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Reflections? &c.
IWritten foi the Citizen*] ;
Messrs. Editors : Raving fallen into
;and yellow Ieafoflife, and being
Slate in the": tented
" T •** ""tertheless, desirous to say
m y possibly be of som
in this day
their sore affliction.
iTta-dSsfurbances and erf&arrassments
which pervade the whole country, have
been brought upon it by erroneous, inju-
corrupt legislation,
many laws of * gen-
care founded upon false prin-
agarn1 originated in igno-
rance of both men, and things, and times,
and not a few from corrupt motives, be-
cause they were passed to advance Sec-
tional and partial interests, aid to supply
to individual aims and purpose*
But the Old UiqpB is gone forever, and
carries from us.*11 its imperfections, blem>
ishes, errors sad corruptions. A near era
lias dawñéd, and a ñéw—and it is to be
1) oped—improved order of things is to be
inaugurated, lint unless their foundation
be laid oft thfo true telation which exisd
i -;*weea men, things and ¿tmes* tbey can-
Lot, and'ought not, to command the re
íoect óf the thin)£ngpartof mankind.
Put of the different passions with which
we are born, some are more prevalent at
one time, sdrrie at another, but experience
are always ant ago-
are |i«ld in balance by the
force of their own opposition. The ac
tVity of orir tótotiva is corrected by the
vice there
and" new ¿vil
ies—even lee most
rimes eveT known,
fm-
of nations and the
women and children,
Day and Other oc
rasions, are fosse* whfuh never fail to be
quickly repaired, and ere the lapse of a
frw centuria-, every tfestigr of them if
tffaced. T&a Virtues oí Alexandria a*id'
the crhnea of Tamerlane become, after a
time, void of effect, and the afí*b* Of the
world return to their former Uvel. Tliis
la the ebb and flow of all history—the
perpetual flux to which, by the laws' of
nature, we must ever be su* j-ct. Above
all this, however, there is a far higher
movement ;- awd; as the tide rolii on, now
advancing, now receding, there is, amid
its endless ftuctuations, one thing, and one
alone, that endures (otetef. The actions
of good sien and'bad men eventually sub
aide, are neutralized" by subsequent' gen.
erations,-absotbed-by tlie incessant agita-
tion of future generations; but the
discoveriea of great titan never leave us.
They are immortal, and enternal as truth,
and survive the. shock of empires, rind
creeds and customs These all paw away
like a dream and* leave not a wreck bebínd.
Not so with- the discoveries of genius—
they remain with us forever. It is to
tbem we owe all tb^t we have—tbey are
fur ill ages and all times—never young,
sever oltf—they flow on. in a- perennial
stream, influencing tBe most' distant pos
ferity, and after the lapse of- oenturies
produce mere effect than they were ab!e
to do at the moment of their promulga-
tion.
These ideas sprang up in my mind from
re reading that imperishable monument of
genius^ Wealth of Jfathia— whose au-
thor is, in my judgment, the most accu-
rate, profound and comprehensiva thinker
tuat ever recorded his opinions io'tbe
English language. This great analyser
and reformer asserts, and proves, that all
Hie wisdom of the European Eegialalures
for the antecedent three hundred- years
consist*; wot in doing aometbing new, but
in on-doing something old; and the best
laws that fan*-bee passed, have been
those by which some former laws were
repealed. He goea still further, and lays
it down as a maxim and test of wisdom
that all modern legislation should be di-
rected and-confined alone to- restoring
things to that natural channel from which
the mischievous ignorance of preceeding
How appli-
cable these rules and observations are to
, oufs#hole oountry—and in an^eminent
degree to our Ó^n State—all who are
acquitted in the slightest rttanner with
the history of her laws.will readily ac-
knowledge. Indeed, such is the multi
plicity and variety of tfeé"laws, their ob-
■^ions impolicy, uncertainty and contra-
riety, that it is utterly- impossible for the
common raind^to'contain them, or apply
them to the daily occurrences of life.
It is, therefore, clear to my Conception
that voters should look to a disposition
and ability in candidates at the approach
iog election for the Legislature to retrench
the prurient legislation of the Slate, rather
than add another &&£ to theV alreadV
swollen Statute Book.
Althovl l^ear it from all sides to to the
contrary,'¿¿teepf the election of Confeder
ate Senators, and the establishing ot a
guarded financial system, I can conceive
of no other business that should engage
the attention of the Legislature for a mo
ment but the repealing of acts which serve
only to confuse the common understand-
ing and retard^ pob'ic juterests. True,
these are important duties to perform —
duties which «rtnridt be ex^oirteíF" but by
men of energy, ^gd talents, and application-
Fortiinately for tlie county and the
countryr we have, in óur rimls?, a citizen
equal to the task—a gentleman who pos
?esses the knowledge and enlargement to
O O
comprehend, the spirit and «oü^ag^ to
undertake and the {eloquence to support
these measure . Will Col. A. H. David-
son allow ¿bis name to b<s used in this
connection? SÉ&EX.
CotuMBus, June 25, M
. #
A Nobi.r Position.—-The editor of the
Democratic Standard, at Concord, I?ew
Hampshire, a noble defender of constita-
^iortal principles, having beeh threatened
with violence, arid ordered to leave his
preifeiletr by his landlord, thus boldly ad-
dresses the enemies of freedom in New
Hampshire:
" If this civil war, brortglit upon our
devoted country by tho prjflitk-al Abolition
patty existing among us, suspends the
.rights and liberties oí the people and in-
troduces the reign of anarchy and- rnobo-
eratie violence in the place of law, I want.
So know ft. , If necessary, I am ready to
have the matter tested in my perso . And
¡ I now proclaim to all* who are disposed .to
•uppiess the freedom of the press by vio-
lence, that I am resolved to maintain' and
defend it, and defend my property and
(lemon, while I have a breath of life in my
bo'dyor a: drop of blood i h my veins*
41 This is my firm and resolute purpose;
for.this I am prepared ; and my mobocratic
friends may govern themselves accordingly.
If I fall in such a cause, I know I shall
have ávetfgers enoagÜ,-' The people- of
this country have not yet became so dead
fo the sacred birth right of Liberty, be-
queathed to them by our fathers, as to see
it violated in the person of the humblest
and not avenge the outrage. If they have,
they have become unworthy of the free-
dom which they enji>y, and the Republic
is not worth maintaining.
" John B. Palmer."
The Battle at Bethel Church !
FULL DETAILS.
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fencés erected for them, and, leaping on the
embankment, stood and fired at ttie Yan-
Nbw Use vor IIoops.—a correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes the
following:
hi tyotntn, Pistols and Strategy.—Ab-
olition Republicans are frightened at the
shadow of a ghost, as was Lieut. Jones at
Hyper's Ferry and Commodore Pende*
grast at Norfolk, the proof of which is now
historic record. L*t such men know that
a fierce and bloody rencounter awaits
them, when Ttell'Vou that overa hundred
diundred of the finest Colt's revolvers I
ever saw, Have Bfceb purchased in (Cincin-
nati; at various time and places, within
the last two weeks, (no thanks to the
Eggleston vigilance mob) and conveyed
out of the city under the hoops of one of
the fairest and most distinguished of
Kentucky's daughters, and"sent by tr isty
agents-to the friends in the interior of the
State. Oh, crinoline, thou art a jewel.
MA Kbktuckv Subscribe!!."
ligjaifttwn has driven them.
It is not true that Lincoln- hay sent the
Niagara to blockade the port ^f London,
but we state on the authority of his public
act's arid*declarations that tlial great func
tioitary wilt certainly blockade London
with that frigate, if England recosrnize*
the Southern Confederacy. — Charleston
Courier.
The San Antonio Ledger offers a reward
of- five collars for the apprehension of
Lieut. Whipple, United Siates' Army, who
has forfeited his {taróle of honor and fled
to pjirts unknown.
• . va.
A Glorfons Ssiitlierií Víctwry !!
The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch has a
letter dated Yorlifown, June *!T, from a
gentleman connected with the editorial
department of that papej^givipg the fol-
lowing account of the battle-at Bethel
Church, séverj# reports of which we had
by telegraph;
An engtfJ^meritlTasting' four bouts, took
place yesterday, (Monday,)' ¿between fivtf
regiments of the tjpoops (rom Old Point !
and 1,100 Confederate troops, consisting of |
Virgrriiana and North Carolinians, under
Gen. Magruder, at Bethel Church. York
c untv. Before telling, you'of the battle,
I will give you some circúinstances pieced
ing it. About two weeks ago, a party of
three hundred Yankees came up from
Hampton and occupied^ Béthel Church,
which position .they occupied a day or two
andHbé^ retired, leaving written on the
walls of the church- several inscriptions,
•^uch as "death to the traitors," " down
with the rebels," <fec. To nearly all of
these the names of the writers were defi-
antly signed, and all of the pensnietfsigrted
themselves as from New York except one,
who was from " Boston, Mass., U. S."
Ti these excursions into tlie interior, of
which this was the boldest,-Gen. Magruder
letermined to put a stop, and accordingly
.filled the place after the Yankees left with
* few companies of his own troops. In
iddiiion to this he determined to carry the
war into the enemy's own country, and on
Wednesday last, Stanard's battery of the
Howitzer Battalion was ordered down to
the church, where it was soon joined by a
portion of Brown's battery, of- the same
oorps. The North Carolina Kegimerit,
under Col. Hill, was aUo tlieré;- making" in
'd! about l;l-00' men, and seven howitzer
guns.
On. Saturday last the first excursion of
considerable importaqce was made. 'Afó
detachment of two hundred infantry and^
howitzer gun, under M;«j <r Randolph, ai
one of ¿evenfy iiifantry and an< ther
itzer, under Major Lane, of the North
Carolina Regiment, started different routes
to cutoff a party which had left Hampton.
The party was seen and fired at by Maj >r
S>-indolph's detachment, but madé' such
fast time that they escaped. The troops
under Maj/ r Lane passed within sight of
Hinipton, and as tliey turned up the road
to return to Bethel, encountered the Yan-
kees, numbering about ninety, who were
entreuched behind a fence in the fiald,and
protected by a high bank. Our advance
guard fired upon them, and in another
moment the North Carolinians'were dash-
ing over the fence in regular French (not
New York) Zouave style, firing at them in
real áquú-rel hunting style. TGe Yankees
tied for their lives, after firing for about
three minutes without effect, leaving behind
them three dead and a prisoner. The man
was a stoilt, ugly fellow from Troy, Ñ. Y.
He said-that he had nothing against the
South, but somebody, must be soldiers, and
lie thought he might as well eniist. None
of our men were hurt.
This bold excursion, under the very guns
of the enemy, determined the authorities
at Oid Point to put a stor> to it, and clear
us out from Bethel. This determination
was conveyed t9 us^)y persons who came
from the neighborhood of the enemy. On
Monday morning, about six hundred infan-
try ana two guna, under Gen. Mar-ruder,
left the camp and proceeded towards Hamp
ton; tut, after advancing a mile or two,
received information that the Yankees
were coming in large force. We then re
tired, and after reaching camp, the guns
were placed in battery, and the infantry
took their places behind their breastwork.
Everybody was cool, and nil were anxious
to give the invaders a good reception.
About 9-o'clock the glittering bayonets
of the enemy appeared on the hill opposite,
and above theui waved the star spangled
banner. The moment the head of the
column advanced far enough to show one
or two companies, the Parrot gun of the
Howitzer battery opened on them, throw-
ing a shell right into their midst. Their
ranks broke into confusion, and their col-
umn, or as much of it as we could see,
retreated behind two small farm houses.
From their position a fire was opened on
us, which was replied to by our battery
which commanded the route of their ap
proach. Our firing was excellent, and the
shells scattered in every direction when
they burst. They could hardly approach
the guns they were firing for the shells
which came from our battery. Within our
encampment, fell a perfect hail storm of
canister shot, bullets and balls. Remarka-
ble to say not one of our men was killed
inside of our encampment. Several horses
were slain by the 6helh and bullets.
Finding that bombardment would not
answer, the enemy, about 11 o'clock, tried
to carry the position bv assault, but met a
terrible repulse at the hands of the infan-
try as he tried to scale the breastworks.
The lueu disregarded, sometimes, the de-
cutting .them down as thov came up.
One company of the New York Seventh
Regim'ent, under command of Capt. War-
drop, or Winthrop, attempted to take the
redoubt on the ta ft. The marsh they
crossed was strewn with their dead bodies.
Their cap.tain,,a fine looking man, reached
the fertcé, arid" leaping oñ' a log, Waved his
«word, crying,- " Gome on, boys; one
cbáige, and the day is ours ! " The words
-were his last, for a Carolina ride ended his
fiife fhl rie.xt triomc-nt, ¿rod hie men fled fn
terror back. At the redoubt on the rights
company of som® three hundrsd Ipw York
~ ¡«ves chargedone of our guns, but Could
stand* the fiiSa 6f the infantry, and re-
treated precipitately. #
During these charges the main body of
the enemy, on theHMlé, were attempting to
concentrate, for a general assault, but the
shell fiom the Howitzer B:«tery prevented
them. As one reglmjent would give tip
the effort, another WO&m be marched.to the
position, but with no better snccess ; fo* a
shell would scatter them like chaff. The
«fien did not seem able to stand fire at all.
About 1 o'efockthair guns were silenced,
ftnd a few minutes after their infantry
retreated precipitately down the road to
Hampton.
Our cavalry, numbering threa compa
nies, went in pursuit, and harassed them
down to the edge of Hampton. As they
retreate/J, many of the wounded fell along
the road and died ; an I tha whole rc%d to
Hampton was strewn with haversacks,
overcoats, canteens, muskets, <fcc., which
the men had thrown off in their retreat.
After the battle, I visited the position
they had held. The houses behind whinh
they had been hid- had been hurt by our
troops. Around the yard were the dead
bodies of the men who had been killed by
our cannon, mangled in the most frightful
cianner by the shells.TlThe uniform- on the
bodies were ve y different, and mauy of
th^em are like th >se of the Virginia sol-
diery. A little farther on we came to the
tfnt Where they baft carried some of their
unded, who hiid since died¿ The gay
... ing uniforms of the New York Z .h^v^
"cohlraated greatly with the pale, fixed faces
of their dead owners.
Going- to the swamp through which
they-attempted to pass to assault our lines,
presented another bloody scene. Bodie
dotted the black morass from one end to
the other. I saw one boyish, delicate
looking fellow lyipg on the mud, with a
bullet hole through his breast. Ilis hand
was pressed on the Wound from which Iris
life blood had poured, and the other was
clenched in the grass that grew near him.
Lying on the ground was a testament whiel>
had fallen from his pocket, dabbled with
blood. Oil opening the cover I found the
printed inscription: " Presented to the
Defenders of their Country by the New
Yoik Bible Society." A United States'
fl.ig was also stamped on the title page.
Among the haversacks picked up along
the route were n any letters from the Nor
them States, asking if they liked the
Southern farms, and if the Southern bar-
barians had been whipped out yet.
The force of the enemy brought agair.s!
us was four thousand, according to the
statement of the six prisoners wc took.
Ours was eleven hundred. Their loss in
killed and wounded must be near two
hundred. Our loss is one killed and three
woundnd. The fatal case was that of a
North Carolinian, who volunteered to fire
one of the houses behind whi jh they were
stationed. Ho started from the breastwork
to accomplish it, but Was shot in the head.
He died this inorningin the hospital The
wounded are Harry Shook, of Richmond,
of Brown's battery, shot in the wrist; Jno.
Weith,of Richmond, of the same battery,
shot in the leg; and Lieut. IluduaM, of
the came battery, shot in the foot. Nbne
of the wounds are serious.
The Louisiana Regiment arrived about
one bour after tlvo f^ght was over. They
are a fine looking set of fellows.
As there was force enough at Old Point
to send up to Buthel and surround us, we
took up the line of march and came up to
Yorktown, where we now are.
I hear to-day that troops from Old Point
are now marching up to attack us, but nan
r.ot say whether it is so or. not.
Cuinouse Catastrophes in England
Two young crinolined ladies were passing
along a street in Newcastle, England, the
other day, when the dress of one of them
caught a ladder on which was a painter
busy at work, and pulled it away. Dowu
came the painter ami his pots; the ladder
broke several windows in falling, and the
pots fell lipon tlio ladies, who were paint-
fd from top to toe. The unlucky artisan
was not much injured. Another servant
has been .sacrificed to the crinoline mania.
Jane Turner, aged eighteen, cook in a gen-
tleman's establishment in the metropolis,
although repeatedly warned by her em-
ployer, persisted in being a la mode, even
in the kitchen, and her expanded dress
coming in contact with the kitchen fire,
ignited, and she was burned to death.
Col. John M, Crockett's Letter.
Col. Crockett, being solicited to run as
a candidate for Lieutenant-Governor bv
a numbar of citizens of Daltas, responds"
as follows to file invitation :
Dallas, Texai, May 33, 1861.
Gentlemen : Your letter of yóstercay is before
me, and ovcrwheimns me with* sense of the
obligations that I am'under for such high ex-
pressions of regard and confidence. I have no
doubt but your letter was dk&lated by a pio-
foundly patriotic design, and in rospon&e to.the
manifestation< from different p >rtiun>of ih • State,
than from any worth or merit of mine ;
but wh.en I coutem,i1ate the integrity and talents
of those who compose the list-of names to whom
I am to respond, I am fully assured of the un-
feigned-character of the expressions, and a real
design to induce me to respond jaVbrably to the
iall; and, under thu impression, I-cannot ,Wjth.-
hold my consent to become á candidate for the
important position. In doing so, F ahrnot in-
sensible of my humble position am! abilities, or
of the honor Ílíat an ejection to the office woüld-
confer upon me.
I am but little known through'the State, and
will have but little time to canvass, and will be
compelled to depend greatly upon my friends to
present my claims. For their- services, I can
only promise in return a profound attachment to
the true principles of our government; a vigo-
rous defense of them on all occasions, whether
on the stump, in the Capitol, or at the camp;
and, the beat effort of which I am capable, to
discharge creditably to the cpnntry, to jou and
to myself, the duties of the office, if elected, to
which jou would promote trie.
It is useless for me to say anything in relation'
to my political positions. Tlrey arc Well knowiv
to you all. The sovereignty of tlie States should
bo preserved, and the Constitution of thai. Con-
fedérale States confined to the object and powers
expressly conceded. A reasonabe dependence
is the bond of union. The force of mutual aud
reciprocal benefits alone can bind the clcmcnts
of a nation together. If the United States had
not conceived the. idea that the States wure
bound by indissoluble chains, and that a ma-
jority of them could compel those in the .vninor-
ilj' toscrve lier, it Would have been to her in-
terest to conciliate them, and that great Repub
lie would how have been standing as it was —
the most prosperous and hnppy nation on earth.
The angry clouds of war seem to gather in
the cast, and the tempest may break upou us m
such force as to demand our services in the bat-
tlefield, ers tlie day of-election rolls around.
But the military depigment is dependent upon
the civil, and it must have the attention it de-
mands. The war, of course, is the business of
the Confederate States; but, as a member, we
^ anticipate tho ^^^o^^l^évemé^"^
when we contemplate thc grcat number of men
of distinguished abilities who are engaged in our
councils, in every State, from Virginia to Texas
—-when we contemplate the high order of in-
tellect of otir whole péople — when we con-
template the grand combination of moral an8
-physical courage—and, finally, when we con-
template the sublime facts, " our cause is just"
and " sanctioned by Eternal wisdom." Tri-
umphant in arms, who can conceive of the glo-
rious destiny that awaits us ?
Gentlemen, be pleased to acccpt the assuran-
ces of my profoundest regards and many thanks
for your complimentary letter, and with-great
respect. I remain your obedient servant,
JOHN M.CROCKETT.
I.iic is a strange prchlcm; It is somewhat
remarkable that to every verb which expresses
existence, to be, is defective in most, if not all
langUHgee.
The lash that ¿n^ñ does not object to having
laid on his shoulder—the cye-lash of a pretty
woman;
Acqniro linowledgc, it
among men.
is the only power
"Husband I can't express my detestation of
your conduct." «'Well, dear, I'm very glad yon
can't."
A writer in the Charleston Courier, enggcstá
that Lincoln is better qualificd for enacting the
part of blockhead than a blockade.
Thd Lidies of New Orleans have presented
Gen. Beauregard with an elegant sword.
"Thai's the rock on which we split," said
Charley to his wife, when she asked him to rock
the cradle.
Ex Governoi Wrnstoti, of Alabama, is raising
a regiment for the service of the Confederate
States.
Cave Johnson, of Tennsssee, a zealous Union
man till quito recently, wrote a letter last week
in favor of secession from the North and eo opc
ration with the South. lie was o. member of
Congress for fifteen or twenty years and Post
master General during President Polk's Admin-
istra I ion.
Eight thousand Téxans, camplctely organised
as cavalry, infantry and artillery, hav« offered
their services to President Davis; in addition to
the number to be furbished in compliance with
Ilia requisition. • "
/ . i
"Why docp father call mother honey ?" asked
a boy of his elder brother:- ,;Can't think, éxcept
it's cause she wears"1* kfgfe comb in her head."
The clearances- oí' the Boston custom-house
last week show a falling off in the sales of boots
and shoes of 15,171 eases on tlffe same w"
last-year.
The retention of slaves by''
ment as contraband n'
tbn of tfiif
prnpt'.rf
Pastures ané
the Sentir*
Tlt« following extract from -«ñ
published in tfce Southern Rurél i
man may be asefal to our farraers:
My opinion is that there aré three*
grasses which will be profitable in t$e ex-
treme South, viz : Bermuda, Blue and
Irvin grass. The Bermuda is suited to
constarft grazing—in fact, yoif must graze
it continually from spring till - winter
the weeds will overrun it. No
afford so much pasture <hiric
fal l as Bermuda, bit it faitt
Where Blue grass Will prosper, it makes
the best winter pasture ever known tornkn.
Much of your SouiheriPsoit ia too; riinch
scorched by ¿lie hot sun, and ftontains ioo
little lime for this grass; but there are
sections where this grasa will make pas-
ture. Wherever clay arid lime are abun-
dant in '.he soil, Blue grass will pay ; but
wheie li me is deficient and- sand super'
abundant, it will not súcceed. It will
nowhere in the South make so dense a'aod"
as here. But where you hávé alluvial
bottoms or hills with limestone ledges*
timbered with ash, hotrieyiocust, beech,
cherry, dog-wood, poplar, pin-oat, elm,
backberry aud pawpaw, this gras wilJ do
well under good management.
The a", with Bet rauda for the sdmroer
and fall, and Blue grass-or írviij grass in
the winter, your plauters may have pas-
tures all the y«aí roufeíír
For hay, I am rather siirprisecf that
Southern contributors to agricultural pa-
pers, and their editors, are so silent about
Duora corn. I have"* tested this corn for
hay since 1850. I procured it uaar jDo-
lumbiis in . your Stale. My experience"
teaches me that all Southern planters «hay
easily provide themselves with Sn 1
dance of exeejlent hay.. ""
prevent its maturing. You
ground as fur millet ; sow .
five pecks of seed per acre, <
row twice over. Sow from i
When -the seed * are- matured,
briar scythe and shock like* I
- Toe or $
Ivr relation
cised by cotton over c
ery of the whole civilis
Montgomery Confederation
following interesting stat
" Tlie sum annually paid
for cotton consutngd io ~
five.sc-vai.fis of tíie i
is estimated at $150,000,OCM) ."The
exported^ to England is if,882",500,i
whiohv when, corn 1 "
goods, is valued at
of the exports fiom
paid Jn English
annualty tó
ployed at least 1,500.000,
and old. . It is calculated >-
at least 6,000,000 people
pendent upon those employed.'
tal sunk in machinery for apir
ing, printing; etc. amounts to f
21,000,000 tons of shippiqg, anc
men are employed in Carrying
m aterial to England. Beáidesf Ufa aiain-
tenahce of- the national credit, the security
of bublic funds, the prosperity of bankers,?'
bill discounters, money brokers, merchants:
and an innumerable host of mecfcaiicS;
add artisans—in short, the bulk of tiie,
nation—are dependent upon it. What if*
the war should fail, or wsr prevMH:i^ im-
portation ! How fearful would* the',
consequences! Individual and national'
ruin, bankruptcy, revolution and anarchy l;
Nor would England alone be the snfisirers.
Half the civilized world would be involved
in hopeless misery. Who can dqttbt that
the abolition of slavery would be ihe abo*
lition of cotton, and the abolition of cot-
ton would be the annihilation of civili-
zation."
Influence; of Tbebs Upon Climíté.
Joachim Frederick Sabouw, I^rofewor of
Botany at Copenhagen, speaks as follows
of the effect of forests upon,the atmosphere:
" We find the most evideot signs of it
in ths torrid zone. The forests' increase
the rain and moisture and produce springs
and running streams. Tracts destitute
of woods become very strongly heated,
the air.above them asceudst perpendicular
ly, and thus prevents the >•■ *> /*
ninkir.g, and theconi-t-^nt'w:
monsoons) where tbev
ruptedly over large
the transition of
drops* In tb'
clothed soi!
besides,
ftvor
Ire*-'
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Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 29, 1861, newspaper, June 29, 1861; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177625/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.