Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ty Rise from theHorizon to the Zenitli—The Face of Nature Everywhere Appears, to an AstonisheJ World, as ifDyed in Blood —Unjommon Extent and Sublimity—Remarkable Duration and Aspects—Intens
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ty Rise from theHorizon to the Zenitli—The Face of Nature Everywhere Appears, to an AstonisheJ World, as ifDyed in Blood —Unjommon Extent and Sublimity—Remarkable Duration and Aspects—IntenselyLuminous Character.—Universal Outburst of Luster.—Preceded by a Fall of Snow.—First Signs ofthe Phenomenon.—Exquisite Rosy Illumination —The Snow Appears Deep Red.—A Fiery Vermil-ion Tinge to Nature—Alarm Produced by the Scene.—Great Moving Pillar of Light.—Vivid Stream-ers in All Directions.—Pure White and Brilliant Colors.—Contrast of the Glowing Tints.—WideFields of Rainbow Hues.—Kadiant Beauty Heaven-Wide —Superlative Pageant of Splendor.—Perfec-tion of the Stellar Form.—Millions of Wondering Observers—Visible Nearly the Whole Night.—Accounts from Different Points.—Europes Share in the Display. Depth, bright, hreadlh. Are Inet in tlicir exlrcmee: and where to countThe thick sown Elories in these fields of fire,Perhaps a seraphs computation SINGULAR FORM OF AURORAL ARCH. EARS of observation, covering many cen-^ turies, and embracing all zones and lati-tudes, give no record of any )lay ofauroral glories equal, in sublimity, mag-nificence, and extent, to the aurora borealis ofNovember fourteenth, 1837. Of the variousaccounts of this phenomenon, as furnished byobservers in different parts of the land, the fol-lowing will suffice to show its marvelous beautyand grandeur,—remarkable for its amplitude, itsduration, its intense luminosity, and the brilliancy of its colors. Scientific observationsof the phenomenon were
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