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-J VOLUME III. NEW BERN, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 1819. NUMBER 73 J CM TERMS, r XH3 CAROLINA CENTINEL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ,. JOliX i. PASTEUR, At Tattsw Dollars per. annum, one djuVr payable in advance. ;, . , .... ; piper vvill.be discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the op tfj.i of tie publisher. A j v e iiti se ji en rs inserted at 50 cents per squ ire the first week, and 25 cent a sfq nre for each succeeding insertion. . From the Savannah GeorgianA - CO AlEI'S. Whether the eccentric, erratic, tmg-.iailed creature, called a Corner, ' Vthi'jh has frightened many old w. nv a out of their -growth, be a habr t .bi pi m'-t or fi ;y gtooe ; whether it i- 20'JO L m -s nottcr th tn red nor inui lu ic perihelioa,and as many ti:ne3 colder than ice in its'aphelio.i ; vva;ihr -i s prodigious tail is the vapour of i's- own b iv, raised by th neat ot the sun, as-New on sup, i : U '. - . : t i l poseu, or us uvv i aim spure u.u minatcd by the solar ray s, or the I ve ,r alter the war between the Eng s .n's be.ims passing through the lish .-'and Dutch ; three : years after e mct's transparent nucleus, ( ike a ".Cjarles I. was beheaded ; one vear ctidl? through a key hole) as fycho ,et"re the bloody Cromwell became B ahe and others m umin ; whe Prtector eartiiqu kes in Norway th! nhe tiil is sometim-s 33 millions th4 ear betbre this roniet, and in a. in length (as astronomers 2 per ) or only about 20 teet ; whe ne msterio,is creature attends lit r It- own concerns or is eng iged in tnt mm u "tn e oi carrying fuel to t th b, vjn,(is Newton thought) ; w.ie r it i-i ff-nerated fr om the sun s I.' like the solar maiuae (as Hcl ius assert) or is a primary orb ; ether it is auout the size of a shut tlecock, or three times as large as th-i' Clh (as astronomers m iintain);-: t Ve he approach to '.he earih o e Honed Noah's flood, a d' flit- ,l hu n ao''..nrl tk"rtSv fh.infTHff l- unit u its. aim o . . , i f f !VAnil-trv tn e-'ofih of our vear Iroiri ooOuay . t Jo5 and more fas W histon sur - - m scs) ; wlv thrr its orbit ex ends 4 tim js as far f'om us as Saturn, (as 2'! -n-K)iTii rs sav) or onlv a short disil tiice over the river ; wheth r there -Hit 4 or 5comets in the universe, tr whether5(X) have appea-ed since t!i--Christian x a and about 100 Be f ' r it, as is . iserted ; whether a c nnrt is ;, (is some 'haver. conjec tured) or a posi-chaise for the trans port uon of emigrant souls from ivu;ld to wo-Id ; in' short, whether it is thu , or thus, or thus, I sliall c pretend' to5 assert or deny, but certain it is th it the appearance of a cornet is generally connected uith extraordina: v events , in the morl a'id-ph si' al world. It is generally prrrt-ded or iollowed clos ly by w.-rs, rumors of wars, earthquakes, p . stile i ce, and famine I A little at tvn ion to this subject will prove this p' iti-'ii. . ' ' A comet appeared 44 years before Chtist, when Julius a:sar w;-.s as sasiihated. in 47 the Alexandrian Lrvrarv was bu-nt ; a civil war raged in Home and Citerolwas assassina ted in 43 ; Cato Killed himself and th gr-ar republic of Home tei min-an-d in 42. Another comet appear cd Anno Domini 531 ; in 534 a grrat plague raged in Europe, Asia an ! -frica, whi' h lasted 50 years ; i 528 an earthquake at Antioch d siroyed 50)0 souls,. Anotner ap pt rd in 1 106, "whii h was between tnr first and second crusades ; there tvrre e irtt q'ii kss in England in the years 1009. 1110, 1112. Another appeared in 1264 beir g two years t r tKe commencement 1 a civil war iii: England. Another appeared in 1305, bring the ear beioi e Sc tlind V'as su'dned bv Edward the first-w 1318 Th re was the' greatest earth fjunke evet known in England. An htr a i. pearrd in 1456 ; 'here was .an earthq-iake in Naples which de stroyed 4d O00 sculs 11 hree years f re ths Cionstantin pie was tken , y-y the Tutk", and he Eastern Em T3rf was ov-rthniwn. A oth-r ap X j acd in 1556 'there was an earh-, ; ke jn China ; ip 1553a civil war I onf in England ; in 1557 i nyJ v d went to war with v c" tland , Fiance ; rxl in 1556 Chan s the fifth was fnghtenmg Europe v ,''K bis ?m!.Miif ri and power. J.1'' !er appeared in 1 OCT, being (our 5u.rsLlur the great plague in I.on ou ; fcwo ) caia Ui.cr the Lkoaouft gun-powder pi A ; three years before lieve the latter may be affirmed and the assassination ,of Henry th'- j philosophically maintained, and I 'Mums m ibuu tnere was a trem- shall do it in defiance of the ch endous earthq i ike in South-Ameri ca. Another appeared in 1618, be ing the year before the 30 years war bruke out between England and Germany ; in 1624 England went to war with Spain ; in 1628 London was ravaged by the pSgue ; there -was an earthquake in the ast-In-Jies there years after this c mt' appe rance. Another appeared y 1005 ; London was then visited bv tneapbgue, and ike. great fire which utaiiy ucsiroyea mat vast citv in 666, Ene-lnd went to w-r with France and . Denra irk. Another ap peared in 1532 ; i here "was an eaith- quike iiv( uba 1530 cannon were hrst used in battle wh. n this c m t appeared. Anotner appeared in 1577; war between (vn;;laiid and Scotland, was raging ; 3 years alter Poitugui wis seized by Philip II. of Spain. a ioltier appeared in 1652-heing n rrnce4-8 years', after it. Another appt-areu in lOBO, ami anotner .in 16H2 e irthquuke at Oxford 1683, at jbt ff rdshire arid D;rbvshire 1687'; at Napl. s 88 ; at Oxfordshire and StafFordhire 79 in 79 the meal-tub plot ; in. 83 the rye-house plot, which was prevented by a fire at Nt wm rket. Anoth) r appeared in 1744 and England went t war with France ; the year after it the battle of Foriterioy ; the rebellion in Scot landr' he battle of Presron-Pan, and the year following the battles of Rotioux . and Cullodn there was l 1 - l a 20 t'lrtnqiiak at Leghorn in 1742 ; . i.. . ... ... . v ' in .nm ranrcni in ls q Trmpn in Domersetsnire in 45 : a tremen dous one at Lima in 46 one at London and Liverpool in 50 madness of his patients in the cells Another appeared in 1769, when j of the Philadelphia hospital ; it is Bonaparte was born ; in 68 there acknowledged that the moon has were earthquakes at Buda and Com- great action upon the human m'nd & ora ; in 72 at Brazils; in 70 in the ; body,1 and her light promotes putre Archtpelago ; 7o in Ireland ; in 73, a faction more than the sun. Hi en most awful and dvwstructvie one at why may not a comet, (to which the Guatimala. 'Another appeared in system is not a-cu-tomed) , produce 173, being 3 years' after a greater tffects ? A comet is jome plague at Versailles ; in 1727 : times heated 2000 times hotter than there were earthquakes in En- I redihot iron -f his tail 33 millions of gland : in 1718 in China ; in -1726 j miles long ; he approaches nearer to in Sicily1727 in Boston ; jn 1730 a ) the sun than Mercury, yet the dis tremendous nne in Chili Another tance between the sun and AUrcury appeared in 1759, being! the year be-Us fore rge the third was born ; three 1 years alter the English and French war began ; nine ear's after the earthquake' at London ; four years after the destruction ot Lisbon by tat thquakes ;tbur) ears before Grand Cairo w -s destroyed by an earth quake, and the very year in whi h an earthquake in Barbary destrojed 60,(00 souls. 1 hus it appears,t hat comets are connected, either by cause or ac cident, with extraordinary events. If I were to search the chronology of the whole world every comet a bove mentioned would be found as sociated With many more wonder ful events than I have enumerated. During 'the present generation comets have seemed to uer in the most astonishing events in the annals of history. A comet appeared in 1805, when the Republican aera of Fiance was dissolved ard the most wondtrful events en-ued. The comet of 1811 ushered in our earth quakes, our war, our winter epide mic, our spots in the sun, and extra ordinary I weather. We shall see what the present comet signifies an?m. The plague is now ravaging the kir gdotn of Morocco, Fez, Ra bat, 1 ettina, Tangi' rs ; an earth quake has, (a few months ago)' done some iniury to Caraccas ; there a e rumors of war between Sweden and the allies ;-there are secret commo jionsin France ; attempts have been niade to assassinate pr take Alexan der prisoner ; the times are - hard beyond sample severalbanks have f rok, and Tybee much infested wi h musquitoes J , Now the question is, whether a rnmpt is accidentalh' associated with ! remarkable events, or whether it is the generating iausc of them ; I be arze of superstition. At the ; out-set I will check the sneer of ridicule, by informing those who are ignorant of the fact, that-the profound Sir Isaac Newton thought that the tail of a comet,., probably mingled with ; the earth's atmosphere and thereby af- lected animal and vegetable bodies, But a comet may otherwise act upon the earth. 1 1st. A comet is sometimes many miliibns-of miles nearer to the rarth than at others, and when nearest it mustjadd something to the quantum or attraction wnicn r . i acts up n the mind and matter on the earth's sur- lace. fit would be well to observe whether the polarity of the needle is not affected in a very minute degree by a comet.) Now, this additional attraction, though small, may pro duce great effects upon the human naind aud upon all bodies- this at traction may produce earthqu ikes, for earthquakes are caused bv a sud den transit of electricity from one stratum of earth to another, or from the earth to the atmosphere, and we can easily imagine that the equili brium of electricity may be disturb ed by the slight- st attraction of a comet. If, as some conjecture,' a comet's tail consists of electricity ; and if its electricity be positivt and the earth charged with the negative, the jati raction between them may t : c -. i ii sometimes be telt. 1 hus may comets produce earthquakes. 2d. 1 he near approach ot a comet to the sun may slightly affect the quality aid quantity of the solar rays Mari;nihinks that the comet tail consists of matter derived from the sun's body if so a comet may de prive the un of a portion of his vii tal fluid. Doctor Rush states, that an t'clifjse of the sun increased ' the only 37 millions of miles, tvhivh . is-'only ,'4 millions ot miles greater than the length of the coma's tail which appeared in 1811 i t his tail would more' than reach from the - . i . .. '.u:. evening ana morning star u .". earth,' and is upwards of "140 times longer than the distance between the earth and the moon; The opinion of Sir Isaac Newton, that the vapor which composts this tail may mingle with the atmosphere of the earth and oher planets and thereby af ct an imal and vegetable bodies, is not ex travagant or improbable, and if this be the case, we cannot doubt thu it produces, some effect upon the mind and bodtM least upon the weather, and, ot course,upbn health. Thus comets produce pestilence.and war. j ' . 3dJ Another modus operandi of a comet is by exciting terror and anx iety in the minds of the igfiorant and superstitious. The effect of the comet of. 1712 was ludicrous number o" persons inLondon seiz, ed all the boats in r, the Thames, thinking that if the world was set on fire, the water wdbld be the safest place! The South-Sea stock fell 5 per cent and the India 11. The captain of a ship threw his powder magazine into the sea, that the ship might not be blown up, in case she took fire ! ' A miser sunk his iron chest in a well lest it should be melt ed I There was a great sale oi bi bles ; and so many ovels and play ws cards werfc burnt that their prite rose 20 per cent, after the panic was over.! 1 he run upon the bsr.k was prodigious! The hre engines were all-kept in readiness, btolen goorv were restored. Broken promises of marriftge. &c. were lulhild, -nd for a whole day 'h operations villainy Tere suspended Hi i i r t i j . I out the opinion ' that a comet may run afoul of the earth is not ti be ridiculed, f he comet of 1680. Tsaid to be upwards of 1000 times larger that the earth) came within 4000 miles north of the eartn's track ! if the earth had been near that part of its orbit at the time. i would have been attracted from its path and swept along the eccentric career of the comet if it had (come half as near to , the earth as the moon is, it would have drawn the ocean out of its bed and deluged the worl j I (Its tail was 23 millions 61 miles long.) Thus have I endeavoured to prove th it comets may generate earth- quakes, pestilence a'd .war. AS I ROLOGOS. HANOVER, (N. II ) JULY 14. There is sironp: reason to believe, that the Comet which appeared in 1 770, afterwards came in contact with two of the asteriods, which be long to our system, and has become identified with th. m. L. A. ST. LOUIS, (m. T.) JUNE 16. Welsh Indians--Among the ma ny interesting subjects of inquiry whiclj.at present engage the! public attention we are pleased to see it once more directed to dicoyer the remnant of an interesting emigra tion The idea may appear fanciful to many and h is been much ridi culed, but still we entertain - flatter ing hopes of the existence of a race of men descended from the ancient Welsh emigrants. It is a fact well established in history and we con ceive beyond doubt, that in '1169 and 1 1 70, Prince Madocah O wain Gvvynedd, e mi grate d fro m Nor'h Wales, taking With him, as is said 323 persons in 10 ivhips. Tre pre sent inquiry originated, with the Cy mrc i ggdon So ci e ty of L on don . l hey adopted resolutions and pro ceedings ont the subjecu and they statethe departure of Madoc and his landing on the coast of America, as facts well known and undoubted ; they also state that the Welsh or White Indians, as they are some times calle "jare spoken of by the fol lowing authors and writers, among others, viz : The Rev. Morgan Jones of Wales, who said, that he had been amongst them four months in 1 660, during which he preached to thV m ; the ReV. W. Wynne, in 1696 ; Wm. Penri, in 1700; the Rev. Theophilus Evans of St. Oa vidsrBrecknv ckshire, in 1740 ; John Filson of Kentucky, In 1783; the Rev. Dr. Williams of Sydenham. in 1791 ; the Rev. John Hdckevvalder, a Dutch Moi avian Missionary, in 1 792 William Owen Plough, Esq. in 1798 ; John Roberts, of Howar den, Flint city, who saw ope of the Wei h Indians in Washington City, in 1801 ; Mr. Childs of Jessamine city, (Ky.) who re tales the account of Morris Griffiths, who had been a mongst the m 8 months in 1 804. The society1 suggest that the present de scendants of the emigrants are sea ted on the southern branches of the Missouri & are called Pad ucas or Padaucad. which they imagine to be derived from Madoc, by a casual cha ge in the Welsh language. They likewise add that several Welshmen from time to time have seen and conversed with them in the Welsh language and others of differ ent nations wh have seen them, say they bear a great resemblance to the neighboring Indians, except in the:4r colour, countenance and morality, In addition to what the Cymreigg don Society have saicl, there has lately appeared in the. rtT a let ter from O- WiUiarn'5 a vVelshman, and a merchant fct. fJells Point, Bal timore, in whi'c he states, that he has known people, that in 1817 he visited. Vneir settle menton the Pa duca r lver. That he conversed with "taem in the Welsh language. h'Vdlbe recollected by many of the Vi inhabitants, that John Thomas ' fvans a Welshman, was m tins j colmtry in search of these Wlsh . Infliars. in 1795. In the year 1796, U nr-nrmUd irom St. Louis up h M0 ' -f Missouri, i.v conr. in wi-h J tnev; Macka , Ekc. and tiUButd U1 ibc ...aa country along the Missouri as far as Mandan villages, without success and then gave tip his design as fruit less, nd returned tcr St. Louis af ter an absence of two years.' Bu6 the writers of that day, and indeed all who were conversant with the ac- counts that have been given on . the subjec't, regretted that Evans aban doned his search so soon. The lo cation of the Welsh Indian v or White Indians as they are some times called, has alwa sjbeen said to be about 2000 miles from the. c n fluence of the Missouri, about 300) miles farther than Evans went, and that it geneially took 15 Or 20 days longer to dsecend theMissouri than he took., About 80 notices A have been collected and given, of 1 their location in that place. . no;" g 1 others, Mr. Benjamin Jonts, living j on theivionotiahela, near Pitthuig 1 related, that a friend or neighbour of his, saw two Indians, at'a place a but 60 miles from "the confluent e of the Missouri, who spoke a Ian- , ;juage uiiki own to all uho knew hina until a Welhman entered, who understood th mfperfei tlv. 1 fusts Indians resided about 200 miles from the mmth of the Missouri, near its head waters. Jj D. (,his holm, who has lived for-niny c..i V among different Indian tribes, hV also stated that he had heard of t i Welsh or VVhtte Indians living a. bove 2u00 miles up the Miss on, and he represented the other Indi ans as b ing in a continued state of hostility ivith them. Chishoim also gave an account of their manners, which beats strong marks ot civili zation, and hf related an 1 instance of an Indian ho conversed with ai Mo ses.Sheihy, ot Davisohiown. oat Cumberland river, in the Welsh ! guage. Ail the .accounts lo.cir.es' these Welsh or W hite. Indians at , distance of. at deast 2000 miles up the Missouri, and on somt of u head waters or bratii hes w hich js a- -bout 30Q miles further than Evan and Mack ay went.- I he eviatn c,, therefore, derived from their tt un less search, must be conMuereu in ccnclusive. I he num reus i.-sn-monies of history fo Madut cmi gration to America, and the moie r nunurous accounts of the locatii.i these persons, (Indians a& they nret called) whoe manners, h;. bits, aici appearance i strong'y resemble, 'Lac of the whites, and the rep; . currence of that st ill stronge r p -of via: conversation in the t imi , -guage with Indians alt ttnti to co t rror the belief that the remnant oi tiiee intcesting t migrants still exist -me ; where. 1 hir panic ula" loyitj . ist ! a matter of much doubt and tn cei tainty, notwithstanding the huuki ous testimonies to their locaiio i iv a particular place. But ceitait.iyv no plan could be devis d, so wi ii rt dapttd o.iheir discoverv, asthe ;. e- on foot. Messis. Roberts and Pur J ry are Welshmen themsclve . tr ail the interest on the'stibject, speak; the languages both of North a. d South Wales, ate perse vt ling, and industrious, and will continue dieir search as long as a probability ot a discovery' exipcs. The objec is an interesting on-?, and itweiy deserves,5 and we. sin cerely ho.pe will be crowned with complete success. Gaz. I'rorn the London Quarterly JournaL George Bidder dnd Zerah Colbvrn. George Bidder of Morton, who posses ses such rendyand surprisinir jAwei of calculating, b at present in Londuo. It is perhaps not generally known, that he asserts the ability of7 communicating hi method to others, and of enabling the in lo perform the same things a myself.- Zerah Colburn has also maile th; same statemtfiit ; and frem the devHopementof part of his method, there is no doubt it can he done, but w ould require excellent m-mory and probably wnuld not, 1m '. t ry generally applicable to use. To mathe maticians,' engineers, &: others, however, it would present' ma n; advantages ; A; it slioold be known that both have ore red to disclose their method, on condition that they be remunerated liu a respect bld manner. t .1
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