North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-05-27

these in which the manufacturing interest
is being developed) and not to exceed a
certain distance from the river.
Another meeting is to be held at Daven-
poit shortly and previous to it Mr.. Bald
win intends to make a careful examina.
ton of the grade and route by which the
Turkey river can be crossed. 1t is proper
to add that Mr.. Baldwin reports the route
he expected to.-Decorah Republican.
Supposed Connection Between Astron.
omy and MeteoroloRy M
MEssRs. EDIToRs.-In addressing the
following observations to your readers,
land do so with much diflidence) l trust
l shall meet with that indulgence the sub.
jcct demands, both on account of it's i'm
portance and utility; and if deviate in
the views which l beg leave briefly to
state, from those of your readers who may
have viewed the sublime science of as
tronomy in a different light, it is with a
view to elicit truth, under what circum-
stances soever she may be found, and
thereby to render the science of astrono.
my of much greater importance to man
kind than it has ever yet been found to
be.
Diffuse as is the ''march of intellect"
wide as is the diffusion of knowledge
rapidly as numerous societies are starting
into existence, still may we lament with
the sublime poet,
"IIow few alas! in this degenerate age,
Employ their noble faculties and powers
In scientific kno,c!cdge-rich supplies
From thence we draw, nor will the fountain cease
To flow, till time itself thall be no more,
And nature sinks beneath he general fire."
Pleasurable subjects, indeed, engross
too much of the attention of mankind
generally; SO that scientific pursuits, and
what is of still higher Importance, SELF
knorledge, are suffered to bring up the
rear.
1t is true we hear the whispers of the
gentle zephyr, and, anon, we witness the
destructive effects of the disastrous hurri-
cane-we see the clouds driven above in
wild disorder-we perceive the vapors,
and behold the rain descend in balmy
dews, in gentle showers, or in frightful
torrents, sweeping the hills and deluging
the plains-we shudder at stern winters
nipping frosts, the overwhelming SHOWS,
and the frightful avalanchcs-we quiver
at the lightnins's vivid flash, and tremble
at thethunder's awful sound; and yet, not
withstanding our admiration of the won
ders of Omnipotent power, as displayed in
the regions of air, how soon does our
cease, when the air again be-
comes calm, and the sky serene. Our
minds are scarcely ever concerned about
the causes of these sublime phenomena,
as if none but profound philosophers were
with the causes of natural
things. "Yes," say the scofiers of science
-''what have we to do with the Sun and
Moon? If the one lights us by day and
the other by night, they perform the task
they were lighted up for, and that is
enough for us. The Sun, the Moon, and
the Planets run their race with diligence,
and perform their revolutions without the
least deviation from their courses, as
marked out by the finger of the Almighty
and as to Eelipses, it matters little as to
how or when they happen; it is sufficient
for us to know that they take place when
it pleases God. Now, whatever morality
or sound reasoning may be attached to
these and such like sentiments, by the un-
scientific, the man of science is we'll aware
that commerce is the soul of trade-that
navigation is the support of commerce,
and that astronomy forms the basis Of
so that, after all, astronomy is
the grand moving principle. Of these Lords
of Creation ! Taking it for granted that
many Of your readers fully understand
the laws of planetary motion as establish
ed by keplar, and with so much propriety
take his name, shall refrain recapitulat-
ing them.
shall now claim the particular atten-
ton of your readers, while submit to
their consideration the following brief
particulars respecting the supposed con-
aection betveen Astronomy and Neteorology,'
which have no doubt will lead to this
viz: That there is correspen-
dencc and coincidence existing throughout
universal phenomena.
That there is a certain power difused
over and pervading the whole atmosphere,
and even the regions indefinitely extended
through space, appears every day evident
to our senses-and although the Newtoni-
an philosophy supposes universal va.
cuum, as a fundamental principle in ma
ture's modern philosophy believes the con-
trary, viz: that all nature is replete with
an elastic aerial spirit or matter. OF this
fact, Sir Isaac Newton himself said, sub
tilc that mediums not only existed, but
also, that "h ,cas the physical cause Of all
the capital phenomena Of the unicerse.
Valuable, indeed, as have been Sir Isaac
Newton's discoveries to the philosophers
who have followed him, yet, if We attsn-
lively read his writings, we find him
auctuating between two opinions-I wo'd
explain how, only il will make this article
too long.
The Sun, tho centre Of our system in
with our atmosphere, is the
grand regulator Of all earthly things; by
his influence over the seasons, he brings
10 perfection the embryo Of aaimals--the