Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-18
THE sUN-lTs DISTURBANCES.

In times past have cherished great respect for the
sun, believing him to be the biggest specimen Of
ton We taught in boyish days to regard him
the centre Of every where and the pivot Of every thing
True have heard it questioned whether the sun was
hot body and then there those who thought old
Isaac Newton erred egregousy when he pronounced it
1.-THE sun two thousand times hotter than redhot iron
Although people feel hot when the shines down
them at in midsummer yet do they doubt his being
the Of heat but has heretofore had the
audacy doubt that he the greatest body out But
it result from observations that there
other bodies capable Of making the mighty sun trembe
in his shoes.
German paper has interesting notice Of discove-
ry lately forth by the French astronomer Leverrer
respecting the sun, which is that the is subject to
perturbation in his great sphere. 1t will be remembered
that it his theory of perturbaons which helped the
astronomer to the finding Of the magnificent planet Nep
tune the solar brotherhood few years since
Observing the peculiar Of Uranus he conclud
ed that this orb affected by influences
for which his astronomical knowledge did not enable him
to account But the grand principle Of the universe
gravitation-suggested his course Of inquiry He was
that the planetary bodies each other the
same influence which the exercises them ALL and at
last concluded that to that Of the
known orbs the Of the agtaons Of that ggan
tic far-of STAR With the happy audacity Of genius he
leaped the conclusion that there small planetary
brother hidden somewhere who ever jogging and
ring the larger fellow at such rate and writing to all
the astronomers Of Europe, he bid them keep sharp
lookout for the dsturber, and advised them Of the par
cuar part of the empyrean to which they should aim
their lenses. But the English and German astronomers
already looking in that particular direction guided
by that dused consciousness of what coming which
seems attend all human discoveries and Inventions and
Gale the FIRST to arrest the STAR which forth
with brought into the family in the midst Of general
clamaton.
And this theory of perturbations Leveier has been d
recting against the himself 1t has been long
peced that the great central uminary obeys the law by
which he governs his planetary children and is moved by
them Leverrer has shown that, whatever may be the
cause causes, the father Of systematic mightes
orb we know-obeys law of the Cosmos which is still
more mighty than he 1t is not improbable that his
planets draw him he draws them and that he and they
move the tremendous floor Of space in sort Of
waltz the little drawing him into small circular
movement, and he swinging them round in huge and
rapid orbt-producing the effect Of strong and
child going round each other with joSed hands. Again.
it may be other commanding orb, other sum-
who is jogging his royal brother. The black abysses Of
space with systems which doubt react upon
another and pay vast united allegiance to
incomprehensble centre, superior round which
all other and systems regulate their motions and
tremble in their mutual perturbations.
The idea of this machinery Of creation makes
this little earth Of shrink good deal We cut
rather shabby figure in the midst Of those and
sublimities Of the material universe Our globe Mars
Venus and the rest look very like small potatoes." "
Nay great chief, the of system, himself
suffers o loss Of dignity. Louispile Journal