The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-01
The Suns Might.

lrotcSSrr trGctcr, IN Il recent lee
turc Oh tho sun, said ::
"Nuw let us consider the might
thar resides in the sun. If the sun
were nero quantity Of matter very
mu;h Larger tnan tho earth, as we see
nc Is, there would It'll not be the
force necessary to the sun as IL ruler
over tho earth. Let me give you an
idea OF how large the sun is. am
IN the habit in england, wheu | wish
Go speak Of the size Of the sun, Of in
forming my audience that this cyun..
try. (England) in which we live,
which seems to Us large. Is nevcrthe.
less very small By comparison with
the earth, for /! the earth were Que
inch diameter, E.'slani wonlh be
small Triangular >reck wln,h YOU
s"atucly rec"g"i2c. But AIN afraid
lnat ~ an Anct :can an.i ne that
a"mp'n>on ~on'd hc imperfect. In
f.c' | ha>> h"a,d that an American
t,av, 'i": i" + gl.nd found the coun-
til )" Smatl 'hat ne at unrc sought
Tie ccn;r.l Counties, aI.d Was even
thea nr"id 70 90 ut in tnc evening
for fear "t falling IF the intlr is.
land (L.ushtcr.>
eve, in England, whether it be
the n.turrl courage of cur disposition
or the fleet Of hong habit, are not
tionbira with that feeling. But
yet, America is SO small compared
?pot upon the :uu as IaIHn az the
waoic -; ~ urr.C,, ,t wuuiu b" Qr,'r
lnv!>ll'l: t" th; n"krd eye. lnh. ed,
if au ul CT os large us III" earth
were placed lnmcdsa;>'y tcforc the
sun, and there apr1a'"d as II black
di>c 1t w"u!d nevertheless require
large telescope to make it visible ;
lot times does the suns diameter eX-
ceed that Of the earth, and the surface
Of the sun exceeds that IF the curtn
lot times lot times, or ! ,GUU tines
while the volume Of the suu. exceeds
that Of the earth 1850 ,00J times.
But the mass Of the sun Is not 80 much
greater Than the earth. It Mould
appear as though the body OF tho
sun were constituted Of matter about
quarter lighter on an avcra re t!.au
that which constitutes the earth, and
tho result is that the SUMS mas, in-
stead of exceeding the mass Of the
earth, 100000 only exceeds it
$4,000 times but only consider
what that means J! IF this earth we're
to grow in density until its mass
were equal to that Of the sun,
then half-cruc: weight-ouo Of
those which arc used to balance our
letters-would weigh il tons. A
man of average weight woald be
drawn to tho earth at u weight of
10000 tons. An obj Ct raised from
the earth single inch would, IN fall
ling tt at short distance, acquire n
Velocity three times greater than that
OF an express train. Such is the
might with which the sun rules this
earth"
While lauding Sumner to the skies
MS martyr aud II hero, Rw. Sir.
Heecher took OCCASION to bclit,lc Mr.
FILLMORE us II time. server aud COW.
ard. y more degrading and Sian.
derous example of pulpit oratory we
have never heard of. Nlillard Fill
more was among the most morally
valiant Of men, and the World did
we'll to remind this sublime charlatan
that a clergyman who strongly Gu
dorscd Andrew Johnson's "my poll.
cy" in public letter, and was com.
PEELED to retract and eat humble-pie
by the Plymouth congregation, has
not Ito borrow the phrase Of a htera'
ry critic) vjndicated his right OF
Judgment by his power of perform
nn,e. 1t does not quite become such
man to handy charges of "cowar.
dice. p -ConStitutionuiSt.
The Ohio Senas has enacted that
every Buckeye must hereafter scra,cl