Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-17
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MAGNtEErilc' ri 1ppihtospn,oR RREl8sCENT' RRl8 ;tIl, /
STORM. j'o'''3'

| DlO1tM.
Last night, Aug, 20, 1859, there; there; Sp-
|peared'iin the" northern heavens one
of those pcculiarGphosphorescent 'phel
notnena, which sfora better name, IL
will call magnetic storm. It rwas
very different from the ordinary, An
rora Borealis, At, g.. o'clock, 7. NJ.
there apperred : light, east of north,
much in appearance like the .confla:,
grafton of 4 barn Come eight 81 ten
miles off: FL the north west there
was a brilliant whitetlig ght,g resembling
the clear sunset,ofa cold.winter's day.;
The light in the northern heavens
was so bright that it started the fire
companies Of the city in that direction.
About ten minutes after eight the two
light places jcoalesccd, and slightly
shifted streamers appeared for d few
moments, This was followed jbyifeet-
ing, shifting, phosphorescept, clouds:
These illuminated, clouds continued, to
shift and multiply and expand, until
they covered the heavens considerably
south of the zenith. Tie southern / BOZ BOZ
der oe the Illuminated clouds struck an
arc across the heavens corresponding
to arc, the moon describes from eastito
west, when in its'I greatest southern
declination. .aa~,seaa vgegIf nao:s,
AT 8 IL p. M. it was so light in the
street that any one could read the .ad-
vertisements in; ,Forney's Press. >. The
gas lamps in the street looked dim, as as
much so as they would at twilight, the
moment the sun drops below the hori-
zon. The atmosphere was COOL The
stars were visible through the phos-
phorescents clouds. 7, s1naai1-~.' .'.a4
A little before 8 o'clock there was
a brilliant fiery arch extended over
the heavens from the horizon in, the
southeast, to the horizon in the south
west. At this time many faint stream;
ers shot up from. tie horizon III 1thae.
north, and there appeared two specks
of cloud i'll the northwest. This was
the|o only visible cloud in the heavens
all the time. Beyond this phospho.
rescent light, the unilluminated at.
mosphere looked like q black cloud.
These f1eeting phosphorescent clouds
displayed all the phenomena of an cx-
pansioE: movement, and concentration
towards focal point, that point being
near the zenith, that rain clouds do i1
a thunder storm-thc only ndifference
in the.two being the greatsspace COW
cred In a few moments by thei mag:
netic clouds. ugiins7ao0 od; notion no
! have often: observed the. Anrors
Borealis, but never before noticed
its action to resemble storm, SO
much as upon this occasion: And ]
never before saw I light from it So
strong and durable as this. 74 T opened
my compass and found the needle
slightly sagitated, ,but;it vibrated only to
the right and left Of its true position.
I watched till a quarter to ten, when i,
had subsided into the northern hori
zon, and very cool breeze sprung
up. about this time. ! got out of bed
at two O'clock this morning, and s
very brilliant light illuminated The
northern horizon, and the air was fresl
with a light breeze ofroln'tthea north
west. !" G1di.sUn sioh1 .ilusor 2:tw ot5@f Sd
This phosphorescent vapor, tha
spread over so much of tho visible
heavens i'll one hour, had much the ap
1nearance ofnebulous matter, where i
occasionally occurred in separate
clouds Or in patches. Three meteor
, shot across the zenith between 8 ant
8, Of the ordinary appearance .'n'noH
The mellow light chat pervaded' thu
earth, during its greatest intensity wa
truly beautiful. "A, pail of,red fire hunl
lover the world of the visible northern
Hemisphere. Hooked for a. return o
the great meteoric shower. But sik
thunder storms, which occasional;
come without rain, the magnetic stotrh
came. and passed away without
.|showcr of stars. J. WisE!;f
A MAD MUSICIAN. roi
. Mr.. Maguire, ,cin his. Rome aud 1T
: Ruler" second edition of fa6whicl
has just BEEN issued, describes. tn
), Asylum for Lunitics at Rome, whicl
he inspected. on, his, second, visit t.