Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 30 September 1826 — Page 4
Poetical.
on the latter, seeds of a topical
kina, in so recent a state as to vegetate and grow.
Is itsaid they are carried bv
the Gulph Stream, thrown into the polar basin, and from thence brought down by the northerly currents? We answer, that from
the Great Bank, the Gulph
The following Song written by Mr. Peabocly,
was sung at inc aum ccieurauon oi me a. T 1 I . 1 ' . V
jlampsiure. rUNE Adams and Liberty.
tVhile Junitcr sat on his throne in the skies
l nc tuunaer ot battle waxeq. louucr ana louder.
The smoke of the cannon brought tears to his Strearn turns morn to Hip rn.r nnri
And his nose was assailed by the fumes of loses itself in the great expanse of
ruin Arif1rt I 4 1. .Ill
buu . . uie Auanuc ucean
t i,-- nA I 1 lie current whirn flows ennth
A H I IV I Villi 11 till (VI 111 1 I .... -w ..vvsici.l 1 1
While the proud sons of Britain pull foot for east from Hudson's Bay and Da-! cer engaged in the Greenland fish theirlives. I ,,: c i .1 . rA ...
ThPm,esof eiorv the hmve haii adom. v " o"", ana me experiments cries, uuer me spring laoours were
While the sea bears a ship, or the field Indi- of Capt Parry, demonstrate that ; past, determined to extend his rean corn. SUCh is not thpir nrifrin ! soarehrs rnw.n-Hs tlu Pnlo J5-
Does the timber come from ! cordingly pursued his discoveries
him, having nothing in view but the capture of whales, and" being unwilling to risk a vessel which he had no instruction to employ in making discoveries. The papers of the hon. Barrington and col. Beaufoy, members of the Royal society of London, con
tain many instances wherein nav-
igators have reached hish nor
thern latitudes. As far back as the year 1751,
capt. jYlcOallam, an able sea offi
II.
I'll eive them a banner, in triumnh he said.
o , " And a piece of blue sky from the firmament tcf he.
He rabbled the rainbow to strine it with red.
a And sewed some bright stars on, to add to
its glory : This banner, says he, Is the fi.iir of the free.
0 -And the North or South Pole shall the stand
ard t'ole be.
It shall float in the skies on the breezes of
. morn. While the sea bears a ship or the field Indi-
vc cannons
JLaDrador:' We answer that it
comes with the currents, and lodges on that shore. Is Canada the
nursery of this timber ? We ask
why is not the oak, the ash, and other timber of that country found with it ? which is not the fact. Let us trace this subject still further to the countries of
Siberia and Tartary. From the
account ot the Russian vessels.
1.. 00 J n r 1 .1
to 00 ueg. ou. wnere the sea was not only open to the north, but he had not seen a speck of ice for the last three degrees. While thus advancing in those high latitudes, the mate became alarmed at the unsteadiness of (he needle, and entered his protest a
! gainst proceeding any further j The captain, knowing that if any
an corn. III. Then swell the loud Pxans sneak out :
t , Let the roar of this day through the universe flow. Till the bnizen-lungcd seraphs re-echo the
shout.
And let the voices en high join the chorus
below ; Be your banners unfurled.
1 w
Ana your thunder bolts nurica, must ucuaycu iruiiK.s liiy me ; " . "i xxui 1 iaun a yjniln I r.al. 1. t ii. 1 1 .t Pftion rf r rn r
aui uiv. jj.uwuu;, i.ut.i,.. i.SUao w..i i.i. , laiLiicbt 1 1 o in me siioi'i. r lfienT lu -" v vics. iijui a ctr inn
. . , "T ' in n.n; ...u:i
fact, that we had to penetrate immense fields of ice again in returning to the equator." What might not be expected from an experienced crew of Nantucket seamen, with such an open ocean before them. The results of the recent attempts of Ross, Parry & Franklin are well known, and the reasons of the suspensions of their efforts were altogether unconnected with the necessary difficulties of their situations. They effected enough, however, to shew, that with the advantages of the experience acquired through their enterprises, a
much moreeihcientattempt might now he made. Hitherto, the object proposed, by all these polar voyages, have either been for the improvement of the whaling huif icss. or for tiie discovery of a north west passage. In consequence vhrrr ne set of explorers have been ! at one to the borders of the fVv.u :ee. for
puipose of seekinff the oi'i- i ts of
..vw..vvsi. inu J V VI O C 1 14 1 1 v.oor?, I . ' - - v , sent out by Imperial orders, in the be severely censured by his emvear 17rA with the view of dis Payers, though with reluctance.
covering a north-cast passage, we a3reecl t0 return.
tind that the whole Siberian coasts 1 e liav cu n tne authority ot is lined with drift wood : that Campbell, the able continua-
the most decaved trunks lav the tor and reviser of Harrison's Onl-
world
For neer such a nation again shall be born,
YV hue the sea bears a ship, or the held In
dian lorn. : ::oo : : : um From (lie National Journal.
AMERICAN ANTARCTIC EXPE
DItion An examination of all
the attempts hitherto made to as
certain more satisfactorily the gc-
iamc, wime voting, was on
board a Dutch vessel, employed in the fisheries, and that between the spring and fall labors, advanced still further north than captain McCallam, where, agreeable to
is useless to speculate upon this ,T accounls tnr fca vas not f" subject We leave it -in medio:- y?ss encumbered with ice, but mi in thn imrJc u.,.. AAA. rolling like the bay ot Biscay
evincing that it was brought from'
some other region.
The same drift is found on the
coast of Kamschatka. and the inhabitants say that it comes from
countries unknown to them. It
C J' . vancp stiil further, who answered
that he had already gone too far
mains still immense, and that the
reason why more is not known in
relation to tnese remote regions.
is, because more has not been at
tempted.
The many interest! nsr facts con
South, and recorded by travellers scrvatton, and that of the Iodine lirf w,c witcn
and navigators of high and i.n- -the sun in his northern declina- Mr. Stephens, from the northern questionable authority, are calcu- tion not appearing to Tarry at his ,, nf e;.i ' " . ?. . . :
latcd rather to elicit, than to satis- greatest altitude, until a short time ,y a7ou& d" fy curiosity They clearly show after 12 o clock, arc a f!W of the n in. and found he sea en. efvo that c(i,mii'p mc nrtt f ntU moi' iinnvr.ln; 1 ii in . uuu i uu HU Llie bU emireiV O-
tt.. v -nu.yuuucu p cnmcna oi pen and free from ice
l sau,,c . rciici.uun, aim uiai iiiii lauuiues, wiue.ii are di. Hum t Cants ISeeH Pl.illinQ TTnttn,, there are within the mighty bo to be reconciled with our conAon WheTt K Einson cTarl Glun som of the universe, unexplained received opinions of the figure of Ip2i )lnsonnhonmiiMi u-MM, mn .hi a .tU Un Mr,i, l i. n C ' rcy, Bold, arc, and hvc vessels
. r . i I mi 1 under t ie command oi f Tans T)f
vj'uh viui rj sums vm jJiu uisuJiiy . All former opinions have regard to the temperature of the climate, as increasing in tensity in approaching high latitudes ; but this is found not be the fact. After passing a certain degree of latitude, cither to the North or South, the ocean is generally found unencumbered with ice, the temperatute more mild, the productions of-nature more abundant and animals more plentiful. The currents flowing from the North arc stated by some authors to be warmer than the ocean in lower latitudes, and the winds from that direction are known to be equally mild. The ice floating upon the currents is of a different specific gravity. Thesuiin burn latitudes be
accident should occur, he would i their trade ; while others, i-ncraord i t f i
in seeking for a passage, hive naturally endeavored to find i? Iy scrutinizing ti e lUys and Coasts of the northern parts of the continent. Thus both have brrn unavoidably withheld from advancing beyond a certain degtee, by the necessary formation of ire, which extends from the shore, for many leagues into the main ocean. It is impossible, therefor, that voyages thus conducted should be more successful that the preceding. But instead of pursuing this course, the exploring vessels setting out in the most ia oi able season of the year, and keeping as far as possible in the mid ocean might advance much farther to the not th or south, without the impediments
experienced while ciecnms a
where that country is.
Tho vnrntmn i a' p . i ..uu i.uuuy nc luu i ar ; c. pciienceu wnue ciccpins ainclination and din of the nnr t fn i u , i ...... ....... i . . p
"..tl.eextraordinary "powers My'Zs Tn'lw 2Z h t1," ';?-c i"3t'-'- insurance ! island, each of Uteris as a
longitude found bv 7, T V?'? -m house Po, ol retardation, by affording
the means ot support a;id e.v tension to the earliest ice that o n.s. Suppose that this cour-e is pursued, and before the expiiation of the summer season the farthest point is attained, the prospect of passing the winter in safety there, is equally great, if not greater than it would be near the shore, of any part of these regions; and after one v inter passed in such situation, the succeeding operative period might, it is believed, be iinployed to much better advantage than it could possibly be according to any of the attempts hitherto made. The first, and most interesting question to he determined is, whether the figure of the earth at the poles, is that of an oblate spheriod, as has been so long maintained, or whether it may not be some other shape, which may more satisfactorily account for many circumsianees and phenomina, now appaiently inexplicable. The settlement of this question is connected immediately with a
world of impoitant and useful in-
The account and tradition of P;,b n -
nations of high latitudes, as well have been beyond 80 dJ north Irom the continent of America as ,i : " ".3. i '
from Acin lnmnH ...K : . ...
"-"gvuuv.u win! ioc migration offish, animals & birds, various in their species, and incredible in their unmhers, to and from the polar regions, speak a language that cannot be misinterpreted. They cannot emigrate : neither is
it reasonable to suppose that tha
that beyond 80 dejr. 30m. or 81
deg. the ocean, from some cause or other, perhaps not well understood, is found less encumbered with ice. Franklin, in the year 1810, and we may now add in the vear 1825,
wnen north ol Baffin's Bay. in
ET 5iet(IU"Cni,,g .guiforms us, in his Journal, that all in net, directs them to regions of the ice he met with, would not
. ,.lm, n,g , once and snow, have impeded the progress of a To explore their winter retreat, is lonp-boat.
ivinii uici 7i ui man.
In the case of all the expeditions
that have yet been undertaken, the causes which led to their return without the fruitiorrof their hopes, were generally unconnected with
insuperable obstacles, or rather,
comes less bright, and the color of: were attributable to defect in the the ocean more dark. instruction of officers, the fear of On the bosom of the currents, wanting the necessary provisions, flowing from the Arctic seas, are ' the superstition and mutiny of to be tound immense quantities of , crews, or the choice of an improp floating timber, ten degrees farth ' cr season to makefile exploration, er north than any timber is known ; Thus for instance, when Scoresto grow On the coast? of Green- S by advanced to 81 deg north, haUnd, Iceland, and Norway, this i ving penetrated field ice, he turntimber is lodged every season, and ed back, with an open sea before
To the south our information is
limited to fewer facts ; little has been discovered in that hemis
phcre since the days of Cook, vestigation, which exeicise a per Plln irtnr, ni 1. . I ' 1 .-. .
uuc.a:, ut auie to aci- . vading influence in every departvance beyond 71 deg. but this : ment of human sciencefrindustry. attempt was not made in the most ; Secondary to this rVat object, favorable ; season of the year. The ; such an expedition could scarcely intrepid V eddell has lately shewn fail to lead to tr-e most satisfy tothat the icy circle to the south, as rv and useful observations in nawell as to the north, may be pass- tural history ; espeeiallv,conaerned. lo use his. own words, - In ing the winter retreats of those .ea lat. 4 deg, 2. south, not a speck annuals which arc peculiarly inol ice to be seen, the mildness of j teresting. as sources of con.nerei-
iiiinw ui ounu us is such that al prosperity The hunting of the our situation might be envied, whalr and seal tieretotore cariied were it not for the well known i (To be concluded next xctck J