The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-08-29
DEPTH OF THE SEA

DEPTH OF THE SEA.
As to the bottom of The basin of the sen. il
seems 10 have inequalities similar to those
which the surface of continents exhibits If il
were dried up, il would present mountains. val
lies and plains II is inhabited almost through
out lis whole extent by an immense quantity of
iestaceons animals or covered with sand and
gravel. IL was thus that Donati found the bot,
sOm OF the Adraiic Sea; the bed of testacoous
a0inas there, according to him, is several hun.
dred feet in thickness. The celebrated diver
Pescecola, whom the Emperor Frederick III
employed to descend the strait Of Messina saw
fherc with horror, enormous polypi attached to
the rocks, the arms of which, being several
yaTsis long, were more than sufficient to stran-
Ele n man. In great many places, the madre-
pores form kind of petr6ed forest fixed IT The
hottem of the sea, and frequently too this bot
tom painppresents different layers of rocks
and earth.
Tie granite rises up in sharp pointed masses
Near Marsel'les, marble is dug UP in subma-
rine quarry. There are also btuminous springs
and even springs offresh water, that spout up
frn'n the depths Of the ocean =; and in the Gulf
at fsalcZa, great spout or fountain of fresh
water is seen 10 rise like liquid hill Similar
springs furnish the inhabitants of the town Of
AIRS dus with their ordinary beverage
On the southern coast of Cuba, to the south
west of the port of Batabano in the bay Of
XEgua, a. two or three miles from the land
fltrngs Of fresh water gush up with such force
IN the midst Of the salt, that small boats cannot
approach them with safety the deeper you
drasv the water the fresher you find it. 1t has
been observed, that in the neighbothood of
steep coasts, the bottom of the sea also sinks
down suddenly TO a considerable depth, whilst
near low coast and one of gentle declivi,y, il
is oHsy gradually that the sea deepens
There are some places in the sea where no
hotf"sn has yet heen found Bnt we must not
GsHt1nsetud9 that the sea is really bottomess an
rneans confnrmable to the analogies Of natural
Scierce. The mountains Of continents seem to
cores ond with what are called the abysses of
the sea bnt now the highest mountains do not
rise to 30 600 feet. 1t is true. that they have
waited down and lcssened by the action Of the
elements; it may, therefore, be reasonably con-
cluded that the is not beyond 10000 feet
ia depth but it is impossible to find the bottom
even at one third of this depth with our little
instruments. The greatest depth that has been
tried TO be measured is tina, found in the north
ern ocean by Lord Mulgrave he hraved a
very heavy lead, and gave ont along with ca
bic rope TO the length Of 1880 feet without
reaching bot:om.-Biake's Encyclopedia.
INTELLECTUAL FREEpoM What a noble
spectacle would it be if the nation would rise
en- maSSe to its intellectual freedom. Let us
rise to it ourselves and have the elevated patr.
otsm to display an example which will encour-
age others This freedom of the mind is the
lot of our Inheritance. Whether alone or with
companions VIC have only to enter in and take
possession. If others linger, let US 90 forward,
and secure the blessings to ourselves, which are
spread out before us ; humbly hoping also that
even our example NAV animate and encourage
others; and that we and they may develop TO
our country and the world that we all possess
as our inheritance the mental freedom, which,
in other ages and countries, has been the claim
but scarcely the possession ofthe higher orders.
IT we will know our privilege-we are all no.
bemen; we are all gentlemen, we may all be
learned. Not that we can all tower TO noun.
tain height from which we can look down upon
brute multitude beneath us !; certainly not
that we can all live upon the service of others
1t is perhaps the privilege of our country, Sc.
cured by our want of the law of entail, that we
cannot have any unDorking class Of men. As
general truth, all Americans must live by he
sweat of the brow-by labor and business. But
it does not follow that we are to lie down in the
ignorance and degradation which in all feuda
countries has belonged to the lower orders of
society. Divine Providence has placed us rath-
er on a broad table land where may all be
s,udous and enlightened; where we may all en-
joy the intellectual light which has hitherto
gded only the pnnacles of society. On this
broad table land our civil and religious liberty
has placed, also, our wives, daugh ters and sis
ters. Our republicanism, in its extravaganza,
has not gone far as to take them to the polls
or to make them candidates for the offices of
our government Let us have the truer patri-
oiism to encourage them 10 this mental cult.
walton, which will give them the equal rank
which they arc entitled to hold in the domestic
and social CIRCLE and which shall ensure us
that their gentle and winning influence will aid
| in developing and Strengthening the faculties
of our own minds, and in training 10 higher
character the rising race.--N0ttS Lectures on
the Freedom Of the Mind.
II is Il fact worth noticing, that every man
who carries a watch on sunny day, has a
ready, and efficient means for obtaining fire,
! when the sun il near his meridian altitude. II
| the crystal Of tho watch he opened and filled
with water, it forms n plano convex lens, by
which tho solar rays are reduced to focus
which being thrown on any dark coored com
bustlbc body, will cause ii to take fire.
Salem Register.
THE CROCODILE. The crocodile and hippo
tnmus are numerous, and the flesh Of both i,
eaten. Tha. oitho crocodile is extremely fine
it has n green firm fat resembling the turtle
and the callipleo has the color, flavor, and firm
ness Of the finest veal -D6nham and CiappGr
toms Distoeeries in .4friea.
or all our infirmities, vanity is the dearest &
us, man will siarve all other vices to keel
that alive Tom BrOmn.