The New York herald., 1868-04-28


c1mplhalioa with It's al-propagatng, all-desIoyins
any, water producing superabundant yegetaidon ygslos
throwing its barriers OF land higher aud higher Oh
the other side, the mighty mass OF the waters en- Tn
course, rolling a"I ap against the ever encsoach
ing land and, unable 10 make passage ,ig ,reiiiing
pack On ITSELF forming coast enpre the barrIers t
opposed Its course. Meanwhile the vegetation wthn
the barrier piles up in abundance, while -, strong
electric currents are actively at work on the snb
strata denudlng and carrying 1t away to deposit
its material in the stock of some increasing emlnence
until by and by the water shed IL Interrupted by an
upheaval OF its channel some unusual CONFUSION
brings deuge from the sky, or some accident bursts
the barrier set up against the ocean, when the whole
continent il again submerged and the water again
holds sway, proceeding with It's formations as before
place in turn to another term Of land and vegeta-
ton.
The third, or heat secreting age has now arrived
and the various rock formations constituting the
crust OF the globe no longer afford pass lge to the
electric trends and they are compelled to seek lower
depths TO which they carry down aud Deposit matter
and heat, and there fuse into homogeneous mass
all substances that chance to come into con-
nection with them. And the marvellous power thus
acquired by the continued additions OF heat and
matter forced the strata OF the crust upwards
unti separating at the weakest point IL gave vent to
the interior mass which, finding itself in measure
relieved from presscre crystallized and became
mountain cone, known as aZOic rocks. And along
thls cone, even near the summit the strata that were
once an ocean bed may now be found ranged az any
angie, some perpendicular and some absolutely
turhea over with the strata reversed in the order Of
At the present time the mountain forming period
mas ceased, because the interior strata have become
calcned and will not permit the passage of heat out
wards It's therefore compelled to seek inner depths
OF the earth from which IL is at any moment liable
70 escape and scatter destruction on the surface.
when portion OF the crust yields to the interior
pressure, or q portion becomes plastic and accom-
modates itself to the molten mass beneath an earth
quake is produced, and the lava would quickly es-
cape ana carry desolation around il, but tnat the
subterranedn supplies Of water arrest its course by
carrying on sufficient heat to render 1t solid,
IlA alt ic ifSn.f
disSpated into electricity.
The enormous quantities OF electricity thus pro-
duced give existence to those storms and hurricanes
that always accompany such commissions. II there
be not sulcent water.ln the vicinity OF the fracture,
or II tue water be unable to establish connection
with The atmosphere or an electric trend. the lava
escapes to the surface and produces II volcano. In
the present PERIOD however lava never escapes from
under tie 0zoic rocks, and the trends from which
II eninates at the present time have their location
ntich higher up IN the crust formations. they are
but they do, of course divert The current Of heat
lrom the interior, and therefore tend TO stay the
final revolution Their ernptions are attended by
storms Vioent IN proportion 10 the amount OF water
tnat Is able To reacn the lava.
The concretionary formations, the conglomerates,
concreion boulders and aeroes, or meteors are all
Formations OF purely eectIic origin the two former
subierranean, the latter aerial, and the waterspOut
Is meteor OF the same class differing only in the
ply the reunion Of detached patches OF electricity
collected on clouds sometimes etiecting reunion
with the EARTH always in winter, ana sometimes
with the electricity collected on Two patches of
clouds, frequently so in summer.
Let us now turn to the atmosphere as whole ana
see how those forces are operating at the present
time. The equatorial Gains are zone some i've de-
grees in width, and following In some degree tue
course OF the sun In the ecliptic with its equnoNia
or the mean Of its vibration some i've degrees north
of the earths equator. And through this zone the
air rolls up under the influence OF the SUMS rays ana
flows on toward either pole, so that 1t divides the
atmosphere of the earth into two divlsonsthe north
and the southland over this barrier no y4por OF
water as vapor can pass. Now, south OF this zone
the quantity OF water evapOrated IL nearly three
times as large as that eyaporated north of 1t; yet, on
the northern side there Is nearly much water
precpIated. And thus by the matter carried IN
solution is the Southern hemisphere denuded OF Its
land which is carried to the northern and deposited
there This zone Is the great clearing house OF the
earth, and the balance Of exchange is largely in
northern favor. Here meet the two great trade
winds laden with vapor which the direct rays OF the
sun quickly dissolve into electricity, the greater pOr
ton OF which Is attracted By the abundance OF land
In the Northern hemisphere, and the lesser rolls back
into the Southern, both TO carry warmth and life into
the remote districts OF their respective henispheres.
'ris strange that philosophers should ascribe rain
TO condensation from covering temperature. one
cannot remain five minutes i'll the presence OF an
equnoctia rain storm without being convinced Of
Che lacy OF the proposition. Here In this grand
laboratory Of nature, where It lgitens, 1t thun-
dcrs and rains, 1t pours, 1t spills, day In and
Is while the great source OF heat is absent by the
time Old Sol reaches the zenith artillery Is reverbe
rating along the whole canopy OF the sky the clouds
precede him by ten or fifteen degrees and roll mp In
grand. gorgeous and volumnous. The
mass is skirted and crowned by ramifcaitons Of
COlJies fdiOr, red, yellow, Duc, purple, Nio,ct,
green and orange, with every imaginable tint, Pile
themselves in endless profnsion about, around and
above the black mass-back rs the soety vaults OF
hell. It fumes aud It foams it plunees and secthes,
and grows ack and blacGer as each instant its
bacEness is rendered visible Ivy the light of bril-
liant nash, after which the rolling echoes of explo-
goes the fiery chariot, and In its wake so
The laundering echoes OF the storm. 'Tls wen
converse with earth Ten, fifteen, twenty degrees,
and still It rolls thirty, forty ty IT Is stu pouring
Il strewn with The broken fragments Of the days
operation, and frequently the fery god VIII again ap
pear on the stage before the scenes OF ttat marvel
from Is deg to 30 deg, north latitude
the cain zone OF Cancer is situated and from this
zone 10 the zone OF equatorial cams blow the north
east trades. AT IS deg 10 30 deg, south latitude, the
calm Aone OF Capricorn IL situated and from this
Zone TO the zone OF equatorial callns blow the south
east trades From IS deg. to 10 deg, north and south
latitudes, begin the polar Gains, which cover the
Ice caps OF the polar REGIONS Between the calm zone
wcs eriy .nds, anu between the calm zone Of Capri
corn aud the Antarctic blow the northwestery Winds
These ne S tine @ a s N OF
upper air currents nom the equatorial cain zone
acquired by tae addition OF heat, rush up
towards the poles, hut reaching thirty degrees or
about half the superficial area, the solar influence Is
ovcrbaianced BY the electricity OF the earth and the
positive current OF the atmosphere bends down 10
unite with the negative current OF he earth ana IN
Erecting union sweeps away towards the poles,
carrying with it the air and thus forming the north
We ery and southwestery winds la their respective
Now there are portions OF the surface OF the globe
on which inanimate matter j. collected and this mat
ter Is rendered nanimate Ivy the fact of ts inability
10 transmit electricity through II, and Is thereby con-
verted into enormous jars, around when te eiectc
fluid collects In large quantities. The principle or
those Jars are the two ice caps OF the planet the
deserts Of Africa, Asia and Australia and the west
EN- slopes Of the Andes IN the torid zo1e These ere
The seats from whence storms hurricanes typhoons,
&c. emanatc; there many minor jars thar produce
bcczcs OF more less strength but those supply the
disturbing clements to the principal storm regions of
the globe.
Tie equatorial jar is divided into two divisions by
the valley If the Nile. The western division finds
Trend across tho Atlantic finding connection with
the electric current of the calm zone OF Cancer ten or
niteen degrees east OF the West Indies when IL runs
towards the land and then bending round TO the con-
uhena formation, sweeps along the coast untii itS
tuchgth Is exhausted about Newfoundland. The
e@astern @ division OF the tropical Jars finds trend