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A New Estimate of the World’s Age.
Geologist, astronomers and
physicists alike have hitherto
been baffled in their attempts
to set up any satisfactory kind
of chronometers which will ap¬
proximately measure geological
time, and thus afford us some
clue to the antiquity of our
globe. Mr Millard Reade,
Liverpool, has recently contri
buted th the Royal Society a
very suggestive paper, in which
lie endeavors to grapple with
the question by employing the
limestone rocks of the earth s
crust as an index of geological
time. Limestones have been
in course of formation from the
earliest known geological peri¬
ods, but it would appear that
the latter formed strata are
more calcareous than the earlier
| apd that thege hg§ in fact,
increase of caloan ous matterj
The verry extensile deposition
of carbonate of lime over wide
areas of the ocean bottom at
the present day is sufficiently
attested by the recent soitrtdings
of the Challenger. According
to Mr. Reade’s estimate, the
sedim«itary crust of the earth
is at least one mile in average
actual thickness. Of which prob¬
ably one-tenth cOnsiss of calca¬
reous matter. In seeking the
origin of this calcareous matter,
it is assumed that the primitive
rocks of the Original crust were
of the nature of granitic or ba¬
saltic rocks. By the dieiutegra
tien of such rocks, calcareous
and other sedimentary deposits
have been fornied. The amount
of lime salts in water which
drain districts made of granites
and basalts is found, by a com¬
parison of analyses, to be on an
average about 3.73 parts in
>0,000 parts of water
It is further assumed that
le exposed areas of igneous
>cks, taking an average
throughout all geological time,
will bear to the exposures of
sedimentary rocks ratio of
about one to nine. From these
and other data Mr. Reade con
'eludes that the •jj^^ion of
the calcareous matter no’
in all the sedimentary
must have occupied at least six
hundred millions of years,
This, therefore, represents the
minimum age of the world.
The offer infers that the for
mation of the Laurentian, Cam¬
brian and Silirian strata must
have occupied about two hun¬
dred millions of years; the old
red sandstone, the carbonifer¬
ous and the poikilitic systems,
another two hundred millions,
and all the other strata the re
maining two hundred millions.
Mr. Reade is’ therefore, led to
believe that geological time hjts
been. enormously in excess of
the limits urged by certain phy¬
sicists; and that it has been -am¬
ple to allow for all the changes
which, on the hypothesis of ev¬
olution, have occurred in
organic world.
Written for the Gaeette.
GETTYSBURG.
CONTINUED.
Never was human valor put
to a severer test; never did
Southern courage shine forth
more conspicuously. It
beyond tbe power successfully
f s
,hi, wh.
Federals fought admirably. All
they had to do was to keep
cool, ply their guns and hold
their position. This they did
against the fury of an assault,
such as the World seldom wit¬
nessed; The assault of Long
street’s corps, on the “Round
Top,” was not a battle, it w*s
a slaughter, On the left and in
the centre the contest Was more 1
equal. The flighting was spl 3n
did, the loss of life more disas
trous to tig Federals than to
the 1 Confederates, In Hill’s
front the Federal lines showed
evident signs of weakiiesa Hill’s
corps was splendidly handled.
Eight batteries of heavy guns
were ib full play upon the Fed¬
eral lines with telling effect.—
When pressed the Federals
would retire slowly until re-in
forced, when then would press
forward with renewed
Night put an end to the con¬
flict. The two armies lay in
close proximity on that field of
blood. The moon rose and
looked down upon the drefcdiul 1
scene, shedding her pale raws on
pallid brows asleep in deajh.p
The ait* was resonant with t«e
groans of the wounded anjd
ing. j
0^zT the reach ii the
/far as can
are seen lying in heaps.—
they He thickest upon the slopes
wd summits where the batte
lies of the Federals are planted,
'A battlefield at night is a
.terrible sight. War has its
victories, its triumphs and its
glories, So, also was has its
hideous deformities. There lies
a naked body, stark and cold
m death. The morning sun
shone upon him in full posses¬
sion of manly vigor, in perfect
health, full of jor and hope,
rashing forward to a glory
which dazzlingly invited him.
He" 1 thought of his wife and
children, and suddenly his
heart was touched, his eye be
come wet with moisture,
he breathed a prayer,
protect them!”
Jn that far off Southern home¬
stead sit a woman and children.
Teey are weeping. Yesterday
she was the glad wife. Those
children had a father. To-day
she is a wido# — the children
are ofpHank'Jj|.Who sullie s the
y^'to^y) tri^tnph? Is there not a great
Have theyjnot achieved
^ gloryL Yes t those who
a ve achieved the glory, have
this woman a widow and
re» ^\ ai fT
id tni * /
^ ii a • , ,
The up morning ft desu]toiy 3d fighting, Ju
of the of
]y found the two armies in the
same position, Up to 10
o’clock in the forenoon there
seemed to be no disposition on
the part of either, to renew tiie
tights pi^parations As the day advanced,
were made by
Lee to renew the attack. After
with his chief officers
he determined to mass his ar¬
tillery in front of HilPs corps,
and if possible break the Fed¬
eral lines.
To this end one hundred and
fifty pieces df artillery were
placed in position and opened
Ob the Federals. At three
o’clock, th° scene from the left
centre was truly magnificent; it
was the most terrific cannona¬
ding of the whole war. The
earth shook and trembled^ as
if seized With some terrible
convulsion of nature. Such a
picture as was this scene, falls
to the lot of but few men to
look upon in any age. For two
hours and a half the deafening
cannonade was kept up. From
tweiiiy different points great
volumes bi smoke were every
instant leaping from the guns.
The air, was filled with the
.thery sbapej -bursting that; boated shells.
away from the
A horrid din filled the air. The
noise made by the burst¬
ing of the shells and the falling
of the solid shot was unremit- -
ting. Nor were the federal bat¬
teries silent amid this dreadful
revelry. An exchange of iron
compliments had been kept up
from the Federal side, eleven
o’clock. Heavy columns of
Federal infantry could be seen
moving from the left of the line
to the centre. It was crident
that Meade had anticipated
design of his adversary and was
massing his infantry at this
point.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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