MijLtraci frum t*rof i'mmons’t ia»t
UEOLOGiCAL REPORT.
tCoSOMlCAL PRODUCTH OF THE COAL FIELDS,
A-VD of the REl> SANDSTONES
luduitr) Dever lack-* inateri»li upon wbicb to
expend its euerfiy It 19 not cupidity which
alwiya setkn the us^eful, ia th> rough quarrie? of
oaturt The occurreuce of one valuable produot
li but a step towards the discovery of another;
uomiaated m»teriala for construction, r*uch as fr«*e !
stones and fire-cbys. Tbe r«J and purple snd-
ston^c aboQD1, in the lower red saa^lstocc, with
beds waitable for baildiog atooe. Tbe color of
t^P9e V^du, wh itever it may b«, is lively md in-
vitii-2 Indeed, no difference can be di«?r>Tered
betMre**!! tho"^ of Deep river and those of the ,
Hud-.11 rivt-r. ur the (Connecticut river sandstone
[FroJessor Eir.mous remarks that tbe*e quarries of
stone will become rerr valuable if tbe improvements
and we are fi^uently surprised at the Lumerous ^ contemplated, though now
waiits which are supiJied in a single .senc, of • constantly tempte.l to
sedimeots. In addujon to tbe coal, which toe • • n
first object of pur5uit. and the discovery of which change place and emirate ] . , ,
has opened the way for others, and which pro- The Jirf-rhys, though they are not found be-
bably would be usele.-s. were there no coal; iron neatb every coal seam, st.Il are common in con
ore, free stones, grini»loue grit*
way be enumerated.
Tb« iron ores belong to two or tbrev di'tioci
kinds:
1. The ordinary Hydrous ptrroxide^, with ar
gillaceous matter, which are ocdoubtedly the
altered product* derived frouj the argillaceous csr-
booate
2 The »aaie kind i[ appearance, but which is
magnetic
cl. Tbe black band of the Sc'^tcb inineri. nod
which ia rejrarded by a geatltmau well acqujint-
ed with ibis ore, as tbe Blnckbat of tbe Scotiisli
miners
All these kinds appear tu be abundaut, .r to
be coexten3i\t; with the coal sUtC' I am u >t
able to speak of the extent of the Irowtj n.agne-
tic ore which occurs upon the plantation ‘ff Mr
Tyson. It is an interestiog anomaly in the way
of iron ores, to find tbe brown ores, with their "rdir.-
ary aspect, strongly magnetic. I ?U'f>eo^ this
kind may be confined to the surface, ina^^l^l•b.
as under the action of light, and perhaps certain
atmosphere influences, the black ore.s of the older
rocks become very strong magnets
The argiliaceons carbonate, when e.xp >.sed to
meteoric influenc®, tbe hydrous peroxide, with
argillaceous matter, occurs at the depth of about
two hundred and thirty feet in the shaft at
Egypt. It is frequently found outcroppin*: above
the coal seams, in nodular masses of different
forms and sifes, and may be employed as a clue
to the position of the coai .sesms; inasmuch, as
there are no known bituminous seams above the
iron ore beds. The princinal seams are below;
but inasmuch a» there is another outer'>ppin;/ of
iron ^>elow the seams, about thirty-fnur yard~
distant, it i.^ necessary to be on guard. ‘■0 as not
to be led astray by the inferior beds of iron
These outcropping beds of iron ore at the (/ulf,
are undoubtedly the‘•earns of black band, b-rloug-
ing to tbe next seam of coal below the main >eam,
which at Egypt is thirty feet below in the shaft
But this ore, though traces of its outcropping
may be seen at several places, is not alway> to be
found upon the surface. It i.s rarely as string at
any place, as at the Gulf.
The argillaceous carbonatw occurs in balK, and
in continuous beds. They are adjacent to each
other. The color of the ore is gray or drab; it
effervesces with acids, and is somewhat siliciou?;
and certain parts of the seams of ore are tough.
It differs in no respect from the argillaceous car
bonate of the carboniferous scries It contains
about thirty-three percent of metallic iron The
surface ores being altered, the carbonate'contain
fifty per cent, of metallic iron. This i.- not too
large a per centage to be estimated for the mag
netic ores of the Tyson plantation ()t the quan
tity of these carbonates there can be no doubt;
and fir*"clay«. ; nexif*ti with the coal, and between the main and
' little seams It is well known that they are im
portant for fire brick and other kindred purposes,
where a refractory article is required. * *
These sin2ular beds are rejjarded as the soil upon
Whether
well account-
which th^ eoil-prnducing plants gre
thi' view be true or not, the fact i«
ed for by this theory * * * i
—Beneath the red sandstone, the '
congloHierate is so perfectly oonsolidateti that it |
forms a valuable millstone This is made up al- I
mo^t entirely of compacted quartz pebbles, which
are 'O tirmlv imbedded that their fracture is often
•iir'ctir across the axis of the pebble, where it
would 6#^ expected fi> break out These pebbles !
ar“ derived from the quarti veins »f the Taconic
and hcnce, consist of milky quartz. j
fhe beds vary in thickness from six inches to |
eighteen, or even two feet.
The St me i- adapted to the grinding of Indian
.corn. They are .said to be better cornstones than
tbu, French Burrbstonc; for grinding wheat, tbe
latter have been always preferred, as they are far
less liable to heat the flour. Several quarries are
opt-ned in .Mor.re county, and from them tbe*
count.-y i> principally supplied The eonglorue- 1
rate at or near the base of the upper sandstone is j
less iOtj>olidated, and is not so well adaptfil to j
the formation of millstones The thickne?.s of j
the beds is from forty to .sixty tVet; but it is a j
nia?s which thins out, and hence its thickness at j
several poinf'? is extremely variable. The lower !
sandstone, with its conglomerates, is better de- |
vel-tped in the south-west part of .Moore county
than elsewhere. We find, eren at the iulf, the
cor:^!'.merate ceases to be an important stratum.
* m W •
t>r\hihf"ti>- (inti —In the midst of the gray
stone beds, more particularly those which occupy
a place between the tw . red sand>tones, I have
frequently observed valuable grits, which are
suitable both for coarse and fine grindstones.
Grindstones have, however, been frequently made
from the reddish bed as well as the drab and gray
grits Thf^e «ton*?s ha\e been made to supply ,
the Want.' the citizens in a neighborhood fur j
rerii -vfd from the means of tranaportiug heavy !
niuteri-il'
Jiitumin'^un —The .elates of the coal se- i
rie,-, c'pecially where they are very near the coal '
'eam«, are highly bituminous They are known
to contain ’2'‘ 0 per cent, of volatile matter, and
00 per Cent of fixed carbon. Slates are em-
ployerl for illumination in Europe, when they are
near a large population It would seem, there
fore, that the elates of l)eep river may, under
favor:tble circumstances, be employed for this
purpojf. It i« evident that they cannot be trans
ported far for any purpose Tliey ignite readily
in the tire and in a candle, blaze and burn with
OCR FOKKION HKINKS
Si'cretary OMtbri^ *n«! hi>i «uKTdinate-i in tL-*
United States Trea«ury l>-;>«rtmeTt :nu't 1 ■
wond**rfol men Looking ov*-r the volume i*«lleJ
the “Report on the Finances/’ with it« »iT
hundred aud seventy pages of facts and tigures,
we art- perfectly asoaaed at the amoiint of infor-
mati^n it gives, and we marvel at the industry
and the zeal, to say nothing (tf the arithmetical
skill, that must have been brought into exercise in
the preparation of tbe b»iok. Tbe nu»nber of j
tables and the variety of the information they |
give are perfectly bewildering We wander.
among a maze of figures. We learn all about
our expcts aud impori.s, not only for one year, |
but for scores of years We learn all about j
population, wealth, cotton, iron, coai, coinage, '
commerce, and manufactures, and as we turn ■
over page after page, we (frow more and more !
sensible of tbe dignity of figures—the majesty >>i \
statistics
Among the tables spread before us by the
Secretary is one of some volume and detail,
telling how much wine, spirits, and malt liquor
have been imported into this country for a series
of years We Ivave not room for the whole of it;
but we give in a compact shape the number of
gallons and their value imported during the year |
ending June 30, ISSt) It is as follows;
A FRONTIER SCENE AKRIVAL OF THE ASIA!
\b>ut s’ven miliV! north of Hopkinsville, Ken- Nbw Yobk, Feb. "2'2.
»ui ky, i'M verv remarkable «pot. A siiHtarr post' The steamer .-liiVi, with LiTerpool date^ to
osk stank« in the barrens, in the forks of the the 7th, arriTed today, bringing nearly $400,000.
roads, and has ohtflined, universally. th» name of in sp^ie
the “Ijcnesome PiV'at Oik *’ In the early settle
meiit of the country — more than half a century
ago—thii* was the only tree to be seen for many
mile.-* roand, and hence obtained its name It
was then tall, green, and flourishing; it is now,
however, if it yet stands, a leafless, branchles."?. 1 interior They are also abouf
thunder-riven, shattered trunk, sending up its towns on the Persian (tulf
shafts as straight as the mainmast of a ship of The English and French troops have been or-
war. Superstition has long guarded the spot, dered to evacuate Greece Their demand having
The tree is looked upon with something like ' been fully complied with, a commission from the
the same veneration with which the Egyptian three protecting powers, Russia, England and
A telegraphic dispatch from Constantinople
says that Rus.sia demands tbe oecupation of the
Persian province .MaiHnderan
Tbe English have re constructed the forts at
Bushire. left troops there, and marched into the
are also abouf to occupy two
regards his pyramids, those grim sentinels of an
tiquity.
The place is remarkable for a very severe bat
tle tougbt by llarpeand Davis The BigHarpe,
and Little Ilarpe, his brother, were the terror of
the surrouading country in those early times
Two more execrable monsters never disgraced
humanity They live«l with two women as bad
as themselves, in a cave about twenty miles from
this tree Bloi^d and ma.ssacre were their de-
France, ha3 been appointed to investigate condi
tion of the Greek finances.
Parliament met on the 8rd
Tbe Queen in her sp**ecb says, that she hopes,
in negotiating with the L'nited States and Hon
duras about t’entral America, all difficulties will
be removes!
The wars in Persia and China were discussed.
Information wai asked, and an interesting dis
cussion occurred, concerning the Hudson’s Bay
light It was their custom to .sally forth, and, ( Compuny, during which its annexation toCanada
without any reason, to murier, without distinc- was broached by .Mr. Laing, as tbe only means of
ti.tii, ttll the men, women and children they could * averting a conflict, which might arise from Amer
Madeira Wine.
Sherry Wine,
Sicily Wine,,
Port Wine,
Claret Wine,
Other red Wine,
(Jther w'hite Wine,
Brandy,
Grain spirit^;,
Othe'- spirits,
English Ale, &C
Scotch Ale, A;c
Total,
Gallons
44.3y:^
398,39-2
1'S4,104
•2t>4,S16
tjy7,834
517,13ii
1,715,717
l,oS-2,13r,
771,604
79-2,153
359,4St)
Value.
?3-2,03l
-270,317
tH,95t
I5S,720
5*n,440
•285.111
180,496
•2,859.34*2
77-2,-27t‘)
-288,494
504,140
193,000
170,939
find. ,\s the country diled up, the people could
n-t Uiuger submit to their horrid depredations.
Men and dogs collected, and took the pursuit.
They came on the two Harpes in a narrow valley,
at about two miles from this tree They imme
diately mounted their horses and dashed off in
;he direction of their cave. In going about five
miles, Davis, whose horse was very fleet, had
left his companions, and caught up with Big
lean emigrants overstepping the borders and
squatting on English territory.
The Sound Dues Treaty has been printed It
binds the states signing, to pay Denmark up
wards of 30,000,000 Rix dollars. The govern
ment of Naples officially pardons all State prison
ers in the Kingdom.
Liverpool, Feb 7th.
Commercial.—Cotton, fair and mid Jlinii, the
since they occur along the entire outcrop of the ! * g'''*d flame, emitting a white light The ques-
slates of the coal .series. A very beautiful and
rich kind is found at Benjamin Wicker’.i beyond
tbe known limits of the coal seam; so, at tbe other
extreme, at Murchison’s, it is stiii in place, and
holding the same relations as at the Cm!f, at
or Mclver’h.
I am unable to distinguish the black band
from the argillaceous carbonate, where if has
been subjected to meteoric influence.^. I have,
heretofore, maintained and expre.ssed the opin- them, and which
ion, that there were two bands of the ore under , some account,
consideration; one above, and the other beli*w, ■
the main coal seam; but the shaft at Egypt proves
tbe existence of the black band accompanying the
little coal seam; and hence, it is probable thut
what appears to be argillaceous carbonate, is the
black band, changed by exposure to the air.
There is, probably, only two bands ,f the argil
laceous carbonate—the continuous band or seam,
and the band of iron balls in proximity with each
other.
This is mined with great ease and facility. Al
though hard and difficult to penetrate with the
auger, yet, when the slate beneath the band is
taken out, tons of it fall into the pit at once. The
expense therefore of mining, is trifling under the
circuEustances; and hence, there is no reason for
doubting the feasibility of making iron from it at
a profit.
The black band invariably accompanies the
coal seame. There are now known three seams
of it; one between the main coal seams, another
immediately below, and a third, equally import
ant, accompanying the little coal seam thirty feet
below the former, and from which it is separated
by slates and gritty fire-clay, fifteen feet thick.
The black band owes its high value as an ore,
to the facility with which it is converted into
pig, and the quality of the pig produced from it.
The ore itself is black and somewhat massive, us
a slate; fracture compact and even, or only slifrht-
ly conchoidal. It would be mi.staken for a heavy
massive slate.
This ore was first discovered at Farmersville-
but it was not suspected to be the .Solh Uncle
band; but that it would prove available ore there
could be no doubt. Mr. Paton, a gentleman of
tion may be entertained, whether it is not possi
ble to obtain the bitumen or volatile matter in a
portable .^tate The importance of light and fuel |
certainly warrant triaU for this purpose. Kven '
the .slate far removed trom the coal seurus is com- j
bu~tibl>>, and highly ?o. It is doubtful whetLer 1
such a ma«> of bituminous slates exist.-i even it !
the i-arboniferous .«eries It is impossible to es- I
timaie the amount of combu.-.tible matter locked ■
it is possible may be
great experience in iron making, fir.st suggested
to .Mr. i'lc(Jlane the character (jf the ore. PiX-
amination provtd the coirc-ctinss of the gentle
man’s opinion already referred to. When roasted
it is strongly magnetic, and probably the brown
magnetic ore of Tyson’s, is only an altered black
band, as it occurs also in layers, or in the form
of a fissile ferruginous slate.
The composition of the black band was deter
mined for me by my friend Dr. Jackson. it is
composed of,
Carbon, ;ll.:i»>
Peroxide of iron, 47.•’>u
Silex.
Bitumen and water, 8.81
J^ulpbur. :>
lOO.(M)
This ore becomes
The -Sh'je Stiil.—A farmer once went
to market, aud meeting with good luck, he .sold
all hi.! corn and lined his purse with silver and
gold. Then he thougLt it time to return, in order
to reach home before nightfall; so he packed his
money-bags upon his horde’s back, and i!ct out
on his journey. At noon he stopped in a villi»/e
to re.st; and when he was starting again,
Ostler, as he led out the horse, said, “Please yc
sir, the left shoe behind has lost a nail." “Let
it go,” answered the farmer;” “the shoe will hold
fast enough tor the twenty miles that I have .still
to travel. I’m in haate.” So raying, he jour
neyed on.
In the afternoon, the farmer stopped agai^ to
bait his horse; and as he wa.^ sitting in the inn,
the stable-boy came and said, ‘Sir, your horse
has lost a nail in his left shoe behind; shall 1 take
him to the smithy''” “Let him alone,” answered
the farmer; “I’ve only six miles further to
and the horse will travel well enough that dis
tance. I’ve no time to lose.”
Away rode the farmer; but he had not gone far
before the horse began to limp; it had not limped
far, ere it began to stumble; and it had not
stumbli d long, before it fell down and broke a
leg. 'I’heu the farmer was obliged to leave the
horse lying in the road, to unstrap his bugs, throw
them over hi.-! shoulder, aud make his way home on
foot as well as he could, where he did not arrive till
late at nigtit. “All my ill-luck,” said the farmer
to himself, “comes trom neglect of a horse
shoe nail.” Header, look out tor your horse-shoe
nails.
Loiiijevif^ in KikjIhihI. — We yesterday pub
lished a biographical sketch of Mrs. Curgenven,
who recently deeea.sed in Cornwalll in her lUOth
year, but some months since there appeared in
the Illustrated London News an obituary of Miss
Elizabeth Gray, teacher, who died in Edinburg
in April, 1850, at the age of 108, having been born
in May, 174S, who at the census of 1851 was
then the oldest person in that city, and at her
death was the oldest person in Scotland. Her
oldest broilier died in 1728, twenty years before
her birth, and her father in 1755. So that she
survived her father 101 years, and (which is so
much more extraordinary that it may not again
occur in a century^ her hrothcr died I*2b ye.arahf-
fort hf I'. She long taught school in hgr native city,
and a gentleman now resident in London, stated
he attended it 71 years ago.
, ... , important, in consequence of
the facility of its conversion into pig. I u,„ uot
able to say whether the 89 hundredths per cent,
of sulphur in the roasted ore is sufficient to exert
‘ Id Swocrw' Jf'"'"' warn «ud suu-browncd -m.
not. in the progress of mining, the black band from f..rciLni i-inds he loot
16 80 closely connected with the coal, that it will Iloot
necessarily be raised; and hence, a valuable ore
will be obtained at the surface, with only a tri
fling additional cost, over that which attends the
mining and raising of tbe coal only.
From the occurrence of this ore, the mineral
resources or tbe wealth of the coalfield is very
much increased. We may, therefore, congratu
late the friends of the Deep river improvement,
and those of the mining interest of the country,
on this accession of valuable products; which must
secure for this region important establishments
for the manufacture of iron.
In connexion with the subject of iron ores, I
may very properly introduce those which are de- wildernesB."
We have somewhere read of a traveller who
stood one day beside the cages of some birds
that, exposed for .sale, ruffled their sunny plumage
on the wires and struggled to be free. A way-
in, like one returned
cign lanas, ne looked wistfully and sadly
in these captives, till tears started in his eye,
and, turning round on their owner, he asked tbe
price (if one, paid it in strange gold, and, open-
j ing the cage, set the prisoner free; and thus he
did with captive after captive, till every bird was
away, soaring to the skies and singing on the
I wings of liberty. The crowd started and stood
I amazed; they thought him mad, till, to the ques-
I tion of their curiosity, he replied, “I was once
myself a captive; I know the sweets of liberty.”
Louisville Journal.
\V hat evidence have we that Cowper was poor?
Answer He “Oh'd for a lodge in some vast
k,s43,370
This is a snug little table for jirother Jonathan
to sit down to of a winter evening How the
glasses sparkle on that board, and how comforta
ble the old gentleman feels, as he stretches his
legs under the mahogany, groaning with its
8,*40,470 gallons, while his purse is groaning at
the little bill of over six millions of dollars,
charged against him by his foreign cousins for
the fluids they furnished to him We begin to
fear that he is a pretty hard drinker, for besides
all these wines, spirits and ales r*-ported on his
('ustom HoU'C books, he distils a fearful quantity
of .Mononguhela and Bourbon; manufactures a
dreadful supply of “French brandy,” brews
beer, aie and porter enough to fill every day any
quantity of great tuns of heidelburg; and has
lately taken to growing his own grape.s and mak-
iui; his own champagne and other wines, »o that he
ruav siX)U be able to say that his country is a
well-liquored as well a* a well-watered country
From the statistics furniibed by Mr. Guthrie
it does not appear that our importation of all li
quors is increasing We get .scarcely one-fourth
as much Madeira wine as we used to; but this is
owing to the failure of the vines in Madeira. The
supply of Sicily wine is leas than it was ten years
ago. Tbe Port has fallen off materially, and
would appear still le.ss, if none but the genuine
article were reporttni. The claret is below the
average of tbe past eight years; the “other re-l
wines,” as well as the “‘other white wines,” are
scarcely half what they used to be. Brandy^bas
fallen ofl in quantity more than one-half from
what it was in 1850, but it has cost us much
more. The “other grain spirits” are increasing,
aud so are tbe English aud Scotch malt liquors,
uotwithstaudiDg that we make such amazing quan
tities of lager beer, ale and porter, and notwith
standing that our liquors of this kind arc often
as good and always tar cheaper than the best we
can import. The great increase of liquors im
ported IS in Sherry wine, which has beeu'teadily
advancing, from 4,085 gallons in l'?43, up to
about 4UU,0UU gallons in 1850. It is plain, in
deed, that in spite of Temperance societies, li
quor luws, and moral reforms of all kinds, we
are still a hard-drinking people, and likely to
continue .so. The only encouraging thing that
we see in Mr. Guthrie’s figures is that there
.seems to be a growing taste for malt liquors aud
light wines, in preference to the pernicious spir
its which we used to consume so lavishly.
Phil. Bulletin.
Yankee Knterprise.—A merchant in this city
had a pile of lumber which he was anxious to
ship, but on the day befor« shipment the great
snow came on, and the lumUtr was covered with
it. A gang ot laborers could not be bad, and
what to do he didn’t know. He was accosted by
a young man to learn the time, when he asked
him why he did not buy a watch. The young
man said he could not afford it. The merchant
told him he would give him his watch (worth
$200) if he would dig the boards out by break
fast time next morning. The young man at
tempted the task, and accomplished it, working
by moonlight all night, and the next day’s sun
shone upou the scene of his labors, displaying a
vast pile of boards, over two hundred feet in
length, fifty feet in width, aud six in height.
Having accomplished his task, he shouldered his
shovel and marched home to breakfast, after
which he repaired to tbe counting room of the
astonished merchant for the prize he had so fairly
earned. The latter promptly paid the foYfeit.
The young man is a Bostonian, about twenty-one
years of age, and unused to laborious employ
ment. So says the New York Herald.
A Neic Dodye.—A few days since a well dres.sed
and gentlemanly looking man, leading a beautiful
boy some five years of age, entered a jeweller’s
shop in Broadway. New York, and asked the price
of a handsome gold bracelet; it was S125. The
gentleman examined, and finally bought the
article and put it in his pocket. He then took
out a large purse, full of shining pieces, and
opened it. At that moment he suddenly ex
claimed, with a look of alarm, “Why where is
Charley?” o*od, dashing the plump pur.se on the
counter, he rushed from the store in frantic search
of his boy who had disappeared. The clerk
awaited the gentleman’s return for some time,
with his pursa lying where he had cast it down
in his excitement. No fear of trickery was enter
tained, as the purse evidently contained money
amounting to twice the value of tbe bracelet.
But when hour after hour passed without the gen
tleman’s return, and it was found that the purse
only contained brass medals, the size of half
eagles, the clerk and his master both came to the
conclusion that their customer was a slippery one,
and that his innocent looking boy was not being
brought up in the way he should go.
Resistance to Ridicule.—Learn from the earli
est days to inure your principles against the peril
of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason,
if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than
you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant
terror of death. If you think it right to differ
from the times, and to make point of morals do
it, however rustic, however antiquated, however
pedantic, it may appear; do it, not for insolence,
but seriously and grandly—as a man who wore
a soul of his own in his bosom, and did not wait
till it was breathed into him by the breath of
fashion.—Sydney Smith.
Harpe, he having previously separated from his broker’s circular quotes slightly lower, and lower
brother, the Little Harpe. grades slightly better. Closed firm. .Sales for
Here were two powerfjl men, armed with rifles, ^ tbe week 45,000 bales
butcher knives and tomahawks, by themselves, Breadstuffs dulls and unchanged, except corn,
far from help, and bent on death. Davis well which has advanced Oi.
knew that it overpowered he would certainly be .Money slightly easier (’onsols, f>r raouey
killed; and Harpe had determined to die rather , 93^.
than be taken alive. They passed and re-passed * ^
each other, frequently making blows without . DISTRIBUTION.
effect, each dreading to tire for fear of missing, j ^ imperatively nece.s.sary to reduce the
and thereby placing himself at the mercy of his j fc^erue, to guard against too large an accumul;i-
‘ COMMrviCATION.
rOH TH£-OBstRVKK
A ccmrnunicatlon in the Wi u::cy - j
of the l^Jth inst., over the aiiriatur-
River/’ cotcmeating on tbe ist .•
Fear,” as publisbed in tbe Obse-Ter f
Jan’y, should have a psi»-ing notice
“Cape Fear” difccinims atiy ititentiot, to u d
value, or misrepresent, in his fcUtetLent in '
to the Deep River works, ajid jf 0^^-
error, he will be the first to ackt.o^Tlei^l*^,'^^
rect it. Truth is what he seeks
He had always understood th^t the I..V-' /
cept those below Little B»''’fcr; wou: J
only 16 by 80 feet, and it was so itatei, auj K ’
estimates were based on Bjat.i of that
But “Deep River” states t jat he “kLo^r
the Locks will admit Bjat» I5 by 105 fsf.-'
so, I acknowledge my estimate to be w"
far as regards the difference in the ditcer.-V^^
the Boats But is not “Deep Rirr-^”
in the fact? This is a question ti-ilj
the Locks may be meas'ired But th“ ^
while, [ will aUte, that the '
am informed by the
measures from stem to stern exa.t v
long by 17 feet wide, and
•firouifb
slOiif'eJ
thin
antagonist. Finally, the horse of Big Harpe j
fell, and threw his rider, then rose and galloped •
off. Harpe sprang to his fe«t, aud fired at Da- !
vis’ horse which reared and fell. They were now
not more tiian ten yards apart. Harpe, whose
sagacity was equal to his courajje and villainy,
kept d idging and springing from side to side,
approaching Davis, however, by imperceptible ,
degrees Davis, discovering he would soon lose j
tbe benefit of his gun, now fired in his turn but
without effect Kach man now drew his knife,
aud they clo.sed in mortal struggle. Very .soon
they fell, side by side; but at this juncture a
large wolf dog of Davis' came to bis master’s
assistance, and .seized Harpe by the throat. This
produced a diversion in favor of Davis, who im
mediately recovered himself and stabbed Harpe
to the heart. The hideous yell which tbe wretch
tion in the Treasury, there are various modes of
attaining that end wituout any serious advantage.
Mr. Guthrie estimated a balance of about S44,-
000,000 on the 20th of June, 1858. We owe,
in tbe shape of public debt for loans, exclusive
of i20,000,000 to Indians, about S31,000,000.
Let the Secretary of the Treasury increase his
premiums for the redemption of these loans. He
j boasts of the saving of interest on tbe stock alrea-
I dy called in, and a few per cent, more would not
I affect the result materially, or damage his reputu-
j tion as a successful financier.
But there is another mode which is worthy of
consideration, because it involves a principle of
justice to the old Stales, and may now be on op
portunity canvas-sed upon its abstract merits.
Mr. Bell gave notice in the Senate on Thursday,
of bis intention to bring in a bill for an equitable
sent up, is said still to be heard on dark nights, . distribution of the proceeds of the public lands
among all the States, upon a just basis of popu
lation. This echo of the olden time, when Whig
measures addressed themselves to the intelligence
and patriotism of the country, vibrated gratefully
upon many, who like myself, still cling with pride
and with satisfaction to the glorious recollections
of that party. It stirred our blood, like the blast
of the war trumpet, when Clay and Preston, and
Webster and Bell, and Mangum and Southard,
and such like, sounded the call to duty, and
summoned hosts of gallant men, from the remotest
corners of the Union—men who knew only a
common country, and were united by a common
bond of patriotism. If Bell could carry his pro
position, the figures of the Treasury Department
demonstrate that the aggregate revenue might
be reduced about 80,500,000 annually, by di.s-
ringing wildly along the heath. Some of Davis’
friends soon joined him; they dug a bole and
buried Harpe at the foot of the Lonesome Post
Oak.
Little Harpe escaped, went down the Missis
sippi, and joiued the celebrated Mason and his
gang at Stack Island. So)n after Harpe joined
him, .Masfm attacked a flat boat from Cincinnati,
aud killed all the hands. For this a large re
ward was offered for Masm, to obtain which, lit
tle Harpe decoyed him to Natcbei, and there in
formed against and betrayed him. On .Mason’s
trial, Harpe himself wa.s recognized, was tried and
found guilty; and on the .same day that Mason
was hung he also expiated bis crimes 'on the
gallows. Mason was a very remarkable aud ex
traordinary man He was distinguished by a
strong double row of under and upper teeth that ' tributing the lands proceeds
clenched together with the energy and tenacity of
a steel trap.
vl Little Millionaire.—The fact that Joshua
Sears, ot Boston, left his .son, three years old,
Sl,5t>7,UOU, has been published. Tne Boston
Traveller says;
On the day he reaches the age of twenty-one
he is tirreceive 830,UOO in cash, from that period
until he is twenty-five years old be ia to receive
84,000 annually; from twenty-five years of age
till he reaches the age of ttiirty years he is to be
During tbe fi.scal year which expire? on the
30th of June last, the sales reached within a frac
tion of 89,000,000, and 813,000,000 are the es
timated receipts for the year 1857 and 1858. By
deducting the proceeds for the present and suc
ceeding year, the balance in the Treasury on the
SOth June 1858, which has excited so much com
ment in particular quarters, would be cut down
to about 831,000,000, or just the amount of the
public debt. Call that debt in according to the
manner suggested, by increasing the rate of
premiums, and there would be no balance to
paid 80,000‘per annum in cash, and after that | squabble over. Meantime Congress would have
period he is to receive 810,000 annually, during j leisure to investigate the whole tariff question
the remainder of his natural life, for his support.
Should this son die, leaving no issue, the proper- |
ty goes to the blood heirs of the testator. • When |
this youngster attains his majority, his property,
if judiciously invested, should aggregate some
where between four aud five millions.
Mdd Gunpowder.—The Boston Post tells a
pleasant anecdote of Mr. G. , who, a good
many years ago, was a retail merchant in a popu*
I0U8 town in V’ermout. He was famous as “the
very pink of politeness,” and was indeed an ex
pert salesman. If he had nut got the article that
might happen to be called lor, he was sure
to name bumething that was sufficiently like
it to answer the purpose. Tnus when a customer
iuquired for “winter-straiued oil,” the merchant
told him he haJu’tgot that kiud exactly—but he
had some that was strained very late in the fall!”
Disparage one article as you might, he was sure
to find something to praise in u—if his tea was
not strong, it was well flavored, &c. On
one occasion a customer having called for a sam
ple of gunpowder, rubbed it in tiis hand to ascer
tain tne proportion of charcoal, and then ob
served that it lacked strengin. “1 know,”
answered the imperturbable trauesman falling iuto
his old tea-formula—“1 kuow the powder is not
80 strong as some, but you’ll find it very mild
and ayreeable.”
In 1815, 8255,000 was voted as prire money
to Commodore O. H. Perry, and the officers and
seamen of the Lake Erie fleet, for their gallantry
in the victory over the British. lu 1815, 8200,-
000 was voted Commodore McDonough, his
officers and seamen, in 1810, 8100,000 was
voted Decatur’s squadron. lu 1855, 820,000
was voted Commodore M. C. Perry for eminent
services in negotiating the treaty with Japan.
Congress voted to Gen. LaFayette, at different
times, 8230,000 and 35,000 acres of land for bis
sacrifices in the revolutionary war.
TOTTLEBEN A SCOTCHMANr
I ken’d him well. The chiel was born in Fife,
The bairn of .\ndrew Z>nmmond and his wife,
Sae restless that the neebors cald him, when
A bairnie, “toddle-but” and ^HoddLe-ben;"
Because, instead of biding by his mither
He roam’d the house, frae ae room to anither.
Whon he grew up, his uncle (wha was rich,
Frae being gairduer to the Czarovitch,)
Got him to Kussia, where, part of the name,
Jocosely gi’en him when he was at hame,
He took discreetly; so that he was then
Known by na ither name than “Toddlehen.”
Atweel considered gleg beyoni his years.
He was pit in their schule of Engineers,
Rose to be captain, and, when war brak out,
Obleeged to choose ’tween duty, and the knout
He went to the Crimea. There, if taken
By his auld name, be might be ken’d again:
8ae from the woodie to preserve his throttle
He changed the spelling “Torfale” into “Torte.”
Thus Scottish Andrew passes, amang men
For “The Great Russian General Tottleben.”
thoroughly, and to bring forward some practicable
and permanent system, reducing the revenue
proportionately to the expenditures This seems
to be a sensible solution of tbe difficulty which
exercises gentlemen concerning a money plethora,
and it furnishes a means of extrication, if there
be cause for the apprehension which is asserted
80 gravely.— Ifa«A. Letter.
Anecdote of John Wesley.—At one time, when
Mr. Wesley was travelling in Ireland, his carriage
became fixed in the mire and the harness broke.
While be and his companion were laboring to
extricate it, a poor man passed by in great dis
tress. Mr. Wesley called to him and inquired
the cause of bis distress. He said that be hud
been unable, through misfortune, to pay his rent
of twenty shillings, and his family were just be
ing turned out of doors. “Is that all you need?”
said Mr. Wesley, handing him tbe amount—
“here, go and be happy.” Then turning to bis
companion, he said pleasantly, “You see now why
our carriage stopped here in the mud.”
Pretty Good.—Mr. Robert Chambers is the
proprietor of Glenmoriston, and notwithstanding
bis literary enthusiasm on popular rights and
privileges, manages his beautiful estate much
after the usual fashion. He erected, at the open
ing of an attractive walk, a board, on which was
inscribed, “No thoroughfare this way. Tres
passers will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor
of tbe law.” A wag during the night, painted
on the other side of the board, “Chambers’ In
formation for the People.”
.4 Rat Story.—Walter Colton, in his
diary of a voyage to Califoroia in a man-of-war,
entitled “Deck and Port,” relates the following
rat story:
I have always felt some regard for a rat since
my cruise in the Constellation. We were fitting
our for sea at Norfolk, and taking in water and
provisions. A plank was resting on the sills
on one of the J)orts which communicated with the
wharf. On a bright moonlight evening, we
discovered two rats on the plank coming into
the ship. The foremost was leading the other
by a straw, one end of which each held in his
mouth. We managed to capture them both, and
found, to our surprise, the one led by the other
was blind. His faithful friend was trying to get
him on board, where he would have comfortable
quarters for a three years’ cruise. We felt no
disposition to kill either, and landed them
both on tbe wharf. How many there are in the
world to whom the fidelity of that rat readeth a
lesson!
Sale oj Negroes.—The gang of 127 Negroes,
sold yesterday by S. J. Da van t, Esq., Commis
sioner in Equity for Beaufort District, at the
Sales Room of Messrs. Capers and Heyward,
averaged 9735 88 ^w^.— Oharlmtcm Mercury.
5^1-21 iner .nu.
agent ar-.u
i''3.
irOill ac;:.;a. k
has aacertained that the Sun can’t pd,.
the lower J»cks And ! believe it is
that the Locks above Little Kiver are i
thnse below.
“Deep River” is mistaken aiw, j., vayjuj, ,
Bouts 1% by 105 teet will carrv 7.'. r--'liiii
1 1 L lOU''
anu not draw more than -_'4 ir-ctn-s wuter \
Boat properly built, string eii iu^h f.r^thVcJi
trade, would draw empty 9 in juf-r?. leiV’jj r j
3 inches for freighting. Ailowiujf ].5
the rakes and rudder, uiid one fo >t f r ti,c
would leave in tlie clear 17 bv 9u '
allow 1 foot 3 iacbcs fjr freigbtUi;;.
cquai to di'piacing cubic fe :t ot vrut-r ■ ^
allowing 36 cubic feet to tne too, w uj,i
53 1-9 tons measure I beli'^Vf- t i ;
woU’d siuK the boat Z Icet, Hi'rtvi i of t^KiD ’
75 to 100 tons as “D=ep River” u^-e't, ^
Open flats, if they couli be used to .;urrv c .ui
might do more; and I suppose they are tbe kind
of Flats “Deep River” speaks of as feiu^ ouiltji
8300 to 8500 Such flits, with t-ven 1,,^;
coal, would 5*x>n g.-t u:j(er-toy;^eJ hi
the river to vViimiagton. 3cttjr fa; resirt tu
the “Dircn canoes of 1790 ’ t.iao suuti craft (Joa’
Boats (indeed all boats carrying freight
require to be built wito *‘ronj WiiL (•«//.
toHa, beams and knees, aui 1 taink eUou.i be one
quarter decked; aud they will cost wucu properly
I built not less upou an average taan SloOj
I We know that s>me of our Haraett frienJscan
i do grand thingsl Yet we are i jcr^iunus ia rg.
! g.;rd to the fact, “that a flat costinji c'ji.Mj took
, from Summerville on ordinary w.ticr. [0 .t iraw.
i ing over 2 feet through the Lock-,] tarrels
} Rosin averaging 300 lbs [to Wiiiu-ujjr.io] mak-
j ing in all one hundred and thirty-live tjn ” If
I done it wa.«, we admit, a wonderful achievemeiii!
! The present capacity of tbe River from Fav-
j etteville to VVilmiugDn is fcstimated tit iLree il;1-
! lions ton.s per annum—besides a due ullowauce
! for rafts and for nil the Boats that may ever come
I from above; without, however, making any draw-
! back for obstructions by the lodgment of Dams
I or fragments of l.icks in the River, which we oiaj
I occasionally expect.
j In conclusion, “Cape Fear” will stake his
i reputation, that there will never a Boat carry
j coal, through the present class of Locks, at SJ
j per ton for one year, without bringing the owner
in debt. CAPE FEAR
SUPRKME COURT
Tbe following opinions have been delivered
the Supreme Court:
By Nash, C. J. In West v. Sloan, iu equity,
from .Mecklenburg; plaintiff entitled to a re-cm-
veyance and to an account. Also, in Marshall
V Flinn, from New Hanover, affirming the judg
ment. Also, in Doe ex dem Kerns v Feeler, from
Rowan, affirming the judgment. Also, in .^Ic-
Elroy V Harris, in equity, from Dividson, de
claring there is no error in the order appealei
from. Also, in Di>e ex dem Black v Caldwell,
from Mecklenburg, affirming the judgment Also,
in Dewey v Cochran, from Cabarrus, affirming
the judgment.
By Pearson, J. In Mann v Hunter, from
Pasquotank, affirming the judgment. Also in
Rives v Dudley, in equity, from NorthamptoD.
Also, in Brown v Brown, from Orange, affirming
the judgment. Also, in Neal and Richardson v
Wilcox, from Junes, affirming the judgment.
Also, in Springs v Harvin, in equity, from Meck
lenburg, directing a reference Also, in Perry v
Yarborough, in equity, from Franklin.
By Battle, J. In Threadgill v. Birnawell,
in equity, from Anson, dismissing the bill. Also,
in Barnawell v Threadgill, in equity, from Anson,
decree for plaintiffs. Also, in Watt v Johnston,
from Chatham, affirming tbe judgment. Also,
in Schoolfield v Chambers, from Person, affirming
the judgment. Also, in Symons v Northern,
from Davidson, affirming the judgment. Also,
in Ingram v Ingram, from Union, affirming the
judgment. Also, in Smithwick v Shepherd, from
Martin, affirming the judgment.—Ral. Standard.
Water Buckets.—We usually decline making
any editorial reference to advertisements in our
columns; aud will not admit that an advertising
customer has any claim upon us for such notice,
as he only pays for tbe space occupied by his
advertisement. Neveribeless, we will depart from
our usual course, to call tbe attention of North
Carolina merchants to Mr. .Makepeace’s establish
ment at Fayetteville for the manufacture of water
buckets. Mr. M. is an enterprising and worthy
citizen of our State; and money paid to him for
the product of his labor, is not sent out of the
State, but again invested among us—adding to
the wealth and prosperity of the ommunity.
If our own worthy mechanics were adequately
sustained and encouraged, instead of looking to
the North for every article of mechanism, a great
deal of pressure in money matters would be
avoided. — GreensboroujU Patriot.
We learn that, on Monday last, at the insti
tution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in
this City, a boy about sixteen years of age named
Harrell, a pupil in the deaf and dtimb depart
ment was killed in a sudden altercation, by an
other pupil, William Keek. The altercation and
fatal result took place a little after dark, in the
common study rojin, and in the presence of a
number of witnesses. Blows were exchanged by
the parties several times. Keek is a powerful
young man, and the other was comparatively
feeble. His death was iramedi-ite, and seemed
to result from the the blows inflicted by the fist
of his adversary. A few moments before, the
parties were apparently on friendly terms. The
matter will be investigated to-day, 'fuesday.
Rnleiyh Standard.
Flora •^cM^onalti.
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delivered by James Banks, Esq. on the Life and
Character of FLORA McDONALD.
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