The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-03-18

Dn0i hUEfiON UT THE EAkTH BY FIRE
According to the ,es,inony Of Professor
X. ID. hitsheosk. in the July number Of the
Ribliotheca Saera, natural philosophers
have little cause to snesr at Peters phophe-
cy, that "the heavens shalt pass away with
. great noise. and the elements shall melt
With fersent heat; the earth also, and the
works that are therein. shall be burned up."
IL an article on !" The Relations of GeoIo-
gy to Thsology." he says, ~ The earth con-
ta'ns within itself The agencies necessary
To- lts dssolation BY Gre. Its crust j, sue-
pssed 10 be several nilss ,hick, shiI. .se
interior 70 10 state Of fusion, like lava.
The three hsndred active vsIcaaoe, o. tho
crust are the breathing holss Of the INFER
nal nre. At present souuteraetinr aven.
cies prevent this lava from bvr,tirs Gr,h.
Bat let The order be issssd for its Eh.ra-
tion, and these vents will ali belch G,r,k
IRE and deselation. The works Of man In
shich ws take 50 much bride, nav ~
sransled in .ement By ihs eoneu;sioos
Of the crust. Liberated gases nav esm.
b'ns eIplosively with the oxygen in ibe air,
~ that the heavens shosld rsss avsy win
o great noise" He mentions in eonf rm..
tion OF the above statements the we'll tno-,
TACT oil certain stars suddenly beeomin1
very brilliant. and then gradually f.d;nv %
their former dimness. Not longer ago than
May OF last year a remarkable case Of this
Kind occurred. A star Of the eighth mag.
nitude. in the constellation called ina
Northern Crown, all at once bIaa.d au,
into star OF the second magnitude, and in
twelve days declined again to its original
rank. From . earelul observation ron.
Quoted BY experienced astronomers, ipdi-
cations we're obtained that chs star had
been suddenly eawrapped in the danes
o. burning hydrogen. Ia conseauence of
some esnrulsios, it may be, euornsus
qsaatities OF gas were set Tree. A I,roe
part Of this gas consisted Of hydroren. which
vas burning about the star 10 coubin.,ion
with some other element. As the free NV
drogsn became exhausted. the flames IRA.
dually sbated. and the star waned down "a
ito former brightness. Il seems, then. tb,,
there are known instances Of world, vr,n-
ped in flames. They ignite, bum 6ereeIy,
fade. aud disappear. Suppose, nov, tb.t
for any reason q conbustible gas shouId hs
evolved upon our planet; there il might
combine eIPlosi'ely With the oxygen of the
atmosphere. or burn like the star in IN.
Northern Grown. Either case wosld m,.t
the conditions Of The prophecy. We think,
therefore. that the words Of Peter are Am.
ply illustrated BY the latest discoveries Of
The Professor remarks, moreover. that
i" the fact that the putifcstion Of the pres.
ent world can render il . beautifsl habita-
,ion. is for the residence Of princes. rem.
dets probable the belief Of nany di,inss
that the redeemed will dwell upon this
earth after the day ofjadymen,."
SlcRlrIcE or LIFE IN CHrHa.-A corre,.
pendent Of the San Francisco Bulletin
speaks OF the Terrible csrnass of the l.te,
'raepins rebellion. One district is DE-
seribsd which yielded 90. 900 chests Of tea
per annum before the war, and 10 now /, do.
sert wssie. A belt Of land 400 miles LONE
By 200 wide is literally without an inhaSi.
tant. The writer says:
1.-THE distinguished China tuy,Iler and
savsnt Maegowan estimates The loss of life