The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-19

her rnarriaee The celebrated case Of Vul-
can os Mare. and the consequent scandal,
is pr baby stiu fresh in the minds Of our
readers. By large portion Of society, how
ever, she was considered an hl-used and
porsecuted lady, ngaiuss whose high tone Of
morals, and strictly vr.uOus conduct not
shadow OF suspicion could be cast Vulcan,
BY the same part es, was considered borrld
brute. and thoy ell agreed that it served him
right whcn be lost he case and had 70 pay
the costs Of court. Venus sui remsins the
Goddess Of Beauty, and not g few Of her pro
fegss may be found in California
rHE Earth.
The Earth, or O. the Latins called it, Tel
ius from which originated the express on,
do tell ne, is the third planet IL the So
lsT Sys'em, and the one on which We sub
sist, with all our important Joys and sorE0Ws.
The San Diego Herald is published weekly
On tins planet, f5r five dollars per annuIn,
payable invariably In advsnce. As the
Earth is By no means the most imp ortant
planet la the system, there Is no reason 20
suppose that il is particularly distinguished
nom the others By being iDhs bited. Is il
reasons be, therefore. 90 conclude, thst al
the other planets Of the system are filed
with living, moving and sentient beings;
and as some OF them are superior TO the
Earth In size and position, It Is not improb-
Die that their inhabitants may be superior
taus in physical aud mental organization.
Bat if this were O demonstrable fact. in
stead Of a mere hypothesis, il wouldi be-
found a very difficult matter 10 persuade us
Of truth. To the inhabitants Of VEINS,
the Earth appears like q brilliant star, very
much ia fsct, ss Venus appears 10 us; and,
reasoning from analogy, We are led 10 be-
Ieve that the election Of Mr. Pierce, the
European war, or the split In the great
Democratic party produced but very little
excitement among them
To the inhabitants Of Jupiter, our import
ant globe appears like email star Of the
i0utth OF hth magnitude. We recol eci
some years ago gazing with sstoaishmeni
upon the inhabitants Of drop Of water, de
veloped By The Solar Microscope, and Sc
erefly wondering Whether they were OF moi
refaoning beings with sous % be saved
ID Is not altogether a pleasant reflection
that highly scieut fc iuhabitant Of Jupiter
armed with telescope of 90 ms )inconceivabl,
form, may be pursuing a similsr course o.
INQUIRY aud iudu ging n similar specula
tons regarding cur Earth aud IFS inhs bi
tants Gazing with curious eye, his atten-
tion .s suddenly az racted by the move
meuts Of q grand celebration Of Fourth O
ia IN New York, OF a mighty con
convention iu Baltimore. "God bless my
soul " be sxclaims, 81 declare they're alive
these little crestures, do see them wriggle'
To an inhnbitant Of the sun, however, ne O
Juptor is probably quito as insignificant
and the sun man 10 possibly mere atom in
the opinion Of dwe.ler in Sirius. A little
reflection on these subjects leads g. tht
opinion that the death tan Individual mar
on this Earth. though perhaps as inn ort-
aut az event as can occur 20 himself, is cal
Of ma
turs OF disturb particularly the great aggre-
gate Of created be ugs.
Tho Earth moves round the Sun from
west 60 east 10 a year, and turns on its axis
ia a day thus moving at the rate Of tS.O0O
miles an hour in its orbit, and rolling around
81 the toierably rapid rate of ,040 miles pr
hour. AZ our aders may have seen that
when . man Is galIvpug horse violent
over o smo. Ia road, % he horse from vici-u
ne or other cazss suddenly stops, the man
keops on 81 the same rate over the animal 5
head % We, suppe ipg he Earth 20 bssud-
denly arrested on iu axis, smen, women,
children, hort p. cattle, and sheep, donkeys,
editors and mcmbtrs ui Congress, with all
our goods and chstie's, won d be thrown of
into the ar o. speed Of l73 miles a min
ute, every mother son of us describing she
ar OF u araholH which is probably the
only description, we should ever be abl6 Co
give of ID, al b..
This catastrophe. % one sufficiently col
lscted 20 enjoy Do would, doubtless, be eX-
etcdiugly amusiaC- but g. there would
probub he 10 time i0r laughing, we pray
that 10 may not occur until after our demise,
whfn, should 10 take Ilace, our monume,
uil probably accompany the movement.
tt BE- a singular fact. that If a man travel
round the Earth in an eastwardly direction,
be viii ind, on returning 70 the place OF
departure, he has gained one whole day
The reverse Of this proposition being true
also, q follows that the fsnkees who are
constantly travelling 10 he Vest, do no,
1--we % long by day OF two as they would Il
they had staid al home and surprising
each Yankee me d, be worth Sl.50 per
day. d may be easily shown that consi1e--
able amount of moucy D. annually lost by
their rowing dispositions.
Science is Yet but In iis infancy; with It's
growth new die y,riss OF an astounding
nature vii doubtless be made, sm0ng which,
probably, vii be some me bod BY which The
course oi The earth ms be altered aud IL be
rteerod with The same ease and regularity
through splcc gud among the stars, as a
steamboat De- Iaw directed through The wa
tsT. u Will be VERY inter, cling spectacle
20 see the EARTH "ruuud ng o." with her
head 70 me ar OH Jupiter, while The Moon
is cent on laden with mails and passeu gers
fof that planet, 70 bring beck the return
mnlls and large party of rcwdy Jup,te-
Finns goin 10 atlsnd grand prize hight in
iherng y, Saturn
Vel, Chrst0pher Columbus would have
been lu't b. much lsinuished at q revelation
4 the s'eamb0st. and The locomotive en-
gue, as we should be 90 witness the above
Performance, which our intelligent p9sterlty
during The ensuing wear n. 90 o. will
loosibly look upon as very ordinary and
,',mmon- place affair
Only turee DAYS $50 we asked a medium,
where cir John FaukIin wasst that time
20 which be replied. he was cruising about
,oHcert and crew all we D on the interior 81
De Earth, TO wh he TAD obtained ea.
rance through symmrs' Ho'ct
With few remsrss uron the Farth'- sat
elite, we concluded the first Lecture on
Aslfuuomvi the RI ma ude- Of the cour-,
Beng contained 10 q second Lecture treat
lng the planets. Nsrs, Jupiter. Sa.urn nd
Neptune. The Asteroids. and the Fixed stan,
which last. be ug 'fN.ucs." are. accordlul
81 nj. cha le, Dickens, American property
rHr NooN.
This respleudsut luminsr,. Ike a voutl
on the sth Of july, has it, first quarter
hte ruined sP'nlthuf, IN rs last quarter
ana IKE an omaI5Us. . occasionally ful
and new he evenings ca which il sppear.
ee'Ne t.ese .ts' ages are beautIfully
hlumined BY i.s clear, mellow light.
me Moon reN lives m an elliptical Orbit
about me earth IN tweaty- nine DAYS twelve
noure i'f', -iolr minute and three seconds.
ne uine Nnien e.apsls between one new
hoeu -1a ~le'ner. ID was suppo-ed bv the
ancleni phl.osopher, that the Moon ~
inside Of green cheese. 40 OF mon SIN IN
teriuinei ~ the crsdulous and ignorant
hepieT ana Lyco Brahe, however, held ID
ne oPinion that q ives composed q Char
lcite husse. The dark portions OF it, surfsce
BENG sF'ngr cake, the light biaac H,aagt
AoaeIh advances In science and the use O..
Lord Roses famous tel..,.r,e have 5...,,.,,,
straiec abe ab. urIitv of III these sne,p. i.
tons b proving couclusivelv that The Moon
% NANNY egmP,tei OF the Fcrro-sosqai-
.yea1Tei, q ~ G1HidC c. potassium! u
% ne lsiest aaies from the Atlantic States
% one Nae succeeded in reaching the Moon