, 1875-02-22
POLAR E()Il>S.

l.NCtur0 OF An0r1Cuk HYnttuea on tho
Polar IkegiUny nnd Cosict railing u
l.nnh on the 1nstdo OF the Enrth.
Which il Efllet with Gar Esirds
and 1kicf vcgetntion.
From tho LoutsstIa fedser, Feb. 10.
Mr.. Amer1cus Sy1nmes delivered lecture be-
fo1o the Male High School to-day. at uoou. OH
the Arctic Regions, devoted especially to rcyiv-
iiIg the theory Of Ills father, tile late Capt. Johu
C.. SymmcB, Of tho United States Army, concern.
ing po3ar roi1s aud concentrfc splloses.
Tho looturec began by SAVING tlnt ho had Nh
derlakan ths task an iilial duty; and aronkns
Ut his father, and his thooIy, ha said, in sub
stance:
For tho last ton ycara Of his lifo ho nuyer do.
voted thirty consecutive days to busluoss, sut
dedicated all his tina, energy, a,tt strength IN
t!ic atudy Of philosophy ntd he worlol gu! a
theory Of his own IN relation to tia
formation OF our oastl which he called
potnr Voils, s,'-thiH theory being, that tho earth
il hollow and hahitablo within. Tilo climate
there, hc coutendcd, was open and genlc!, AMI
tho whole country Hbounaed in lifo Of almost
tho letter, Oh far as explorations il, tho North
May, 1879.
Aly father, being without the means to fl out
MI expedition for exploring these regions. peti-
toned Congress for aid; but hin petition was
politely laid ON tho table, 1Io n1ado an effort,
III a tectus1ng tour, to 1T out nu expedition by
private subscriptions, but also failed ia this.
ltia health also failed. aud ho was brought homo
to die. dcoply impressed TO the last viii. tho idea
earth WAS hollow, and habltablo within, which 10
arrived at by "lnttiug this and that together, "
by putting The idca Of hollow earth along
Bilo Of tho kuowu phanomenn Of nature.
terrestrial and celestial. 10 tho vary last
ho held to Ills theory, xnd cantentad that tlore
WAS now world beyond tho A.ctIo and Antarc-
tic lines awaiting now Columbua.---a naw In
ferno that Dauto had not visited within this outer
rliell Of enrtll.
Capt. Syn,nos waH conversant with Sir 1saao
Nnwton's theory Of tue law of gravity. Newton
was uudofeuded in enc point. 1lo mover thor
ouKhlr understood magnetism. ThiH was nlwaya
o rlddo and q bother to liu,. Tho earth is a
magnet, or las magnet In it. How was thls
magnet n'ado7 Analosy-not always right 10
10 sure, but more oftoli right than wrong
would lcsl us to hollevo that any section Of tho
earl, perpendicular TO it, a1os.-to tho n,agno,,
say. vittn it,-tl,at section for instance, 1natle
BY tho plano OF tho Arctic or Antarctic circle,
liko that ,nado by still paper, on which, II you
nlace Iron tllings, thsy will gradually arrange
themselves into concentric spheres II q bar mag
not 10 held over tho tiluHg, aud the paper 30
sspped,-would giyo couccutric circles. from
this ticor5 OF tho maguet Bprnng my fathers
theory.
Ny fatnor WAS not q moro tleorist, hut will
rslatc his theory. which is rs follows:
According to bis theory, tho cnrti, ls gtobula.,
aud widely opcn 1t tho poles. Ihe diameter az
tho northern opening is about 2,00o miles; tho
aoutl,orn opening ia somewhat larger: Tho
other. but form I'll augle Of IL deg. with tho
equator. so that tue highoat patt OF the north
plane iB directly opposite tho lowest part Of tho
south r1ane I2le shell Of the cartll'. about
tue opcn.ug mo caliod scrEcs, and measure,
FROM the regular coucayity within to tho regular
conyo1lty without, about 1,5oo 1nllea. Tho
sorEos occupy about Is deg. aud, If deineated
on \ map, would show ouly tho ontor half Of
tlie vcree, while au aboTo Or farther from tho
equator, both north and aouth, would lie on
the apex aud Sithln tho verge. Al!
tho polar rcgious upon tbs present map
ya TSnla ;asa BE- Out nt. at sshs 1hs ns. nc.
vcrses. mud tAen wind round along tho surface
Of Tie vorgca, terminating ut tho points directly
under tho hlgheat parts of tho yofgca, both
north and south. From tho resulnr conyextty
OF tho interior coneavlty of tho earth across to
verge Il 1.600 mlIo<.-a distance 30 great that
yossol aaillng over tho verge wonld nut perceive
thu c!iange III her direction, except from tho
apparent change Of The heavenly bodtea, or
from observations Of tho difference III the ex-
panBe OF tho viBlbto horizon.
The ship going North along tho detlected
npon aud over tho soEEe caslses ths
cllauEs in tho North Stnr that
Capt. Parry Ment!ons, for h1 says, whom SAIL
ing northwsrd Ii. high latitude. Tue North Star
ton dcclInesto towards tho stern. On tho Newsonan
toory, lilo All'p Must lave eailot directly under
tho star, aud over and dawn upon tho opposite
side OF tlld earth, But this catlnot be true, for
no navigator Inns saifod SO far north. Hut tho
vessel must l,uye bee', sailing oyor tho versc
Md Into tho earth, wllc, must necessarily bring
tho North Star ovor tho stern Of tho vcsbei.
Capt. Ross, another experienced navigator In
tho North. wl.en IN high atltudcs beyond tho
Verge. npoakH Of THO Arctic Son a. being cain
ani c.ear Of ice. wh,la aouth Of him was ! vide
bolt Of lce. lie describes tba eurTcnta Of AIR
coming fIun tho North AZ lolng 80 warm as tu
laao!yo tho ellow and lea around him aud far tu
Tho South. Capt. Parry 'nnkos froqnent men,
Ihn North aud East-tha. ts, FROM tic
Interior Of The eaitl,. Tho truo causes
which produced tl,ls change OF climate In
the Arctic roglous- heretofore supposed
% be one vast solitude Of eternal icc-1nay nos
20 fully known. The, rrogrcas Of scionto and
ho discoveries Of explorers will Boon s,,od more
ight on this Interesting subject. All explorers
agsoo that u aud 70 dog. uorth latitude il the
summit OF tho verge. and tho farther you 70
10 and up to ii deg. Capt. lIal tot,ad i n,,o!.
warmer, and got tnto region Of country full uf
ito. nrilt"ood IL found In ereat luAntitica OH
ho north sluo OF ICELAND. Norway, and spltz- |
,arKtn. wllilo none III found on tho south allie. |
soo* ~ s"a9S E%AN RAA ~ EtMFtG4t AaHupI "AG+t
- wero supposed to bc walnut aud asl,
70 found. some in good preservation. |
vegetables Of singular character. aud '!owors
It peculiar fragrance aud color, uuknown
o botantsts are sometimes found III this |
lritt. THIS intariot world would bs lighted ly |
he conYesging OF tho rays OF tho sun re!ractcd
md reelected.
ln,monso shoals Of herring, IN good ortor and |
ondition, according to Hutton, come down frona
llo 4'olar boAs. aud arc Aeyar known to return.
{ thoy return In tho spring, why arc they never
~ Mb.oryed, ~ we'll ~ WHOM they 80, South Ad-
MI tho bYmmes theory, sna The conjecture
fould not DO unreasonable that tLoy mako tho
nnual circuit Of Tho earth over the exterior and
he polca-
All those facts being fully established by ill.,
onteatsb!c proota, tbs conclusion 10 legitimate,
Int. fsr to tho north OF tho frozen Regions OF
lo verge. there exiata p1sder cilulate aud An
pen sca, Nlloso oxiatopco has never been fully
xplained. and ia Inconsistent with thu New
ousau theory Of the earth.
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