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' Persons wUliinir to discontinue vill be expected to riyw'notio(. to that effect prior to the commence ment of a new y-ar otherwise! they will; be con tiered as responsible lor tlje ensuing twelve liionth?. '-'I:-''----- ' ' ' I All commumeauons.Tcxcept tijiostt oi agents Who irraiuitou lVj to secure attention,' must 'be posmt IHllil. i f K JG V O K T OF Tlili -DfcA'Rl. . . i l ONTIMTED. : ' ' SiiS'fel.ON TO CHINA. The Boanl liav' devoted mucl attention to the etabTishtiicnj of a mission to the Chinese em jurc. The signs oftiie times," an 1 the strong1 j desires which C"5(jd has created in raany fiOurts, respecting this vast and benighted portion cd' fio ! Iiumalj family, have convinced the lioard t,haf it '! js our fluty td make the.attemptjo introdu :e the vt-t settled; whether missionaries will be p?rmit- teJ to reside and labor in Chins ; but appcar V lances are encouraging; and as experience only ' decide the (puestion, an experiment ought im mediately to' he made In their ii strucjtions to ihe missionaries in Burmah, the Bgardsay 'A report has reajdheia us, particularly i'rom! Moung Shvay -Moung, that at a point on the Irrhwaddy, several hundred mile's above Ava, ihere existsla- iircat national road, leading directly through t Shan oouhtrv,! into the heart of (hiria. Tl s'ugestioin, with accompanying--remarks, ind ccii.usto sup'pbse,! that thii medium might 1 pile- sent a ehajnneL for pouring the light oi truth in liiat darU region, uur uretnren, in vanoq 'places, are -extremely urgent that a mission China should be commen cu by us- ' 1 i and ifkfte,' rs as riiudh , :iloii( perhaps he way pro poscd loll promise oi success as any ot her.-i B e s id es, should lUilnally appear that not could be accorh he means of mak- jijispeu lor v-iuua .ii inu I: i . 1 r- ,. i i -. be 'ing us better acquainted with thc 'Shans, and the jnimber and condition of t le Karen k and of car rying tb "them the light 6 life Tlie first object, howeverpf thp tour, wou d.be to as certain what wccan do for the Chinese; 5 o execute the du- tis oi sucn a commission,' . ! the inan ought, to be Burnan customs iar with their lan- considerably acquainted with ! ,nh'd -habits, and tolerably fami he better supplied hv .attendant natiw Christians, tJian a want, ot lortuuue ana paijieni faiigtic. It 'is, our wish, that, the endurance .of -hoiild consider the obiect to be atta ned, arid ap- point such one of their munber to ejxeeute it, as their judgment shall anprove.n The Board have also- held correspondence with two indivi- "-'duals iri this country, on the subject of becoming missionaries in China. One of then has .declar ed 'the. proposition. The Board Jione to be able to secure ihe services of some saitkble person, without dqlay. 1 The cbnversibii oftliree Chinese at Bankol . the formation of ia Chinese church there, and in that cit the residence ofmult itudeg of Chinese render that station i poi )t where ef ay be' made with Sorts for tlje benefit of China n , i- b bf success. ' IS mai be expedient: to i station a missionary there, lor the exclusive pur pose of laboring among the Chinese population. Mr. Jones was requested by the Boj.rd'to cpm- : municate his views on the s abject. He savs ''There is no practicable way of getting directly into China from, this country. On the east of '.this,' between here alnd China, lie Camboja and Cochin China --both of which, at present, are in an extremely unsettled .state.'" The Siamese -are making large preparations' for carrying on the' war there, and when affairsNvill be permanently t'ttlcd is uncertain.' Camboja is irriportant,.-as having a language, in many respects intimately Related to the Pequan, and as baring given Bood- hi?rrt, together w ith the Pali lanrruatrc. in the no- culiajr Cambojan character, to thi Si invest and J ws; and having, originally b'tpn the great ."country of which Siam was only a province, ' it ' has given to Siam much of its court language. l he Cochin Chinese have recently expelled the "' 1 C uholjc priests ; and all their adherents, who w to not impriscjned or killed, have led hither:, j '1 bese two couniric's must first be pem-trated, and isut)jiigaVdtothe power of ' ChristiaAity, before aiiy assault cau be iAade on-China from the cast fthis country; On jthe northeast, en you reach flit Chinese borderf;, lie Laos,; auc. immense tnyos of Kahs, and Tbiingsoos, or (agreeably to liurman orthography,) Toungthoos.i The Laos FWe Written UOO iS ailll ISoOf hisiM i T ip r1 horo 'Wasiorially learn some of the neighboring lan--!agcs, and practise the rites of Boodhism, b it "ave no written j language of their own; and so as I can learn, are much in the same state as the Karens five years ago. We must pass thrii' . l'lcrn.?to reach China in that directi( n. "Froijn is place, our principal means of di :cct inter- I'Q'Jrse with China, must be by the j ijks winch annually visit Bankokv' . !'" MISSION ARY VISIT tO TH K SO , .! visit of the -Secretary to the numerous ;tii. southern Qs, acepmpanieurby Mr. and Mrs. Wade, to - fener with Moung Shway-Moung, the S?l i ? Chct;thinJ. Jhe Karen, vas furman, attended nu nign grdtihcation to their own feelihgs and ... rp r ilupca witn Denew to the cause of miss ons. very wjjere- receiVcd, the strong religious : -Uities which were excited, the crowded a ' ' n tiumerous public' meetings, arid th ey were sep- ten- nse interest with which the addresses from , the t n rinaries and th6 natives were herd, (jom oftt n make the visit tneraorable in tie history K I tUe.B?ard,and to kindle, it is believdd, a dura- m- e jn , ry zeai in many nearts. " ; ,!0na2 Gpany left the city of New ; . 2dof April, 183-1,-in a packet The mis- pTorkr on hip, for Charleston, j(S. C.) P reseryed by divinel favor, through a teinpestuous passdge, they arrived' April 1 4tjj, at Charleston, where they spent se veral days, and where, by public exercises arid pfiyate opportunities, information respecting the Burman Mission was cojmmutiicated to thousands of dilTe: ent denominations, 'l'hey then proceed ed to Augusta, (Ceo.) Columbia, Camden, the High Hills ff Santee, (the s.nit of the Furman TJicolo'gicair Institution,) Darlington, Society Hill, Cheraw, Fayetteville, (JsT. C.) and through .Tarborough, . (N. C.) to Bichmond,. (Va.) At Augusta, they. had the pleasure of meeting the Rev. Mr. Jones, from theVallpy Towns Mission with two. converted Cherokee. Indians. There were present, eleven preachers, including ihe Burman, Karen, and Cherokees. Individilils. from lot less than six different na ions of people were to be found in the little cc flection of persons in a private room on thai occasion, One wllo was present observes, "This ivasone of the sea-' sons, too se.ldom in my short pilgrimage, to be . . - . . remembered j with a soul 'refreshing j interest, j while memory shall last." They returned from Richmond,throiigh Fredericksburg, Washing- wu.viiy," ljaiiuuore rniiauefpnia, iew-1 orp, and Ilartfordt exciting the same interest, and re ceiving the same kind attentions, j SAILING OF TH K MISSIONARIES. On Sabbath cveninc. June 20th, a crowde public meeting was held atBaldwin jMace Met ing-House, Boston. After an address, by th'e Rev.. Dr.-Way land, (which has-since been pub lished, and, of which, therefo re, the jBoard need not speak.) -and ,a brief statement by. tlie Corres ponding. Secretary, thej missionaries were coiri rnended to thejprotectiopand blessing of tiod.-j-Ivey. Mr. Wade and the native teachers address ed the audi nee in a few touching words. Oil Wednesday niorning, July 2d, the missionaries, after appropriate religious services, sailed in the ship Cashme -e, for Amherst, m Burmah. The following are the names of ti e 15 persons who composed this '.company : 1 Rev. Jonatiian Wade and A rs. D. B. L. Wade, destined to Trvoy.i Moung Slrvav-Moungand Ko Chet-thing, the native teacheis. ; Rev. Ilosda Howard and Mrs Theresa P. Howard,! desjincd to labor among the Karens. llev. Justusi H. Vinton and Mrs. Calista II. Virion, iklso destined tb labour among the' Ka-. rensL Re Wm j Dean and Mrs. Matildd C. Dean, i i eo inn ' i Revj Grover S. Comstock jind Mrs. Sarah P. Comslock, whb are instructdl to form a station in; Arracan. ' -;.-.' . )- JNlr. SewelbM. Osgood, pi inter, anbT Mrs. E". B. Osgood, who will probably remain at Maul mein. ' S i ' '. ' ' i ' Miss Ann Pi Gardner, ivho will reside in the 'family of Mr. Wade, at Tavoy, and be employed as a school teacher. l jS-ince the Report was read to the Convention, the gratiiying intelligence laa$ been received, that j , , - the Cpashmere, with her interesfing company, ar- rived safely at Amherst,. Dec, 8, lSS l.j - DEITIES- OF THE CORREONDIXO :;ECRETARYl .The duties of the 'Corresponding Secretary have! hitherto been performed by a! single indi vidual. They have, for several yea :s, been nu merous and pressing, to an extenjt, oi' which fey perscjus can form an ade.quate coinception. Yet it is evident, on the least reflectioji, thai to, seek out, by personal visits, or by- numerous letters; suitable individuals for missionaries and agents, to aid in examining and fitting; out these mission aries; to maintain a correspondence with.all the' stations,: Ao inquire intp the wants of all themis sionaries, and tb give thelTr'surh, counsel and en couragement as they may b;ed : to attend fre quent meetings of the Board, to hold an extensive intcrcourso-with individuals and societies in this cowntry ; "to devise newjplans of action, and to select new posts for labor aded to the number less demands on1 the time of an individual at-thd Missionary iRboms, where a multitude of peri sons from all parts of the country arc frequently calling to consult,, not only, on missions, but oti the kreneral interests of Zion, must constitute a' mass pf toil tpo great for an individual to sustain. J The present Secretary, with 'mut;h important aid, from members of the Board, pnd especially froii) the Treasurer, i has fur several years sus tained it; to the besf of his ability.. But the in prcase of pur.misk-ionary- opcratipris, and the de-i ' mands for enlarged effbrts., make , it necessary that there be ime new' mddificjatibn of the Secre tary's j department. The Board believe, that thereshould be ai least two associate Secretaries, between whom the duties of the present Secrpta- ry might be divided. ; DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. The duties of the Treasurer become, every year, more numerous and responsible, as the pecuniary' transactions of the Convention increase. . They already require the constant attention of the Trcaj surer, and much; valuable aid from the Assistant Trcasurei. Such services caiinot berecompensed nor purchased by money, but it is wrong in princi-f pie and in policy, to expect jfrcm any individual undue pecuniary, sacrifices, even in connection vith religious societies. In a v oluntary associar lion, the labors and other burthens should be equalized and if oiic iiidividual is required to exf pe ud more time, or en Jure more toil, than his asl soiates, heiasa righ to claim for them a corres) ponding pecuniary recompense. He ought not to be required to devote to one form of benevolent ac tion all his influence i but he should; be furnished with the means to aid, if he pleases, other benevo lent enterprises. The Board, ' therefore, recorn rhend to the Convention, the inquiry, whether its true interests, as Aveii as justice, do pot require' that a proper compensation De paid t6 the Trea surer. . " STATE OF THE TREASURY. j It will be seen by the Treasurer's account, tha the receipts from the churches, during the year fall far short of pe expenditures - 1 he dehcieacy has been supplied, partly by funds previously re4 ceived, and partly by considerable sums re'eeiyedt trom the Government, and Irom; benevolent sojne tips. These sums, however, are merely commit ted to the Board in trust, for certain specified lob NEWRERN, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY jects, and they form no part of their disposable in corre. The number of missionaries has! become so large, and the consequent expensesbf ih Boaid so much increased, that there must bb'a gj-ejal aug mentation of the contributions from ihe churche's, if our missionaries are to be sustained, n'. their present scale, j By a reference to jthe Treasurer's lleport, it wl be seen, that large iuriis haye been leport, it .will be seen, that large $ums haye been eceiyed from the American IJible Society, and rum the American and BaptistjGc'neral Tract So cieties; and while their generous j aiid Christian received frt cieties co-operation is most frratc tully ackhoWledtred and its continuance ardently desired I apd expected, still, f4t is certain, We ought not to teimade tb de pend on these sources of revenue. Besides, the operations oftheBoard ought tu be wdelyiexiend ed, and for the meaus, both men and jmon'ey the Board must rely on the piety and liberality of the churches, and they trust that Uheir brethren will not wiinnoiu inese means. , : AGEXCV. The Rev. Alfred Bennett has continued )n the service ot the Board durinj: the year. sited some 'portions of Ohio and Indiana ; but he has spent the greater part pf the year in Kentucky. He was, at the; date of his last letter in Tennessee, near Nashville), and he designed to pijocccd to the eastern portion of the state, on his Jwhy to attend the meeting of the Convention at Richmond. His health has been mercifully preservtd, and he has been very actively engaged in conversing with families and individuals, giving information, cor recting errors, removing prejudices, arid arousing a missionary spirit, j He has usually preached once ! ana oiten twice a clay, lie has thus jgreatlv pro mote J the interests of Zion, while jliisf success in obtaining funds has been encouraging.! ThejBoard are jgrateful, , that they have been pemutted jto en joy the services of a brother, in whdm they and the churches feel an entire confidenlcej and whose piety, prudence, conciliatory depoHment. unwea ried perseverance," and ardent attaqhment to the cause oi tne;tfcaeemer, quality him sd happily for nis u uues. ; ; ; . T& be Continued. From Newton on the Prophcces NUMBER OF. THE B EAST. j i ' , Revelations 19. S Here isAvisdom. Lot him that hat'j understan- ding ;ount the number of the beast. luis not there fore a vain and lidiculous attempt, tcj search into the mystery, but on the contrary is (recommended to us upon the authority of an apo'stre. For it is jthe number of a man '. it is a method o! numbering practised among men; as the measure of a man (xxi. 17.) is such a measure as men! commonly make use ol in measuring. It was a niethod piac tir.erl nmnnT the anrirnl tn ilcnritp nnrhrxi Kv nnm. hers ; as the 9 name of Thouth or - - - " - . . . - iiu i .1 . VT UUtlt tiie Egyptian Mercury -was signified by the number 1218, die name Jiip iter, as E -Arche or the bpginning 'of things, by the number of 737, and the hamy ot the sun, as $ks good, 7tes the author of rhin,fby the number jbOa. bt. Uarnabas, the companion ot St. Paul, in his epistle discovers in like jmanner the name of Jesus crucified in the num'uex if '21S : and other instances might be procured, ifjtlfcre was oc casion. It hath been the usual methodiin all God's dispensations for the Holy Spirit to accommodate his expressions to the customs, fashion, and man j . y , mystery of numbers was so much used! among the ancients, it is less wonderful that thq beast also ners oi j.he several ages, feince.thep ihis art and should have this number, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. Here only the number is specified ; and from lhe .number we must, as well as we can, collect the name. Several dames possi bly might be cited, which contain thi rjueiber ; but it is evident, "that it must be some Grepli or Hebrew name: a;nd with the name also the othr qualities and properties of the beast must alljagree. The name alone will not constitute an agreement ; all the othe particulars must be perfectlyjapplicuble, and the name also must comprehend jthe precise number of 6G6. .No name appearsjnjiore proper and suiti ble than that famous one mentioned by Ireneus, vho lived long after St. Johinjs time, and was the liscipleof Pplycarp, the discjiple ofjJohn. He saith that 'the name Lateinos contains the number of GG6 ; aud it is very likely because the last kingdom is so called, for they arej Latins who now reigi : but in this we will not glorir V that is, as itbeccwnes' amodest and pious man iir a point of such difficulty, he will not be too confident of his explication. Lateinosj wTith ei is the true orthogra phy, as te Greeks wrote the long i off the Latins, as the1 Lajtins themselves wrote in foriier times. No ohjfecipn therefore can be drawn frjom the spel ling of tle' name, and the thing agresSsto admira tion. Fdr aftei the division of theempire, the Greeks atad other orientalists called tn;. people of the weste:n church or church of Rome Latins ; and as DrjHenry Moore exprcsseth it, t ley laiinize in every thing.. .'Mass, prayers, hyniris, litanies, canons, decretals, bulls, are conceived in Latin. The papal councils speak in Latin. Nor isthe scripture ead in any other language under pope ry 'than liatin. Wherefore the Council of Trent commanded the vulgar Latin to be the only au-1 thentic version. Nor do their doctors dpabt to pre fer it to tKe Hebrew and Greek text iiself, which wes written by the prophets and apostles. In municatedl his language to the people sunder his dominion jas the mark and character of His empire. They thejiselves indeed chose rather jtoj be called Romans, nd more absurdly still Roman- Catho jlics1: and probably the apostle, as he haithmade use bf some liebrew names in this book, as'uloaWon. IX. ii. Ind Armageddon, XVI. 1J so might in this plaice likewise allude to the ijiarne in.the HebTw lajnguage. Now Jlomiith is jbe Hebrew name. for die Jloman beast or Jioman kingdom ; and this .wjbrk, as well as the former wdrd Lateinos contains te just and exact number or.(66. It is really .surprisinghat there should be siuqu a fatal coinciclencb in both names in botrt languages, Mr. Pyle assert, and I believe lie may assert vjery truly, that f(no-other word inanv language whalteverean be found tdexnress both the same uumbef, and the same thing-." ' : I ; From th Salem (Massachusetts) Landmark. GEOLOGY. Mr, Sillfman commenced his fourth Lecture on Friday fevening of last week, with, some addi tional remarks on Trap Rocks. . . He said the dif ficulty in regard to their formation might be ex plained by the supposition that they (had been protruded from the bottom of the ocean. I In. the first jchapter of Genesis, itis stated that the earth was once aliquid mass ; The Spirit of Gpd rhov od nnnn tb fnm nf thp. waters : and at a .subse quent period the dry land 'ii said to have appeared Asiae tromineauinoruy ui rcnpi.uic-, tu w.- 22, '!l635: gist, from asimpje examination of the appear ances of the! earth, would infer that it had been submerged; or iri other wordsthat there had been a deluge. Had not the Trap Rocks been melted under an enormrjus superincumbent pres sure like that of the ocean, they, would cxhibi a very different appearanceffroin theirpresent one: their surface; would have'been inflated,- intuiiie scentandscbriated. , -I . Marked changes are produced by the Trap on the rocks throughjwhich ft passes. - It turns coal into coke or charcpal ; it cWstalizes sulphur ; and tarns clay sandstone into 'brick or jasper, The lecturer d-scribedcolumns of this rock, which, are about two miles from the city of Hartford, Connecticut. These columns rest on sandstone; at the junction they are inflated just as their whole, surface would have been, had they not been melt ed. under water. Mr. Sillimair yaid it was im possible to explain the lacts connected with the Trap-rock, but on the principle of fire that had once rendered it liquid. lie then proceeded to the history of the Gra nite, the fundamental rock of the globe. With Broigniart's map he exhibited khe different lay crs.of rock as they exist in the cjrust of the earth, He illustrated the difference b.tween Gratified and unstratified: rocks by reference to two loaves of bread, the one being cut into slices represent ing the stratified, and the other not cut represent ing the unstratified rocks. Theorigin of this is from fire and water. It was water that made fhe layers. There were mechanical and chemi- cal influences in these formations. There was crysatlization, which is the result of cohesion from chemical solution. Some of tlie rocks were entirely subject to the chemical process; others j to the mechanical : and others s'.ill to the two ! powers combined. . . ' Granite is made up of three substances, viz. quartz, coipsisting of silex, one of the most im- perishable things in our world ; felspar, not quiie r so hard as quartz, and composed of two. thirds tilnv nnil ll, .. I ! .1 1 1 ' 1 silex, and the remainder aluminc and Felspar is found in great abundance in aiKaii. j Chestre, 1 1 ennsylvania,.nnd is manufactured into per-! Liuan. j j ue mini suusiance entering into the' formation of Granite, is mica, or Isin-irlass. un like all other minerals, in being perfectly clastic. VOJj. 1, NO. 20 . - ' - Oi the three substances constutmg granite, quartz i to tpidk lime Sir James Hall the father of th--is gray, felspar white, and mica black. fimoits Captain Basil Hall, set aside this obiec ib gray, ieipar white, ana mica black-. j Theancients were well acquainted with gra-' nite. Pompey's Pillar and Cleopatra's "Seepp were made of red granite. To determine WheTh-! er a bed cf granite Will be durable foruse.it is onlv necessarv to see whether it has endured the effort of time. If it has not been decomposed where it has been exposed to the action of the weather, then it may be concluded it will prove good for building. The Quincyquary is Sienite granite. When mica is . wanting in granite it is called Sienite. ! i - The position cf granite is below all other rocks.though it occasionally rises above them all. Mount Blanc, Mount Washington, andthe Rocky Mountains, are granite. This rock is entirely crystalizcd. It is sometimes the surface rock, as any rock may be. j tt . No animal or vegetable remains arc found in granite, trap, serpentine, porphvry, or soap-stone rocks. ! I Ienco they are called primitive, as they I are uciievea to nave been lormea betore there were any animals or vegetables. To the granite family belong gniess and -mica slate. Gneiss is an admirable rock for architecture, various in its appearance, lying next to granite, aiid the first that is stratified. Mica slate is of the form of the. leaves of a book, is easily split, and is destitute of felspar. ; In this rock are found gems known by the names of beryl and garnet.! Granite, gneiss, and mica-slate arc the foundation of the world. .Most of the rocks in New England belong to the granite family. ; , ( . Upon these arc piled the common slate, of which the best for use should be distinguished by thinness, firmness, smoothness, asd ,thc ab sence I of foreign minerals. The best common slate is-from Wales. There is also the chloride slate, the hornblend slate, the hone skite, and . the talcose slate, which is soft and easily broken ; and there is also' the magnesia slate which some famishing inhabitants of savage countries are said to cat. Iron is found in t he slate at Williams burgh injhis State. i , On closing his description of the slate, Mri Silliman said, he had gone through with the his tory of the primitive rocks, so called, because they are presume ! to have been formed anterior to the other rocks. As 'to the theory of their formation, he said that fire had had the princi pal agency, that geologists considered them as the undoubted product of fire; though the slaty and crystalized rocks should be regarded as the joint production of fire and water. A part of the primarjr series is the statuary marble, or primary limestone, which is mostj beautifully deposited in Neyv England, cspeciaj ly in Lanesborough-and Sheffield, though it is very rare in Old England. Beds of it arc ele gantly situated. bet ween the strata of gneissand mica slate. Being in company with the prima ry rocks it is called primary, though composed bf different materials from granite, having calca-' reous lime, and carbonic acid. Serpentine rock is so called from having the appearance of the.back of a serpent. This rock is applied t6 cutlery by Mr. Ames of Springfield, in a most beautiful and durable way. It is very different from limestone, though frequently asso ciated with it; it consists of silex and magnesia. In union with this asbestos, a fibrous, incombusti ble substance, is often found. Asbestos was used by the ancients for the preservation of the ashes ofthe burned bodies of their departed relatives; and it is likewise, used by moderns.. It woulc make excellent dresses for firemen. Verd An tiquc .marble is made up of limestone and serpen tine. There - is a quarry of this near New Havcn. Soap-stone forms beds inmica-slate ; it is magnesia, consisting 1 chiefly of talc, and is most valuable for enduring" nre. There, is a large bed bf it in Groton. i In his fifth Lecture on . Monday evening of this week, Mr. Silliman mentioned that quartz was often crystalized, and was of all sizes; and jiad doubtless once been soluble: and indeed had peen lound actually melted. He said there was ibundance of, prophyritic. granite and trap on Cape Ann, as he had ascertain by a ride thither the Saturday before. He advised there Should be added to the splendid East India Mu-' scun tat Salem, geological specimens. Porcelain clay was described as made of decomposed fel spar y fl' ic Beverly rock the lecturer represented as remarkably interesting. It is near the bridge : it has a basis of sienite, and dikes of trap liv. feet wide, with veins of felspar and quartz cross ing each other; not blended but distinct. It ! manifestly the tTect of fire. j " The professor considered geology the grander stiencn next after astronomy ; the former havjiijf olie ad-antage ever the latter, in presenting nb jects that can be handled, and seen with pcifee: distinctness. lie was aware.'he said, tjiat he made a great demand on the confidence of his auditkee: but b- wished them to remember that He who made he jworld had no limits of timo or space; an i herefore thcrij need be no trouble about tira.' in the first formation of the globe. He was ad- dressing those who believed in God. If this be lief were set aside, he would relinquish, all fur thpr examination into the structure ofthe worl J. and bf forever silent on every subject of science The mail who disbelieved in God, he reard-;! not as a rational beinrr. but as n mid m-r. I le. said that quartz frequently formed a rock by! itself: there was the granular quartz which isiin grains, and will not crack by heat! Gra nite is sometimes cracked, but never stratified. There are masses of decomposed granite and ; sienite on Cape Ann. ' 'Bocks lying. upon granite arc stratified. Ii. thse are fjimd fisiils, W'hich are tho remains ol plants and animals. The inference is, that there were Ind animals nor plants in existence when theTrcks, having no such remains, were formed. .ll' 1 1.- I ' 1 J I I w ni rpCKS nave aireaay pcen aesenbed, and are ail more or less crystalized. Fire as well as wdter effects crystal ization : and the rroce' lias l; en scxmi to go on in volcanoes. It has been obiectk'd that lima could not have been ignited, becauf e in that case it would have been turned in lartious Capta: tiop by actual bkfeolild, be h itsjearbonic a experiment, lie lound that inar- hcated in a gun-barrel without losinir carbonic acid. A similar experiment, witli a similar result, has been performed on trap ro$c. I Professor Silliman saiJie had now conic to period iri our world where marks of violence wer- visible.' j By movement in the water, rouh, angu lar masses of rock, are made smooth and round : and these smooth, round substances are lound in th interior of continent. The shores of Ne;v Hollaudjare strown with the topaz, a mineral next to the diamond in hardness. The original mate rials were broken effand deposited by gravity. Thus jasper is discovered cemented by a paste cf quirtz.. l uch depoites must have come in after the primary rocks. They are remarkable for their elevations ; .arc found oil the CatskiH Mountains. Afjer being formed, they must have been raised by internal fire. The pudding stone, or Uie conglome rate, is tj-aced high up the Alps. The firt evidence that the formation ofthe globe was progressive, is the fact, that down, in very1 deep rocks (are fossils, the remains of strange ani uialsj cn.badded in solid masses. Thetrilobitc, an 'animal that once swam in the water, may be seen in abundance at Trenton Falls. Almost all ani mals found in recks have become extinct. It wa thej will of our Creator that the earth should be gradually prepared for the animals that were is lire upon it. There are traces of fossils even in the'pudding stone. m The transition rocks are those uhich appear "to be passing from one state into another; j lu thc are j vast numbers of animals now extinct. The early corals are remarkable. There are tb' living corals in the seas cf all warm climates. In I tacjproduction of the coral, the animal collects the lime from the .ocean. These productions arc of every variety of form. The chain coral is found in the interior of oui own. country. It is found in fields, ii mountains, and in rocks; seine corals are silex, and some lime. These works of anirnaj are jsometirhes built up into high mountains. Jn the 'southern sea?, there are reefs of coral a thou sand miles long. They arc fiist erected as wall aganst,the wind. The animal never works above ' thejwater ; he brings up his establishment to iIk surCice and there lecves it; but birds and plants majf add to its elevation ; still it must have'been fire hencath that has raised them to the height which in fainy instances they have attained. ! The Professpr said there was good reason to be licve the bottom ofthe ocean to be similar to the surface of the earth ; and as corals form parts of' our pountains, the inference is that this .continent was; once under ;hc ocean. Iri limestone are vast caverns. The Maramoth Cave, in Kentucky, .has been explored to the ex tenfof ten! miles without coming to any limits.- Subterraneous rivers are also known to cxi?t; and tie explosion of gunpowder in a cavern of Derby si ire, England, caused the rushing of a mass cf waters through the interior rejrion. APSLIiY HOUSE. 'he followincr curious Dartictilars relating V Apkley house, the residence of the Duke of Vel-. lington, at Hydepark corner, are not, wc believe, generally known; they may, however, be relied on as facts.! jAs George I. was ridingon horseback one day in Hydepark, He met an old soldier whom lie recognised as having fought under him at Dettingerand with great coudesceution fell into discourse with him. In the course of conversa tion jthe Kirig asked what he could do for him ? "Why, please your Majesty," retarned the soldier, "my wife keeps an apple stall on the bit of waste groiihd as you enter the park, if your -Majesty would - be pleased to make us a grant cf it, wc miTht build a little shed arid improve our trade." ThelKingi complied with. the request, and the l- 1 ll - ! .mi 1 I graut was accoruingiy given nimr i ne sneu was erectird, the. situation was excellent, and the busi ness bf the old woman became brisk and prosper ous. After some years the bid soldier died, and the grant ofthe late King was forgotten. The then Lord Chancellor, attracted by the eligibility ofthe situation, removed the old woman's shed, , and laid out the ground as the site ofthe mansion U - v1 ' A i ' -1 3T m L ?
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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