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mimm m mm w mmmmsmm m mm m VOL. ll't:s-Ph. t:n: 0R THE BEGITER. J - ';;;v - OF POLAR ATTRACXIOJf -H 'rrv material body vehveeenis i fh rcevtr? and transmuting the elas rJdLir; Thus the atmosp.hef the Jh thmizh created, bv the earth's so Surnl is a distinct kind of fluid f"!! the earth about SO miles high. SStfe diameter of the earthjs 8000 and between the, trope-? of Lfode of this atmosphere is madeby the Sir ray strorgly repuUIve. This .re, rnl Jn. a M ' the contracting frigi - Gfv rf the poles will be sufficient to ac Snt fcr ah accumulation of atmospheric tatter at each pole, and thus the teturn L waiter of the atmosphere, as a body, n! he directed to the poles,- for the same Ventre.. Thus the needle suspended on anoift to counteract us granionw. Auiut Jntrr rf the earth,, -will point out those places of return. That this Is the True srlu'irn: we 6rd the needle afflcted .by thr seasons rd polar density of the at jrosrbere. That the phenomenon of light, rasat the si n,)1 and which vrejiave stip prstd, takes effett at the centre, takes rlace at the poles, cannot be doubted. iWe reports are continually exhibiting electric phenomena, and often emitting sfreairs of l?gh't But there is another rlenoirencn of the needle, twhich cori fitirsthis doctrine, ami that i. the xva . Terinetrd dipping on verging toward the po'ar circles. Thishows the attraction of the Eted!e Is aerial that its point is in tie air. But on approaching the north, tfricrt this polar attraction begins to put cr the phenomenon of light and repulsion, tie reedle becomes here unsteady, rising fallinp-. and constantly unsettled to J e polar pint of aerial attraction. , T shall detain you no longer on this . jctject, but in the hext Chapter end?a trr to explain Pola"r Motion, that is, the r'iing and falling of the. Poles of the Pla rets by which the different seasons are produced. ' T. C. OF POLAR MOTION. Tte poles of the planets in their annual mH;ts Veep thefr paralellism,but rise and fall in their crbits, We must now remem bfr that aerial attraction or; gravitation; frrtu its situation around the earth, acts at fight anglesto the power of gravitation ; hat the polar circles are the points to which this sonofovs medium becomes re pnlsivp, and issentoutinto the solar me dium that by this contrivance the earth is held bv the atmrspliere, being a ball snpended in the solar metlium, nrmly to present regulaVIy her sides to ' the sun, that the vicissitude s of duy & night might tereeular, and the productions of the earth might have their. seasons; for in thedimnat motion were the earth to pre sent dlflerent points to the poles, we might occasionally have winter in the middle of sjtr.iper. But these polar circles through liich the atmosphere with' the earth are connected to the solar medium, are also the circles of the earth's motions. We chscrvc, when the moon revolves around the earth, that she is affected by the polar attractir-n of the atmoiphere ; that is, she H carried to the north and south circling the earth in an oblique circle as respecis 1 ex eccatrr. But this rising and depres i:on of the moon in her orbit, produces the diFVrent seasons in the moon and thrs, vhtn carried to the north or eleva ted in hrr orlit by the earth, this eleva t'r.n inrreases the polar repulsion,' and ft ct i ares a pnuer of rtturning her again to htr place in ler orbit. as in Cf ming be tTithe earth ard sunlhe moon a p , learstobefrtitionary here for three days, hut art pulsion is generated to return her ,f)hr ualk xrcundthe earth. , Thus po lar attr?ciin begets repulsion, and: the virions plaptts elevated in their orbits by jrrre txterioV cause, are returned by tlitirjjr.lar repuision. . - ' , In tl e rat Chapter J shall entleavor to explain the phenomenon of the Tides. . B. Jnpiter revolves around his axis in- m rs and 50 inclined'to thetliptic 1 P. ..lit his bulk is surh that the measure ".J 0 t his poles will be 941 English lesi a tract of cotfnfrv equal to 1-8 of all e tarth ; this tract must be ttd in dark itss for several years; the fluidity of Pde must be great, ai:d his at:n'os mt ; must be such as to produce a great "-FHiiiixy 01 the solar tav. tn nrnrp his drarnal motion. . Thus his aerial or F- ar attraction must be great, and this ... ,,ai m ms poies must ue oe al ternately covered with electric clouds. ; -ctuin s m tion cn his axisr 'is ' not ,,fVri'th belts which sunound him -mar .to be i from the frigity of his .Fgidity vill prt-cce light, ndi !Sruig W be maJe around f.im Parallel wiih his horizons, 2C20- will tolef ? f h',m ues ; at his vpI. .d brevolvbs in abouf thirty S,: Xl ?bi sides of his rings are di fifvecn ars ; if he has no the 10n' 10 fcistton his annual, incr1 l,w on his bit will be - F'iiunn io tne culereiit tenirukc'.... Cti cVf DJlnay and night-he a ; Provided vub 5 moons as F.rratn Tn the niece -headed Of th Diurnal Revolution,' published ttvb weeks agiviine 18, for the repulsive power is forced from the law of gravitation," -read thus the repulsive power, acts in oppo sition to gravitation; line 23. for we calculateof powers to move bodies,', read for wecalculate;of the power necessary to give motion to bodies, with our ideas of tbeir tendency to the centre of our earth." In. the piece headed Of the't annual Motion," line 2, for " exist an animal im pulse,'.' read M a projectile v impulse g line 23, : there should be.no period .after t he-word systeiri-for ,S and from the dif ference of tepulsiorr. from1 gravitation," read " and from its reaction on the com mon centre, would be suflficient."- These were almost entirely errors in the copy.' rfBOK THE CHAMXSTOir COTTRIER. . On the Doctrine of Electrical Influence, in the dtmotphei-ei as a preventive of Yellow Fever Having learned, from various sources, that the doctrine of Electrical Influence, which has been founded on the fact, that the most ponaerful agent jor preventing Yellow Fever is the Eixctbic Finn (lightning with thunder) as advanced by roe in the year 1817, and which has been since published in a volume of Essays, has . excited considerable interest among the learned ; and that, unfortunately, from a mistaken conception of the principles uoon which that doctrine has been founded. there are some who hold the correctness of that doctrine upon the solitary occurrence of thunder, and lightning, without attending to the general features of the system ; and hence take the improper position, " That if. in any year, there should be : much thunder anil lightning, and there shall exist, at" the same time, an Epidemic Yellow Fever, that then both me and my doctrine of Electrical Influ ence must fall to, the ground." Without wasting time to prove that .this position is unwarranted from anv remarks in my essays, and thai it is assumed upon principles wholly unphilosophical and incorrect, I will proceed to the principles of . the . doctrine itself, and thf natural and proper inferences to be de duced from those principles. ; The inferences to be drawn from this doc trine are ; .' lst. That an Electrical Ecvifibrium is es- j sential to the prevention of Yellow Fever. 2d. That thunder and lightning is one a jmong the efforts of nature to restore the f equil;brum when it is impaired ; and that, : hence, the Electric Flvid is the great agent for preventing Yellow Fever, &c. 3d. That the Yellow Fever is caused by a specific gaseoiu poison, or compound infection, originating from the union of tekton and ; azote , ; or the effluvia, of putrid vegetable and animal substances ; that, although these r gases are always present in the atmosphere of cities, especially in and - near the tropics, they are j not capable of exerting their deleterious in j fluence, tinder the existence of an Electrical equilibrium ; nor until the equilibrium is lm- I paired bv Excessive Moistche, ot moisture comDineu wnn neat, mat men, ana xncnoni v, they are capable of producing Fevers of high gnidesand, among them, Yellow Fever. :" 4th.-That, although there may be much thirnder and lightning, if there happen, at the same time, to exist much moisture, or moisture and Iieat combined -that is, if, along with the thunder and lightning, there are cotempora neous torrents or showers of rain, it cannot be new to men of science, that the Electric Fluid is conducted from the atmosphere to the earth by the rom, which is a powerful conductor of Electritity, and the influence of the fluid is, from this circumstance, only momentary ; since, notwithstanding the occurrence of re peated concussions of thunder and lightning, the excessive rain, by its conducting proper ty, prevents the restoration of an Electrical Equilibrium, on which depends the health of the atmosphere. To explain this still further, we have only to consider the action of two contending bo diesthus : . , The Electric Fluid,, when in equilibrioin the atmosphere, is the powerful agent of na ture top preventing ispiaemic r evers or tne Typhus kind, and for supporting-the health of all nature. - The atmospherical causes of these Epide mics has been shewn to be a specific gaseous poison, that always exists in cities, particularly those in and near tLe tropics. .These gases would excite Fevers of an almost perpetual duration, if it were, not for the quantity of Electricity In the air.. Hut whenever there exists a cause capable of impairing the equi librium, and thus producing a deficient Elec tricity hi the atmosphere, this cause, added to the foregoing, gives an advantage to the gaseous poison .uwhich is now capable of ex ertingits deleterious influence to that degree which productive of Yellow Fever. The most powerful , antagonist to an .Electrical Equilibrium is Mois-rcftx ; and I request that it be borne in mind, "that in those vearsrin which there is an Electrical Equilibrium, there does riot, nor cannot exist, an Epidemic Yellow.Feyer.But in those years that are excessively v;et, as there does not, nor cannot, exist an Electrical Equilibrium, notwithsjand inp there mav have Been much thuniJer and lightning, Yellow Fever may and does prevail as an.Kpidemic. ; i' - 1 " "Whenever more' than; ordinary exertions are requiredjtOTCollect fluid from an Electri cal machine,Ve may be certain tW there Js a'deficient Electricity in the atmosphere) and the continuance of this deficiency through the summer and fall months is strongly indicative of the occurrence of Yellow Fever. "- " And, at whatever period of the season, the Electric Equilibrium is restored, by thunder, nd aghtningfih declension of the Fever is the almost immediate consequence ; and thus the doctrine' of Electrical Influence, as ad- j vanced in my Essays, is supported by Fcts j that have myariably occurred, ever since the first records of.the country.; and the fore going. inferences -are fiurly;.tobe 'deduced from thefdocrrine as explained in the Essays, to the attentive perusal of which the reader is respectfully invitednd ret errred. v i J J. L. E. W. SIlECUt. June 5, 1822,. Tarrs o f the United States. An act : altering the time and place of . j holding the . District Court in the dis- ' trict of Mississippi.; ' ; - ,r? ; vJ ; . Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj :jep.Tecntairvc8 oj faer ,Jjiuea piaies of Jimericdi in Congres assemBedJThzt the district court tf the United States for the district-of Mississippi,, heretofore hol der! at the seat of government in the sfate of Mississippi, on the first Mondays in Ja nuary and July, shall, after thenexf July term, which may be holden at the. city of ..Natchez, hereafter hold its regular terms at the Courthouse of Adams county, in the city inf Natchez, on the first Mondays ih April and October, and may continue to sit each term until the business of the court i$ finished. . . , Sec 2. vnrfe it further enacted. That every writ, process, subpoena, or recog- nizance, returnable according to law, or the to tor thereof, to either of the afore said terms holden on the first Mondays in January j and Jutvv shall, after the next July term, be returnable, and shall be re turned, to the next succeeding: term of said cr.urr; to be holder, on the first Mon days; in April and October, after the pass ing of thjis act. ( . r v Approved April 26. 1822. An act supplementary to an act, entitled An !act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands, for the encouracre ment of the cultivation of the vine and olive. f . . . . : - ' r . . r ..'-j; ' Be it tnacted bv the Senate and House of Kefiresentativeh efthe United States of America, in Congress assembled. That whenever anv individual or- individuals. named in the contract-entered into i be tween the Secretary of the Treasury and i.harlesn villar, agent of the French As sociation, on the-eighth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled j" An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands, for the encourage ment of the cultivation of the vine and olive," passed on the 3d day of March, one thousand eight hundred, and seven teen, or the heirs or devisees of such in dividual or individuals, shall have com plied wjth the conditions of settlement and cultivation, in the said contract pre scribpdjin proportion to his or their inte rest, under the said contract, and inf the lands thereby set apart, and shall have paid the amount of purchase money, pro- I'uiiumaie to nis or? ineir interest in saiu land, within the particular periods in the said contract limited, it shall acd maybe lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, tuu hc.is nereDy. requirea, to cause let ters patent to be issued to such individual or individuals, or his or their heirs, or de visees, for the amount of his or their in terest in the lands set apart and contract ed for, by virtue of the said act ; any thing in the said act or contract contained to the contrary notwithstanding: ; saving, al waysto the widow of any . such deceased proprietor her right of dower in said land, according to the laws in the state ot Alabama. Approved April 26, 1S22. An act providing for the disposal of the Public Lands in the State of Mississippi, and for the better organization of the . Land Districts in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Kepresentattves of the United states of America, in Congress Assembled, That all that tract of country which was ceded to thertjnited States' by a treaty with the Choctaw Indians, held cn the eighteenth day of. October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, near DoakVa stand, in the state ol Mis sissippi, be, and the same is hereby form ed into a land district ; and for the dispo sal of the jmblic lands in the said district, a land office shall be established within .the same, at such convenient place as the President 6f th United States may direct and appoint j and for said oiHcc a Regis ter and a Receiver shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall severally give bond, with security, before entering on the duties of their respective offices, in like manner, and for like suras ; shall re ceive similar, compensation, tees, and e molumeots, and shall perform similar duties, and possess similar powers, "-With all other registers and receivers of public tiioneys of the United States, appointed by law for the disposal of the public lands ; and shall, in all respects t governed ty the laws of the United States providing for the disposal of the public-lands: Pro vided, however;' That the; first sale of the lands within the district aforesaid may be held at such convenient place within the district "west of Pearl river as the President of the; United States? may ap point iJind jirbvidcd aisoy Tirm the President may, if it' should ho necessary, inconsequence cf ther establishment? of a new basts meridian; atrich apportion of the land otherwise belonging to the dis trict established by this actto the district west of Pearl riveri; I' : V. Sec.! 5. And be it furthers facted, Tha the President of the U. States he, and he is hereby authorized, ywhea he shall think proper, to; cause sorv much of theland within the district created by this, act, cir whichj' may;he attached to the district of PearJ driver, and which may.be surveyed, to be exposed to sale,' en the same terms and Conditions, "and in the same manher. as alt other public lands of the" United States! with the exception of section num bered sixteen, in each township, which shall be reserved " for the use of school within the same ; . ind of such other - ret servations, as now may, or hereafter may; exist, by virtue of any act of cession, trea ty, or law of the United States : and for the lands so soldj patents shall i issue bn the terms "and conditions; arid in the man ner; provided by law in relation to al o- ther nilhlir. lanAc rtfK. 11 nit A SZtxta : ' v Sect 3. And be if further enacted. That J an the lands lying on the east side of the Tombigbee river, in the ' State of Missis sippi, and tq which the Indian title has been extinguished, be, after the . ; thirtieth day of October next, attached to the dis trict establishettby the first section of this act, and the public lands therein shall be sold, on the same terms and conditions, and in the same manner, and patents shall issue for the lands so , sold, agreeably to the provisions of the laws for the disposal ot thejpubhc lands, of the United SUtes, in th state of Mississippi, with the ex ception , or section mfmbered sixteen, iri each fovnship,:, which shall be ; reserved for the use - of schools within the same, and of such other res ervatiotis as novare made,' or hereafter may be made by law. And au De tne auty or tne register oi l the district f Madison county, under the oirect on of the Commissioner of the,Ge neral L.and Office, to transfer such books and records,, or transcripts there the register appointed for the dis maps,! of, to trict established by the first section of this act, as may be necessary to carry into complete effect the provisions of this sec tion of this actf X.' .,'4 '.."-j. Secj 4. And be iifurthei eiflce?, That from and after the thirtieth ida of Octo ber next, such part of the district east of f earl river, as lies within the state of Mississippi, be attached to, and constitute a partj of, . the district of Jackson, coun ty ; and the Presidenj of jthe United States shall cause the land office to be removed tovsocp place, within the district of Jack son county, as established by this act, as he may deem convenient ; and that part of the district of Jackson county which' lies within the state of Alabama shall be attached to, and constitute a part of, ,t he 4 district east of Pearl, river, in Alabama ; and it shall be'the duty of the register of the district east of Pearl river, ' and the register of the district of Jackson county,! each, to transfer to the other such books, recorqs, surveys, or the transcripts there of, 4is; shall be necessary to carry into complete effect the provisions of this sec tion of this acti r : Approved May 6, 1822. - v An Act to provide for the collection of dutij?s;6n imports and tonnage in Flori-. da, pni for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Achate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anierica, in Congress assembled1KhvX all thej portsh arbors, waters, and shores, of all that part of the main land of Flori da, lying between the collection district 6f C IVf nit-it'. 5i- nnMrr-tn 1 n A 1a Ttr f o Ijl. ATX A I . 9, IIJ giSi MIU Uib I If 1 sau, with all the ports, harbors, watersi and shores, of all the Islands opposite and nearest, thereto, be, and hereby are, an nexed! to, and ma.de and constituted part of, the collection district' of St. Ma ry's in! Gehrffia. - :,XKP : Sec.2. And be it further enacted'Ti all thej ports, harbors, shores, andlwaters, of the main land of Florida, and of the Islands opposite and . nearest thereto, ex- cename irom me saiu river xxajsau 10 Cape Sable, be, and the same are hereby, established, a xollectkn district bythe uame jof the district A of St. Augustine, whereof St. Angtisiine shall be the "only port of entry v..-. i Sec.j3. wrf be U further enacted; JT&M all the, ports, harbors, shoresand waters, of the main land of Florida, ; and' of the islands opposite amT nearest thereto, f ex tending from Cape , Sable: to Charlotte Bay, be, and the same lare, established a collection district, by the? name of the dsn trict .of . Key West, -and a port of entry may, be established in said dist rict, at huch place as theaPresiden t of the United States may designate : Provided Thzu until the President of the United States shall deem it expedient to establish a port of entry in the district of Key. West, and a Collector shall be appointed v for said; cji&trict, the same distnet is annexed to, and shall be a part of, the district of Apalacbicola s cnd be U father emcted all the ports, harbors shores, and waters, of the main land of said Slorida, -and of the islands opposite and , nearest thereto, extending from Charloite Bay ,to Cape St, Bias, be,' and hereby are established a collection district, by the name of the dis trict of Apalachieola ; and a port of entry Shall be established for said uistrict, at such placer as the President of the United States toay denma;n -M. Vy$,:- X h' V" Sec.$AridleltTfa 11 the residue of fthe ports, harbofs waV tersand shors ;0fl-satd .FloriaV.'arid tne J stands tnere be, and the same are,; v estabtished'a. collection 4istr,?byth J ' name of the d:a rlciq( Pensacla, where " f f of Pensacola shaU.bthe only, port of en try- y-. . . i i-:y:' ;;, - .Sec. 6. And beiifufth'erenncted-,tThi . the President cT the United States Ve, aQcl ' ' he is hereby, authoriaed WesraW jsh dcri" 4 ports of delirery ih ' each of said districts -nd also in that poition of saTd territ6ry i annexed to tne;district' ot . S Mary's; as j he may deem expeJenN ; '',1 . Se&i-rsAnd 'be. itmriher enacted, .That--' the President of the United States, with 1 the advice ahd consent; pf the Senate.v ':4 shall appoint a'eollector.Yot each; district, to reside at the port of - entry, and a' sqr- veyor for, the district of Pensacola and k surveyor for, and to reside at,' each port . of delivery authorized bv "this act : But the President, in the recess of the Senate may m ake temporary appoint menb of ah such collector or surveydr'who'sV com- -mission shall expire in forty ; days frotn the commencement' of the next session o( 1 Congress thercafter; ; 4 ' ''1? -r Sec BrAnd be it further J&rff,- That - each- collector! andsunrejrori: horiie ! by this act; shall give ibfai jfy 'iu true and faithful discharge of his dutiev in sucht v sum asthe President of the United States :f may direct and prescribe ; and the tjollecr. tor for the district ofPensacola ? shall, iri addition td the fees and emoluments z lowed by lav, receive three per cent, com missions and no more, oh Jail moneys .re' . ceived and paid by him oh abeount of the duties on goods, Wares, and merchanze ' and oh the tonnage of vessels1 ; ahd each other colle'ctfir 'shall in addition Vto the fees and emoluments allowed by lawV re cei ve ananriual salary of five hundred -. dollars ; ktid three pcentcom missions, and no rjrfore, on all moneys received and paid by him on account of the duties on , goods, wares.Vnd merchandize, imported into his district, and oo the tonnage of ves sels ; . arid each : surveyor authorized by . this act shall, in addition to the fees and. emolnments allo'wedv.by law, receive art annual salary ofhree hundred ddllafs: and each such collector and surveyor shall exercise the same "powers, be subject to the same duties, and be entiled to tfi same privileges and immunities, as other collectors and surveyors of the Customs of the United States. : : - . V 1 Sec. 9. And be it further enacted Tht ', ships or vessels; arriving: from ahd after ; the thirtieth day of : June nextirorti 'the 7 Cape of Good nope, or from sihy' place beyond" the same, shall be admitted to . make entry at the port of entry of Pensaf cola, and at no other port or place in Florida.,-; " ;. v j.j- . : s;r ; ,v .'; Seci 10.AndbeitjurtherenactejiTfit: all laws which impo&e any duties pn the imponauon oi any goods, wares, ana merchandiie, into.said territory of FldrK da, or on the exportation of ady goods wares, or merchandize, from said terf itc- ' ry, or on the tonnage of .vessels, or which allow any drawback1 on the exDortation of any goods, wares, or merchandize, other than such duties ordrawbacksas are paid or allowed in other territories of ' places in the United States, are I hereby i-epeaTed : Provided, That hothing in th&t act contained shall authorize the allowing of dr-twbacks on the -exportation of any goods, wires and merchandize, from any" - v w pww w icrmory, otner tnaa on those which shall have been imported directly ioto the same; from a foreign port' or place ; ' and no dratvbackVhall be air lowed on any goods, wares, or merchan dize, exported from any port of Florida which? Shall hare been imnorted before) thtentjvday of. July; one thousand eight ! hundrea and twenty-one ' , &ttAridbeit further enacted That r the first section of h act massed; on the ' second day of March one thousand eight I hundred and ninfn ntiritA - 'A, in--J ..ww..., WMWfclWU . vU UUb j supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting tradef. be' so far altered and a mended thajt the sea cbasc and navigable rivers ox me united states" be. and. the , . same are hereby, divided into three great , f disuicts, the firsthand second to be and i remain as therein described, ahd the third ;! to include: all the't ports, harbors, sea i- coasts, and navigable rivers, between the 1 southern iiollts of Georda and the river i LPerdido, and said : third mat district so esublished, shall be subject to all the re guimions ana provisioas of said aCL ! . Approved- May r, W32.-- . ; ' " PREFA R ATOR1T SCHOOL. t ffJE subscriber shaving ' been appointed M Principal of thlsIhsli&tiorLSpectfully solicits the patronaare ,ofr Parents-and iiuar- 4ians wiio Wish to have their sons or, wards prepared for the. Freshman, Sophomore or. Junior Classes iuvthe University. The var& ous orancnes or an English education will jh. so be taught in this Academy. Of the1 sys tern of studies,, rates of tuition, roles Of go- vernment, c. printea statements wui De rur nisbed, on application to the ubscriber. IIillb6jo', N. C. June 25;I622. : 88-6 J cry The" Fall Suasion wiU1 commence on the first Monday after the fotirth of Jnly, and. terminatife dn the fpurtb, Satojrday in Kovem; il IX: !j . 'hi'- f'! r -uic tor tne diurnal motion.' 1 y ' -
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