T1HI1B NOETE CABROIilKIA-N'
A SINGULAR NATURAL
PHENOMENON,
In Western Carolina.
Extracts From the National Intelligencer.
Asheville, fN. C.) Oct. 14, 1848-
Gentlemen : As you have recently been
considerably from the perpendicular, show
ing that they had attained some size before
the change of level took place on the sur
face where they grow.
The sides of the mountain, generally,
.... .rMl hv a f?ood vegetable mould,
not particularly rocky, and uuining trees
e,r- : .. . nno- the belt of con-
vjrniiciiicu ; j i Gf aree size. But along ue wii
publishing a series of letters in relation to j tne rocks are much more abundant.
that portion of the Alleghany range which 1 . ar niv ToUne trees grow
i situated in North Carolina.' you may, i r uhirh enabled them to
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perhaps, find matter of interest in the sub
ject of this communication. My purpose
in making it is not ouly to present to the
consideration of those learned or curious
in geology, facts singular ami interesting
in themselves, but also, by means ofyour
widely disseminated paper, to stimulate
an inquiry as to whether similar phenomena
have been observed in any other parts of
the Alleghany range.
A number of persons had stated to me
that at different periods, within the recol
lection of persons now living, a portion of
a certain mountain in Haywood county
had been violently agitated and broken to
pieces. The first of these shocks remem
bered by any person whom I have seen,
occurred just prior to the last war with
England, in the year 1812. Since then
some half a dozen or more have been no
ticed. The latest occurretl something
more than three vears ago, on a clear sum-
it
mcr morning. 1 hese fchocks have usually
occurred, or at least been more frequently
observed, in calm weather. They have
generally been heard distinctly by persons
in the town of YVaynesville, some twenty
miles off. The sound is described as re
sembling of distant thunder, but no shak
ing of the earth Ufelt at that distance. In
the immediate vicinity of the mountain,
and forfour or five miles around, this sound
is accompanied by a slight trembling of the
earth, which continues as long as the sound
lusts that is, for one or two minutes. Af
ter each of these shocks the mountain was
found to be freshly rent and broken in vari
ous places.
Having an opportunity afforded me a
few days since, 1 paid a visit to the local-
a a m- a 1
ity, anu tievoteu a lew hours to a ntirrieu
examination. It is situated in the north
eastern section of Haywood county, near
the head of Fine's creek. The bed of the
little creek at the mountain is probably
elevated some twenty-six or seven hun
dred feet above the level of the ocean. The
French Broad, at the Warm Springs, gome
fifteen miles distant, is twelve hundred
feet lower. They are separated, however,
by a mountain ridge of more than four thou
sand leet elevation above the sea, and there
are high mountains in all directions around
the locality in question. The immediate
object of interest is the western termina
tion of a mountain ridge nearly half a mile
to the east of the house of Matthew Rogers.
The top of this ridge, at the place where
it has been recently convulsed, is some
three or four hundred feet above the creek?
at its western extremity, but it rises ra
pidly for the same distance as it goes off'
to the eastward towards the higher moun
tain range.
The northern side of this ridge
his right
diggers of ginseng
I had not time to examine, but the marks
of violence are observable at the top ot the
ridge, and extend in a direction nearly clue
south down the side of the mountain four or
five hundred yards, to a little branch
thence across it, over a flat or gentle slope
and un the siuo of the next rit se as lar as
1 went, being for three or tour hundred
yards. The tract of ground examined by
me was perhaps halt a mile in length from
north to south 1 he breadth ot the sur
face subjected to violence was nowhere
more than two hundred yards, and gener
ally rather less than ore hundred. Along
this space the ground has been rent in vari
ous places- The fissures or cracks most
frequently run in a northern direction,
and towards the tops the mountains, but
they are often at right angles to these, and
in fact some may be found in all directions.
While some of them are barely visible,
otheis are three or four feet in width. The
annual falling of the leaves and the wash
ing of the rains has filled them so that at no
place are they more than five or six feet in
depth. Along this tract all the trees have
been thrown down, and are lying in various
directions, some of them six feet in diame
ter. One large poplar, which stood dir
ectly over one of the fissures, was cleft
open, and one-half of the trunk, to the
height of more than twenty feet, is still
standing. Though the fissures, which
passed directly under its centre, is not
more than an inch in width, it may be ob
served for nearly a hundred yards. All
the roots of trees which crossed the line's
fracture arc broken. The rocks are also
cloven by these lines. The top of the
ridge, which seems originally to have been
an entire mass of granite, is broken in
places. Not only have those masses of
rock, which are chiefly underground, been
cleft open, but fragments Iving on the sur
face have been shattered. All those per
sons who have visited it immediately after
a convulsion concur in saying that every
fallen tree and rock has been moved. The
Binallest fragments have been thrown from
their beds as though they had been lifted
up- In confirmation of this statement I
observed that a large block of granite, of
anooiong lorm, which, from its size, must
have weighed not less than twn-thousand
tons, hail been broken into th
nearly equal size. This mas was lyino
loosely on the top of the ground, in a place
nearly level, and there were no signs of
its having rolled or slidden. TheB frag
ments were separated only a few inches,
rendering it almost certain that it had been
broken by a sudden shock or jar, which
did not continue long enough to throw the
pieces far apart.
Some parts of the surface of the earth
have suuk down irregularly a few feet,
and other portions have been raised. There
are a number of little elevations or hillocks
some of a few feet only in extent, and oth
ers twenty and thirtv v,-.a . TUv
largest rise at the centre to the height of
eigne or ten teet, and slope gradually down;
some of these have been surrounded on all
sides by a fissure, which is not yet entirely
tilled up. In some instance the trees on
their sides, none of them large, are bent
itr
stanu uuriug t7..w-
With reference to the mineral structure
of the locality, it maybe remarked that
that entire section seems to constitute a
hypogene formation. It consists of gran
ites, gneiss, sometimes porphyritic, horn
blende rock, micaceous.schists, clay slate,
and various other metamorphic strata.
The nearest aqueous rocks that I know
of are the conglomerate sand-stones and
sedimentary limestone; in the vicinity of
the Warm Springs, fifteen miles distant in
a direct line. If any volcanic rock has
been found in hundreds of miles I am not
aware of it. The mountain itself bears the
most indubitable marks of plutonic origin.
It consists mainly of a grayish white gran
ite, in which the felspar greatly predomin
ates, but it is sometimes rendered dark by
an excess of mica in minute black scales.
This latter mineral I saw also there in
small rather irregular crystals. Some
portions of the rock contained, however,
its three ingredients, in nearly equal pro
portions ; the quartz, in color, frequently
approaching ash gray. In several places
I observed that the granite was cut verti
cally by veins of gray translucent quartz,
of from one to six inches in thickness
There were also lying in places on the
ground lumps of common opaque white
quartz, intersected by narrow veins not
exceeding half an inch in thickness, of
specular iron, of the highest degree of
brilliancy and hardness that that mineral
is capable of possessing. It may be re
marked that there are, in different direc
tions within two miles of the locality, two
considerably deposites of magnetic iron
ore. The only rock which I observed there
possessing any appearance of stratification
seems to consist ot mica, hornblende, and
a little felspar, in a state of intimate mix
ture, Having but a few hours to remain
there, I do not pretend that there are not
many other minerals at the locality ; but I
have no doubt but that the predominating
character of the formation is such as I have
endeavored to describe it, and I have been
thus minute in order that others may be
able to judge more accurately in relation to
the cause of the disturbances. While I
was observing the locality, my attention was
directed to an elderly man who was glid
ing with a healthy step through the forest,
carrying on his left shoulder a rifle, and in
hand a small hoe, such as the
use. His glances, al
ternating between the distant ridges and
the plants about his feet, showed that while
looking for deer he was not unmindful of
the wants of the inhabitants of the Celestial
Empire. On my questioning him in rela
tion to the appearances, he said that he
had observed them often after the different
shocks; that the appearances were chang
ed each time at the surface ; that 1 ought
to see it just after a shock, before the rain
and leaves had filled the cracks, adding
that it did ' not show at all now" He
expressed a decided opinion that the con
vulsions were produced by -ilver under the
surface. On my remarking that though I
knew that metal in the hands of men
was an effective agent in elevating rocks
and excavating the earth, yet 1 had not
supposed it could exert such an influence
when deeply buried under ground, he sta
ted in support of his opinion that one of
his neighbors had on the northside of the
mountain found a spring hot enough to
boil an egg. He also added that some
three years since he had seen on the moun
tain, two miles to the north of this one,
but in the direction seemingly of the line
of force, a blazing fire for several hours,
rising up sometimes as high as the tops
of the trees and going out suddenly
for a moment at a time at frequent inter
vals. He declared that at the distance of
a mile from where he was the brightness
was sufficient to enable him to see small
objects. Several other persons in the vicin
ty 1 found subsequently professed to have
seen the same light from different points
of view, and described it in a similar man
ner. As no one of them seems to have
thought enough of the matter to induce
him to attempt to approach the place,
though some persons represented that they
had subsequently found a great quantity
of cinder" at the point, the statement of
fact is not perhaps entitled to more weight
than the hypothesis it was intended to sup
port. It is probable, however, that some dif
ficulty will attend any explanation that
can be offered in relation to phenomena at
this place. Wve know that the elevation
of the surface of the earth is at many
places undergoing a change, so gradual
as not to be observed at any one time.
Some of the north-western parts of Europe,
for example, are experiencing a slow
upheaval equal to five or six feet in a cen
tury, while on the coast of Greenland the
subsidence, or depression, is such, that
even the ignorant inhabitants have learned
that it is not prudent for them to build their
huts near the edge of the water. Similar
changes are observed in various other
places, but thev obviously bear no anal
ogy to the facts under consideration.
Again, it is well known that earthquakes
from time to time agitate violently
puruuns oi the earth s surface ot great
er or less extent i th.it urh'ilo c'm
gle shock has permantly raised two or three
,c" u,e coasl i Chili lor several hundred
miles, others have elevated or depressed
comparatively small spaces It usuallv
happens, however, that w hen the shock is
so forcible at one point as to break the solid
strata of the globe, the surrounding parts
are violently agitated for considerable dis
tance. In the present instance, however a
shock for half a mile at least in length and
for the breadth of one hundred yards, is
such as to cleave a mass of granite of see
mingly indefinite extent, and so quick and
sudden as to displace the smallest fragments
on the surface ; and yet at the house of Mr
Rogers, less than half a mile distant, a
slight trembling only is felt, not sufficient
to excite alarm, while at the distance of a
few miles, though the sound is heard, no
agitation of the ground is felt.
Very respectfully,
T. L. CLINGMAN.
A PROFITABLE TRACE IN RIDDLES.
Translated from tbe German by Mrs St. Simon.
Nine persons sailed from Balse, down the
Rhine. A Jew who wished to go toSchal
a in pi was allowed to come on board, and
journey with them, upon condition that he
would conduct nimseii wun propriety, ana
give the captain eighteen kreutzers for his
passage.
Now, it is true something jingled in the
Jew's pocket when he had struck his hand
against it; but the only money there was
a twelve kreutzer piece, for the other
was a brass button. Notwithstanding
tliis, he accepted the offer with grati
tude. For he thought of himself "some
thing may be earned even upon the
water.'' There is many a man who has
grown rich upon the Rhine.
During the first part of the voyage the
passengers were very talkative and merry,
and the Jew with his wallet under his arm,
for he did not lay it aside, was object of
much mirth and mockery, as, alas, is often
the case with those of his nation. But as
the vessel sailed onw ard, and passed Thur
engen and Saint Vtit, the passengers one
after another grew silent, and gaped, and
gazed, listlessly, down the river until one
cried
"Come, Jew! Do you know any passtime
that will amuse us? Your fathers must have
contrived many a one during their long
journey in the wilderness."
"Now is the time," thought the Jew,
to shear my sheep!" And he proposed
that they should sit round in a circle, and
propound various curious questions to each
other, and he with their permission would
sit with them. Those who could not an
swer the questions, should pay the one
who propounded them a twelve kreutzer
piece, and those who answered them perti
nently, should receive a twelve kreu tzer
piece.
This proposal pleased the company; and
hoping to divert themselves with the Jew's
wit or stupidity, each one asked, at random,
whatever chanced to enter his head.
Thus, for example, the first asked:
"How many soft boiled eggs could the gi
ant Goliah eat on an empty stomach."
All said that it was impossible to answer
that question, and each paid his twelve kre
utzers. But the Jew said 'One; for he who
has eaten one egg, cannot put a second up
on an empty stomach," and the other paid
him twelve kreutzers.
The second thought 4Wit, Jew, I will
try you out of the New Testament, and I
think I shall win my piece! Why did the
Apostle Paul write the second epistle to
the Corinthians?"
The Jew said "Because he was not in
Corinth otherwise he would have spoken
to them." So he won another twelve kre
utzer piece.
When the third saw that the Jew was so
well versed in the Bible, he tried him in a
different way. "Who prolongs his work,
to as great a length as possible, and com
pletes it in time?"
"The ropemaker, if he is industrious."
said the Jew.
In the mean time while they drew near
to a village, and one said to the other--"That
is Bamlach." Then the fourth
asked "In what month do the people in
Bamlach eat the least?"
The Jew said, "In February, for it has
only 28 days "
The fifth said, "There are two natural
brothers, and still, only one of them is my
uncle."
The Jew said. "The uncle is your fath
er's brother, and your father is not your
uncle."
A fish now leaped out of the water, and
the sixth asked, " What fish have their
eyes nearest together?"
The Jew said, "The smallest."
The seventh asked, " How can a man
ride from Basle to Bern, in the shade in
the summer time, when the sun shines??'
The Jew said, " When he comes to a
place where there is no shade, he must dis
mount and go on foot."
The eighth asked, " When a man rides
in the winter time from Bern to Basle, and
has forgotten his gloves, how must he man
age so that his hands shall not freeze?"
The Jew said, "He must make fists out
of them."
The ninth was the last. This one asked,
"How can five persons divide five egs, so
that each man shall receive one, and still
one remain in the dish ?"
The Jew said " The last must take the
dish with the egg, and he can let it lie there
as long as he pleases."
But now it came to his turn, and
and he determined to make a good sweep.
After many preliminary compliments, he
asked, with an air of mischievous friendli
ness How can a man fry two trouts in
three pans, so that a trout may lie in each
pan ?" J
No one could answer this, and one after
the other gave him a twelve kreutzer piece.
But when the ninth desired that he
should solve the riddle, he rocked toand fro,
shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes.
" 1 am a poor Jew," he said at last.
The rest cried "What has that to do
with it? Give us the answer."
"You must not take it amiss, for lama
poor Jew."
At last, after much persuasion and
many promises that they would do him no
harm, he thrust his hand into his pocket,
took out one of the twelve kreutzer pieces
that he had won, laid it upon the table,
and said " I do not know the answer
any more than you. Here are my twelve
kreutzers."
WThen tne others heard these words,
they opened their eyes, and said that this
was scarcely according to the agreement.
r.. a 4hv rnuld not control their laugh
ter and were wealthy and good-natured
men, and as the Jew had helped them to
while away the time from Saint Veit to
Schalampi, they let it pass 5 and the Jew
took with him from the vessel let a good
arithmetician reckon up for me howjmuch
the Jew carried home with him. He had
- n,..iv. krutzer niece and a brass button
when he came on 'board. He won nine
twelve kreutzer pieces by his answers,
with hi ikwn 1 -iddle. one he naid back, ,
and eighteen kreutzers he gave to the cap
tain. JV. Y. Organ.
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We still keep a supply of Wheels, suitable for
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Persons vishing to obtain the right to use the
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eases to which females are subject at this time
of life. This period may be delayed .-everal years
by using this medicine. Nor is it less valuable
for tho.se approaching womanhood, as it is calcu
lated to assist nature, by quickening the blood
and invigorating the system. Indeed, this me
dicine is invaluable for all the diseases to which
women are subject.
It braces the whole system, renews perimnent
ly the natural energies by removing the impuri
ties of the body not so far stimulating the sys
tem as to produce subsequent relaxation, wiiich
is the case of most medicines taken for female
weakness and disease
A CERTAIN, SAFE AND EFFECTUAL. CURE FQ8
SORE, WEAK & INFLAMED EYES,
DESIGNED EXPRESSLY OF THE EYES.
The unparalleled, success which has attended the , rf
this preparation, and the acknowledged necessity f0,J
article which can be relied upon, ji a remedy in J
rases of Opthalmic affections which are so prem,,,,"'
this country, induce the Proprietor to mate arrang.,-?
tUrnfih his Ajrents: to place this Salre within the n,5j,,J
eTcry individual who nuiy ned the benefits which reitf.
from its use.
The great advant.tR possessed l.y this article ov
every other, its Certainty. Safety. Con vFiiienc nml y.tn',
my. All Physicians admit that great danger j t
prehended from drugging tfie eye when in an infl.-m."
and unhealthy state. In the use of this SaWe this ,tglf.
tion is entirely removed, as no harm can possibly rim.
from its use ; it being, in all cases applied to th cxtemsi
portions of tbe eye : thereby avoiding all the inconvenient,
nain and danger, which necessarily attend the intrr,,li,.
tion of any pungent article into the eye. Its nrtivity i,
subduing intlamation is so great that but few esse rnjuir,
the use of more than one Bottle to effect a perfect curt.
For sale in Fayetteville by Messrs Mar
tine, and S. J. Hinsdale, ami at all the
country stores.
September 9, 1848. 40S-lj
D. c W. mcLAXJRIN
Are now receiving and opening a fine assortment of SKt
SONABLE STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
Hardware, lials. caps, & shoos.
SCROFULA CURED.
This certificate conclusively proves that this
Sarsaparilla has perfect control over the most
obstinate diseases of the blood. Three children
cured in one house is unprecedented.
Dr. Townsend, Dear Sir: I have the pleasure
to iuform you that three of my childien have
been cured of the Scrofula by the use of your ex
cellent medicine. They were afflicted very se
verely with bad sores ; have taken only four bot
tles; it took them away, for which I feel myself
under dedp obligation. Yours respectfullv,
ISAAC W. GRAIN.
New York, March 1, IS 17.
of the growth of 1848.
Jan. '20.
Pirce 5
S. J. HINSDALE.
OPINIONS OF PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Townsend is almost daily receiving orders
from physicians in different parts of the Union.
This is to certify that we, the undersigned,
physicians of the city of Albany, have in numer
ous cases prescribed Dr Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
and believe it to be one of the most valuable pre
parations in the market.
H. P. PULING, M.D.
J. WILSON, M. D.
R. B. IiRIGCIS, M. D.
P. E. ELMEXDOKF, M. D.
Albany, April 1, IH Ui.
UNITED STATES OFFICER.
Capt. G. W. McLean, one of the United States
Marine Corps, and member of the New Jersey
Legislature, has kindly sent us the following ccr-
tiiicaie. it tells us own story :
Railway, Jan. 2"), 18 17,
A year since, I wa t.iken with the influenza,
and my whole system left in a debilitated state.
I was induced to try Dr Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
and after taking two or three bottles, I was very
much relieved, and attribute it entirelv to the
said Sarsaparilla. I have continued taking it,
and find that I improve every day. I believe it
saved my lite, and would not be without it under
any consideration. G. V. McLEAN.
DYSPEPSIA.
No fluid or medicine has ever Ween discovered
which so nearly reembles the gastric juice or
saliva, in decomposing food and strengthening
the organs of digestion, as this preparation of
Sarsaparilla. It positively cures every case of
dyspepsia, however severe or chronic. If any
doubt this assertion, we invite them to read the
following indispensable testimony of a gentleman
of the highest respectability. If this is not en
tirely satisfactory, we would be happy to give
other reference to . some of the first families in
the city, who have used it with perfect success
in this and other distressing diseases.
Bank Department, Albany, May 10, IS 13.
Dr Townsend, Sir: I have been afflicted for
several years with dyspepsia in its worst forms,
attended with sourness of the stomach, loss of
appetite, extreme heartburn, and a great aver
sion to all kinds of food, and for weeks (what
I could eat) I have been unable to retain but a
small portion cn my stomach. I tried the usual
remedies, but they had but little or no effect in
removing the complaint. I was induced, about
two mouths since, to try your extract of Sarsa
parilla, and I must say with little confidence, but
after using nearly two bottles, I found my ap
petite restored, and '.the heartburn entirely re
moved, and I would earnestly recommend the
use of it to those who have been afflicted as I
have been. , Yours, &c.
W. W. VAN ZANDT.
For sale in Fayetteville by SAM'L J
HINSDALE, Druggist.
Also, by J. & W. JOHNSON Clinton."
December 30, 1S48. 3l4lj.
Oct 7. 1S4S.
502- tf.
Encourage
Home Manufacture;,
A. A. McKETHAN
Will continue to carry on the business of
late firm of Gardner and McKethan, in its
branches. He has now on hand, and intends tu
keep, a general assortment, consisting of
CARRIAGES, BAROUCHES,
Buggies, Gigs, Sulkies,
WAGONS, &c.
Which, for elegance of shape and finish, ami du
rability, will compare with any mudc in the I
States.
Persons wishing to buy, would do well to ci
and examine his work, as he h;;s determined u
sell low for cash, or approved no tcs.
Having in his employment first rate smirk
he is prepared to do my iron work in the abu t
line, on moderate terms
He warrants all his work to be of good and
faithful workmanship and materials, for one vra
03 Repairing faithfully executed at short no
tice, and on reasonable terms.
January 13, IS IS.
Fall Goods, 1848.
JAMES KYLE 1
Is now receiving and general assnrtmont of k
DRY GOODS.
A mono; which are :
Superfine French and Knjilifh Cloths.
Ditto ditto ditto Ca.siiner,
Merino Casnimcrcs and Sattiiu-t.,
Kentucky Jeans and Tweeds,
Kerseys and I. ins eya.
French and Knglish Merinos,
Printed De-Lairis and Cashmeres,
.Alpaca. Silk stripe and plain.
Kit h Silks, colored and black,
Irish Linens. I, awns, mid Diapers.
Jaconets, plain, striped, and checked,
Klegant Lace Collars and Capes.
3-4 to 12-12 blenched and brown Domett:?.
Silks, Worsted, and other Vetting.,
Anker Bolting Cloths. No. 2 to 10.
75 packages Boots ami Shoes.
With many other articles; all of which Ix-inj; punh""
by the 1'ackage for Cash will be offered at Try reJw
prices for Cash or approved paper.
October 14. 1848. "
NOTICE.
I am determined to leave 1'V
ettevilfe as soon as I can wind up my business. .All"
wishing to buy cheap goods can find them at my iNK
tirecn Street, next to .hi H. Lectu's
JAMES DOT)?
January, 6, 1849. 41j-t'
100,000 Acres Valuable
TIMBER LAND.
FOR SALE. V
The subscriber has purchased all the l3"
belonging to the estate of .Abram Dubois, A1
lying principally in Robeson county, aud
both sides of Lumber river, the different u!
vevs containing over ONE HUNDKED THOt
SAND ACRES ; a large part finelv timber'
and conTenient to Lumber river, where a lar?
quantity of Timber is now rafted'to the Georf'
town market. These lands are verv tbIu
both for Timber and Turpentine, for which Pu:
pose a large part is well suited, beins; in a
where the Turpentine yields moTe abundant
than any other section of the State. Thelmf
will be sold at a Jow price, and in quantity 1
suit purchasers.
Information respecting the title can be obtf;
ed by applying to the Hon. Robert Strange, J 1
Dobbin, Esq., A. A T. Smith, Esq., Attorneys'
Law.
I understand there are many trespasser
these lands, to all of whom notice is hereby P'
that the law will be enforced against all sucn
fenders. .
Application for any part of the ands can i
made to myself, or to John Winslow, Esq
will be duly authorized to make sale of the a
THOMAS J. CURTIS
an. 13, 1S49. tf.