New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-25

Confusion AIoUr ! % CON.iS-HOw TiH' VISITOR
AirEAR~-frS rustr,N.
Thr comet distinctly li-lbl from this city 10
the naked eye yrStc- .ay Iuor.ing but not until
nearly daylight. A rcT ,r'"r of IiIE lmBCNE called
ou Professor Draper l. It nivht. AT his house at
Dodd'o Perry. on tie lluGSon, 10 learn how thc coes
l might be- expected to behave.
Considerable coniu-lon has 2uscu.' said The Pro-
fsSor. frun. thc discovery arly At one limo Of
diff rent comets. The couct discovered by Dr.
Z. 4. Gonll al thr national observatory ia Bucnos
Ayrcs. is entirely distinct from the ono
just announced by diicreu; observers IA this coun-
try. 4 conrt visible IN Souih Amc.ic, OF course.
rould no fuoIr De- sen here ~ tn" sanc time than
tr Southcr. Cross; the two celestial .Ieml>pheres
arr A. distinct - the terrestrial have received
two ,ircdl r. tins week from Lori Crawford.
Tn, first announced the arrival OF u telegram read
ing:
go Blcno-arrcs June first Eiehtc,n hundred
hoeu comet ii hours sorth thirty lc-rccs Gould."
This nirssaze was mutiLai,d but. IL the Pro-
fr.,)r's opinion. the probIhlc drlt WIS that tho
great couei ~ l-U7 had been discovered by DR..
Could in ricl, ascension u hours. and drrlina,ion
30 later tel gram. however. II was stat"d.
shows that in tie wor. OF the second circular, n
great comet ha, bren discovered in Apparent dis
iln-e of ouiy ~ from tie ,Gu which, rough
computation ,iD,,S cannot b, id'nlra, with ioulps
l~O7 colnct' This stll further c0mplieatos tho
discoveries.
"l- the comet just observed in the United states
a nrw ore " an old ore - asked The re?orte-.
That 70 hart To ,ay rs yct.' va, tnr reply. II
consider 1t ot ltlr consequence. huwcycr whether
the comet l. % new one OF ,u Old enc. II, interest
10 me is twofod first. IN" possibility tia; IT may
be photographed; and. secondly, th~ facilities
which b. Afford. for the spectrum analysis. No
,rmet hL, ever h.cu photographed. bat |
have the apparatu, ready for tho ,;t"npt tonight.
I hase already Sucrrsie.l ia pho;ographing tho
n''uIl 90 ORION " 'l'h ~" one ,'rI 'h 'l,ir nor
indeed after me- AMI fn-iisht hope 'o yet the first
impression of ron't lk" t. get 4 '!ls Ar tho>e
fellow, across the vtt'T N"n soc ih" itil 81 this
comet very Nn.ut.ilnu- Tins Increasing th, .cil-
l'i". i"r "hr aiming >l'c'tr'im an1'si,'
l"3 .ooh - ic co;nrt as Pit0i'i,i. said tho
reporter iut oi l'H much nt"l,-t Hl! tl> comet
h,' to tlo general punirf
~ will mot. of course. approach i}cllS great
comet II l. lB Ig atig'tne-s. but u Hay he
cli!rd bil-.i comet. Nh"fh,r II II ap-
preaching "s r,crhins from ti' sun has no,
been aac'rtaiuc nnt r;obdllN ~ - lrc" .ilg. 'hou1
10 b" drawing u",rrr ho"rfrr u mtt grow ~
htich;Lr~. IL Ippraral It o'rl,ri thl> morning
iu ;h- constellation Am1ra. about d"Nos nom
fl, star tap'lll near thr n1iilUa,i hurlfou. Tho
uu us Is not Nrry iargc hnt 10. til. whc. fam
L.t tu .hapt. q, oyer 10 degrrrs go lrue.h.
T. fi, ,nfirt "a ,lr~tru. the world ti:l> yraTf
Wal. q, 80 fh1i. hJv- heard oi 10 ore whose
nerve, were slst.u los ~ich fears except ~crNa. =
aud rls,it. Indeed a comet j. oi such sibii" con-
aiuusph n, before 10 reached Nh" rtuh. The nll-
cl '5 .r;ht possibly maa" liitc SilA.h "hrfo IL
>.ti. bat thor ~ uot ihe falrfcst danger o he ap-
pt hcnlrd. Mothrrs .npi'n doubtless ecl"'tad the
date ~el ~ II.,lnIa
Tia. II not brrn said that Professor Proctor
long iIlnr ago :talut" the retain of comet lc
- with d..ts.g guii- consequence tothc eIrih
w.. iniccl: Professor Proctor never mad. any
such drclartii""--i know Lin too ,cil to b~l"ve
that. The people are always rad" to make mp
stories - f.ryc as hug-Ihoo- to themselves.
lh'r" D., nof "a nan who pirt"uiS &" know any
thnc of ,,iclcr adt would blI>ii 90 l-gt-t such
notiru. lu.lc. IT,. - the 1puIop oi physicists
that the matter Of which the earth Is composed IS
eternal
Would tnai help us II it wc;e in a gaseous
STATE -
W,n hut expect 10 lnd the ground sold
long a, i've here and think yoU may all do ud
-alnr'
The SKY at "'clork tl- morning SIS clear. ico-
irs SUI DrIpcI's ptrurnt,. tlrrriui:. which are
,lcurndrut upon the weather. must have stood ln
..f..r f,ts