The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-11-05

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comparatively s6lL aud passing al in
the atipousphero ike the lifting q a
veil or the unseen folding u wing
Operated on by the fierce rays Il the
southern sun, they create aud bear
with them those electrict forces that are
seen and heard nowhere else on .bis
planet as they are in the Gulf S eam,
Here is the play-spot OF the thunder
and lightning; here the garish FIRE balls
blazing from yard-arm TO yard-afn
while the yeasty waves, lashed sudden
ly to fury by the surging tempest, drive
tho torn vessel along the deep Ike q
feather in whirlwind TIE surrous 1
ing atmosphere, surehargcd with those
fearful gases Of the Stream, reels with
its burden, and thunder bolts, and hal
storms, aud tornadoes and deluges OF
rain, covering the sea and land with
panic and disaster, can alone give tire
lief.
These are the vapors, toned by the
sea passage to the north, that poi
such a wealth Of luxuriance on conhg-
Gus shores Clarified, condensed by
tho great alembic Of the skies, held in
the strong hand Of the Benefactor Of the
human race, they are borne alorg u
the cxpectant folds The first blades
OF grass feel their touch, and spring in
to verdure and beauty. Ireland, in q
latitude further north than that Of lab
rador smiles her welcome at the genial
visitant from the moist and warm sky,
and sits a queen by the sea, clad in
robes Of emerald Greenland, wild and
frozen, wakes from her wintry slumber
to watch the gentle murmurs Of the
passing Gulf Stream, On the shores Of
Iceland roses bloom in the yapors OF the
drifted sea- and even where Franklin
and Perry, and Kane stood amid ArtieI
SHOWS to look out on wilderness Of icy
oceans, there comes the warmer breath
that the Gnlf Stream bears on its won
derous waves The blooming crown Of
Ceres is placed ON the frowning brow
os Erebus. What is the cause Of oil
this wonder working vapors?
The answer we believe to be the
most correct to all these questions isthis
THE GULF STREAM rs suBTEERASEAN
WATER It's chief source Of supply will
be found, We apprehend, to be the
Mediterranean Sea. This great sen, It
is well known, has received q constant
flow from the South Atlantic Ocean
ever since man has had . knowledge OF
its existence. A vessel left at the open
ing OF the Straits Of Gibsraltar, leading
into the Mediterranean, will steadily
drift into the sea, though unguided by
sails OF any outward motive power.
The current sweeps in at the rate u
three miles sn hour, and none exist on
the surface or beneath it to coubteract
it. There is no other ontlet TO this sea
but that of the Straits, while there are
twelve rivers flowing into it in different
directions, one Of them the large river
Nile. The practical question naturally
arises. Where does this large deposit
of the waters OF the Atlantic escape Z
It is proved that IL does not flow out -
the Straits, and il is impossible that It
should pass off in exhilation- The IL
flow Of its rivers Fand the decent of its
rains are amply sufficient to re-supply
all the water that escapes by exhalation
and if the process were to increase / =
yond this to point necessary to az
count for supply from the Atlantic. t.ie
bed Of the Mediterranean would ere
this have become solid body Of salt.
The so-called Gulf Stream, and other
kindred currents are the natural ont
lets for the great water basin OF the
Mediterranean. The main Stream oi
deposit, entering the earth by means Of
the vortex, or water-cayerns, Of Seylla
and Charybdis, passes under the earth
IN the direction OF tie west, and finds
a kindred opening to the surface off the
cost Of Youcatan, on the South Ameri-
can continent Here, in the waters Of
the Atlantic, the first appearance Of this
great Stream is presented. Here, 1T
once in this distant ocean, its color,
its current, its heat, its sedges, its %
dies and yapors all appear to vies ~
From this point it IL urged onward BY
the pressure from beneath, fed b. itB
eyhaustless supply, the Atlantic feeding
the Atlantic through the Straits Of Glib
raltar, the Mediterranean Sea. the
broad and deep channels beneath our
globe, until il proceeds, in its grand
march Of waves, along the North Ameri-