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The magnificent .4urora BoreahS, wildly
displaying itself to citizens in the northern
sky on Wednesday evening last shone equally
brightly and beautifully far North and East of us
as we have heard. The following from the Balti-
more Patriot Of Thursday is the best account we
have seen OF II


"PHESoMESoS IN HEAyENs.-Those who not
induang last night between 10 and IL o'clock, in 'tred
nature sweet rcstoer bamy Sleep had the pleasure Of be-
holding sublime and beautiful phenomenon in the heavens
little of er dark, about o'clock in the evening, there
appeared upon the northern horizon brilliant light, known
as the Aurora Borcas AT first seemed like the reflected


light Of distant city fire. 1t continued tospread
and gradually ascend up the sky, until the whole northern
horizon brilliantly illuminated. Al times the light
unlulating and seemed unlike distant upon the
oceans anon became less brilliant and then assumed
ruddy hue dispensing in and apparently rising in
huge pillars like columns Of fire. little before ten o'clock


the light gradually assembled and formed into immense and
beautiful bow spanning the whole heavens from northwest to
southeast The sky without cloud obstacle TO OBJ
scue the stars save this sublime arch, which, from its bril-


ancy, seemed throw dimness upon nights twinklng
sennel II presented kind Of serpentne appearance, and
after rising TO its zenith about O'Clock, grew dim and
gradually vanished from sight, leaving unusual number of
metcos shooting stars tracking their ahwart
nights ebon throne Ii certainly most unusual appear
ance and excited wonder and admiration with thousands OF
behode There those who believed omlnous OF some
dire event. perhaps the wreck Of matter and the crush OF
worlds Others supposed indicative OF i'll success IN the
chances of Rather wagishk ind Of philosopher at last
solved the mystery by pronouncng the trail OF cannon
ball that had been fired old Rough and Ready and being
unholy errand doomed pass forever in
space far beyond the confines Of earth To the true asro
nome however, the phenomenon above noticed possesses
special mystery. IL such has been seen before,
though scarcely more brilliantly presented.