Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-03-24
The Worlds and Systems neyond.


the distance Of ! 800, 10000 Of miles from bis
surface. Besides the sun and the planets which
TevOlye around him. there belong TO the same
system, comets. The purpose Of which is apparent
ly ncOuceiyable Their magnitude and rapidity
Of motion are equally so. They, too, are never
tbeless known TO insignificant morials to move
with exact precision. One Of them is by human
agency. known to be 1920 100000 Of miles
from the sun at its greatest distance, and to
move al the rate Of $4,000 miles in one hour,
when nearest 10 him. The tail Of the comet
which appeared in 1850, was computed bg Sir
Isaac Newton to be 10000 600 Of miles ia length.
Magnificent and glorious as the solar system
may be, what is il in magnitude and distance
when compared with al the uunborless worlds
ard systems beyond IL? In every clear night
the naked eye may discover nearly thousand
liked stars. which are supposed TO DE such lumi
narics as be sun. If all those lGmiuaries are
suns, and have their attendant planets, as we
know our sun TO have, it would comprise mass
Of matter equal TO 10000, 900 Of globes of the
size Of our curth The assistance which the
human eye has obtained in extending its view
into the works Of Nature by artificial MEANS dis
closes to us the certainty that orbs exist at such
a distance from u.s. that "A cannon ball moving
at The rate Of 4S0 miles an hour, would require
9,000,O00 Cf years TO pass from some Of them to
the Garth The sun is computed to be 95 000,-
coo Of miles from the earth yet, in eight miuu-
ties and quarter, the light reaches the earth
from that lumnaIy. What must he the magni-
tude Of luminous bodies which are seen with the
help Of glasses at such distance, that it would
require some years for light TO come from them
10 the earth
1t is said by some modern astronomers, that
stars are seen at such distance, that light must
have left them four hundred years before it
strikes our earth, Beyond all that is now known
to us to exist their may be still other systems
all OF them in motion, and inhabited, it may be,
by intelligent beings. Where shall the imagina-
lon Fix the boundary Of creation? From what
ever point on the surface of our sphere the eye is
directed towards the armament. worlds on worlds
systems on systems, are disclosed. Are we in
the centre Of the universe? ? Are we in some
remote extremity Of the universe? a? What is
the CENTRE what is extremity OF the universe =?
If there be centre, if there be limits to the
works Of Nature, what is there beyond them, and
who and what exist where Nature does not exist
aud rcigu?
But if we are astonishcd at the magnitude and
distance Of these lumnates, how much more so
mast we be, when we try to think of them col
lectively and in motion? We know that, like
the substances on the earth they are held by the
law OF gravtation, and we know what strength
it requires to move a weight OF few hundred
pounds If We could suppose our comparatively
small earth to be a perfectly smooth ball on ii
plane, it is believed that it would require me
chancal force which no human mind can com
putc to give it any motion. Yet we know that it
moves at The rate Of 5000 miles in every hour,
revolving as il flies, yet easily and surely that
we have no perception Of il, motion. The planet
Mercury moves at the rate OF 1850 miles in
single mjuute-a motion which may be measured
Wy supposing ball to pass from America to hu-
rope IN one minute and three quarters or arouud
our earth III seventeen manifestation HDesti-
gator.
i ~ cry In
ence to the Ish vein, a late number OF the Oregon
Sentinel says
Several persons from the quartz regions of
California bave visited the iIill during the week.
Ill unite in prOn0uncng it the most astonishing
quartz lode ever seen or heard Of An old prac-
tical miner has offered one of the parties holding
a twentieth share Of the claim, $4,000 for his
interest, aud the disposing party to retain his
full share OF all The quartz already taken ont,
which is estimated at from Sl50,0 ,000 to S200,000.
The offer was rejected. Not one Of the parties
holding will sell at any price, nor could there be
any sense in their doing so, for surely wealth
was never more securely held than is theirs in
The ground, free from loss by fire, food, or human
agency, for all time to come The present ow-
ntrs may exhaust the vein, but If they do, they
will have first gained an independency from it,
"JoNArHAN, did you read that story about
] r ~
"Guess did, Sookey and 1t made me feel all
ovcrish.'
" How did you feel, Jonathan ?'
{" Kinder sorter as if ia like to hug you cen
amost TO death, too, you tarnal nice, plump, ele
giant criicr, youp
Oh, or now go away, Jonathan"
" Ah, S0oke y. yOu are such a slick girl ~
''Lor, amt you ashamed Jouathann
" J wish was nice little rcd ribbon, Sock
ey."
What for. Jonathan?"
Coos, may be you'd tie me around that ere
nice little neck of your n, and should like to be
tied there, darn'd if / shouIdn't!'
"Oh, lur there comes mother! Jonathan,
rum
WELL EArtoYpp.-Tbe N. \. correspondent
of the Sacramento Bee, writes
The editor Of the Souihern C6utederacy. a small
sheet published at Atlanta Ga. il in this city
Engaged in compiling, correcting aud revising
what he calls his white and black lists for pHbli-
cation in his paper The "whte" list consists
OF such northern merchants as he considers to be
worthy Of the patronage of southern dealers, by
virtue Of their - soundnessn on the slavery qucs
tion, aud certain moneys to him--he said editor
in hand paid and the " black" list of such
other northern houses as hold opinions on the
slavery question which he considers unsound. and
who object to paying for the privilege of figuring
III tHe Nlllle list.
BLOW YOUR DOSE" An enamoled swain
somewhere down east in an attempt to do the
agreeable by way of a midnight sercnade, met
with damper that sent him home with flea in
his ear. He began thus
90, cub, cub wild be,
Whed The hood alb beadidg,
Cub, cub wild be,
Whed the STARS alb eleabdg"
Just then a huge, unwashcd face proimded
/ from garret window and beloved out with "A
melodious nasal twang-" Blow your dose, you
dab fool"
WARNING.-An individual lately started bust
ness in this town furniture dealer Did not
advertise, did not have any printing done, and
mark well, ye non advertising tradesmen-did
not get sufficient custom to support him. The
fact is, no man thriyes who fails to patronize the
/ printer. Who are our successful business men
! Those who advertise. Who are selling off at
cost, or would like to? Those who do not ad-