The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-10

And though at times. impetaous with emotion
The swelling heaIt heases. moaning like the ocean.
We will be patient. and assuage The feeling
By sisnee sa1ctfyinE. not eoneealins.
The grief thar must have way
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DOES NATURE PROVIDE CoMPAss Our
curiosity has often been excited by the fact that
birds and different animals 6nd their way readily
to parts far though they perfect strangers
to the regions over which they pass, well as the
place to which they journey; their whole previous
hfe having been spent perhaps, within the narrow
circuit Of the place which gave them birth.
The swallow rears its young under our caves
As soon as they can fly, they are busily engaged in
seeking their food, and are ever the wing. But
they never waneer very far from the neighborhood
where they entered upon life. Summer, however,
draws to close, and the chilly mornings and eve
nings OF autumn give them warning that warmer
latitude must be sought and these little phics-
| ophefs hold consultation, and, after making few
fights, il to themselves Of the reuuIsite
strength OF wing. learn something necessary to
tbemthey, like Abraham Leaving his fathers house,
journey southwark. ButAbraham knew not where
he went. We do not know, however, that we can say
this OF our adventurers, for they appear to know
we'll They do not go as if they thought they would
| be pilgrims and aliens in strange land. They
| seem TO expect other towns, and perhaps hrp er
cities where they pursue their honest calling
and feel equal, not superior, to the citizens Of
mariners, aiming for distant port and having the
compass for their guide, they could not steer their
tiny barks through the stormy elements with great
er precision.
The carrier pigeon is frequently taken hundreds
OF miles from its home, and then, with billet at
tached, it is set free. 1t mounts high and makes
several large eli ces as if taking observations be-
fore It commences the journey and then at once az
il il had found hidden track, il starts off in q
straight line, and the rain may beat and the winds
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at its wishedfor home
The camels Of the desert described by travel
possessing similar peculiar instinct; those
used frequented routes do not exhibit il Though
there be not the slightest sign Of track they new
fail to choose the right line One of he cames
taking the lead. advances first very cautiously
taking direction, then another, until he
appears to have discovered 8rue course and in
this he proceeds followed by the others, and never
deviatng from the chosen line, until he arrives at
his journeys end
The question presses itself upon US I; must there
not be some pole star TO which these tiny voyagers
of the air, well as the larger wanderers of the
| desert, look, which guides them TO their desred
| haven Can they know the points OF the compasss
/ Is the sun their guide by-day, and the stars by
night Or is that electric current which points the
| compass to the NORTH and furnishes the adventu-
rous traveller with guide through unknown paths,
also the director of their course Can they inform
4 themselves of its existence, and can they use it,
i like the mariner, TO tell tho way
We can prove that animals susceptible OF
i electrical Impressions Professors profound in re-
search, have turned their attention 10 the connec-
tion existing between electricity and the nervous
| system. We are not speaking Of the mysteries of
| mesmeTism, but Of the experiments reported in
leading scientific works. small wire, having one
/ end inserted in the nerve of mans arm, and on
the other end having needle finely balanced, will
communicate from the nerve sufficient electricity
to render the needle magnetic and it 10 turn
10 the north; or, brought into contact with very
fine iron filings, will attract them. Take num-
Der OF frogs cut off their legs place these together
so as 10 form yoltaic, and with this connect .
wire, on the other end of which is needle nicely
balanced, and the result will be The zane. Such
experiments at once prove the intimacy existing
between electricity and animated nature
The habits of birds and animals are studied BY
farmers and others and from them they ptognos-
! cale an approaching storm fn such cases, ls moi
the electricity OF the atmosphere the principal
agent in producing the peculiar effects which we
observe
Are we not even ourselves sensible OF these in
fuenoes Nervous persons are much Affected bJ
atmospheric changes, which is owing 10 their sus
| ceptibiliy OF electrical Influences. Some indivi
duals Influenced by the electric current in
peculiar manner. We read of a physician VIII
! could only sleep with his head toward the north
rhe head Of his bed was south, and when he re
tired, he was for long time restless and in IN
morning, when he awoke, he always found tha
he had turned in the bed, and his head was noFth
| hlS tttcIt tlud Hs uru fctSfetu, tDS tctt ucltt
placed north. and he afterwards found no difficulty
in obtaining Sleep.
May not the short flights which the swallows
when collected for departure, perform in d'tferen
directions, before they take their final leave, 3
their instructive etffts TO assure themselves OF IN
!, direction OF the electric current! And may nc
the circle made by the carrier pigeon, on The con
. mencement Of It's journey. be ior the same pui
q | pose /! And why that cautious exercise Of som
Is mysterious sense . by the camel Of the deser
before he takes bis devious way over the tfackles
j waste If MOI 10 Obtain knowledge oil thai unsee
p power which takes the needle, aud teaches il I
+: guilds the mariner over the briny deeps Does NJ
y the torpedo know et once ~hether body y ecs
irc or not and, Rllless i wishes 70 eommunieai
a shock, avoid coming in con act eish substance
that would rob Il Of its.sl-elrieiiyi WY then
Z should nor some birds aud animate know ne esea
n electric auid, and from it gain thn kno~iedge 9
directioR, witch shey poesess ~ 80 suteftof . &c
Z gree Rochester Advertiser
: Two sons Of Mr.. Ssndg Mesker. near Jackso
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