Ponola [sic] weekly register. (Ponola [sic], Miss.) 1843-1843, 1843-04-29

few cuplc u 't"H
md exceptions may also be taken in
the cases Of certain plants, as hemp,
o.,o;p SO. But these are really no ex-
coo,ions. For if we look at the corner
Of these plants we shall find small
circular. tube 10 keep up the universal
harmony of nature. So that if these
ore not circular outside they are in
Thus in the connection between she'll
fish and animaIs--in the first they arc
outside, and in the other inside; plants
draw their nourishment from the earth
without; animals carry their garden IN
their own breast; so that ''we are only
plants turned outside in, and vegetables
are only animals turned inside OUT
There is no deviation from the general
rule that nature produces all her forms
reacliyeIy. Perhaps | may give bet
ter explanation of this by supposing my
TWO hands TO be two magnets: in one
the fingers are positive, and the wrist
(,he other extremity negative; in the
other the wrist is positive and the fin
gers negative. Now the fingers Of the
two if brought near will attract each
different denominations; but what isthe
characteristic Of attraction? |. is al
ways 10 contract, and this may be seen
by dipping two magnets INTO steel fill
i incs, when the filings. if attracted, will
. be brought to an angle, but if repealed
thew will be spread abroad like the
leaves oftrees in spring. might refer
10 the gaseous origin Of matter to illus
crate this doctrine Of contraction and ex-
pansion, but il is not necessary Suffice
il TO say that there are no substances
with which VIC are acquainted that may
no, be reduced 20 a gaseous form
Even what we call simple or elemental
ry substances, are double in their char
acter. Oxygen is usually considered
simple, yet we change it every moment
into carbonic gas at every breath we
draw. Look at marble and limestone
in which are great quantities of car bon
ic gas; Of them we build temples that
may endure for ages, and yet heat shall
cause them 10 60 away into vapor--to
that state in which the the forces caught
them and made them what they are
Nor is there any thing in nature bat
began in style still more simple than
our gases. Whatever may have been
the primeval source Of The forces which
first acted upon the free matter in space
and brought it into spherical form, we
know Of no forces which are not derived
from the sun. There is doctrine pre-
valent among the schools, that there is n
reduplicative principle between the plan
cts, 10 which are attributed what re
described as the perturbing forces. But
five view this in different light, We
shall see that there is no need Of re-
sorting to a mirrcle even for the cen.
zriiugal force; VIC may trace all back
10 the Sun, and we need not resort TO
this, MS consider it unnecessary theo-
., ~ We shall. perceive that two forces
may come from one Sun. just as too for
grs may come from one magnet. We
might perceive tina, the sun has too mag
uctic poles as we know the earth has.
' If then, the Sun have a North and a
South pole, also, and the south pole OF
ihe Sun BE- toward tho North pole of the
Earth, AMI the North pole of the Sun
he toward the South pole OF the Earth
this is all that wc require--aIl that
is necessary 10 keep the planet IN the
course which it now persues, and 10
give the magnetic organization 10 every
particle il contains.
will r5t now proceed to geology IN
verifcaticon of this theory for have
too much o say on other points. Bat
II is we'll snown, as matter practical
" ascertajncd by miners, that The STRAIT
ifcdiion Of tie earth is alternately neg
attire and positirc; that if one stratum
I've negative. the one above and the one
below viii be positive; the third each
way Willie negative, and so on. we
know tina, this is The case with the hem
isphcrcs Of the earth. II we take 9
Knitting needle, mngne,ise il and give
il polarity, and then toss il into the all
in this hemisphere, (Which is negative,
the positive will come 10 the grouut
first--bccausc the two megnc'!sms are
Of opposite denominations. But if We
pass the magnetic equator (which
have shown crosses the common cqua
tor at an angle of go 28,) ard ther
% toss up the needle, the other end vii
':frst fall 10 the ground. This show
most clearly that the forces ofthe cart
are fairly represented in that artliiclale
magnetsed body. In order that ihes'
dual forces may act, the matter OF
which they act mus, be negative ant
positive, as we find is the case with tn
state Of the earth. All the matter i
the world is mixed with dlkdlies an
acids; and these opposite substances en-