Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-04-29
LINGTON, IOWA, WEDNEsDA Y..sAPRIL42 %. 1856

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5TgE GoskI Ths minds Of the Ignoraat ans
supsrstisieus are often fIled s..A apprehension;
10 regard 70 things the uSoss harmless. saile
those N regard % shich Che asvelies esnosians
saoaid be fell are contemp 1ased With stoiid u;
difference. ANY thing oatsot the usual course
| in the heasefis above has been locked apoa BY
The inedncated With saperst:ssoas awe from the
earliest period An eclipse Of the sun or moon
have, uafii astronomy eniighted the popalor
| ma,d been regarded with great trepidatisn.--
Comets have excited great alarm The one
soon expected, some account Of which Is given
in IBIS day. paper, upon7its appearance in the
thirseenth andsixteenth centuries, created great
9 'asternation : And even nov when the time
Of bis coming Is known and, good deal
moe is understood OF the character and hab rs
of tiiis cratic heavenly visitor, much apprehen-
sion is felt. Some believe the cold weather isr
attributable to his pro 4imity Others that there
will be alcohision and the world consumed By
fire about dog days, Tor as q German teau,ster
told his employers the other day, the world is
s'goins to quit" in June, In the meantime the
Comet is coming-has been seen in this country
aad Europe and will undoubtedly soon be ,sisi.
bic to the naked eye -ssISsE go s'ttist-' T@ -
=, e. 1.-THE Comet. He is on his way, r. t.t.a
: - And singing as he flies; $50 ~ 81.
J, The whHzing planets shrink before, {, s.
The spectre OF the skies; r -
All we'll NAV regal orbs burn blue, .s.
- And satellites turn pale, ~ 49,
"a, Ten million cubic miles Of head ~ -, ]
- Ten million leagues of tai. " .t. - go ~ =
> Respecting the mechanical effects Of . COLI
sion with comet N. Babines, Of the French
Institute, says: ss.'A
With regard TO one OF the questions to which
this question has given rise, must protest
against the idea that a comet possesses the pow
er of imparting perceptible mechanical shock.
1 can prove that the collision of q swallow, in
tent on suicide, and flying with full force against
a train of a hundred carriages, drawn by ten !!
steam engines, would be thousand times more |
dangerous for the train in question, than would |
be the simultaneous shock of all the known |
comets against the earth. s-rss.te,e W., = ~
The following extract from letter written in !
November last, and published in the National
[ntelligencer, not only gives some facts respect.
ng the nature of comets, but. also announces n,
theory respecting their electrical influences by !
which they may have an effect upon the wealth
,r and the seasons: s -. -St 3"
The near approach of this planet in embryo |
will influence our planet, perhaps the entire SO.
ar system. twill be attracted by the sun and
hen repealed by it; it will both attract and re-
Del the planets of the solar system, and appear
o create disorder, confusion. But have no
ears. It can neither attract nor be attracted
10 as to come in contact NTH any Of the hearenly
,odies. The most it can do to any OF the plan
It's tours not excepted) will be to changethe CIR,
.eats of their electrical envelopes! This will |
lave tendency to give us the warmest or cold
,st winter, SHOULD the comet appear soon) ex-
seriences since 1865. Should the earth's cleo |
richly be attracted or repealed to either pole,
he temperate zones will enjoy an unusual de-
,ree of mildness; on the ether hand, should the |
,arths electric sheen be gathered in folds near
ng the equatorial regions, then indeed may, VIC
expect the most intense cold ever experienced!
II this climate. In either event the disturbances
IF the ocean of electricity i'll which the solar
system floats will produce extraordinary results
II atmospheric temperature, wind currents and
until the electric equilibrium shall
,e established. :-s .-..Ft 5.s,...ss -.