visible for several seconds.
''r 10 Sr O'c!ock.--From 8 to o'clock
''''e were more meteors than in any Of the
, ,..S' periods, though in consequence partly
.a '"e carly dawn none were distinguished
].l ,s 80 minutes TO G o'clock. AT about
''I,-pas' O'Clock q large meteor, rs bright
WV HaSllIng IS a rocket, passed from the
g'a1eilation Orion towards the northwest.
, a ~ 'F1n VAS as luminous as the brightest
BRILLIANT DISPLAY At TROY.
Troy, NY, November IA, . A.M.-At