The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-24
MISCELLANY.



The following Is an xtTact from an article IN
. recent number Of silmHns Journal OF Sci
encc.--lt is nom the pon Of Caleb Atwater, Esq
Of Ohio:
These are so numerous IN this state that il
Will not be expected that ! should do more in
Tins article, thnn mention few OF them, and
,he places where they are found II one tree
furnished hr Schoolcrait matter for an interes-
ting aud valuable memoir, how shall condense
Jny rematks, 81 ms even to refer 10 the great
number 81 similar tacts existing IN Ohin3 In
,he vicinity of the ONO river, IN the counties of
Washington, NJ tIgs, Gallia aud Lawrence. aud
on the waters OF the Muskisgum, in tuskngum
aud Perry counties, have carefully examined
not few of the fossil trees, there existing. A.
inong tnein noticed the following, viz - Black
osk, black walnut. sycamore OF button wood
white birch, sugar maple, (acef ssccbarlnum,
che daie o. bread iIuIt Tree, Cucoa-nut bearing
palm, the bamboo, he dog wood and have IN
my possession, the perfect impression of the cas-
STA and The lea leaf OF ferns have beaniIf,
impressions ofthe leaves and Of che bread fruit
cree. flowers fully - pandcd, fresh and entire -
have specimens 80 perfect, and fatlul TO ma.
tntr asto dispel all doubts to what they once
NaIC.
The lnrgcr trees are found mostly in sand.
stone although the barl, Of the date tree. much
1aiteped, ought TO say perfectly So is found IN
staie, covering coal. am aware that a mere
catalogue of fossil ress, shrubs and plants IS not
very Intetestng--lhat the Gcoogist wishes to
knnN auons many particulars, IN what iorma-
tlon they Nlst, and the exact spot where they are
found. an IA possess of all the particulars
Ever, stratum from the surface donnwards. has
been carefully measured, in some pac $, 10 the
depiho OF lO0 feet, aud have correct diagrams"
lii date l. a | rye Tree not very tall. aud nav
ing numerous ahd wide spreading branches
Nue 'a,l.s west of Lauos, lie lying on the
brI II Jenattm's creek, and near the road
leading II som rse , La caste aud Circle, lille.
= Inc body III a bread frul tce now turned Ia
sandstone. q, MIR Brognlart found the troplcaI
plants lmbedded IN France, mentioned in for.
me- number otthls Journal. II contains a con.
siderable quantity otmlca in its composition -
cassia was TO IL su' sandstone in the
LautsNnle odnal The bamboo is mostly inn
prcsscdupon iron stone, at GAINESVILLE; espe-
cialy the roots, and the trunks and leaves. are
found IN mlcaceons sand stone. The non stone
As sometimes apparently made ofbamboo leaves
the leaves # fern, and bamboo roots Ii han.
pens i.equenty that the trunks of small trees
and plants are hailenod by pressure and the
bark Of tEem partially turned into fossil COAL
mus the sluc ohener contains bark now
become io,sli coal and a stratum of shale IN
succession for several inches in thickness.
Before | cave Evansville, wish 10 make n
passing remark OF two, on the subject at finding
g thc t'ss lemans OF tropical plants here The
date, the bambao, the cocua-nut bearing nalm
the o'ss,a, the tea plant &c are found at tins dav
only IA tropical regions. or in climate where
there IS very little frost At Zanes,ilIe. SO Sc
we're IS the winter at present, that the mercury
SINKS several degrees below zero
FI'ss... ff,,., a.
the mInd--has our climate become colder than
formerly or have the tlopica, plants cb,naod
their nature II is known that several ,ro,,;c,l
plants have by degrees been removed. farmer
and iartherto the north, and AT length beromc
natuialized TO northern climate. | refer par-
tculariy to the palm christi. But where is the
plant winch has been driven from our latitude 10
.Cubal | know of none Has the climate oC
The world generally become colder them Isay
generally, Tor some countries probably have =
some writers suppose that the climate OF lnr-
land has changed in this manner. We have
6ood EVIDENCE that during eighteen hundred
years past, the climate of Rome and Palestine
mas undergone great change, the writings
oi horace, virgil and others Of The Auguslan
age. clearly evince.
Fides, ut alta stet nivc canddum
ooracte; nee Jam sustineant onus
Silva iaboranteg, geuque,
hunina, constterint acutol
Dissolve trigus, lgna super foca
Large reponens. -
What picture OF the winter which prevailed
at Rome in the Augustan nge Snch a picture
would now best suit the meridian of Quebec In
other passages ofthe same author, we learn that
the snow was so deep near Rome that the deer
pushed it aside by their breasts, as they were
pursued by the dogs Who now sees the roof,
OF houses at Rome, or even in Paris, ready TO
break down with snow l--in Dasids time there
was snow in Palestine and illusions to frost.
snow and hail are frequent in the Psalms aud in
the writings the prophets. The inhabitants
OF Palestine are no longer in the habit Of attack
ing lions in their deus on a snowy day. Tor
no such days now exist in that country. But It.
ally and Germany, and indeed all Europe are no
more what they were in the days of David. of
Horace and Virgil Those vast forests, which
sormefiy gcneratedso much moisture, cold wea.