The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-13
Inc Great MeteOr--Its Appearance at
various pointa-Fts Extraordinary
Size, RrilIfancy, and Beauty.

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From theEt. Louis Democrat.
The magnificent meteor which illumi
mated st. Louis last Tuesday night proves
to have been seen over an area including
Fort Leavcnworth, Cairo, Evansville in In
diana, Lagrange, Scdalia, and other points
in Missouri, as well as across the river.
| Says the Lcavcnworth Bulletin Of We'd
nesday:
At about quarter-past II P. M. ycster-
day we saw meteor shoot from near
Venus, at an angle of about thirty-fve de-
grees, and hide itself behind the eastern
horizon. The meteor was about four
times the size Of Venus, and of a purplish
red color. 1t was SO bright as to light up
the room in which We we're seated.
Saysa special to the Cincinnati CON-
nsrcial from Cairo July 3D.
A meteor of extraordinary size and
brilliancy, and making light equal to the
sun, shot across one-third of the heavens,
from the southeast to the northwest, last
night at LAO, while the Mayhower lay at
Uniontown. The passengers in the cabin
thosght the boat was on fire. The light
in the lamps was not visible on account of
the superior brilliancy of the meteor. Its
luminous tail, the whole length Of its
course, remained visible ten minutes after
the main body disappeared. A small
cloud, inky black, remained at the place
whence the meteor seemed to start.
The Lagrange Lewis county, Missouri,)
american says:
On last Tuesday night about II o'clock
brilliant meteor was observed by num-
Der Of persons in this city to shoot across
the sky from south to north. The ball of
fire was as large as an ordinary water
bucket, of blush color, and it left a
streak behind it like that of large bomb
she'll, which remained in the sky for
nearly half an hour after the meteor had
disappeared. During its flight the earth
was almost as light as monday. The me-
teor exploded with a report like that Of q
sky-rocket.
From the Danville montgomery county, Mo-
Star.
On Tuesday evening about halfpast II
o'clock very brilliant meteor was seen
by many citizens of this place. 1t passed
from north to south, passing over an arc Of
about eighty degrees, rendering everything
very bright, with blue cast. We are not
astronomer enough to give the exact places
of its beginning and ending in the heavens.
The line of light left by it remained yiSi-
BILE for over minute.
From the Sedalia Press.
On Tuesday night last about II o'clock
a meteor of powerful brilliancy was seen
in the southeast. 1t illuminated the hea-
vens for the space of five minutes, and
passed away in northeast direction.
The variations in the descriptions are
remarkable, and in part are explicable
by the various points of the observers.
Occasionally the course is said to have
been from north or northwest to south or
southeast; but the accounts mainly re-
verse this order. The truth is, that even
observers in st. Louis were almost willing
to swear that the meteor shot from the
northwest to the southeast but the gene
raj concurrence shows that such cob
servers" were mistaken. The extreme
suddenness and startling nature Of the
phenomenon, and the partial observance
of it by some persons, will explain these
Emergencies.