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Volume I. Coyw.ysc, AtVcvv, SvUvwdvw. Uetotacv 11. lo'Zfi. Number 18.

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r.l Jmrrad of An1-. Io. the fore him. having nothing in view but the

'rrK' nT11( TK' KNriDlTIOX'iopime of whales, ami being unwilling to risk

U Vrv'l W UK II II" llilll IIO lllMIUV-U"" iw uijivj in making discoveries. The papers of the Hon. Harrington and Co

lonel lieaufov. members of the Koval Society

An examinatioo of ail ihc attempts hitherto w. ie to ascertain more e:.tti,a-ton!v the geogMh'iv v.A nature I liilorv f the-o regions,

t - t ilOiH l I ti. it II I lin Hint 15 ii iiiv. ii" u mil -id., i t it onv lii-v ev er unprejudiced on . . t , .uiisi,i.t.i miahiim i t .i lot London, contain many instances wherein uaxmr IU..L the lu d Mr di- ovorv rental , northern latitudes, .tiii im.cti-: a.r, that the reason why more - . (. M(. i,, f :iM-vu.e!:it;outothc-vr,;KouMvrrou. .. oir,w.n Cllff!l?0l ;n tht. ,-.?,...v.e.,.. .v!,;,n .t been attempted hCi.uhvA jherics. alter the sprin- labours

Suppose that this rr.nse is pursued, and be-ltho. skill, enterprise and perseverance of our fore the expiration of the summer season the.' camen; with them we Lope to bear our nationfarthest point is attained, the prospect of pnss-'al colors to the unexplored regions of the South ingthe winter in safety there, is equally great, miles, indeed, it should be found that there is a if not greater, than it would be near to the limit beyond which human enterprise cannot rv sliore. of any part of these regions; and after'tend a line th.it must forever mark the -ultima

one winter passed in such situation, the succeed iThula. ot human knowledge.

I ,i. ovi'.i- i-ire ."'! I JIT II ' L'h iKi,ilii it.ii . A 1 .II- ! 1,1 1 '' , . 111. ! lucre past, determined lb extend his rcsearchth, .Wnhand .S.Mlh. aun recorded bv travel., .M.ronli ry M hManl!Kivi::.i;ois nl!i to i'-.T deg. :0. where the sea 11 i. i-.M ! i' (;i!v"iiI.ioi ralii'T to elicit than I . . ' .1 i i i 1 .., . . , , iwa only open to the north, but he had not rwt ji'- r-r.ovitv ' !irv c ,i;ir v miow ti: at . ... . , . .. , t - .1-1, . . , . .. . seen apcckol ice lor the la.-t three decrees.

.i i,n"c !innotet aftaii.ed it- acme ot perler-

ti .?. an.l i'i:t there are within th mifflitj,- -

r-.,,t't-. !. ime;)iaine i 1 heMo.tiena !

v, hi- h 11. ivsaed iiht upon our systems i j-ln

os-'puy. All fo ;nr orini'Mi- hae reg ird to the teui'cratuie dftlie dint. i.e. as iucica-ing in intensity in appr -lachiug hiuh latitude.-; but tl-.',s f.Mi::.' no! to be the i::ct. ftir vaf sin' cettai't degir e of latitude. . it!'er t "t!)'" North or S''ilij, the ocaa i- gen-f-ralSv fonrd ie-:' ; enc:;:ihered u itfi if e. the :em

KO'lture morf ii ( iuuji iv ,1- "i iuihiu

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W ai.uriU.UH. am, .uu,, ..... . pi.m.... , , Snth h.f c ,t Mc (;a,im The e.;mvt v.ov trout the Anvtli xvUvrr :Jl;.cea:,.v 1o tS.oir account,, the .Sea vt it. i !' V.VIK' aiithoi s "10 ic warmer than tae, . , ' , ., , . ,, l l ' 1 ' .' ' , . , , . , was n-t idy eueumoen-d with ice, but rollmir nrean io lower atilu.it. ai.u the w imos irom(.,: , ,, . ,, .... , , ' ' 1 1 ' , , ,. iliketlic i.;:y ot Ins. -ay. 1 hey determined

While thus ad arcing in those high latitudes, the mate became alarmed at the unsteadiness

oftV- need!1, and entered his protest against proceeding any farther. The Cnjtain knowincc that. if any accident should oecur.he would lie -cverely censured by his employers, consented, though w it!i reluctance, to return. We ha e it on the Authority of Dr. Camphell, the able ooutii.uatory re iscr of Harrison's Ctdh'ctioiK and Voyages that a certain Dr. Daiiie, w idle young, was on board a Dutch vos;el, emnioed in the i'sheries, and that betn en the Spring :md J'all labors thev advan-

ing operati e period might, it is belieed, b

employed to much greater advantage, than it could possibly be, according to any of the at

tempts hitherto made. The first and most interesting question to be determined, i, whether the liirure of the earth

J. N. REYNOLDS. Washington City, Aug. 1C2G.

CURIOUS SCENE. I was cmufed at the sight of a score ofi iulIren King in trays beneath a sort of arlior

at the poles, is that of an oblate spheriod. as.mide of boughs; they were all naked, and lookhas been so long entertained, orwhether it may ed like so many tadpoles, alten.alely leepr? not besom - other shape which may more satis-'.anri bawling till the mothers ivent and suckied fictorilv account tor titan v circumstances and 'them. Some of the men had calabashes of su-

phenomena, now apparently inexplicable. gar-je.ice to recruit their spirits. I was u.ucb The settlement of this question is connected Iiverted with the head driver, who walked ainunediately with a world of important andure-lbout with the whip in cue hand and a bamboo lul investigation, which would exercise a ier-:,n n l',e tli(,r. in which he carried a ven

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timt dire-:; m"! are i r.o.vn 10 oe euan n.n.i. T..e ire iV.n'itin x upon the oirvtiiis is ot a .i.t!Vi ;t -a cciiic vrravi'v.

The sun in hi-rh latitu.ie- bccnir.es les bright.' '

and the cobir ot'the ocean mo;c dark.

On the bo.. in of the currents, ttowing irom

the Arctic eas. are to be found immense quauti;;es oflloating tinihrr. ten degreis farliitr rorth th-An an timber is knie.vn to irrow. On

t'ie coasts of (ireen! and. Iceland, and Norway, this timber is lodged every season, ;;nd on the litter, seels of a tropical kind, in t-o recent a tate as to vegitPle and grow. It is said they are canied by t!ie Oilph ticam, thrown iato the pdar basin, and from

thence brought by the northerly currents.' We aewer, th:;l troiu the. y'reat llank, the iulph Stream turns more to the ea-t. and lo.-e4' it-clf iii the great expanse of the Atlantic V- . c n . The current which tlows south-east from llu I Sns ).iy and Davis' Straight, and t!ie tipi riineat of Captain Parry, demcintrate that bU-Ji i-a."t thei; origin. D.as the timber comic from Labrador? We ar.sr. er it comes with the currents and bdf ' cn that shoie. Is Canada the nursery of this timber? We ask whv is not the oak the

tlif-r latitude from time to titjK by both Dayi? lit - 1 V 1 k II

aim na.uey .s waaorams ir. U'allie now ur-

;cd the Captain to advance still further, who jaiis'-vere. that he had already gone too far. and that lie feared beinir censured by his em-

vading intluence in every department of human science and industry.

Secondary to this great object, such an cx-

of rum or grog, and as he quaffed from time t

time, he elevated his bamboo towards the heaven as if he were a Svdrophel tar-gr.zing. Af-

pedition could scarclv fail to lead to the most fer we h'1' returned to the overseer's lioue. satisfactory and Useful observations on natural ld woman marched up at the head of another histor, especially concerning the winter re- detachment, a phalanx of children, all under 7 treats of those sca'animalswhichare peculiarly ears of age. They were also naked, each interesting, as sources of commercial irc?ieri- carrying its frock on its arm, and came to show

lv. The huntiuir of the w hale and seal, here- tat thy were w;hed clean, and free from

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plovers in i iclh.n !, wiee instructions, theiuMicance of the xessi. ami Cusliii-Iluuse eth, (online 1 Siim to the '.ireeuland seas. .Mr. Stephens, fiorn l!ie Nortb.ren parts of Spiu'.bciga :;. w.-s driven by a poutherly wind to.' 1 der. '. and l.ii:ud the si a entirely open and fro- from ice.

Cajt.:in- Uced. Piiii!ij-, Iiutton, Wheatlv,

ilobin on, ( I; rk. i lunrey , I Joid, Ware ami live

v (si'is under me eotimian.i 01 nans icnci; m

the Cierin.m e:n:hv, all have been beyond tit)

ttfre carried on w ith so much viiror. has nro-

duced the natural nece?s;trv consequence of rendering thoc anura! more timid and fewer in number by their distinction without reference to season. This makes it xiremclv desirable that new

situations should be explored where these anneals may be found in gi eater abundance, and

procured with less uucoitainty and risk. The

all disease. They were full of fun nd tricks, and their skin, black as elony, shone like silk, the old gentleman asked them what they were to have for dinner, they replied, -cowskin;1 U haxing put en their Osnaburgh frocks, they were helped in little calabaslies. cut of .1 boiler

built up against the piazza. Their dinner was cow or ox hide, (the hair of which i lirst siuired otVA boiled tt a iellv. with yams rocos.

shoals like porpoises

We may also Ftate, that human beings have.

k'trre-s North, and ::gree in this important 1 , en touiul as far north or South as explorations

tact that iiejomi ! ( deg. 3D, or t'.l deg. ttie iccaa, from sonic caus-o or other, perhaps not vet well understooii, is found le- encumbered w it!i ice. I'rankhn, in the yar IT. IP. and we may now add io the year )''.!'). when North of iiatlin's lay, informs us. in hi' Journal, that all the ice he met with would i.ot have impeded the progress of a long beat. To the South, our information is limited to

'fewer facts; little has been disrovered in that

result of the voyage-, heretofore, show satisfac- !ro. and other vegetables; a lamous nien.ol

torilv.that the objects of value to this braLchu ddcl. the negroes made a most hearty mc:Uof commercial enterpri-e are to be found wit!.! 'khed my poor neighbors in Hampshire great facility in the remote polar regions. jmi-ht always be aured of such a meal one 1'arrv informs us, that the number of whales I" .V; huweicr, I consoled myself with the rein hirh'latitudes wa actonis'dnr. t!iat not les liection, that they are not slaves; 1 fvih it

than liftv were reen in the enrse of one tv.Mi h iould console them frr their empty bellies.

in ..t'o. r id:;. .c tl.v .r.. cx .-m .,,nr, HV li'iavC s T vr in Ja;r..zica.

-h. and other timber of that country toumi: , . , ,; . . . , .,

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1 i u . v a.' 1 i ii'Ji niv 1 . bri . i iiiut. :

true, was not aide to aiivance heyond 1 1 de-',

k: most favor-

tSo c -,! -jeet iurther-to the countries of Siberia, ;U, th;, a(rmpt w:.t not 11:nde iu U vid Tart.iry. Trom the account ot the Kus-M,C t.0.liOn ol tjl0 vr

s::in vessels, scat nt by imperial orders, in the ear 7.V. w ith the v iew oi'di-cov ering a north eft nascie. we und that the whole Siberian

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NATURAL WALL IN NORTH CAROLINA

The intrepid Weddell has lately shown that the icy circle to the S.cjth, as well a-, to the North, max be nas-od To ase his nwn words-

cn-t n.:ned with drili wo,.(l : tfr.it. the o-V.. latitudes 7 I der. Soutii, not a speck of urcayod trunkUaythe f.rthet t com the h..re,'ire to ,lf. M.c ntll. ,ij.jn0ss of cverv thine a1 . : . 1 . . . : . ... I t. . i'.

eviaen-i'- cviiscii-'- mat u was ui.uiin worn. . ow.1 . k, . :,, -,

' ..v.. .. ..... 1 . UM.lll"M 1,V '.ilvied, were it intlbr tlie well known fact, that

we had to penetrate immense tudds ol ice a-

iiii m returning 10 the equator." What mii;ht 1

1 1 ) - ...... .v v aniuc vei seamen v un stir n :m oupd ()'':m

In ne '!;.."' arr in the v.or-! id' crant.e, in befoiethem? 1 - ! i-t..rv ofliiea.htnd.only o!.s,..Ar: "That'; qqiC rc, n-t;i0 rccrnt :itempts of Ross, it h evirh-tit that this drill wood v um-s from a pan v ;u(i i.-r;iMki;11 :ire e knuwn, and the rich and col I country but tt is dt.txult to tell, ,, UM)ns ofthe Mispeuions of their efforts were wh"re tiie country is." ;.llo;ethcr uneonnected with the neces:irv difii : ..: 1 a:., c iw. if iii.- J

1 lit" . 1 i 1 1 1 : 1 . i 1 ; 1 i 11 oii " . v i . limn. , nit

$-:m.? oth'-r rcio.i. The r.-nue drit is f.uad on the c;.:.-t cl'hain-

S' hmha. and the inhabitants say that it comes' r:ij

i.om cnr.ntr.' s unknown to Mem. it ,s u.-eless ,1t i,c 4.Xlt.rlM f,,,,,, an experienced crew of

s" rovi ,e e;''n 1. 1 . t r s'!. '' 1.

licdties of their situations.

extraordinary power- of vision, independent ofi qqM.v ,.V0ct enough, however, to show that

rHracti'Mi, t!ie dtr.eroncc tu latitude a:n. logi--u ith the advantages ofthe experience acnuir-! udc. fed by cel'tial ob- .1 v atton. and tiiat',.,1 through then enterprises a mcli more etliofthe log line i-c s in :n .his n o then de li-Ci(M,t attempt might now be made, natcvo :M avpeari.'g to Parry at hi- greatest! Hitherto, t. c objects proposed, by all these ultitede.inliln short time after VZ o'cl-x -k.are :i'p,;iar voyagco, have either been for the imfewnf the in.niy ur-e.plained phenomena f, provements of the whaling business, or for the iiig'.t latitudes, v,ii h rre ni;hVult tibe reeo5t-jdiM.0very of a North West passage. In conriied with cur fj.ma; m rect ivod opinions of th-' 'equenc- whereof, one set of explorers have

irtli at too j? des. H.cen led at once to the borders of the field ice. The accoT.l m.d tradition of nationsof higlvihr tiie purpose of seeking the objects of their latitude, as v eil from the continent of Ameri-i trade; w hile others, engaged in seeking for a as fr.:m A-ia,.joined with the migration of passage, have naturally endeavored to 7md it

!ih, arnm-i!-- and buds, various m their num-ihy scrutinizing the P.avs ami Coasts on the be:.-,to ar.d from the wolar regions, speak a! Northern parts of the Continent.- Thus both

aiigij.tgctn:it ranaoT l-e miinterpreted. l Ley ,;ixt. been unavoidably withheld from advan canaot hibonii'.te; noiiher i it reasonable to cjM.; beyond a certain decree, by the nece-sa

vupp..se. tha t!iat mysterious, et Km-rrmg ry formation of ico which extends from the

v'ump, intmct, mrects them to regions o er-,shoie. tor many league into the main ocean

petu.ii snow. 1 o rplore their winter retreat.

within the cnterprbe of in 1.1.

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It is impossible, therefore, that voyncres thu

; conducted should lie more successful than the

In t. . r;i'( 1 all the expeditions that hav v preceding

1 uooertaUen, tr.e cuuses wh:c!i led to. Put. in?tead of nursniMo-tins- rrmro il., ov.

ir re'an, witeout t!ie iVuithiu of the :r hopes, plonng vessels, setting out in tlie most favoravure generally unconnected '.villi insuperable ble season of tlie year, and keeping as far as oh.'tacb s. or rather were aitrihutable to the, possible ia the mif ocean, might advance much 'icri in ns.tntctii):i ofotlicers the fear ofi farther to the North or South, without tho im.

meeting the necessary prov i- ions. the superjtition ainl naitiny of crews, or the choice of an

imrop'ir reason to make the. exploration Tl..w . C . :.. ... . 1 l' 1..

pediments experienced while creeping around the indentations of the Coast or making way a-

mong numerous Islands, each of which .serves

r instance, vvhea Scoreshv advanced; as a noint of retardation, bv atVordlp.. t

Rl degree's north, having penetrated the means of suppor an i extension to the earliest Ichl of ;c.f he tui.cd Lack w ith uu open sett ice which form.

have rot len made.

The dico ery of island' of grout size or c1 .1 continent to the south, is not too much

lobe hoped lor, if we may be allowed to draw any inference from the obv ious indications afforded by analogy, the ob-orvatious ofexjierieneed navigators, or the natural igns presen fed by currcuK Vr. already known to exi-t in thv;- regions. The great probability that such discoveries may te made, is coupled with a certaii.tv.that tlepioJt to 1 e dciherifrom them in a commercial point of view, especially in animals, iurs, oil, cc. may hereafter be pursued to the reat advantage of our aminon

country. Ue venture the assertion, that the

land ofthe sea-otter will be lound to the oe.th. Rut abstra'-t from all the theoretical ideas, the following conclusions may be deduced by every impartial o!)senerof the facts hitherto collected on this subject: 1st. The expeditions hitherto fitted out.

have retained because it was impracticable to proceed farther.

2d. Thoe who have gone f irthest, have in

more than one instance put back with an

open sea before them

rul. The experience acquired by preceding

attempts, would, at present, enable our

expedition to go to sea, prepared to avoid

mo.-t ofthe obstacles heretofore experi

enced.

1th. As far as explorers have yet irone.

north or south, abundance of human inhab itants, land and marine animals, hav c been diseov ered. 5th. All these circumstance- combined jus

tify us in believing that the renewal of this inquiry at this time, and by the citizens of this country, w ith a view to determine the figure ofthe earth, collect interesting facts in natural history, open new

channels ot commercial enterprize, Jcc.fcc would be followed by the ino-t important results, tending to the immediate honor and advantage of our common country, and the worW at lare.

A description ofthe v esels.numbcr of men, scientific corps, instruments. Vc. kc. belongs rather to the appendix of a journal, than to a paper of this kind. We have already stated onancoier ocoasion, that the enterprise has not been prematurely undertaken, and that we have received the counsel, advice, and .-issu

ance of a friendly co-operation of names dear to science and to our country. As the object ofthe expidition is strictly national, w e entertain the expectation that there are some daring spirits in our Army and Navy, who are tired of "inglorious ease," and who w ould, w ith leave of absence, enter with delight upon this new path to fame.

Whi'e weteel a diffidence in our abilities to

conduct the part that may be allotted to us,

Annuity the contest? ofthe granite rocks of th Wi n, i:cx:e has iu.ptmi so general an interest as thr Natural Wall of Hour.n. Fissures in tb granitic recks, frota a f vf inches to a foot or two ia bivt 1th. an. filled witha blackish kind o( $toDC, of very nular tigur , covered with iron rust, ar-ramr-d ui.ifonidy ac ross ihe opening, exactly fitted to one ai.otl.tr, and apparently laid in mortar. The"? ircunistanccs c:akc the etructure lock o much like a werkofart, tl.at those v.ho first ohserved it, un:i quaiutcd they were with geological nhcM.ii. ei .T, did net hesitate to represent has an artificial 1 il ric; aud hence this well ka long been ranked ainonir the ;re:it curioities ofthe world, oa the supposition that it was the work of some ancient People, for purposes unknown. It, hovr-

vcr, bclouc to a class cf jreoloirical phenomena

by no uicao unconnnon, teinc; nothing more thsn

one ofthe structures fouxid in various countries, denominated Ham Hie iyS It is a well known

probe rty of l?aalt to split easily, ard m such manner as to form column with smooth faces, and

to decompose into a powder, resembling iron rust, u'licn-Mr water lodges in the crevices. The regullar sh:ipe of the prismatic colums which com

pose the dykes is, in hue manner, e:n lo tlie orij;inalma having split orcrackd hy a;strain,(tli-

result ol contraction) act:ng unitornuy on every part. An illustration of the principle may be seen in a ktiiT. clay ioil, baked by the sun. Wcrr Utere need of any further reasons for tlicsardinc: the opinion that thoe dykes are artiScal structures, il mi;ht he added, that basaltic formations, presenting f sr greater n fjularity than those ol Kowr.11. ai.d on a ieale far mor magnificent, arc found in varlias parts ofthe world. "Witae the extraordinarv iicms in the "Western Islands oi Hrotbird, the (Jiant's Causeway, on the Northern

const of Iretind.&c. Ithas been asserted oy miacralojrMs. that no penuine basalt has been discwred iu this country; but the Professor is of opinion that these dykes present an unequivocal example of that substance. Ra-.cigh lity.

Jrki,in Enzivc F.xpcrmients are making iu London under tb Hoard of Ordnance, to acertain the applicability of Perk invention to military purposes. It bids fair, says an

Imglish paper, materially to promote the saving of fuel and the expense of human lite.

J Vun iray. Sii C. Trice always j hoed a large nutmeg grater on his table when he pave a dinner, and when a great wit ot a gieat man was spoken of would shrewdly point at it aud remark "there is a greater." Two Imglish gentleman, who purchased the steam-boat Ilngmecr fcr the Tuiks. lately had the impudence to request the interference of

the P.ntihh government to prevent the expedition of 1. ord Cochrane. They are said however to have been treated with merited contempt.

According to the Asiatic Researches, a very 01 rious inoJe of tryiug the title cf land is practised in Hind os ton: Two holes are dug in the disputed spot, in achof which the plaintiff and defendant' lawyers put one of their legs, ii remain there until one ofthcin ti tired, or complains ofbeiogitunc by the insects, in which case Lis client is defeated:

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ill this COIintrr it !c fl. firnt nut rvnt th i ir.r

re inspired w ith the utmost confidence in whoputa Lisof into it.

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