The Greensborough patriot [March 25, 1843]

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VOL. V. GRlCENSBOaO*. H. C, MARCH 25, 1*13. ;\o. 7.
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IMUIHB* WKKKU.
WE SWAUVt A MlH.tUVOOi).
out fMirth ..I that ol thi eai'h; ihe calculation -I
prubabil.ltes shows Ihal ot 881 000 000 ol chauc. I
ih. tf nonl» one unfavorable, there exists bul 01 ii
Pater.: TWO dollars ami Kilty Cents a year, in ad- which ran produce a collision between the I*'
Vance; a* Three Dollar*, alter three iimiiilu. fmm the |lu(i ^, |„r ,„.. nehuloritg. no" teWC'Sl
Oate ot subscription.—Failure on tin-part ol Mlv ■VBCrij ,{,„,.„,„„„, ln,. ui,|„» jrulil. tliMM will oe from
bor la order a discontinuance within the year, will be | U(( <a tBt.M,, ,„ ,|m ,„„,. n„,n|^r of Iwo hundred
COlltTI
We hate recenilltl1yy inioolt-ec,. d Ithliee appearance of ••■
vrral paragraphs HI "he Boston papers, describing
■ la.go heavenly body n-sembling » cum I, sc. n in
Ihe day at lit* same lime in Several p.aeei in Ni W
England, n lillle lo I hi- south east ol tho sun ll
was Bli arlv vIsiM* '• '"•• Mfced ''.'• lo' "'" '»*"
ol nearly on. hour, and had a tail or Main ■ I Win
sid.-rablc length. At Portland, it wn •••'ii tea
terdav week, jn.t Wllhoul the radiant blase ol lb.
ami, and alror.ulv iUminii.ii.il hy III llfbl. It Waa
«,».,', mv nude.eland, scon about the same lime
from Trenton, X J. Sonic of the c.nous of our
III-II llial'i'lI have hot ll Oil 'll-- lonkuui
snt! we hate accounts from Severn'
n llw effect ih.it what *i" appareiiilv llto
i ii Monday . veiling.—
£|1;Z<-|IS in
ev.r sinew,
aaiuic
»now-ne..mei, would be exactly i-q
would lun, )l Hi an urn there wisonlv one ting
white hall of a loial nu.i.li. r ol 281 (lOO.iMJO Ball*,
aod lhat ha condemnation lo uealb Would be the
incvfib.o r. n- qnci.ee ol the while I.a. I beiii|{ pro-duced
.ii 'll' fir»l drawing."
•• Whin we consider ilut a Wiae and Almighit
Holer superintend* ai.il dir.cla the veinenls ol
all Ihe great bodies in the universe, and Hie crial r
motions of Cornell among alls- list; Hid that 110
res-lit can b. fall our world without hia aoveicigi.
|i. no.'•ion and appointment, we may repose oil I.
s- lies in perfect si-curly that IIJ catastrophe lion
• In- impulse of celealial ag. nte shall t.vi r take p.aci
hul in unison with hia will, and lor the accumplieh-iii.
nl id ihe plans ol Ml onm. raal ptov.dei.ee. Ai
ih. -line time, lb- fottMlU) 1st a shock from a
large roin.-t ahowa us Ihal ibis • urlh and all its in
tail of ilieei '. wa h.ihnanla are dci.end.int for iheir present cxislcnc.
The Mlowug. ».- ire mid, was i>» appearance -.- .
Ifi.imre Ih..• nmW..hntoalIlI di "I Mil cv. ,. and from .he ; and com...rt. on the » I an A |bl" Ag we , >IM| m ,„. „„,, h|V, llllf ,„.,„„. Sii~rtZHi^r ££*=: rtati's^a
horcou ahon. S. S. W., and . (It ud. d up.ri|d
Man angle of nearly forty d.,.«.-., tow,.,.,. -
bf K. 1'he IniB'li •'• ,n", l«»uiof UfHl WKs.ili-
40 dearecs. NuiwithsiandinK ihal Ihe I
hritfht
K.
el.-ruai d. »i({iia, he could easill d alitiiiIff
aruriure of Ihe globe, and redur. Its inlub-lanla
either to miai ry w to cinpieie desiiuetioii j and
Ihal, too, without altiling a a'ngle phlsical law
whieh now operaie- throughout ihe um»> r»e.'
If we i.e..guise the Srnpturea aa a n-telatioi
orbit, and in the length of our year ; and if K> targe ' to coirtcaip'at" new tci-nn OfonI|lng power, ami
_ body, willi ao rapid a inolion, weie to Hrike the ] lo celebrate in Ualiur airaim ll.. w0..den ol On.
earth, the ahock might reduce Ihia mau'iful (rame ; nipotrnce. \iewing Ihe own-is i. ,hi, l.aghl, what
to Hi original eh.oa. Modem obaeriationa, how : an nninenae pnpuiaiiou must be MMs .,,d auhii.
e.er render th.ae conclcnoni doubtful. The nu ( the linnta o( the eolar ayalem, which gu.. „«,,„
all ua of ihia comet waa rumputed lo he about ten lur the eicurs.ona of au-h • »"l numher of r.,.,
niiiei it large aa ihe moon, and Ha tail eilended : bodiei, and what an incalculable numb, r of being
o.cr a atmce ol 70 dig. in elteul. To Ihe near I of all rankl muat people the wide extended uni
" ".■■•• ferae!" „
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, For the-I'atriot-
MILLENIUM-*
The stale of the Chuirh'a prosperity, in the lal
tcr days, hat obtain.-d the rame of the MilleniUo-;
i re appeared in 1768. .cording lo prediction , ^ ^ wu , , .„,,„ ,„U,H„.„, ,, l0 he „f
»am m 118S- A ie.nark.hle com. t appi-are,. co„,„lulllcr. The lor.n.r iule....i. of rea. and
in 1744. On Ihe eienn.g "I January CM, the di.• ,,,„, „,. r,pre^,llw| ,0 be l.ul ah m; hul the
ameier of ua nucleu. waa nearly equal 10 that °r | repr«H-nl'aliona of ibil Hate are quite d fforrnt; ll
Jupiter, and III Mil extended abof. 1U 'I'Sree. .' " bl. „ j„y „f „,„„, g,n„.i„M,». Re.. 20; 4—
-And I saw the eouia of .hem lhat were bi-liead'-d
qu.il
10 degree"
f,..n its liodl. On the 19th of F.l.iuan. .he tail
waa divided into two branches—the eaatet.i abcul
8 de.reea long md the wealern 24 d. gie. a, and it
i.ier.ased in gih aa n approach, d ihe Orbit ol
Mars. At ua greatest lengih, it waa computed lo
lo equal a thud part of Ihe diatance lo the
I-..in Ihe ..in. Ila ta.l an. risible fo a long time
after ita body was h. nealh the horizon, and exlen-
.l.d 20 or 30 dig. abo»e the horizon, two houra
before ••iiinse. Another cornel appeared in June,
1770, and >« fis b e (or a long lime. -4.-igell nt.
r.-ilaii.-d lhat it described an ellipse around Ida
aun,of which the iirealut axia was only three tin-.-a
h. diame-er of Ihe eirth'a orbit. Although lie
quenlly looked for, H haa not ainee been seen
l nrke's t'..inel waa diacoteied al Marseilles
Not. Sib, 1H18. Encke ascerlaiued ihal ll look
lillll 1200 dsvs to travel through the whole extent
ol lie elliptic orbit. It re.appeared in 1828. *32,
"35 and 38. and weupied Ihe placea aaa.gned l.v
ihe uitr.H.i'iner whose name it bean, ll is e.ry
• mall, na light feeble, and il has no tail. Ciam
l.arl'a Comet makes ua entire revolulion round Ihe
sun in annul seven years, ll was preilirteil lhat H
wnuldcrosa the plane of Ihe earth's orbit, on the
■".lili of Orlnher. 1-.'I'-', a little bef.ire miduigiil, al
a point alioui 10,480 miles within the u.bii of the
, arlh. ll ac ..ally made us appearance ab mt ihe
for the Witness of Jesus, ami they lived and raiffl
ed with ('bust a thousand yeara.'1 Now ihe souls
ol them that were beheaded foi the witness of J.--
. , aua, may be considered aa meant, not of 'he indi
■ vidual persons thai aufleied mart) rdom for his sake,
bui of iheir succeaanis in ihe -sine spirit, whuhe ng
of the same temper for laith, palienre, zeal, ami
fuililude, and piufesaing the same doctrines with
Ihe maityrs, were one hodi with ihein, and so, in
tin- style of prophecy, might be s|Niketi ol, as though
' they were Hit same persons. In like manner as Joii
ilo- Baptist is cal'.-d P.lcis, because he eame in Ih.
I spirit and |H>wer ol K ias, and aa Kiiiiii-*anlichr:s-
! tian is in eeveral places ol ihe prophecy cai.ed So
! dom, Kgypl, and liahylon, on accoonl of na being
like Hi. in in idolatry, pride, luxury, and ene'li,
and the Iwo witnesses lhat were lo prophecy in
sackcloth one thoiiaainl iwnhundred and sixty days
id yeats,eould not mean the same individual per
sons, hul a si.cceaaiou of them thai persiaicd in
Ihe same faith and profession. When therefore it
is -:ml "The -mils of them lhat were beheaded for
the wiiuesa ol J.sus, lived and icigned with Christ
a ilii.ussi.il yearsj"Jhn may me laken, according In
prophetic style, in a metaphorical as use, and mav
a.guify a suecessinn of such, in like manner as the
wo witucaaes being killed, and iheir dead billies
upp.
„.| in the w-sl, exaelly in the same
manner as Ihe sun, moon or an, oih.r heavenly
built-
As hating some (nieifsl just now.tra propose'o
nonce a lew facts in relal lo com-1-, "" -land
by Sir Richaid Philips, I'mfeasor l).ck a..d others.
Comeis are believed b) I'lnhps, lo be moving mas-ses
of transpar.nl fluids or va|Mira, and are eslluia
led at manv thousands in iber. Twatr p.-pulai
characirristic la the stream of light which is direc-ted
from them in opposition lo ihe relstise p.ace nl
the sun—j"" ""',, *" ■ ',**" *'"hF "' *"'" *""''
nations j ihal the knowledge ol J. hovnh shall cover
the earth, and that al! shall know him from the least
Ihe greatest;" that the ear'h shall yield Ms in
crease," aid ita desolate wa-ies be cultivated and
inhabited ; ihal moral u'der shall prevail, and
•• righteousness and praiea spring forth before sll
Ihe naiiuns; sod thai this happy na of the w..ild
stall continue during a lapse of ag.a. These events
have not )-l been accomplished, though al Ihe pre
sent moment ihey appear eii«ier in a slate of enm
ineiiri nienl m prngress ; hul they cannot he sup
posed lo be folly reallSew till allcr a lapse of centu
nreaenl .>■ th'- side contrary to I sluing light.— ; ties. The believer in Divine rev-lalun, llieielore,
T'he mill., p' roj-cti-. h II-"-"' -"«•••• »P" ''"-,hla" mf"s"v"ta' k"e *in*i*h»eir ,m"'o,,i•io»u's•«m'•w•a'»id•a'■'t«h•e'c«e•n■•
pnsi.e the sun. follows Ih. in aa Ihey approach ihe ; cornel
aun. and goes before them as ihey lease ll, and is a | ire of our svstem. none ..I ihe.n shall he pctiniited
head or tail as their positions v.-trr. The lail nl 10 impinge upon our glob", or lo effect isdeslrue.
•ha comet ol 18-0 was 100,000,000 miles long.— | tion, till the above and oilier prtd.cltoua be com
Arago, Ih. Fr. neh a.iionomei, Ihinas that not has j p'elel, accomplishid.
lhau 70011 cemels revo're in our system.
I.'mnels have various nur/ei. Th. y have been
ebsirved to transit Ihe sun like dark sp-ds. One
a. ohserf. .1 to pas. seios. the -tin in ihe .ninning | but We presume Ihal those who have studied the
As tins comet cinie lo us un heralded, duuhl
re eipr
vh.ch have heretofore been seen in ihe day -.line;
i.me sp.r.ned. and cres.ed gresl alsr.n. Arago , rf ^ „,„,,, m( lhp|, ,, „ „ ,„ b, u„,|,,
published a si.l. me.,1 It the lime, to allay powwlsr ; ^J ArJ J Jg r„lor„IOn of l.r.el from their
fear, showing that on the 20ih nf tlclob. f. IMS, a |W |W| |lfln|ttB,, „,„,,„.„ h,,
purl .... id the ear. ha erlot might be included with-a
ihe nebulosity ol ihe Come', bul ihal the caul.
would no. arrive al ihusame point ol ilsoih.i, until
the morning o' th. 30ihol November, or more than
a mo..ih after, si-d that consequently the earth
would be 60,000 Ot'O nl British miles distant from
In-Comet. He adds ihal "if the Comet, instead
ni crossing the plane ol ihe elipne on Ihe 30th of
October, had not arrived there until the morning of
ol the HOih November, it sould undoubtedly have
mingled Us atmosphere with ours, and perhsps even
have struck us." The esrlh is consideied in more
danger, if danger there be, finm Ihia comet and
ihal ol Eueke, than fiomany other. EnrkeVcom
et crosses ibc orbit of ihe esrlh 80 tunes in the
conise of a century. The Cornel of 1807, waa
visible in the evening, and appealed lo Ibe naked
eye, like a dun nebulous star, with a beam of lighi
on one side of it. •
The comet of 1811 is regarded as the most re.
msrkaldeof modern limes. The nucleus »a- 60,-
000 miles u. diameter, and ll was visible in the na-
,„■ ,-, ,„ 1 a. to it. identity with In. of those | ked eye f.u more .nan ih.ee months ... succession.
Ihe nucleus.
That with otheis the nurlVi "are transparent—
Thai others seam are more brilliant than the plan-sis,
Ihe nuclei of ejh.ch sre probably solid and
Burs have We»n seen thrnugh the nuclei of Ihe
more transparent comets.
In geneial, the nil of a comet inclines lowarda
Ihe region Ian quitted hy the comet, and il la en
larged in most caws in proportion lo its distance
from Ihe head nf the comet.
In s .m- cases, Ibe tails sre divided, ss in the
com. t of March, 1744, when there were six bran-ches
in Ihe tail.
A body moving al the rile cl 20 miles an hnur.
would not paas nver the apace occupied bv ibe tail
of ihe cornel of 1080, in less than 043 yeaia.
Dick says thai the substsnee of sfhich ihe tails
are eon.po-nl, is not known.
In one instance it is recorded, ihal two tails had
Veen nbseivid on Ihe opposite sides of Ihe Comet.
Whether enmeta shine w.lh their own native
comet It inidilay.says:—"Itsbrillisncy ass slmos
equal in thai of Venus, leg situtnou is very nesr
the limb nf ihe sun ; its tall sppears about three
degreea in length. It may be Ihe comet announced
ennie three months since in Europe ; ll was then
liasersiug Ihe cniistellstiou Diaco. Be il lhat or
another, it isol rare brilliancy. .There are hul three
on record of sufficient brilliancy lo he seen in the
■ lav season. The firsi was 43 years before Chriai,
and is called " a hairy star;" n was seen with the
naked eve in Ihe day lime. . The second waa in ihe
real 1402 md was so hnllianl thai the light nl the
aun al Ihe e. d nl Man h il d not hinder people See-ing
II al mill dav ; bul •.' nucleus and Us tail Was,
In use thi-Maiiguage of ihi day, "two fa.bums long."
The Ihnd appeal!d Fi binary 18. 1744, and nearly
equalled Venus in splendor, and many persons saw
n st mid day without glasses, ll may yet prose
Ihal the cornel ol to-day is ihe same as thai ol 1402 "
A V. rino.nl paper, describing II, ssys thai on
Tuesday week, n waa distinctly risible lo the na
liBhl or dertre Ihell light from the sun, is yel a j kkeedd eeyyee iinn iihhasli vviicciinmitlyy,, asli nnnnoonn--ddaayy,, aanndd " at a
ou.stutn sava l).ck—slihough it is piobshle ihat \ disla.ee nf 6 or 8 degreei essl from ihe .un, or a-thev
derive' their light from the planets. Srhrneler bout twire Ita space occupied by Hie lh.ee stars in
and llerchell thought lhat the comet of 1811 shone
bv inherent light.
It is stand as a remarkable fact, that ihn rea
the belt ol Orion, ll extended over a s|iace in the
heavens of nearly three degrees In length, wi.h
Mi!,- more than one in w.dih, ami apn.arcd like a ti».«-»■■"-■• ...•.-, ...-- - — I -- -
diameter nf ihe n. bulos.tt increases proporiiousblr , very small while cl.u.d, w.lh Ila i.ucl or d. Meal
as the co-net becomes distant front tl part toward the sun, a IS luminous Irsm in np
The speculations ol D.e.k, as lothe possibility of I position lull. On viewing it thr , !,
Ihe cornel cnining in conlnrl with the earth, are
not a little interesting. He says lhat a*, cunei-.
move in orbits which form exiremely elmigaled
slips,-. ; as thev move in sll imaginable d.
reel..ins; ss they traverse almost ever* part id
Ihe. solar ayalem in return.ng from Ibe fui'l.e-l
terge of iheir excarsio.ia; as the* pi n.ira'e Within
Ihe interior of the planetary orbits,even wtlhm the
oibil of Mercury, and cross Ihe minis of ihe earth
end Ihe other plant Is, il is not imnnssiMr ihal a
com. I may come in conlocl with mil globe. An
apprehensuii of such an event produced a eousid
srahle degree of alarm in Europe at diflcrenl p. -
node, partcularly in 1773 and l"82 But when
ne conaidei ihe immense culeca Ipaee oeiruiued
bv the planetary ays'em in which ibe co net! uio>.
and compare il With the small capacitiisol Ih.-.
bodies ; and when we lake -nlo view certain mail
ematieal naloolationi in refeienee to ihe auhj, —
the probability of a shock from a coin, t is.«ir,,,
small. •• Let ua suppose," -av« Arago, ' a eon.,
of which we onlv know tho. at Ms p. rihi linn n
Iv
common
three feel leleeeopf cl* nmdi-rale power, II presented
a distinct and most beautiful app.aranci—exhibit,
ii.g a r.ry while and bright nucleus, aid a tail di
.tiling neat ihe nucleus lino IWO seperale branches
With ihe oulcr sides nf each branch convex, and ol
nearly iqnal lengih, apparently 8 or 10 deg.ees.
and s space between their extremities of 5 m 0
il.gr.es. Though flawed several minutes under
ihese favorable circumstances, no coruscations were
pe-re.ved."
Among 'he moat extraordinary comets wb'ch
'lava .p:»eared. the foltriwing mav he noticed :
I'ho oniuel nl 1880, Whieh was seen hy mnsi of
■ he asiro.mmeis . I Europe, 'I'h.s was reiiurkahle
■or us vert near approach in ihe sun Aeeoid.nL'
'o S.i Isaac New.uu. the veha-i'v nf .Ins comet,
* he,i oea.esl the sun, w-as WHO 11011 miles an hnur.
1> . Halle? sian s that in passing through Is South
n nude Ibis cninet eame wiilrn 440 000 miles nf
In orhn ol ihe earth; and he remarks—had hi
. it«li he. n then in that part id tfa oibit nearest th.
ah- nf ihe comet, then mninal gravitation in
be greatest length of the tail on the 16'h ol Oc-ober,
is estimated at 150,000,000 miles. Ils pe
v-v Ihe sun than we lie, and lhat IIIdlimetCI is j nave Caused a change in tlic plane of the caith's
tho toil. The apiieiranee of.ihts cornel, rays Dick,
au near Ihs tune predicted by sstronomers, snd in
position so nearly agreeing wiih those which were
previously calculated, ahews Ihal comets in general
sre permanent bodies connected with the solar sys
tern, snd lhat no very considerable change in their
constitution lakee plsce while irav.rsing the dislant
part ol iheir oibits. We einnot belter conclude
our uncle ihm in giving some remarks on ihe in-fluence
nf comeis, from the pen ol Professor Diek :
"In all the works of the Deity, we mini a.lunl
that his goodness is displayed, although we msy not
he able lo liace the mode ol Us eommunicatinn ,'
for we ...ay Isy il down ss sn axiom, that wnsiever
wisdom snd omnipotence are exhibited throughout
Ihe divine economy, there is slso a display of 6eite-
Jicince, which sppears 10 be one prominent design
of sll the works ol Cod. Comets bsve long been
considered aa Object! of terror and as omens ol un.
pi tiding calamities ; hut there can be no quealiun
lhat Ihey are aa intimately connected with a svstem
ul benevolence, as sre the solsr rsdistione and
their benign influence on our globe snd on the
other plaueta. It has been cnnjeclurcd Ihal comeis
mat supply mnisiure lo the other planeli, ind inn
gnrsie the vital principle of our ilinosphere ; ihal
ihey may recruit the sun with ftesh fuel,, and re
pair Ihe consumption of his light ; or thai Ita)
ii,,,v he the ngi nis for dispersing the electric fluid
through the planetary regions; and although then
is I title probability Ihal such conjectures ire srenr-
■laul with fsct, yel it msy be sduiund thai comets
mav produce a phgrical influence of a hiinebetal
nature throughout Ibe lolar system. But what I
conceive to be ono nf the mam designs nf Ihe f.'re-sior
in the fnrmsiion of inch a vaat number ol
splendid bodies is, Ihal th- y may serve as haluta
ttona for myiiads nf intellectual beings, lo whom
ihe Almighty displays his perfections in a prruhar
manner, and on whom ho beatows ihe riches of his
beneficence. Whatever may he the intention nl
ihoae cumeta which sre destitute ol a nucleus, this
in all probability, is ihe chiel design of those which
a-e large and which are invested wi.h a solid uu-cleua
; and Ihe same arguments which we former »
brought lorward to prove ihat the planets are in
habited, might be uddnced in proof nl the inhalu.
tihilitv of Cornell If this poailtoti he admitted,
then we uught lo cnniimplato Ita approach id a
comet, not a» in object of terrsr or a harbinger of
evil, bill as a splendid world, nf a different con-atruetion
from ours, conveying millions nf heppt
beings to suivoy ■ new region ol Ihe divine empire
feel, and Cod's opening iheir gravel, and eaunno
III. to lo come out of their graves, snd aa thecun
veraiou ol ihe J- ws, in Ihe last days, it spoken nl
as life from the dead;—serordingly Ihe saiula liv-ing
snd leigiui.g with Christ may relate lo their
abundance of spiritually purity and glory, lie.tr,
love, and juy, Irauquilily and ssfely; and to Hie
pnwei of the civil magistracy as being in then
hands, sed exercised with great aulhorny and suc-cess,
f..r suppressing sll iniquity snd prufamnea*,
and promotiog true rehgiou and holiness in these
happy days.
I am not insensible,Ihsl miny learned and pious
men have pul a literal eunsiruciinn on ihn prnphe
ey, lo denote a proper resurrection ol Ihe dead bo-dies
of former marlyn, and (aa some oi them Ihiuk)
ol all other depaited saints; snd Ihey accordtnglv
suppose, ihal their dead bodies shall be raised lo
life, and reign, in a glorious manner wlh Cluist,
at persona'!) and visibly silling nn his throne, for
s thousand iears, upon earth. But I can scarcely
think lhat the corporal presence nf Christ nil, be
removed fur a thousand veers, from heaven to earth,
sos literal resurrection of sll the bodi.sof iheiauui
is spoken of, as, in a moment, in the twinkling ol
an eye, at the last trump, in nrder to their meel.ng
Ihe Lord in the sir, and being with him, not on ihe
earth, bul forever in Heaven. And after the ex.
pualten ol this thousand years, and after Sum
shall be loo.ed again for a lillle while al the end of
them, we hare an account of ihe general reiurrec
lion ol sll persons, without any exception, or the
least hint that Ihe martyn, or any other sainls had
roee so long a time before. And as ■ proper re.
sin reciion il never expressed, in scripture, by the.
reviving ur living again of the soul, bul nnly of tins
I,mli; so it seems ettiemely forced lo understand
the living again of the immortal -nu Is nf ihi m who
were beheaded, as descriptive of s literal resurrec-tion,
and the resurrection ol the bodies of gloi'-
tied saints, lo live on earth for a thousand yeaia,
seems inconsistent with the mblimer felicity and
honor of which iheir mull were possessed bef.ire
in hesven, and we einnot suppose that the Mints in
Heaven will be gratified <n Ii a-e their celestial
thrones lor rarihly ones below. They have rested
Irnm then Isbois on earth; ate they linn to renew
.... m for their reward! And the idea of our Lord's
leaving his seal upon the Father's throns in glory,
to occupy one or eirlh, soemi mil more unscrip
rural and absurd. He hn told us repeatedly and
emphatically that Ins kingdom is not of this world;
snd shall he, after all Ihe gloriee of his exsltaiion,
sloop le wield an earthly eeeptrel And ii he a-
(Sir personally In eemuunce his warfare wiih the
Ibv.lt Eveiy way in which thii mbjecl cm he
viewed, either With respect lo Christ or the saints,
it seems utterly inconsistent both with scripture
a d common sense. And again al lo the sainls, ll
uiusl be an exceeding debasement nf their refined
dignity and delight in the Imiiiidiaie presence of
Climt on his hesvenly throne, <o exchange I In re
fur any pleasures or honors upon 'he earth, espe-cially
if (aa some Millineries im"ginn) Ihey arc lo
be entertained with any sensitive enjoyments.
I therefore ralhet incline lo think, that accord,
tng to Ih. aivle of prophecv, and particularly in Ihe
hook of ihe Revelations, winch is figurative, all this
relates ItOI Ilt0t»lly "•"• resurrection of ihe rnar
ivr's or other saints, and Ihe personal reign ofChrial
for a ih.inssnd years on earih; bul figuratively, and
in a spiritual sens.-, for glorious days "f long eon
linggece to ihe church on earth, whether for the
precise number of a thousand tears, or more.
Lightning and Ike Beech Tree—Hundreds of
inrsons I. Kentucky can contradict the sloiy now
going Ihe rounds o( .he papers thai lightning nev-er
strikes the beech tree. Four persons were kill-ed
under s beech tree last summer nesr Mount
Washington. Then Ibia let no one trust in a beech ^
•ree for protection from the elcclnc flu.I.— /,oui|. , and a h-oail
ni//e Journal.
Foi the Palriot.
Masses. F.DITORS: — With your permission, I will
make a lew remarka upon ihe subject ol ftwrus,
which having been revived, numbers among Ila
investigators and Iriends sunse of the must dtsiiii*
guished minds of Ihe sge. In doing which, I lilist
I have nol the vanity to be'teve mysell capable of
-bedding any new light upon a subj. ct involved in
so .,,„h mystery, aa la this, snd concerning the
"modus upersedi" of which no plausible theory
s-'Oiiis yet v, have been sdvsiic.ed. Men of every
age have been ton prone to disbelieve and ridicule
those ih,.•'■ thing., thai, to ih'e finite mind, are in.
comprehensible; th.«, by these supporters of igno-rance,
disbelief ind ndicule, pasting thcniselvei
off as •■imart," in the esiunaliuii uf their reapeelita
Tiiiuriei. who seem to forget that the Cood Being
haa placed a limit lo the investigations of man's
reaanuuig powers, which prevents his examuialinn
of the mysterious concatenation of causes that ex*
lists b.-t-een Hun and all the effect! visible to Ilia
human mind. Indeed, th, r.. i- nothing in naiflrc,
however simple, Ihal, upon refl.clicn will not in.
Valve Ihn most g.ganltc intellect in dlAVluitvi Hy
droiren is inflammable, nitrogen is not. Tliese sre
simple fact! known In every school mist, yet when
we attempt to refer them lo causes our muids ars
lost in ignorance. Again, il .a a fad, kuuwu lo
all physicians, that opium has a peculiar tendency
•oihe head, calomel lo the glandular syai. m, „,,d
-lues lo tho lowi r portion of the al.im-niary c-mali
fur which nnne of ihem can give .i reason; true,
■hey may It fer tl to affinity, or enaae olhei tcchui.
c-iltlv, but only remove One difficulty by substitu-ting
s dozen iiiipoaibilit.es, ur wisely submit that
"ll IS so, h. cm,si- II It Mil"
We believe that Mesmerism is a reality, not a
humbug, and •• such it may be applied In ibe treat-ment
of diaease, alleviating pain and re,luring
heal'h. This belief ii founded nut on anything
ihal we have seen or fell, hul upon ihe testimony
..f Cuvier, -Laplace, Benhiold, Roslan.Corgei and
many others who have shone among ihe brightest
stars nf the profession snd around whose luiub the
-amp uf genius shall shed a halo of glnrv, whilo
hose ol their per.-. t:> I 'or- shall he levelled wlh ihs
esrlh or marked only to be dtsptsed. That Met-innriam
can be applied tn all conditions nf disease,
or to similar disesses in different imlivid nils, is not
issumed; but, like many other rcnndi s, tennirce
a peculiarity of constitution, nerious, feeble and
•-sellable. There are eases recorded where a few
dope of laudanum have pr. ilitced Ihe nn,-t alarm-ing
symptoms,others where Ihe samejq.isntily had
uu effect. So of Mesmerism. M. Cliapelain ■••
aisled hy • celebrated auigeon andanatnmisl threw
a lady aged 84 into ihe meemenc sleep, excised a
cancer of long Handing and after a space of 48
hnnri srnuied her, when she appeared lo have "ne
knowledge or suspicion of what had oecuirrd."—
Nor did she minifeit "ihe least sign of sensibility"
while ihe operation was performing. By Mesmer-ism
the voluntary muscles may be paralysed, while
■he will of the magntlixed seems to be entirely
controlled by the inagneltier.
Other cases thore are, where its influence can-not
he established, owing In idissyneracy.bul such
cases sre not known until tried. The operation is
simple, nol expensive nor painful and should be
resulted in on sll icragions wh- n .liter remedies
fail or ale more painlul. For I do hold, Mossrs.
Editors, ihal tl is the duty of the physician at well
as hia privilege lo apply any remedy that pr.iuisca
success in relieving the psin snd distress of his
sulle r,ng patisnl, and restoring him in health to hia
In mis. That he is looked lo hy many—hy Iba
community in which he lives—for temporal sslvs.
tinu, and should bo the last tn swerve from his du-ly
to his confiding fellow creiturei—tu become the
miserable slsve of prejudice, rejecting Ibis because
a Cerman, a son of the land ol science—Ihe nour-isher
of his profession—advocates it; or Ihal, be-cause
it is believed bv a Frenchman; ind further,
Ihal no msn who haa tho good of hil patients al
heart, will thus acl; bul such only aa seek lo build
a reputation of their own, regard leal of the liveo
and interest! of those committed to their charge.
Then in conclusion lei me say t« "Medicus:" with-hold
nothing from your patients Ihal has been re.
cnminended lo Iheir individual cssos, merely be*
came you cannot understand il—remember too
have auperiois, who bsve used Mr sinenam to ad-vantage,—
and when they shall have reenvered
from languishing bids Ihey will be grateful, and
Heaven will reward you.
Tomb s/ Nnpolcn—The construction of the
tomb sf the Emperor Napoleon ia about lo be coin-menced,
and for Ihe Isat few daya a model of the
work hay been exposed lo public view si ihe (nva-lides.
An equesiisin stslue ol the Emperor is to
be plsced in the middle nf the groat court, and nn
the pedestal will he repreaenled .."in arm ,1 of his
ashes al the place where ihey now he. The en*
trance ol Ihe crypt, destined to receive the Empe-ror's
mnrlal remains, will, be ornamented uu each
side b) Iwo gigantic itilues and two lions cuuchaul.
The Si. I .nut- Kia of the 13th intianl lias ihe
InHnwuig paragraph:
"Some i.f ihe papera in the upper part of Mil.
souri notice Ihe fall of a dark luhatsnoc, resem-bling
sleel dual, immediately after the heavy snow
two weeks ago. The light nf ihe sun was obscur-ed
sll day, on Tuesday, by dense clouds nf ihis
substance, and it la known to have exisudt-d lu se-veral
counties."
Spideri—Upon the hanks of ihe Amazon, io
Snuih America, spiders live in congregated socie-ties
of many thousand*. Taking possession, of a
tree, they unite in foiming a nol nnlirely. over il,
and if ihis becomes injured they labor lo icpair it
for their general good.
America.—Whatever the defeat* ol American
univers'iies may he, ihey dtaseininite no pr. iud.c. a;
rear no bigot* j dig up Ihe hurled ashes ol nu old
superstitions| never interpose between ihe people
and iheir improvements j eaeludentn In-causa
uf his relgous opinions—above f II m ibiir nl.u'a
Bourse of aindv ami instruction, rneiigut s n ..,..-.!,
ne too, lying beyoi •! the eotlegi -,r. la '
dairies />■<-« ;./.