The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-30
For he Dsmooralis whig
THE COMET.


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sa,uis sometimes shs easShat per
- get themselves inlobusileis By msdasns
\ ether peoples affairs and a. The sebiset
aehl now wish to mahe-a few remarks on
trough your columns, properly belongs 70 an
xperisnced astronomer, who Is n possession
"a good apparatus for making obseryaiions
viii probably get myself into a.diihculiy,. rom
which will nor be able to exiricate myseH
iowover as ventures make merchants, vii
n the present occasion venture q few thoughts
"a the comet which vas observed a. this
'hce, for he frs, dmslon the lOih Of March
nd which Is nov gradually recording from Is.
Comets are large heavenly bodies, evident
yereeted by Jehovah for important purposes
nd governed 81 certain laws, not yet vel IN
lsrufood Nv finite minds. President Edwards
~ thn oniu,on that their use Is 10 supply
NJ vaSi of lke heavenly bodies" and think
bst II he President were still living that 10
-ould l,ave no objection TO me adding, and @
sseD 40 an equilibrium beipeen he Different
,vsienis If cords.
N 4 more than probable that If comets were
,ot 10 visit us every few years, that the solar
,v.tem would BE- thrown into a state Of con-
ission. By calorc electricity and 9c. concen-
rating Al one point. and leaving others en-
irsly negative, and it's also probable that il
We were TO addopt comparative or analogeal
cause Of reasoning, that we might arrive at
something ike correct opinion relative 10
the design Of comgts. For Il appears evident
that there IS not a single law either moral or
physical, but what God designed Us 70 myes-
iigate, and understand and one reason why
we do not understand more Of tho laws nl ma
turo than we do, is that we are too much DIS
posed to look at each law as an ieelaied case.
Hence thon as | have never proiessed 70
know much about astronomy, | VIII oder a
few though suggested TO my mind, without
any apparatus, for observation and calculation,
except my five sences.
Al the present time IN consequence Of The
little yet known Of the laws Of nature and
in consequence Of Miller's predictions the
trembling Of the earth beneath our feet; the
northern mantle in which lis dressed and the
Glazing Of comet Der our heads, hul drgds,
yea, may say thousands Of tie inhabitants Of
the earth, instead Of clarifying God BY inves.
tirating The laws Of n1ture, are frightened al
rnost out of their senses Il such viii look
b,ek toihe year 1911 they viii end that simi-
l,r phenomenal occurred then, the solid earth
reeled 10 and fro, splendid met sproad on
a bright expanse high above our glbc; and
that very same year the flrmcrs prospects
we're cut oifby ibe chilling blasts Of the north
And az have en- informed, (being az that
tine bu fouryrars odd fros's occurred in every
month during The yea, except July snl Au-
gust. Since that time al tho planets have
performed their regular revolutions, aud we
have had something to cat every day, aid the
same God, who directed the course and cir.
cunstances Of that comet, is directing the one
that is now suspended over Us. Aud tgili
rHfbe .T4d,rs N an he earth Do right,
Il looks too mach ike the age Of barblrsm,
and superstition, and even dstTust Of Go FOR
christians al least. 70 iook Al every quake q the
earth, or comet that app ars as harbngers Of
hm'ne, pestl.enee OF the destrlctl q VI the
world.
am unable to say wh-t kind Of sumner
preceded that Of 1911, But one thing have
heard, and that is, u was remarkable year Tor
the amount OF cotton made, and from this |
inlsr that Il was a very warm season; Aud
fhe mast Of O. rcco'lec, Oh 4 The snmn af o
ls4l. ;ogeth r wnh the All and early par Of
winter Wss the 'w4rncst ever experienced
here
], If M, probable then. tl.st our atmosphorC
had by some unknown cause become too mach
eharrci with oxygen, caioHc %, electricity
aud that this cum,t has been sent IN ofd1r t.
eonafze this eu5erabun lanes o. whatever j
NAV have been, and that equalization col,
hss been tho result
Various opinions have been advanced rela
tive u como's, anil how tteir luminous trial
a-s prodI,cd, q f.w Of which ! viii no.ice, b,
IN extract from Voee's Astronomy.
by some, the tails of comets have
been consrlared The rays Of the sun
transmitted through The nucleus o
The comet, believed TO be Transparent
like lens. This was the opinion O
Appian, GARDEN and Tycho Brahe
Keplsr thought Jbe tail was formed b.
the solar rays diving away the den
I ser parts Of The comets atmosphere
3 Euler thinks there is a great affinity be
tween the aurora boreaIis. the zodia
ca! light, and. these tails and that n
cause OF lhen all is The sclion Of Ia
suns lighl on the atmosphere Of III
earth, The sun and the comets"
The hypothesis Of DR.. Hamilton
Of Dublin, deserves particular consid