Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-31

WONDERFUL SIGHTS IN III AIR.-The
venerable American photographer has though IL
worth while 10 notice. ia the New Haven Herald
The use which appears TO hrve been made in recent
publications ofcertdin atmosphere phenomena. in
reference TO the great change viii, u IL is said. is
To come over the world this year. BE says;
ITO persons not accustomed to see any unusual
phenomenon m the heavens, such n fiery appearance
Of The clouds mast bevcry terrific. ignorance in such
cases is n calmiiy. I had seen more wonderful ap-
Pearonces IN the clouds or heavens. and wasrJt in
the least disturbed.
"In the dark day, MAY 10, 1850. The heayen,
were covered with a dense cloud for three or -four
hours; the legislature WAS in session at Hartford,
aud such wusthe darkness that business could not
be transacted without candles During this time the
ciouds were tinged with a yellow or faint red for
hours, for which M cause has been assigned. I stood
and viewed this phenomenon with establishment.
but | had not any fear that the world Was cunning to
an end.
"ln he evening Of March 30 h. lisp, an exira,rdi.
nary light spread over The whole hemisphere from
horizon to hnrizin. north md south. easI aud ues,
Tao light was Of n yellOwis I east, and wavy. The
waNng OF The light WIS Ni-ible, and some persons
heard. or imagined they heard n sHI hI rusrline sound.
I hen resided IN Goshen, Orange county. New
York. and stood hall on hour un a bridge over the
Wall Nil, 10 witness this extraordinary phennme-
non. hut | saw no Perscn that was frightened at the
sight.
IN me year 1888, n great pant of Europe was
for weeks overspreld with IA hsziners Of atmosphere
which caused great cOnslsrnaiior. The chutchc.
were crowded with supplicanis. The ssrtunumer
Lalande attempted 10 allly The fright by endeaSor.
ing TO account for the appearance. ~f:ra he a.cri-
1ed 10 an uncommon eIhllaiion of waiery PARTICLES
inHn inc great rain Of the preceding year. But ut
last the cause was ascerained To be smoke from
the great eruption cf the volcano IIocla, ia Iceland.
which covered more than three iannssal s-u-r-
miles with burning lava, in scmo places To The
depth of forty feet. ] had this account from Doc.
tor T rankin, who was in Europe at the time.
'Hhn late paper. published by The Mlllerites. I
an article stating tina, The northern lights fire.
tell something teri BILE. The writer seems moi IN
know that in the high northern ATTITUDES. in The six.
Ieenih drgree and RorIhward. northern lights are
oi daily occurrence, and So have been from tim.
So Illuminated are the heavens, that
persons may often see TO read IN lhe night
These lights occasionally come SO far South rs
Ia illuminate the sky in our latitude. Sometimes
they do not appear for many years Al The close
OF The seventeenth and beginning Of The IS h century
those lights were not seen for long period, and
when they re-aPpeared. about the year 1917, our
ancestors WIN had not seen or heard ofthem. were
alarmed aud actually supposed that the day Of judg
ment had cune.
During my lie | have been 50 much accustomed
to see northern lights, falling stars, 50 called, and fire
balls. that they have long since ceased to excite my
curiosity.
Nearly thirty years ago ! read an article in n Yer.
mont paper. stating that The northern light, on 4
Ger ain evening. was so low rs to he visible between
the spectator and n distant mountain.
N WEBSTER.