The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-30

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extremity b be- track round The Sun.
SIN lasy are extremely Impressive,
and no dodbi were attended TO be so
--amanr inuumerable oiher reasons,
20 conFince man Of bis dependant and
helpless state and 70 salisiy him Of
de ezislence Of some snpernal power
which. IA fhe unimaginable isplha Of
uDcresled existence, ruled creation.
Thugfsr they iall IN with tie scheme
of Providence, and are salutary, as
one ofhis appointed means 10 make
nan wonder, acknowledge and adore.
Butiear or awe beyond this, IS So
Persdlious, unintslleelual, brutal aud
base. We are called upon TO see and
admire, that We may render 10 Supreme
Power It's just tribute OF adoring praise
bot we are called upon to be AFRAID,
10 tremble, 10 be in bodily fear, any
more than we are every day, al seeing
the sun rise in bis accustomed place.
and ell nature tuning herself TO the
ardr1, and implicitly Obeying il, which
God, the Creator, prescribed at frst.
Strange as il will sound, there are
very many whom the fool Miller has
infected with bis superstition--ChTis-
tians, tool Alasl what Christians! Even
poor sinners like Us have more faith
than 70 believe that has been revealed
10 Miller, which "not the Angels, nor
the Son, but the Father only knew"
Il is disgrace TO the intellectual and
christian Improvement OF the AmeIi-
can People, that so absurd piece Of
folly and so impious, should have taken
such hold OF the public mind.
We remember well, the Comet Of
1911 not the Bachelor, but the ERE
cruit."l twas the most magnificent in
the length offs train and the diameter
Of It's nucleus. which had appeared
certainly since 1850 in the time Of Sir
Isaac Newton. Its tail, or train, was
computed by Philosophers to stream,
through distance in space Of $50 mil
lions OF miles! Yet judging Of the dia-
meter Of that Comet as compared with
this, and its proximity to our earth OF
TO the sun, by the length Ofits train, il
was scarcely comparable to that which
has recently amazed ourquarTer Of the
world.
There are more than 200 Comets
known to belong TO our Solar System
or these, the periods Of four or FIVE
have been calculated. This, ifit be a
Comet, is none oil them. Il can be
neither Halley's, nor Encke's, moi
Gambarfs. Its train exceeds any thing
described in History ofany Comet.
Il is therefore, u Comet, more
probably one that has not visited our
part OF the system before since the ear
liesl records Of HisIory-possibly one
that has been ploughing space at the
rate ola million Of miles day, asd has
Just reached Us after the passage o.
1000 years from the Creation.
We find the following collectanea
in the Norfolk Herald:
COMETS.
OPINIONS OF THE ASTRONOMERS.
Iron the Philadelphia enquirer.
The Comet, as seen by thousand:
Of our citizens for a night or TWO pas
isa subject Of inquiry and converse
ton in many circles. II is TO be hoped
that some Of our Professors OF the
High School, who have had opportu'
mites ofyiewing this wonderful visiianf
from the observatory, will furnish par
ticular account. As this comet came to
US unheralded, doubts are expressed
as toils indemnity with any of'he comets
which have heretofore been seen in the
day time; but we presume that those
who have studied the subject thorough
", and who have compared observa-
lions with the statements Of authenti-
Gated works upon the subject, will be
able 10 arrive at definite conclusion.
Among the most extraordinary csnl'
cts which have appeared tue following
may be noticedi
The Comet Of 1850, whichlwas seen
by most Of the astronomers OF Europe,
This was remarkable Tor as very near
approach 10 the sun According to
Sir Isaac Newton. The velocity oflhi.
comet, when nearest the sun, was $50
600 miles an hour. Mr.. HALEY state;
that in passing ihrogh its Southern
node, this comet came within 100000
miles Of the orbit Of the earth; and be
remarks-had the earth been in thai
part Of its orbit nearest the node Of The
comet their mutual graviiation mus
have caused change in the plane o
the earth's orbit, and in the length o
our year, and il so large a body, will
so rapid a motion, were 10 strike The
soEth, the shock might reduce lhi.
beautiful frame to its Original chaos
Modern observation, however, render
these conclusions doubtful. The IN.
oleUs Of tbs comet was computed Il
be about ten times as large as The moor
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