Show Visions in the Clouds I Displays of aurora borealis are evidently TmfreguentrinrD aware Maryland and virgfniav T1 e1 car papers of the latter part of September Septem-ber and the first week in October contain numerous references to marvelous visions in the clouds and eikibit a mediaeval condition of popular > intelligence in the ruraldis tricts scarcely less marvelous + The Warrentqwn Va > jSolidQSouth says irA number reliable and responsible responsi-ble whose names we can give about a fcweek ago saw an l apparition in the heavens about ten Q clock jpm I of white robed figures which were supposed by those who saw them to Be angels It was all the talk of the t people in and around the villages of New Baltimore and Backland The Richmond Dispatch Dis-patch of the 7th prints a note from Mr M C Grasty of Frederi burg Va dated 5th inst in which he says Many persons in this community com-munity claim to have witnessed a most alarming sight in the heavens some nights since just before daybreak day-break The heavens are said to have been lightedand vast numbers ef soldiers appeared uniformed and armed and drilling Who else saw it and what is the explanation Could it have been a mirage V Similar observations were made further north A Wilmington Del dispatch says The people in this vicinity are greatly excited over what they believe to be supernatural supernat-ural manifestations A little girl some three weeks ago living in the village saw after nightfall before the moon was fairly up above the horizon platoons of angels slowly marching and countermarching to and fro in the clouds their white robes and helmets gistening in the light At intervals the heavenly visitors would dance mournfully Her father also saw the spectaple Monday night two weeks ago William West a farmer living near Georgetown the county seat saw bands of soldiers of great size equipped in dazellng uniforms their muskets shimmering in the pale weird light that seemed to be everywhere every-where marching with military precision pre-cision up and down and presenting arms The vision lasted long enough to be seen by a number of Wests neighbors Many people living near Laurel many miles away situated in the lower end of the Peninsula saw the same extraordinary extra-ordinary phenomena A few go as far as to say that they distinctly saw in the midst of the soldiers and conspicuously by reason of his commanding presence the hero President himself and with every feature distinctly and vividly portrayed por-trayed In Talbot county the illusion illus-ion was seen by numbers |