The tri-weekly standard., 1868-05-21
For the Standard,

When Charles V, of Germany, being de-
feated in his expectations, resigned his
throne, betook himself to the monastery of
St. Yuste, it is said he devoted his leisure
to making clocks, a rather unkingly busi-
ness but doubtless, more profitable and iui-
ly as pleasant as his Journeys with the Re-
formers In imitation may he of this illus
trious Monarch, one of the aspirants tor
Congressional honors Che, OF the 9th DistricD
who was so ignobly defeated by friend Lash,
has also turned in disgust from politics that
have termed so unssvory to the eluclda-
ton of the phenomena of nature, or at
least, their study. Having on the stump
and in {" my paper" cleared himself of the
accumulated bitterness and vulgarity Of
wears, doubtless, he is able to give himself
with considerable Zest to natures out
givings 1t is some solace too, to see that
nature and mother earth change as well rs
the people of Guilford and tile 9th Con-
rrcssional District of North Carolina Then,
too. it is pleasure to forget that when he
voted for and advocated Holden's election,
he was beaten in Guilford and IN the State.
That when he voted against, and canvassed
against, and vilitied Holden, he was elected
by 10000 majority in the State, and carried
the County OF Guilford also. Even clock
making, or the study of lusus nature-if it
onlv served to cause torgcttuIness, would be
welcomed by the chivalous knight of old
Guilford, for doubtless in the lucid moments
that followed on the stunning news OF rebel
defeat.in the State, District and County,
that also engulfed himself, he remembered
that lie, a martyr for the Union. owed his
nomination to his enemies-his defeat to his
friends; that he owed his nomination to
those who knew he would be defeated; who
are still rebels ut heart, and who have no
81, io1 1afoot We'll RI ha
ish these CLEANS of loyal consciousness, he
devotes himself to the elucidatiou of some
phenomena, communicated to him by the
most learned and intelligent man he ever
conversed WITH and who by the way, is or
was a Superior Court Judge Should any
stranger unfortunately be found on the
streets of Greensboro, he may expect to be
d" buttonh0lea " by the departed candidates
and compelled to listen to his story of the
overthrow of freedom by Congress, and
then to the marvellous freaks of nature
during the late earthquakes in the West
Indies, especially, the submerging of st.
Thomas and rs it may be news to your
readers, shall. in few words, give it to
them, for inasmuch as it has to do with the
freedom and labor of our country, it cannot
help hut interest. Then, besides, | have not
noticed that any of our scientific papers
speak of it. and so the Standard may have
world. 1t appears that these shocks that SD
much deranged Secretary Sewarol's plans for
St. Thomas have seriously affected tile Gulf
Stream" It has been diverted from its place
and thrown 100 miles nearer our shore this
nay puzzle some persons who remember
that it ecas only "a miles off Cape Hatteras.
Besides this remarkable displacement of the
stream its motion has, it is said, also been
accelerated five times, which as any one
knows who is acquainted with the mighty
deep" must cause considerable commOtion
among the lchates, well as steamboats,
and little fishes, for it is an ascertained fact,
that the ante bellum rates of the stream was
fvemiles along our coast. Five times five and
twenty-five. Pretty good speed, is it not
Master Jack Tar2
These are the phenomenal facts, and now
for the deduction
1. This displao ement and acceleration
are prophetic or admonitory, and we should
see that Congress has thrown the ship OF
State 100 miles nearer the shore of despot-
ism, and that its speed toward the-well
engulfment f liberty.
2. That these changes bringing current
of aoarna water so much nearer our shore is
4 affecting our climate, and is the cause of so
much cold, wet, weather this spring, and will
permanently change our climate so that it
will be so much colder that even in Florida
schne men can labor in the field
8. The last is a theologico-s o-scientifc de-
duction. Since Abraham Lincoln, by his
emancipation proclamation, freed the black
men from the Florida miasmi, Divine prov
idence emancipates the Gulf-Stream, and 10
the miasml is gone-cool breezes follow. and
the aohite rebel can hoe cane and pick cot
ton. A FRIEND OF SCIENCE.