The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-12
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heaying OF the State OF Kentucky, OF
Southern Indiana aud the surrounding
eo""'''ts ," III o",o3lJm inStS''h',i"'
prove that once our lakes had their ont
lets south; I'll by depression ut the north
new outlet was first formed, about Tor
" thousand years ago, through Niagara
to tne 81 Lawrence river.
me DIVISION line OF the watershed oil
the lakes ana the MISSISSIPPI valley has
been slowly travelling Southward since
thot ume; ana wheh the city OF ChGaEo
recently turned the wntersot Lake Mlch-
gan mp the Ohlcago river INTO tue MISS
lsSslppl valley sue SIMPLY established the
old mode "i "nairS, which, IL the mo-
non IN question continues will be more
dllie'ilt 10 maihtlin III tue iut!'re tuah II
Is now fortlihately this motloh i' very
Siow' nhu ohly very remote poSsIIerity,
some ,hoVS,huS OF years ience' VIII meet
WIN the IiiicnilGs we now ioresee' wheh
the peu 0i Tue CliichSo river nGc4incS
lower ana lower ut It's Junction with Lake
Michiglh'
IL appears iurther' that the STATE oi
new Jersey Is SINKING ana tIilS Is even
BafuGipateq III ny me city oil New YORK.
brooklyn. Long lSIlhd' etc., ~ inc r'te
oil some sixteen or seventeen inches per
century ms Is ihsiShihcaht' 10 n3
sure put iet II ohiS go on iof II IhouNth i
years, ana II lS some hI'eeh ieet so tllat
the new stoue Jocks now commenced N
New York City at thai lme viii De total
ly submerged but then they wa proo-
ably not last so long, and the soil ol INC
lower part OF tho city may be very easily
raised hall foot every thirty years,
II IS evident that the most correct data
may be obtained at the sea'Shore, ms the
man height oil the ocean possesses Il per.
tect stability. The main height Is, Of
course, obtained by continual o6Serva'
ton OF the tides under different clrcum-
stances, aud II anywhere the highest
tides reach higher level than they did
one hundred or two hundred years ago,
It is a proof OF depression or sinking ol
the land.
This depression Is gong on along the
land, and Northwest Germany, while the
coost of Sweden, Rlong ths Baltic, is slow.
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