Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-04-28
NO. "a.
From tho Virginia Advocate.
COMET OF IS2o

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and one which will not probably be conf.
ned to the United States, is that oftbe
!. Comet which Is to approach our planet N
the ,ear 1882, usually called the Encke
Comets Concerning the extraordinary
body, and of the Consequences to be an.
pretended from its approximation to our
globe, some of the German philosophers
have already begun speculate. Wheth-
er for the purpose Of wantonly arousing
the terrors Of an gnorant populace, or
through motives stil more dishonorabe,
we pretend not to decide; but acluated by
some singular sort Of fancy, these sage
journalists have vntured to predict the
total destruction ofhe earth. by It's newt.
able collision with the eccentric wanderer
aloresai5 athe,s have seized upon the
uerrlbie ProP'iuoS I'D in all the fecunditv
of imagination, overlO,-iod with horrors
and hypochondra, expatIateo ., a., go
full catastrophe. as though it were 80,
ly consistent with the order of nature -
actually consonant with the demonsiratIt,a
of astronomical science.
That the comet will appear as foreAold.
is rs certain as the occurrences of ahy
other phenomenon, the future exhibition
of which may be inferred from what has
passed THAT It's path will approach very
near, from 10 TO $4,000 leagues. to that
Of the earth is also true.-But the earth
and the planet themselves will not draw
nearer than within about 100000
! leagues of each other--tor while one is ira.
Yelling towards the orbit Of the other the
latter will have receded far enough to DO
entirely ont of the way of mischief even
should their several tracks intersect each
otheri and IN case they should happen at
the same moment which cannot be) to
arrive at those points IN their respective
orbits nearest To each other, the distur.
bance reasonably to be apprehended,
would necessarily be momentary, and al
together too slight to become an object Of
previous alarm.
Indeed if we may be allowed to specu-
late upon the opinions of some profound
thinkers on the nature and properties Of
comets, pretty near approach 10 the
earth Of one Of these bodies. might be of
immense benefit to our fellow morlals II
has been supposed by some, that their
transparent and luminous appearance ari.
ses from their having an atmosphere of
pure gas--a commodity which If Infused
INTO the aerial regions round about us,
would contribute greatly 10 the comfort.
health and aifabllIty OF some who appear
to have been breathing the efiluvium of en-.
il Is thought, may also account for the We
loclty Of their motion. An accession of
some forty or fifty miles, Of the unadulier.
ated principal vitality to the airy element
now encompassing this terraqueous sphere
might occasion a vast change in the ma.
ture as well as the feelings Of It's nhabit.
ants. Men might grow TO the height Of
Bunker Hill Monumeni--and the wish,
may you live a thousand years, might no
longer be hyPerbolcal.
Probably a misnomer The Encke
comet was noticed in our last Gazette, tho
period Of which IS ono thousand two hun
dred and five days. The comet Of 1892,
correspondent Of the New England Pal.
ladlum saws, has a period Of SIX years and
eight months. -
Georgia and The CherOLees-Among
the laws which the Legislature Of Georgia
have recently enacted, in reference TO the
Cherokeos, we find the following:
If any Cherokee shall prevent, or ofer
or Jy dnymeaas endedUOr, to prevent any
person from selling or ceding to the Uni
ted States, for the use Of Georgia, the
whole or any part Of said territory, no
shall be confined in the Pententary for
not less than four years"
Should, therefore, an honest Cherokee
caution his neIghbor against receiving me
brides Of the crafty white man, designed 70
cheat them out Of their lands, he WOULD Tor
this simple expression Of his integrity be
/ liable 10 impusonme1t m the Fenitenuary
Cor not less than four years. Of should
1 bo question the right Of a chef 10 barter
M Cor string Of beads, all the lands
heloogioe TO the Cherokee Nslion, he
-,,,s, atone for It by confinement at hard
labor for four years.
A more tyranical, unjust AID Inhuman
exercise Of power cannot be found IN any
despotism on The globe; and # this nation
sanctions it. she will not only violate every
thing sacred in her plighted faih, but
will bring upon herself a load Of nfamy
/ that will lie upon her 20 loog as cruelty -
odious, and treachery crime.
Wash Spectator.
The Legislature Of George has adopted