, 1869-08-08

.Sh0wer Of ;AsftDrs Discovered brtwftn
the Noon mud Earth.
mo Inter.H5ercurfnf Pfnucts Dis
covered.
The Different Phases Of the Eclipse
Successfully Photographed,
<Ehanses koted In the Risc and Fall Of the
Merrnfy.


In thE8. northern taIltldet X La not cften G1Ccu
TO TIE Inhabitants thcreot to ~tt1ess Tho pertuEoa
tiors Of nntute. We read Of earthquakes AMI 81.
mcous that frequently Occur In lie tor!d zone and
aopthern temperate climates, and speculate upo2
. them az ~e Do upoo the phases Of the moon or the
growth OF the afot8 % the Huu-' Wi.h u4 tha aEa~
st Is conc and 50 and rc:Urn again, and we sec no
ub7e OF the niafT eous than Is to le Witnessed In
tit regular rlJ,eusng Of haryests aLd the grndual
perfection Of vegetation. To the far North ts
given tie spectacle Of almost perpetual moonlight
ur,a the gorgeous p!ay Of tue evanesceu. aurora
:nre3:s. The equally distant South has its freaks
o1 NATURE wherein That eccentric creature appears
III he! rtau,!, terrible 4ad sublime moods Only
In tttse nutthern temperate regions ts nature paas
..r. rcGular aud ornary. But once to e3ch gen
Grafton there coines such Il spectacle as was wit:
ut:sseti III thr heavens Yesterday, when in broad
f,,;uuay tle sun cutcrs It's iacr Aud the twtnkllug
watchers Vi Tie ulsht peer uut IN silent a1tAze-
fnsl1 II tile evident humiliation Of tae glor1ous
King III 1ay.
There w:.A b time when IN occurTrncc Hike that
oI Yesterday would have nled the SOULS OF earth .
VCu!d hayc ttcu universally uccepten dire
t,ur1ent nt !nnuEerxble and tclEn!e evils yet to
cuu4e: when WAT, and pestl!tnce+ and !aai!ne
Euu!u have beeu expected to follow III the wake
OF this hurbluIrs uf woe. Bur IN the nroad light
III MpdcEn civilization, people yesteFday cxpet1-
siUou II III, olserva,lou glasses IL haul In the
ttIectS, or On the houh..tups, aud ouly ArpeaFed
As4Aiots 10 tr5t the accuIac, u astronomical cal
tuiatlonr y, ~ aht 80 Win. ..n.r1rd IN fh,.
ieu.eiis- such wa- tile fFuu nf se.encc- Such IL
Tie fchul eI holLiH0s ~ 4e1a"u - o!!7a ~ LAX
.;1Gles Of q crude and lgn1ratt itnaeInauon.
rLH:A't ~; ~. ,,.,.,. ,, . vans
ittsc ho !oLnl, alns ~ tnS ,rI,,tn1
Itu. the tas'!saA'- u eh!cas" 'o.e ans th.As eeo
-AIUtt.L Inc als1o!i ol tlts sa.s Is stasAL4oA4.
III uriH1n lis Rfu"th, us Ilestnt rluslseln5 y ~ y
Continual sensation chEatoan ataLns ~ !S
;eAt the eomnloh,paee VILE ul'uAaus ~ y, ,n.
nik- Al naiNF4! consequence. the all-aaaoft'-
Iug tuic thu, enErusrrd e lu'tsi of the city yes
tetday w;s the ectlisc. Men gu ordinary occaslons
l1Ac tua1t.1luD, ~ Ml1ton Ee!ates
.M..-e l.sls A..d thoughts were always down.
"x5A .eni. "
e.! ihtctt it.efc un Id1stnR ~ 5foH pa'e'Aeat'
IT, "'!rE f"E'i- st!hn ausit u' 'Es " hns. >
tstr'1at ralseh theI eyes atolt ~ opset,s ~ .ne
-''stna 'sa1fa tnat ~ aou. - " us ~ @ s.s
t:i, Hut LITTLE business .! dns cual3Gtet M;
tr.i,,s-.ttd except by little noys, who thFnhsea
tie -Ecet ebfncfs. villa thsI eats VI su4oAea gLt5
In sell Tie great ete!t lt4ea tac iusnis " - u.
The nprit-wunan talked o. II as & *gll a as ;5,s ;nt
EalLeT. nnd tic bieco!aso1 III VEL rs Ins
apprentice. ,x,
s7kaAaEhs ,,,n.o,, ,,c,, N.
poured into the CITY ~ lie '1as ausaAeeu Husa tIe
tnl.ats al me e aa!x1 sr1, :roxr s aad
people went hcie ahu lhe5e ~ ssa1E " @
expectation, uttAS 10 He1 AWAY Lus !CautA ~ ~
t!a: would Intervene seiofe LIE sun "oulo 'a' n's
lace. .... . ... .
THE fLAcE, ~ AalsEMaS1, ;at,:!,,
>ueiI as HE cfcas Anu luz mea1Ses'e, aud ~ ~ ~
the billiard lootns, Aeie nestsse'a auu ?Eolae
Who Eat1 never tentureu hcfc1o'oft 70 look alshei
aiu tquare view Of the heavens
TIE DAY ....
tlawrcd most beautifully nut IS II adsanGed no.
Il cloud apFeh1cd 10 MAf TIE uecp Aud cal!l olut
.! the Ky. Nothing ~ the weather. Wonil n2vs
Arrenfel uure fAFnfabIc Inc villa "hs h6ut1
aid iht u!r cuo and c!eH1-
FurK o'clocE- ,.,-
F nalEF. after hourh VI iuoriAl lmpat!elce aht
.ets.nur waiting, four o'clock nsrf'eu. wnich 1oal
WIS wIth!u teu minutes of Lie titnt "heh ny sul
Iur.. Of the run ~uuId be partially obscuret " TIT
tIcl1l. At Ihis hour Tie il'usetoi's 10 nll alrec
tIutia COY Erred by cuTtf a4tl! ANXIOUS eptcta
lu*. 17use Who we're uDi n, loItuua'e as 70, 70 u.
uhlc thctt L staninE-I!ae On the top o! house
Itx,lltu themselves OIL thc street curriers'. OF II
ruca oI,rn places ~ the park o. pubic squares
y ntfr There Was nothing 70 oTattusI the1 VIEWS
len AisrTEs ATE" fCH uttock,
aid ftn-t Who hatl Efht1 e1a--"ss cou q n''selsc
tta1k tu,ly approachlug the sun Iht tuees u Int
two teles Ju=t anprarei 70 come IN cohtaGL i ~ "
SPECTACLE III th!5 fafnt "As IKE VET. hflsht nIe
GIEi;tGG u very black tOiutnt OF stnuAe, un!5 llA
the nuukr passt4& vi lelnw father ihau as'oFe fls
fame. Five. ten, fifteen minutes paessd, a1t
then It wAs u te p''ssr'tl tnnt 1he tlasA hoHl
~as graiually oscfcioad'hR tae saa, N1e HkA
tto:n itat l'ods gTe~ ltss Anu !ess poHEIa' ~ ~.
co0l breeze fi'fane up iletn tnt not,mc = u,
tGEfs 0t tHe nollAoa 'a.aeu .nno ~, , i1,r
and daIsnehs Seemed 10 " eoln'"s uP 'tot1 oe'o'
iNtuEI tIaA ~" - 1ip11 0tofG"