New Orleans Republican., 1875-10-08

RICHARDSON, BELO & co.
-e-i Sr. LOUIS, October 9, 1875.
Messra George Knapp Co.: . D,f.,a..E...
GENrLRMEN-I have duly considered tine
letter from Messrs. Richardson. Belo e. Co.,
proprietors OF the Gal weston Ne,cs. tO you,
and by you referred to me. As to any cy-
clone at Galveston, or anywhere else, on
the nineteenth instant. have made NO such
forecast Probably it has originated in mis-
understanding the purport of . letter writ
ten by me some six weeks since in answer
to an inquiry OF parties in Eastern Texas,
wishing to know whether four or five days
dry and good weather would occur to enable
them to put q new roof on their church,
saying they contemplated commencing on
the nateenth of October. My reply was
to the effsot that an atmospheric disturbing
cause would exist on the twenty first of the
month, and tnat rain storms might manifest
themselves 40 early as the nineteenth; and
my advice was to wait until the excitement
had passed Off which would be indicated by
clearing weather, with wind from the west
or northwest; but said nothing of cyclones,
nor even that rains would certainly occur
there. pretend only to designate the time
schen atmospheric disturbances will take
place, not the places ,chere they will occur.
Ordinary rains may occur any day within
an area of low barometer, but remarkable
ones only In times of unusual atmospheric
perturbation, and cyclones only when low
barometer, which Is the storm centre, Is
driven between two high barOmeters like q
wedge, or hurled against high barometer,
which resists like wall, and either makes
the low barometer rebound, or defects it
around it. The recent Texas cyclone, and
the terrible snow hurricane that stood still
in Eastern Nebraska for three days in April,
1873 are cases where storm centres have
been hurled against high barometers 90 un-
yielding a. to arrest the eastward progress
Of the storm. The Nova Scotia cyclone of
August, 1873, and the Cuba hurricane of
October in the same year, are instances
where the storm centre was driven like q
wedge between two fanking high barome
tors. 10
The invariable rule is, no Cyclone unless
the conditions above named exist; and no
rain with an area covered by high baron
eter. If, therefore, Texas or any other
region is under q high barometer at any
time-the nineteenth of Ocsober not ex-
oepted-no danger need be appreheuded.
In fact there is no danger OF a cyclone at
any time unless the barometer sinks very
low, say twenty nine inches and below, and
the violence of the storm is always in pro-
portion to the degree OF baromstrical de-
preston.
1t is due to the heartstricken people of
Texas to give them this assurance, for in
all conscience they have suffered enough,
without enduring the pangs and anxieties
OF needless alarm, In creating which my
name, without any shadow of authority,
LAS been used.
It is true, that in nv book, the very day,
the seventeenth, on which tue phenomenon
was at Its height, is designated as day for
atmospheric perturbation; but l knew as
little as the unborn child where the disturb
ance would manifest itself until the coudi
tions were developed. On the four eenth of
September called Sergeant Prender's (of
the United States signal servict) attention
to the fact that cyclone was imminent ON
then stationary in the Ohio ana Missouri
valleys, extending southeastwardly into the
Atlantic, and strong currents of air blowing
from Texas. Louisiana and all the Gulf
States into the gulf. also called Sergeant
Prender's attention to the fact that this is
invariably the case in either gulf or Cuban
hurricane.
One word more. The disastrous cyclone
in Ireland, England and Scotland on the
twenty-seventh, and at Archangel, on the
White Sea, in Russia, on the twenty ninth,
together with the most copious rain at st.
Louis that we had during the month on the
thirtieth. verifes in q remarkable degree my
theory. Fully five weeks ago told Mr..
Kalb, when he asked me whether there
would be rain few days before the fair, so
that there would be NO annoyance from
dust, that disturbance would OCCUR on the
twenty eighth and twenty-ninth of Septsm-
Der, which probably would bring copious
rsins by the twenty y-ninth. On that day
and the day before, rains fell all day on the
lakes and west into Dakota, reaching st.
Louis on the thirtieth. L inciose you 3 slip |
. private letter to . friend,
which reads ~ follows: a9 - ~ |
''THE TIcEAN zePHYRs-MoRE wRErcHED
WEATHER PRoPHEsIED FOR NEXT MONTH.
Professor Tice, Of St. Louis, has |
reputation, which, if it has |
brought him great celebrity, has been very
nnenviable from the nature of the founda- |
lion upon which 1t was built He 10 like the |
heavy villain ON the stage-no matter how
trua and admirable is his acting, the sym
pathtes of the audience are always against
westher-equinootial storms and great tidal
waves that Overw hi lm cities; long and dis
astrous rains that ruin the crops, and even
nepient earthquakes, that follow to the
lay the professors predictions. They have
been singularly correct, and the science of
has now but one professor, and
MS name is Tice. old Probabilities,' at
;wenty four hours ahead, but Professor
rice will designate weeks, and even months
ahesd, the exact date of great atmospheric
ION vulsion.
mot content with the storms of last sum-
ner, nor satis6ed with the terrible dlsas
efs on the Texas c0ast last week. the pro-
essor is again ON hand with another spell
4 bad weather. He writes % follows to q
Gentleman In this city, from whom we have
'btained copy of the letter: r
ST. Louis, Septenber 25, 1875.
.MY DEAR SIR-I met your wife on the
Ars yesterday evening. She informed me
'Ou bad requested her to get me to forward
,ou eight Of my books. Ihave done so to-
sy BY express, charges paid, and hope
"The terribls storm ct Galveston and In.
isnols ON the very day tseventsenth), in