The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-17
MlSCELLANt bltS. ARTICLES,
The PiaHefa' 50! m o. the near.
Cax AuausTus WON KnIzRRUE.

A studious as.ruuome, was iaking great
pain. u instruct a lady in the system ot Des-
care,, according to which the groupes OF
heavenly bodies consist only Of voriices, and
those bodies arc mutually attracted by moth
ing but vor,ices, "My mead turns about al
ready" said the fair scholar. "Whcther this
syste IN is adapted to lhe Hesvens, hsvo NOT
the leas, desire to know, hut l am pleased
With il because in the same manner you may
explain the system Of human heart, and thm
Is my world ! Tho astronomer looked o.
her with astonishment. He had studied the
Heavens great deal, but he knew nothing AZ
oil concerning the human heart
"Hear," continued The lady show tepre-
sen, the ma,ten,o 10 mys.iE Every person r.
such q Cartesian vprlex We constantly re-
quire an etbe' 20 fla' IN this cthe" IS Tanuy,
as me fundamen ntal principles OF all our mo-
tions the Heart, the cen',e OF the vortex, Is
the Sun sronnd which tn. r ssions revclye
as planets Each planet has i S moons round
Love revolves Jeaiou'y. They mutually II
Jumine each o,ber by heclioo, but all their
light is Dor lwed tom the heart, whose sec
ond plane, Im6i on, IS not 50 near to it as
love, and therefore CeceIvcs from II less de-
gree OF warmth Ambulcn has likewise ns
for instance, Bravery, Magnaninisy; while
o,hsrs reflect but di,ms, hight, AZ Hahghr-
hess, arrogance, Flaffery, The large Pom.
ct in tniS sys'em, he Jupiter oi this system,
10 Self IntereSt, which has Dumbe less satei
Iites. Reason has also little corne ; he is
our Saturn, who steals away thirty yeas be-
fore wo can perceive that she has made 300
reyolu,ioD.--The Comets IN nv system are
10 other thsn Mtditation, Reflection; which
after many abberraiions, ge', IN sbou tim,
Into the votlex Of the passions. Experience
has taught us tha they have neither pern,c
ious nor Q ben fetal nAueUce they tx,i'S
in Us iiltlc lea,, and thar IS all; The vV,tex
continues lis course as before The 9sIroD'
omer smi'ed with open mouth, like one who
does no, comprehend thing, bur out of po-
Gtcness raises no oblectIoo 20 4 II proceed
o little farther suil," con,inuud the lady.
That involuntary senumen' denomlnated
Synhatby, compare to ,ao power by which
the magnet ATTRACTS iron -botn are inexplic-
able. The soar spots may probably be the
effects OF age, when ,he warmth OF the heart
Ytaduslly dec,eaNes: tor whI en- answer Tor
II that our Sow III not be by degrees extin
Kuis0ed Then Will the unlyerss be as dark
and rs cold as the hear, of an old man or
cooquslor. The thought is enough TO chill
one. Farewen .'-rhc lady skipped away
10 forget IN the vortex Of a sprigh,ly dance,
the whole system ot Descartes. The sstron-
omoy looked after Der, shaking his head, and
compa, nj her 10 q shooting star.
Strange and extraordinary .fainraio V Norrh
.imeric0. ~...
n II - L..
,hat ID Mi,ehiu's description OF tho thirteen
~rseed i, Federation Squirrel Of tho PraisIs
des Cmeos, sent him ny Governor Cass, Vt
Micmgsn, has been spublished, from the
Mrdic u, Repos,o y, in the Encyclopedias Re-
view. The aoimal is supremeiy elcgan, /;
and really seem, to have been intended e type
Of our Union. Mr.. hilbert has made a
5rsw,ns OF him for the boa,d Of learned men
that sVCrounded the Kings museum ct Pais.
M. NJ all viii give hi, history and manners
In the travels he IS now preparing for pub
hcauon.
But Mrjor Dels6eld has made . fur,hef
and admhal addition 10 Zoology. This is
nothing less thsa new Pro,eas, a we'll known
inhabilant Of The middle lakes. The only on
imal Of this genus hitherto known, is the
very singular inbabitaot Of the subtert anesn
ws,e' Of Car niola in Austria, described by
hsursn'i and Schreibers; and Of which .
specimen from the Cabinet of the Emperor
Frapo's Ut Vienna, was placed ia D.. Mitch
ellis Museum by Baron Won Lederer. This
ext dina'y creature 10 repu,ed to possess q
double 80, OF 'espira,ory o'gans--thst Is giils
exte, nally on each side Of the neck and lung
inte naly within tho thorsx, The psrticu.
lars are detailed with anatomici precision
and minute wss ia the Itsnan treatise Of Pro.
fessor Conis sliacehi M Pavia, md in the
UGsneh puslca,iea 90 the Animal Kingdom