The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-11
From tn Clarlrs,on Evening News.
~ AllrNr,A lRtlu1,n

iHt .Aurra i1nrcais is,,pt less a mystic
~ tllah d hSad'y. There ate vari,u,s ilioo-
RES nIrcgard hikis i,hruniiiendn. Sum,
cNhtrnd tlmtihe clouds are f,vmanic nri.
Eu. .Othersseytnn that ,hey-are etni,.
l",sed or subtitle .mki,l!ic PARTICLES !; and
again, ai,lt Tho eIighlsare rausel hvihc re.
itertloi, of tln sui,'Ss rays',iImn tho icu-
iiclds Of ,llcspoiar sea ! But, ns Dr.. Lnr.l.
her, from whom Welsli.ves. QUOTED above.
reniayks-ii,e mpti.,s Oierdnsfi, or principle
al action. "f .lli!s strange h,etnniei,on
'inustsin Tho present state o science, reat
upon mere conjecture" Fs as,
There ate r&soum points ,tl,ow ever, upon
winch mnn OF science nrn gencra!ly a:,rGbd.
There are :--sEas w, - So. q. s. .s.., y
.s'Tlat the phenomenon takes place
witlin,lhe limits ,.f the Gartt,'s a,mu,s;ilere;
Which isProvedtby tlie fact ,ha, "ilr,"ap-
parem, place. 0f3,l,aS aurora in Frcl1l;,,, to
T2lest iai objects ia not fiXe,b" and that lis
changes :. .nudcrgo no nMdinn, in reference
! t6tiie, zenith or l.nriz IL, such as would be
!, pro.luGeds lily The .diurnal rotation. of the
{ car,ht'l3 baesE s ia5 :.
=. That it is Of electrical origin, as is
sl,own.Ny It's strict similarity 10 the appear
ailtc presented lv Tie passage dl artificial
electricity through rarified air.
50. Tint all is dependent hv snmc law
upon the magnetic Influence 6i The earth
az is ihticu,rtl tS the flctillal l"ihc RAYS
columns Of light are all parallel to The
dipping t,rodlf, h.il that the bows, roronn,
a:sd other visible iOrrIis which the phcno,nc-
ma affect, arc always synimotrically placed
with respect 10 the magnetic meridian"
ID. That the convcrg;ns appearance Of
the columns Of luht is Receptive, and
merely the rcsult "f perspccrvc,--the
colulnnS being, really. parallel 10 cacl,
Ml,cr and to the magnetic meridian.
{,i5. That the height above the earth. at
which the phcnnt'ionnn takes place, is sub
-}Gct 10 variation, allJ has been differently
estimated at from fifty 10 three hundred
miles; and that Tie testimony oi .snn,c,
observers in regard to audible sounds nc
companying the auroral d<play. under any
circumstances, is somewhat apocryplil.
o. That "lho aurora Bnrcaiis Is com.
posed Of real cfoudS," though "wI,at the
nature of The matter is, comprising such
clouds, must IL the present state .. science,
rest upon mere conicrtNrr.
sAvariciy Of theories upon This subject
have, zas our readcrs arc aware. beer
framed BY different writer's, such as, that
the clouds arc of volcanic origin.
500 S>~~~>~~~-. .~~-->~->-c-
Mr.. Van Buren.
We nrc told, is solacing his leisure by
preparing his "Reminiscences us 4 political
gift to postcriiy. Let him tell tho truth,
the whole truth and nothing but t truth,
and what a cross will it exhibit of he man
and monkc y hstory-;he fox and the
gaese! ,ss
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yMEMrHls AND CnARLEsToS RAr.IoAr.
Tile Nashville Appeal learns That Mr..
davidson, the contractor lar gracilg the
road Between Nashville aud n Grange.
has already commenced op"ra,.ols on
thlrty-ilvc miles, and he will in few
days have about three hundred hands
atwofk. lie expects To have the g.ading
finished two mouths before the eSp;r uion of
the term OF his con,ract-by The first of
August large quantities OF cross ties
have also been delivered along tile liie OF
the 70 ID,