Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-19

considerable noise slost psrpenculsry o,er the NJ W.
part Of tho city. The blaze splendid 90 - 10 svs
Of he ~ W.. leaving stream Of light. which assumed
rpenc orm apparently OF 30 feet in leugth, aud lasted
more uso one minute.
We amused al the iia.reo, effects proue.d ,,noc
me lew behodsrs.-some n si,e sdf alright. predicted
the end Of the worohers Of soul.
,ht at least prognosticatcd soe dire sdful ~; hist
the PhiIosopher, si"g their pci,y candy vi. we'd
the Phenomenon. wonderful a. II was -
tr.om,hs rhl.asI rhs Daily Advertiser
spectacle. The neteo,ic phenomens popui.ry c.iIrd
falling STARE were 40 frequent. that for than aa hour
often impossible to eou" those the mo.
meni. They did not differ individually from such as oc-
cur most clear evenings bat among the thousands CT.
hihied a, the time we speak Of might be found Of
every variety from ho.c resembling faint spark, to that
wa scare, Iy inferior TO a splendid K, .rock.t
They generally moved in diverginE lines direction
from the zenith towards the horizon In III, If fight
crossed the path Of others, and lew passed through the
zcn' although they did not often appear n that point
the heavens They were first seen by the wrier at
vault OF heaven seemed be covered with INTERRUPTED
brilliant lnes. in the directions already mentioned
Many stars had already become dim when hi. gorgeous
spectacle faded before the light ot approaching day.
| Iron the New York Commercially
SHOOTING SrARs.-Ysst criay's charge Of weather
pcneiled. upon The skes the brilliant
hues OF summers eve. AZ tho curtains Of darkness
were spread around the broad belt Of the visible
In our hemi.phere became studded with the bright gems
Of the atmosphere
same time that gave eugence bright .u,round
ing scene. Some what before IL o'clock the meteors
90 oiien seen on summer evenings, and eommonlv
called shooting stars were Observed 10 fall with unit.
suAl frequency and spendor. They continued from
thst hour to flash athwart ire skaes, more aud mo- o
until they eciipsed by ahe Of tho rising
this morning Fion four six o'clock, they wee
most and refulgent Within the scope that the
eye could contain, than twenty could be seen At
time shooting (save upward) In every direction. Not
cloud obscured the broad expanse and millions me,eos
spread their way IT, every point the eopa,,
Were po'sibe to enunerate them, la tho swness Of
their arowy haste, might venture say, that for IL
two hours intervening between four and six more than
coruscaons bright, gcsmy and incessan and thew
fell thick the flakes in the early Of December
In one instance we distinctly heard the explosion Of
meteor that shot across 10 the north leaving broad
and luminous track; and witnessed another which left
oil light that clearly nibe for more then ten
minutes after the ball, If such be, had expIoedIs
length was gradually in the centre
and apparently consisted Of separate and dsnct
oil light drawing around CENTRE gn less
and less wildly until they finally faded Ia the distance
Compared with the spiendors Of this celestial m.
most brilliant rockets and fire art bore less reI.on
than the twnkng Of the tiny STAR the broad glare Of
the fun The whole heavens seemed m motion and li,,e
need have been borrow from morbii sensbitv ia inns.
gne, that the opening oil the sixth indie ed hand
when "the stars OF heaven fell the earth ss o
tree cAseth her uptimely fgs hen che Is shaken of
mighty wind Never before hssit fallen our lot 10 OBJ
serve phenomenon 20 magnificent and sublime.
IL bore no resemblance whatever the Aurora Boreai
sometimes stationary, and at others ming ling its rich
seemed to illustrate the poets idea Of the stars shooting
mady IRON their spheres In the dissolution Of nature
and the mighty rush OF runhowerf OF falling amid
"the wreck oil matter and tho crush of worlds"