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VOLUME :II.-NUMBER fl6.
; PUELISIIED liVT&Y FRIDAY' MOVING, ijy 4
r.ublisheraef tfa Lave 2, Treaties, orA
T.S.
TERMS, i
:, TIi piper b
hublished weekly, ii Two
DOL.
,f.A8 and tirrv
Lents per annum, iili'indf anc
, 1 hkek JJoiXARi;r p.Vjment I19 OrlaW'dTjiAed
the
Anl.'t. ft...- i. ill I ...
tlrietly adhered to. '" I '
rObiiU'Wiplion diflconlmupd fexcebt ft tb
tion of Lc puUishcrf) until all arruarae jarc iid.
IT7r ATf.awijairvrji will be inscrttd;; for (One
op.
-r snuarir. iur ill itr, anu :i w'f;ri?aTL
vx-itu Tt racT trotjut Tit ins rlion. A U'cral
ilcducti'ii will bcjinadc front the rcgujAr prieds for
n f! vfrl irj !r f lilt r I I 'I o I
Stop the Villain
TWE.MY-FlVE DOLLAKS BfiWlSft!!
X KN t b 2 1th hRlar.t. JAM IJS IF. Mc CLOUD
;N tl 2 ifh ihnlar.t, JAMES iiUTcCLt
HV liruiie iitll iii th if nlace. tindnaJidi b.acofune. 1
bci' coinmiltrd Junior a charge of brfakinhpcn
a (.tore Jt,:t;!iAl in Oout tlt;rlV yrtir olla'(
n tr ttix ft'i t Ji'sliJ "tndy biir a-jd bf a-ijd rthrf rvd.
-'I'ilf: subcriV'.W'ill piy !$'iJ 0') fijt Ijjs njmrJi?n
iVotice.
rnilin ubivrnftri)iaviiK: Mnitli-lledw Iv-Tpd
1
ntors
jcjh
Sfimmev. ur,crl4sWl..WtU t a on tlia.'Olli am
ilavH of Octob jr rwtion the premfecsLJhiei'
miles
ff 'nn ll nlJ:rrt in CbUrt house; life fi-!ldVi
alua.
-4rit rtrorTltf.' viz tl III I I H
SixcisiiKivcti Acre 01 Iaiid
IWi-Iliug house, ail'(j fill
other
with a eimmrlabli
.11.. L'i, !l T
4 I... II
iiii:cnuijf u i. unit
' ThiltVrt
yro Si.y'b of Turnpike Stor.k
arm-Je,-and an ct1fnste set
f 'upiir,!frtiinri
; and ni.ick- rnith'n ToolJ Ten
n.ix.-Tin ruts
(jniulily of (-urn" Mut 11a
ilo'itchojlj lurnirue dipper Rivets prn
('iippiur4-r-il)Hr aniult-M iiot iiujiienttl d.l
Tt rmd Of fiWclve ni jiilhs crcd t Vyilh note
rt'elve inoiitjis crcd i't
anil approved sccu I
'iri.fc'-:l---..vJII'R.r: 8
N. Bifjyil'fKjBflons in
bti?d to tjfiC t..ie of
Jae1) Si'irtuh n'.'tWc'd
:v. twe uj nro ren-Cilen to nsike in:
in-'dkitolbtittleinetj, anlany p. t-ion" having ekiiii'-i
itint said et.iiJi will nrt stit 4h mJnroi.irilv an.
ili'-nlieatcd, ad y thin the tinKpn-srrjlnjl by law
l'.r p.'.ynirjit, juth -ru istj this-notice willjbcfph-ad in
I I'.fjmtMEVl rx.
J.ltA.MSOUIt, d'" rs
September 10,1311. ,' 03 , tds j
lCINO.U S ILTS A.Y1 AaUXfJI.
Ml2SIJ2CTFlp jV inform ctho; '4bic Uiaj
they are ijuy-jM-epared to worktJie,.i" '
on th" moky Moit:lm, near the I ciftlolee lin,
th"v,i'.tneet In
vk'.i ihe'Hnrr'iinpi1ir
!K)fl lillTC HI IjOdOijtO nr-
coimtrv with f f j 4-
Strll am! tltim
.f the beat qualiJV
on the' ui'ibt uuf
eons
t rms. '(' 'I f"-. I
.1 ....... ..I . i il ,:r
Auirnst 27, liU
fi I
It.
Committed to
ihts place, oh t lie 3U(h of AinniV'
4 xr.nrio
X MAN, whos.
his name is rt 1 1 -
qrt;. sahi
I'Jjh ; inenr 3!)
iiero. is about five
loot rijrht inches 1
vears old i f;avs hr
ip belong to Wil .ji'm feln.
(iioria. The uwi jiiis vp.:et.
j d to eome forward
prove property, j'iy -iaTge;:
or he' will ft; (in;l'i'M -l"h
'lini take him awuy
the law directs.
Ashville", Sepf. 3
JjsJU. Ill ' f: 62
nrnMTicE!,ihi f . '
fTAVIXtJ disposi d of "my Sfoek id' (jmah, aTiI
j rt iiieil mv .iores 10 i . i iu. x,icuuuj,
I recommend mv forinter cuslom rs lo'thenl. Jfr.
OSIlOllS, (wild yj I conduct the. ll-Hilnes his
been lonj; in my fcmmloyment, and llca;ijv partly rf
cointnend him asl voHh v of all cqnljdeH'ce. t
Q.lPersonTTnyebted to me, will wm mrtj in at ¬
tendance at the tMd Utand,! and flrejeatneslly re-
rjueste'd to conic prVard and. settle jatj One'. j aid
prevent suit. ,' i ', v . i tiJ. ft - I
JAS.,W,ll'Ari.
Ahhevillc33d July, 1811. . J f 6(3: 4 1 .
! tl, JU L
- k
voun t of pl n.vTi nd q uak tnii is7;$.
. s
WlLfB OiTlIEjt,
I.
Attuchvu
i K'vicl I on
LhtiS
Solomon IiOrnERiu.k
ly for six Weeks hi the ,4IIighlanll Mcsst- njrer'
for the defendant to hpiear at pur hdkt Curtto
ue iieiu uir uiu couiu
apoointed by law for
1 ! ' v f)i
beheld for the eohntk- of Caldwell! lit the place
. ... . ,
lijldinjr said (Tourt, on tle
cd'up .gainst him, hnd the. lanqs icvieu on cuu-
1-.. colil nl-ilnlitVs debt. I -, ' lit
ij,ui,il .;vj .-I,....,-.,
i . if i i i r.
Witne i-, Ei,iiU F Miller, Cler fcf oifr said
Court, at office, tlie '-Fh Monday itiJ Uji lt-I.
j E. P. MIIfKR, pk.
IVs fee, S5 SO. isw f ! . " j
"State of ! North CaroJUia,
i "BUA'CojlBE COUNTY.
UurU'f fleas tQuairtet Scss., Jul
'- . i: - ' ' I I .! " . 'I ':
imitm:
Enhraim Clavton an& Jas.W: Patto
I ! - : .
C. Mt 7r9cott;
7. ATr
ATTACHMENT LEVIED ON I,A'D. "
iTNRDERED byCourt,that nublicponbcaiade
Si V for six weeks iritlie " Highland Mcsseiifrcr"
for the defendant to jippcar at our ne$t Coifrt of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the odunty of :Bun
comlK at thQ Court-House in AshcVSUc, or) the
first Jlonday aftr the fourth Mondj y in Septem-
ber next, to plead or Replevy ; otherwji judgment
pro confesso will Iks entered up aga irjjgt her, ami
the lands levied bn bo condemned to satisfy plain
tiff's demand. 1 !-'! . '. hT
T Witness, N. Hi RRrso.v, clerk of cir said Court
at office, the hrst aionday ot Juiv,
Test,
N.HARRIsto, Cfo. ;
-I July ,16, 1811
Clover sled::
HfVUE subscriber has for sale at htslstoro a cUart-
J- titv of firKt-rata clover seed
. .: , ASIIEVIIiLE, NORTH CMOLINA, : FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1841.
, ViRy tficfusaud Acres o
SWMPlAXDS FOR SALE!
fTJlIlE Trenidpnt and Directors of the Literary
IL Fund of Korth Carolina,' lo whose care and
rnanagcrhent ws committed by law, an appropri
ation of 8200,0 )0 for making an experiment in
draining and reclaiming the Swamp Lands belong,
in? to thStatc, haying succeeded in part, lo now
make known, tl at in pursuance of the authority
ve6ted in 'them liy the General Assembly, a1 pubbc
fah of a portion of said Land, will take place on
the premises, on the last day of November next.
, The body of Land reclaimed, and now offered
for eaht, embrac about G0,000 acres; U gituate
in the county of HyJe, ?nd State of Nortli Caro
lina, aqd divide the waters flowing into the , AI.
-rturJsvfaUTvttir.;y.r. a r,in into ramheoSoiinil.
- i ..v. iir:.-r, ;vnuiivn.n.inu jK'rtcsr.i oy
twfi BcientincsIJngin'. erp, Mcasr,i Chat. D.jShaw
and Walter (iw) tin, ha been effected by two main
drains, i called 1 ingo and Alligator Canals toge
thcr with sundry ' Jributuriea or lateral ditches.
JPungo canal it about miles long, with an av.
crac width at b jttorn of 22 feet, depth of G feet,
and; fall at bottom of 12 feet.
i. Alligator Can d is about C miles long,with"an
averajro yidth ai bottctm of 30 feet, depth of 7,and
all of 10 feet. .
- 'Uiese canaU empty into the navirjhlo waters
of I'anlico Sour d, and arc accessible by vesatrls
f"n5:?ed in tho coasting irade.
A larjje pohio i of thiM land abounds in juniper,
cypres, and oth r timber of the best kind. Ano
ther port:. m eon. ;sls of prairie, covered with cane,
and bamboo, am according to the report of the
JMineer above named, the soil p of surpassing
l'vrtihty.
The Bale will 1 c by Public Auction to the hirh
est bidder, in quarter sectionsi of lb"0- acres each ;
willjKike pl;,ce !A I 'uno jcanal on Tuesday, the
30tlldiivof No
lerncxt, ana wm De conuueted
'.Directors of the Literary Fund
by tic lVcfiidca'
kin person.
A eredit W'
ej'jjivcn to purchasers of one, two
and throe years,
oh bonds with approved security,
and titles" wTthlwJd, until the whole of the purchase
money be paid.
itmen under iiiy hand at tne Lxecutive Omcc,
iti'the eiiy oi' italeigh, 01: thu 30th day of August,
V. 1). ltfllj
JpIIN M. MOREIIEAD, 1
Gov. of the State, and,
luxhfjicio, President of the Board.
lv, '.order,
Vi Ukvnomw, jSecre tary.
63
td?
SALE GROCERS,
arlcston', S. C.
"VfVl Alii l
ITESPEUTFULLY (announce to tla-ir friends,
i-tj that tin ir Jitoek is now complete to which
thev ba'e added a larre and pcneral assortment
of TO'ITON IIAtiGlM;, HALE ROPE,. and
TW'l'NlI ; und ii cfll rotl for sale as usual.
Charleston, Ajiff 20, 1841. ,' 6 CI
U AOA FKETof Yellow Pirie FLANK,
.6. V0"0 wfU kiln-dried, and delivered in
jVsheville. 500 (t. i itich thick, 12 ft. lor
Inches wide. 'f(0 it. 1 '-rvch thick, 15 u
wide, and 12 ft: bout. Hesidcs, a larjrc
lonr and 18
Id inches
quanlil V
ofotliersawn LUMUER the particulars of which
will lie in-ule knwn o:i apphcailon ai this Ofticc;
September loi lll. . - . ' 3 " 61
EM.VIIN(
the FU Office
in t.ie i uaiec ni liiimsvuie.
-Vl u hi-li i." iv
t 1;iv m out ri tnree montns, will
he sl'iit to the ( e
A Urn Joseph
1 hjweesc Rev
lerul it Oillce a 4 dead IvtteVs-:
MrCuihp Dr W W
"rarivttMcElrov Mrs M S
Flamming SaiM
2 -McCourry Jas L;
l Paltcrson'Ilev J II
(i i Libs 1 nomas
I'londycut Jacob "2 Phillipps John
Howard A Cr
Straley Dr J-L
Silver Jacob
lltlgh's Wm
ilrnley Henry and Shewford Martin
Pollv
Wilson Jt:sse
Ildrton MrsKi
zabcth
J.A. VfLSOX, r.-M.
Oc. S, IP 11.
la(c of
rVor Hi CaroSina,
K E COUNTY. .
f part if Picas aQiiafter Scss., July Term, lSil.
iljmm il. Lcrson and Jonathan L. tar-'
v son, odrnhih Ira tors, with the will an
. ' vexed, jo Ji fiii Carson, deceased, and
. George M. -arson, , i
Joseph MeD., Carson, Charles Carson,
Rebecca Carson Sidney S. Erwin and
irifc Caroline, James Smith and wife
Kinihi',Jaui$ Carson, Samuel Carson.
Sarah Robinson-, Sarah Smith, Rebec
cajcEnlirf, James Wilson , Ruth
JVikon, jmry
IVilson a?id Matilda
II ilson
.IN APPLICATION TO PROVE I THE LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN CARSON IN DUE
aVij-soli-inIform. i
f'T-pi
this
pjHciinij il tiu saiisfaction of iJiu Court in
cse, tli.it tlie tieiertdants, Money cs. ir-
win, and wife Ctiroline, James iMnitti and wite
Kmilv.-James Cajrson, Samud Carson, Sarah Rob
inson", Sarah Smith, James Wilson, Ruth Wilson v
Marv Wilson anil Matdda Wilson, are non-resi-
dents,' and liveiwiUiout the jungdtction otj tnis
Coiirt 1U? theit'fore ordered, adjudged and de
creed, that publi ation be made for. six wrcK.s in
the weekly. Rafei di Register, published at Raleigh.
North Carolina, and in the Highland Messenger,
published atfAshc tille, North Carolina, summoning
the said defendar ts to,appcar at the next Court of
r!.rt and Ouartdr Sessions to be held lor tlio coun
ty of Burke, nt tlie courtfliousc in Morganton, on
the 3d Monday.atcr the 4th Monday in Scptein
l.' i Tt tr c-vp firoeeedinrs touching the probate
of the last wuliand testament of John Carson,
dccUl., in solemn; form. ' . 1
Witness, J. Ji Erwin, lcrk oi our sa uuy,
at ofilce, on the Sd Monday in July, 1841, and in
the 66th year off American Independence.
' -Teste, ' J. J. ERWIN, Clerk.
Pr. adv. $9 00. &w B
Tlie
Il W Mi ACS "1
ncd,
TTTTAVING qualified as Administrators oi uic
13 tJ estate ot UiMUJXJAMJUx aj'Wi
July Session, 1811, of Henderson County Court,
respectfully request all persons who; arc indebted
n eM rstsite. In fcome. forward and mke payment.
And thosu ha-fing claims against the estate will
present them, duly authenticated, as the law tu
rrets or this notice will be plead iri bar of their
mm
I PR
recovery ELISH A, DANIEL &
; . ' JOHN KING,
:Sptembcr.l4l841. tf "
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,
Asctue iol thellcvolatiouary war.
In itho winter 3f '33 busineskv called me
to'thej upper part of North Carolina, where
I met. with one of the few of that gallant
band pf Heroes who so desperately fought
to win the blessed liberty we now enjoy
and as every incident connected with our
revolutionary struggle jcontains at least
some cleam of interest; I Cannot forbear re.
laimj a story which 1 heard from his hps
W hile the fame of Washington . Marion !
feumritcr, and a host of sbthers ; has
been
.cJjoedin uearlir cjxerva:
nowrmany are mere wDu
auht.04.. uespe.
raieiyj ana wun as mucn -patriotic
-patriotic
feclini
and whose names hold no place in the page
of Historywhose biows' wear no .haplets
and AVho have ' gone down to theirg raves
uuhotiored, unwept and unsung." ,
I hjtd travelled a long (way, and it Was
drawing near night. Tho evening was
dark and lowering : in i fact it had been
cloudy all day ; and as night approached, it
threatened a heavy snowjstorm. -The wind
whistled keenly through the leafless forest,
and Ijfeita gloomy foreboding that I would
have ,to spend the night 'in Ili3 woods. I
was soon agreeably disappointed, however,
for the sound of the woodman's axe came
pealirjg on the wind, ahc a turn in the road
brought me in view of a neat white cottage,
situated oh an eminenccjfrom which a view
of tho surrounding country could be had
a few minutes ride brought me to the gate
vv he r I was met by a mpj. whoso bleached
locks: bore the impress of many winters -r-I
He was near eighty years old, but active
for oie of his agk t Huj received me with
thdt lindncss and hospitilijy which! charac
ter izts that section of country, and conduct
ed mi; into the hquse at the sometime giv
ing djrections fir ' ths cars of my noble beast.
Ujiorj entering 1 1 found, most desirable
.change, every thing appeared neat and
comfortable a bright fire gleamed in 1 the
hearth reflecting its hVht on some half
dozen rosy children and a l:idvf who sat in
one Corner knitting ;1 these, in the course of,
conversation, 1 learned were his daughtcr-in-lavV
and her children, his son the-father
of th children being tlun at the? Capital on
business. In a few moments an excellent
suppr was smoking on. the table, ai.d was
as sJbn: despatched ; when we again' drew
nearjthe, fire.and shrugged our shoulder's at
tlie pitiless pelting ofj the jstormi which had
commenced, and which' tended but to make
us fejel more comfortable, j We bad convers
ed T3jon almost evevy topic, 'wrrkir our con
vers;tti,6n,turned upon the incidents of the
revotution in which he aid he had partici
pate, and if I were willing he j would re
late one. I was anxious to hear it, and ask
ed him to proceed, lie did so in the fbl
loWifig termsV- ii; '' i-'
' It was'saidhe, "daring pidyear' 17
:whei, the blood tlm-sty tyrant 'fa rlton and
his tj'bops were in possession of jilmost ev
ecv ftrong hold in the ejoi ntry, fnd a cloud
:)cino; over us threatening every motnent to
j)tirs and. crush the &Hlp jiopc tl at we en.
Jertined of one day throwing o T the Brit
U!i Joke. Soldiers, were crying out from
i'Vf t'y (pia.rter for provisions, and ofheers
Ji'udljdst ' all ne rgy.i.-.Thcj spirit of Wash
jngtu'n no longer hoverei.ll over them, 'and a
ueei-"UKmi pervaueu ine .Aniciican lines
after company had
feftjlheir homes, with the
ill 14,1V aUUlll. VUI IJ IK1 II Y
moineiithrvcxnec
tat ion of havinr ihm
pur ecu pver their
;he;ils, and they themsel
- . - --- ii
ybs' sli.ot down j in
.co!jj blood or hung up
iiivc ctijgs -wiicn
ni foma-s Boyd, Philip Williams and Joshua
hFoivell, three strong athletic youths, left
thqjr-houses in tlie mounjiins of North Car
ol i pa, in-order to proceed; to SouthN Garoli
najandjom Marion, who! was theh encamp
ed jon the Santee with a body oilmen 500
ctirpng. Slowly they wound jthcir way
thijough forcstsand swnmps until the third
nigtit, when thcyxhalted on the bcfnks of the
Ureat retlec wlfere they int6nd.ed stopping
for tlie nighty though : not without making
preparations provided thejy shouldbe attack
cd which was not improbable, ".as they had
pin the course of their journey passed several
jjjces wiit-re nuis nau De-en ournea, ana
vyjicfe the bodies of their countrk-men lay
cold in deatli: alt the work of the Tones.
who thev knew were about, iirr stn.
tidned a sentinel feach one scrvino- in turn
i .-, , jo
tvjo of them lay down to sleep ; but scarcc-
lyjhad thc3' sought that repose thry so nxich
scpnd "of horses1 Tect echoing along the
roau, ana apparently near mem, owing -to
the stillness of the night; I
tn a moment each one was mounted unon
Ml , ; ; : ,1 t
his steed with riflejeady cocked I prepared
for an attack or escape, as occasion jmight
require. After ad readtul suspense. ot ht
tern nr'twentv rriinutes the souhdhbDroach-
ci nearer, and from the position they occu-
pieo , mey saw u uouy oi uorscuic i uc&ccuu-
ing a hill in the road "some few hundred
yards off. Twilight had just spread its dim
mantle over the earthy and they fcould not
perceive whether they were . Tories" or
'j Rebels;" but when near the spot where
ihe three stood in anxious suspen ;e, a neigh
jfrom one of their, horses attracted the at
tention of tho body of horses. The 'party
suddenly halted, and the word " ready"
irung along the lines they coulc! lherper
feeive that it was a band ofTorbs, and by
lan openinjj in the woods could pferceive the
jrlcamingof swords. The commfind charge
iwas yet trembling on the Jips' ojf the tory
'Commander, when the young rebels wheel
ed and soon their horses were dpshir and
rJawins in the waters of the Great Pedee.
In a few minutes they were seen ascending
th nnnoc-te banli.of the river the tones in
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER
full puyit, while bullet after bullet was
showered aroundt and the cry ot "K i,
'IlebfsIfc rrade the' welkin ring.
Long !
could bocard the clattering of hoofs upon
the frozen ccrthj and, long and desperately
wjisthepursutt continued, but without avail
j-now dasbing through some creek which
crossed the' road, and the surface of which
was cased u ice, and cracked and crashed
as they vept onwardand now dashing'up
some di.4tn hill thir horses almost spent
with fatfcru& Often did they look behind in
hopes that the tori cs had given up the pur-
suit, Li. were as oiien tiisappomtca ; yet
-.V-"-r4"-C" -1 - j i -J "t-.xvliiO.
to stop, when ! the silence was broken
"OnJ on, n cried Boyd; if we reach Dish
opvilb we arc safe ; and again the' rowels
were dashed into thdir steeds and they rush
ed impetuously on. But 'twas of ho avail
the todies gained on them, two of the
rebels were cut down, and Boyd was left to
pursueliis way alone rapidly they coined
on him. tl Hold ! Hold! yoS Rebel" r
rung
in his cars, and he became bewildered;
madly he da&hed on, but soon his horse fell;
he rose a' madman ; long and desperately
he tought hjt at last he wad wounded
tlu head and fell. " And" said the
on
old
man, pushing aside his gray locks and dis-
playing r: tremendous sear uponnis ncaa
I am
Thomas Boyd.''
J. V.
AgricnHaral Gcjoloy
i -.Ten simple! minerals, sometimes called
the " Geological Alphabet,1! form the ele
ments of our ; globe. These minerals 'va
riously 'combined, constitute from twenty
live to thirty 'varieties of rocjis, piled, into
inouhtaifis, also appearing hi pledges and
bqulders or loose fragments, scattered over
the earth. Upon the character of the. rocks
depend the surface of the
mineral weajlh, and -other
resources fori productive .inc
country soil,
facilities (anjl
uslry, andor
physical', intellectual, and mdral prosperity.
The'ten elementary minerals are quartz.
felspar, mica horubler.d,. lime, slate; gyp
sum, terpentine, talc and chlorite. By va
rious combinations, t'hoTockjs formed from
them may be j classed into five or six fami
lies. The Granite family consists of three
uittuiucm, via., i'litnuui
frramtei uneiss. and mica
slate, all 'composed of quartz, felspar, and
mica, in different proportions and arrange
ments, j .... : ! ... ; '.
: Tho Mornbknd family' consists of three
or four mpinlfrs, viz.: greenstone, or trap-
rocks, hprubiond rock, hornblend slate, and
ocks, hb
e
Mea oi
f tthich'-are &iteredes-
tcnsiy
the world, broken from moun-
tain ran
es of great extent in various coun-
tries. . "-. L !
. The calcareous, or Lime, fainily of rocks,
consists of ncmbers more numerous, and
more various! in character, and not less in
teresting to farmers, than either of the-others
m'ention.xl.. jln .this family are common
limestone, rmj)3t or all the ijiarbles, chalk,
(all earbanates oi' lime,), gypsum, or plapter
of Paris, which is the sulpa?fte of lime. I
The Alagnesian family of rocks embraces
serpentine ridges, noted in Agriculture only
for their barrenness, but riei--in ores which
produce sorhep of our most beautiful paints,
especially s chrome yellow,
also a Tiiagndsian- rock, co
pally of talci " ,N
' The Conglomerate family
boapslone
prmei-
is compo
.1 o
fragments, o't scattered rertiajins of the rocks
just ha'pied , again cpllectcu and cemented
into" larcre 'masses, ancl even" mountain
ranges. Tiipy. are pudding-stone, sand
stone, and grpywack, each appearing under
a great variety of forms. J
Td the .farmer, all the simple minerals'
the various j rocks!, ' and the families, or
classes, under which they may be' arranged,
are oi' much interest. Several -of them, as
they determipo the character and constitute
the elements of soils; may bc considered
almost : fundamental, both in the science
and art of Aricultu re. - Those; of special ,
and cverj parbmotmt importance, arenuartz,
which is of
Hit
character of sand, and fel
spar, forming, when pulverized, varieties
of clay and lime,! which, though not essen
tial to. a good soil, like the other two, is
sMll necpssary to give a soil thehighe'st de
gree of fertility. ,.:'';! i
Stiff soils,;' light soils, loamy, calcareous, !
and ail other soils, depend much upon the,
proportions Jin vj'hich these three simple' J
minerals, arid especially the two first, are,
wvuwu'j. EiuaTiz, ori-icl ,'preutniitituxCT-
in all soils, even ptiff. or clayey, ns they are
denominated. In light soils! it is the ppnei-
pal: ingredient, though pure siiex, sanu or
quartz, produces entire barrenness, capable,
however, in some .instances, ot being ren
dered fertile: by tlie addition of a small
portion of clay. ' I
B it should be asked now these elementa
ry substances and principles of soils can be
rendered available by farmers, the answer
must be Liet them procurej " Geological
Cabinets-, "j or specimens, so selected, ar
ranged, labelled and described, its will
present in a visible, tangible, intelligible
form; the groundwork of the whole matter.
A small collection ot sucti specimens sel
dom, if evfer, fails to add Others, ana still
others, till tens soon increase to hundreds,
and a single ray becomes bifoad daylight.:
If such Geological Cabinets could be used
and explained by lectures of a familiar,
practical character, their interestand use
fulness would be greatly increased. At
present, it may be difficult to procure men
comDetent for such lectures ; but if a call
should be made fpr them, with aprospect of
remuneration, men entirely competent to
the enterprise might soon be qualified ;
some could now te found, already prepared,
15, 1841.
to make such lecture in a high degrco in
structive and entertaining. To my mind,;
no step presents itself as more important fori
giving o larmers a Knowienge oi iVgncuN
tural Geology, or fofr promoting the im.
provernnt of their farms or their minds, '
than a call for Cabinets and Lectures, de
signed to illustrate this highly practical and
popular Science.
The ' Geological Surveys,,f now in pro
gress or, completed in nearly all the States,
present a strong reason why this or some
other step should be taken, to diffuse the
knowledge collected by tliese surveys, in
vVYiufn IsVVlafo to Wnlmeif to'a toVv
ponderous volumes, placed upon the shelves
of the State and College Libraries, instead
of going into the possession and to tho uso
of farmers and mechanics, at whose expense
such information has been principally col
lected. ; j '
If tho thirty or forty Agricultural journals
now published in our cbuntry, should unite
their, strength in procuring and sustaining
Lectures as here proposed, they could
hardly fail of a measure of success which
wou,ld give to them a large reward, by
giving to the country a great amount of
light, on a highly important and interesting
sulyeet. - . ivJosiAii Holbrook.
lost 5i in!irk;iS)Ie Similay School
Scholar in liaglaisd.
To the editor of the London Christian Examiner:
Sir it you' think the following facts
suited to interest the readers of your excel
lent journal, they are at your service :
At ine last , tea. meeting in connexion
with the schools of Tottcnham-court chapel,
we were interested by the presence of an
ancient mariner, who is doubtless one of
tlie oldest Sunday scholars in England.
He produced a Bible on the occasion, the
fly. leaf c
f which contained a narrative, of
which the- following is a copy :
1 hid -Bible was presented to me bv
Mr. llailde.s, a't the tow n of Hertford, Jan.
1st., 1731, ash reward for my punctual at
tendance at the Sabbath school-, and for good
behaviour when there. Aiifjl after being
mv-cWinaniori fiftv-thrce years, lbrtV-one
of whicli I spent in the sea-servicef during
which time 1 was in forty-five engagements,
received
thirteen wounds, was three times
, 4
;iipwrecked,Hncc burnt out,Uwice capsized
in a-boat, andiiad fevers of dilferririt sorts
fifteen times tins Bible was my consola
tion ; and was newly bound for me liy James
Bishop, of Edmgburgh, on the 29th day of
October, 183 1, the day"! comuleted the 00th
year of my age. As vhnesi 'my ha tie'
, ' j - 1 James iIbacii 'Noutii.
11 N.B. Durinsr the whole time but one
leaf is lost, the last of Ezra, and tlie begin
ning of Nehemiah. ; . -
' I gave it ti) niy son, parries Beach, on
the first of January, 1811, aged fiveVears;
after being in niy possession sixty years,
and lie being enabled, by" the grace of God ,
to read it at that age. . And ni;iy the Lord
ir'ess it to him, and mtUce him wise to salvru
lion ! ; ; J;. B. NoriTii.'"-
I v.ill not consume your valuable space
with. any comments of initio on this very
extraordinary document! fr. North was,
a Master in the Navy ; and, I believe, now
lives on his half-pay. 'He has -almost en
tirely lost his hearing;; but he is a very en
lightened and devoat man, in the judgment
ot your brother ahd friend,
; J. Campbell.
A. descendant of the JPilgrim
jl aiiici'!. .. ;
Mr. Buckingham gives the following ac
countof hi
visit to Miss" While, at Piy mouth
a descend
hit of the Pilgrim Father, Win.
White, whose son Peregrine was born on
Mayflower!, at sea: She received us recli-
ninir, on tier oeu, out neatly dressed, as
3
for ten years past she had but a partial use
of her limb
s for walking, j llcr face, how-
ever, was
remarkably free from wrinkles
that usually accompany so great an age ;
her features were so, pleasing as to indicate
the possession of great beauty when young,
and she had not a gray hair in her head.-
Her hair was as brown, though not quite so
full, as that of '"a7: woman of 25; and her
cheerful sitnile,, firm voice, and intelligent
conversation, made it difficult to" beliet; in
what was, however, beyond doubt, that
she was -really 91 years of age.' She de
scribed her sight as perfectly gOod; and
oeamngiade
painful. The room in which she Jived was
in a house more than two 'hundred years
old, and one of the earliest of those built in
the colony. It was of wood, but construct
ed with great strength, apd the exact pat
tern of an English house j of the same pe
riod, a central door lovvjbut wide, with a
large handle-shaped brass knocker,' of
which we saw more in Plymouth than'any
other townj, with a broad entrance hall,
and rooms on each side. The house was
two stories' in height, very low, and across
those of the largest rooms extended a thick
and heavy beam of wood, laid flat and not"
endwise as in modern buildings. Miss
White's room was called the " cabin of the
Mayflower!," and it was certainly the most
perfect cabinet of antiquities' we had ever
yet seen: The chair used by Governor
Carver on board jthe Mayflower, made of
old English oak, with the sample for lash
ing it to the ship's deck in stormy weather,
was a prominent article in the furniture ;
the other chairs' were of the ol j high-backed
English fashions, the seat stuffed with hair,
the wood of dark mahogany, the covering
of striped black stuff. The old, chest of
drawers with "fancied brass handles ; the
oak-framed horizontal paned gks3 over the
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chimney piece; the little lions pawed ma
hogany piqr table; Ihe perpendicular and
narrow oak-framed pier glass between tho
front windows with the kiark watered mo
reen curtains ; and the family arms of. tho
Whites and Howlands, pSth pilgrims, hang
ing over the mantcl-plece, framed and
glazed, ns issued From ihp Herald sLollegp
in London carried one backo completely
to the English county Imansions of past
centuries, that -it was dmicult to leel ones
self in the new worldatid among a yet in-
fanl people. Buckiiighah s America
flfcw-York: medical School.
. . - . - r - - T rr 1
is ti report of an examination of ihe Uiiu f "
veretty Medical School Hyvhich took place
in that city on; Friday lnkt. The Sun after
enumerating' several cdseStirelates the foU -
lowing singular one on skammering : ,
A young lad wasrthqn brought in who
came to bt cured of an mveternto habit of i
..... . . 7 " I f
siam me ring. ..
r " Do you stammer 1" dsked the Professor. I
Ihe poor lad could reply only by a nodk
mave you always stammered ?" ,
Y-y.y.ycs Vfr ' : I
f What is your nama ?" f
; " Ja-Ja.Ja.James b-Ab-Ab "and tlcn
the sutferer gave up in apparent despair I
the attempt to complete lis answer. '
" Do your fatherj am. mother kn'oyv pf 3
your coming here?" , .!
41 Uy fa:fa.fa-4a.nithc'i d-dd-d-dcad !" i
As this was so ball a ease, the Professor I
stated lhat he would try an eptirely, new
operation. Ihe only way-to obtain correct
views of the.. extraordinary phenomena of
stammering was to mak! them the; subject
of patient apd persevering experiment and
cairn legniniaic ueuucuosi. i ue course no
intended to follow in this case was a cu-1
puncturation of tlie tongue. . , - A.
The patient was then placed in a chair,!
and the ProfessoV seating himself before j
him passed three needles through tho baso!
of the stammering tongue . The lad scrcam-f
ed a little," and pitt (lis 1 ands' to his eajs j
the nain resulting from thoiniury ot thd
gustating branch o
h pair of uervbsj
and passing along inj its course. lie nee
uies were urawn out t ie paiient wasueu
his mouth with a little water and then the?
Professor smilingly askcM-
. vy hat is your namq now r
" The same, sin thht it was before I1!
immediately, "and without the slightest hesU
tation, replied the boy.
The effect-was magical- the Prpfessdri
himself looked up in 'atunirinr' surprise
and the amphitheatre shook wun cnthuslJs-)
tie applause.
" Wlmt is it, lhed?"
" James Abbott,
siri
the boy-- rignjns
promptly and readily answercdj and again!
tlie astonished admiiiatie n of the' spectators!
burst forth.
A scrap of a news;
apctr was then handed
to tne" boy, and he-
icatl from it with tho
most perfect case
'Pi..: ' u: J .i-.r
x iiej suo eei oi mis
aJmost miraculous cure was then dismissed.
V . , -y-r-- ,
with a renuest to return next Saturday and
discover whether his d fliculty of speech
h;rd been effectually rem jved.
Thcv happy result of tl is case was doubt
less owrqo to the effect upon the imagina
tion,' for in two other Cases in which tho
same operation was perfortned, by no means
Such favorabrpflocfs fdllowed, althougha
slijjht relief seemed effected; m
Keeping' : enteit ki n m ent. Reqently a
gentleman while . travdlling throuirhi tho
Creek Nation, in Abbarna, ;net an Indian,
of whom he enquired how far it.wjas tcj the
next nouse. .vpout ivomucs, answered
the Qreek, 1 but just! bcyotiJ the Iiouse the
road lorks and the rmlit hand- will take voil
to a very cood house bve-'milds further.- !
Thank yod,1 said the traveller,! and ho
pursued his ournryi. In half anxiour the
iienlleman came to the first house. Tho
worthy host whs standing in the door; t
Hallo !' cried the st'r
v r
mger.
1 Hallo, yourself!1 responded the man 'of
the house. ' -: , ' ' I
' Do vou keep; entertainment here V,
Yes sir.
Can my horse have sorne" corn and fod
der V : ' . -,vt-
1 No sir, I han't got .-any.'
Can you let nie1 have some bread! and
meat?
' No,- sir.'
,. uJIaccoimnodation for lbd;inr?
' Why, then, how do you do?1 I 7 T
M'm quite well, I thank you, how j is, it
with yourself?1? .. f y
1 nc a i eaten tne jeuow nsaju-j,nc
stranger, aside, land aga in resumed: 'Well,
the road forks, I believe a short' distance
from here V '
' Yes, sfr.1
' Will yourbo so good as totcll me where
the right hand goes to ?1
' It han't gone any where, since I Jived
in these parts.
1 dnnrt dav. sir.1 said thcr strantW.
1 Good day,1 replied the fellow', coolly,;
" " , , , . -r- . n--- -
and walked into the house.
Who gave the following sensible toast?, j
Woman A rriother3 she cherishes and;
corrects us ; a I sister, . she consults and
counsels us ; a sweetheart , she coquets and
connuers us: a wife, she comforts and cou4
fides in us ; without her what wodid become
of us? i r-Tf:VX ' .-'!. !
T And what crusty old bachelor gave this 1
' Woman A mother, she scolds and
snanks ns : a sister J she tells of and pinches
us; a wife, she frowns, pouts, frets, cries J
and torments us; without her what woulrj
th&re'W to trouble us I
Oct. 6,
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