Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-20

ing together, aud easily removed. Its base is
washed by the river for several miles. about one
hundred yards in length. and about % or so teet
in breadth, at the base Of the mountain Ice IS 10
be found, all seasons Of the year. On removing
the stone, which is very easily done with light
stick or with the naked hand, the ice appears In
blocks of from one or two inches diameter to eight
or ten inches thickness. 1t is wedged i'll among
the stone, and presume the cavities Tor what
would be cavities but for the ice) are mostly I'LL,
ed with ice. From what extraordinary natural
cause the ice is preserved, am not able to form
conjecture. tits certainly the more remarka-
BILE from the fact, that the sun shines with ai us
force upou the surface which covers the ice from
about EIGHT or nine O'Clock in the morning until
late in the evenings but theice defes all the force
of the SUMS rays, no matter how great the heat
of the atmosphere An eternal current OF cold
air issues at the base Of this bed of ice. lnd'-
yiduals passing along the path way feel this cold
air very sensibly affecting the feet and legs
Mr.. Deevers, the owner of the land. has erect
ed very small log dairy at the base OF the mount
ain. which preserves his milk, butter. fresh meat,
Sc a. all times he chooses to use it, from all
faint or injury of every kind liza fly ventures
into this dairy, which sometimes happens, he Is
Instantly reduced to state Of torptude. and rem
dered incapable Of doing the least injury. one
Of those torpid flies, on being removed INTO
temperate atmosphere, soon RECEIVERS ANIMATION
and flies of.
fla snake in his rambies happens to get on the
stone covering the Ice, he soon becomes 50 chieu
as to lose all motion; and finally per'snes WIN
the degrees of cold. Several instances Of this
kind have been seen. In Mr.. Deeyers' dairy ice
has been seen at midsummer. Mr.. Heiskell in.
formed the author that he had seen ice III his dali
nv m the month Of July. The author himself saw
ice ON the floor, and blocks Of ice formed be-
tween the logs late in the month of April
Immediately under this bank OF Ice a very beau
tiful transparent spring issues, and emptles into
the river few feet from its head This spring 10
unouestonably the coolest water | have ever
seen; and will hazard the opinion, that the wa
ter in the hottest season of the year. is but few
degrees above the freezing point Yet in winter
this spring water, notwithstanding Is extreme de-
gree of cold has the effect of preventing the Tor
nation of ice in the river where it empties. Mr.
Deeyers informed the author, that there is always
an open channel in the ice in the coolest winter
weather of some twenty or thirty feet.
That this situation taken altogether exhibits
one of the greatest natural curiosties in our coun-
try, believe is admitted by every individual
who has examined it. 1t unquestionably affords
the very hes. scite for tine erection OF diaries in
our country; and probably is exceeded by none
in the world. And there is little doubt that II
will, at some future time, becOpe valuable for
that purpose. The uneven and mountainous coun'
improvements tr,iS descrststA. any
some years-but as population increases, and thu
Improvement Of our country progresses, there j:
little doubt large proportion of our mountains
will be turned to good account, and add greatly
to the wealth and domestic happiness Of society.
An excellent view of the Importance in this
country Of education and intelligence to the
working classes, independently Of the personal
advantages they bring to their possessor, is TAX
! en- in the following extract, from an address by
EDWARD EVERETT; quotations from which, per-
haps, some of our readers have seen.
sit is Of the utmost importance IN this coun-
try, that the active walks Of life should be filled
by an enlightened class OF men, with view to
the security and order of the community, and
to protect it from those evils, which have been
thought, in Europe, inseparabe from the great
increase of the laboring population. " hat is
done in other countries by gems darmes and
horse guards, must here be done by public senti-
ment, or not at all. 1t is an enlightened mo.
raj sentiment, that must spread its wings over
our dwellings, and plant a Waterman at our
doors. 1t is perfectly we'll known to all that
hear me. that. as class, the mechanical and
manufacturing population Of Europe is regarded
as grossly depraved; while the agricultural pop
ulaton-with as little exception-is set down
as incurably stupid. This conviction was SO
prevalent, that manv Of the most patriotic of our
citizens were opposed to the introduction of ma
nufactures amongu partly on the ground that
factories are necessarily seminaries Of vice and
immortality Thus far, this fear has been most
happily relieved BY experience; and It is found
that those established are as little open to re.
proach on the scure of morals, as any other in
the community. Our mechanic and agricultural
population will, in this part Of the country.
support the comparison. for general intelligence
and morality with any in the world. This state
Of things. it can be rendered permanent, is |
great social triumph. and will be to America
juster subject Of selfsratuation than any thing
belonging merely to the political, economical,
and physical growth Of the community. 1t de.