Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-22

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 ment, as strong and as paramount as in the love of wealth. TEe poor sweep had
 turned upon himself the whole current of
 the dogs affection; and now that it was Edried up, he felt how much his heart was I tO become wilderness, and he lifted uu
 his voice and %ept.' H9 A person present gathered from inc crowd u small sum of money which he pave to the boy; adding that he should pur- chase another dog with the contribution: 1 The boy took the, change into his hand with a bow of humble gratitude, and for moment gleam of pleasure beamed in.his eye. He turned the pieces of money over twith his finger, and paused; as if weighing some important questions: at length he stood firm, and reached his hand towards lthe person who gave the money, . would rather not have it. For I don't want tU have dog that is not as good as that was and I'm sure, continued he, the tear ,start- ing from his eye, I'm sure don't wanttd lose another that is asgood.' X 4a's l#9 >f@ga dj3 ne --z----- ;..l et aA
 Malcs and Females. It appears blythe Ecorrected schedule of the fiftii census ofthe United States, just published, that in 'eye- ry section of the country, except New England, the free males ontnumber the free females. The excess of free females over free males in New Englandis 24,6Ss. Excess of free males in the middle States, 58,944, do. in the southern States 1O,536j do. in the western and south western States, 1l8.027; do in the Districts and Territo- ries, s,96S-making an excess of males over females, Gin the middle, southern. western and southwestern States, districts and territories,) of 185, 5,179; and in the whole United States of I'll ,A88. In New
 York the free males exceed the fair sex by S2. .8O6, in Ohio by 3l ,O68, in PennsylvaA nia by 2O,548, and in Kentucky by 16,- 846. But in Massachusetts the females exceed the males by 14,3l4, in N. Hamp- shire by 6,so7, in Cohnecticut by s,s56, and in little Rhode Island by 24sl. 1 Bosson 1'rsascript.
 1he Mo0a.--The substance ofthe moon is more known to us than that of the bright. CT luminary. Its volume is forty-nine times less than the volumo of the eartl,.--
 There is ground ofsupposing that all is sol- i'd at its surface, for 1t appears, in powerful tSOIOSOOICSS uO uu 0UIu uuOOS OU WuACh1 SOWtV
 have thought they could perceive the ef- fleets, and even tho explosions, ofvolca- noes. There arc mountains on the stirs
 face of the moon, which rise to nearly the
 height of three miles, and it has been in-
 ferred, that it has deep cavities like the ba.
 sins of our seas. Caspian lakes have been supposed in it. But it has either no att
 n,osphere, or it is of such extreme rarity.
 as to exceed the nearest vacNum we can produce by our best constructed air pumps; so that no terrestrial animal could breathe )alive upon its surface. If. thcn, it be in- [ habited, it is not by beings who have bo- dies like either menor any of our aninat- ed race. The lunar population must be of
 a far more aerial nature than our present , lselves, or our most declinass follow crea- 3 lures. Only sylphs, spirits ot angels, suit 3 Isuch an eihcrial medium. It has great number of invariabls spots, which proves that the moon always presents to us the
 same hemisphere, and reyolves on its axis
 in period equal to that of its revolution
 round the earth. Its dark and bright parts
 have given rise to the idea, that is has seas, islands, ,ahd continents but it is now doubt ed whether it has any water at all; and 1t has been supposed, that, if it had any O. ceans, the superior attraction of the earth, especially when in conjunction with tho sun, would draw the aqueous fluid into a deluge over large part of it's surfacs.--- The light of tho moon is Ut lsast 500, ,OOO
 times moro feeble than that of tho sun.--- From this inferioriiy the lunar rays, when collected in the most powerful mirrors pro- duce no sensible effect on the thermometers.
 Indeed they seem to have cold produc- ing agency, according to the experience of practical men; though philosophers have not yet ascertained the fact by their direct experiments. That they have peculiar and salutary influence on the animal frame. appears to have been actually experienced by some of our countrymen. Other na- tions declare tho same. t.3 "nt | Its peculiar effects have been 50 often
 observed in mental drangelnent. that this malady has been named lunacy from them, and medical msn experienced in such cas- es have assured me, that. in many, there is n visible sxcitemcnt at tho changes of llis luminary. A,mospherical changes from ie have been also asserted. We learn from Plutarch, that the ancients believe she moon to produce many singular tssults which lie enumsrates. HCncs, however beautiful and interesting the moonJight sceflerv 0f hoth hMnv0n and anrah sc kAtf7t.,