Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-21

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in 500.
In 5Is Corret, in Dardania-a series :;
earthquakes demolished twenty-four czs,n
diviced mountains, aEd III enc pisce cptr,o,
6shure of thirty PAGES in length aud Twelve
breadth.
In $50 appeared another Comet, and tie {.
mine now ragged With double horror. l. j,
recorded that raany persons FED On hun,
flesh. The bodies of the fan:ished people b..
came thin and pale; the skin was l4Tdel,.1
and dry like leather and clave TO the bones.
the Hesa assun.sdea dark appeararcc Ike
charcoal, the coun,crance vas senseiess aid
stern, the Bile redundant.
Among these frightful effects Of hunger, N
pestiiencc appears circumstance tLlat Ii.
philosoper should rot pass npna ticed.
The account which BaToI.ius gi.es Ct thn
famine, is, perhaps, pore philosophical a1j
deserves notice. He SAYS the crops failed,
corn Tjpened prematurely and was tin IN
some places it was Ect Harvested, aId tn,
which was gathered, WIS deficient in rourish.
inert. Those who su5sistcd upon il, 5ec4wc
pale, and we're afflicted with bile. T6t boGg
last rs heGt and rigor, The kin tggs dr!eG, Ii.
eountenance stujtid, d5stcyttd and g,lGsiiy, ii.
liver tur,.ed bLaek. Many persisted b. hun.
ger many betoek themselves 10 the fields 10
feed On vegetables, and bring ta5 frtbLe totla
them, lay d2sgn md gnczssG them u syaA
their tetfh.
In $3.50 Comet appeared, severe winter
followed and universsl pizgue, especially in
Constan;inoPie, where tie living could not
bury the dead.
Ia $50 appeared Comet an Intimidation,
from deIuges OF rain, overspread Rome, CO.
verIng the walls OF the city. and lodging i,lau.
merg5ks sSrfeRts on HE hEalEs.
In 80 Comet and 4 most excessive heat
and drought which cut short the grain. In
s74 appeared lC Fr-Dce Dsyriads # srasa-Eop-
pers or locusts- OF Z remark bic SIZE, witt six
feet and two teeth harder than .rCre-
In 1870 Caar-t appeared in February and
was visible for nloatn. Mortal diseases pre-.
vailed, and authors reiate t.at the fish on the
Engiish Coast had 6cft-, in which eleven
whales and multitude OF other fish wore
Slain and cast ashore.
In September 1855, was seem Come:. At
Lille IL France fell storm Of hill, the stones
OF which weighed pound. The above arc
cases where the Conner frs, appeared and al.
forwards came tie terrible Effects, which then
were easily traced by our learned author 10
their source; just as certain Nedic.i gentle
men among Us, tree the yellow fever to GER
tain other diseases as signs and precursors,
taking good care ALWAYS 20 W. it TO the sp-
pearance OF the latter before taey venture TO
foreteH the certain consequences Of the for
mer. And as long as Trey coniile themselves
to this method of predicting what is about 70
happen, after it has already happened, II is
STE enough, although il is not easy to see
what benefit can ever result from it, notwitA-
standing their assurances; even prejudice It
self must allow that it certainly betOkcns far
less skill than to predict the event before !.
happens. But the following narrative Pre-.
sents us with a case. where one IF these pia.
net-struck g-ntleIren actually slade the IT
tempt, which publish that tie worid may
see and Judge from the result now much cgc-
CIT Is due to those concerted philosophers,
who, to shew their suprlior skill ard learn
ing. care not what uneaslHess and erGundless
alarms they create Judging from the ex-
periencc OF nearly 1900 years, We have Just
as good cause to aIiiict ourselves with forebod-
ings Oh every evil from the appearance Of tie
sun, moon or seven stars as from Comet.
It's recorded ti>atiE the yeari7l2. Mr.W lis.
ton having sicuiated tie return OF Comet,
which was to make its appearance on We.
nesday the l4th Of Octoter, at minutes Ter
S In the morning, gave notice to the public
accordingly. with this terrifying addition, that
atotal dissolution of the world BY fire was to Ike
place on the Friday following. The repu.sti-
on Mr.. Winston had long maintained in Eng
land, both as divine ard philosopher, Iti,
little or no doubt with the populace OF the
truth OF this prediction. Several ludicrops
events now took place. a number Of persons
In and about London, seized all the barges and
boats they could lay hands Oh in the Thames,
very nationally concluding, that when the
comb grafton took place, there would be raost
safety OH the water a gentleman WHO nad
neglected family prayer for better than hye
years, Informed his wife that it was his deter
mnatlen TO resume that iaudable praclicc the
same evening but his wife having engaged
ball at her house, put it off till they Saw
whether the Comet appeared or not Tie
South Sea Stock soon fell to Eve per cent and