Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-17

I W broad dark enf were also lying in heaps n the centre of the festive groups; bus le only use they appeared 10 make Sf was sacking its juice, after Dng of an end. They seemed Co bc emineO,lV han py, and even polite, Eor ia many instances the
 V'd"as sitting nearest these piles ol fruit, select the largest aud brightest specimens, aud throw them arc
 wise the circle some opposite friend or as. sOciaie who had extracted the nuirimen frUn those scattered around him, a"d which frequently Jew. Whils thus engaged in their rural banqueIs, oT n s"rat cOnverse they always seated with their knees Hat upon the Iurf and their feet brought eveaiy io2elher im the form of triangle. Aud Ior some mysterious other this figure seemed to bc an especial tavOriie among them for found that every group sncia circle arranged itself in this shape before 1t dispersed, which was generally done at the signal of an individual who stepped into the centre and brought his hands his head tn acute angle.
 A. this signal each member of,he company extend cd his arms forward io form horizontal angle with the extremity ofthe fingers. But this was no! the only proof we had that they of l order and suboriina,iOn. "
 We had MO opportunity of seeng them actually en- gagged tn any work of industry or art and co far as we could judge, they spent their happy hours in col lecting various fruits M the woods in eating, flying, bathing and loher"g "po" the summit. of precipees. est order of animals n this rich valley, they it's only occupants Most ot the other animals which we had discovered elsewhere, in very distant regions were collected here; and also at last eight or nine new species of quadrupeds. The most attractive of these was tail white stag with lofty spreading an,- 'ers black as ebony. We several times saw this eIe- mi-human beings have described. and browse the herbage close beside them, without the least maNifes
 tation of fear iis part, of notice theirs. The creatures, and the apparent absence of all carnve- roUs or terocoOs species gave the most refined plea. sure. and douby endeared this lovely nocturnal companion of our larger bu, less favored world Ever again when "eye the blue vault and hess the useful light" shall recall the of beauty, grandeur, and felicity, have beheli upon her suriace not as through glass darkly but face to face :" and never shall think of that line of thrice noble poet :- 1 -''Meek Dian's crest
 "Sails through the air an island of the blesi, ] without exulting in my knowledge of iis truth"
 With the careful inspection of this instructive val
 ley, and scientific classification of it's animal, vegeia be. and minsral productions the as!ronomers closed their abors for the night labor rather men,al than physical, and oppressive from the extreme excite men. which they naturally induced. A singular cir cnrnstanee occurred the next day which threw the telescope quite out of use for nearly week. ny which time the moon could be no longer observed that month. The great lens which usually lowered during the
 day. and placed horizontally. had is true. been low- cred as usual, but had been internationally eit in perpendicular position. Accordingly, shortly after sunrise. the next morning Dr. Herschel and his as. sslants, Dr.. Grant, aud Messrs. Drummon,l and Hdule, who sleptiD a bungalow erected short dis. tance from the oservatory circle, wefe awakened by the loud shouts of some Dutch farmers and domes,ca- ted Hoiteatots (wl'o were passing with their oxen 10 agricultural abnr, that the 'hig house" was on fire Dr.. Herschel eapcd out of bed from his brief sun. bers, and sure enough saw his obscrvacry enveloped in . cloud of smoke. Luckily it had been lhicky covered, within and without, with coat OC Roman plaster, 1t would inevitably nave been destroyed with all it's invaluable contents: but, as M waa, hole l5 feet im circumference had been Surnt completely th,ODgh ihe 1" refeciing chamber" which niiach- el 10 the side of the Observatory tho ieas through the canyass field which had been exhibit ed many wonders that will ever live in the history of mankind, and through the outer wall. So fierce was the concentration Ot the solar rays through the gigantic lenss that cump of trees standing in line with them was set on fire, and the pnser of the ob setvnosy wns, al round the oriiice, waa vrifed to blue ghtfs. The lens being almost immediately turn. ell, and hEopk of water being within few hundred w.' no, S' S % ct0gc9e tenaesS Trad Fortunately been removed for the purpose cis isbsing cleaned, bu, several or the metal.
 c credeeofgwefa 50 fused as to be rendered useless. Masons and ctfpe Dters were procured from Cape Town, with 9ll possible despatch, and in about week the whole apparatus was again prepared for op. l erati0n. s' ..f' The moon being now invisible, Dr. Herschel direc.
 ted his inquiries 10 the primary planets of the system, and first to the planet Saturn. We need no, say ,ai this remarkable globe has for many ages been object of the most ardent astronomical curiosy The MuPen- dOus phenomenon of it's double ring having bafied the scrutiny and conjecture of many generations ol aro. | nomers, was finally abandoned as nexpica6le. I s we'll known that this planet s stationed in the sys. l tenn 900 millions of miles distant from the sun, aud that having the immense diameter of 5000 miles, i
 is more than 900 times larger than the earth. I,s nual motion round the sun is not accomplished in less sn"" WeUy.nIne ana hal 0I our years, WnSt Ua d. urna rotation upon its axis is accomplished in 1Oh
 l6m. or considerably less than half of terrestrial
 day. It has no. less than seven moons the sixth and seventh of which, discovered by the elder Her sche! in l7O9 u is hwarted by mysterious belts or bands Of yellowish liDge, and is surrounded by double ring-ihe outer one of which is 204 ,0O0 miles n diameter. The outside diameter of tue inner ring
 s l84 900 miles, and the breadth of the be- ing 728O miles, the space between then, is2 800 miles,
 The breadth of the inner ring is much greater than that Of the other being 10000 miles, and s distance rings are opaque, but thin that their edge has until now been discovered. Sir John Herschel's most interesting discovery with regard to this planet l is the demonstrated fact that these two rings are com posed of the fragments of two destroyed worlds fOr mery belonging to our solar system, and which on be- ing exploded, were gathered around the immense | body of Saturn by the attraction oi gravity, and yet force created by s extraordinary vapidiy its axis The inner ring was therefore ,he first of these de- sroyed worlds, (the former station of which in the system is demonstrated In the argument which we suhjoOl which accordingly carried round by the rotary force, and spread forth iN the we The outer ring is another world exploded in frag mens. attracted ny the law of gravity in the for mer case, and kept from uniting with inc inner ring by
 the centrifugal force e the latter. But the latter ha sing slower rotation lhan the plaNAs, has eGesi or cenrifugai force, ami accordingly the space be-
 tween the outer and inner ring is nearly times less than that between the inner ring and ie body o Sat- urn. Having ascertained the mean density of the rings, as compared with the density of the planet, Sir John lerscheI has been enabled to effect the follow ing beautiful demonstration. (Which we omits too mathematical tor p"pular eOmps ehensi0n.-- Sun
 Dr. Herschel clearly asceriained that these rings are composed o rocky sraia the skeletons of former globes, lying to Of wild and ehNev confusion.