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rDexftl SiaTt will, be Ion?? hrsfhrA th
mountains of North Carolina will be fully
explored, and tneir mineral contents as
certained. The parts which are too steep,
or too rnuebjencumbered with rocks to be
cultivated, will seldom be traversed - ex
cept byilarmers looking for their cattle, Or
by hunters in pursuit of game. In cither
case the surface will be so covered .with
brush-wood and leaves as to prevent the
1iseoverv nf.fh.A vnlnnMrt minimis wMk-
be there. It could not with reason be ex
pected ven;of a careful geological sur
vey, that it would result in many ; impor
tant dJscovjeHes. Its principal benefit
jwould be, here, asithas been elsewhere,
jto draw the attention of the inhabitants o
jthelsubject jbfminm
them acquainted ytth a fsw species; pre
pare them to examine and discover for
themscves-pto mjike every: intelligent
rman inj fact) a mineral surveyor,-more or
less able, of his own farmland neighbor
hood. (With a view to such a condition of
uihH uucru recorci oi it icw mcis 01 a
very misceljaneous character, that have
fallen under; mv own observation in r
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gara ip me rrocKs ana. minerals of the
mountains. ?; f V-. ? " -i , " -;T; t
It is jwell jknown that the Western Dart
loJ North Carolina is made ud of ancient
pniuui vp, ana i ennessee of more recent
maitons. u ine Doundary between
these two is. generally, perhaps always,
withinjthe State jf North Carolina, and
at no great distance from the line senara-
I ting the two States. Between jAshe and
Carter iCOH nil 8 it IT S V flit Cfm A mv! rite Anrn
fhe border, fo as to give a few primitive
rocks to Tennessee. On the lt ber ha nrl
a longjtorigUe from the formations of Ten
nessee enters Norlh Carolina by the Wai
.afe0, uic luc jueecn iiouniain. Grand
father,; andjlrLin ville, and -extends quite
uuwn-io me uatayvba in McDowell coun
A mm ItTl lit 11 . m t
V : ?! nc 10'pws relates exclusively to
the region of the primitive rocks. f
f5 inre principal Rinds or he$e rocks,
Grand-Tather, Gneiss, and Mica Slate, are
so .intermingled arid associated that it will
be a wdrk it much labor to ascertain th
different fields of ;each, and the limits! of
those inesn Uneiss, and especially the
hornblende variety, appears to be more a
bundant than the others. Of this theBlack
Mountain; principally composed. I saw
more mica slate in Henderson (some con
taining imperfect garnets,) than any where
else. ; (A Course gijained granite abounds
in Yancylccjunt towards the head waters
of Toe River, arid on the road leading
from Burnsville tojthe Turkey Cove.This
a the kind that fields the - materials i of
porcelain.' IWhen it has been so far A.
composed that all the potassa is removed,
the white, infusible mass that remains is
the Kjiolin, 'hilst the Feldspar, tmcbang-,
ed.ihe PuritzQof.the Chinese. When
. these two- are red deed to fine powder, mix
ed, wouh(. into Vessels, and baked with
an intense) heat, the fusion of the feldspar
gives jto the) material so formed the trans-
lucenpy that belongi to porcelain. I found
wnallj mases of Kaolin near Thomas
f Youngs, jinfanjcy county; some years
sin5ran4 ypringjthe present year a bed
1 of it as white as $npw was struck in dig-
, ing a wel) ; at Iurnsville. A body of
beautiful fpjdspar, free from any intermix-
r tore of other minerals, has been observed
on die lands of Mr. McKinney, in Cash-
JerVyalley Ma(on county. Ieither of
tjiesejinay be of much .value' either now
(jatjajiymture tjime, but they encourage
the bflief tfjat the materials of porcelain
of a good duality will be found abundant
ly id feomejof these counties;
S ?cniine-f-Besides t wo in Ashe, whose
prec$e4ocality I cannot give, I know of
fife considerable beds of this rock in the
westrnl counties : one on the waters of
Cane Creek, near the Baker settlement ;
a second near Fagan Young's, but on the
'-. Xirirfnf TL' T:..J l- i L
T.r P wlvr opposut io nis nouse ;
Mhird at the ford of Ivy, on the road from
Burnsville! to Ashcville ; a fourth on I the
lands of Enoch IJall, near the head of Ho
"? Sf in ai'wP?d county ; 'and the ford
Tcckasiege, in Haywood and Macon;
la 6 these place s it is a coarse, worth less
! rock but interesting minerals "associated
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count for the superior .quality of certain
Vmds of iron. This is true of the! very best
ironthat i madethalt of Dunriemorla, in
,welen - the whole of which is sent to
ngjand to be con verted into steel. I quote
the. following passage -from Scrivenor's
Histpry.ofjthe Irbn Trade, pagl? 151 :
The useof the superiority of the
wunnempra ironj has never been exp ain
W.; j Somej cheniists ascribe it to the pre
fcnce Jf mananse. Bevulius attributed
le presence of the metal of silea,
. whi e others suppose it to arise 'from the
nature ofhe process employed. Doctor
,;.JjT?.as sured"by one gentleman
jvhd had bestowed particular attention to
hebMt, that by following a sirai
fTifi6 hfsohtaincd as good iron
from other Swedish ores. But that some-
tei? e H lhe orc itself, is evident
Jf01. the circumstance that the quality of
f good deal according to
m T?me "nknwn causc iron
faneDerry Works, in the iiorth
S If y' as 1 am assurectby
Stvt' t led it, of an excellent
aSlT111 andt0gh. As there lis an
fai? tf T 1!u? f ?rC i3 Reality it bids
u c l,he sf at of n industry alike pro
bI,e tojthe proprietors and useful to the
population of the county, a long period.
JTOM no other ore bed, and do
not belieye that iron is abundantlin this
egion. but I rrtav hft mktnVon . tvt.I
son, or jVy aynesville, gave me a very rich
. specimen tf Vi ? mfloWii Af
PrinS .Creek, in Buncombe. :: In 1827 I
Saw in liliA W.i.J. Tif-'W t i o i.
biiry, a
nanus ui mi. ituiiir. in ,in.
Specimen of the Spathic Iron ore.
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BRU1JER & JAMES, -
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which he-told me had ; been sent to him
from Fine s .Creek, in Havvvood conntv.
This islthe most, valuable of all i
as J verv tolerable steel can be manufac-
ture0 directly from it. I have; never been
able toj visit the SDOt from which it is skid
t?.n.av.combrancl in answer to my enqui
ries lor iron ore lrom that quarter, have
had presented to me Foliated Ahthophyl
lite from the? Rich Mountain. This was
what JWiad from Dr Hard v. at Ashevill
Mr. Qsborheton Pigeon River, and Mr
Jobnstbn, at Waynes ville. Such speci
mens as 1 nave seen are of no value, the
quantity of iron beimr small, and the rock
in which it Is imbedded so refractory that
ljwoum oejwrougnt with great difficulty.
uc imiig is worm lopKing into. 1 nave
sent a' small sDecimen of true Snathlc nr
to M r Johfiston lor comparison, and will
lorwaro another to Dr. Dickson, at Ashe
ville, by thel first opportunity.
" arpmtc iron. 1 his is valuable only
for the Chromium it contains. . It occurs
in small grains disseminated through the
mass of Serpentine near Toe Rjver, on the
landsjof th Messrs. Young, in - Yancy
vuuinji . y Hie rocK i is uisiniegratea oy
the weather, the grains fall but and mav
be collected in considerable quantities, but
few that i hiave seen were large than a
pea. I Mr. Enoch Hall, who lives 5 miles
from the road, on the right hand as you so
wescai me nead 01 Hominy, gave me at
Asheyille-abiece of yellowish serpentine
that vvas of small grains of the same sub
stance. I hjave made chrome yellow from
the of both places. That from Mr.
HaU'sland ivas put into a small glass tube
and committed to the care of Mr. Francis,
who kindly undertook to deliver it. If at
eitheijorthfse places, or elsewhere, con
siderable bodies of this chrome ore could
be found, it would be worth attending to.
Asbetus, jalso, is found in connexion
with the Serpentine on Toe River small
octaedral crystals of iron ore and Ch1c.
dony.with tbat on Ivy, near Solomon Car
ter's -and -at the lncnlit
siegeJ Chalcedonv (boar's tush
had been rajsed near the spot told me he
had been accustomed to call it himself and
to hear it called by others) is so abund
ant tnat 1 nave supposed it might at a fu
ture time bej used for mill stones ; a num
ber of different pieces beiner bound tos-e-
ther With iron hoops, as in the French
Burrs. The hardness and toughness of
inisjnmerai, and the cavities which that
of the Tuckasiege contains seem to adapt
it very well for this use. There is an a-
bundance 0f it imbedded in the Serpentine
but the individual masses are not large.
Amianthus. la the north western Dart
of Yancy, on the waters of Cane Creek, is
probably: aj larger body of the mineral com
monly called asbestus, but by mineralog-
Z..i IJ.il ,1 m 1 . .
isis aiuiauinus, man-is to oe iouna else
where in the U. S. In some parts of the
world the! fibres of this M incombustible
flaxjare so tough and pliant that it can
be wrought into a coarse and worthless
clotm 1 fat of Yancy separates readily
into very minute filaments, but they are
100 uruue 10 sustain tne lorce necessary
to spin anq weave them. I have suppos
ed that thijs mineral might come into use
in the manufacture of the safes that are
employed m large cities for ths preserva
tion ;of ivaluable papery even when the
building id which they are is burnt down
and that; the article can be furnished in
r quantity and of a better quality
from Nortfy Carolina than from any other
quarter. But not meeting with much suc
cess! in the enquiries I made with refer
ence to this point, I have perhaps treated
the matter with too much neglect. Near
thejjed bf amianthus is very fine black
tourmalinej or schorl of no value to any
one but a professed mineralogist, and of
but little to him. Coarse Kyanite occurs
in litmcompe, on the road from Asheville
to Waynesyille, but the precise locality is"Tthe village, on the right hand,1 the Grand-
"i w ; it
ndt Blow recollected.
Gold, as is well known, is obtained in
considerable quantities on the head waters
of the Savannah River, on the south side
of Blue Ridge, but within the limits of N.
Carolina. These deposit, or branch mines,
are jit an elevation of between three and
four; thousand feet abtfve the sea. This is
a very interesting region. It will be a
fine grazing country in the course of a few
years ; tne scenery is ot the most roman
tic and impressive character the quanti
ty olf the gold collected is considerable,
andthe mineralogist who should establish
himself the re and examine it thoroughly,
might hope to be rewarded with interest
ing I if 4Jof important 'discoveries The
rocks are generally of a gneissoid charac-
1 - i .el j
ter, navmg ine composiuun 01 graniie ana
a. structure more or less slaty. They af
ford fine specimens of their constituent
minerals;! considerable i masses , of pure
feldspar and mica, and in the streams, roll
ed pebbles, o good size, of liquid quartz
or rock crvstal. In the era vef that is wash
ed for gold two minerals occurring in grain
have attract ea . so mucn auenuon as to
haye acquired distinct names amongst the
workmen, - These are the MTed beads,":
and steel points." They prove oh ex
aminatioif to be varieties of garnetsone
the common kindfor the other, which is
always in irregular grains and; would ap
pear to be quite black but for the white
sand adhering toj
certainly upon the appropriate name. '
ZiVcowe, in finei large crystais, is found
in! Henderson, on the road from Flat Rock
to Green River, and I notice it chiefly.
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with reference to the history Sof its discov
ery, asi ven me by MrrMurray, the own
er of the land on which it occurs and in
illustration of ther manner In j which other
discoveries, and of more valuable substan
ces, are likely to be made l?yr accident in
many cases rather than the (most careful
search. - : j - :: y.: -. -;
' Some gentlemen olf South Carolina, Mr.
Poinsett amongst the rest, were ; superin
tending the construction of the Saluda'
road, and had their quartersjfor the . time
at Mr. Murray's. Dr. Howard, of Savan
nah, was also there, and it ivas during a
ramble of some of these persons over the
hills near his dwelling, whether in search
of minerals or exercise was pot stated,
that the bright crystals of the Zirconite at
tracted the attention of Dr. Howard. As
they occupy but. .a limited space on the
steep side of a small mountain, a geolog
ist might have traversed Henderson coun
ty for a long time and have examined it
very faithfully without falling in with
them. i
You gave me, a year ortwo since, a
wnne salt which appears as an efferves
cence on some mountain or j mountains, I
believe ol Haywood, which lis supposed to
be alum, and is used in dyeing by the peo
ple of the neighborhood. It belongs to the
alum family but is quite different from the
alum of commerce, being a double sul
phate of alumina and the protoxide of iron,
instead of alumina and potassa or ammo
nia. It will answer very Well for dyeing
the coarse stuffs that are manufactured in
the. family for fe very day wear, but has
very little commercial value. I The beds4
of limestone near Asheville, I acknow
ledge with shame and sorrowj did not vi
sit, and I have) therefore riotbing to say
about them. Ore given me by-Mr. W.
Rice, from Bull creek or mountain, iron
pyrites, of no value. .
Scenery. On the subjectjof the scenery
of the mountains Twill be merciful to the
readers of the Messenger. It must be seen
upon the spot, or transferred by the pen
cil and graver to paper, to be enjoyed.
My own experience is that the image cre
ated in the mind by the most exact and
perfect description, bears no resemblance
to that which it is supposed to represent.
If the artists who furnish embellishments
for souvenirs and albums viould come to
North Carolina for subjects! they would
provide something quite superior to what
is commonly seen in such publications.
And what a spot amongst (he fertile val
leys, the lonely glens, the craers. and cliffs
of these wild mountains for a love tale,
that would touch and rend any heart that
is noi naruer than tne very best cast steel,
well hardened 1 I will iust notice a few
spots that are worthy of the attention of
such as are in search of the sublime and
beautiful. In more than one, the Black
Mountain is an important and striking
feature. "
1. The Pilot; an outline from the main
range of mountains, is a gem in its place
hand of its kind, but in passing it on his re-
turn, after having been amongst the giants
of the west, one feels a strong inclination
to lift his foot and kick it over into the
Yadkin.
2. I do not believe there is anv town in
the United States that will compare, for
the beauty and grandeur of the views a-
round it, with Morganton,!in Burke coun
ty. We can hardly go amiss in search of
good points for enjoying them, but per
haps the Lincoln road, as i we ! come over
the South Mountain and descend towards
the village, affords the best. On the left,
hand, at a distance, of 25 -miles, towers
the long dark range of the Black Moun
tain-; Linville, the Havvksbill, and Table
Rock, the two latter, rising like castles
from ranges of less elevationjare nearer,
more in front, and picturesque objects by
themselves. The small mountains east of
father in the distance, and Morganton,
witn'tne nelds in its neighborhood direct
ly before us. Such is the! picture.
3. The late Judge Gaston is said to have
been greatly affected when, riding from
Marion to the Turkey CoVe, he came to
where he first had a full; and good view
of the cliffs and rugged sides of Linville ;
and the man of taste who travels the road
after him will not wonder at his emotion.
4. The Road to Burnsville ascends the
mountains by a long spur of the Blue
Ridge and what a ridgej it is along that
spur 1 The deep vallies of the North and
Turkey Cove creeks are below one the
Black Mountain is in full view, at a dis
tance of 12 or 15 miles, and Linville not
half as far. Just by the road, towards the
top, a farmer has established himself, and
has a whole yard full of wild, Wigh, hear
ty boys. Are they affected at all by the
views on which their eyes rest every day
they live is their taste refined and im
proved by that magnificence of nature
which is around them t , The enquiry is
naturally suggested to one as he passes
them. ;'' ' ( ! r ':
5. The ascent of the mountains by the
Hickory Nut Gap has been much admired
and with reason. There is a small stream,
which, pouring over the browjof the : moun
tain, falls I know not hby many feet- I
never thought much of this.- It strikes me
jasxnly queer. -Buttaka point half a
mile below Harriss at the ford of Green
riven and the case is altered. ; . We have
seen th monntains at a distance.! hnvn
been gradually fcpproacningi v and finally
winding our way amongst tblcm, until the
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road seems about to end at the foot of . a
long rangie of tremendous precipices. lX)ne
notch only appears in this impassable bar-;
rier; and through this the path .winds by
the river'4 side. The Greeks called such
passe$ j on gorges "Pylae Gates. I have
thought that M the words (Sates of, the
WeJtteiii World" meaning by the western
'world! especially the States of Tennessee
andiKcntucky, could be cut in letters a
bout twenty feet in height on the face of
the; peiTendicular-rocks, the inscription
would be in harmony with the other parts
of the 5 scene. , -
6i The road by. Howard's Gap affords
a fine! yiew of Tyron, Crowder's, King's,
the Sajiuda, and Hogback mountains, and
of a broad expanse of comparatively level
country towards the southeast. ; Some of
my. legal friends, when they pass here, are
fond of lingering about the crest of the
ridgej that they may refresh themselves
by the enjoyment of the beauties of na
ture. j
7. The; hill above the Svvannano, two
and a. half miles Trom Asheville, on the
road jto the Flat Rock, affords one of the
finest views in the mountains. Pisgah
and the whole range of the Black are in
sight-J there is an amphitheatre of small
er mountains around the broad valley' form
edjby the junction of the Swannano and
French Broad, whilst the fertile low
grounds of those streams add the beauties
of cultivation to the wilder features of the
prospect. This view is for the eye ; it is
too broad, too much wanting in individu
al objects standi nil out from the rest nt
the picture, for the pencil. The man who
is hot affected by it had best go home and
conclude thatit there is any charm in'
such prospects he was not able to enjoy
it.j 1 have observed that the cattle choose
this; kind of place to rest and chew the
cud. I j I have sometimes suspected that
coolness is not their only object, that tho'
the 'neither say nor write any upon the
subject, they have an eye for what is be
fore them.
8. If one wishes to make a romantic ex
cursion through the mountains, let him
turn up the Tuckasiege at the ford on the
road to Franklin. His path will be for
two or three miles by the side of the river,
a xlear, bright, flashing stream; then
through a country broken and mountain
ous, put fertile ; next over the high pass
of the Cully whee and down to the river
again. In the intermediate space it is said
there are magnificent falls, and there has
been a plan for altering the road, so as to
make it lead close along beside them ; but
here at an elevation of about 3000 feet,
on jthe sandy banks of a deep and slug
gish stream, but for the peaks around, one.
might suppose himself in the low-country
of North Carolina. The place recalls the
lines of Campbell,
And in the visions of romantic youth
i ' What, years of endless bliss are yet to flow ;
j But mortal pleasure, what art thou in sooth ?
I The torrent's smoothness, ere it dash below.
Following the stream, we pass a 44 hurricane,"
some quarter of a mile in breadth, which will
satisfy the most sceptical as to what the power
of jthe jwlnd is when the utmost strength is ex.
erted. j Over the ridg2, wc are on lhe head
waters of the Savannah, and find a comfortable
home and kind entertainers at Col. Zachary's,
in the region of the gold mines.
Th scenery here is a good deal as though
the Pilot and the precipitous cliffs of the Hick
ory Nut had come on a visit to the top of the
mountains. The height of the block hack of
Zachary's, above where tie house stands, is a
bdut 400 feet less than that of the Pilot, above
the fields at its base bat the situation is so
different From its top tho distant view is like,
that from other high peaks, the near view is
wild and stern in the extreme, especially across
the valley of the mines, where, at the distance
of three or four miles-is a long front of bare
arid solid rock, very nearly perpendicular, and
arid 5 or 6 hundred feet in height. And what
are the names borne by these noble masses?
Must they be told t It is enough to put one into
a fury even to write them. That on which 1
stood is the Chimney Top, and the other, op
posite is the Hogback, big or little, I forget
which. ! Never mind ; those same tasteful and
romantic Greeks were not so much better off
than ourselves, after alii Cape Cynosura, that
sounds so smoothly to us, was Cape Dog's Tail
tcj the; ears. It is difficult to change a name.
The steep sides and dome shaped summit of the
so-called Chimney Top, reminded me of the
Pantheon or Rotunda at Rome. Will the lat
ter name be adopted, and will it hold ? I fear
not i-but that this will be the Chimney Top to
the end: of time.
i This region is too remote to be often visited
by the inhabitants of the North, it belongs rath,
er to those of South Carolina, and these last
have been there. The first time I ascended
the Chimney Top, having an instrument in hand,
whicMt was necessary to carry with some care,
my guides turned from the most direct route,
and took me by one that was longer but easier.
Ascending myself a day or two after, I came
near the summit' to a bare, broad, shelving rock,
answering to tho account given by the hunts
man of a spot which he had just cleared in the
fbx-chase, and which a Lord, who was behind,
hesitated to take after him 44 Come along, my
Lord, the more you look the less you 11 like it.
As I turned away to search out a better route, it
occurred to me that I should be told that ladies
tad been along there, and so I crawled up.
And sure enough I learned on my return that
Mrs. Calhoun, brave little lady that she is, had
been ihere before me. t ;
1 1 j For the illustration of our revolutionary his
tory, there is wanted a view to be engraved and
handed down as an authentic memorial to fu
ture 'times of some scenes in the woods of Ma
con county, such as they now are. . And many
places in this same Cashier's Vaileywould an-'
tswer very well, ' - .
C; ; NEW SERIES,
j.rfThe turning point in the revolutionary war;
the event" on which so- far as we, can judge the
issue, of .the contest depended, was the battle of
the Cowpens.":lt is td my. mind one of the most
sublime and afiecting "spectacles, if not absolute
1 be niost sublime and affecting thaf the'revo
lution aflbrded :; Morgan and his men drawn
tif in an Open tcood. and waiting fuTarleton to
bring.his forces" into order and lead thero on.
Will it appear upon canvass and occupy a niche
now vacant in t he rotunda cf rthe Capitol. at
Washington! Though not much given, at least
since the beard made its appearance under, my
nose, to the melting mood, I have read Judge
Johnston's account of the battle of the Cow
pens many timca with tears. , The man. who
fifty years hence, shall go with his measuring
line to that battle field, and ascertain the exact
position of the troops engaged will have but an
imperfect idea of the condition of things, because
be can form no accurate conception of the open
wood which then covered thercountry anchgave
scope for the movements of both armies in case
of either victory or defeat. Just such Woods
there are now in the county of Macon and they
will remain for a few years. - The person who
has been amongst them will read with the more
interest and j intelligence on that account, the
whole history of the movements of lhe hostile
armies on the soil of North Carolina in the
years 1780-'81.
But little has yet been done in the remote
west to heighten and improve the beauties of
nature, and though' good taste and judgment have
been displayed in the selection of the sites for
Court-houses and the villages connected with
them, this is the utmost extent to which our
commendations can be carried. Waynesvillc
is beautifully situated in the centre of a"ffjam--phitheatre
of mountains, but the houses instead
of being arranged with reference to beauty or
even convenience, are huddled togetherj las
though every inch of ground were as valuable
as in Pj?arl street in the city of New York.
Burnsville has good capabilities of improvement
but it will be long before trade, manufactures,
or any thing else will create an amount ; of
wealth there which will enable the inhabitants
of the slace to give beauty and elegance to
their village. If the people of Yancy, when
they come to Court, instead of listening to ever.
L lasting! political harangues, would turn in and
clear away the loose works from the public
square; work the streets, and plant out the su
gar tree when they attend in the spring of the
year, tney would nnally have a county seat
wmcn tney would visit with pride and pleasure.
I myself regard this place with feelings of deep
er interest because injhe field just west of it is
the last resting place of a beloved pupil, a grad
uate of'the University John S. Smith, a native
of Granville county, N. C. His character, like
his name, was plain arid unpretending, but most
amiable, honest, and worthy as well as intelli
gent. Engaged in the study of the !awJ at
Mocksville, and coming into the mountains to
breathe the pure air during the summer months,
be sickened and diecLat Burnsville. Hi friends
have proposed to remove his remains to his na
tive county. It is the course which atTectipn
would dictate, but let him rather sleep here a
mongst the mountains where God in his righte
ous providence saw fit to strike him down
44 till that last morn appear."
With affectionate salutations to a living pu
pil, and hopes of his health and happiness,
J remain yours,
i E. MITCHELL.
To Hon. Thos. L. Clingman.
A Scene. The Washington correspondent ot
the N. Y. Tribune writes under date of the 15th
inst. the following :
44 The boarders to-day at Coleman's Hotel
were taken by a surprise to hear a round of ap
plause at the dinner table, and to see a dark
curious looking, cross-eyed man, rising and
waving his arms with great violence in the air.
A general consternation prevailed for some
time around the table. Some were disposed to
cry out 4 A fight !' 4 a fight V 4 fair play,' fcc.
After some confusion it was discovered that a
few Louisianians had assembled together to
celebrate the university of Gen. Jackson's birth
day, and that the gentleman excited as afore
said, was Maj. Davezac. Mr. Morso of Loui
siana gave a sentiment which created all this
fuss at the public table. After the surprise
created by such a proceeding bad subsided, wc
were treated to .a rich desert, (not on the table
of fare) as various and incongruous as grace
the tastes of public hotels. Hickory nuts, cream
pvjfs, dec. He (Mr. Morse) said, among other
things, that Gen. Jackson told him they would
meet in 'Heaven, and would knoweach other,
for where rthere is identity there is conscious
ness ; that after death he (Davezac) would rise
from the grave to keep one of his eyes on this
Republic ; that he. was not afraid of war with
England ; that he had 5 campaigns in his belly !
(A queer place for the Major's courage to ger
minate 1) That if war should arise again he
would evoke the old Hero of the Hermitage
or, if hewould not burst his marble casement,
he wood go to Nashvilfnd hold up that old
cocked hat which he had seen at New Orleans,
and that flag which was as lustrious as tbesun
of Asterlitz, and 100,000 horsemen would rise
up to tread down the mercenaries of England.
After speaking in this style for about 20 min
utes, he concluded by giving
Gen. Jackson r Whether living or dead,
always immortal.1 "
A Bad Plan. -How many fond moth
ers and frugal housewives keep their pret
ty daughters and their preserves for some
extra Tjccasion some big bug, or other
till both turn sour. This seems to us
marvellous poor economy.
jETorrioZci-The mother of a little child
in Nottingham, havingleft it to go off af
ter some rum, returned and found it badly
burned by its clothes taking fire. Leav
ing the house again to go for assistance to
some of the neighbors: horrible .to relate,
when thejieighbors came they found the
child riearlv devoured by two puppies
which were, in the house,
into the child s entrails.
From the (Taai) Xa! ior.nl Register.
THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION. .
The Congress of the United States doth u '
,the territory included within and U
rtghtfuUu ponging to the Republic of Texa,. f ; 1
may be erected ,nto a new Slate, ihe called " 1
the .Stale of Texas, republican form cf ! 7 rl
government, to be adopted byahe people of said 1
Republic, by deputies in Convention, assembled j i
witti the consent of the Misting Government H
in order that the same may be admitted as onel I ' -of
the States of the Union." Such is the Un. 1 :
guagc of the first section of the resolution whichT "f
has passed the: lower House of the American - r !
Congress. ' What is its import T , ! ; .vK
-' The answer isi that we must layk aside 'i'dxit'l
nMioual'namisabahdon our present Constitu-t
tDnt erect3urselves into a new Slate, adopt the
appellative cf Statebf Texas, organize anew;-!
Government of a republican .form, by means of -deputies
assembled in convention, and, after we;
have passed through this prescribed rcchlution;
after we have thus voluntarily deprived ourselves :
of every feature and lineament of that national.
ity under vhich our independence has been re-;'
cognised by foreign Powers ; afier wc have, ink
(bctlazniktlated our ileniity as a eommitnilfr
&nd repudiated even :cur name, 90 that we can '
neither! knottf" nor be known in the rank and
seat among the nations which we have Mthertoj
occupied, at least without, dishonor, and with!
the consent of the old world and the new; after'
ail these 'sacrificesand all this degradation,
what shall we haver gained T "what shall we have"
accomplished t -fAnciaion7o ihs American 4
Union I No ; not even the promise of it. - j r
Under such circumstances, all our connexions 1
with ioreignnations ; would he dissol ved,our re
lations towafil them changed ajl advantages
accruing from; past negotiations cease ; .for no ;
one can pretend tunt the great liuropeanrow. j j
ers? will continue their amicableTintercourse
with our-Govcrnment as tho Repu7rficof TexaSi f
under the name of the "State 6V7aNaihab. ";
ited in the garb of a suppliant for admission ituj
to the familyof American States, ther very cut
and fashion of which 4iavB been prescribed by
their Congress. Why, in such & guise we should
not even know ourselves fin sucih a state of
national abeyance and limbo, we culd neither
assert a separate independence -for oursel vet,
nor claim any species of alliance! or connexion
ever known by any name 44 given under heaven ;
or ainong men," with any other Government.' : ?
In such an attitude of mbrtifjiing and humiliat-"
ing indejiniticness, we-may well be disavowed, j t
" By all our kind and kin, when thyy - lJ
- Compare our day and yesterday." v I i
And, having assumed thU equivocal posture,',
by the consent of the American Congress, 44 in-
order," as the resolution declares, that we may '
be admitted as one of the States of the Union,"? 1
then tre, are bound unto them, but they are not
bound unto us; , We are yet again, and for the; 1
fourth time, to knock at their door for admission,;' U
44 on or before the Jirst day of January next" i
with our new Constitution in. our hand, when
that Congress will take their final action (for or "
against, as the case may be) on the subject of
our application. ' f:fj'".?': f
-This is the substanco and extent of ' their J
44 guaranties," paraded, as the expression is in
the resolution, under the imposing grammatical "
form of the plural number Have wo any
pledge that we shall tlien be annexed 7 r No j ,
they only promise that they will onco moro con
sider the prnpositionpand take -what, they are
pleased to denominate theirMinat action " uni -
on it. And, judging from the language they t
npw hold, wc have nothing more nor less to ex A
pect than that they will " spurn " us as before1 -for
I hey can do so without -violating any ,
pledge. ; . IVkl;!-?'
' But, if we adopt the course indicated by the I:
resolution, we do so under the formal sanction i 4
and color of their express consent. . This would
pe a tacit admission on the part of the uoveni- j
ment and people ot Texas of tho authority of
that consent, and would implyat least that we
could not iawtully act -in the-prescribed mod
witnout it. iSo doubt we should be torccd to
borrow largely from the efficacy of that same
consent, to carry us 4?: rough tbeCconspicuous
pan assignca io us in mo nuicuious iarve inus
MH-paitU IUI CAUIUIIIUU ,. j , . f r. i i
ii wie peopje ci lexas cnoose to revolution
ize their Government, and institute some new
ana di tie rent republican organization, they may.
uo so wimoui ine leave ot a toreign uovern
ment "frsl had and obtained.1 But the Uni
ted Slates have acknowledged our title to be
recognised as" an independent .nation,' both de
facto and de jure. Should we adopt the course
designated by their resolutions, we at once lose
the benefit of thai acknowledgement. We pass
into a state of imbecile and hoipcless dependence
upon that potter. To be annexed 1 , Certainly ,
never until their aspiring partisans shall ceaie.
to need the material we now furnish I them fori ,
the manufacture of political capital. Our re- V
lations with other Governments tZwib7reJi and f
our own nationality renounced, the f United ;-
States may consent to hold a they shall have
consented to place us in a starof penidtimate: -t
but unaccomplished, annexation, "i :f. : j j :
1 But even this consent-of he American Con-j
gress, meager and valueless! as it is to the peo- '
pie of Texas, but for which we are required to f
give to the United States a lien upon outcoiin
try's sovereignty this worthless consent, as If
begrudged to Texas, is eked out to her as a mi-
scr's usury, and is shackled with what lawyers A
calf 44 conditions- precedent." ; Passing by the ;
-required sacrifice of our right to adjust the boun K
dartes of our territory, the consent oi that Con
gress even once moreTto "entertain the Texair
question is coupled with the cold assurance that
if we are crcr admitted into' the Union at all,
we must cede to the United States, 44 all our a
mines, minerals, salt rhJcesi ahd ' springs ; also,
all our public edifices, fortifications, barracks, I
ports and harbors, navy ana navy yards, docks,
magazines, arms, armaments, and idl other pro
perty and means pertaining to the public de
fence." We must also yield up -our -revenue :
and our capacity to raise one ; wmca ai agio ,
item, under the financial regulations of our fos-r;
tering step-motber, would bring into her Tiea- .
surv at least three hundred thousand dollars per
annum, for which we have her kind permission
to retain our public debt, and keep our public
domain ; subject, howevert: tbe payment of
the debt, and circumscribed within such Jimtts
ha may hereafter be pleased to assign io
our territory, in the exercise of her character
istic and far-stretching diplomacy, which once ; ,
reached even to the uxstern banks of the Sabine
We must, however, truckle to her pet abolition- -ists
br obligating ourselves to 1 prohihitslartry
north of the parallel of thirty-six degrees thir-r
tyminutes, known as the Missouri compromise :
H Weihave always been warm 7;
er did we dream thktthe approval of the peopg ?
of Texas would bo requiredto a proposition $o. :
absurd, so degrading, a, the one propounded
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