Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-14
from the Charleston Mercury i!

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The following extract from letter VI Edmund Ruiiin
E.o Of Vifyinm 10 Professor Holmes Of the College Of
Charleston will undoubtedly be Interesting 10 Of our
frg!crs Mr. Rut is well known NJ practical man. on"
&, Tie first auTcuturaIss in Virginia, and who ias
coecic! much geological information during The asricuG
=! Survey, Lately mll" by him in south C1T%lina;
DEAR SIR IL ilyc again read attcnIvc!y your
the atIeson bar, ana tally concur IN your general views
before stated IN our conversational nave n" lomo'
tia, thc bar ubtrctng Charleston irbor u natural lt
.l'nn 0f Eocc,c In,-,ust AS | have asceraincd thai
arsons bar ia James River, Virginia. IL natural Tor
nation Ut Eoc.nr II removed hy art n"i
rarth nor any ONE! haia eatt
could be deposited il. TIC place.
Tie s,t, s,rl; tlid mu. which lies upon Ha'rsnns ba
AS aI the bottom Of deep tic water, o! James MSc)
uuuli scarcely b. cpnc.d shcn narrow ai more rapid
current on level made by excavation and infer the
like sand accumulated on the Chati'son bar ana
bl The following reasons has" no scientific Or cngl
urrfiog snuw!cd The laws nHi effects "f moving wa
ter. or ii winds What think anu .hal say on these
points is l tic csu! uf observation without aid .! science
~ instruction.
When boy lived on high table land, which rlcva.
ri som $50 or 200 the usual tide water Of Jdincs
lycr; which land descended suddenly 10 very steep
and irregular ripc When The strong AMI bitterly cold
"rn.l.er winds from Northwest blew, they swept over
nils of suffice OF The river before reaching the lace OF
his hillside.
sirangcr would have thought tina, Tic point or blow was
most exiosed TO The force OF tho wind but It was evident
rs u sheep ying there say from Oh 10 00 yards from the
brink the hill ste hat this the mos calm and warm
mart all the field and for good reasons lhe wil com
inr iii, water whta reaching The slope % The mn i
mus. rise aon. and neatly in he direction Of the sop' this
direction bcing taken would continue until rising c0nalderh
h above the OF the nearest table land and only al
ter M gradually descend tn the surface OF
ia. md sgan Over the paint, and other adjacent parts oil
r ,4EIe land the mir would be cdylng and more s. Than
an an; stlcC Whether OF the river, the h;i sic
,hc "a 10 band farther back from The liver.
Nov ,lIe same principle. would apply, il the whole land
wi under water and !idc instead Of wind the
p,,..r hnt T,r sand or mad light enough BIO carried
~ would be carried by curIt proceeding acn!
n me until reaching the eddy the point brow,
MI! moved car!n would BE- deposited rather ai
r rJ" When the ;ir changed, tn tfnisr'y 81
~ wnui b. produced, though IT.. sand and N" M y.
j,r svnsd uJcsct ID lie dicr'i"1 -"
50 Deposited Hou1 ,c nl4 to Je c,a'inu,I' s"ept ~ '
charges ard "1ic"cc Of The waterfront - tlc c'n'h ~ "
tine vjstat: sevaiio1l nut *cuia - d. e'
| all: repl ce!. -, ,.,x,o,
Ii then mofeievel cut made through I"e oo 1
inc bar seem. 10 mo that there world &c continuous
current and the moved sand Instead o. being a
/ posted thsrrn, wnnld 5c carried 10 lhc Heep''
tier end nf The artificial channel ,;s; .o :. ,,,;ry
susuac tia, HE lnper loose and smiling sahu ! "a'y
rrIc,rt9S in aaJ M sici0us. il oi greater liberty ~ "
fer mus ho az from the greater 6ohdahce u ceceus
matter derived from the shells ground 70 po"I, oE ne pow"
or AZ ,h w.vcs ii this guess IL coec', ths Chcalcous
80 -, ,,,,,.he manure, which in countries where
~ - could be sold nj price high enough
VIZ ,hs Cn., az drcdn,ng fear however, tEa' no one
] i,h,r bnr use II as gift, III SCUM Carolina, al
Thu .ime ,.., .tl;.:u -,
sneci,neGs Of borngs you will easily ascertain The
nr,portlons Of carbonate Of lime in both these sands
p'of'' Respectfully Ed RUFFIN,
Professor F. S. HoLaEs, College OF Charleston.
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