New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-14

s''N Si''Pe ii ever Questioned by proper eu-
thority.
When our Legislatures will make the penalty
Tor relating SANDER the same as for fighting /.
duel, their laws doubtless will be respected. Acts
against dueling 1t is said by some are acts TO pro-
tcct the coward, poltroon and calumnia.nr, 10
psrPefuate SANDER and 10 give business TO Law
yers! BE this as it may, the Devil could not do
much by way of destroying the peace and quiet
OF society could he not fnd respectable pack
horses TO circulate his counterfeit wares
With sentiments of high consideration and re-
spect, am, Gear Sly, your friend and obcdcnt
servant, A LoUIsvANIAN.
From the Brooklyn Star
The Rise and Fail of the Great Lakes.
In lo1l the waters of Lake Erie reccded to
such an extent that the Enc CANA, for several
miles, left without water, and great fears
welo entertained in that vicinity that this ebbng
OF She Lake would continue 50 long and 10 such
an extent that this portion Of the Cana! would
for a time be rendered useless.
During the prevalence Of strong castory winds,
this end of the Lake was greatly affected during
| this general subsistence OF its waters.
| had frequently heard it remarked by persons
residing IN the country bordering upon the Lakes
that these waters rise and fall every seven years
have watched the account of the rise and fall
Of the Lakes for near thirty years, and have as
certancd during that period that the rise is not
periodical, but occasional.
Chicago on Lake Michigan, during the land
spcculatUns in village lots, extended its borders
50 far toward the Lake during period Of the
subsidlng of the waters, that on the occasion OF
the great rise OF the Lakes, the outside village
lots were five feet under water.
The rise of the River Nile, in Egypt, the in
habitans watch with much care and they have
the means of determining the stage Of water each
successive year by means Of measure called q
Nileometer, the notings Of which arc recorded.
The foundations Of this River are generally
annual, and happen ct the period Of The Summer
| SolSticc; but | have known two wears during
nay recollection that there was not the usual an
uual inundation, and much suffering pro
duccd i'll Egypt by the consequent failure OF the
crops.
A large pond in the town Of Concord, Mass.
has its rising and falling during an interval Of
several years, and these appear to be disconnected
with years that are wet aud those which are dry.
The inhabitants In the vicinity have, in noticing
he rise and fall Of the waters what is equal Ill
some respects to the Nileomcter.' In the beach
of the pond, which is Of white sand, when the
| pond is low, a wagon and horses Can be driven
IN the beach the whole circuit of the pond b.
tween the water and the bushes, which border
;hc beach but, in years of high wafer the pond
extends some distance into the bushes covering
he beach. The oldest inhabitants who have no
iced this rising and falling OF the pohd Tor haif
! 4. century more, are unable TO account Tor
.hese changes. the poid has no visible in'ct or
outie;, ana covers an area ol about one hundred
acres.
The Great Lai;es arc no, influenced in any
| nj W.. an f-y thor
TIE area OF surface drained by the ,ircat Likes,
| iiclnding the ST Lawfcuce,!S computed a. 5l0uUO
square miles, The area OF face drained by the
waters Of Ire M,as> ppi, Missouri OHIO, sc. is
! bout l,lG0U00 square miles. The iengtn 81
course oi the waters OF the Lakes and the ~.
| Lawrence, may be estimated at i.2ll0 miles, and
The width OF the basin at about 425 miles. That
oi the Mississippi may be estimated at 2n00 miles
length of course, will, mean width OF $50 miles
| VI nasn.
The area of surface drained by the Nile is csti-
mated at about 400, 900 square miles, with length
of course of 1850 miles, and mean breadth Of
basin of about $50 miles.
The waters OF the Lakes are spread out over
great surface, while the waters OF the Mississippi
rave a narrow channel. The rise of the former
IS consequently slow, while that OF the latter IS
comparatively rapid.
tributaries of the Mississippi minge together at
very high spring floods, when the Lakes are at
the greatest hight. The waters of the Great
| Lakes which flow into the Gulf of the st. Law
renee pass over that portion of the surface of Our
Continent which forms the curve of the sphere.
The head waters of the Mississippi come from
an altitude which, when added 10 its northern
| latitude, would give climate OF the temperature
ri Iceland
The cause of the rise of the Lakes may be
placed among those which cause the flow Of
arctic ice at greater extent some years than others
If we should find that the rise and fall of the
Great Lakes are periodical and at long intervals
Of time. then, in that case, we must look for the
influence of some solar or terrestrial body belong
inc to our system as the cause of these changes.
Some sections Of the Continent have long Pc
RODS of drouth Here is an atmospheric phe-
nomenon which is beyond the reach of human
Science TO determine.
Whatever disorders we may find in the order
Of things, arc parts of the great system and help
TO make up the harmonies OF Nature. The thun-
der and it's electric fire are, in our view, the con-
WILSON'S of the air; hut Nature has placed these
among It's harmonics So of the earthquake, the
tornado and the frost.
The Great Lakes occupy the successive ter
races OF the earth, in the great slope TO the st.
Lawrence; and could we but view them from
an elevated position, with telescope eye, we
should sec beauties of high order.
The waters of the Great Lakes arc yet of that
fcrtilzing quality that possessed by the waters
of the Nile and the Mississippi. Yet one of these
is as much the King OF Lakes, as one of the others
is the King Of Rivers. +. M.
THE PIRATE or TIE MEDITERRASEAN.-A let
ter received at Lloyoi's from their agent at Malta
al the 18th inst. of which a copy is sublolned
shows that this rover of the continues his law
less pursuit without hindrance or dread OF doicc-
ton The many cases OF recent piracy IN the
Mediterranean attributed to Greek bark, which
has escnncd the vlgiIance OF The men.o war up 10