The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-09-12

shows that the depression. i arr.
snwarts Ihs north.
II arp~ars 10 me ihaI tbs great d
} parity between The sire a cur ialsi
. and the SQUADS into which tlaey opea.
Ihs true cause 81 their obsruetl0n.
am Of The opinisa. there ran Be .
good inlet on q ssDdy eassl ike ours
where there 10 not conformity beisesl
is sire and The bay into which u opens
So far az my observation extends. an
that 10 limited, this conformity sxlsu
wherever there 10 . good inlet. Chess
peak Bay has an inlet 20 miles wsd.
and corresponding 20 is immense ex
tent; Delaware Bay and inlet. present
the same features Charleston HarbaI
on The other hand. 10 comparatively :
small bay. and lhe inlet corresponds With
IL; and Beaufou Hsrbor 10 this state u
. small basin. and he inlet is marcos
and dsrpi al these nainisin . uniform
character. Whenever al inlet Is suiii-
eienlly wide 10 admit nl . fall rise Of
the ude in every part Of The estuary. ss
is the case viii those Just mentioned.
I Ihink no accumulation will take place.
Tor the reason. thai sfier high lids. the
Iellueni waters. having The same slesa-
Ii0n which larced The food Tide IN. will
return tn the Ocean with The same sel0.
city. and will keep Il secured out.
The tide rises on our coast p feet D
bose the level Of our Sounds. but the
smallness Of our inlsIs Iloes not admit .
sufficient volume Of water from The
Ocean az high tide. 10 Iroduce any sensi'
bic eleEsIion of their waters; when The
quantity which enters comes 10 be dis.
Tibuled over 50 large surface - they
present. IL is too ineonsidersble 10 pro-
duee such an effect; the consequences 10.
that from the period Of half tide in the
Ocean 10 full tide, very strong cur
rent must set into tie Sound, and this
increased by every strong sslerly blow.
which heaps up tie waters on the coast.
brings in Whatever sand the action Of
the waves has raised. and deposiles il
al the point Of conflict between The sea
and bay waters, the refuenl tide not be.
ing able TO carry back tie heavier par.
Iiclss deposited. from The want Of equal
ele,aIion and consequent equal reLocny;
these gradual drpos'tes may ultimately
have closed The inlet. CnrroboTaiiSe OF
This opinion, is the well known fact.
That The sceumulalions so destructive To
Our navigation al 0erseoke. and those
" hich have filed up Currituck. are within
The inleIs, which goes 10 show that The
Infuenl waters predominant. Otherwise
lie distractions would be on The outside.
think IL very clear. that at Roanoke
inlet, the current from the Ocean al high
ide, must have been stronger during The
prevalrnce Of easterly winds, Than fran
he Sound during westerly Winds. be.
'sUse Roanoke Island being situated to
lie west Of the inlci and near IL. wuula
Intercept those winds and deaden any
current driven towards the inlet by il.
here must. therefore, have been oerasiun-
lily much stronger currents passing in,
IAN corld - any time pass out.
There we're. doubtless. other causes
ending to The closing up of the inlet; \.
nom them may be reckousd the exisn-
i've sand bank in its neighborhood.
rhich, under the influence III violcn,
ales, may have contributed some Of the
ghier particles Of which they are CON.
osed 10 its filling up. There may have
cen occidental causes; | hare heard Of
ne; Judge Daniel informed me, that
cry old man residing near the inlet. told
i'm, that many years ago vessel foun-
cred in the channel, and this hulk was
opposed TO be the nucleus about which
le gradually increasing sands were col
.cted. do not suppose iha, either, or
9th Of these, siihaul the aid Of the eau
IS before stated. could have produced
Ie result; that they might facilitate their
psrsIIOn is very probable.
Tie plan of Improvement, which
sems mostly ~ have occupied the aiten-
IN OF the engineers, is based un the ef-
CTS to be produced by ,ismming off the
Isters Of Alternate Sound from Psmp-
CO. and much reliance 10 placed on the
fficacy Of the supply from The rivers
hich empty into Albemarle. for keeping
le inle. open. have before animated
n opinion tina, The closing up Of Curl
Ick, Roanoke, Gun, and llsneras in
IL, ought. according to this theory. 10
ave produced an improvement Of Ocrs.
Dke and New inlets. because The waters
hich flowed out at the six inIeIs, were
Ter the closing took place diverted 10
NO Only; now think the absence Of a
y improvement Of The iva no. closed.
both Of which are more obs,ructed now
ian furmeriy) 10 circumstance oppns-
d TO ihe plan and deserving oil copsIde-
iiion. IL seems 10 me there must be
pme Misrepresentation as to the influence
the currents from the land on illose in-
IL; sufficIen, allowance is probably not
'sde Tor evaporation from tue broad sur
zee OF our Sounds and the quantity OF
alter issuing from our rivers may be