Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-03-23
From the Leesburg sGenius of Liberty.
l.EOMET.

MIR EDlroR:-A vely large and .unu-
ssual looking individual, ol this class OF
,boLles belonging. TO the solar system,
has quite recently made its appearance.
The tail is. of great length. Ga &C
count Of It's nearness to the sun consd-
cradle portion of it ineInding the aaacIeats
is below the horizon When first seen in
the evening, and owing to the superior
light of the moon, at present, much OF It's
sbriIliancy is last.
The appearance Of this celestial visit
or at this particular time, NAV, 1T is fear
ed. be attended by serious consequences
on the minds of many, particularly IN the
north ION account Of an unhappy influence
exer.ed bv the speculatons OF an il'e'fel
low named Miller. Permit me to offer
the following extract. from an intelligent
writer on Astronomy. 1t is hoped that
it may possibly be of service BY tranquil
izing the fears oe some within the Cir
culation Of your paper, whose minds are
apt to be agitated by such appearances.
They were imagined in ancient times
.to be prodisies hung cut by the. muedI-
ate hand of, God, in the heavens, and in
tended to alarm the world. Their ma
.tufe being nuW better understood they
are no longer terrible; but rs there are
still many who think them to be heaven
>iy warnings, poftents OF future events,
ut may not be improper fer the tutor to IN
form his pupil, that the Architect OF the
Universe has framed every part accor-
ding to divine order; and subjected all
things laws and regulations; and that
fhe does not hurl at random stars and
worlds, and disorder the system OF the
whole glorious from. to produce false APP
prehensions of distant events, fea;e with
out foundation and without use. Rell-
yeion elories in the test of reason, Of
knowledge, and Of true wisds m; it is ev-
ery way connected with and is always ell
ucdated by them. From Philosophy
we may learn laat the more the works
of the Lord are understood the more he
must be adored; al d that his supcrinten-
dency over every portion is more cl ar
jIy evinced aud more fully expressed by
their UNMARRIED course than by ten thou
sand deviattoEs.o
Ftom the above we discover that these
bodies are subject to the laws Of nature:
Likewise that in ancient times they APP
peared frequently as nov, and that they
were then regarded by fne people as OBJ
jects of terror aud with quite as much
re 4son as at present.. The appearance
of one Of them cannot therefore be regar-
.ded as a .'sign Of the tines"more than
any ,t'ar.natural occurrence whatever,
,ibess) howzcommon or ordinary
.Inde-sr~ we may we'll suppose that if the
Good Being considered it necessary to
giye.ssigns" they would be Of super
natural, or miraculous order.
TO those persons who continually
.shew disposition 20 take under THEN
special supervision and management ''the
great Globe ITSELF" and to those whc
never seem to be SO happy as wher
seeking for matter with whichtJ render
themselves completely miserable, woule
say. that think or act as they may, thu
world will move Cd in its accustomed
course Until it arrives at that destiny
which is certainly parked out for it, as
: declared though rather darkly, in The
& word of Goo, accompanied with ths
declaration that Of ..that day yer am
hour knoweth no man.'