Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-07

~ than The surrounding ar al ieaS'' '!"'
:, doos eo in all storms which have been III
vesI;oa,ed, which now amount 10 SS'een'
h.c;ias several tornaaoes, IN a! OF WAcA
,ya ,rres were :;.:oWn with their tops n
wards. ~, ),
From the pr:,.cii.ics i.cre established by
.vncrimen:, and afterwards confirmed by
observation, it follows, that il! a large body
ofuir is made 10 ascend in column, largo
cloud will be generated, aud that that cloud
will contain in Itself, a SELF sustaining pow
er, which may move from the place over
which it was formed, and cause the AIR over
which it passes, to rise up into il, and thus
form more cloud and rain. until the ram
NAV become general; for many storms
which commence in the West Indies, very
narrow. are known 10 move from the place
of beuinninp several thousand miles, WIDEN
inc ou, and increasing in SIZE, until they
become many hundred miles wide y See
Redfeld and Reid, and the reports Of Joint
ommt ea.
If these principles are just, il will follow,
when the air is in d favourable stale. that
the bursting out Of q volcano ou@h, 10 pro-
duce rain and such is known to be the
fact ; and ! have abundant documents in
my possession TO rrovei'.
So under very favourable circumstances
the bursting out OF greal fires ought to pro-
duce rain and have many f'cis in my
possession rendering II high rrobah!c, II
not certain, that great rams have sometimes
been produced by er"at fires
1t ls u general opinion IN parts Of toe
country where great fires frequently take
place, that those fires produce rain. Now
this opinion could hardly have originated
without some circumstances basides mere
coincidence attending them, such as reIa.
ted in the following account. Mr.. Dubrez.
hoff,r, missionary 10 Paraguay, speaking
oftre tail or ISIS and buIrushes OF fire, sa!s:
81 mysel. have seen clouds AMI lightning
produced from the smoke, as it is flying of
like uhiriwjnd; SO that the Indians are
no: to blame for setting fire 10 t C plains in
order TO produce rain, they lear; cd that the
thicker smoke turns into clouds which pour
forth water.'-Accouat Of tie AWphones,
vol. 3. p. $50.
Mr.. Lapice, Of Louisiana, iuform'd Dr..
S. Calhoun. OF this city," that The conf gra.
ton of,he long grass IN The praries OF that
State covers every thing with rs cIndrrS for
miles around, and that rain follows IT shortly,
according 10 immcmorial observation in
that country.
"Very extensive fires in Nova Scotia, in
The woods are so generally followed b!
heavy foods of rams. that here is some
reason to b,lieve tha; the enormous pillars
of smoke nave some share in producing
them Mag. NJ. II st. for Dec. 1885,
The bad p' 'losophy OF supposing that
smokr was tu'u. in'o cloud and produced
rain, !ocS noi weaken the e. ID nee of the
main ct.
If tn" pr,t cple is correct. tha, clouds are
formed by up morns columns OF air. ""
should expect 20 find, IN favourable sta S
ofihe air. that clouds wOui form over large
iti,'s nd m nutac'urIng owns here much
:uc' is bur. AMI so We find It to be.
EA.;a' -. a l'uer 10 me from Benz
&, -...,. u; Pulude pnIa--'' la the course
=, a>, sH:sr. mnl, i" En.lauI. visited
.,iancucs.c. A.u. ~ fl, umcs. and on each
CAV II ralard. > ycrl OF The inhabitants
as>rr me na !; rms in Manchester NOR
or less every lay ~ u" v al"
Ey,rac rrora Ed Mammals Collec-
,ion Of Facts concerning Ashby Coal Fl Id
40. London 1885.
"N hen ;he air is apparently s'agnant
in ;h, valley of The Thames and surround
ing country. a srong current is found to set
in, or every siie of London along the
srre,s lead ng from The counry in the morn
ing, THIS cure mt is no doubt occasoned
BY the rarefacton N the high ch'mnrys,
over so many Thousand fires Just klnded.
and must be- the cause of The introduction
ofiresh air to an immense extent, which
would not otherwis' flow. This rartfacilon
produces other phenomena, among, which
when the atmosphere IS IN Il light state.
and clouds are passing at a height which
does moi allow them to condens" and fall 10
rain, these accumulate II, passing over Lon
don, and ether remain as d nsc fog, or
drop in small rain al day long, scarcely
clearing once the country a, little dis
tance having very little rain."
The bad philosophy of supposing the air
so Light on these occasions as 10 let the
clouds on passing, sink down in it over
London, does not nvalldate the evidence of
the principle fact.
From these remarkable facts alone
think it will be acknowledged that there is
some connection between great fires and
rains other than mere coincidence. even If
that connection remained a mystery. Hum.
boldt acknowledged this in the case Of Vol
canoes when he SnaakS of tho a,,storin,a