Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-10-31
and 10 that notion we are far from yielding
any sort Of belief.

any sort oil belief.
Occult qualities. III has for long time
been fashionable (says one Of our cores
|pondenis) to ridicuIe the term occult
qualities. Those who deny them, de-
serve ridicule. Every principle of every
work of the Author of Nature is occult,
and hidden from the knowledge Of mortais.
bat is tie eentfipetai farce, which,
without contact, acts at immense dissaB-
ces What power causes the heart Of man
20 beat 60 times 10 minute What pow
er changes grass into milk 10 tie uddercf
a COW or bread into blood, flesh and
bones in The infant, who grows in propor-
tion as he is fed, until be reaches Gers
tain Stature, which which: IS .h::s.s:: s=s ez..
add single line?
WHAT'S the first principle Of vegetables
Of minerals, of animals 1t is known 10
HIM alone who has clothed the sun with
light. and causes him to revoIe on his
axis.
Lead will never become silver; silver
will never be gold; gold will never be
diamond; straw viii never become cit
ron or pine apple.
What is the nature of the corpuscles or
atoms which determine tie nature and
properties of substances? 1t will be eter-
nally hidden from us. All that is around
us, and all within us, is an enigma which
We cannot solve.
On a good Generals selecting has men.
The ayaricious, he appoints 10 guard
his treasure; the ancorrnpted, to dispense
his rewards; the benevolent, to receive
those who submit; the discriminating, to
be ENJOYS; the scheming, TO think ABOUT
the enemy's plans; the timid, to guard
the gate; the brave, 10 force their way
upon the enemy; the strong 10 seize an
importan, pass; the alert, to discover in-
iteiiigence; the deaf, to keep a look ont
and The blind TO listen. i nus. in ugh the
capabilities Of men be different each is
selected for what he excels in. As good
carpenter has 40 waste timber, SO good
General has no men left unempIo, ed.
Each is selected according TO his capaci.
". But favor, and Interest, and Influence.
subvert the order Of things, aud send The
blind to look OUT, and the deaf to listen.
of mountains Oh The Mese!!e. called lie
Sieben Uhren Berg. has been observed
for some years past to have in il very
large cIefts, which for the last Eve years
measured above foot 10 breadth; thus
exciting in the inhabitants of the adj eent
banks no unreasonable apprehension Of an
approaching fall Of part OF the mountain.
This has now taken place. Ga the 7sh
OF July, in the evening. earth and stoas
we're seen rolling down from the summit,
which continued Increasing in quantity
till four O'clock in the morning, wheu a
Whole mass of rock came loose, aud cell
gith such violence into the Moselle, that
it forced the water out of its chanaei,
overlooked the opposite bank 10 some dis
lance, aud drifted away the vessels lying
at Bruttig. The damage done is incalcu-
Liable, il appears that about forty Vine
yards have been precipitated with the
rock into the river. The mountain on the
opposite side. called the kessei, likewise
threatens to fall. As this mountain is rent
and torn with frightfni cleiis, as well at
the top as in the middle aud lower parts,
and the front part had sunk three feet on
the morning Of the 9th, and large masses
continually rolled down, il is TO be feared
that the whole enormous body will fall
into the MoselIe and fill up the greater
part of the channel, which would make
the river overflow its banks, and cause
the most dreadful ravages.
Society is the cement of human nature
by mutual kindness it softens asperity, aud
by emulation it promotes virtue. Tie
heart of man, created for delight, woald
pine in lassitnde, or grow sour with mis-
anthropy, ii we we're deprived of social
intercourse. Our primeVal parent him
self, amidst the glories of new world,
and the charms Of paradise, found him
self not completely blest, till heaven sent
its last best gift on earth, companion to
raise him to the summit of felicity I
know not which is the most blameable,
the being who stoicalIy abiures the enjoy
ments IF life. or he who only abuses them;
both characters prevent the blessings be-
slowed By providence for the alienation
of human care.
Important Fact As a check TO the
rapid progress of Reorganization and