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X [From tho Grand Rapids Enquirer.] ^
A TALE OF HORROR. *f,
We have recoivod the following letter <^1
from Dr. John Moreton, a gentleman of |,ol,
veracity and professional standing. We ?
think its perusal will convince our readers n .K
of the entire truth of all that is said of mo- WH3
fi?rn spiritualism: but
Grand Traverse Michigan, four
December 28, 185J. unl,
Editor Enquirer: I send the following fove
account of a most extraordinary event, ?r rent
transaction?or what you will?because, in nn<)
my opinion, it ought not to be suppressed; wjti,
but on the contrary, thoroughly investiga- nolj(
ted. In the midst of the excitement here, burj
such a thing as a calm, unbiased examination
is altogether out of the question, nor \
would it be safe to attempt it, inasmuch as wjf0
the determination of the people is very ,net
strong to hush it up. As I myself am one ,ny ,
of the chief characters concerned in the af t|,"0 ,
fair, I dare not attempt, if 1 possessed the j.?e,
ability, to determine the character of what prHC
I am about to relate. |(|ro
I left your city to establish myself here, as
you will remember, some time in July last, oul ,
a young and inexperienced physician. Al- nnm
most the first patient I was called to see aiKj
was a Mrs. Uayden, a woman of thirty-five
years of age, a strong constitution and well duty
balanced mind, and apparently with little <>
or no imagination. She was, however, a wjti,
spiritualist, with the reputation of being u furm
superior medium. Her usual physician, f
Dr. J. N. Williams, was absent, and hence c|tl<),
her applieation to me. I found her labor- cj,jjj
ing under a severe attack of typhus fever, weie
which threatened to prove fatal. Having
Cr escribed for her I left, promising to send >s
r. W. as soot as he returned. This was { .J
on Saturday morning. At niglit, Dr. W. ^ ,
took the patient off my hands, and 1 did ||)an
not see her again until Friday evening of . .
the ensuing week. I then found Iter fi'j n
dying, and remained with her until her '
decease, which took place precisely at mid- wj j
night. She was or appoared to be, rational .
during the whole of my visit, though 1 wa< p ||'}
informed she had been delirious the greater ,
part of the week. There was nothing re ujuc
markable about her symptoms; I should ,
say the disease had takea its natural course. '
At the time of decease, there was in tho jj t
room, besides myself, her husband, Mrs.
Oreen, (her sister,) and Mrs. Miles, (a cxnj,
neighbor.) Iler husband, whom I partiqu- lo
larly noticed, was verv thin and woaL
- ? - ? # I I
suffoiing from a quick consumption, already tbeyond
reco%*ery. He bore tlio character of mj '
a clear minded, very firm, illiterate, but ;l ^
courteous man, and a most strenuous uube j s
liever in spiritualism.
t There had been some subdued couversa- (
tion, such as is natural in such scenes?the . ,,j
patient taking so part in it, except to signify,
in * faint and gradually diminishing worc
voice, her wants, until about an honr bufoiu ,>rolt
her death, when a sudden and indescriba- | |0 in
ble change came over her features, voice f '
And whole appearance?a change which Wur(J
her husband noticed by saying, with, as I
thought, wholly unwarranted bitterness, ?j
"There go thoso cursed spirits again." v
The patient hereupon unclosed her eyes HS
and fixed a look of uuutterable emotion on j ?rav,
her husband?a look so direct, searching j
and unwavering, that I was not a little q01j
startled by it. Mr. Ilavden met it with |)Cr j
something like an unhappy defiance, and ' mjn(
he fiuallv asked of his wife what she want- ?q
od. She immediately replied in a voice of oejvt
perfect health, "You know."
I was literally astonished at the words, jiea_
arfd the voice in which they were uttered. ljlt)rt
I had often hoard and read of a return of wjp
volume and power of voice just preceding p.
dissolution; but the voice of ihe patient had j 1
none of the unnatural intonation of such? j .
it was, as.l have said, perfectly healthy. In 1 J4 a
few moments she continued in the same .
voice, and wi*h her eyes still fixed upon her ^ ^
husband: ' ?.
"William, in vour secret soul von .1.* l.n.
Jifro." ie'?
* "Wife," was tlio imploring reply, "that O'
[ is the devil which has stood between us \ callo<
And Heaven for so many months. Wo are l'ie '
both at tho very verge of the grave, and in presc
Ood's name let him be buried first." '0Mh
Apparently without hearing or heeding , l|'Ht
him she repeated her words: nn?
"You dare not disbelieve." lo?
"I do," ho replied, excited by her man- ruov'
uer, " while you are dying?nay, if you were
dead, and speak to me, I dare not believe." wo
"Then," she said, "I will speak to you whis
when I am dead! I will coino to you at ^u?d
your latest moment, and with a voice from I'unit
the grave, I will warn you of your time to l',e v
follow me." I l?ow?
"But I shall uot believe a spirit." j ?ntei
"I will come in the body, and speak to | f,K>b?l
you. Remember/" 1 P
8be then closed her eyes, and straitway **
sank into her former state. onter
As soon as we had somewhat recovered I f
from the shock of this most extraordinary sinkil
scene, her two children were brought into night
the room, to roceive her dying blessings, to so<
She partially roused herself, and placing a ing U
hand on the head of each, she put up a with
prayer to the throne of grace?faint in to be
voice, indeed, but a prayer in which nil the a ghc
strength of her unpolished soul, heart and if pos
mind, was exerted to its utmost,dying lira
such a prayer as a seraph might atter
, none but a dying wife and niol
ild accomplish. From that moment
athing grew rapidly weaker and 11
icalt, and at twelve o'clock she expi
mrently without a struggle,
f closed her eyes, straightened aiid c
ed her limbs, and was about to k
house, when Mrs. Green requested
send over two yonng ladies from
irding house to watch with tho d<
this occupied some teu minutes.
Suddenly Mrs. Miles screamed out, :
; llayden started up from tho beds
ero ho had been sitting. The suppc
pse was silling erect in tho bed, 1
iggling to speak! Her eyes were 1
ed; and, save her open mouth and qi
ig tongue, thero wcro all the look
(h in her face. With a great heav
the chest, at last tho singlo word at
h: "Remember/"
Ier jaw fell back in its place, and
in lay down, as before. I now exan'
ier minutely. That alio was dead tli
Id bo uo possible doubt, and so I left
Be.
hi the following day, l.)r. Williams rm
>st mortorn examination of tho body,
prevented, by business, from atlendi
was informed by the Doctor that
id her brain but slightly affected 1
sua! fact in persons dying with typl
r,) but that her lungs wero torn r
extensively, as if by a sudden, sin
powerful effort, and partially suffu:
1 coa^'dated blood. These wero all 1
ceable fonJpres of tho case. She 1
ed on the afternoon of tho same day
******
bout two weeks after the death of
, I was called to visit Mr. llayden.
Dr. Williams on the way, told h
errand, and expressed some surprise
preference of tho family for myself, n
v liiin to be a safe and oxperienc
tiliouer. lie replied that nothing coi
him to enter that house again, i
I seen things that?well, 1 would fi
when I got there." I was consideral
sed at the Doctor's manner and warm
beguiled my way by fancying wl
alarmed him?a physician?from I
n tny arrival, I found no person presi
the patient except Mrs. Green, w ho
ed iuo that the spirits had been ph
uud 1 pranks that not a soul, Dr. W.
?d, could be induced to remain. T
Iron had boon gone soino time?tli
at her hou*e.
>und the patient very low, and with
pect of surviving tho attack. He w
jver, quite Jree from pain, though vi
t. White I whs in the house, L notic
y man i festal ions of that power call
lualisni. Tables and chairs were tu<
ud removed, billets of wood thrown i
the lire, and doois opened and sh
out apparent agency. I heard utri
and unaccountable noises, too; a
in unusual sensation, caused, no don
the mysteries which surrounded a
ked me. Noticing my manner, t
ml observed:
t is nothing. You must get used to
or."
should not be content unless I cm
lilt them, as well as become inditfuu
lein," 1 replied.
Iiis opened the way to a long convcr
during which I probed my patiei
J to the bottom, but without delecli
adow of belief. Speaking of his wi
aid:
fou heard Kllcn promise to warn me
tiiuo to die!"
did?hut do you believe her?"
Jo. If it is possible sho will keep I
I in (pile of Heaven and hell. S
lised to came in the body and spe
r -?i - - - . -
?. i Biiiiu accept no outer warm
her &avo the literal meauing of 1
1#."
Vnil what liicn?"
low much of her body id tlicro li
now, Doctor? and t>he has not coi
el. She promised to come from I
e. Can sho ilo it? No, no?it's al
bug?n delusion?poor Klleti! Tha
Doctor, the devil, which so haunt
ife, and stood between her soul a
i, cannot reach her now.
ful if she should cotne you may be i
id."
cannot. Others may see her, tco, a
her. I shall believe no spectre,
) are such things. Her body as it is
be, let that speak if it can!"
oin that day up to the hour of his den
s wiiii linn almost constantly; and \\
' introduced to some new and slarlli
ouieiion. The neighbors hud learn
tin the house, and strange stories pa
0111 gossip to gossip, acquiring inuio
narvellous at every repetition. Nevi
ss my practice increased,
i the morning of November 80(1
J a little earlier than usual. Duii
iait, the manifestations of superuatui
nco were inoro frequent, wild and v
than ever before. 1 was inform
tliey hud been exceedingly violent tl
liiu preceding night; their charncl
had greatly changed. Besides t
ng of movablo articles, the tinkling
es and tho rattling of tiu ware, lh<
frequent and startling sounds, as
pored conversation, singing and su
laughter?all perfect imitations of t
*n voice, but too low for mo to dcU
rords used, if words tliero were. Sti
ivor, none of the unusual sounds h
ed tbo sick room. They followed t
!epa of Mrs. Green like a demon eel
mused upon tbo threshold of that roo
debarred by u superior power fro
ing there.
ound Mr. llayden much worse, hi
"g very passed a b
. Doubtful whether bo could survi
l another morning, I left him prom
> call at evening, and spond the nig
him, resolving in my secret tliougl
"in *t the death." If there was to
>stly warning I meant to bear it, an
sible, to solve the strange enigma.
******
opt, The tiny had been exceedingly cold and <
iber stormy, and tbe night had already set in <
her dark and dismal, with a tierce gale and
lore driving storm of rain and hail, wheu 1 again 5
red, stood by my patieut. The moment 1 looked
at him, I perceived the unmistakcablo in
oiu- dications of death upon his features, lie
iavo was free from pain, hh; uiind |>erfectly clear;
me but his life was ebbing away with every i
my breath, liko the alow burning of an exhausted.
ed lamp. | i
Meanwhile the stonu aroso to a tempest, . <
and and llio gloom grew black as death to the '
ido, wild night without. The wind swept with )
ised tremendous gusts through the adjoiniug ' t
and forests, startling the icy branches of the . c
still trees, and came wailing aud shrieking | c
jiv- through every crack and cranny ol tlio 1 f
s of building. | t
ing Within there was yet wilder commotion.' t
line ! AH that had been said or sung, written or ! c
| dreamed, of ghostly visitations was then and |
she J tliero enacted. There was ringing of hells, ; l
tin- j moving of furniture, crash of dishes, wliis- ) s
iere pers, howls, crying, laughter, whistling, v
the 1 groaning, heavy aud light footsteps, and , t:
wild music, as if in mockery of the infernal s
ado 1 regions. All these things grew wilder with o
, I the rising gale, until towards midnight they 1 t
ng, 1 were almost insufferable. I g
he ; As for us three?the patient, Mrs. Green c
(an : and myself?not a word passed our lips af- n
Itus ter nine o'clock. As for the stato of our h
md minds, God only knows. Mine, in the wild N
gle whirl of thought and events which follow- s
sod ! ed. furerot all the anvn ttlmt ' ' -
I ?: * ?<"? ??- "
iho called and penned, bit by bit, above. 1 re I
vns member looking only for tbe final caslastro- a
plie, which grew rapidly nearer, with a conslant
endeavor to concentrate all my faculhis
ties of mind and sense upon the phenome- u
I nun which I, at least, had begun to believe o
ini ! would herald the loss of my patient.
At As it grew closer upon twelve o'clock,
s 1 (for upon the striking of that hour had my
thoughts fixed themselves for the expected ^
dd demonstration) my agitation becanio so
Ho gteat that it was with extreme difficulty I
nd could control myself.
Nearer and nearer grow tho fatal ino
' merit?for fatal I perceived it would be, to
tho patient at least; and, at last, tho seconds
trembled on the brink of midnight; the
clock began to strike. One?two?three! t>(
:n I counted tho strokes of the hammer which
seemed as though they never would have ,,
S * done?ton?eleven?twelve! I drew my
V' breath again! The last lingering echo of n
10 the last stroke hail died fairly away, and as w
' yet thero was no token of any presence ?
save our own. c|
no All was silent. The wind had lulled for (|
lls? a moment, and not a sound stirred the air c,
within the house. '1'ho ghosts had tied! r,
?'l I arose and approached the bedside. The b
e patient was alive?drawing his breath very si
,v slowly?dving. The interval between bis
jp- : - ...
j-wtfi gi?w longer; men lie ceased to i rj
1 ' breathe?lie was dead. Mir. Green was I J
^ hitting in Iter place, Iter elbow* resting on ; h
j , lier knees, her face buried iu the palms of |j
I her hands. I closed the open mouth and j ?
pressed down the eyelid* of the dead?tlien o
,K I touched her on the shoulder. w
. ' It is over," I whispered." m
' "Thank God," was the feivent reply. |j
* e e * * * 1 fcl
Then wo both started. Thero was a S
' rustling of the bedclothes! Mr. llayden ' .v
was Hitting erect, his chest heaving with a v.
mighty effort for one more inspiration of s|
the blessed air. Before I could roach him 1 o
he spoke? | si
L' ".Ify (rodJ she is coming!" I t?
j. At the same instant the wind came back tl
with a sudden appalling gust, as it swept A
through the crevices of the building. Then b
there was an opening of the outer door! b
then a staggering and uncertain step in the h
' Vj ! outer room! tlio latch lifted! the door was o
swung home! nnd then, my God! what a a
"? ! ?roci?elc! ! .1
1 wonder, even now, that I ilare describe li
it ? think of it?remember it. I would I w
^ Jieved it then, or do now, that I did not ci
" ' go inad, or drop down dead. ! ti
I ^ Through the open door there stepped a p
j'? figure?a figuie not of Mrs. Hayden, nor '1
of death, but a thousand times more liorii il
I Ida, a thing of corruption and decay, worms g
j and rottenness! ti
The fealuies were neaily all gone, and G
j the skull, in places, gleamed through, white tl
? and terrible. Her breast, abdomen and fn
j neck had been eaten away, her limbs were d
j(. putrid, green and inexpressibly loathsome, p
! the cavities of lier shoulders, client, abdo , b
" | men, neck and thighs, wero a living mass
of great and ugly grAvc-wotms, which, a* tl
ll'' she stepped, dropped away to the floor, to n
:is gelher with gouts and clots of putrid llesh! c;
Her trail, over llio threshold and into tire g
outer darkness, was marked by theso loath- j y.
ss" some tokens, a luminous lino of corruption ir
and crawling worms, tho effluvia of which ir
er" j was most horrible! is
And yet to those putrescent jaws lher? 1 w
i I was born a voice?smothered indeed, and rt
ug | strange, but distinct? tl
ral "t 'omo, William, they wait for you ? I i c<
io- ! wail!" ' g
?d > I dared not turn my oyes from tho intru- 1 a<
lu- | der. 1 could not, if I dared?though I c<
lor ; heard a groan behind me and a fall. I'
ho Then it?tho thing boforo mo?sank
of down in a heap, a dark and loathsome heap it
:re ; of putrescence and fragments. ' er
of ; I remember I did not faint, that I did ! T
ib- not cry out. How long I stood transfixed a
bo I know not; but at last, with an effort and I)
ret a prayer, I turner! to tho bed. Mr. Hay- tji
ill, den had fallen upon tin- floor, face down- in
ad ward, stone dead. I raised and replaced it
he h im; I composed bis limb*; I closed his ct
io; eyes; 1 hound up his chin; I crossed his ol
in, hands upon his breast and tied them thorc. gi
in Then 1 bore out the body of his sister in- tl
scusiblo, but not dead, into tho puro air? j or
M(| out of that horror ami stench into the er
?() storm and darkness?out of death into life er
vo again!
in. County of Grand Traverse, Michigan, ss.:
lit Mrs. Joscpha II. (ireeu, hoiug duly hi
its sworn, deposes and says that the letter of H
be l>r. .lohn Moreton, hereto appended, which
id, alio has read, is strictly true, so far as it
goes, though much of tho history of what **
occurred at hei brother's (the late Mr. Hay- "
Jen) house is omitted, and this she deposes
of her own knowledge.
joski'ila II. olucbn.
sworn and subscribed before me, n notary
public in and for the county of Grand ,'UI
t raverse, and State of Michigan, on the ro*
20lh day of Decembor, A. I). 1850, f?I
Jamks Taylor, M. I*.
County of Grund Traverse, Michigan, ?$: trt^
Jainos Hudson being duly sworn, deposes
?nd says, that he, in company with George ""
jireeu, Albert J. llaily and Henry H. HCl
5Ulead, on the tirst day of December, last me
>u.it, iu the afternoon in said day, did go ',0
o tho house of William U. Hayden, do- Bo!
:eased, for tho purpose of burying tho body
>f llaydcn, tho deceased, and that they *10.
bund ujkiii the floor of the room in which ev>
ho body of tho said deceased lav, and near 'V0
ho door of said room, the putrid remains !'rt1
>f a human corpse, a female, as the de- ,u
>Olient verily believes and avers, and that ouf
hey carried away and buried tho bodv of u'r<
aid deceased, and found the grave of the to.'
vifo of said Hayden, deceased, in tho 1
noiilh of August Inst, open at the head of
aid grave, and that said grave was empty ?ov
if the said wife of said Hayden, deceased,
he body of said wife of raid Hayden being s,?'
[one from said grave, and that they return i
d to said house, wherein raid Hayden died, ; c'al
ind after removing the furniture from said j 1
iouse the deponent did, at the ropiest of
Ira. Green, sister of said Ilayden, deceased, ,n 1
et firo to said house, and that said hou?e ,
ras thereby entirely consumed, with all ,
lint remained in said house, and burned to
alios. This 1 aver of my own knowledgo. | ,u"
James Hudson. ! 1
We aver and solemnly swear that the wai
hove aflidavil is strictly and entirely true, VHI
f our own knowledge. j 'n&
George GHKKN, ' .
Alueht J. Daily, J"u
IIkniiy k. smead, ,u*
worn and subscribed before me. a luiblic 1,0 1
notary, in and for the county of Grand
Traverse, ami Slate of Michigan, on this
20lh day of December, A. D. 1850.
J.vubs Taylou, Notary Public. l,cl
_ ? stai
Final Revision Committee.
, , . 9P;.
It will bo recollected that it was resolv- J
it, at the annual meeting of the Bible ra'
Iniott, to proceed at once to the appoint- heh
lent of this most impoilant of atl commit- tral
:e* and of all agencies counected with the con
?vi?ion enterprise. Since that time, the wat
ork has been constantly in hand, and pro to I
ress has lioen made, though the final con- trar
lusion is not yet reached. It is a measure the
lat requires groat deliberation, much dis is d
riinination, ami extensive inquiry and cor an
*spoiiJence. None but scholars of the very iow
igheat order can safely assume the re*pon- nrei
ibilities of such a committee. tan>
We understood, however, that definite ar- wlii
mgemcnts have been made with Prof. T. whi
. Oonant, 1). D., of the Rochester Theo- 1 wit,
>gical Seminary, who is ex|iecto<l, after Ju- | mat
r next, to give his whole lime to the work; alto
nd also with l'rof. II. 13. Uackett, L>. D., 1 cd i
f the New toil Theological Seminary, who cd i
ill give all his time to the work, except a and
mall portion reserved for his professorship. I the
loth these gentlemen are heartily interest- 1 plai
J in the enterprise of revising the Rnglish ! The
cripturea. Prof. Ilackett expressed him- the
ilf to this effect some years ago. Prof, ily
'on.Hit's position has long been well under- it >
Lood. There are, perhaps, no men in the | gat
uunlry who are by nature, by habit, by ! fug
diolarship, and in every jroint of view, bet- j f??rc
?r qualified to do this work than these gen- | attr
cm on. Dr. fl.ickelt's elaborate work on attr
L.cls has giveu him as high a position in ma:
ihlical literature as Dr. Conant has won zcrt
y his Hebrew Grammar and Thesaurus, bill
is translation of Job, and the other fruits is ti
f his scholarship. Among their friends on 1
nd to the U-artied woild at large, their thrt
antes are a tower of strengih which is not trot
kely to be much injured by the angry grei
raves of sectarian prejudice or carping criti atti
ism. Thoso periodical scribblers who w ish hi 11
> write tln-lii ilnivn l.u > ..I..... ?. !.?
- *" ""fc?
rojudieo, arc at full liberty to do their be-t. in t
ho only effect will be, like winds agitating upo
io iiioiintain oaks, to imbed their invo^ti tioii
alioiiH more deeply in the solid founda- be
oris of literature, an I the realities of what mei
rod has spoken in human language. If e?,
ley cannot stand by theac the sooner they i I
ill the better. If tlieir work can be pulled fron
own by superficial scribbles, it ought to j ow i
erinli. Let such critics, therefore, do their tim
est. the
Wo also learn that the Board have au le?s
lorized a Committee to make arrange- alte
lents with two otlier scholars, whose bibli tor
tl attainments and published works have tho
iven them a world-wide reputation for tho
ears past. They have already rendered a tr
npoi tsiit service to tho cause of the Union ( to
i its pteliminary revisions, and have prom- it t
ed essential aid in tho completion of the nan
ork by the Committee. But as the ar- tint
ingements between these gentlemen and tho
iu Union have not yet been finally vau
included, wo would not feel justified in villi
iving publicity to their names. We will cod
Id, however, that iu their ecclesiastical cire
inflections they stand associated with tho vied
edobaptists. 1 plai
By the plan of the Union, approved at auo
s anniversary, the Final Commiite? will in t
insist of, at least, fi?c or seven members. i coir
lie work of completing the number is still , lien
matter of correspondence and almost dai tion
' deliberation; and notwithstanding the Aim
iligenco of tlio Committee of the Hoard, com
nd tbeir devotion to the business, wo think biot
highly probable that it will not bo fullv unh
included buforo the next annual meeting I
r the Bible Union, a* it i* one requiring soin
real deliberation and much caution; and lorn
le Board, we feel satisfied, will appoint no of u
10 to the work whoso scholarship is not lorn
jnal to that of the persons already approv- furu
I by them.? New York Chronicle. cal
Must a man be mealy mouthed before case
a can make flowery speeches! And should | 'bo
joke in a speech be nccomp.ubied by any ' ??rl
lion to mako the jest sure ofitit effect, ni visil
lould a piece of fun he j?*st enough of it has
If to movo to laughter without' jsa liable I thai
i"ti ..it 'he put ot the [leaber? brig
Comets.
VKOM TilK NATIONAL INTKLLIUBMOER.
In view of the threatened embrace,
tie next, of our chaste and staid old n
i earth, by that saucy tlirt of a con
1 posed to be skulking about somewb
her neighborhood, it may be not unpi
de to inquire somewhat into the pre
character and belongings of the fond
is he any weight of character? Does
upon principle? What seems to bo
atis of support' Is be substantial 1
been trained up in the way be sliu
! Does be come now indicating that
I any stability of purjxnie? In short
one whom we have no misgiving in
ving into communion with our comii
tber? I, for one, protest against the ?
ice, for the reason that the fellow is
my private opinion, a bit better than
jht to be. Full juries of Havana h
sudy decided iiiin to be essentially ga:
be a vagabond and a particular sit
i last especially, while under favor of
*ioti into the immediate presence of
ereigu?the sun. I charge him with
, besides, a cheat, with making pret
is to accomplishments which lie lie
I the least ability to accomplish,
ins?rather his vouchers claim fur I
hat lie has travelled quite extensively
. ign parts, but I am established fin
he faith that he has never so much
ked at a jtart outside of the point
ich he was born. Neither the force i
germ of a force was given him at hi
icient to tutu his face, much less
ole body, putty as this was and is, t
d from that point. The act wh
'ted iiiin into being was an act of di
him inward; and lie must continue
inward until he has breathed out
if existence, or until ho is caught in
I of the sun. So, instead of huggi
II get hugged, very likely!
I ou have gnllieied, of course, front ]
iter, that 1 do not subscribe to the
red doctrine as to the nature and i
is of comets. Such doctrine can
id the test of its own working,
ves itself false, as I will show in sin
CO.
The doctrine fixes for its basis the ge
proposition that all revolving bodies
i iu their oibits by the balancing of c
and tangential lorces. In tho cases
lets, the force which draws them
da their centre of revolution is asser
IU llirt ultrurtli.." " 1
...V m%invnwii \Jl Uiu ClII111 III] UVIIIg
:ted bv tliem nl the same time; wl
force which semis them off in a ta?g<
eclared to bo the impetus acquired
effect of their descent. 1 lie IcmJci
aid of each cornet is reckoned to
vsured, taking now no account of t
ce, by the excess of attractive pot
icli the sun lias above that of its
ich excess is calculated to correspc
It the surplus of the sun's quantity
Iter above its own quantity. Now, il
iwed that the amount of matter corila
in any one of tin* comets that have pi
in the vicinity of the smallest plan
satellites has not been sufficient to cai
slightest perceivable deflection of st
nets and satellites from their coun
m, the attractive power of the sun ii|
comet is to that of it up on him as iuti
is to zero, making the force which dm
it ward infinitely stiong. How is it
Iter its balancing infinitely strong con
at force! Its means for gathering si
e aro just according to iis capacity
acting the sun. This capacity is to l
active capacity of the sun as the eoim
is is to the mass of the sun; that is,
i is to infinity. Then, the comet's ca
ty to press itself outward to its nphcli
0 the power which holds it to its poriln
us zero is to infinity, making the distai
.nigh which il is possible for it to reti
n its cetitrewaid tour not a single i<
ater than the distance through which
acts tlio miii towards itself in passi
1 at perihelion, nor than that lliroti
ch il would jar the sun from his pli
lie event that il should fall and sir
n his disc. It follows that no icvo
is of the comets, such as are claimed
theirs?in fact, that no orhilal mo
lt_?4 Mill' Llf??l ? ? *?
.... nniM iuV| llIU jUCil
possible.
have not at command data sufiici<
n which to elaborate anv theory uf i
t respecting comets. However, 1 v<
i to throw out a simple suggestion
effect that they are nothing more i
than sorts of nuclei, composed of I
minted matter which serves as a retl
to produce the phenomenon known
Zodiacal Light. At the moment wli
precipitation of the matter comtituti
Helens commences, this nucleus hog
fall towards the source from wh
anio, in vaporous form, originally
rely, from the burning sun?and c<
les its fall till it is absorbed again
sun; this unless it is reconvened ii
or before it readies its destination,
er case its life as a comet is short;
rfce ie always inward; its track is no1
ular, llnoigh a little curved. The i
Is nrnr take its stait from certain of l
lets coming in conjunction one w
ther; these, in totaling, cause a whirli
he suspended matter at the |?oint
11111c11 11, so 111ai liiu j> r11<>ii ol it win
at micIi |?oinl is pressed to conden
ami falls nmlor the solar million
l?, the supposed periodical retuin ol
let may tic a now precipitation, men
light about through a regnlaily recurri
ill of planet*.
conclude with cxpre**ing the hoj>e t!
e one ?>f your rentiers, who is better
led in the history of comets than oth
s can claim to be, will impart ol bis
nation through your columns. Let It
iish an account of a few of the pcrio
ones, micIi n? have had the be?t ohser
s niatle upon them, staling, in en
i, among other items, the situation
heavens; tlio direction, whether with t
h or retrograde; the length of tii
Me; whether the distance from the s
ever been proved to he gi eater af
i at the time of or before the gieat
;htne*s; whetlici theie has ever be
presented evidence of revolution nt all othc
than that afforded hy the different degret
of brightness. Yours, cordially,
1,1 U. W. EVELETII.
ml
ll?'? Daniel Webster and the Morning.
,0jj. Wo givo place to the beautiful thought
of Daniel Webster on beholding sunrise h
ler the beautiful capitoline city of iho "Old Doin
|ia inion," seated on Shockoe and Churcl
j11R | Hills, which look down on the romanti
'Ian J valley of the Jtunes ri\er,
i i "Hiciimoxd, October 16, 18o0.
,ie 5 o'clock A. M.
t "Mv dkaiiSik: Whether it be a favor 0
' an annoyance, you owe this letter to in
ton enr,y r'9'nK- From the hour marked at th
Jal- tor ?' Pn8? you will naturally conclud
that my companions are not now engaginj
my attention, as we have not calculated 01
ave ^'"P ?rlX travellers to-day.
' 'This city has a 'pleasant seat.' It is high
rjl : the James river runs below it, and when
at]! I w??t out ?? hour ago nothing was heart
|(js but the roaring of the falls. The air is ve
^ I ry tranquil and its temperature mild. Ili
eQ 1 morning, and a morning sweet and refresh
ver ' '"P " delightful.
jjc | "livery l?ody knows why the morning
j( in its melaphorichl sense, is applied to st
, jn many occasions. The health and strengtl
nj and beauty of early years lead us to cal
( ns 1 that period the 'morniug of life;' of a love
al ; ly young woman we say, 'she is bright a
nor i the morning.'
rlj( I "l?ut the morning itself, few people, in
|(j8 habitants of cities, know any thing about
lUj. Among all our good people not one out u
jcj, a thousand sees the sun rise otico in a year
rjy Tho know nothing of the morning; thei
lr, | idea of it i> that narf .if iln? 'l?? ?1-:
I >I>V unjf n ii Ift" CUIIie
|,j9 ) afltr h cup of cutfee or a pieco of toabt.
tho uWilli them morning is not a new issu
ng. I 14 nevv bursting forth of tin
01 sun, a new waking up of all thai ha
|uv j life from a sort of temporary death to bo
rg. : hold the works of (iod, the heaven and tin
n0. earth. It is only n part of the donieslit
not belonging to reading the newspapers
answering notes, sending the children U
,;ij| school, and giving orders for dinner. Tin
first streak of light, the earliest purpling o
UQ. the oast which the lark springs up to greet
%re and the deeper and deeper coloring intr
cn. orange and red, till at length the gloriou
, 0f sun is seen, 'regent of day;' this they neve
to- enjoy, for they never see it.
led " Beautiful descriptions of morninj
Ht. abound in all the languages; but they an
jj|w stroi gest perhaps in the East, where tin
enl sun is frequently the object of worship
as King David speaks of taking to himself tin
lCy wings of the morning. This is highly po
' etical and heautifui. The w ings of tin
jjs. morning are the beams of the rising sun. I
^er is said that the 'Sun of Kighleousuesft shal
ejriso with healing in his wings'?a inorninj
uid ; that shall scatter life, health, and joi
uf throughout tliu universe. Milton lias tiiu
t js descriptions of the morning, but not s<
many as Shaks|>enre, from whose writing
iss- l>i4Ke* 'be most delightful imagery, al
founded on the glory of the morning, migli
use ^>e filial*
lcj, "I never thought Adam had much th<
1CH advantago of us for having seen the work
ion xvkcn it was new. The manifestations o
the power of (iod, like his mercies, ar<
'new every rnoruiiig and fresh every mo
lu i merit.' Wo see as line ridings of the sur
1 as ever Adam saw, and its risings are a:
lc|, much of a miracle now as they wore in liii
fur day, and I think a gieat deal more so; be
k]iu ! cause it is now a part of the miracle tha
jj'j, ' for thousands and thousands of years In
! lilts o.nn.i l.? ! 1
i(N ! ?? n|i|iuimeij UlllO WHIIOU
pJt. 1 the variation of tiie inillionelli pait of i
joll second. Adam could not tell how this
uli- was.
!1CU "I know the morning; I an) acquainted
,ru } with it, and I love it. I lose it fresh ant.
jta sweet as it is?a daily new creation break
jl : ing forth and calling all that have life ant
breath and being to new adoration, new
gh enjoyment, and new gratitude.
,L.e As ever, your friend,
ihc ' 1?AXIKL WEBSTER.
ll( Loiid Xauikk.?The Washington cor
vc- respondent of the Baltimore American sayi
ithat Lord Napiet, hy his unostentatious po
1 litencss and freetloin from those foreign as
sumptions obnoxious to republicans, is win
mv n'"S golden opinions from all who have busi
e?\ : ne>s wiih him. Yesterday llio following
(u ! rather amusing incident transpired: Tw<
lor gentlemen from Texas (one of whom v.
[|lu well known in political circles, and tin
oc other more familiar with the music of na
aH ture than the etiquette of diplomacy) callev
iC? at the embassy to get some patent, docti
M,r ments authenticated. Our iu*tic fiienil
ins aI"' companion were introduced to 1113
ich '?rt' instead of his secretary, as was expect'
ed; and, after the hu?iness was duly trans
acted, Lord Napier instituted a series of in
|,y lerrogatories as to the commercial, socia
llo and agricultuial a Hairs of Texas. The*<
|? wore duly responded to by the worthy bill
its uupoii?it?nl applicant, in his usual off hand
vt>r manner, interspersed with some characteristie
jokes by way of a more perfect illns
|,0 tration. The interview lasle.) upwards of i
ill, half hour, notw illmtaiiding several attempt!
,,^r by tlie visiters to depart; hut his lorddii)
Gf at eaeli successive attempt would propound
;c|, some new question which caused anothei
SJ, detention. After having finally made then
ce exit, the gentleman w ho introduced them
[ inquired how they liked Ix?rJ Napier
,jy ' "Didn't see him," replied M., "but his soc
retary was a?clever feller." "Thai wai
Lord Napier himself," responded the other,
tat "1 bat laud Napier! Hy .lupiter sir, if he'll
jn, come to Toxas we'il elect him to Congress.*
in- ' Napoleon, seeing a short man among hit
im grenadiers, said, " I'hou art very small for i
di grenadier." The soldier instantly replied
ra- j "If they took generals for their size rot
ch would not be one."
lie Lucy Stone, in a lecture in llangor, re
ne cently said, 'We bear of hen pecked hus
un band*, but nothing about rooster pocked,
ter wives.'
est If we don't, ti u because female ihukeni
en can't crow to advantage.
t x-r M. Wf
0
??????^T????I?i
r The National Metropolis.
S Never, peihnp*, lias tlieie been such a
display of industry about tlie publie buildings
an at the present lime. So extensive
were the appropriations of the late Con'
gress, out of a full treasury, that employ*
* inent in given to hundreds upon liuudrcd*
1 I of men, inmiy of whoin are happy thus to
>' be able to support their families.
'' | At the Department of the Interior?geu*
c erally called the Patent Office, because
j there the first deposit was of patents?we
! find nearly completed n marble building of
| perfect Cirecian beaty. It is of magnificent
r ' propot tion<, covering a whole square. Ou
* three sides are beautiful porticoes with Do*
e ric columns, the effect of which is indeed
e most impressive. If a man could pais with
' telegrnphic s|>eed, on sotne lovely moruing,
" I from the ruins of Athens or Koine to the
| squares and triangles of \Va.-hiugto??, where
' 1 the anciont forms of architecture are repro!
duced with such a freshness and beauty, be
would obtain a vivid idea of the rising gloriesof
our Western Republic, not to be ob*
i scored, we liust, by the dark spirit of disun*
; ion. Indeed, the materials going into the
construction of these buildings, spread about
' over acres of ground, being ot the most du*
0 rahlu quality, suggest, like so many syni'
bols, the perpetuity of the Union. Who
' has made any proposal to stop the progress
'* of these erections, as if they would not be
s wanteJ here for an indefinite future? Nm
one. I am more and more convinced thai
all this clamor about dissolving the Union
' is for political effect. While Congress wu
' appropriating millions for improving this
' Federal city and ila vicinity, why did no
r one rise and object? llecause there it agen9
! eral expectation lhat this is to continue
"forever" to be the metropolis of a united
' country. One long gallery in the above8
mentioned building is appropriated as a
8 repository for curiosities collected from all
quarters of tire world; among (Item the fruits
u of the exploring expeditions ordered bv the
c Government. Some few relics of Wasting
ton and Franklin arc hero preserved. The
9 "sword of Washington and the cane of
9 Franklin," the veritable, visible realities,
' grasped by those stupendous right hands,
' are gazed ou by thousands with an enthu9
siasm of veneration almost idolatrous. Well,
9 there's Franklin's press, too, a very different
r thing, I assure you, from "Hoe's last fast,**
but a uiighty engine, for nil that. These
J sights do awaken a world of thought, for
9 those men, under God, changed the Caco of
9 the world.
' A thousand men are at work on the Cnpi
9 tol alone. That will be a wonder when
' completed. It is unsightly now, for the old
9 dome is broken off, and they nre just now
1 laying the foundations of the new and more
' splendid dome. Seventy two iron brackets,
> weighing between two and three tons each,
f have been lifted to the summit of the bnild9
ing by the aid of steam power, and are to
9 constitute the framework of the base. The
9 tluted columns, large and long, now lying
' on the ground, will soon be raised to their
1 places, and the proportions of the magnificent
superstructure will begin to appear by
9 the lime the travellers go by for the While
' Sulphur Springs of Virginia. Walter, the
' architect, is ambitious to erect for himself a
9 monument at the same time, on the principle
of Sir Christopher Wren's Circumspice.
1 Lntrobe's old dome had its day of adtnira9
lion and vituperation, as has (ireenough'a
9 silting statue of Washington in the eastern
paik of the Capitol; but it has disappeared.
1 Randolph's sarcasms will endure as long as
9 the statues and paintings at which they are
1 | levelled, and the memory of the originals
1 | longer than either. Nothing can exceed
' the beauty of Crawford's work*, most of
which are in shops adjacent to the Capitol,
' sorno in an unfinished state, the Italians be'
ing at work upon them from the plaster
" models. Among them are the Genius of
' America, robed in a starry mantle, the Ge'
| niu* of War, of Peace, of Industry, of
Knowledge, Arc. All these works aro destined
to adorn some portion of the Capitol
Extension, while the inieiior rooms are
growing beautiful under the skill of the pic'
torial artist*. Indeed this building will, of
4 itself, be a vast museum open to the gratuitous
inspection of the people of the United
States and of the world, without money and
without price. The rustic Representative
from the far interior, where arts and cities
' are unknown, will open his eyes and mouth
> in wonder as lie looks upon the gorgeous
4 works of art destined to decorato the Capi
tol. In truth, such is the profusion of ayiu,
bolical ornament the Italian painters are
' putting on the w alls of the committee rooms,
that most persons will require an intcrpre
' I or to bring them within the understanding.
' All this seems hardly compatible with the
simplicity of our iiiatitHtiotis; but what shall
the Government do with its superabundant
money)
' Not far from the Patent Office building
5 is soon to be erected a Unman Catholic
' church, of the Gothic order, in the place of
' an old structuie that lias stood fifty year*.
A meeting of the leaders of the congrega'
lion was held this week, a layman called to
1 the chair, the priest being present and ad!
vising. It was resolved "to erect a church
' becoming the porpetual historic grandeur
' of our holy faith, its steady dignified pror
\ gross in this free country, and while at the
r same lime it will be in keeping with the
1 well sustained efforts of the whole country
to adorn our Federal Metropolis.*' The intention
is to build a spacious church, cap*
1 bio of seating 0.000 people; length of the
nave to l>? 211 feet, width 88 transept 174
| feet, and 88 wide; extreme altitude of the
front elevation 812 feet. The space of
ground covered by the edifice will be 88,
880 square feet Put little more than
i 7.000 was subscribed to commence this
, great enterprise. They purpose, however,
i to employ five ears in the work, and there
will be most assiduous and protracted sot
licitation of moneys from our citizens until
I the wroik ahall be completed. Foreign aid
( will no doubt V?e obtained, for the CathoI
lie* are peraeveriog, and allow u<> dtatreee
of debt to foice a tale of anv of ibeif
t clnirfhe*. Corrtfpop<fft>ft of .Journal of
Comment,