The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-15

ana with o rapidity and majesty OF movement
truly seoame approaches the coronarencircsed
m00n, sau IN moment more the flashing diamond
sAot Hs ertl!tancy into the ar, and the beautiful
totally was over. Then indeed would have recalled
tahdscape BAT u was gone forever IRON the regions
OF CELESTIAL space, ana there remained only the per-
petuai picture In the memory.
THE ASTRONOMICAL RESULT.
When IN the evening returned TO the town
learned that, automatically, the eclipse here had
been great success. was told that some excellent
photographs mad been taken during totally Inc
spectroscope III the hands or Professor Wnock gave
six new bright lines. During totally he saw eleven
llnes-nve only OF them having heretofore been SEEM
Inree OF Them he states as the lines OF MAGNESIUM
Inc cofola, however, yielded aim no result and
wnater IL may oe Tile Sielbyville observation Of the
totalliy has noe determined No inter-MercuriaI
piane.s were seen. The barometer Indicated DO
enangc' ana inc thermometer felt nve degrees.
THE ANIMALS.
The only animals frightened were men. The ne.
gfoes mad somehow heard about q great hallhtornl
winch was TO happen just at or Just after the eclipse
AS TAR as my own experience went can only say
VIA. vac notses OF the clever Kentucky gentlemen
which were gathered around about me on Jephtha
knoo conducted themselves throughout as II nothing
whatever mad happened. There was, however, one
man scared AS the moon passed over the sun ana
u Degan To grow dark he reiterated down the mi
win ms morse and ran FOR home AS for chickens
and ducks heard OF their going to ro0st and i'm
mediateiy Growing at tne nrst reappearance OF the
sum-
General observation-disclosures at To-
taifty-Passnge at the Moon Over the Sun--
Interesting Particulars.
TEBRE HAUTE Ind, August 7, 1869.
Yesterday was doubtless u period OF much sls.
pense to all persons whether scientific or otherwise
who had made longer shorter journey west
ward " see and investigate the extraordinary phe-
nomenon OF total eclipse OF the sun. The weather
was very unpromlsing at sunset yesterday but
final rain during the night that settled all the va
pers washed the dust from the face OF nature mot TO
20 U md n
with daylight, proved to be 30 many assurances OF
fair prospect; and the day broke brightly the SUI
shone cheeruiy, and sweet prairie breeze, almost
like the air OF New York Bay fioated
through the aunllght Not cloud or visible
vapor interposed by way Of doubt to eager earnest
anticipations, unrl about eleven O'Clock, WREN
NUMBER were formed; but In the course of two hours
those also had vanished. and the prospect continued
clear until the decisive ana precise moment OF con
tact'' foretold by the astronomers.
Tie whole morning and the early afternoon hours
were chleny occupied by the citizens OF this place. as
far as l observed, in providing themselves with
stained or smoked glass, 10 watch the ''cOm-
ing on" and the passing off," At sixteen minutes
pss o o IF NJ Il raj from those
hand lower portion Of the suns lace had received
point OF darkness TO the naked eye, for one hour,
gradual increase OF the dark body OF the moon,
which appeared to be pushing up and into the face
Illuminating disk OF the latter. All at once.
then, about sixteen minutes past five O'Clock and
some seconds. there was an intensely brilliant and
perfectly pure CLEAN OF the light Of thousand stars
Of the first magnitude compressed into one and the
sun disappeared; simultaneously with this muir
MUIR and shout OF admiration arose from spectators
within earsh0ty announcing the funlment Of the
great event OF the century.
The moment following Tor, as 1t seemed, in the
Same lnsanD the vanishing OF the suns bright disk
corona OF exqufsltcly pure light flashed around
the moon, extending outward In an invar1able band
n w in tC
TINS halo, however, appeared irregular or some
what starllke IN shape, caused, doubtless by the
rose.c0iored protuberances. The color In one Of
these only was observed by individuals within my
personal knowledge. -Four Or five others, very |
marked through the telescope, were seen and re-
garded with intense interest by Professor Il. s. Bos-
worth, because OF their importance scientifically,
and few Others who were favored by look
through this medium. Several dark spots-twu or
three of them very iarge-were observed on the
My attention was fixed upon the general phenom-
enon and phenomenal spectacle sufficiently mar
one for railroad risks broken rest and broken ties
inevitable concomltants OF thousand miles jour-
ney, made expressly to behold 1t. The moment the
total phase oegan Il say pegan because the phe-
nomenon was passing uiomentarily, though It
seemed then to be permanently, Venus appeared up
ward aud eastward to the left Of the sun, while the
planet Mercury, supposed, came into view below to
the right, apparently quite near the sun. Fixed
Stars were not seen with the naked eye in vcI-
y of the sum- owing doubtless, the stronger light
OF the corona towards the eastward zenith Arctu-
AFFORD to gnze for stars in these BRIEF and precious
moments. could not, but kept my eve on the CEN
trial object and the field Of view Its sphere absorbed
The lower horizon towards the north was OF q deep
purple, inclined to red while to the southeast 1t was
OF an orange hue. The upward and upper sky was
OF Q whitened and darkened grayish blue, ana the
intervening atmosphere was OF Swallowed be-
nghted light. There did not appear nor was
there the least cOloring material impurity IN
the air. 1t was transparent and Free and print could
be read without e1Ort and objects near by could be
distinctly seen though the density OF cloudeA
q n rprt atp n iSf
anu cows ana horses IN meadow below the ridge
on which stood, perhaps o quarter of nile on,
could be distinguished only Witn.dlliicuity, The
COWS continued 70 craze, though I was Informed by
several that chickens sought their roosts and
martins lew TO their cnimneys the darkness grew
light increased the fowls came out their rOosts
again and the swallows anu martins lett their caves
and chinneys
When the first flash of light reached the earth as
the moon passed from the lower edge Of the sans
disk a ely OF joyful admiration such as was lifted
Oil the gazers OF either within my hearing in
the streets OF tho city men took on and waved their
hats.
III this county alone there were, probably 90 90,
people intenty watching for the grand phenomenon
anu all were at last startled by It's infinite and mar.
velious beauty.
The mercury OF q thermometer hanging on the
limb OF q small tree near the ground Tell from sew
entYtnree TO sixty degrees from four O'Clock to
haif-past five, rising again gradually as the sun
emerged.
HAYTi.
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