Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-12

pl'shcd-and thar is. by making current
I'M cdSteriy dircction;',
| There Is something which appears to US
supremciy ridiculous in this theory. The
whcic body of wafer in tn, Cult of Mexico,
by means Of this submarine voicauo, Is
heated OF an uni form heat, and that is keIn
up oi an equal temper .ture,. month after
month and year after year, showing that
the fires Of The volcano never sIumLrr, or
rage with unequal violcnce-anh What is,
II possible, more extraor,linary. the waters
ofthc Cult Of Mexico arc heated to precisely
The same degree of heat, us the waters OF
the Caribbean sea.
There can be no reasonable donbr ihat the
current of the Gmlf Str am i caused by the
| trade Winds in the eastward, which force
body at water towards the Brazil coast. and
among the west India Islands II is well
known thai vessels bound tn Inc in invara-
bly, meet witt, 81 strong current between the
cTuin"ciial line and tho latitude of IOo
moth, setting to the westward II is also
equally well know to navi.ar0rs that there
Is strong current setting nurthwar'ilv and
! west wardIy along the Brazil shore; and if
avrsstll bound far south should unfortunately
happen 10 make the land to the westward
Tor lccward) OF Cape ST. Rogue. it would
he bootless 10 attempt to beat 10 windwarl
against The trade wind and a strong current
she would find it necessary to return
norlhwhrd until sho reached The latitude Of
variable winds. aud then make anorhcr al
tempt to gc' FAR cnOnSh to the eastward 10
weather The Brazil shore
| This vast body OF water Is thus forced
along The shores OF Brazil and Guinana, IN
| I'll it enters The Carribcan sea, from which
| \ m NIL Inf. ,i,..
formed toy Cape Catnnc'r, the north cas-.
| Iernni"st extremity of Yucatan, and Cape
St. Antonio. the western point of Cuba
| Through this strait the current sets n, the
| rat" of two or three kncrs an hour Here
this water Of the tropical seas is combined
with the waters of the Mississippi. the
Bal'zc, The Del Norte, and numerous other
river, which fall INTO the Gmf of Mexico.
and is impelrd along the coast Of Cmnn un
| I'll II strikes the Bahama Banks, where it
receives an0iher very considerable acces-
sIon by ih" currents which are continually
setting through the Old Bahama aud The
| New Providence channels. 1t then is for
ccd To- the northwarI, along the coas, of
Florida and the middle SIaies-thc stream
becoming wider the farther it extends north,
and gradually changing its temperature
unul II strikes the Bank of 81. Grorce's.
when II branches OF TO The eastward and
~ lost somewhere III the ocean between tho
Western and the Canary Islands.
A current of a similar nature. althnueh h
not so strong Is experienced 10 the eastward
~ The Cap" of G""d Hope, whicI, extends
aloug the Isle of Mozambique to Lagulln>
Bank. 1t is doubtless caused by The trade.
wind forcing the water towards tho coas,
OF Africa; but here it is not forced into a
narrow passage, as is the case with h,.
Gulf Stream. The Temperature of the
current oil The Cape Of Good Hope. is nmc,
higher than in the wafer Of the ocean in The
nri"hhurhood of the current. II NAV be.
however. that 'hil current aud increase OF
tcmpcra'.v" ,r'' also produced hv Il volcano
"ii he coast u Nrica.- Boston Mr. Jour