Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-10-13
For the Sianal.

and your readers narrative Of an explo:
ring expedition to The north pole, demon
s;rating the theory of Capt. Simms. Aware
of The incredulity with which any thing of
the kind will be received, shall not at
tempt TO remove prejudice and distrust, by
solemn protestations ofveracity; but ap-
peal directly to the good sense and dis.
erosion Of the world. The expedition
was accomplished without ostentation and
noise; the naffative shall be equally IN
assuming. rne e'itfss'ss'-l ga aa,
- 9s8Hdt & CuAPT. I. I.gam -
Enterprise Of thedge- ioes to engage
1.-THE rork-@fropts oftae earth solid
ity--ETpcrimeat-- Method Of trareling
Departure. ~ 1h aA
We live in an age of'lights, new and
strange; an age that will celebrated for
its enterprise, inventions. discoveries and
wonderful intelligence. Onr.higbly favored
country appears to be the great theatre,
for the display ofthe mental and physical
energies of man in their highest perfec-
ton. The United States exploring expo
ditions to distant and unknown seas, and
hey ond the Rocky mountains, have con.
tributcd very much to the Intelligence and
glory Of our country. The Taxes Santa
re expedition, full of adventure and enter
prise, threw flood of glory over Texas.
and would be regarded in any country as
a circumstance worthy fcoinmemoration
in any age. 80 ri'F-o t'"'riq,' 8
Parallel with these, Joseph Smith
takes the lead in mental enefgy;. makes
the remarkable dIcovery of a aetc book!
rears temple in the wilderness, and
throws the light of a latter-day glory over
the world. Parson Miller drops the cur
tain of the universe and demonstrates the
upshot of all things. Mesmerism, Phe-
nology, Fourierism, philantrophist and
politicians, startic and astonish the world
by the electric streams of light thrown
from their pens across the dark cloud of
scientific and moral,ignorance that lowers
over the human mind That man is be.
hind the times who pauses or doubts the
truth OF any offhe representations of
genius; it is far more rational to inquire
where, and to what'end, is this astounding
display, development and rush of Ameri-
can intellect tending! The exhibition
bewilders the most incledulous, and we
are readyto e3claim with the boy when
the lightning shivered tree close by him,
81 can'tpray but, by djehoky something
must be done.
would simply remark that do not
come ia as competitor, with my iiluStri-
Gus cotemporaries, for honor; that be-
queatht TO my country as common inner
'itance. The theory of Capt. Simms was
shat the earth was a sphere and (ike
many other smaller sphere) hollow, and
that passage to the internal regions
might be found at the north pole" This
theory has beenregarded as an idle whim.
Its Importance to the Philosophic world
was long deeply impressed upon my mind,
and resolved to turn my attention to the
solution OF the Problem. From the fact,
established by chronological experiments,
that all spheres possess q soft spot some
where,l inferred that the same must be,
true Of the earth, on the principle that the
operations OF nature are uniform. | con-
cluded the idea Of Capt. Simms, respecting
the location ofthe hole in the ground, was
correct from the fact that the earth's solid
ity would Increase with the velocity of
motion, and this would be greatest at the
greatest distance from the poles, as the
following Experiment demonstrated.
took a pnmpion. covered with, bugs, to
represent thecarth and all its inhabitants
Except the ladies, passed stick through
it to represent the poles or axies of the
earth, as Turned the pumpion onits axles
observed that those bugs fnrtherest from.
the poles were first affected blythe yeloc-
ity, and soon began to strike a bee line, or
rather, absquata.a!ed in tangent; while
those near the poles merely booked wild,
like the millerites in thande Storm.
To travel by land OF water l knew,to
be utterly impracticable; must therefore
resort to some means for navigating the
air. j according constructed "a vessel Of
great size and strength, but must disap-.
point the scientific world by the Insurance
that our language is not sufficiently scien-
tifie to admit of an Ineligible description,
A general idea may. be of advantage to
those DESTROYS Demonstrating apparatuses
for similar purposes. My vessel was in.
form, ike the frustrum of an octagonai
pyramid. 1t had eight corners and bui
two sides !. e. an out side and an inside.
TO each corner ropes were attached sup
porting Oh each side of3my car two kites
that operated as wings, aud by means. of
which Twas able to travel in any direc-
toni please. My vessel when completed
bore striking resemblance to a goose,
and thought of constructing an apparatus,
10 squaIk, as means of ailaying the
pears, solargela body might. excite among
Ignorant people; but abandoned the idea
ias altogether superauous.. II prepared
myself with instruments for making OBJ