The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-14

plain inaccuracies Of statement might be-
pointed out; such, far instance, ns that on
pnge 24i which either implies TINT the tides
IRE no higher when The sun and na'n are
in conjunction, thnn when ninety degrees
apart, or else ovcrlm'ks the returning wave
md supposes TINT the high lido ought IL en-
list only under the conjoined sun and nrnn.
Bot 10 the third place il NAV be said that
Davis announced various late discoveries
before thev were generally known, and
perhaps, before made. lst lie announced
in Mnrch, 1886, that the solnr system was
rrevolving about some siderial center, a
statement verified, saws the Scribe, bv the
discoveries of Msedlcr. Of which Davis
could have known nothing. But let US no
tico that Maedler's discovery was, not that
tho sun WAS revolving about a center
ilcrschel had suggested that seventy
wears or more previous. but, wherc Tint CEN
tor WIS, Of which Davis saws not a word /;
he bat repeats a speculation serenity gears
old. But, I'd. We lcnrn TINT hefnre the
calculations Of Scvcrricr were known, this
P"ughkep.ic Seer announced mn eighth md
even ninth plnnct. Was this. os spec
nlati"n. new? The suggestion II plnncts
hcvond Uranus WINS made ma soon as IRA
nus wn. discovered; nav. Kent 70 yenrs
before Uranus was discovered fnsetold its
finding. ED. Rev. lst VOL 252.) and the
idea of calculating tho position of anch
planets a. were he"ond the oUtcrmost
known. is probably several wears older
a. t:.,,n,lc. al.c
plan IL finding them was sagcested nine
wears hcfare Mr.. Davis hcnrd of Mcsmer-
ism. (Scc North British Review, Nav.
1917; Am. Ed. PIP. III, liz This ''Scer,"
il IL true. NAV never have heard ri these
suggestions; hut if original with him, is
the conception any more miraculous than
in the brains &c Ken. IInssev. Hansen md
B,mvard? And here ngnin let ns notice
whnt Davis does IN competition with lev
crricr mud Admins, rko painted out the size.
place and motions Of the ncr planet. lie
SAYS: a.. 1917 Ats diameter, Il is nnncces-
sarv 10 determine. It's period Of revolu-
ton can be inferred nnal"gicallv from the
period in which Uranus sravcrscs its elliptic
and almost inccnceivnblc orbit" This
would hardly he a .srevclatinn" Ia astrnno-
mcrs. We nrc told tohc sure Up. lG!l, note)
that the author does not wish ito relieve
mental effort bv imparting information on
subjects accessible Il Ia the mind hy ordin-
ary prncesscs;" aud so .c.crricr wns no,
forcstallcd. But is this rule adhered TOT
Il not much ct the geological and philosnph.
ical revelation. such as ;:i3. p. 9777, nnl the
theory Of the tides, an p. 2f5,-in opposi-
ton TO this principle?
But let MS 90 s,cpfnrthcr. Bcsidcs tho
calculation ot l.cvcrricr aud Mae!lcr, nci-
Their Of which Mr.. Davis forcsialicd, though
he re-suggested, after iierschelI and kcnt.
the revolution OF the solar system, and cx-
terror unknown planets,-bcsidcs these
calculations there have been made two dis
coycrics IL asteroids, both, 80 Ear ~ we
can Judge (-ec up. Isl nptc; lob aud 81
notc) since MIR. Davis delivered his lee
lures. The existence of sich asteroids had
never been definitely suggested. ID cs
the ..Sccr" reveal them? Ear from it,
lie .ssccs" but the four well known goddess
scs, mud explaining by revelation their ori
gen, Up. I95) expressly asserts them to be
hut four in number. j. this evidence To
dspIace the Prophets and Apostles!
Finally, we nrc told (p. 227 and no.c)
that Davis nj the close III April, 1915, spoke
Of the .'diamasnc,ic'' principle discovered
bv Fnradny, and III which the 'sScribc" nj
the time had no knowledge. That tho
Scribe WINS ignorant, wo readily believe !;
hut was Davis necessarily %? The dis
covery by Fnrntny was published in Feb
ruarv, 1916, in England; was discussed and
noticed during April in the immediate
ncishborhood &c the '.Seer," and was in
print, and probably published, in the Nav
number Of Silliman's Journal nj tho time
Davis spoke o:-probably published, we
say, because those magazines are usually
published come DAYS before their dnie.-
The Scribe, however, assures that il is Us
certain "that the clairvoyant hnd no knowl
edgen Of Faraday's discovery when in a
natural state: but is not this the very
Scribe who assured us that Davis read little
and that slight" s.juvenile" matter, and
brought in evidence clergyman who says
he read what he could, and TINT Of solid
controversial! ,heolog,! Whit reliance
shall VIC place upon such scribes!
Where, then, shall we find proof If this
Young mons power Of rcveslingi in
what he says Of Fourierismf We might
grant Fouricr's CHIN on this, but surely
not that al his isn,ator, whether in 'nor.
NAL, or abnormal" state. Shall We find il
in bis echo of Swedenborgi We reverence
the philosopher and seer Of Sweden, No
less than the philsnthropiss Of France; but
10 every one who wears his mantle 10 he
reyercncsd too? Or IRE VIC TO receive Mr..
Davis because he adopts . system which
seems 10 embrace moro than the Pnn,he-