Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-07-07

.ot.rsccted by a stream: the grounds and
ISIS olar off appear obscure, whilst the
-i,er which glides through them shines 10
I ,be midst like a stream Of molten silver
As for Saturn, the five belts bordering
ms disk assume various gradatons Of light
and shade. This variation happens al.
ravs every half year, in the annual
course of this planet, and it can only be
EXPLAINED on the supposltiou that there
are seas and lands alternately divided by
rinos. from east to vest. During its win
Tor these five seas are covered with dense
mists. arising from their congelationr and
,ts lands condensed into snow. Ia sum-
MGR. on the contrary, the seas resume
tbel- native brllliancy, and the lands their
natural obscurify. Lastly lie believes that
the comets are Iucipient s. imperfect stars,
which have not vet attained the cente OF
their principal elements. tie regardsiheT
rebulous appearance, their radiatious and
their hils. ms sens I'm a stlte Of evaPora-
non and conlounded with ths;r Amos
Dbercs. He does not coincide with some
astronomers, who look upon comets like
SO many balls of thread constantly unroI-
limo themselves 90 the heavens unit. they
are reduced TO nothing. For how could
fbev rnDear for three successive months
travelling a space of three hundred thou
sand miles per day without octachlng a
particle of their prodigious tails 10 spite OF
Inc soace they occupy and the velocity
with which they ay} He still less believes
with Newton that these sturs are some
times consumed IN the fires OF the sun.
The proof he adduces 10 support OF this
belief IS that The sun itself cannot lmpart
warmth without the mediation. OF the at
.nosphere as we may perceive by refer
cnce TO the SUBMITS OF our nigh moun
lains. Irthen a body like the earth sho'd
eDorosch too near the sun its atmosphere
would be first dlated, ITS ocean would loI,
low ITS effect, aud, both conioundcd, would
remove TO- the pout lu opposition 10 the
sum no line form o.. a tail.-Ihc side Of ITS
disk could now, being despolleo OF ITS
atmosphere, no longer born. end lhcn we
would perceive a halo around luiS planet
formed by ihe HIGHT of the Sua intervening
botwcen itself and TAIL Several comets
have aDpeared under this aspect 90 various
,rrrs of the heavens. But to say how
Inns immense tall continues to adhere, NOT
wrhstanding the velocity of their course,
is only known 10 divine intelligence, and
can never be unayelIed by human reason.
It suff.es man Co know that the AR and
water enter into IT'S construction as the
principal elements as we'll as into the fer
NATION of the globe on winch we 1--we.
Furthermore be thinks that the sun Is the
REGULATOR oI an these motions, that there
are q multitude Of mcIpIeat stars young
and old. grcl. and small, which revolye
around HIM and 10 which, although We
SEQ them not, he gives light and lle+-He
also believes that this star extends hls al (
traction and his light millions OF millions |
of leagues, and that he does not exist OILY !
to- mpel within the plane of his equator /
some seven or eight planets United all
toge,her they could not compare with hn
either by their volume or their weight, iIa
reflector Is then greater than the dwelling
&c Eliminates. To what end then IS the
sun q million or leagues IN circumference,
of o perfectly spherical form, with polar
regions. equally brilliant with the remain.
der of his disk, Gatened by the Centripeta
force of which he is supposed, by astrono.
mcrs, to be the source, although said TO be
composed Of matley IN state Of fusion.
A simple luminous belt would suffice to
heat the planets which are not without the
plane of The celestial eclptic, and the mos
remote OF which are surrounded by rlrgs
and satellites, which reverberate his light
upoa them.
Why are there not q greater number OF
planets around this lumnary, and why are
not some Illuminated by bis polcsl Goa.
makes nothing DO vain upon the earth, why
has he nos preserved this law unbroken 10
the celestial bojesl Ah, without doubt
those wandering comets are inciplent
stars. Which, G stored oy tile poles of the
sr. aud clothed Fog mm % their natural
elements c4Y5Ive around tins centre IA rec.
rar0.b.ts.
F1me ages wiH behold the heavens
-.0wtg with alU stars, jcarer to man by
tuei- names ,han AIc curry of Mars. The
uoi, Of creation rs uot yet finished, this .
earth itself is not perfect The ocean, T
which covers wo-tl,,ds Off is far more
extensive than IT'S necessities require, and
lhore time when ,t was much more so
than 40 present Ia the origin of things
% ovor.opt tl1 highest mountains, 1t pc
TRIED t1e granite winch covers their sum
w-, aad omoiglmatcd the PARTICLES Of
Which they are composed without altering
their nature. To has dug out profound
valleys and made level plains and shut
them tn with CalcareOus mounts.
lt has DO the lapse of time deposited in
Lhn hnslm Of The eartn- I'M hn-.-nnt,l l..n,i-