Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-10-11

On the day succeeding his visit 10 Fraucn.
berg. n letter from the Theicus confirmed the
sinister prediction ofihe Bishop of Culm: thrice
had the students of The university made an at
tempt TO invade the printing Office whence tie
truth was about to isue forth. Even this very
morning. wrote his friend, a set Of madmen
tried TO set fire to II. have assembled all our
friends within the tuilding, and we never quit
our posts either day or night, guarding the en-
trance, and keeping watch over HE workmcn
the printers peri n their work with one hand
whilst they hold IA sto in the oil or. Ii we
can stand our urof ! for two days, thy book is
saved for let onlt EN- copics be struck of, and
nothing will any lpnger be abe to destroy it,
But if either to-day or tomorrow our enemies
should succeed in gaining the upper hand
Rhoicus lcft the sentence unfinished but Cor
ernicus supppd the wan-he knew how much
depcnded upon this moment.
On the third da aEanoIher messenger made lis
appearance, and hS too, was the bearer OF evil
'idinps "a compos Tor, gained over br our er"
,roics. mas dr,,vero,.- INTO heir hands tha man.
uscrip, of the book, and it has Teen burned in
the nuhlic square. Happily the impression was
compleie, and we are POW putting it into press.
But popular iumult might yet ruin all.
Such was the state OF suspense in which the
great Coperncus passed the closing days Of his
existence Life was ebbing fast, and the tor
por Of death had already begun to steal over
his faculties, when horsemm pa lioped mp to
the door in breathless haste, and sprln2lng
from his horse, fastened into the hoHsc Of The
diving asto1omcr. A volume, whose leaves
were stu damp, was treasured in Iii, bosom il
was the cleed oeHiye Of Copeincus; ttiS mes
scnrer was tho h1de of victory.
The 81 ark Of life, 50 nearly exhausted seemed
III ,.,,, il, il,o h,oa t,,f
the diving man: lie raised himself in Iii, bed,
eras jcd tn, book with lis feeble hand, and
glanced at its contents with his dim, expiring
eye. A smile lighted up b,- features; the book
fell from his grasp ; aud clGsping his hands 20
gelhar, lie exclaimed, "L ri, It'hy settan,
now depart in peace :" lIrdly had lie uttered
these word, before his spirit fed from earth to
return to the God who gave il. It was tie
morning of the 23d Msy-day lad MT yet
dawn ,d-hrarcn was st lighted up with stars
the Garth was fragrant with ilowers-all ma
tnre seemed to svmpathisc with the great re-
vcaler cf her hws--and soon the sun, using
ab We the horizon, she'd lis earliest and pnrcst
rly upon the .tl', cod brow e the departed
and seemed in is tCFn to say, " The king OF
creation gives the kiss Of peace, for thou hast
been the fist 10 replace him on his throne"
Persecution followed Copcrn;cns even in IT,;
grave The coult Of Il omo replied TO his dedi
cation tv condemujnG his Lock; tut the bDoI
was the instrument Of his own revenge by en-
lglh2tirg the court Ct Rome hcr-cli, which .
/ la.trccoghizeG, although ,'u IH'e, IL" f'iih an'
tie genius cf tie astronomer Of Wcrnica
Prussia, wlh the jngraliutc Of cpd.ucFor
las converted the observatory ,f Copen cus in't
a p7i>oA, AID is ioW al wing h's dHc n.
house to crum5'c in'o rrio@. Bh Poland, tu