Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-06-25

DRAINAGE As 1T AFFGcTs CLIMATE The idea
may seem absurd that man has any power over the
weliher, and yet mans control over the lightning
was Just as grca' an absuriity hundred years ago
MetHlin conductors 10 guard our persons and pro.
perry from thunde!bo., aud to convey out messages
quick rs thought, by sea and Land, have CAM OF
Fr4nbllns Gxi snents and observations 10 regard to
The laws 81 eetttciy And other discoveries, quite
aq valuable 10 man, may inc from he observations
OF the clerk Of the weather, Brooklyn Height,
aud kindred spirits who have a ehild,like faith in
the sentiment Tina there are things not yet dream
" We havl fiftfs' Yet tuar is settled beyond the
general Fact, that the climate of country is
imPro'e,l as it becomes inhibited, ard cultivated
Il 'iHs take tho place Of the forest. There are dis
ficSih the West onee subject to periodical disease,
that arc now as healthy rs the older States upon
1 the seaboard, Its well kGo9n faet that places
in tho viGciy of cSteEsye marshes are more subject
tu bi iDuS dleases and fever and ague than places
in dry locations. Thee diseases are produced not
more hy the tniastua eEhisl from the dccayng
vegetable matter, than by the sudden changes OF
Temperature, induced by the evaporation Of water
h.n the wet surface In the Summer.
1t was Count Rumfurd, We believe, who Arst
osablisNel the principle that tho con-
dGttinS power Of tbs air is greatly increased by
uiuis uTe. Sounds are heard much more distinctly
u moist n0sphere aud heat Is carried oil froR,
the surface OF all heated bodies more rapidly. II
We was tue hands or face, sensation Of co lness
nHed tteiy 70 lows by the evaporation If heat FROM
tue ska II we sprinkle the ,or in summer, the
mo sture causes more rapid abstraction of heat
air cJtues in to Supply its place. While the tuois-
ture iat3 theFs ID cooler atmos here constantly
| ia the room.
Too saue principles rue in regard TO the atmss,
phefe mAedia ely above wet lands Almost every
uLo has observed tbs marked cha lge in the temper
tiurc, nJ be hIs traVeled Il county road winding
ever bills and through deep valleys, ia which he re
are ponds, sW ttnps running stteains On the hill
Top theie viii DO almost monday temperature a
Ovgning, phi.e In the valley, il IS uneOm ortably
oiOl. The moisture OF the air, in tue valley pi
swamp, conducts the heat of the earlh's surface
very gu ekly 10 he hill tops. Hence, In early Au'
| tuHn We Lave floss on low swtmpy lands much
scoper than On the adjacent hills.
| Now II We have any meand Of making dry at
m0sphsfe over swamps aud wet valleys, we can give
tlcm in ou inner, perm luently, higher TEN peTn-
t9 c. and a logger seasun-tWI great advantages In
| our Northern Stu es Thorough draining will dc
| tnis. The soil Of swamp Is much like sponge
hold ng water to lis Utmost capaciy five put q
dcn Iruul it, cutting of the surface springs thai
come IN f,om abruad AMI idtsrlace the surface with
/ lie dratn, give tie wafer an opportunity to pas;
III raj lilly. The cSld stagnant water escapes and
down to the le oil of the dr. image two or three
| leut, as tue se IN be The surface of the swamp
| Is NOW penelrreI BY the heat Of the SUI; and by
| ID D'tHt s. here. 1t is thoroughly dried, and be-
caucs dc endent upon the drains aud deWs for it.
supPly IT moisture. The rains which full, especially
i.ss vi Spring AM early Summer, are mUei warm.
CT thnn the ear b ind carry beat as we'll US nOis'
lire into the drained still. Tue water passes out al
tho drains, leaving its heat aud ammonia in the to
50 that even when the surface 10 wet the temFera
tGre OF the sul redu ,ed low IL be-
"a craLing II dries # ef rains like other lands
and inner stratum Il air Is kept cons anlly over
| ,he druiGtd lard.
| ID It teslOn where there are many swamps, the
CqGltoGidm at the atmosphere must DO CONSTANT
Il stvrbed and ;bo clilR ito be sutjsct to So idsn
| changes Drain there wet lIud', and the anos'
plcte over them ia permanently amelioratel aud
aals IN favorable to heath. Vegetable lie, as
Well as animal, is very nuch affected by climatic
Q lnses. new cGai Of plants wall flourish in the
u after il Is drained, not only because they hnd
aI1eat beneath bu genial atm sphere abeve.--
laa elm tie ul the whole ne yhborho0d is flvorubiy
nIeetcd BY the change. Farmers who have un.
strained swampI in the vicinity Of their dsolling1
I-HSh II new argument Tor their improvement
1t viii not only tura waste into garden, and re.
pay me outlay By larger crops, but il viii destroy
SesI'bei "t mi tsinl aud disease IN. T. Tf1ts4