The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-25
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
The Gene, Osce More.
sstardny' siornins, Aprll 25, 1851.


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Tho Genet Oace More.
In TIA absence Of other sui jsets OF interest," the
comet not yet visible to the naked eye, oas wnico
win make its rse appearance before the masses IN
Nay, Il attracting much discussion. 1t has been
tAs means Of bringing to light great many AS
trouomsss aud philosopher, who. otherwise, would
have blushsd unseen, but who have now stracs
Slsa this comet and are exhibiting themselves with
sreas s.tisfac,ion to the universe. The declare
.,... ,e o,,. NJ these wise men Of the West, In
e. Louis paper, that the comet 10 coming right
straight at the earth" has ELECTED the very %"
vious reply that the earth Is getting /" right
straight out Of Its way at the rate Oh 'n'oSAno
m,Ies a minute. Therefore, when the comet ar.
rives ut the place where the earth now 49, ne WIZ
And the premises vacated, and no chance OF touch'
ing the earth with forty million feet pole un'es'
he turns tail and chases US round our own ORD"
whenever such phenomenon as that occurs' ".
may conclude that our time has come, ana PrtpA'e
20 perish with fortitude and with as much oisn''y
possible under such hoist as the comet VIII s''o
US There IL considerable disagreement A"0s
the astronomers rs TO the compactness Oh Wv
ter of which these heavenly bodies ere ''
The dense and Opaque appearance VI . %.
In the centre of the luminous ana spp-
porous parts leads to the CONCLUSION 'A~'
formed of matter of some SORT, ou'' w "
hand their action upon the planets LAO o'e.
entirely imperceptble, as to warrsh' TUG ioe' 80
thew are not bodies of the same density Vi e'oN
magnitude IS the smallest stars OF our piaie'A'S
svstem. Indeed one of the well lnie9Heo "i"eA'
whom, this comet has lately stirred up says 'No
tsnuity of comets Is such that the smaieS' ''".s
are visible through the tnckest part OF tneni' ~
this be So let tmid souls take courage a eole'
Ia easily seen through and is no matter, Whelher
II hits us or not Indeed, 1t appears that In 177o,
q very scciable comet spent four months anon
the satellites Of Jupiter, and not one OF the lamb"
kins was . bit the worse for the companionship OF
their eephantine play fellow. The truth is, there
Il nothing alarming In the aspect of comet, ex'
eept Its tail, which is even more dispToportionate
to its nucleus than q Freuchman's moustache to
his body. Shave off its tail, which, in some cases
has extended across fourth of the entire circum'
ference of the Heavens, and the comet is Russ
sian without q bearskin, pioneer without an axe,
an Englishman without roast beet, a woman with
out hoop. And what is the tail San infinite
deal Of nothing" The nucleus in regard to it
Is as the kernel of hickory nut to the tree ITSELF
~ - grain of wheat to bushel of chaff' as the
occasional atom of truth in free soil Grafton to
the immeasurable quantity of fustsn and falsehood
in which it is submerged The use OF planets in
the economy OF the universe, except to furnish
subjects for the newspapers, has not yet been as
cersained. A late savant contends that they
are employed to carry fuel to the sun, so as
TO keep his furnace in full blast. which theory
does not harmonize with the coincidence Of
the present comet and the state of the wea-
ther. A contemporary Of Newton held that
the deluge was occasioned by comet, and con-
lectures that they furnish the abodes of the
damned, whose punishment consists in being
wheeled from one remote point of creation to
another, thus undergoing the most frightfui vics-
STUDIES of heat and cold" Ia short, speculaiions
as unsubstantial as the comets tail, are always
elected by its appearance, most of them coming
about as Lear the principles of science and truth
rs the comet is likely TO approach the earth.