Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-06-09

d transparent tail 10 some nuuuTeuS
thousand of leagues behind, like those G
our comets. Thus the solar heat was re
moved from the surface Of this comet wit
the atmosphere which produced it. Tha
which confirms me IN this opinion IS, tha
Ihave seen a comet the tail of which, pro
digiOusly elongated, was detached by
luminous circle, plainly visible, from ever
I the body Of the star, which IN truth had lat
lie the appearance of being in flames.
am most astonished when 1 observe thes'
bodies drawing after them a train which
astronomers attribute millions Of leagues
Iofiansth, and velocity Of $50, 900 leagues
per diem, without their detachlng the last
particle in their Wild career. This fct IS
u, contradiction with their new doHrlnes,
that the moon which attracts on ocean,
cannot, because Of their lcgerit, also at
ractOur atmosphere and our clouds; as 1t,
on tie other hand, they did nOt see the
cart attract at the same tire her ocean
iandher atmosphere, Notwithstanding the
prqended lghtness of this last. And yet
thg have themselves struck at the root OF
thar own system, in lmjGng the attractive
influence of the moon 10 5000 leagues,
s.lce the sphere Of her attraction eau new
erbe extended to the earth Thus the at
imspheric tails, which the comets drag IA
( thir rear, preserve them from the conila-
or lion which the Sun would klndle before.
; PrhaOs even this tail is doubled or trip
+ ld by the local Corporations Of some IN
Had seas before they are exhausted. Such
ar, the tails Of some denOmnated blazing
comets. Thus tue author s. nature has
diposed. for the pIeservauo fins works,
even those very signs Al Jnders which
/ ignorance and surars5'N' announce as
Evidence OF his anger.
This system, in harmony ii the sun,
is sensibly acknowledged by the earth.
Sic has three elements, earth, water, and
the air, in admirable accordance with his
laws. Let US cast a ghnce upon these
'rcidious in order TO dtvelope those OF
light. We a, once perceive that TO the
air alone the sun is ind ,tI for his heat:
lheair Is primum mobile Ofhe earth. The
second moving principle is water. The
natural condition. Of the wafer is the icy
state; but through the medium Of the at
mcsphere the SUMS rays melting one por-
ton into fluids frm the ocean, and evap-
Ioraung another part, 1t is dispersed by the
winds in clouds upon the continents, and
attracted to the summit of the mountains
there they are resolved into gentle rains
aGd carried off in rivulets.
These copyrighted rivulets lOrm the les
ser streams. these minglmg their waters
make the mighty rivers, which dIsembogue
into the sea, their common mother and are
: auam raised in the shape Of vaPours
Thus the rays Of tue 5ua, by the mediation
of the air, OF heat, and of water, are the
soulce of all their motions, and, IS we
shall presently find, Of this globe Itself
As TO the action Of light, he supposes tina
il produces q mighty series Of effects upoI
lbe earth as vet unknown; but he regards
las evident that the formation OF mines
which are in such strong relation TO the
solar lights reflected from the planets, tina
they have even borne their names from the
remotest ages. The thing seems certau
IN the formation of gold; Of which we only
find mines in the torrid zones or places
which were within them IN other times
Gold appears from its quality OF 'nhmi'
dvisibihty, its brilliancy and lacorrupt
.ble nature, similarly as the rays oIihe sun
seem TO us. a volatalized gold. 1t Is stu
more remarkable that this rich metal is th'
primary agent of human societies, as ih'
sun is that Of the harmOnies olihls world
But let us observe what influence this sta
cxerts. Il causes the sap to circulate o.
vegetables. the flowers toblow and iecun,
their rTa:.s: Is distributes to them colors
perfumes and favor by which our sense:
NAV distinguish them; and IT, in the socla
feast we yield 10 the anImahng inhueoc'
u ofthe grape it is because the sparkling j.
quid is imbued with the solar ray. Let a.
see how he extends his empire over the an
imal creation. lie an'matcs and mark
out the period Of their loves, Of their gene
ration and their births The sun Is th'
| star Of life: does a cloud shut out his light
sorrow is spread abroad upon the earth
=. H. 10 leave US as the day IS done, al
anguish: l!g.a draws her black man,
o'crt the heavens: the atmosphere chilled
the ferdGzing corporations Of the oceai
I cease. the vivifymg juices are arrested u
their circulation in most Of the vcgetabi
kingdom: many close their leaves: uniyeT
sal sleep, image Of death, overwhelm
nearly an Of animated nature. Does tn
sun pass from one hemisphere 10 the other
that which be abandons is struck with Ian
gour; air. the most serene, assumes
mortal coldness: the rivers are arrested d
/ their course and groan in icy chains; for
ests are despoiled Of their leaves by tn
lbouIino u,;nds. and most of these animal