The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-08-22
. ROB ruf tIitRLurrE JOURNAL
LUCU BRATION No |.

q" To read without pen is 10 dreamr
Tho present season s. one favourable to rsaec
ton. TIE long arony of elections Is over. aud
feace morc rcigns IN TIE quiet yallies Of cur
elayed STATE Dean Swih asserted that be
Uho NJ h tSo blades Of corn grow where but one
gfeN g fore deserves more Of mankind than the
W.g'e rico Of politician, put together" Our
state his mach ID cause her welfare 10 he near
a1r II rl- and toi envelope her resources and
erde ra1r 10 elevate her reputation. are objects
worthy Of tie phil1uyhrops, and patriot. Con-
Hee'ed Wlth thr spIrt stirring facts which the
td'aful page IT history proves, We know from its
record tHat on her shores IN july 1854 the first
Gsg o, England over holtcd on the air Of the
western world, and that 30 May l751j nearly two
hundred years afterwards IN tins very country,
that flag lost It's empire over these fir possessions.
oal own immediate county hiss teen the scene
OF many interesting and patriotic "reminiscences.
But our present purpose rs not to speak Of lis
historical rccoIlectjous but OF us condition as lie.
uE a region rlcG in mineral resources, aud TO
uetail the geological facts that actual experience
has adduced and by thus detailing the results of
actual experience, add in SOME small degree TO
tua Hass OF scientific information that Is rapidly
accommodating, aud by our example exciting 9TH
crs to q like laudl5r attempt.
II has boon long ago alleged against the sci
cnee OF Geology says a recent treatise upon this
subject that because It's followers have as yet
agreed upon no complete and ncontrovertiblc
theory Of the earth, that therefore nothing certain
j. known on the subject and all geological deduc-
TONS must he crude and coulcctural. Bat it Is to
ae remarked "thc season has not vet arrived
whom perfect theory of the whole earth can b.
fixed aud finally established, We have not vet all
the facts on which such theory may be eventu.
ally founded but IN the mean time we have nu-
mcrous and ndisputable phenomena, each estab
fishing indisputahle conclusions and the aggre.
gate OF these conclusions will as they accumulate
/ form the basis OF theories, each more and more
appFoXimUlng 10 perfection" Therefore each
/ ttct is regards the mines, and mineral wealth of
our state, each phenomena connected with the
formation of the strata of the earth, and each
combination OF the precious metals with new and
strange material adds TO the mass OF facts already
accumulated, and he who communicates them
PAYS in some degree that debt which Lord Coke
says every man owes to his profession. The
mines of Cornwall have afforded much light TO
disclose the hidden recoSacs of the EARTH and pre-
scented new facts as regards It's geological torma-
tons and their subordinate mineral contents the
excavations in the nelghborhood OF Paris have
furnished Cuyior and Iamarck rich repositories
OF information in Fossils and OStcology. Why
may not the facts and phenomena brought forth
by the experience of this region afford some tu
turc I.yell the materials for new founded theory
Should not this stimulate industry and promote
enquiry Much has been done, much remains
TO be done The field is large the la5oorers arr
few. What says distinguished French Phllos
opner (D'Auhisson) the most eminent mmcralo
gsts have done in 4 small part Of Germany II
the course of half century, single individual
William Smith has accomplished for England
and his labours alike beautiful IN their result ant
'Soe Roberson's History of America, I'd vol
y 2o4--thc fleet under Amadas and Barlow, sen
, out by Sir Waiter Raleigh, landed at Scraeecb