2
oi Ilits (Watchman.
telf JipailL .W. Two dollar.
!it dtlT f rZli ..ftl forihe first, nml 25cts.
Court "".charged
VM ll?f rales. A liberal deduc-
lio lHlvrrtiw ty the v-or-
tl rilitors knoM be rostnnid.
.V - . : I
RESOURCES.
py from the llichqiond Southern,
following notice of the Minora!
ttfp! folio
iltbof dtirS ale. An Agent ol tnai
travelling in me cMnn r"
I j , " i ' h " - ' I -
BRUNBE &
Editor Sf Proprietors,
ATCHMAN
JAMES,
" Ktzr
A CHECK CPOX ALL
RcLERS.
Do THIS, A)fp LlBERTT IS SAFE."
GenU. Harriton.
NEF SERIES,
NUMBER 20 OF VOLUME IV.
SALISBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1847.
In company With Mr. H. Cansler, (ivlho
resides near Lincolnton.) 1 visited Gold
mines contiguous to
mines are of tvyo descriptions, viz:1 the
branch, otfsurface deposite, and the reg
ular gold ore, or jvein rpine. The branch
deposite is easily worked, by a very sim
ple process, i. e. by throwing ! the gravel
containing the rnetal into a rocker, perfo
rated with holes,; This rocker is kept in
motion by one; person ; meanwhile the
Vvf? flnrnllna. and derives his in-
"'.!. i L ' i I t,i-iii-iilinn
.ttipn irom personal yu. . .
if visited the WaXingfon Lead Mine,
r -I .:nvi..h in T);ividson Countv.
!? r.it.U 'nrcidentrtllv discovered bv
-Vn" up some fpecimens of lead and
K',t frfa sirtall creek near by. In com-
with W- Mrecnueiu, me genueman
p'spfiin(cnd"ti (t whose house I was
J.vL;Un Lmade ft visit to the depths
' of M was perfectly delighted as I i water is streaming upon it in a current
?iJVmv May, candle in hand, through I sufficiently large to give it a thorough
4j JarK suijierrancaii pfwanyca.
'yu that' I thought I ivas getting c
it is
i . .
a inue
T . I' t " I
i in ihfvvnrii. inirmv fnwin was a
pj3 ol stron gl qervc nn oom raovniucm.
felt as
the blaze
The great variety of
ceded Jn infusing, i
tie sp'rr and before I Ielt I
L;vf,rilvt;' at home as I would in tli
5ricsiimmc(;surf
vij cn mi
lan compensate for the trouble
Jc)ili.Ogjhesc long ladders, (the en
fa Itpihfit the shaft is two hundred feet)
come oacK again
...
i
8io" come oacK again 10 me mucn j
JtloT having pf.netrateu the bowelspf i
tfcjfifth; and deeply impressed with the !
mir cuai v i w r---j -
m Ms . m i fill
pko fiat it yas created, ine lonowmg
.rimenu of minerals 'arc found here, viz:
Canate of i.ead, yielding seventy-five
1 tick 'kill fknil fiitivittttif tr dk V
thtj Carbonate of Lead, wih a mixture
lCf andpjlvcir ; Phosphate of Lead;
b.W taruonato of Leati, needle lorm ;
firicin epdtesjs Vrbfujfibn : blue Vitrol or
ii,"Ml4ic vujjfr , uiiu oui'iiui iii n
hfiwnce. i wur uere specimens oi me
lime, and
3fiiince. I SJUif' here. specim
toifito of Lrtnli for; the first
Aitc truly beautiful. It is
washing. The cold and fine narticlps nf
gravel, &c.f descend through the holes,
and the coarse part is washed away. By
the use of quicksilver in the bottom of the
rockers, the particles of gold become uni
ted and are removed at the close of each
day. The regular ore, which occurs in
the bowels of the earth, is very often quite
difficult to be obtained. The cost of en
gines, ropes, buckets, l&c, together with
the immense labor of building up the en
tire shaft with firm, heavy logs of green
wood, is quite an item bf expense, but in
most cases it has been found to pay well.
In our travel oyer a tj-act of country of
about two thousand acres, about thirty
five or forty veins of gold were found, all
of which I havb not a doubt would pay
well to work them. One place where
Mr. Cansler haI experimented to about
twenty feet deep, ore of the richest quali
ty was found, supposed to contain twenty
dollars' worth of gold; to the bushel of
ofe. Mr. Johnson and pNlr. Cansler found
specimens of gold in a! branch deposite,
near this rich or?, which weighed 338 pen
ny weights. Tliese we re in solid mass.
ily ground. They have an engine which
operates 12 mills; each mill can grind
about seventy-five bushels of ore per day.
It is supposed that this mine will prove
exceedingly profitable on account of the
great facility with which the gold can be
separated from the ore. This is called
the Russell Mine." Besides this, there
are several smaller ones near by. in the
same county.
In Caldwell County, several veins of
gold can be found, but only one is at pre
sent being worked. This is called Ba
ker's Mountain," and operated by Messrs.
Callett & Smith. They are doing a prof
itable business, although the metal only
averages about seventy-two per cent . to
the pennyweight. ,; j
In the Counties of Rutherford, Burke,
and McDowell, a great quantity of gold j
is known fo exist. The names of the more
prominent mines are as follows, viz
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
At the meeting of the Association of Geolo.
gists, in Boston, which closed on Saturday, aud
whose liberality we are indebted lor the Insti
tution which bears his name :
encampment at Corpus Christi, to Palo Alto
and Resacade la Palma, through the storming
of Monterey and the! bloody scenes of IJucna
lsta. PhV knri fiutrrkt nvar all kij l.illloa
seems to haye been a more than usually inter- j and with his positions all marked on the map.
esting occasion of the kind, Professor Henry j were they looking for further tidings. They
gave the following account of Smithson, to J had seen and appreciated all his difficulties at
! Huena ista. In Prussia war is a science, and
j accordingvto the leading policy of Europe to be
' always ready for war, everv male in Prussia, th.
M Smithson who was born in England, in the I highest nobleman's son not excepted, is compell.
year 1768. He was educated at the Universi- ; ed to serve his regular term in the army. In the
ty pf Oxford was a man ot amiable disposition teeth of all aettled opionns, as it were upset
and devoted toscience. He was the best chemist ; "g 'he who) doctrine, of standing armies. Gen.
in Oxford, and after his graduation became the .. Taylor, with a handful of regulars, and a small
rival of Wollaston, in minute analysis, and pos- j body of volunteers whp had never been in bat
sessed most extraordinary skill in manipulation. tie, had stood up for a Whole day against a mur
The following anecdote to the point was rela- j deruus fire, and had finally defeated four times
ted on the authority of the late President of the I his number. Field Marshals and Generals of
Royal Society. ; Prussia, among them veterans who had studied
"On one occasion he observed a tear trick- : the art of war ori the great battle-fields of Eu
ling down the face of a lady he caught it on a ' rope, were struck wjth admiration at the daring
piece of glass lost one half ranalyzed the oth- and skill displayed atl Buena Vista : and th
" Whitesides,,'"Rain Creek,'' 'Jamestown j er W and discovered a microscopic salt. He admiration, Baron Humboldt said, ihey express.
The deriratiou of C I d IZ..
The intelligent . Editor of the l
New has thn fWluwing iiotirf f a i:;..
of the New York Evening Pt ru i
"Old Hunker." The Newsfkiud v :
Post a helping hand in it research :
The New York Post has an arflc'e
cal etymologies, which is derpted t(i an '
into the deriration of the '.appellation II
A friend at the elbow of the P,t
it is derired from the German Hcht r.
means a Hangman, and contends, ih at ! '.
is very properly applied tb theCon 'r
New York, because fhe' rem.irt-Ur
j them rope enough thry will Ie t-ur,- i
j themselres. The reason of the die; '.
j elbow" would have soniethiig to nv-!
j it were either the business or -the d
j hangman to do execution upon' him-M:;
asmucb as this interesting puhlic tunc
nertr ar' but always reserve f
fessional fa Tors and services far other;,
not but ihiuk that the logic of the !:;
quite as much at faU as his 4 it. j
The Post, though fur other rearon it!,
we hare assigned, rejects thef rrg : :
ogy, and contends that Hunker is j-r i
rived from the verbfo harder, nndili II
in politics are bankerers afiertprufa r
tion. Divers classes of the c!nu U s-
J hit off with no Utile etpril ; Ink therir U .
. allusion to which seems, of all oihm,!
the pique and stir the bile of the Post j 1 ;
it
lixfi America -which is yet known to
i'vrtiroduccu.this description of mineral.
i Lead of this placecontains two hun
:rdounc$s of i Silver to the ton. and one
ndrcd pennyweights' of Gold. This
during. biic year of its existence, with
va" actual capita) of only fifty thousand
law, actually cleared twcnty-fiveithou-
vui dollars, anu mir. urenueiu ioio me
:iJtluring the sinking of one of their
hfit, they discovered a pocket of silver
.tfom uhjch they procured five thou-
inaautiars in n lew wcks, aim iu; nojiess
at there are 4 a few J more left of t he
:xiort ; This vein in now owned by a
.rjiiy fnm .hibKleljihia, whoare con
Wing an) engine for pulverizing the
sMicli j 1 1 save the horse-power pre-
w!emplpycd, and facilitate the opc-
pei hapsj four fold.
H(ihexf miiir; which I vi.sit(d is situa-
iinUowa'li county, .fourteen miles from 1
Jsbury,aud kuovVua.'j Gold Hill.' This
4rcxy interest lug place, not only on ac-
unof the golfl, bht especially so in re-
?nce io me population wincti tins oeen
"atftfd jtrrc (you I know that gold is a
rrful magnet.) to procure business,
-ilurcc- years ;ago, tins placn con
ned two-j or three, log huts, arid now
w a. population oi seven nunureu
K and the 4ry i 'still they come.'
is place orighmlfy belpnced to two or
t'C rndividuals, but recently-purchases
... I ' i' i i . 1 J . ' . .
ueen maue uy mo; operatives, vvnicn
increased ithC'inuniber of nronrietors.
ostYlho lease a nrtvileire of minintr.
jone-scvetith of all they make to the
the only ; There are tworUranch deposites near this
place now beinj slightly worked; one by
Mr. Slade andfthe other by Mr. Sumner.
At Mr. Sladc'si they, average one and half
pennyweights ;pr day to the hand, and
expect to makeji five thousand penny
weights in the yfear with ten hands. Each
pennyweight is worth nipety-six cents ; so
you will perceive that! each negro will
yield four hundred and eighty dollars per
annum gross ;"whereas (in planting, they
cannot at best average imore .han thirty
dollars gross perhand, and I arri told that
not one planter in five hjas done even this
inucl. I . -
There is a large bedof Limestone which
lies contiguous tp this Town, and is ascer
tained to be of a good quiality. -rThe white
Sandstone is also found to an unlimited
extent. , '
A regular qukrry of fine variegated
Marble has been" found near the Lime
stone. It is susceptible of the highest po-
resided most of the time abroad, and was an il- , ed without reserve, freelv. nubliclv. and erppv.
legitimate son of the" Duke of Nbrthumherland, i where. Amid the bitterness and malini
who recognized and left him a handsome prop, i.ty of the English Press, il was grateful to hear
erty. He was the author of upwards of 20orig from such lips, that! the leading military men
inal memoirs on various suhject of science. : of a military nation 'did justice To the intrepidi
He appears to have been proud bf his scientific j ly and firmness of bur Volunteers, and to the
attainments, aud on one occasion wrote thus : I courage, skill and high military talents of Gen.
' lne last blood of England flow in mv vin ! Tavlnr w-hJU TlaiW IImKM.
on rav father s sidn 1 .n xT..i li. j...'i..a j? . ...
in the bucket compared with what they
will produce if properly worked.
In Rutherford county there is 4 mine
called the " Willis' Mine," known to con
tain Lead to a large extent.. Gold, Cop
per and Silver have also been discovered
in this mine
" Bracket Town," Brindled Wilkinson,"
and " Davvsey." These are surfabe and
deposite mines, and have been very par
tially worked. But partial as have been
the operations, they have extracted from
them upwards of two million six hundred;
thousand dollars worth of Gold. And the
general Deliet is, that tnis IS only a drop ; on ray lather s side l a,n a Northumberland ' upon his despatches arid in fact uoon all tht
--on my mothers 1 am relate to kings. i lated to him personally in tho conduct of the
But this is of no consequence. My na, 8ha ! u.ar, were such ji bo American could listen to
live in the memory ofnnankind, when the iuu, i without feelin nroud P . , . - ,
n ni... - ril.... :a u ' i - U -11 i
: i tuirssui ijciii t emu iic iuuiu iiiiu no i i .
evidfence that be had written thisjn view of the
establishment of an Institution.
"Smithson died at Genoa, in the year 1829
leaving his property to his nephew, the son of
his brother, with a clause iu his will leaving it
in trust to the United States, for founding an in.
stitution for the increase and diffusion of know,
edge among men, in case the nephew died with
out issue. He did so die, and th money about
$500,000, came into possession of our govern
ment." . . - j
The plan for carrying Smithson's views into
effect, now adopted by those who have the man.
agement of the Institution, are briefly stated by
the Professor thus :
4
The ' King's Mountain" mine in Gaston
County, near the high Peak of the Moun
tain, and immediately on the wafers of
King's Creek, is an immensely rich mine
for Gold. The vein occurs on a slate for
mation, and varies in breadth from; eigh
teen inches to six feet. This gold is worth
96i cents per pennyweight. In the com
mencement of operations at this place one j
hand has been known to produce asrnuch j
as one hundred dollars per month.' About j
one million dollars worth of gold has al- j
ready been taken from this mine. I
Col. Hoke, of Lincolnton, brought me,
a day or two ago, some white bean-like
substance, which he took out of a Spring
one and a half miles from town. He sup
posed that it was Chalk or white clay, but
I immediately pronounced it to be Mag
nesia of the finest quality, and my subse
quent experiments fully convinced me that
it was the pure native Magnesia, j The
Spring is bold and pure, and the ivater
sufficiently impregnated to give it al most
delightful taste. If this Spring was pur-
lish, and will no doubt prove equal to the j chased by some enterprising man and pro-
real Egyptian. 1 i - j perly prepared for visiters, 1 have no jloubt
Dr. Itiii-tnii. of' Lincolnton. bns rff!iitlv hot that a handsomft fnrtnn miht rpadi-
discovered a vein of Lapis Lazuli, (ultra I ly be realized from it. This is the second f suum.ttea lor examinai.on o a commission
marine.) It is of a beautiful color, and ! vein of native Magnesia known in this ?f ?ons f. reputation for learning, in the
may no doubt pfpve highly valuable, es- country. The other is found near the Sy-
UHJR AfND GRAIN. ' 1
The New York Commercial Advertiser in
its commercial article,- intended io go out hy the
Cunard steamer, makes the following remarks
about the flour and grain market :
It is now evident that the crop of Wheat in
the Uuited Stales is far short of that oflasi year
and particularly of Ohio and Michigan, which is
not two.thirds as great as that of last year. Mai
ryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania may be set
down as one quarter less.
In this State, though the crop was at first
thought large, upon threshing, it proves to bo far
short of an average yield. These rausp. in.
r B
io increase Anowledge. It is proposed, 1st, i getner with the entire exhaustion of the old
lo stimulate men ot talents in every part ot the crop, makes the home demand much greater
country ana or me woriq, io maKe original re- j ana consequently there will be much less to
searches by oflering suitable rewards ; and 2d, j spare for export. , ,
To appropriate annually a portion of the income j The general complaint of the failure of the
for particular researches, under the direction of potato crop throughout the country will cause a
suitable persons, much larger consumption of wheat at home
io diffuse Knowledge. It is proposed, 1st, than lor many past years. This of itself will
To publish a series of periodical reports on the
progress of all branches of knowledge ; and 2d,
To publish occasionally separate treaties on
subjects ot general interest.
on in the expectation of
induce farmers tb hold
higher prices.
Prices are kept up without any speculative
view, and indeed the receipts, at nresent. are
fo memoir, on subjects ot physical science, 1 not sufficient to supply the demand, and that de
to be accepted for publication, which does not
form a positive addition to human knowledge,
and all unversified speculations to be rejected.
Each memoir presented to the! Institution to
pecially should it work; well with oil. bil Cave, in New Jersey. The Catawba
Professor Uie. (ih his Dictionary of. Arts, Springinthiscounty.and Willow"Spring
&c, p. 12G8.) says, " Its price in Italy a are both possessed of the finest mineral
few years ago wajs five guineas the ounce." qualifications for summer resorts. I might
The trouble of preparing it is inconsider- give their medicinal properties but; as I
able. A piece oi the ore has been for- I have already exceeded a Droner length Physical Moral and Political Literature and
warded to Dr. Draper, Editor of Kain's for a letter, I must conclude, by simply re- . the Fine Arts.
Chemistry, (an English work, republished I marking that in reference to the elements ; On half of the income of the Institution is to
in New York,) Who has analyzed it and j of wealth found in this section of North be devoted in carrying out this plan ; the other
branch to which the article pertains, and to be
accepted for publication only in case the re
port of this commission is favorable.
The reports on the progress of knowledge, to
be furnished by collaborators, consisting of men
eminent in the different branches of knowledge.
These reports to consist of three classes
winter,
equal lb fourteen per cent.
si are eight different mining interests
'tHisp!ijce,! al doing' vell. I understood
"Mr'y Randolph, (ope of the proprie-
that theyl often averaged fifty per
taupyn ineir capital, aim some nau
done better. I lie remarked to me,
uau ineu mercnapuismg unu u. via
Jf other pursiiits,! but was satisfied
-vflnDaugoi to line rifftil occupational
iThrninci has already yielded about
pronounced it tb be of! good ! quality. 1
believe that thi4is the first Lapis Lazuli
ever found in America.
A specimen bfj elastic Sandstone, was
shown me by a gentfeman of the bar re
siding in this place, to whom it had been
presented. Thtl was taken in Yancy
County, in this State. It is perfectly pli
able, and can le bent similar to a piece
of India rubberi Its annearane is said
I to be a sure indication of the existence of
Carolina, " the half hath not been told."
Yours,&c. -BEAUMONT.
NATIONAL MONUMENT TO
WASHINGTON
tVivciw Tttiwer of the engines and
w I. T T O .
JJQtnbfr bf operatives, they might cx-
millions out! of the bowels of the
the diamond H and indeed a diamond nf
lVundred tlio'usand dollars, and by in-; considerable vafue, has been found in one
of the contiguous Counties. 1 ; J
I visited the) mines in Gaston Cbunty.
The one knowpjas " Asbury's" : has been
operated since j last May, ahd promises
well. They hive three shafts, from 20
to 25 feet deep.j Some bf this "ofe l;;is ex.
tremelv rich. I saw specimens (some of
which lhavc)I ivhich ivill vield one hun
. , ' 'M.L.LLLl.lli
.SalisburVi mu the same county,
gran-
think the
ubfte ofthejbcst quarries of
ft L have b4r Ice n. I thin
Irti superlaM the New Hampshire or
TCtlcttt It of a bluish cast, min
5ith dark btowfi particles, which,
atinished 'oirUvith: the chisel, is really
- This iarry is inexhaustible.
I ' -if . ....
imri' ;ieet long could be
The Washington National Monument Socie- i
ty, established at the Federal City, is making!
exertions to obtain the free-will offerings of the '
people in order to enable them to carry out their :
long-cherished purpose of erecting a fitting testi- J
monial to the memory of the Pater Patrice.
Such an object should be received with all fa. ;
vor by the American people, who not only en.
joy the blessings of independence and civil liber
ty which his exertions achieved lor them, but
possess 'in the name of Washington their
proudest-title to the respect and admiration of
the world. The surest guaranty of the proper
application of the funds contributed for the pur.
pose is furnished in the fact that the Hon. Eli-
sua Whittt.f.sky. of Ohio a irentleman of
mand lor home use. ; J he last advices from
England, show, that at the present low prices
of freight the shipped will lose seventy-five cts.
per barrel. This shows that if flour and wheat
are wanted abroad it cannot be had this Fall, un
less prices advance considerably.
We cannot now make a calculation on more
than six weeks navigation, before the close of
the canal, and as yet we have no flour in store,
and our wants for home use and Eastern de-
mands, without any stock here for the
will be at least 450,000 barrels.
What the receipts will be in that time will
greatly depend on the price ; for the higher the
price the greater will, of course, be the receipts.
But, as the mills are not stocked with wheat, it
is estimated, by a competent judge, that we
shall not receive from now to the close of nav.
igation, through the canal, over 000,000 bar-
rels of flour, while the supplies from the South
are small. Even at this early stage of the new j
crops, both of wheat and flour are selling on ,
Philadelphia account for home demand.
As to the crop of Indian corn, it must be ac
knowledged, by all conversant with the busi-
ness, that it is much larger than ever before
. known, while the stock however of old will be
exhausted when the new is fit for use, which
will be in December.;
inst. is enriched by a brief paper from the pen 1 ne ew iofk Courier.and inquirer, mm
c m ' c. u u it , i .1 , commercial review, intended also for the tea
of Mr. Stephens, who acquired both celebrity
and fortune, a few years since, by his interest- mer sas ''''-"'
ing " Incidents of Travels" in the Holy Land, ' The revival of the price of breadstuff in En
and at a later period by its discoveries in Cei. gland, indicated by the Hibernia, gave renewed
tral America. Mr. Stephens was one of the encouragement to our agriculturists, and having
passengers on board our splendid steamer rriade sales at good prices last year, they, in con
Washington, on her first voyage to Europe, and sequence, are the better able to hold back the
he availed himselfof her brief detention at Bre- crop of this year, for as they flatter themselve
i u i to iLiron Aiexanuer on ni"ner raies iu me snrinu. ioe uist i-ut
44 Moreover, there in a consjJrral '
ruined politicians who hare otice bee
and dropped by the man of the J)
party at unworthy of confidence, yc? !
ter public employment, and atlarh t
to a faction which relies for siicce
popular opinion, but upon its Will i: i
these also are Hunkers. Vd4 to thr
ful of persons in this citj,whaare I.
he Secretaries of State, Collectors
sbals under Mr. Calhoun,1 when he
sident, and we have the principal c! ,
make up the party denominated Hunls i
obtained last week the control of tie I
ic convention at Syracuse." j-
The Convention at Syracuie is i!. !
many a jeremaidc in the Post just at !
the great grievance seems to ie tJ.st
rnen,w (at they are called,) the can J!
Hunkers, were all successful in mc ;!,
nominations.' From the consiincy
the change are rung upon this scp c
we shretrdly suspect there aro
bankerers after profit and prcrnulic:.
the Old Hunkerf. 1
-With a sincere desire to help the V
Us etymological difficulties but at the
disclaiming any intimate pr profoun J ?
ance with the subject-matter, Aye ventu;
gest whether Hunker is anylhiog more
corruption of llunls a good Pic tion i
the root of which it HunxLer. and w!,i
fies covetous, sordid fellow, a miter, c
geon. Thus Dryden, j
" She has a husband, a jaloos, covrtouj, v I I :
Observe the prefix-ro7 nunkl ! An
ker according to the Idea we have b. i :
form of the article, must bo In politic! I
tyhitt an old Hunks of a husband is in
life a jealous, poking, domioeerin'
mudgeon! Did not the Post I find it
Syracuse Convention ? ;
. And now having lent our aid in the
to our contemporary, we beg a favor t
return. As the political sympathies 1 1 t
seem to be altogether with that secti
New York Democracy yclept the liar 'r. '
will accommodate us as at its leisure
brief historical account of the origin
fication of that curious party appcllati
will help us to a more complete under:i:
New York politics. ' j , : '
r'
nait to tne increase and dmusion ot Knowledge
by means ot collections of books and objects of
nature and art.
The building, which is slowly in progress, is
to be erected, in considerable part, out of the
interest which will accrue, the interest which
has accumulated upon the original sum, since
it has been in the keeping of the U. States.
HIGH TRIBUTE TO GEN. TAYLOR.
The New York "Literary World" of the 2d
men lo nay h
3 ' w
Humboldt, whom
'Womns'
4k , . I
Nereis
. i r .s i ....... l t . i ! tl : i nnii-
urea penny-weignis per uusuei. . meuv- unsllMipf4 , vetr imeariivhas accent
. r f "r i. " auu uiuin"i --.
erage Weight IS Over two penny-WClgms e(j ,he seneral aaencv of the Society, and re- miles Irom Berlin. After an
i i rrt: l. . . c: . o w . - i.
per ousuei. 4 ne veins arc ; irom iour iu
six feet wide, khd contain (in addition to
he found residing with the
' Currtpondenet of tie Baliimnrt .cs.
WixcnESTEK.iVapct. , -
Great FUmmI. Messrs. Editors: (S
was visited by one of the most destruc:
last nihl known tothenldest inhabits: .
has been a succession of heavy iLown
days past, and it rained hard nearly a I
j terday. At about 7, P. M., it rf rneJ
. the floodgates of heaven were opened
1 Alout 8, the cellars began to 611, ati !
j ter continued to rise rapidly until u'
j M., when all the buildings (ave very
Loudin. st.t between Picadilly and Ct
j first floors were covered with water fn
I inches to two feet. The same iceno v
nested on Market and Braddock-i-t., a:
1 IL Depot; the first flour of the uarehot,-
generally under wafer,from three to f
The loss of our merchants is irnmen r
on Loudio it sard to hare lost fifteen c r
hbd. of sugary tp say nothing about the i
tides in bis cellar, whilst those of the r
equally heavy. The currrnt of water .
cars from their bouses at the depot, ai
mpra in MarKei-ttreei. uur worthv !
Messrs. Sidewell, Brown and Sheerer, )
rectly in the range of the current, Jo.t t
their stock in the vats. Our streets in r
ces are barricaded with timbeTs, A:c, -i
favements are partly torn up. Up t
have heard of no loss of life, uhho i
hairbreadth escapes are reported. Ti
was about ten inches higher than t .
King of Prussia, iu the Palace at Pottsdani, 30
de-
flood of 1818.
II.
interesting
a bei pjf Iron ore in Lincoln
called R Bit Ore,' which is suppoa
c inexhaustible. It
rand edsilv worked.
is oi a nne
There isal-
4.
J1"lPastn tiouniy, near Lincolnton,
5Vellov Bank which it'is suppos
rmish iron enough for any State
i.Vni(n M the! next century. fTo
h aefc rcs, Uiere are in Lincoln, coun
eJurnacjs and ' three forges ; in
i-. Lw"u'y mree' iorces. one. inrnnen nnri
ki'unS rndl and nai factory. The mill
Viylhasfrecerltly beenjsold
,? -ar8 or jSUOO per annum.
i 'ftinnJ ,li f w iilllCUHllWII, mcic
W a !rg0 body i of Plumbago. I
is t made anv AmprlL.nto .viiti it
' "JM 5 Us nunlitie.
hill
h?;: Pencils :(red) or nerhnns for
v "vi.iium iuw 11. mere in a nne
a Qualitv ns I
I think that it might be
M'Carty's mine is
Asbury's. This is
I hilK it ansvvers for paint
.nlv l.i r j; u,,l.,Jui it will.) U jwill
- V
I j j,, -a "-- . ; ill
ery va uableV The extent
ft101 M "cn ascertained.
gold) iron and silver.
aoout a mue wesi 01
extremely richJ In some cases 256 pen
k . j - . . . t - . 1 - . r
ny-veights otfgold have been taUen in a
day twith three nanusi ny simpiy wasn-
mg me nnesi quauiieaj 01 me ore.t 1 ms
same ofej uppjt the tjhird ashingMprb-j
duced"twentytpree penny weights ,to twp
hands per day jana it nov. remains 10 oe
ground and washed the loufth .time, and;
I have no doubt will mply repay the la
bor. The shktt at this mine is only fifty!
six feet deep.j fThere are two others here
which can be Vfery prohtably worked. , 1 he
appearance of the ore at these mines is
dissimilar to that found I at 44 Gold Hill
It is a pare white quartz rock, beautifully
transparent antl studded jwitb ; small" par
ticles of pufefgold. v - In rambling oyer this
hill I picked up promiscuously piece of
rock, and on j a strict examination found
that it contained gold.tneed,after,yqu
spend a few pours here, your eyes become
so goldamizcdJXhM you can scarcely, see
any thing else!- J f; 1 H r.;1;
In Montgomery county there Is' a Gold
mine which yields a' considerable jquanti
ty of Gold; but the quality is nbtAtio pure
as that found! in Lincoln , Countv- This
moved to Washington in order to superintend scription of the Baron's personal appearance
its affairs. 1 ork (Pa.) Rcpub. I and pursuits in his green old age, Mr. btephen-
War on the Cotton Worm. The Woodville ;
(Miss.) Republican records a very interesting
circumstance in what follows. After saying p
We hear little or no complaini of the worm
at present," that paper of the 18th inst. jadds--44
A little fly,' called by some the ichneumani
in consequence 01 sumw sumiainj uciwccu b
habits and those of the Egyptian animaU seems
lo have taken the worm anv crvsalis in hand,
and 'devoured nearly all of them. This they do,
-'. , . .1 : f n :i ii.
we are iota, oy oonng into me snen or crysaus
and eating its contents. Myriads of the crysaHs
may be found Jn he cotton fields thus condi
tioned, and had it not been for this fact our cot
ton fields would doubtless have been destroyed
before now. What a wise order of Providence! !
1 and what. an impressive example of a trust in
3 . '1 lit n
nis ai?peus&u'-His ; ; .1 ,
of this calculation, is", that our receipts oxk the
last few weeks have been very light,, and the
demand for home consumption being. steady,
. m I . m j. n . . T mi i
prices nave con up somcwuat, mjv oio ur 1 .ci iccu vi iictiguii. - 1 iio iunu 1
.1 . 1 . . . a ma w Mm . n a v n . r . mrw . m iawi nw mm inn ' w
UOve ine llmlls OI musk uiucii nvui iuu . bAu ,t a ivhvi u... . i
side or the views! of considerate shippers j of the Pre shylenaq church, Huntsvil
nence,"ina loiai quauuii , uiur wn'" t " loaeea, 11 is our privilege to tcrr t
Great Britain jfroin tbis port in the last six pra', of divine grace, that in all 1
u-oaLi. does not; much exceed 19,000 barrels, there is an unusual disolav of reli ''.
arid this, nolwitbstanjiug freights were low and u a circuit of country embracing a!
.1 1 1 t i . ' i.i. 1 t
exchange aavancing.f . r .-r - . ' 1 mwes,u ir saia inai mere nave icen
Of this 1U.000 bbis., moreover, more than hundred professions of religion
16.000 were shipped jefore 25th Sept., leaving I two months. No Church which I
but about 3000; bbis. las the shipments of the i;re in the use of the ordinary mean
oas oeen wunouieviaemioKensci urn:
; Another.' X great revival is row i
at Holly Springs, Miss.; fhe Oazc
" Out of Europe, Mexico" seamed to be the
country which; interested him most; perhaps
frorn its connexion with ihoie countries which
had brought me to his acquaintance, or more
probably, because it was the foundation of his
own early lame. . lie spoke of; Mr. Prescott s
History of the' Conquest, and sajdthatl might,
when th nnnortun'Uv offered, sir to that cen-
lUmin e from himself, there Was ho historian last three weeks.
of the a we m" .England or Germany, equal to j
mm. . :t . 1 Oimtr a Jon -rhe crew ot the unuea
place, 01 ine lutn says
! States ship Savannah, 'which vessel has Pe, 01 ine
1 i i i..t commenced,
! been on a threer years cruise, were paid
"Since t!
distance of 300 feet, when it came in con
tacYIwilh a ;barn,Vof which it knocked
down fhc first story. The operatives were
ISi;ftnrcftt the time it was taken
IUI, . . , r . i ... .
ore is of .a ltgtit and brittle, character, cas-1 orbut no one was sernly mured,-
And he was keenly alive to the present con
dition of Mexico: he was full of our Mexican
war : his eyes were upon Gen.. Taylor, and the
' . 1 J ' T ..... ...II ' n ..... wa iKnt in
American Ariuv. was wc -j i iu
u nA.,we war Clan1 Tavlnr was draw. ' and thi whole oi them went to one ciom-
inVupon himself the eyes of all Europe; and ing establishment fin 4his city and were
that whatever miffht be the differences of opin- ! fitted with an eMife neW dress comprising
ion as to its necessity or justice, it was produ-! every article1 of apparel. There is a man
cing everywhere, in monarchical and anti-re- noard the Savannah who has received
Unroofed. The Portsmouth Journal
. .nnf Af a lorrra T?n ff rP V in lhat
. . . . v.. i ihi dav. mure than all . . , .. ..i.: :r iV; t.,l : ....'. t: . -
il i ' 'r'.MtS? Pened K. Ill may truly be said .o . -aM s.J. ,I,M Wdd nn i
wind irom me "uu"'" ""T merce, more tDan me "u.umuu u, cn., .... .. rS metal' A. Y. Past. : n an accession of ninelv-einbt i
more than ninety of i 1
t j . r i:t,.
offThursdav? They consisted of 500 men, raaoe a Pro... .r.,t,,..
on inursoay. ejwuwswu .1 are vet manv others anxiouslv mn r
they shall do to be saved. '
believe that at least one thousand
made a profession of religion, arid ui 1
selres to the different! churches in
... . 1 . . t .1
countv. witum me pasi inrce innu?.
U
Ti nmnn. Calhd'ics. The Catho'.I
cing everywnere, in monarcmv -i"-iv.. on j)0arQ mg oavunuixu iuu x,v.,..u ;
pnhlican countries, a strong impression of our 1Q nuuet wounds, and has now three Mex- j
ability and powerful warwhich, in enlighten. jcftn bullets in his; body ; yet he is doing t
Ana nf nennln abandoning in stll the comforts
of life, raises us to the rank of a 4 first rate pow.
er, and makes us respected." j
"Baron Humboldt said that,; with one of his j
own maps before them, the' Kifig and his mili-1
tafy council had followed Geh.TajIor from his 1
One of La Vega's aids, who was on
parole in New; prleans, has broken his
parole and escaped to Havana.
i and also that there ate 8J2 ch-jn
I which were erected during the p;i-'
I addition to this number there are.
iviited by clergymen, but as yd
. J!.... mImaa -1 . .- K t n
j corniuuuu i vimij.
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