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About American advocate. (Louisville, Ga.) 1816-???? | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1816)
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Ask the voice that sweetly fautiers, A#t; the ardent ill; illing equ-aRe, As-c that uiitrs, ti ti.\i iueX, &ud frowns that Freese 1 ***’ ■ rrrwnw It we had ary experimental knowledge in -Physical Astrono my, vc should certainly attt mpt some ingenious essay upon , the Spots'i!* the Sun/ 1 hese ‘spots,’ tog .{her with the earthquake in .1-4 vv York, and in England—the la-ge boating ma* ses of ice—the peculiar boldness of the spring—— and some other phenomena— might > nin mat trie Is for a sung ?: *ie theory, to .prove the in crease o: cold, ihe diminution of heat and the ; rob ibility in a ve ry short time (say a few hundred thousand years) of our pfanetan system (quite an insignificant pin of the universe)being con densed into one large mass of ice. Now, as our knowledge in Phy sical Astronomy is purely theo retical—we have no manner ol right in form any new hypothesis on the subj or. A few ideas, how ever, not built upon any given di agram. and not intended as any resolution of the phenomena a bove allud and to—we, with some hesitation, vvj.ll submit to our rea ders. Why, among the variety of o pinions exmess c! in the papers with rega.d to the spot on the sum -—has no one attempted to ac count for it, upon the old hypo thesis that the sun in process ot time will burn cut., Lke a great candle;—and that the opaque pot or spots discoverable upon Ins surface, are the cinders left after the consumption of the corn bus table material. it has been said, in some of the Northern Papers, that these spots tl have ever existed, and are ren dered more visable now by the uncommon dryness of the wea * her, a circumstance that does not .happen at this season, once per haps in 20 years—there having been no fill of rain, tor upwards ♦f 3 weeks.” — 4 Tis true, distant *. elects are seen more distinctly, j v .ere ti e atmosphere is highly! ai< rnnttd —but as there has not’ i tely been a very dry atmos r here in Charleston, we wish! .fc*>in • scientific gentleman would t-ike a peep at the sun, and ascer tain, whether from this point, the same maculae can be discerned It has been said, there is no tnmg new under the sun—and v/e should not wonder if correct t xperiment and calculation could rLo prove, that there is nothing new upon the sun. - From the re motest antiquity, these maculae have, been observed, varying in rise and number.-Theonly ques tion for the learned to decide, is whether these dark spots be a ma terial within the body of the sun - -or of the sun’s atmosphere ; or whether his rays be intercepted | interven [tiotvoi some opaque body, in the, 1 space between the earth and the” sun, ; Sir Isaac Newton hats calcu lated, that all the planets belong ing to our system, together with their satellites, do not amount to more than one six hmrdred and j*ftilthpart of the mass of the sun. Q.- E. D.—Now tills being ma thematically demonstrated, yve may reasonably infer that vast at tractive body,whatever enormous qualities of light or other matter, ! it may dissipate, retains always the power of re-attraciing its sub stance, and is perpeturhy spend ing and perpetually renewing its estate. In conformation of this reasoning, it may be observed, that many Comets which were only visible to us, in their aphelia —have entered and been absor bed into the body of the Sun, in their perihelia.—lt was upon this reasoning, that the brilliant and beautiful theory (we believe of Pi cot) was started—that the Sun revolved upon his axis one hundred times in a minute, and that by the prodigious momen tum of such a flood ol fire perpet ually thrown out, the whole plan etary system was set in motion.— This sublime thought, however, must be abandoned, when we re flect that fieithf r the maculae on; the surface of die bun, nor the! eclipses occasioned by bodies be* tween, the Sun and Earth, could! be at all perceptbile to the inhab ! itants of the latter —in the veloci ty of such a revolution of a mass of light.—Sir Isaac Newton’s calculation, that the bun revolves lon his axis once in twenty five days—would be Sufficient to ac count for the motion of our sys tem—at least, to those spruce philosophers who are not Con tented to ascribe the primum mo bile to some undiscovered laws by which tile Creator regulates the universe. For our part, we feel not the least uneasiness at these pherion ema. If a few of the rays of the sun have for a season been inter cepted by a comet, that must quickly pass away—and we doubt not, the earth will as well be out of the way of its destructive ca reers s she was when the comet of 1680 passed our orbit. If again, these tk spots” be nothing more I (as Laland supposes ) than the (body of the sun exhibited to our view through its atmosphere-- why then, there needs nothing; ! more be sai l about it. The im- ; mutability of Providence can never be doubted -and, while t Astronomers, having nothing else to do, are. gazing upon thej Heavens—we are contented to] trust the operations of the phy-i-j cal world to the divine laws by which it is preserve d—and shall follow and practice the maxim of the philosophical poet-- namely, “ The proper study of mankind —is Man." — Patriot . Queen of hayti’s dress—Consists of a petticoat ot white sittin, ri.-hfy embroidered in s'old unflowers, tertninatiag at the bottom with a broad gold fringe, the train ol’ white Kutlin embroidered like the petticoat, looped up ou each aide (to form a draper}) wi4 t!U>£al and bullion $ g b< <&tUm.jl goh fall* from firm she ostler, aid fasten * S umbr the Kof3sof bullion over tbe’slnreltier, the for nets undedges ‘ ; :inis!4rd Vitb,Us* Is ttnti fringe;; a rich-plume of vvhife seas Jur, or urmeute*! by combs of immensect n jjlett s rhe dress. [lt will be reieiteeiU that this woman, who Weirs shch costly is'ottfcJb 1 uw.lllli l 1 i|i| ‘ 4 11 in iirii'llM LOOK. jiekeT NO'WCfi. The subscriber, having.been appointed attorney in fact for James Nicholson, who is the only surviving* qualified executor of David M’Credie, late of the state of South Carol ilia deceased, offers for sale on moderate terms EIV-E THOUSAND aches oe LAND. The said tract is so di vided as to suit the convenience of any person ; having been par titioned into lots oftrom 200 to 1600 acres, / Those persons indebted to the estate of David M’Crebie, are informed that their notes are lodg ed in the funds of, and payment, will be received bv the subscriber. T M nEttklEX, 4t:'y in fact for Jas. Nicholson, Mx-r ltd. M’Vredie. May 16, 1816. WILE BE SOI 1), On Friday the 21st of June next, at the plantation of Abram Bel cher, late of Burke County dec. Fart of the personal proper ty of said deceased. Consisting of ! about 50 head of cattle, 3 horses, i I nfie gun, and i saddle and bri dle &c. btc Newton Perkins, 7 David Bourke, 3y 1 | May 10th: 1816. “"UCIECHEE • NAVIGAI ION COMPANY. The Share-holders are hereby notified that an Election fora new Board of Directors will be held on the second Ft iday in June next, at the House of John P. liar vey, Esq in the Town of Louis- 1 ville; and that such Share-hold-’ ers as cannot attend may vote by Proxy. v Littleberrv Bostick, President. Louisville, 24th 1 April, 1816. $ .JKl'FEtt’ ON SiPFIUOR COURT. APRIL TKRM, I8!6. RULE NIBL Li ON tne petition of Jesse Brown, praying the ‘establish-! memos a R eeipt in full from one! Mordica M’l.ain, dated the 3d of ! April, 1814 —a copy whereof as ? nearly as can be recollected by the petitioner is annexed to said ! petition : and probable cause ap pearing to the Court, that the ‘same is lost and ought to be es tablished; It is therefore ORDERED, That* at the expiration of six! I months; the said receipt be es tablished unless sufficient cause be shewn to the contrary.—And that a copy of this order he pub lished in. one of the public gazettes! | of this state, once a month for six’ i months, in terms of the rules of 1 court in such cases made and ! provided. Litniet from th* m’onfes, 11 CIARKK, Cik, 700 DOLLARS REWARD. T ll ERE AS a most attrOcioiA ? Murder'was committed at Mrs. Carters, rn Edgefield Dis trict, South-Canolina, on the 23th April •last, by Dam el Land, who without provocation or known cause, deliberately and wickedly ] with a rifie, shot a man named Burges Day, while quietly sitting in the piazza of the aforesaid Mrs. ; Carter, and thereby almost in stantly put aft end to his existance ! —and WHEREAS the said Da niel Land, has since absconded, and a number of the* qitizens of Edgefield, desirous that so foul a deed should meet the regard the j laws of the land direct, having I made up a subscription by which the above sum is secured, and will be paid to any person or per sons who will apprehend the said Dan ie l Land, and 1 edge hi m. in h dg€field Jail, to take his trial indue course of law.—! therefore deem it-proper to give public no tice, that the subscription paper lot this purpose is lodged with me, and that it will bt: delivered to any person who will bring me • receipt from the Jailor in Edge field, for the said Daniel Land ; and it is believed also, that an ad ditional reward will also be offer ed by the Governor of South Car olina, for apprehending the same person. He is about 22 or 23 years of age, 5 leet 8 or 9 inches | high—has dark hair, and datk eyes, thin dark beard, a down lock —wdten he stands his knees ap pear to bend back more than com mon—he has a small mole on one side of his face near his mouth'—* ; is of a middle statue, and suppo sed to be of about 160 pounds weight—he was born and raised in South Carolina, about ten or twelve miles front Augusta*—*is jofa tolerable fair skin. The a mount subscribed for his appre hension is somewhat above the reward offered and may hav* some further sums added—the l entire subscription will be given to the person securing him. Benjamin ILghtower CT* Other printers it is hoped will give the above a place for the public good. May 10. ImtilleryT You are hereby summoned to attend at your usual muster ground on Saturday the first day of June, uniformed agreeable to the rules cf the company. I3y order of Capt Clarke, A. G. RAIFOKD Ist Sergeant. May 9th 1816. hOTICE. Mine months after date appli cation will be made to the hon jorable the Inferior Court of Jef i ferson county, for leave to sell jail the teal estate of Ichabud Ledbetter, Lie of said county deceased, JOHN COOK, Administ* atm April 9.
