1.: {a w ‘ . “A“ Wfifi. ;fiigy‘d. XIV-H, BY MOORE & HEMPIIILL. ammmm Thn ~ DEMOCRA’I‘IC BANNEu'j m Rublmhcd Weakly. MB2 per u'nnum—or 81 50 nfpnld In nd~ Vance. , . No pnpcr mm be discontinued (unlrssui the‘op- Non ofthe editorn) unu! ull nrronmges uro-pmd. W'Advorusomunm. &c.. at lhn mum! ml‘ofl- TH E GRE‘A l‘ ' COMET I'he ullenliun ol nauonmnem in Europe has recenlly been turned inward the sub jccl of a grunt C(Vmet, which uppenru l 0 have visited our x) stem at inlewuls 0! 2992 years, nml if the calculations 0| many aci enkific men be correct. ought to make its out appearance during theplcscnl year, not [M from the month of August or Sep tember. Mr. J. R. Hind, nn'astronomcr «I l.ondon.-ha~) lately published n work on (his subject, and ..cnnlidenlly predicts: lhe celulu n! &he celcsfial vusilfinl in 1848. Ol‘lhe very early appemnnces o! lhis comet, 'wc Have no precise ncientific nc~ counts. flu! in the year 1204 its appear ance lhrew all Emupe In great alarm, and caused it In be recorded In lht’ hialurics nml chronirlvs of that day with special nu llcc. . ’ 'l‘hc tail was wry lung and broad, H'- uemhlmg a Inn in shape. cmmgmg lmm lhe caulem horizon belure lhe dumurr nu cl'tus nl lhe cunn'l. and when lull} list-n, stretching ilscll upward, nml sliOUllllg its rays lo the nu'ridian. 'l'he cnmel uccu wed in length one-hall lhe henvrns. pre acnling n li-arlul apparition to lhe eyes 0! ihe nuptniihuus observer. As it swept along llmiugh spur, the tail diminished daily In breadih. bul prnlmrliunnlly in ( ruled in lengih and brilliancy lur many dayl. umd il gradually disappeatcd. In lhe great relief ol ihe icnified inhabnionie 0‘ Europe- 'l'hc (luonicleu oi those times ielate mnnytenihle calamities which belet the liatiiinl ol Christendom during that year. und which 0! couise. her; all altiibuted tn the influence at the comet. The pope, Utlilu [v.HW-iu lrightened Into an uluitn mg diwrduruwhich confined him to his a parlm’ent duiing the “hole period til the appearance at the Cutnt‘t. un the night at it’s‘il‘isappmtance the I’t-pe died. 1015566 comet. ruyposed to be the Mime one “Hit the preceding. again appen- Hd 'nnd bpteatl consternation throughout Europe. It llHH't‘li with immense u-loct t)’. uccompiishiiig _ls degrees of its track 111 the heme!» in ‘24 himis. The head 0! the comet exhibited the annoyance iii a bright glut): at "nine hnli‘ the SPZC ol the lull union. The rays til light and the co|~ or (ii this body uni-(l and interchanged likelihe flickering vi a “tame agitated by the wind. The tail was slender in slnipr, and .i firfi' M .'l rt-ii cnlnr. but iii'leiwiiiils it luded into a pnle and liVid hue. The lays cluntered very thickly round the head til the ciitnet. 'l'hii‘i brilliant pilcllulnl’null was iiist aceii in the stall Libld. and dis appeared in that ol the Niirihern Fiah.' If these two camels be nit-mink a re appearance during the prt'stlfl year nmy be Evoked lor‘ wilh cunsnleruble cpntidence. ()wmg. however. to the WM)! ul :rpealed and accurate übsmvations. Hus pollll can um be n-gauled as lull M‘llleul—ln say no Illing oi the pcr'urbnnons caused by wher knnwn and uuknunn nu-mbexs 0| the sys. lcm. lo which the mo‘emcnls. of comela nu- liuble, Stmuhl (In: vxprclcd visn lake plucv, :1 ml] add nne more lo lhe are“ cvenls ul Hus _sear ul «under». and funnish lhe scirncr ofuslrunmny wnh mu tuna!» lor a splendid lrlumph. ' Boaton Courier. THE SABHA’I‘H IN PARIS. The number 0! dialinguuhed pvenchers input", has flurpriscd me. I expected to find "a cily “holly given u: idulatry."— But in the pulpit: u! this city—beanie: a host of pxeauhets less dislmgulslml—lhere are at. In»; six or eight puwexlul advo mlca olChmliunily. The French lem pgrumcm Is_lull ul olrntorical tire, and‘ Pa ,lrla 10-daj is witness {hat Ihc spirilut Boa eucl and Mussillim is not dead. When a son of Ngw England first wakes up in Purlisdon la’Supday murnlug..he finds ”hard to comincdhiugscll that it is real ly the Subbglh. The “illness. lhe sign-d ’l‘alm‘ loié holy day} are absent. ‘ In the; slfl‘cl‘sth’é finds (-vdéy thing going onva's usuul.. 'l'hc'nlmpeme all open. lhe-ma rollgi nml .cgrpenlels at work on Ihc houe-‘ _ggraud ll".- gaygs ,lumvbi'rj’ng lhr‘obgli 'l'he‘ él’ryélé‘. " ll ié'zg day 0! g-xt‘rjn 11-lcs, nn‘fl"!h_e fihdps":ii‘chuficd‘zf‘ mm» cailier lhuh?usu-‘ at; w giitev‘nll lime 'logoio dbe"lhea.(rea: ;o'r.,u|hcc "lan's ollhamuscmgmlu, 1191!]ng l;¢;r,flqng:~8u‘n‘da1 mounil‘ng __qL blgl‘a‘kkgfl n Fiebfln‘hhu opened his ‘ryob' uith‘flnston iéh'iiféq‘tkfihen 5[ luld hi'm mat-Ihc th‘c’atres': iu'-l‘,undon: “rte 'no't‘opcn ant-Sunday“— JEN,” quidhe, ;whnwo,lhe,pqupm_llo with "mugging?“ m ~ .‘i “M il'lhc ‘slfnngcr wnll (u‘r‘n‘agidé from this crowd and enter some oi the ‘chii‘rbh‘éa at the hour, plflpraygrulu- will find that were are yét Sman‘y 'llmb’kfimln who have