The Republican journal., 1869-08-12


| Very remarkable that oae laeh hould do
the Job.
THE ECLIPSE.
This great natural phenomenon came off
promptly At the specified time, and was very
| generally observed in this vicinity. The day
was cool for the season, frequent showers fall
ing, accompanied by hail A. the time for
The observation approached there were fears
that good view would not be obtained, rs
heavy clouds gathered in the West These
however arranged themselves in belts, so that
as the sun passed the clear spaces very good
| views were had. Owing to the dark and
cloudy state of the sky the appearance was
not 50 striking a. it otherwise would have
been Still the dalkenin@ was very pcrcepti-
Bile, with peculiarly CHASTITY appearance of
objects, such as we never before noticed.
| Driving along the shore of the bay, we
saw that Of the shadow ON the water and
vessels was very peculiar The sun was
about three quarters ohscurcd at this point.
Below we copy some accounts from localities
in which the eclipse was total
SnEiEYyIIIE, Ky. The observations here
/ to-day were very satisfactory and IN many
respects gratifying.
One Of the most important discoveries made
| by Prof Winlock at the spcctroscope, was
eleven bright lines in the spectrum otthc pro
tubcrancc Of the Sun-0nv five having here
totore been determined. He also observed a
shower Of metcors between the earth and
moon. The party are iubilant over their sue
cess. Photographs Of the sun We're taken at
different times during the partial observation.
the beautiful red flames on solar protuber
ances were visible to the naked eve Bailey's
beads rs we'll rs the dark and dismal shadows
|of the moon sailing away through the air
were noted by party Of amateurs stationed
ON the top of Shelby College.
The sky was perfectly clear and everything
seemed to proptiatc the success Of the OBJ
IScrVatiOnS
Mr. SearIc, whose duty it was to search for
ntrrmrrcurial planets, did not succeed in
| finding any. reporting nothing fainter than
| lte@uluS near the sun
| When the sunlight commenced To become
| dim Il large number of citizens rushed to the
college grounds, the headquarters of the OBJ
servers Some moments before the total
phase the usual phenomena Of distraction
among the birds Of the air and cattle occurred.
Six minutes before tOtality, q dcathly aShcn
! hue oycrspreal the countenances of all pre-
sent and for while the faint hearted were
TERRIFIED. The scene during the totality was
an awful one and when the sunlight appeared
again a shout Of eVultation Went up from the
great crowd in the college grounds.
WILMINGTON. y. C., Aug. g. The streets
and house tops were crowded with people to
witness the eclipse of the sun this evening
| This was the @randeSt spectacle ever beheld
here. During the total observation the stars
shonc almost rs bright rs at night. The
fowls went to roo>t three-qumterS OF an hour
earlier than usual. Business was almost SuS-
pended in the city.
| Ar M\rrooN, ill., At Matoon observa-
| lions were made bv Prof G. NJ IIough, Ut
Dudley Observatory, Albany. New York :
David AIurry of Rutpprs College, New
brunswick. \. j., and others. The instru-
meuts made use Of were ordinary telescopes.
ii ten minutes and fifteen seconds past four
Io'clock the eclipse commenced, the moons
first contact with the sun occurring when the
former was 10 DEGREES south of the solar
equator on the west side. The thermometer
which 4 few moments before had risen 10 lO2
DEGREES. BEGAN to fan rapidly. At minutes
and II minute, past j o'clock the sum became
ItotalIy obscurrd rh2 darkness was equal to
THAT of a moonlight night and the temperature
| was A. degrees colder than one hour before,
The eclipse ended at min. and - sec. past
sin. In the observation, taken the phenom-
rna rorrc1ponded precisely with the complt-
ltatiaus previously made. Six spots were
Visible on the surface of the sun before the
Ieclipsc. two Of whichwerc very prominent and
the others much less The cuspa on the moon
had ragged and blurred appearance. A.
the eclipse progressed toward totality the
form of the moon became visible near the
cusps of the phenomena Of totalitv ''Bailey-
| Beads" were seen distinctly bv all the OBJ
servers. extending through I'M are of at least
80 degrees. The tlamc-likc protuhcranceS
were seen with wonderful distinctness, one
very large on the lower limit Of the sun and
three nearly As large on the upper limit, while
at least seven or eight Of them in all We're
visible. The one on the right hand on lower
limb had somewhat the appearance of full
nearest the moon We're two or three jet black