Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-16

1.-THE green carpet that covers our fields
because some folds of luminous matter
Inclined downward, in order to cover the
hard places on some of the inferior edges
|of the crater. The sun underneath the
|above mentioned envelope, is not lumin-
|,ns because the interior Of the newly
Opened craters was quite dark, as well as
The masses thrown up BY them. The sun
has, probably, a warmth nearly approach
Ing to the temperature of our earth; be-
cause volcanoes which are hotter than the
rest of the mass of the earth, make their
appearance there The sun reproduces
the luminous envelope, wherever the lat
ter is broken through because the vol
canoes are gradually covered again with
Ii after the manner of an organic, and to
rs. unknown matter.-The sun accom-
|plishes Its daily revolution in about l06
hours of our time.-This period is ascer-
tained blythe re-appearance OF the indlyi-
dual cfaters observable by us on the
surface of the sun and on this OCCASION
lit may be affirmed, that the spots as they
|are called, upon the sun, which have
hitherto been considered as attached t.
its body, are either atmospheric phepon-
ana, or arolites, passing about 1t, be-.
cause they change their situation with
.esnect 70 each other.
Perhaps they may be wrecked from
hat remote catastrophe described by
loses, perhaps fragments tho OF small
Ter dimensions, yet OF a similar nature
with those which we have in a formerplace
|denominated planetary masses, fragments
|ef that kind which | remarked in diyerg-
Ing columns, more or less fanshaped,
IS hich accompanied the last beautiful CO.
llnet, ike an atmosphere illuminated IN
Ioppnsltion with the sun, & through which,
lon account of the Inferior power of re-
|Gectiag light, 4 discovered the real
opaque nucleus Of that meteor. | could
lappeai for the truth OF this to the testimo-
Inv of various eve witnesses, ,and among
1.-The rest of a professor who observed it
with ne and who entertaias no doubt of
The reality of the phenomenon. The sun
has. on its sprte, prodigioas concaylties &
|proportionate protuberances because the
situation OF the elliptic asis .ofthe crater
|dihered from that of those which would
have been produced on perfectly level
Isphere. Besides its annual s diurHal mo-
ltion the sun has a conical revolution round
Its pole, which is performed by its axis in
labout twenty seven dars Of our time pc
Icause the last portion OF crater, In. the
Zone originally discovered. -appered in
that period, after the positive baggage OF
THE crater in other zones. ] might men.
ltioa some other discoveries worthy OF no.
|tice ,sut this letter is already long enough.
Allow me, however, TO express my ar
dent wish that astronomers, possessed Of
The requisite instruments ant skill would
examine and confirm the discovery of
the latest planets that have issued from
THE. sum-, The three largest seemed to
me TO belong to the class of Venus and
Mercury. If the SUMS light should pre-
Iclude observations of them at present.
Iin their eiiptica, situation they might be
ssfbund hereafter in more favourable POI
Isitlon. The discoveries might then give
them what aprellation they please, With
the exception Of the three largest which,
II reserve 70 myselftaeE isst OF naming, :;
/ Portsmouth Oracle.
A Spanish lady gives The following as
lher reasons, why an cid mao should take
Ia young wife. g We make old trees
young, by grating them. That plants
may not be frost bitten, ss cover them UP.
The palm tree will not bear fruit unless
her cotnraniou grows near her. hope.
YOU are not like that Brutal philosopher,
Iwho, or being asked what was the proper
lace IN marry. answered HWhen man Is