New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-06
TIE AURORA SOUTH.
From The ". O. Crescent. Aug. 80.

,o nortb.west and from the horizon ne SHY t. the
zenith, became oveIspread with clear red liSht,
through which the stars twiDked as merrliy a. from
Their accustomed blue. AZ intervals divergog rays Of
white and yellow hight stole softly across the red aud
rs softly retired. The spectacle ated about hti' an
hour, ard was witnessed aud admired ana WohleIed
at by tbousands OF the population.
Uhad the appearance in all respects of an aurora
boreals the sccustomed hsIbipger Of cold weather,
so frequently toward Winter 10 the IRE northern
iaiituoes and we ore satisfied that Il was one. But
fbs sic ht of such phenomen a. Tar south as New
orleans and in tie scorchipg month OF August too,
was something well cacnlsted 10 shake the public iath
In ts Identity and to starr al possible suggestions
which might connect il with some reighborng teres-
trial cause Such suggestions, however, were a. fault
No steamboat burning on the lake, no possible teues'
trial bazes could have produced any such an Opaque
widespread csiet CO Ored Light with It's glowing rays
of white and yellow. With many it was made MISTER
Of Joke, and with the ignorant and superstitions 1t
<reatei no little alarm.
A. for us. though we were no. much frightened, we
felt sou ewhat ike the Tennessee farmer, who was
nearly frightened 10 death by the great meteorc show
er of twenty. Elk twenty. years ago. lie ran
out of his house the general oelesha display OF
fireworks and fell faibting over fence. Reviving
after little be raed his head and saw neigsbor
standing and very cOoy surveying the sight with his
pipe in his mouth. For Gods sake, john he
easped "tel me what this is-tbe world amt coming
TO an end, is it p John laughed, and sald No; |
don't feel as if the world vas coming to an end
s'Then. what ia this what does all THE mean ~
"Its phenomenon, responded John pufiog away al
his pipe. ooh, q fannol euer exclaimed the iright-
ened man, coming to his breath again. As long as
the darn things got a name, spose its all right
with which he went back satisfied TO his bed
Seriously, certain from our own observation,
that the phenome Of Sunday night was an aurora
boreas; though the OLD folks say, torc'by enough,
From The Mobile Tribune, Aug. 80.
On Sunday evening, between and 9 o'clock, the
porth-e part of the heavens was Illuminated in
most singular manner. TWAS so marked that an alarm
of fire was given in some parts of the city, Its scar
let hue however, Indicated tina. it was not ire, and
the ALARM therefore, Did not spread.
We suppose 1t was-what Is rae IN this atltude-an
exhibition Of the boreslis. 10 the North this s
a common and very beautiful celestial phenomenon.
We have eeen il before in this city, but not near
so brig nt as was on Sunday night Of the scarlet
color In which il manifested itself Usually its tnts are
cold az though Of hypeborean ongn, although 1t some
times has the appearance winch IL presented on Sun
day night.
A correspondent of The Mobile Tribune says:
On Sunday evening, about half past eight o'clock,
or little later, there observed from point few
miles west of this city, bright red glow in the north
east resembling the hight from DISTANT confia2raon;
1t arose however fIom behind bank of stratus cloud
that Law near the horizon showing that ts source must
have been either in the heavens or at great distance
if ON the earth Very after it was observed there
was a separation into two parts-one par moving TO-
wards the eastward the other, and brighter OF the
two, advancing slowly towards the north Inns latter
now assumed the appearance OF very brilhant and
fiery pyramid the apex extending las nearly as we
could indge) about thirty thirty degrees above
the horizon and shooting long beam Of ligh, even
higher than that. The appearance bore some resemo-
lance to the Aurora BOreais in northern Climates ex
cept for its deeper and more fiery tints.
There were occasional flashes OF lightning appearing
to proceed from the base of the pyramid, and
after its disappearance there WAS succession OF theSe
hashes-seemDgly of ordinary heat hehtning-so long
as we continued to observe. The fiery pillar had
nearly dssppeared before o'clock, but the hasnes
were very distinct at 10. There were no clouds IN ,he
sky, except the stratum already mentioned, aud mat
disappeared during the progress OF the phenomenon
IL was neafH cain al the time. -
The more westerly or brighter division OF the merry
appearance must have moved over ABOUT tGree points
Of the cOmpass-say from n. IL py ~ 10 NoiIh-uu'-
ing the space Of fifteen minutes.
From TIE Cha,leston Mercury Aug.
Soon after midnight last night as the Clouds which
had obscured the sky for several hours they re-
yealed repetition Of the Northern Lights OF Sunday
evening. The light so bright that the lamp hight
ers seriously contemplated eItinSushins the street
lamps. H.
This extraordinary and magnificent natural phenom-
enon better known as the Northern Lights, ap'
peared in splendid effect last Thursday night, dart
ing as usual in sreamy and whvy lights of rose-color
and crocus like pale yellow from few degrees above
the northern horizon. For many years back, IN TACT
not perhaps since l7S2 when it overpread the whole
hemisphere, have these lights appeared with such
brliancy and extent as on the night in question.
They commenced 10 ascend toward the zenith be-
tween and II o'clock in glowing waves of light pale
rosy and yellowish. An immense band of pale hght
datted across the heavens, and by Il CLOCK, nov
dark cloud could be seen. Light was everywhere az
far as our eyes could span Ii seemed like sunrise,
and was clear SOFT mellow and eAhilaialng, that az
about o'clock a. M, yesterday, we read the dany
papers in our room, lighted only by the incomprehen-
sibe Aurora BoreaGs
At first the watchmen thought tremendous fire
was raging somewhere Others looked around IN
search of the moon, but soon remembered thst Luua
was but in her early frat quarter and had disappeared
at 8 o'clock that evening. They felt things were
queer As the northern lights became more and more
vivid, our city lamps assumed most siekly hue and
were nowhere" Some negroes who had orders to
DO up at sunrise rushed FORTH fearful OF being late,
and hearing the clocks strike tEo swore that the
"debel must be somewhere" Lean cows that Proui-
epade nocturnally in search of a living, and nasty
swine that likewise poke about for food, feeling that
day WAS dawpipg TO show their dirty ways, haseoei
to their daily hiding places with only quarter OF
meal on board Hungry dogs tha, roam at large, feel
ing no effect OF a moon, yet seeing such brisancy
above set up a most death-warning howl and hid
Themselves Matutine cocks felt they had overlooked
on their roosts aud about a. IN. capped their Wings
and challenged their compeers with piercing crowings
from one end Of the city to the other. :, =.
In fact on those that awake this display OF
the aurora bore ais had most charming enlvenng
effect adding unusual buoyancy to the spirits. be-
tween and O'Clock the heavens assumed gloomy
reddish hue and Just before day thick darkness for
a while prevsiee ,
nov the themes of most of exchanges, as the au-
rora has for nights back shown over our hemi-
sphere with extraordinary brilhsncy. What the same
portends, time will tell
SHOOTING BY THE LIGHT OF THE AUR0RA.-Singu
lar as il may appear gentleman actually killed three
birds with gun this morning about cock-s CIR
cumstarce which perhaps never had lis Ike before,
and lever may happen again. The birds were Killed
while the beautiful aurora boreahs was at lie hight,
and being very early species-laIks- no doaot,
deceived by the bright appearance Of everything, aud
came forth inpocently surprising il wss day. The re-