Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-10
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IIEnT, uABERsHAM'S LETTERS FROM CHINA.

rive propose to publish, from time 10 time;
oxtrocts from the letters of LIEUT.. HABERSiIAM.
on China, which are now appearing in the Phil
odelphia Public Ledger. From Letter No. . OF
the series we take the following passages:-ED.
ADV.
When wiped my pen after writing "Letter
No. l." the pilot was about to leave us OH tne
Capes of Virginia, and was urged to hurried
conclusion by the messenger boy, who knocked
at nv door with the information that "the sail.
maker was waiting to sew up the letter bag"
Nineteen days have passed since then, bringing
us to the Both day of December, and to the
volcanic up-heavement known to modefhs Us
the Island Of Madeira. Three days since, after
q massage of fifteen days, we let so our anchor
in this lall.harbor, half open roadstead OF Fun
chal, and before taking the reader on shore TO
mount one of the numerous horses that cro"a
the beach awaiting customers, will give INN a
glance of our late passage.
Two days had passed since leaving the orian, !;
do. and the commencement OF the thru Sho"eo
rs strange light to be seen III these temperate
I,ttntps-an Aurora Borealis the brilancy OF
tho colorinp of which beggared description. Pos
civ as il was the first Live Aurora Boreas
tbai the writer ever saw, he may think too high
" of it. Let us see what his journal says
aIt was the 18th Dec. Our latitude was 81
dep, IS min. n, and our longitude 80 deg. -
min. W.; the hour was 8 \. NJ, and the Anro- III,
ra was in the shape of mammoth bow. Inc
string of this bow-a bow bent and ready ior
us-Was a dense oblong bluff OF culnulous clouds
that entended from \. f. by f. to N.". FROM
e,ch end of this well defined bluff, whose upper
e lee was streght line running parallel with the
horizon. and about two degrees above II, anu
whose color was dark and lcaden, the arch o'
the how commenced to form. Its highest eleva-
ton was attained Immediately under the North
Star about 25 deg, and the space between inc
how and the string was of rich PINK hue. lDe
shades of this pink near the string were NEON
ce;vablv faint and SOFT but as the eye raised IT.
self toward the bow, they began to deepen IN
richness, until where they abruptly terminated
at the sharp, almost black outline OF Its lower
edge. the intense richness Of coloring, combined
with the suddcnness of the contrast, resulted IN
a combination of marvellous beauty and of rare
grandeur I thought this was all very time, but
1Shen dozen or more columns Of bright white
and phosphorescent light shot down, tan-llke,
from the dark surface Of the bow, apparently
converging to that part Of the string where the
arrow would fit as centre, and when the cen,
tre of these lamblent and palpitatinS columns OF
Northern LIGHT grew and expanded until it ap-
narentIy absorbed those nearest it on either side,
ap,J ,,,hen in addition to all this, beautiful
sho,,e of oreenish blue was suddenly observed
to spg into existence and struggle as ann it nhne
for mastery with the dencaie pS' Ill Ic nccpred
PhoessinS ooEsd opon display Of such grand and sub
the end Of Time and showed it tvlla Him " ThG So 3i
called Faithful and true the Mort ths 0' 'Iopr Gor
sword of divine wrath proceeding from his
mouth and caused me to picture this glorious
advent attended by similar scene. For 1t was
q scene worthy even of that coming; this s! gio-
rious pleading of Natures arctic hues." linus
ends the extract. Admirinsly gazed upon its
waning brilliancy, one, two, five minutes. Then
7 turned with sudden thought to the Quarter
master, and ordered him to callthe Captain, the