Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-02-01

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Joshua once caused the sun to stand still );
how he did it, is not mentioned. There
can. of course, be no doub, of lhe fact that
he arrested its progress, and possibly caus'
ed i. 10 stand sill;' but translators are not
always perfectly accurate, and we are in
clined to The opinion ,ha. it nigh, have wig
gled very little when Joshua was moi
looking directly at it. The statement, how
ever, does not appear SO very incredible
the habi, Of actually bringing the sun doac'
to the horizon every day a. twelve meridian.
This they effect by means Of tool made OF
brass, glass, and silver, called q sex,an..-
The composition of The sun he's long been
a matter of dispute.
"Bv close and accurate observation with
an excellent opera-g lass, we have arrived at
the conclusion that lis entire surface is COW
cred with water 10 a very great depth; which
water being composed by process known
at present only 10 the Creator Of the Uni
verse and M. Paine, of Worcester, M sssa-
chuse.ls, generates carbure.led hydrogen
gas, which, being inhamed, surrounds the
entire body with an ocean of fire, from which
we and the other planets receive our ligh.
end heat. The spots upon its surface are
gIimpses Of water, ob.ained through the fire;
and we cal. the attention OF our old friend
and former schooI-ma,e, Mr.. Agsssiz, 10 this
fact; as by closely observing one Of these
spots with strong refraciing telescope, he
may discover new species of fish, with
lille fishes inside Of them. !, is possible
that the sun may burn out sfer awhile,
which would leave this world in D state of
darkness quite uncomfortable 10 conlem-
plate; but even under these circumstances
j, is pleasan. to reflect ,ba. courling and
love- making would probably increase to an
indefnile extent, and ihs. many persons
would make large fortunes by the sudden
rise in value Of coal, wood, candles, and gas,
which would 60 to illustrate the truth Of
the old proverb, lis an i'll wind that blows
no body any good
"Upon The whole, the sun IS a glorious
creation pleasing to gaze upon, (through
smoked glass,) eleva,ing to think upon, end
exceedingly comfortable to every created
being on a cold day it is the largest, the
brightest, and may be considered by far The
mos. magnifcen. objec, in the celestial
sphere; though with all these attributes i,
mus. be confessed tha, il is occasionally en-
.irely eclpsed by The moon."
Equally lucid and philosophical is Prof.
Phenix's exposition Of THE Earth,' which
| is treated Of a, much length. We subjoin a
striking extract:
'The earth, or as the Lalins called it,
TeIlus, (from which originated The express
sion, do tell u.s. is the third planet in The
solar system, and the one on which we SUBJ
sis,, with all our importan. joys and sor-
rows. The n-Diego Herald is publish
ed weekly on This planet, for five dollars per
annum, payable invariably in advance. As
the earth is by no means the mos, importsn'
| planet in the system, there is no reason to
suppose ,ha, i. is particularly distinguished
from the others by being Inhabited. !. is
reasonable, therefore. TO conclude that all
the other planets OF the system are filled
with living, moving, and senlent beings
and as some of them are superior to the
earth in size and position, it is not impro-
bable ,ha, their inhabitants may be superior
| 10 US in physical and mental organization.
'.Bu, if This were demons,rable fact, in
stead of a mere hypothesis, i! would be
found a very dificul, matter to persuade Us
Of its truth. To the inhabitants Of Venus.
the earth appears like brilliant star, very
much, in fact, as Venus appears to US; and
reasoning from analogy, we are led to be-
lieve that The election of Mr. Pierce, the Eu-
ropesn war, or the spill, in the great Demo-
cratic party produced bu! very li'le excite
men. among them.
ITO the inhs bItsnts Of Jupiter, our impor-
,snt globe appears like small star Of the
fourth or fifth magnitude. We recollec'
some years ago, gazing with astonishmen'
upon the inhabitants of drop of water, de-
veloped by the solar microscope, and Sc
cresly wondering whether they were or not
reasonable beings, with souls to be saved
II is no, altogether a pleasant reflection .ha,
highly scientific inhabi.snt of Jupiter
armed with telescope Of 10 us) Inconcei-
vable form, may be pursuing similar course
of inquiry, and indulging in similar specu.
la'iols regarding our earth and its inhabi-
,ants. Gazing with curious eye, his s.len.
tion is suddenly attracted to the movements
of grand celebration Of Fourth of-July in
New York, or mighty convention in Bal.
timore. God bless my soul y he exclaims
u declare, they're alive, these little creatures
do see them wriggle!' y To on inhsbi,an
Of the sun, however, he Of Jupiter is proba.
bly, quite as insignificant, and the sun-mar
is possibly mere atom in the opinion of 6
dweller in Sirius. a lit.le reflection on ,hes,
subjects leads TO the opinion .ha. the dea,t
of an individual man on this earth, ,houpt
perhaps as important an even. as can Occur
) TO himself, is calculated 10 cause no grea
convulsion of nature, or disturb par.ic cularI,
the grea. aggregate Of created beings.
\ THE earth moves round the sun fiou