The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-21


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gns LuHAa Umc0vtnzE1. -ltlSUniy veryfes
cently that the empirical notion % Professionally
maintained BY certain astronomers, Of the utter
- Ihtless waste OF the moons surfAce, hos been
exploded The way this idea rot psevaleuce
vas IN denying the existence Of On atmosphere
around the moon, ! state Of things that wosld
Of necessity exclude the existence VI wster and
organic life from our satellite This theory led
to further denial Of heat in the lunar T1ya, from
which flowed 1 multitude oferross.
But Knox and Melvin have proved By exact
observations. that there Is heat in mooushine,
and Zantedeschi has measured itin bile Effects
upon the mimoea. while an English scholar has
demonstrated that the earth 10 colder In the hfse
Quarter az the moon than Il II in the second. -
Again. nioonshine exerts wonderful inAuence
on plants. Light enables them to absorb car
nhere. and this il their daily work. They sleep
q night, except when the moonlight wakes them
up, and sets them TO work again. So the farm
er is right when he sows his seed inst before the
full Of the moon,fo the plants come up about the
time of the new moon; and passsstheir infancy un-
der the dark nights; but when the full moon
comes, it sets them to work. and thus the pro-
cess Of growing is continued night and day, while
the contrary course is injurt GUS to tho tender
plant, which requires sleep. ~
The sailors say the moon cats up the clouds,
and Whewell and Quetlet have proved the truth
Of the observation, by showing that more rain
falls in the dark moon than I'M second and
third quarters.
Webb has shown by careful comparison OF
the present appearance Of the moons surface,
with that made by Medier twenty years ago;
az the minor crsters have assumed different
shapes. These changes indicate the existence
of air and water. Secchi has demonstrated that
the peaks Of the highest mountains are covered
with snow. De la Rive has discovered that what
used to be regarded as barren plains are extern
siye forests. Schwabe, the dscoverer OF the
periodic times Of the suns spots, sustains the dis
cevery Of De laRive. He turned his ..investiga-
tons to the sinuous burrows or wrinkles, number
ing 100 or more, the nature of which had not
even been guessed at. They are feom 5 to 35
miles long, and about 5000 feet broad. After
4 careful examination, he found the burrows to
consist Of trees leaflcss at one season and in
full foliage at another, for the changes in their
appearance are periodic. Hence another proof
Of atmosphere and water and all the phenomena
incident to the existence of these elements.
The photography Of the moons surface, now
going on in the American and European obser-
vatories, and the special attention paid to the
study Of the lunar surface by some the most
distinguished astronomers OF the day, cannot fail
to resultir more wonderful discoveries than those
we have just noticed. We have no doubt, the
mass of matter Of which the moon il made, will
be found to be OF the same character o. that Of
the earth and subject to similar lawsof existence
and that the surface will be found capable of
sustaining organic life.
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BULLET IN MANS HEART EIGHTEEN akARs.
-On Friday, June 2otn, we maze post mortem
examination upon the BODY OF Jonn heny, VINO
resided at the time OF ms oeatn N D'ack brook
In June, 1872, he was accidentally shot AZ
chatham Four CORNERS, a place ON tne western
kaiiroad. 20 mies east Oh Albany. Inc pu.e.
passing through three ooaras oeiofe STRIKING ni,n
entered ms right shoulder, passed to~afo '''e
heart ana iodgea uhder ,te colar Done IT, near
where " Is united 10 'he pfeass :, Dol'e. Ahis -
sanstahtated py tue amour. VI u'sease ioui'u Az
tins place. ana the 'atthef Iac. 'naI tne surgeon
passed ms PROBE IN nve lncnes before reacn'ng
the Dali. we iouhd one VI Tue VEINS elosep anu
the artery ossihed al this place,
we .neh examined 'he heaf' ana iouau - NV, 70
resen'pie s'oliacn Us mucn as near lne
risnt side' especially, was very mIcn cnansea'
ana seemed 20 pc anaersong ia'.y eegen n h.;
Whlle examining the neaft we IOuHu Haru
lump in the lower part of it. We introduced
our finger into the right cavity OF the heart and
found the lump to be IN the substance OF that
organ; we then cut from the oytsde down ON to
the lump, and found it to be ieaden bullet
Now the question arises, how long has the ball
been in that mans heart? Fourteen years ago
he was very danger ously I'll, and was attended
by DR.. Terry, who did not expect his recovery.
His difficulty at that time was inflammation of
the lungs and most extraordinary disturbance
of the hearts action Since that illness his heart
difficulty has continued to increase gradually; at
times its heatlngs could be observed la feet dis
tant.
Our theory is, that the ball remained in the
vein where it was lodged until fourteen years
ago. when it passed into larger vein and thence
into the heart, and there irritating that delicate
organ by its unnatural presence caused the diff
Guilty then for the first time observed.
Ten days before his death he took severe
cold, resulting in an inflammation of the lungs
and an aggravation of all the symptoms of dis
case of the heart, which continued undated I'M
til the messenger of death relieved him of his
earthly sufleringa.
Oav1LLE TERRY, NJ. D.
G. d. BaLcu. III. u.
Sarapac n. Y June % 1850
Cor. of Plattsbure (N. w Exnress
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DouGLAs AND JOHNSON. Rump Conven-
ton which nominated Douglas and johnson, was
determined to suit the peculiar views of both
North and South by selecting men who hold diff
ferent views. In the limits Of the South there
is no more hitter and INSCRIPTIONS disunionist
than Herschel " Johnson He is a real slave.
code, slave propagandist, firceating and disunion
Democrat.
Douglas, the Chief Priest Of Popular soyer-
eighty, is expected to lead on the Democrats of
the North, who believe in his horrible doctrine,
and johnson is eynectcd tn hiring nm the forces III
the South, who believe that Congress has the
power to establish and protect slavery in the
Territories, and that it is their duty to exercise
the power. Ir
The following resolution reported to the Con.
yention that sent johnson as delegate to the
Rump Convention at Baltimore, by johnson him
self, and adopted blythe Convention, puts John
son in direct antagonism to Douglas and fairly
and fully in the ranks of the slaye-code dis