New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-21
WISSLOW IS. PIERCE.
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MONTREAL, Monday. Aug. Il, lS5'.
Dr. Ninslow by h., letter, in which he attempts 70
demoiish Prof Pcirce he hss made terrible MS
sep. lie has achieved notoriey but ne has iJst
n ouiaticn. liz letter will have ." damaging enecs
uyon lis character cool and candid man, IN tue
minds C! al who arc capable of judging the question:
Dr. Winslow is retired physician, whose precuce
les been very succe. s ia San Francisco anu 10 tue
sncu;ch lsinds. He il fond OF physical speculation,
hut pi, not the REQUESTS nsiheIlaucal eou u tcst
ns own iheoIies, Leibg wholly innocont OF The night!
caicul1s Some yeats since no published wofh
write in beautiful cts Re aGt spint, snDodylhS some
tfk;s ~ steal spsculaors. Tue book was NOT mach
n,ced in rey, sTs, bacag7e il tresu principally Of
things that bc accurately examined oniy by matte
,.,icjass aud mahemat 'ians had hheaJy saA!centIy
Cc, sed those points 81 wECh hS D:oL t!ea'ed, long
b,sI, LIS IN bliatiou. L. 1886, at The Albany meet
:nc lie roac lnuG pepper or tHo advancing siini'af
io,.s one Of the pflc,Pal thoughts - that there Is
t. connie al n pLlsoa well a' -acloa, aud that
volcanoes uEd earthquakes, az Well as the geologic
uphouvs.s of continents prodcced by this coo,icai
oasion "a. the tnss wh.a tho eai IS approaching the
SUI. These papers We're not published. Iney Wer.
enormously lolg IN proportion to Their value. h!i
fb, poct1r LEANED the at OF coppTet-us much IA u
lev, words, he might have had his thoughts, pre-.
sumo printed; but the Committee OF Pub atoDlld
that the cZpcnse If printing such lolg ocIniE!ca ms
Was ont al ali proportion 10 Their Fau1
few months ago Prot. Pe!fcc nc:c upon lie
of Seuth America and tn general coast y! Ear'?c
were IL the g.eat ccic tsa5oDt 80 as dfctc aud
antsui.c circles On turning the globe slowly abo1t
Lc found thA: sTea: many i0ng coast iues and long
,trirs Of MOUNTAINS IN the world he n such p on
ira: alro,urg alton Il thelE 10 the -ana o. cton wa!
=, drce eie ~ ccc tangent to the cc an e'a sue
c.lces. Ast'cre great crcts sho1 tae dVs'i"s nae
of light era calkbess during lCr5 p'IIVi "a mii-
srrI.er ard nlGwItcr II l. ~ once IlSniie" tAtt r
ilIn u the ccntpcLts wac determined 10 the De5ln'
piug ~ tie otIaity OF tho eClpt.c. closer ex II,
rti.ou Of the nat'er SHOWS tnat al. the geo'oS "a.
charges rrd ivgns of tn cor ncus " tho ooe WeT:
thu. prt determined b. the obqGity 81 the elliptic aud
tht irfueuce Of collar heat No soheg hsd this besu
ti observation ci PIERCE upon the farm 81 he con-
IL, nt- sipeaed IL the papeis, thar DR.. WGoos ~
hi fie,us claimed that his thunder because az
Lad SAID tia. some influence from the san TIE
al ite urhcavnl Of the Continents. 1hc claim
ppposteToUS. I.tre Is u similarity betw sen Pcirce
c:s' every It'd DIR. WlusVws sp,cua;icns except h I.
loh roiet to ;he suU anu 80 tue coniileat Iuicet
a. pelIces discovery gives Confirmation t. te idea q
stdIhs toiiIes tudl'y aud OF the surface coJAr.
n,d c.acA.De, Il Al nu IN mIre ary cognso ~.t1
Prof DsAse views OF the CTast-ppcLer.rg views whct
Or " .1si0s IL lis litter eth maizes az teIdnn I,
| aibesm.
Most unfortunately for Dr. Hi1sow il hap ,nsd ia !
lis fiero the Rev. THous~ Il,il, OF Wulhay NJ.
| ssx in TIE Mo-,,,c! N-a.d this acqussios Of pa
siayisun brought against Peircc. By ~ anDnym ~
y,,., and not Knowing thai Dr. Wirslov elso toins.
| A. |, he Eat a note 70 TIE He,uiI which pub
iaed h yhieh he s.s,es that be Dir. ii hsd cen
| rnrnios.sS Peirces oS~esyntioe TO Dr. Wiasiow b,
Lt;,r. scd rcc.rc. tag d.. Wisaisx 90 s's~e' &C