observed in North America on Nov. 17, 18. 95 



a conflagration, that many of the bells of the city sounded an 

 alarm of fire. 



From the New York Commercial Advertiser* 

 The heavens were in a glow, at intervals, last evening 

 from the early hour of 6 o'clock until 11, and how much 

 longer we cannot say. We viewed the phenomena from the 

 deck of the Ohio steam-boat, between Kinderhook and Catskill. 

 The lights were first observed as the passengers were ascend- 

 ing from the cabin after tea. They were streaming up from 

 the south-west, and at times shot almost across the zenith. The 

 colours were various, mingled with purple and vermilion, and 

 at times of a deeper red. At one time a beautiful arch of 

 silvery light spanned the southern heavens, so thin and trans- 

 parent, that the stars twinkling through the glory seemed to 

 sparkle with unwonted radiance. At other times myriads of 

 columns or streams of light shot up from the western horizon, 

 and remained stationary for a few moments, until they faded 

 away. \^ 



The next and last change that we observed was a bank of 

 soft phosphorescent light, extending along the horizon from 

 the south-west, around to the north and north-east. The ap- 

 pearances in this city were various, and exceedingly brilliant 

 and beautiful. 



From the Woodstock {Vermont State) Courier. 



The aurora borealis on Tuesday evening had an unusual 

 appearance. It commenced with streams of a bright red, 

 shooting up from the north-west horizon, intermingled with 

 those of the usual hue, and extending nearly to the zenith. 

 At times a considerable portion of the northern heavens glowed 

 with red, similar to the most rosy hue of the western sky 

 at sunset ; and about 8 o'clock we noticed an extensive and 

 brilliant appearance of this kind in the north-east, streaked 

 perpendicularly with the common-coloured ascending rays of 

 the northern light. 



At one time a luminous, well-defined arch spanned the 

 south-eastern portion of the heavens, rising half way to the 

 zenith ; parallel with which, and crossing directly overhead, 

 was another luminous bow of nearly equal brilliancy. 



From the Montreal Gazette. 

 We do not recollect having ever witnessed a more brilliant 

 display of the aurora borealis than that of Tuesday evening 

 last, Nov. 17. ; nor have we met with any description of that 

 extraordinary meteoric phenomenon which could at all com- 

 pare with the beauty of that to which we now allude. At 



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