The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-12-05

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The unusual appearances Of 4 meteor
Heen Ia the broad glare of sunlii b.. such
as startled the eye and astonished the ear
uf NO many fortnight ago, has excited
more interest than usually attaches 10
these errant Children III tie sky /, tnth be-
cause N Us passage la daylight and be-
,ause Of tile Goods ~ rain which followed
No dlsastrously within dayor two. The
Hood and the daylight meteor win always
I've inseparaLly assoclaged Ia The minds
even Of the least supersutioila az ithe
phenon,cnoll were Itselfa porteDt ofthe
,lest, uciion which followed 20 soon ni"n
IL fiight'fFt tesk $3.50 8 egut
But. Willie not doubling that such ex-
ierfaneous subsiai,ces may have some ili-
fluence upon weather, sincetile phenon,s'
na of sterilization and explosions clearly
prove atmospheric rrsisianue, and ltnd
probability 10 the Idea ofainiosplierlc dts
turbances liable 10 exhibit themselves ~
storm, aud Unusual rains, We may he par.
,lnncd IL we da tsot conncrt this nlrteor
directly with the subsequent deluge.
There Il no more reason why w passage
by jay sIp,ildbe regarded rs sn cminnus
,,resage ti,an the flight ofone by night.
THAT slght Is 40 common rs To excite
nn,hing more than wonder ~ usimiraiion
W, lie meteor Ly day sind tiie Inricar 10y
NIGHT have The same origin aud are
governed by The same laws No doubt
they daily hurtle through the air. Ne they
,io almost every night. There Is 40 want
III tesssa,ouy 10 aich appearances, mole
ofiener evidenced by sound THAI by sight,
Vel, In extraordinary Instances nfproxi-
,niiy. or favor OF afInosIhiere, made clearly
,l.n,ousirable To bolh SENSES. We renieiii-
Ter 10 have witnessed very brilliant me
here soase years ago. shooling along he
eastern hurlsun solnrtin,e before the set
lug OF the sun. wercnieinlsr an two cc.
ca-ions to have been startled by ex-
pio-lons of sroliies, bursting With the
noise az ,handef. one al 10 Ia the morning,
the oil,ri ai#,ut noan. III the hrst rase
ihe fragments % the explo.ed mass VET,
found. Ia neither Of the a.sve ca<- was
there any unusual subsequent atmospheric
dhtnTlsauce.
a., ssrvt THE meieoT " rs much Tart o
tl,r system Of the universe N the heavenly
boslies we are accustomed 70 regard a
fixei and regular in their functions Only
M regar,ls the meteor, W. Of the earth, ~
our annual tour rpund the sun. encroaci
upoh the peculiar domain Of neteoiic lie
alcspass upon its teHitnry, irterier'
p~rlbly In i,s -roeonas, inpel u Int
quicker NE, aud someiime., run
sbesrdr ss does the moving ship tn
Heightened dying ash. The observations
20 ASTRONOMERS have le,i ihem % the con
rlu.inn TINT nrtevrs fsfmasys,em ofthei
uwa, aud as Prof olnisiead thinks, 'eina
nate ffom nebuloas body which revoive
around tl.e sun m az elliptsvxi orbit. CHI
aplssIIon a. which nwee the orlat " ~
earth NJ the time VI ,'s afilnai revolutions
Most ~ these 5odics psss a., ur We las
.tlieHn, high aboys the influence O. th'
vartl,'s atmosphere, aud rather dvlish
with ti,esr btilllaiey. than frighien =.
thrlr licIrvne-s u light. Vet Frequently
the ,,owrr % the earths attraction over
r.n,rs them, aud they Iose self c"ntrol
aud rush hslplsssly, heedlessiy an
fur.oa-Iy into oar atmosphere whose ~
sistanc- 10 such rapia flight causss tiios
tlnr from fricllun which Ernvraie lame
usnabustson, or explosion. Aud with IL
expl.,-ion cuines The wrolitc, &c ''s,one 9
the air. which flies thr,ugh the air. an
burir. Itself In the earth, rarely totl'e 10
Jury Of man az his works. Man
-pecimens have been gathered aud enric
che calsiiets q AL civilized btnies. lntll
Mu--um al Raleigh are fragments Run
Az currtwuk County, and We believe, slsV
Ssgme.r fsvm one. the expulsion
which we heard. aud which scattered !
cnnirnts Over Mccklemburg County. Thes
fragments are COMPOSED efa coinblnatiu
10 metals, The principal Of which V irol
being about ~ per csst, thea u.uke in u
properties ~ yer ceat, followed
smaller psspoftion W copper cobalt, "
snaknesiwm. chpmlanh pu,ssslum, y
uiun, manganese, ard uthvr substance
1H tututl'1t FttH Nv" tstNt%t','s ~ ~--%'
cot uuitsd iu Strange combinations, al
forming mascot ,percdlble deariiy Al
lisIdneSs.
some N tllrss mssses have 5eeii fnund
rrral size There is onv Ia ;'ir ssnis
sonian Inslllstmn ~ wasi,ing,o', broug
rran Arisona, IN the form ola huge riu
aud weighing sbout . tsn. One Ia r'ou
America h supposed 10 weigh 500
rounds, and another il.poe. Frpm obse
vatious madc ~ late years, some OF q
n,.leors before their explosion have be
..s v=lcaIa,ssI 10 b. more than mile In d
meter
Ast one seen here was seen al ve
dlstsnt points IN ihe sans relative p'
ton IL mlIobserven. Il nlust have be
sixty GO eighty miles high. aud esplod
f,f lcyobd TIE estimates 81 those who
finesl the fsii by ll,cIr own linilisofvisl'
Observers Al Wilmington, Fayetieyil
raleigh, IIillsboro, Dansilis, Risllmci