Virginia Argus

Mr. Marten, Editor of the American.

GEORGE-TOWN, January 14.

A great flash or train of light, as if from opening clouds or a bursting, luminous globe, was observed in this town and the neighbouring country, about eight o'clock on Wednesday night, the 6th instant, and perhaps some persons may have had a fuller view of the meteor itself. This at least was the case 40 or 50 miles from here in a south-erly direction, where the meteor was seen by a person who described it as appearing like a moon, and making a great light. The atmosphere that evening was filled with vapour, produced by the thaw of the day, and as it is at such a time that nature not commonly plays off this species of fire-works, there may perhaps have been over many; but it is ascertained to be fact, that a single meteor may be seen almost at the same moment by persons at least 50 or 200 miles from each other.

These appearances are supposed to proceed from a large collection of phosphoric matter, an accumulation of the electric fluid, or the blaze of a train of inflammable air.