Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-16


,lnssonclnsion, we may remark, in the
iainqg9sWge of 81 minrralngist who has exam
'Iied%tes gold region OF Vireinia. that sin
ali5.EfpbabIii'v many rich gold depositcs
ahd Soid veins remain 10 he discovered,
botinAn Virginia aud in other States. and
our ssSantry may confidently expect from its
ownIerri'orv sufficient supplies of gold for
its c9inase for the demands of the arts or
orna!eent, aud fnr use, and moi iulprnbabIv
for exnortation."
,EMs salnonnt Of gold received Il, the u.
SfatsAhlih, from The mines in tie Southern
Stutes.from 1924 to 1881 inclusive was So.
l6o,auO. But a small Iarr of the ynli OBJ
tainGn4troin The mines is srnt TO the Min;
Ihe srea,cr par' is sent 10 Europe, and n
consaerahle portion is used by jewellers
ana Qther manufacturers in the U. $.
Gsonderjui results of Scientific Discorc-
ry.-An"rg thcSc, there are many so very
surpHsne. indeed, apparently rxtrava-
CANT, y Is quite impossible fnr any in
qnIrlgg mind To rest Cnntcntcii with a mere
lieaisay statement of them, g. We feel irrcsi--
lbly eompelled to inquire further into their
truti,gy hat mere assertion will make any
man 5elle"e that. in one second OF time, in
one beat of the pendulum of a clock, ra
W. 'tah' 'tN'iS oNcI IJS,O " tllleS, anu
""ults therefore perform the tour of III.
worltfin about the same time ,lnt i, re-
Iuiresto wink with our cycds, and in mucl,
less ,thn swift runner occupies in rnkirg
Il single stride Villa, mortal can he made.
10 believe. withou, demonstration. that The
sun issalm''st million times larger than
the easih And that, although s6 reuotc
from qs that cannnu-b II, shot directly
towards n, and maintaining lis full speed
woutEhe twenty wears in reaching il, it
yet atects The earth, hy its aitrnct;nn. in an
unaPfEeciab'e instant of time Ia close.
nessEt union of which we eau form but :,
ieebisfnnd 'otally. inadequate idea. by com
parlHSsit 10 ny material connection; since
theycssfi,'uncation of an imnt!," To such :.
distaEse, by ary solid inter,ued,um we are
acqn5sied with. would require. noi mo
g.e.sssSbu ss whole wears \ I'D When with
I'M snlation t0 conceive dit,n n eAs,,
II brcese intense and penetrating. five are
tuid that that the one dwind- la an nsrn
sible point, III d the other j. urfcI nt the
nearest nf the fixed stars, lru.l the mere ci-
fecI Of their rernoieness, while among those
very stars are some whose actual splcudnr
exceeds by several hundred times thar of
the sun itself. although we NAV nnr dcuy
the truth of the assertion, we cannon hut
feel the keencst curiosity iO know how such
things were ever made ouf.
The foregoing. are annng those results of
scientific research. which, nv their nauni
tndr, seem Ia transcend our powers of con-
ccptIOn. There are Others again. which,
from their minutenrSS, would appear Ia
eiude the grasp uf thought, much more of
distinct and actual measurement who
would NOT ask for demonstration, when ,oid
that gnat's Wing, in its ordinary flight.
heats many hundred times i'm second
Or that there exist animated and regularly
organized beings. many thousands of whose
holies, laid close ,ogrrhcr, wonld moi ey
TEND an inch? Bul what are these to the
astonishing truths which modern optical
inluirers have disclosed. which teach us
that every point of IL medium through which
n ray of light passcss. is affected with n sur
ccssion of periodical movements. regularly
recurring at equal intervals. no less than
five hundred millions of times i'm n single
second y. Tha, il is hv such movements.
communicated to the nerves of our ewes.
that we see-nay. more, that it is the diff
ference in the frequency of their recurrence
which affects us with II sense of the divcr.-
ty of color: thar, for instance. in aruuiring
the sensation OF rcdncSs. our eyes are l.lcc-
Ted four hundred and cghtv-,>v0 millions of
m!lli"ns of times; of yellowr cSs. five hun-
lred and inrry-iwo millions of millions Of
times; aud of violet. seven hundred and
seven millions of millions of times per Sc
cond. Do moi such things sound more like
the rawlings of main,en, than the sober con
'lusiOns of people in their akng senses!
They are nevertheless. conclusions To which
any one may most certainly arrive. whn
will only he nt the trouble of examining the
chain "l reasoning by which they have been
deduced.