2G4 Mean Temperature of New York, $c. 



though generally correct, idea of the splendid appearance ob- 

 served this evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock : 



" Early on Saturday evening an Aurora appeared in the 

 north, stretching round from seven to eight points of the com- 

 pass, and from nearly north-west to nearly north-east. The 

 principal light was as usual in the form of an arch, the centre 

 of which was directly under the north star. There was a ge- 

 neral suffusion of light over the arch, and extending twenty 

 or thirty degrees above it. The space beneath the arch, in the 

 early part of the evening, was filled with a dark cloud. At about 

 half past 6 o'clock a row of bright pillars or columns rose from 

 the arch, and extended to a great height above it, and some of 

 them nearly as high as the north star ; those over the north- 

 western limb of the arch were slightly tinged with redness, 

 and all the others were perfectly white. These pillars or co- 

 lumns soon disappeared and were succeeded by others ; they 

 generally rose over one limb of the first arch, and gradually 

 extended to the other. Between six and seven o'clock, the 

 dark cloud beneath the arch rose and spread over a great part 

 of the sky, and for some time entirely obscured the Aurora. 

 At about eight o'clock some clouds had passed away, and a 

 considerable portion of the upper part of the northern sky had 

 become clear again, and a row of bright white pillars or co- 

 lumns rose from or through the dark clouds beneath, and ex- 

 tended far beyond the north star.— These pillars or columns 

 remained but a short time, and the whole northern sky was 

 again obscured by other clouds, and so continued through the 

 greater part of the night. Through the intervals between the 

 clouds or the thin places in them, the light of the Aurora was 

 frequently seen in bright white spots over the northern part 

 of the sky. The Aurora continued throughout the night, and 

 between three and five o'clock on Sunday morning, the sky 

 had become clear and the Aurora was quite bright :" Albany. 

 Very brilliant : Auburn- Do. Dutchess. Very brilliant, il- 

 luminating the horizon and issuing several perpendicular co- 

 lumns, extending in a direction towards the zenith, from 15 

 to 20 degrees. The appearance was not unlike that occasioned 

 by a very extensive conflagration in the city of New- York, 

 Erasmus-Hall, Hartwitk. Very brilliant : Lansingburgh, 



