The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-22
THE DAILY DISPATCH
~ - :. .dax nIerrips. Apri' ~, 1897.
The Com ct,

The SrWes'
uestern philosopher Is o. op'n'o' ~
.,o came. which makes the wea'nei "
,.a supposed that the comet was ~
"a care looking forward 10 Us "ff
,,. last chance for warm "e"'H'.'
~. .. nav whether the extraordinary "e"she'
,-,n,.r xss also owing to tniS comet were
,~,,,er Of $50, and 'oe iA'e spring @.
'ue .,.. the work Of this hoasing iceberg OF
the celestial seA' ,,, .,.or, tho come, Ia
- ri, the earth between wind and water
80" of June ne1t and put IL In the pre-
' .,~, ,,bich Mssinu said Great Britain was in
,saI--.sendding TO the internal regions with
-, If wind 10 its tail The West is great
o,,r,rv certainly, great in philosophers as well as
,rr,,kIns and patriotism. We trust that II the
net does hit the earth, 1t may strike it some,
,xbere IN the West say in Utah. 1t deserves such
ai.tnr,ion. Fer our part, we are thankful that
this come. has made its appearance, and given US
ali something to talk about. Nothing is more DO
usvoeut In Life than the ample provision winch
Z, made for the exercise OF the gift of the CAD
Pirst we have war, then an election, then ius'
In Kansas, then a dissolution of Parliament, ana
now bright prospect of = row In Utah, and
eou., q real. wideawake old fashioned comet;
q long, low. red piratica craft, which haury, the
,,ok nm, q, the mast head of the National Obser>
v.,orv has reported as distinctly visible in the N
w, bearing down upon US with all san se'' anu
Travelling with velocity compared with which
the speed Of 8 cannon bali is bnt the pace Oh
snail. We shall expect this comet 10 grow larger
and brighter every night, and furnish lru''iu'
topic of speculation and delight to astronomers
and of wonder and awe to the outsiders N2oouy
In this country ought have the least alarm about
Il. the comet is in more danger than we are II "
comes near the United States, we will annex H.
Comets have always created more or less panic
among the Intelligent inhabitants OF this exceheh.
planet Mans inward conviction, that his moral
nature Is out Of gear, is always sugses'ns 'NA'
the physical universe has various screws ioose'
which may bring the terreStria! machine aoou' nis
ears Ia an abrupt ard ruinous manner. Ia o'o
times, there was a superstitious fear OF conhets a.
prodigies, portendng the fate OF goVeFnineh's
aud nations When the light Of Philosophy n.o
dispelled the mists Of supersttion then arose 'Ae
fear of collision A railroad collision, WIKI cAi~
travelling at thirty miles an hour is gentle Is 'ne
kisses of lovers compared with such smash up
as that of the earth coming in contact Win . CO.
8 thousand miles 3 minute Happily, however
the earth has hitherto escaped this grand cs'ss-
srophe, though comets have often passed through
different parts Of the solar system pa within tne
orbit of Mercury, A. within that Of Venus, %
within that OF the Earth, 70 within that OF mars,
and the whole within that of Jupiter. There is
not trace of the physical effec.s of comets upon
this or any other planet, or any authentic record
of the existence OF su1h effects. There are 10
known data from which it would be possible to
predict, with certainty such thing as the COLL
sion of q or1et with the earth. Ii cannot be even
said, with infallible accuracy, that on given day,
month, or even year, comet will so much as cross
the orbit of planet We know -4othing OF tneir
nature, save that, though more singular in their
form and varied in their time Of appearance, than
the other heavenly bodies, they are subject TO the
same laws. moving about the sun in orbits, more
eccentric than the planets, but procaiming with
.he whole host of heaven, in their mighty AID
sternsl march, 1.-The hand that made, and that
directs u.s. sis Divine"