Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-04
MIscELLANEOUs READING.
A ROUGH COUNTRY.

evening again, Mr. w hlte, OF the House, uc-
llvered himself as follows in reference 10 the
project Of forming new county:
| lprsdrate my objections to this new
county on different grounds. one Of the main
and most important OF which is that | am
confident it would not be entitled to a repre-
sentative in the next fifty years Mr. Speak :
er, did you ever visit the territory sought TO
be created into the county of Carter Did
you ever have an opportunity Of beholding
its multifarious beauties and Of examining
its boundless resources Well, sir, | have
have been all over it, and al around it,
and do say here openly. and defantly, that
there is not level ground enough within its
entire limits to build pig-pen on. Laugh
teri The soil is 81 poor it would not grow
"penny-royal." Sir, you might NOW the
county with razor and rake it with fine
comb and you would't get enough fodder I,
keep a sick grasshopper through the winter.
(Renewed hughter.) Sir, they plant corn
with crow bars and hold their sheep by the
hindlcgs while they nibble the grass in the
cracks Of the cliffs. Increased laughtrr.l
Sir. the fer;e nature of that section are prln-
ci,ally ticks and must in justice say, that
yarity Of insects attain a splendid size III
this new county Of Carter, the smallest that
ever fell under my observation being at least
rs big Is saddlc-bag locks. (Laughtcr.)
As to internal improvement in that section,
this House can form some idea when assure
it that the only thing resembling road, that
] ever saw there, was when one uf the bare
footed natives dragged wild boy seven miles
through the snow. Laughter and cheers
With such country as this, Mr.. Speaker,
reason given for SO doing is, that the con
yenience Of the inhabitants will be promoted
thereby, Sir, if it were possible to hold
their courts under a shade of post-oak and
black.ja saplings, to keep q clerks office
and the records Of the county in the recesses
of hollow sycamore, and to make a Jail out
Of some Of the dark and Shiny caves beneath
the craggy hills Of that rough country il it
were possible to establish the machinery for
doing county business out of such materials,
we might entertain the project as feasible AID
plausible But, alas, even such advantages
as these are denied by nature to this county.
Great laughter.) 1t true, there would be
no difficulty about the caverns for jail, but
the necessary post-oak and black Jack sap
lings, to supply with their foliage canopy
for the august tribunals Of justice, could not
be found. They are not in the county. And
rs for sycamore tree suitable for a deposi-
tory of the archives Of the county, it would
be sought in vain. The winds even refuse
to blow sycamore pods in that direction.
Cheers and lnughterl And the idea Of the
people ever being able to build houses, i'll
which to transact business, is deeply, darkly,
prodigiously and preposterously absurd.
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TIE AURORA BOREALIS: WHATISIT!
In "A Research into the Laws Of Force"
BY Samuel Elliott Coues, published by Little
& Brown, Boston, in 1851, the following pas
sage occurs:
"The aurora of the northern regions ap-
pears TO be an arch in the circuit OF the mag
netic force, spanning portion OF the earth,
as if conducting the flow from where II
| abuunds, to where it is needed, without pass
ing through the intermediate parts. The
shouting cylinders of rays have been COM
| pared to the hame which arises in the closed
circuit Of the voltatic pile between two points
of carbon. Is it not flame stretching be-
tween the surcharged and undercharged
parts Of the earth or atmosphere! That 1t is
passage Of what is called the galyanic fluid
we know for it disturbs the magnetic needle,
1t indicates Il disturbed electric condition;
and while the lightning in the electrial storm
shows 4 sudden transfer of force, the aurora
represents . more gradual adjustment OF the
equilibrium; in the one dsruptiye, IN the
other conductive discharge. II does not
occur in the night time only, but its path
may often be traced by day in circle OF
hall-illumnated clouds. II is usually ac-
companied by high barometric condition
Of atmosphere, and great tension OF yapor;
by all the phases Of motion which Indicate
the presence of more than the usual force
For this reason we consider it a distribution
Of the magnetism Of the polar regions, pass
ing over an already well supplied region
With us the aurora most frequently appears
after an castery wind has subsided, and
clear wind from the northwest has begun to
diffuse the spare force Of the more northerly
regions"
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