The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-04-28
The Aurora Borealis.

e"h') ipiHutcS uilcT seven O'CLOCK the
most magnificent first class uuro
ra shone forth with great splendor.- -
This was the most noted aurora since
September ?, 1859. The coronu
formed Mt tifty-two minutes after sev.
en on the southern meridian, in alti
tude about eighty degrees, appearing
and disappearing at times to thirty
minutes after ten O'Clock. Tho auro
raj streamers shono with resplendent
aud varied hues Of emerald green
mother Of pearl, scarlet, rose and
crimson. The electric waves were
ever III motion, affecting the magnetic
needle, also worry large and extensive
aneroid barometer in the excellent Oh.
servatory Of an amateur astronon er.
Mention will DO made of this aurora
for thousands Of miles around. It,
influence was felt on the telegraph
wires. Messages were sent by its aid
alone Oh the several telegraph lines.
1t still prevailed, though in diminish
ed splcndor, at half-past three O'Clock
on Friday morning. NIctcors were
visible between twelve and two O'Clock.
, One, of crimson color, with train OF
ten degrees, shot into tho atmosphere
at forty minutes past Que O'Clock at a
point eleven degrees west of the first
pointer of the Great Dipper, and moved
northwest over an arc of thirty de-
grccs. The moon set at fifteen min
utcs past ton o'clock, being little
more than four days old. The aurora
borcalis was again visible last evening
and still prevailed when we went to
press, though up to midnight the dis
| play was not so brilliant as on Thurs
day evening. The auroral clouds, tho
auroral arch, with the dark bank of
dense hazo beneath, and multitude
Gus stroamers, wero very conspicuous
at eleven o'clock.
At St. Johns N. b., tho heavens
were very bright at one O'Clock yes
terday morning, and the telegraph
wires interrupted by the aurora.
In Newfoundland the northern light
was more brilliant than at any time
during the winter, almost entirely in
terrupting telegraphio communication
With llearts GOntent.
At Montreal the aurora was quite
light at one O'Clock yesterday morn
! ing s-l...-,,-.r
A despatch from Portland, Me-, da-
ted half-past twelve O'Clock april Is,
reports the stars nearly obscurcd by
the brilliancy of the light.
at Island Pond, VI, the spectacle
was unusually brilliant. >.,t
At Boston the display of the aurora
borealis presented a spectacle of ro'
markablo brilliuncy, particularly be-
tween the hours of seven and eight
o'clock. Across from the eastern to
tho western horizon was exhibited
broad belt of white light, changing
color as it gradually disappeared. No
exhibition of such beauty and magni-
tude has been witnessed in Mussac chu-
| setts for ton years. .....yat
From Philadelphia we learn that
remarkable auroral displays occurred,
being the greatest since tho electric
storm of 1859. Broad bands of red
and green light, reaching from tho
eastern to the western horizon, and az
far south as the eye could reach, sud-
denly changed into knots overhead
which sent forth broad rays in evory
direction. During their continuance
tho telegraph company worked its
lines from this city to the western
part of the State without the use of a
battery either end, " |' : '''' =.
At Baltimore the entire northern
hemisphere, from east to west, to the
zenith, wasilluminated. The flashes
continued for several hours. ","
| telegram from Pittsburg reports
that although the aurora was not seen
there the telegraph wires were yisibly
affected by it. uH
At indianapolis tho aurora was seen
Mt about eight o'clock in the evening.
1t was of whitish color, and appear
Cd like clouds hont by 4 the wind. a
beautiful bow was formed in the
south. Atni2e O'clock the sky again
lighted, first in The northwest, (hcn
verging around to the east, darting
out huge shcens of light, which tirncd
red and then faded away, when they
would again burst forth. 1T lasted
about an hour and q half. II m
There was fine auroral display
! in the northern horizon as sccn at
| Cincinnati. Brilliant columns shot
up to the zenith. The telegrophic
wires, except those running south and
west, were disturbed, the current
sometimes being strong, aud at others
almost neutralized aaisu tit
Between half-past seven and ten
o'clock on Thursday evening tho
northorn lights wore slightly visible
at Lonisyille;t but tho effects upon tho
telographhic wires were hardly percepr
tibIe.
About eight O'clock on Thursday
evening a belt $of white, apparently
about elk feet in width, appeared
across the sky at Richmond, extend.
ing from east to west, and drifted
northward, crossing and to some ex,
tent obscuring the moon, and finally
gathered, as o fan closes, and disep-
peared. .--N. y. Herald.