Lexington (Ken.) Decem. 17
On
yesterday morning about half after 2 o'clock was
experienced a very severe shock from an Earthquake, at
this place, it lasted about 2 minutes - - about half
after 7 it again was felt, but not in such an alarming
degree. Nature appears to have been prodigal in
the exhibition of her phenomena, during the present year
- - a fiery Comet has for many months appeared in
continual view. - - Tornadoes have ravaged the continent
from Maine to Georgia. - - The Ocean has been the
subject of Volcanic terror; and new Islands have arisen
therefrom. The great scale upon which Nature is
operating should be a solemn admonition to men, (or
those ANIMALS in the shape of men) to abandon the
pitiful, groveling, schemes of venality and corruption
in the prosecution of which they are so ardently
engaged. - - An HONEST heart, alone, can view those
great events with composure. [The?] political swindler
the assassin of REPUTATION, must feel severely, the
visitation of conscience, at such momentous periods when
Nature appears, in spasmodic fury, no longer tolerate
the moral turpitude of man.
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