Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-19
MISCE Ill
PROBABLE COLLISION OF THE EARTH
AND A COMET


Never removing from the sun 10 n greater die.
lance than PsIas and crossing the track fthe
earth. as we'll ~ that OF every other PLANET he,
low Pallas more than sixty times in a Century
is from the commei Of Encke chiefly that we
have 10 apprehend The risk ol collision II i,
found To be particularly liable 10 suffer prrtur-
baNo . tom the attraction Of Ne curry, which il
| son etilnes ap ,roachess near 360 90 miles
- !uis cncouustan. has led some TO apprehen!
thar, at IA future period collision may tskc
place between this CONT aud Mercury AT all
events, their fhequrnt proximity will .fFord to q.
ronomers the mean Of determining thai plan
cts mass, which Is not We, very accurately
known. Concerning it's appro Oh to on WI
planet Oilers has coIaputcd, that ia the course
at 81, lD1 years tbs. comet will come as TO
us as the muoD ihnt in four an lions oi years It
will pass At the distance OF shout 7. TO saters.
phical mills. when. il its attraction shanib g.
quail that Of the ear l.. the waters o. TIN. can
will be elevated 1902 feet that ia, above all
European mountains except Mont BlanN Tho
iahabiiants Of the Andps aud Hmasis mpun-
tains therefore, would alone be abb 60 fscape
such detugr, winch would, pr babls leave
upon our globe record, OF 'ts ncCITfrnse. am
lar To those discoserable a, tn present dRv,
Amer a lapse OF two hundred and nne NH
lions of years. according to the cxtcut, ons of
| take place between this come and the arth So.
we're enough to Saatipr its external crust. alter
the elements of is orbit, and annhIlafe the va
ious species OF animated being, dwelling upon
: surface. Hence We NAV conclude that. III
IN" course of t~o hundu,i AMI nineteen f,dnnS
OF wears, our globe will GRANNY be smashed by
n comet have ren,a tcd TIA EnCkeis comet
approaches nearer tie earth orbit than any
Their vel discovered aud h-nc, the probability
j., thai the fate which il thus dem strated 10
be reserved for our globe, viii be fulfilled by
means of This particular Genet. Blu surh spec
rlai,ons, however striking the results conduce
70 no practical advantage, aud contribute little
| t. the advancement Of science. they afford a.,
inishing roofs "f the enc gy OF mans 'niei-
lectual power, by which he este, "a his s'nn
10 the horzon of The 81 disAaut fuurity, and
Ioks forward 1t innv be, with feeling opmps-
cent assurance, to those momrntous avsnts,
which from his kno"ied e of nature. he Is enA-
bled 10 fortspe. But let him MOI res too ronh'
'Iently on the verify ot such snticipaionS As
tronnmSrs have prGphet led 1t IS ~, the COLI
| sVn ota comet with the earth, Al event that
will Al once destroy the greater part oi the hu-
| man species but any slight attraction, WHICH
| in calculating movements of this comet, they
| have chauct d 10 overlook, must invalidHte alt
| their conclusions, and render the prediction AZ
| once YAM and futile, while, perhaps some other
comet, among the many thousands traveisinS
| the system, and following An orbit to us ur'
known, ney, IN the meanwhile, come in cou'
| tact with globe AMI thus without INV war
| Ming ot its approach, produc- the same fsrr'
BILE etfeos long beioyc the expect,d period hasa
arrived. lNilm's Essny on Gsmes
| Reirenchmep. Among the plans srggest9
by the Congressional Committee OF KeuenS4'
Inents. /" late repo !, Is one prov ding for a
reduction at the per diem pay o ,seml ers 10 ",
IA case any session hall he proiracted bfyonU
fpsr mouths. This is either intended as
do"nrieh t gag law, or as a remedy for inped'
lnent IN speech. Members mus, either be gu
It, or talk fast. There is another suggrs''"o'
VIZ ~ deprive the members OF newspapers
| cubic account = this will not he suhn''u,"
to. either by Congress or the printers. Weh@
reform, in every feasible, iadicious and requisite
| shape out this Is e. ug'i'.ef beyond u"
mark. The next project may be 10 c""P''
members 10 pay rent fo' The seats they ncc"N
according 10 the number OF square inches o'e'
spread. Boston Bulletin"
| The following isa fae picture of WASH
ngtoii IN his retiIeinent--it Is Iroin his own e'
| ters
am Just beginning 10 experience the r"' .,
and freedom from public cares, when now 70,
| desirable, /, AXE some time 10 reai'kr
! strange rs It may seem, it is nevertheless w."
| that was not "n,d lately | could get the Wv,
| OF NV usual custom OF Illuminating, AS 500"
awake IN the niornpg, on the business Of &C.
| en'uIrs day; ard OF my surprIEr "L hn'"'7'
ter revolving many things IN my ud, ~
| was no longer pnhlic mau. OF had any "
I q" with puhic irsn~sc,'"is Aer' NJ
| ce,e Weariei traveller must do, VINO
| cad ns many painful step, VT" h'h''
| eu on h,s snauIdrIs is rasrj of the ih'e''