The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-17

ever higher prices were obtained CoG,s was steady
and firm, while cotton sparingly dealt In and Nc.
per ID. lower. On Change the nour market was
very quiet and prices receded l0c. lSc.
per bbl., while wheat, though quiet, was
nrmer Corn and oats were moderately
active and nrmer Pork in light demand but quite
nrm Beef and lard were no, materially changed.
Whiskey dun and nominal Freahts were quiet
and weak Naval stores unchanged, while petro-
leur, owing 10 the uulavorAblc advces from Antwerp
was dull and fully lc. per gallon lower.
Falling stars, Hurricanes, Floods and Vol
canic Erupiions-yyhat Nexte
The meteoric shower Of 1867 was delayed
until half-past three on the morning Of Thurs
day, the 18th Of November. BY that hour the
reporters OF all the city journals except the
HERALD had wearied Of watching for the event,
and after gravely recording their opinion that
il would not occur that the meteorc shower
was meteorological myth, had gone to bed.
But the HERALD of tho same morning duly
chroniced this ifly-ninth exhibition Of falling
stars since the beginning Of the Christian era,
and gave special kilograms from vigilant
astronomers at Washington and Albany. On
Friday morning we published in our special
kilograms and correspondence full and minute
reports OF observations made ut Greenwich, in
England, at Washington, Richmond, Albany,
Troy, Poughkeepsie Chicago, Detroit. at vari-
Gus points in Pennsylvania, Delaware, South
Carol ma, Louisiana lin q word. from all parts
OF the Union. including Connecticut, the home
Of Professor Looms. We published neat
little report Of the spectacle by Professor
LOOMS himself, who, it appears, had luckily
returned hons in time to see il. In the course
OF his report he modestly hints that he retracts
his foolish contradiction Of the testimony Of
the heavens and the HERALD to the meteoric
display which he now admits was "seen in
Europe last November" The Professor has
evidently become wiser and less presump-
tuous man than he was "last November" when
he rashly and in vain resisted the united forces
Of the telegraph and the press. Professor
LOOMS mentions that the expected display OF
shooting stars att lined Its greatest magnifi-
cence at halEpast four on Thursday morning,
and describes it, so far as numbers are con-
cerned, rs more remarkable than that seen In
Europe last November and but little inferior
The most important fact in connection
with this years exhibition is that the
very careful observations made by our
astronomers have confirmed already, and when
fully compared will probably establish, seve-
raj points which have hitherto been doubtful In
the theory OF meteoric bodies. Our Washing
ton correspondent said, in his special telegram
OF the l4th inst, that one point which appears
to have been determined by the observations
of this morning Is that the exact anniversary
Of these phenomena Il not confined alone 10
the l4th Of November, ss IL returns each time
oric phenomena muat be limited 10 one display
in the same year. Indeed, the hypothesis
seems now more probable than ever that these
shooting stars, which have sometimes appeared
in August a. well az in November, and which
may hive had similar origin to the thirteen
Jupiter, and, it is coujectursd, having once
formed the mass Of a now exploded planet,
belong to group revolving about the sun in
one hundred and eighty-two days, in an ellipti-
cal orbit and that In passing through the
sphclion in August and November they come
in contact with the earth's atmosphere, on
entering which with great velocity they
become iguited and consumed Mrs.. Somervills
adds 70 her statement Of this hypothesis that
IAN event so tremendous ss the explosion Of .
world is BY NO means beyond the unlimited
power Of steam under intense pressure
Metson are supposed to be the debris Of
comets, and, according to observations made
In order 10 determine the psrsllax, IL has been
decided that the general body Of them Is from
sixty to one hundred miles above the earth
although some approach much nearer--and are
occasionally 40 large that they are not fused
in their passage, but reach the earth and pene-
srate II. We have not yet heard that any Of
these "metcoric stones fell during the recent
shower
This "iempesi-dropping tire" called 10 mind
shskspeares description Of the portentous
storm at Rome previous 20 the assassination az
Julius Cesar
sishsr there is . oiva strife IN heaven
OF else the world, too ssucy with the gods.
fncsnsss them 20 eeud destruction.
And when we turn FROM signs In the heaven
10 signs on earth II must be conceded that sbs
disciples Of Cumming aud Miller are appsr-
entity justified In their expectation ,ha, the end
OF the world approaching. The same number
Of the HEaALo that chronicles the celestial pyro.
technics OF Thursdsy morning gives special
kilograms announcing on the same day IN erup.
ton Of Mount vesuvius, detailing the dsstruc.
ton Of millions Of property and Eve hundred
lives at 81. Thomas during The recent gales |;
announcing the loss OF two hundred lives and
The destItuticn Of four thousand families nv .
terrible hurricane in she southern portion Of
Porto Rico. and the loss Of ven thousand lives
and incaleulsble wealth BY the GOOD ,hs, sol-
lowed the great gsle OF the 5th instant and en-.