New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-01-23
From the Eeew-Haren Herald.
s,~a~pt,erie phenoneaa.

To persons not accustomed 70 see any
/ nnusual ,benon1eaon in the heavens, such a hery
sopearance of me clouds must De very terrific, lg-
norance, in such cases, is calamity. had seen
more wonderful appearances in the clouds or
heavens, and was not in the least disturbed.
In tae dark day, May 19, 1870, the heavens
were covered with dense cloud for three or four
hours the legislature was in session az Hartford,
and sucn was the darkness taat business could nor
be transacted without candles. During this time
the clouds were tinged with yellow or faint red
for hours, for which no cause has been assigned.
stood and viewed this phenomenon with aston
ishment, but ] had not any fear that the world
was coming to end.
In the evening OF March 29th, 1889, an extra
ordinary light spread over the whole hemisphere
from horizon to horizon north and south, east and
west. The light was of yel!owish cast, and
way. The waving Of the light was visible, and
some persons heard or imagined they heard
slight rustling sound | then resided Ia Goshen,
Orange County, New York, and stood halt an
hour on bridge over the Waikiki, 10 witness
this extraordinary phenomenon, but saw no per-
son that was frightened at the sight.
In the year 1888, great part of Europe was
for weeks overspread with haziness OF atmos-
phere, which caused great CONSERVATION. The
astronomer Laande attempted TO. allay the fright
by eudcavorng account for the appearance,
which ne asCrlbed TO an uncommon eHhala;lon
Of wntery particles, from the great rain OF the pre-
ceding year. But at last the cause was ascer-
tanned TO be smoke from the great eruption OF
the volcano Heckla, in Iceland, which covered
more than three thousand square miles with burn
ing lava in some places the depth OF forIy-ieet
[ had this account from Dr. Franklin who WIS in
Europe at the time.
In late paper, published by the Milleri,es, l
saw an article, stating that the northern lights
foteteli something terrible. The writer seems not
to know that in the high northern latitudes, in the
sixteenth degree and northward, northern lights
are of daily occurrence, and so have been from
time mmelncrial. So illuminated are the heav-
ems that persons may often see to read by the
night
These lights occasionally come so far South as
TO illuminate the sky in our latitude. Sometimes
they do not appear for many years. At the close
of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth
century those lights were seen for long Pc
Rod, and when they re-appeared, about the year
l717, our ancestors, who had not seen or heard OF
them, were all alarmed, and actually supposed
the day OF judgement, had come.
During my life have been so much accustom-
ed to see northern lights, falling stars, called,
and fire balls, that they have long since ceased to
excite my curiosity.
Nearly thirty wears ago | read an article in
Vermont paper, stating that the Northern light an
certain evening, was so low as to be visible be-
tween the spectator and distant mountain:
Men, Haven Dec SOlh, 1912 ~. WEbsIEh.
THE THEArRE-Tbe New Orleans Picayune of
the 9Th inst, announces that the New American