Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-04
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tory Of Baalsm- ARGENT writer says otlt mat
it is magnificent 10 scenery and pictorial effect.
"The group on the mountains, the smoking
aItarF, and the wild prophetic rapture Of Baa-
lam, with the mute establishment Of Balak and
the Moabite princes, are striking'y contrasted
with the scene below-the white tents Of is-
rsel, the banners of their army, and the holy
place Of the tabernacle, over which hangs me
mysterious cloud, a shade b day, and a light
BY night" The second lesson gives US an &C
ccount OF s.. PauPs introduction of the gospel
into Italy. Ecclesiastical historians inform
US that Bran, the father of Caractacus, was a
prisoner in Rome, Ike st. Paul. He had been
left there, with other Briton', as q hostage.
Bran was converted by S.. Paul, and was the
first who carried Christianity to England, Ia
the wear SO be returned to Britain with certain
missionaries Of Christianity, among whom,
some believe, WAS s.. Paul himself. The OBJ
ssrvances Of the week are: Sunday, st. Domi-
mic, confessoT; Monday, Dedication Of St. Mary
Major; Tuesday, the TRANSPORTATION; Wednes-
day, St. Csietan, confessor; Thursday, 81. Cy-
riacus; Saturday, St. Lawrence.
After sunset, while the twilight sSiii Fingers
in tie west, the b~ssusiful disc Of Venus shines
with fair rsfulgence. The reader should not
fail to lock for her. Sue viii be seen not very
far above The horizon, over the spot where
the sun sunk from view at hs setting. Very
near Yeaus is Saturn, nearer the west is Ju-
pitsr, and westward Of Jupiter ia Mars.
Mars Is in Leo; Venus, Jupiter and Saturn
are Ia Virgo. On Tuesday there will be a
new moon on The same evening the moon and
Mars will be in conjunction on the next eve
mag Jupiter and the moon, and on Thursday
evening Saturn and the moon will also be in
co. junction. On this latter evening Saturn
and Venus will be in conf melton. On Friday
evening the modest crescent Of the new moon
will be near the orb Of Venus. The reader
should remember tue occurrence Of this sP-
proach, and, If the evening be fne, it should
be looked for. The young moon, in company
with tie largest and most beautiful Of the
stars, presents a spectacle Of loveliness, which
none with souls to admire, and hearts to
feel, caa fail 10 be struck by. The
ladias, who are ever susceptible Of the ihfa-
snes Of beauty, viii certainly be gratifsd by
noticing ths coy moon in her proximity with
tn, Il alb rshsd s~plenlor of the qusenly Venus.
Those readers who have been perussrs Of
our weekly "~notes," and who have paid some
attention to the current phenomena as we have
pointed them out, viii remember that only
three months ago, far up in the southern sky,
Jupiter, Saturn, ana Mars were near each 9TH
or, the two former especially making a fine
group with the beautiful star RsgulUs, the
principal star in the Lion. Venus was thsn a
morning star, and was in the constellation
Aries; she is now an evening star in the ViT-
gin, snd has joined company with the group
tina so oftsa char ned US with its beauty, when
it shone entirely through the inst half Of the
hours Of darkness. The group, as we now see
1t, is near the horizon in the west, at the same
hour we saw it three months sgO high ia the
sky in the south. How cones This change?
A little Illustration will make it easy 10 UNDER
stand. When we are travelling on a tTBin, il we
fix our eye on a particular tree 81 a distance
from the road, we shall see The portions
Of the Landscape beyond tie tree, apparently
running in q direction opposite to that in which
our car is running. In consequence Of this, SO
we approach the tree, an object ahead Of
Us and beyond the tree, say q ploughed field, IS
seen on a line with it. AS we get just opposite
the tree, the objects at the eide Of Us and be-
yond the tree, say a dwelling house, il sesn. in
q line with It. As we leave the tree behind,
an OOlect behind rs and beyond tas tree, say d
barn, appears on lie with it. As we pass
around the sun, in our aDRular course, our esIth
is the car The sun is the tree on which
we fixed our eye; AID the objects ia
the distance, the field, dwelling, and
barn, which a. various points were in a lire
with the tree, are the consultations
or groups Of stars, which we have named Arius,
Taurus, etc. Owing 20 The distance of the sun
and stars, he sun appears TO re in the eonstel,
latioD which ia far behind bin, 8nd that il
what we mean when we say The sun Is il
Libra, the sua enters Scorpio, etc. Now Ia
apply our explanation, which we hope We havI
rendered clear Sly months ago the c~onsteils
ton Leo, in ana near which The beautiful
group Of planets we spoke Of above are collect
ed, was seen in the east just sf'sr dark in tht
evening. As toe earth, the train On which ",
travel, buried us on from ives. toward the east
the group, which, like the pIoughea felJ
spoken Of above, was ahead Of us, has ccms il
an exact line, snd we see it insr opposite, Xix,
the dwelling house il our Illustration. Three
months more have passed, the earth has circlet
through one-hEif It's annual course
and our group, like the barn Spoken
Of above, is left behind Us it is now in IL,
west and will very soon cease to be visibI,
where we have been accustomed to look for 4
Where is it, then? Then, rssdsrsit is seen fl
the east agsin-but not at right it is in To
morning It now appears there. Ia three month
after the change, It viii be seen again over
head, looking southwark. In still anoths
three months The early riser VIII see it in tn.
west. u Will then disappear in the morning
and will Teappesr in the evening, TO 90 through
the same changes once more. So circles thr
year, and so durlPg the year the teaEens ar
continually changing from month to month
The stars we have long watched in the eve
ming disappear sltOgetr er for months from tht
VIEW OF Tue StuuLOu5 ObSefFeTy ana eLdEB lua
had been hidden frem him for months be
gin to appear in The eastern sky. Th
nights to which these stars rise in The SIX,
and the extent Of the path along which the,
pursue their courses varies with their vsriou
positions. Stars within a certain distance c
the north pole are not subject to tke change
We have described, as they never disappear
At the South are stars, on the contrary, tia
we never gee: the glorious Soutbern Cross, To
mysterious MsgslIanic Clouds, never visit on
eyes. The reader viii see by what we hav
said, that the heavens are a perpetual study
ever varying, and Of all the studies hat ma
can pursue, that is the most elsvating and en-
nobIing. It bathes the soul in The bliss G
poesy, and warns the feelings into an apprs
cation OF the eternal and the infinite
Monday Geographic cable landed, 1885
" 4nesdsy- President Taylor died, 1851
~ on fever raging in New Orleans, 1855
FHdsy-MoOn in perigse or nearest ih
earth. saturdsy-Mtssouri admitted in 1921
RTvER AID STEAMBOAT MATTERS.
The river is slowly falling -. The Ohio
rerorted still rising with four feet four Inchs
in the canal at Louisville, and six feet in th
canal at Pittsburg, and rising .... Mud boat