The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-11-17
Selcttea a1isttllany.
The ReccMt Wonderful PhcNOm-
ena ia Heavem and Earth.

Earthquakes, volcanoes. hurricanes and
similar violent operations Of nature are not
uncommon in this uneasy hemisphere. The
whole western slope Of the continent is u
region OF evidence, fracture aud FIRE"
Two or three movements of the earth are
felt every year on the Pacific sidc--nlw at
ST. Louis aud agaiI. at San Francisco. And
! rs a volcano is an almost necessary result
of an earthquake OF any consequence, we
may say that we have also our two or three
volcanic crlIptious, either on the land or
| thousands of miles out under the sea.
! Four earthquakes were felt Oh the continent
! in lS54-ranging from the Miss;s 'ippi to
tho Pacific, an from Canada to Panama
In the present year we have had already
an even larger number. Hurricanes also
are almost u feature of life in the tropical
region of America-progre whlrlw n
storms of the most terrible power. Spm5-
times these invaIe the temperate znne also,
and last year elis nIde swa'he AZ acrIs
! the northern section Of the Unitcd States.
Bat receally q great nunlbcr of these won
ders of nature have occurred within short
period OF each other--so short periO,l rs
| naturally to suggest some relation of cause
and effect On the 9th Of September there
was terrible hurricane at GuadalOnpc, in
! the West Indies, and on the 22l an earth
quake at PortofRco. On the 23d Of the
same month Mt. Hood. III Oregon, began to
| discharge volcanic matter, and the internal
disturbance thus indicated was also seen in
very considerable earthquake that on the
! lsth Instant rocked the houses Of San Fran
cisco to and FRO in very free and easy man.
ner. Several celestial wonders have also
come in this same period. Some accident
/ of a stupendons nature evidently occurred
| in the sun in September; perhaps fiery
/ cru caved in over an imm lnse space
making visible nine thousand miles Of a
darker central substance. That is the mag
nitude of the darker part OF spot now
visible on the lnmiuary-th the length Of the
whole spot darker AMI lighter together
lbring twoniy-nine thousand miles. In the
same eventiul September new. planet was
discovered in the heavens; and only the
other day we had that ever fresh wonder
au eclipse Of the sln.
( We d. not assert the relationship OF
those phenomena. hut 40 man having flll
regard to the history ofscieuco wllVentnee
to deny that su5h.relatonship exists. We
cannot see, perhaps that o great wind
storm in the West Indies has anything 10 do
with The agitation of the molten masses
| beucalh the crust of the earth on the Pacific
shore Of our continent; nor can we say how
a volcanic administration of natures gigan.
! tic chemical processes may be associated
4 with shadows seen on the sun. But it is
known that the disturbances in tho sun
directly influence the cleo rical condi-
tions OF the earth, aud to the influence Of
| those elotricad disturbances 10 one can
assign a limit They eanrot bo without
liheirinAucnoe on such apurey atmospheric
! lpheuomeupn as the hurricane, Between
the disturbed electrical conditions of the
earth and the cenral fires there is also All
evident connection. Tremblings OF the
learlli-shocks volcanoes are always pre-
ceded by chrugsl electrical conditions; end
when considerable, this changed condition
has even remarkable Influence uppn animal
| life And It Shonl be remembered, IN
connection with AL these phenomena, tia
only so long ago as when the attempt MAS
ma le to lay the Atlantic cable tho earth
was swept by remarkable electric storm.
l. This psrioI Of remarkable phenomena
comes just at the close Of another sort ol
storm. It follows great war, and With US
perhaps, precedes a pesiilence. Perhaps
! Il il one Of the ancient errors OF tho hnmar
race that earthquakes and eclipses accom-
lpaiy peshlence aud war. Wars certaialy
CONS ofiener than eclipses or even comets
aud earthquakes shake countries that arr