Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-05-20

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TREASURE 10 irpe,ao
A. The ehidike dsyohon 3, f..c< ,i>r 'o-tAi
or happy Lula.: $3.50 aE. - @
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49, s-.s WHAT RlcHEs MI,.uT ~
HOE lsPsa . PeooueuVe msn, DC te progress OF
kn0wigdge n the possession. Of great nehes were gene
rally seeempaased by a-dspostion -ts employ them
in n. cause Of .cenc>. n the majority or Bdti.h noble
.-sr Ir m's"se'"e.e "a ""ae "" ."a no~'
- ascovenes- WIN WHOSE eesnoe pefereoPe &C
.sssnts are -5cst beginning TO reach Us, instead ofehoos-
ing rrhef 10 employ their wealth in keeping horses
And koands. building rorxeou. palaces. irving superb en-
q en"en"s "Pe'1 singers oaheers-
one o. ne hnnsn sciennhc yolruas Eses long history OF
Loyd Rosss's efforts, failures and successes IN constructing
q a.lssceps with powers far transcehdins all heretofore
utxu,d m ths command or ..r,,aomen. .Io,,. xhieb b,,.
6Ao 1eond6ued n ,poe,1. some ,xenty vs.u y mos.
and have necessarily been AMENDED by = vast OUTLAY OF mo
Sey. The account 4. ,o pientfuIIy inte1,rd.d with ,er,
nicsI1ss, ,h.,-iodrine from our own inabIlity 10 under
~.,d -. C.s,, - r,,uld he n,i,,.j,i,;bls ~ H. 80,
-.;.ss, of .,,,drr ,ni ,he,ef,,e We Al no, ,o,v -. ~, ,,
~ bs meBcient 10 saw tbs, hi, nfineip,l .nds.ro, h..
ban 10 eonstruet . metallic soeenlum Of .no,mou. s,,.
s6d tbst the Difficulties were. 6rst 20 coptr;ye eome -o,r,h;
nation OF metals. which should no, be Liable 10 ireoulsr
eeauscuon in cooling, nod. second; 10 give the surface of
din spccuiam On abso.u,siy perfect degree Of spberici,y 10
sy;na,o~ To .fErct fins ls,ter ob;ect 4, v,s nece..,,y .,
es.,riye m,ebioes d, The utmo., niceiy. ana alter r,ns,,sd
failure, md 4 eres, number Of e.penmeot, nj. La,d.h;n
.hus-.ttsst succe.ded in casting ,peeula of Ae,vero &c.
And Tour Iona in weight and thirty slx, inches IN dirpe.er-
and in grinding them To CURVES Il such perfect truth thai
the Instruments ac found equal d the mos, delicate tests
a.arenomi, observation.
L-Ths tube Of the great telescope OF which the gigantic.
spscutnn forms q part, is more tsan forty e,sh, feet long and
eight feet Ia diamsler-lnrre enough for a man 20 n,lk
fhfoneh, carrying an open umbrella shove his hesd-und
tbs bowsra VI hs iusirument found TO be great in p,on n.
ion 10 ia monslrous hulk, which was not the case with
the pssitslescope OF iferschell. . In fact il was TO obyi.,e
the defect. VI uLs, iu-,suu.ur-dcfscl, ma,nIv owing 40
the difficulty o. milking large lenses and specula. with the
IAN anEURctlOQ n n afralIar anea-ihat ord Roa.o 900
Dsneed hs scientific 1aBors; Il and is affirmed thsthe has
comple'ely succeeded. -. .. ...
IL does not appear that any specific discoveries OF a very
remsfkapb chnassI have yet boon made with this huge
~insuument OF least we have not met any account Of such,
though we have seen illusions TO an arhcie in one of the
woedss VI magnitude. The secounts that we have seen
rssN ehseay 10 explorations among tho pebuls, and the
snost hzportsmt rcsuft seems TO have been the detection OF
Appsannees Ehffh 60 10 disppye. the. theory Of gradual
eondepsanon into suns cod planets from masses Of nebu-
love maueIa Sir John Herschst considered the globuiar
fNmd ysnons nebulD 20 afford proof Of that theory but
thA elpAniar foun is itself disproved by Rosse's telescope.
saA.he nebuie se found 10 be in fact very irregular in
ssepss snd more than mis-, various 'nebule which. have
herstofore been seen only as masses Of dim light are now
distinctly resolved into stars of various dimensions and dis
sanees- Of observations ON che moon Sc is only said mat
thsy hye disclosed some very remarkable appearances, he
particulars Of yheh, vii no doub.bs given hereafter; but
% indicate the power Of the Instrument ono astunomEr "a
ssld 70 have. declared his ~cQB6denr Belief thar, nhder fayo-
100 encnnastances o. simosphere, &c, an edihce not lag-
~ sho.ld hi go - IS ~" g., - = = ,p.sny sEl-
,sbrthey N. Moon 4, mr. 4, no, Iob,hHsd vnnIJ hs 49,
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go -, m. 80 IS - "nen y
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oocnds-in dollar. from ~ouTrsy Of = mif;on 10 -
lion and , half No, Of ,bsn cor,y;vs =, 80 -.
uo,g their revenues, or II ,bev s.vs anything !, !. ho, :
uod-,.,e n,ovis;or r., va.,gs, cb1id,.a. -, -
90 hesr Of one MAIN sny I.rgs ar even resn.c,.bts n,,,.v
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80. $500 s.c.n,s - 1880 49,.
@rs YIN
internal improvement with which his name is associatedi
80. -, . n,aa > Uon ms ~ nus setSsn's
private gentleman With q marrow income, while his fortune
s.pspoeo % ms.'os csnas Nnlch ms sensrsnon nd
IRON the pfohts OF those very canals tho Duke Of Bridge
ssrrs ne, nov oe'ises = puneely seome; DO, none The
- hono.sels sno man'o.css Tor mat Tssi the seii-denyine
-.sesm nv sheess1'. % Estloe ho,se, TOO, Is win
sins fof himself sneh return Of fame, BY the use 20 which
,ois,, h.. 80 ss~ ,ha !. - 49, Ucn hs sooo iot,une to
'sasns J, : : se among hs peers' VINO seem
esesse sthnking' WIN him' mat such u return IS worthy
=
Oh. So Ho,.ror ~ Cad in an. T.r...
long sr,,cIe rom Commodoi r. w Moo,e 81 ~ r..
as Navy, addressed 70 the people Of TeIss, ia whieL tho rs.
douht.bie e. President sam Hous,sn 4. bsndIsd -
gloves. The following paragraph Is eioDed from commo'
dore Moors's e.rd-N , .Tropie.
When Sam Houston enters upon an investigation nj mr.;
vste character, he oSens an syspue 10 fssrsl retsa,"upon.
no bh. In HE own person violated almost every law. humau
and disiDe-ho hiss set at nauRht every te Calculated 40
render lie an enjoyment. or that gives peace and quiet to
community. ,Trpcs his career from ha youth 10 ,he pr,son,
msusp, you viii only see a memorable instance on man
attaining high stsiioh @hJhks neither honor, courage, MOI
@~otiiy-who in every stage Of his progress has eom-
nlusd acts thst would have blasted snOhsr-a man false 10