The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-26

to pas: has another aspect no. less important and
waich The Executive cannot pass by. Authorizing the
and OF az O. pres 4 Is certain that the rich
lance from the coast, win be exported for
daiy This, moreover viii Increase the total value Of es
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% pg to force repeat the Of distinguished
To the Mexican Congress. ROMERO.
The press Of the country is going mad the fact
that the administration have found 1t necessary to
retain In the subordinate Offices OF the various de-
partments individuals the necessities OF whose FAINT
iies required them to suffer themselves to be SINH
larry employed during the imperial rule.
bill has been introduced into Congress requiring
the President to supply that body with complete
list OF the names OF such persons and the positions
they now NIL. Accordingly on the Goth OF November
M Romero addressed note to Congress- saying
That such list would be supplied within fifteen days.
The press has been employed in discussing what
shall or ought to be done with the unfortunate clerks
VINO found 1t necessary to earn their bread, and
whom this government found it convenient II not alb
soutely necessary. to employ. The routine OF bus
faithful it Is good time to discover that these clerks
VINO pushed their pens under imperial rule deserve
INES, expatriation or death.
IL is possible that all this smoke has been originated
Ior the purpose OF heading or any possible favorable
action upon general amnesty bill which 1t has been
said some prominent member of Congress has been
Int anding to propose.
The ohicial paper Of the government has recently
published list OF professional men who received
license to practice their professions from the empire
and who are notified that a renewal or confirmation
OF their license by the present government Is re-
CURED:
Mr.. Zarco, editor OF the Solo -RIK. and Con-
gresham, profits by his residence In New York
CITY ana Is so bold as to propose the innovation OF
post office letter boxes attached to the street gas
lamps, for be it known that after years backing
gaslight Is admissible in Mexico In place OF oil
light OF the fifteenth century. Mr.. Baz had also the
pleasure OF residence in New York during the late
imperial 'unpleasantness" IN Mexico.
The bill passed by Congress proposing the appoint
Ga 70 make survey OF tne Gay OF
Minister OF Internal Improvement and Industry
THIS ofhcer has returned the same without amend
ments, whereupon 1t finally passed bv 10S votes.
The Late Meteoric DispIay-Its Course and
Duration-The Event Confirms Astronomical
CalcnlatiOns-How the People Were Inn
prcssed-Strange and Superstitious Beliefs.
MAzATLAN, Nov. Is, 1858.
One Of those sublmely beautiful phenomena
which periodically hold high carnival between this
terrestrial panel and the world OF luminous planets
above US occurred In these attitudes during the night
OF the 18th inst, continuing the following night and
finally resting from It's reyelres about the dawnin
hours OF the 18TH The fact OF meteoric showers OF
great power and briiancy having fallen here on the
above dates has been already forwarded the HERALD
BY special telegram, and 1t now remains to throw
what further light we can upon subject not only
deeply interesting to the astronomer, but to all in
quiring minds that dwell upon the beauty singular
ity and vastness of the sideral system The writer
after patient and persistent inquiry has been unable
to find sin2ie individual who took notes of the
great meteoric showers. These people, like the
aacients who lived before the AeXandrlan school,
view such celestial exhibitions of grandeur entirely
through the eye, and deduct the causes ana conse-
quences according to the sensations such heavenly
splendors impress upon the senses and the heart.
Like the ancients too they are astrologers or be-
levers in astroogy rather than astronomy. The
crypt0graphy OF the heavens as written In meteorlc
symbols, is to them deviation from the ordinary
laws OF nature and classed among the miracles.
Neither Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tyco Brahe, Calico,
Sir Isaac Newton or Professor Loomis OF Yale Col
lege could convert these descendants of the Azecs
into the belief that such fantastic tricks beneath
high heaven can be accounted for on astronomical
principles. The Investigations and labors Of Ptolemy
and the profound philosophers who have followed
him are unknown to nine-tenths OF the Mexican
people and the remaining tenth, baying knowledge
OF the Investigations, look upon them as the re ex
OF disordered imaginations controlled by mad am
bition and vain enou gh to suppose they have solved
mysteries belonging alone to the know
ledge OF the Almighty Architect. Under such
circumstances no scientific account OF these
meeoric displays as witnessed here can be expected
Their appearance however, confirms the theory OF
astronomists regarding what Is known as the
November meteors," and which have been COM
thirtyhree and quarter years. Also the theory that
they occur generally on the 18th OF November, COM
mencing between ten and eleven O'Clock In the
evening and attaining their greatest priiancy at or
about four O'Clock In the morning. The other
theories OF astronomsts, that meteorlc bodies may
good for on the 14th OF November, 1867, meteOric
display OF magnificent brillancy was witnessed
splendor at half-past four O'Clock IN the morning.
II has been further ascertained that the recurrence
the preceding ones The great display q 1905 took
place on the 9th OF November, that OF 1890 on the
18th Of the same month that OF 1882 on the 18th Of
November that OF 1867 as we have said, the 14th,
and the present display, although 1t commenced on
the 18th, at about eleven O'Clock. its continuance
between e "" three s' and 0' four O'clock a. The
writer only saw the FIRST meteoric shower that fell
reliable gentleman, that the shower on the morn
ing OF the 18th was still more brilliant and OF greater
duration. That observed by ourselves flashed upon
the earth with wonderful bfancy and lasted nearly
nifty seconds. At the time the sky was couded, but
not darby So as the moon wanted only q day OF Its
fulness; yet 1t was obscured The shower fell from
east to west inclining towards the south. In the
part OF the city through which we were walking ut
the time the food OF light was so clear and brilliant
that might have easily read print. AZ first there
was an impression that great fire had broken ont,
but finding touch OF heat n seemed as II the
had suddenly burst through the light ianciful Clouds
the mind instantaneously seeking cause for the re-
suit presented 10 It. But the moon still shaded.
Looking towards the east we observed the meteors
falling and In moment knew IL to be the event pre-
diced by astronomical caIcuators. There was no
dat nj tiopo r ke hat M IN whtch