for THE providence GAZETTE^ 
NEW THEORY. 
In our first number we intimated to our 
readers, that we might, in furnishing mat¬ 
ter for our columns, occasionally follow 
Major Syrnmes in his attempt to penetrate 
the terrestrial crust, or with him might 
take a look in at the polar cavity of our 
earth. To redeem the pledge thus given, we 
have, from time to time,inserted in our col¬ 
umns, such of the speculations of this gen¬ 
tleman, as we thought might interest a re¬ 
flecting mind, or amuse desultory readers. * 
In our last number, we selected from the 
Intelligencer, a reply of Major Syrnmes 
to a writer who subscribes himself Galileo, 
and who it appears has, in a reply to Rit- 
tenhouse, crossed the Major’s path, and 
directly or indirectly endeavoured to con¬ 
trovert some of his philosophical opinions. 
This theory, we believe, was broached 
by Major Syrnmes, about two years since *, 
soon after which time, he favoured distant 
individuals and corporations with his cir : 
culars, communicating the then novel 
intelligence, that u the earth is hollow.” 
How far he has succeeded in obtaining 
proselytes to a doctrine which has a ten¬ 
dency to undermine the opinions of the 
greatest writers, and eventually to dissolv ■ 
.he old Copernican system, and throw .ae 
r i and other celestial luminaries into 
fiie, we O re not prepared to say. But since 
the promulgation of his positions, the ex¬ 
hibition of his p "oofs and illustrations, and 
his agitation of a qu 'stion, which had been 
thought fully settled, we' must agree with 
Mr. Jenkinson that the “ cosmogony or 
creation of the world has puzzled (and we 
may add will puzzle) philosophers in all 
ages.” 
