The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-09-08
THE AURORA BOREALIS.

The New Yorl; Post has fine description of
the Aurora Dorsnlis, Monday nigh, IT, says:
At the zrni,i, directly nov" The spectator.
appeared large circIcl cf white and red. dot
ted wtl, stars, while from The r",+,nct r,dia,cd
in every direction spears aud currents OF quiv-
cring light, both white and red. Most of these
shoots of light were transparent, and the stars
bcycnd bcamrd through with unol,structc cd beau.
~. To the east aul 10 The west lay huge fields
Of luminous clouds, tinted with bright rosy
flush, wholly unlike that produced 10y tl, RISING
sun, and, il possible, even more beau iiul. For
some ten minutes this climnx remained The
ruby crown, Grmmcd and Hinged by SI'aIkIiu.
stars retained its proud noS"n in til" H"nih.
and the tremul"us waves Of li.h, float, d! aud
quivered duwnwurds like imperial train waved
Ivy The cool niuht winds. Al times i, sn4s:"s FL
Il mighty hand and an outsrc'chrd arm. h"nni
at thu wrist with Il bracelet Of ruhv an.l .a-
Mohd, with the open palm held lis il in h,u"-
diction over the earth, while the fingers Of light
reached almost TO the distant horizon
S6on, rs Everett has beautifully Si,"k"n "f II
somewhat similar scene ''lln hands of angels
shifted the glorious SCENERY Of iltr heavens. -
The mass OF apparent red cloud to ti.r EaS,
moved away sou;hwar ,,rrlnnl!y failing wli'-
The corresponding red clouds h. West >r.'i,..
ed to sink int" cl."S "f dark r;"nl that. I.:,
fringe "i blue. skItrd The western h"r;z..n.-
While these changes were talnI place. IN til"
Fast am,l West, the wonl.uS crown .i"v"
IHpScu lew u'Hf''S ana illtn Sit'iN'lN '.i'i"'l
Flashes Of light covering. niany dr..r".S slowly
condensed int" mighty luminous rl"'..I =" ii
its top near the zenith. THIS cloud. gradually
altering its shape, assumed luru,s b";h singular
and suggestive.
AT one time il bore striking resemblance to
AN eagle nr,l ,h"n the slightest, almost irnprr
C"ptibl" chang" transformed IT into u turiui>r.
Then, again, it Srrirc.l Ia sweep across the
heavens, presenting the arncAran'r "i II c"n-
fused procession "i h"in-> clad II, .h"S!iy >hr"S
and rcn'n,!,ii. "t III" im l"r"rS al h>>i;n.
For n!"ut haii an hour these r,art able chan.
EcS took place. AMI thru the iI.hiS n':,lu lily
disappeared. ln short Time, h,.,vr>rr They
wer. resumed Sheets Of the which lu-
Iniiuus ch.u,lS again illuminated the sky, pro-
duciny about the Sain" amount oi light ~ lh,.
full moon, an, tho night Lrcallv utmost as the
day.
The aurora borcaS is to DAY the chirf TOPIC.
uf conversation, a,nl all agree that they have
seldom never " itnrSScd extensive and re-
markahc an atmospheric lhrnurn"n"n 1t must
have been much like those described hv Dr.
Kane, Enyarl Tay lur anil o'hcr northern ,r:,v.
clcrs, anil i, was observed that last ni.h, was
very coil for the s,asun, :, sill Gully breeze
ph-nrlcila We have SUM. i,lc. from he fac, that
the telegraph wires Were affected in every dr-c-
tiUn All the Operators The. eastern lines
speak of the display Of the aurora hnr..ai- us
the most magnificent they ever Witnessed. Ger
tain!y not since the appearance of Inc last come;
have the heavens declared the glory nf Gnd in
II suhli,n"r manner or illc rma,,i"ni shown Ills
handwork III more gorgeous manifestations.