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POETICAL.
A POOR EXCUSB.
I' Tk. Knickerbocker furnialiee the following “Poetical
I blsla "from J. G.S.to .bachelor friend, urging him to
I'Sat at' ouce into tbo connubial etute. He lliiuks it the
ICiweign’.l thing io creation."
Don’t tell <ne that von'Miaven't got time,”
Thnt n Iher thing, claim your atteniiun ;
Tliere'n not llio lea.t reaaon or rliyme
In die wiaesl axcure you can mention.
Don't tell me about "other fish.’*
Your duty ia dune when you buy ’em :
gad you nevar will relink the dish,
liiile.s you’re a woman io “fry om."
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,...... dream of poetic fame,
Rut the utory may chance to miscarry;
The best way'of sending one's name
To posterity, Cliarle*, is to marry.
Ami here I am willing to own,
(Alter soberly thinking upon it,)
l*,| very much rather be known
Through a beautiful sou, than a sonnet.
Don’t be frightened at querulous storiew,
Bv gossiping grumblers related,
Who urgue that marriage a bore is
Because they’ve known people inis-niilod-
Such fellowa, ifthey Ind their pleasure.
Because some “bad b irgaiua * are made,
Because some “bad Inrgama
Would propose, as a sensible nu
To lay an embargo on trade!
Then, Charles, bid your donbts good bye,
And dismiss all fantastic alarms;
That you ought to have had in your arms,
Some beautiful maiden, God bless her !
Unencumbered with pride or with pelf,
Ofeve.ry true charm the possessor,
And giveu to no fault but yourself!
To Procrastination be deaf—
(A caution which eame from above.)
The scoundrel’s not only “the Thief
Of Time,” hut of Beauty and Love!
Then delay not a moment to win
A prise that is truly worth winning,
Celibacy, Charles, ia a sin
And sadly prolific of sinning.
1 coufd give you a bushel of reasons
For choosing the “double estate ;”
It agrees with all climates nnd seusous,
Though it may be adopted too late.
To one’s parent’s, 'tie (gratefully) due;
Just think wlist a terrible thing
’Twould have been, sir, for me and for you,
If onr$ had neglected the ring!
Then there’s the economy,(dear
By poetical algebra shown;)
If your wife basa 4> grief ” or n“fear,''
One half, by the Ti
Lne half, by the Ta%v, is your own.
And as to the “joys” by division
They are somehow doubted,’tie add,
(Though I never could see the addition
Quite plain in the item of bread!)
Remember— 1 do not pretend
There’s any thing * perfect” about it,
But this I'll maintain to the end,
Life’s very wi-perfect without it.
’Tie not tha't there’s “poetry” in it,
here may be to those
(As doubtless there ii _
Who know how to find and to spin it,)
Bull’ll warrant you “excellent prose.”
Don’t search for an angel a minute.
For suppose you succeed iu the sequel,
After all the deuce would be in it,
For the match would be highly unequal.
Thu Angels it must he confessed,
In this world are rather uncommon,
And allow me,dear Charles, to suggest,
You'd bo betiercouteiit with a icoman.
Then, Charles, be persukded to wed;
For a sensible fellow like you,
It is high time to think of a bed.
And a board and “fix ina” for two.
Don’t think of “somebody else” first,
A poet almost “in the sear!
A 'Major” and not married yet
You should do “nothing else’.’ fora year!
MISCELLANEOUS.
AN INCIDENT OF A WHALING VOYAGE.
BY AN BYR WITNESS.
Perhnps there is no voyage attempted by mmi.
•here there it so much danger intending, ns tvliul-
•"S* The hardy Marines engaged in this business,
lure not only iho elements lo contend with, but ul.
I *» the greul leviathan of iho deep. Many ships
cruise in latitude*, but little known, and encounter
were'gales and suffer many privations which tire
unknown to those engaged in the .merchant ser
**•. it ,ur once my lot to be engaged in this bu.
•inesi, and an incident occurred during that voyage
I ■I'klt may be well wortli relating. There are s.’-
**nl persons on the lslnnd of Nantucket uhi
I cm vouch for its authenticity.
Early one pleusanl morning, while cruising nenr
tlie equator, the man on the main lop gallant-cross
he*, sang out, ‘there she blows !' which ia the us-
ml intelligence to the oiliccrs on deck that u whale
| ia sigln •
'Wliorc away ?' lustily inquired the mate.
Three points off tlie blow, sir. There she
[ " l,u ’i looks like 11 sperm whale, sir,’ oguin sang
I aut iliu mau.
The mate had already ascended the rigging as
kit Upy-gl.sa nnd looked iri the direction iu which
™ •h.i. wa. blowing.
■ There she blowe—that’s a sporin whole.' ex
| Wimedthe confirmed mate—‘Air. Emulous.' con-
be, addressing the secnud male, who wus on
•**» ‘call the Captain.’
But this unnecessary ; the captain had a.
| r *MV turned oat -of Ins birth and rushed on deck.
I he was finishing his toilet
*Jr. Fisher, what is it T u fin buck 1’ inquired lie
I« •*« mat*.
’No, no sir t sperm whale—1 could aco bis hump
uisitioclly with the glass—but he is gone down
I ^liM lime iast, steward ?' inquired the capiain.
ter Uicuri tuning which, he addressed the second
rV** 'elling Uui to finish wukhiug off at ence, gild
Ithd '' le hoMuwhegot in readiness. Tile cup.
I .Jit* 11 * * ea i* r **'0 fray ;’ lie ascended ine
llW ln g. stiU having reached tlie fore top gallhiil-
I ^~“’ ('hu sail being furled) he Seated himself, and
I y r ? <l "f Abe male, *how flar off tlto whale was
I last seen *
."ktcii way weMfcsediegtJ - .
r«ieew«4, s-.wswear .* IcuuW^lgi.’
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•Ohdeck there,’ hailed the captain,‘Ilalltin, sir.’
“deep her offtwo points and .quart] in the yards
f«Ubl ■
‘Aye, aye, sir,’ replied tlie second mete.
The yard* were squared in, and tile goud ship
Cyrcus, of Nnuluckel, began to move a little faster
through tbo water. The mate hinted to the cap
tain that probably tlui ship might run over the whale
und asked him if the fore.uii should not be hauled
down.
•Them she blows !’ shouted half a do/.cn voices
at ii, ce. /
‘There ho is, Mr. Fisher about a mile off, wo
will laydown and lower nwny.’
The boats were immediately lowered from the
dnvits into the water, and every man was soon in
his respective place.
•Ifce your pnddlea instead of oars ; do you hear
the other boats ?’ exclaimed the captain at the top
of his vuice.
•Aye, aye, sir,’ was the reply.
I belonged to this boat and nnd tlie honor of steer
ing. it was soon peieepiilile that our boat was
nearest to the whale, tbo other boats consequently
ceased paddling so as not to frighten the whale
which wo were approaching so tapidly.
‘Dick,’ said the captain lo me,‘don’t miss him,
fur lie is nn eighty barrel whale.’
‘Never fear, sir. I replied, taking the head iron
(the harpoon) in my hand, and eyeing the huge
whale us he slowly proceeded through the water
scarcely burying his hump.
We note ulmosl within dart when the captain
whispered In tint men, sc.ize the oars and pull. In
tin instant we were along side.
•Give it to him, Dick,’ roared the captain. Bang
went one iron ; bung went the other.
•Starn all—slam all—stern, you scamps slam !*
cried our elated captain, after having seen the iron
buried to the hitches io the back of the whale.
•Come after mo my boys.’
•Aye, aye, sir;’ 1 replied, going aft, seizing the
line which was around the logger-bead in the stern
of the boat.
Tlie Cnptain went forward preparing to use the
deadly lance ns the two other boatscame up with
the intention of also fastening. The whale which
a few minutes before was so quiet, now appeared
more like nn enraged bullock ; his flukes (i. e. tail)
was often high in the air, every joint was cracking,
m iking u sound similar to the snapping of h hum
dred whips ; nnd then his head would appear sever
al feel out of the water, which, together with his
formidable jaws and frightful teeth, plainly showed
his strength and what it was in his power to do.
The second mate’s boat approaching the whale, and
a young man by the name ol Hale was standing up
ready lo dart the irons, but the whale caught sight
of the boat and instantly inode for it with his mouth
open. Yet Hale was nothing daunted, but he dart
ed the irons, one after another, and then jumped
overboard. It was all that saved him, for the jaws
of the whale came down on the very spot where he
Mad stood, and with so much power that the head of
the boat was billeu off. He swam to our boat evi
dently grnteful fur having escaped. Air. Fisher
now pulled up.
•Be careful how you go on that whale, exclaimed
the Captain, much chagrined at the catastrophe
which lie had just witnessed.
The mate, however was not allowed lo approach
htswliuluship, for he politeiy gave the blow with his
flukes, which knocked tlie bottom in, and the crew
some rods from the boat in company with some
whaling geur, such us hurpuons, lancets, wail pole,
line-tubs, etc.
•By George !’ roared the Captain, Hussey, ‘two
boats sloven and tlie wltalo not liuving received a
lance ?
‘Haul line, haul line, I wii! now see what we can
do. Bow the line Hale, and sit down upon the
thwart,’said lie to (he young man who hud been
tuken into our boat,and was standing up by his side.
But he disregarded llio Captain’s Older, and still re
mained standing. The Cuptain was in the act of
darting a lance when the whale turned upon us.
‘Slain—slum—starn—stamalli latte the har
poon oar Hale, and starn !’ lie exclaimed.
As Hale was about obeying this order the whale
rolled under the how of the boat, and striking it at
the same time with his jaw, so that by the collision
he lost his balance and fell overboard directly into
the whole's jaw*! The whale lifted his head out
of the water, showing the young man firmly in lus
mouth, as if in mockery of all our attempts to cup
lure him, and then disappeared with his victim.
How long the wlmle was out of sight [ cannot
tell, ina few seconds, however, Hale’s hat came
and floated upon the surface, and about a minute af
tor. Hale himself nppoared !
‘Pull me iu for Heaven’s sake,’ he exclaimed, ‘1
have been in tho whale’s jaws!’
We soon had him ill the boat ; his scalp was
hanging by u portion of the skin, ut the buck of his
head ; lie could not speak ; hut uftcr a time lie in
formed ns that he was not injured elsewhere.
•Where’s the whule,’ oxclnimed the captain.
‘Bl.v t the whale,* I almost exclaimed.
‘There he is, sir,’ answered one of tlie men
pointing it out.
‘Well, haul line, we will haul up close io him and
then cut, for Hale must bo injured more seriously
than perhaps we are awurc of.
We were accordingly hauled up, when the whule
turned flukes and disappeared.
‘Cut lino, it is folly to hold on any longer,' said
the captain.
The line was cut and we were soon along side
of the ship. Httle was hoisted up in the bout and
carried into the cabin, where lie was examined by
the Capluin and rnyself. Oil moving a portion of
his clothes several frightful wounds were discover
ed, one of which in the lower extremity of his ho
dy, ivae so large that a portion of tlie intestines
were hanging out. There were others also upon
his thighs. These were nil sewed up. and after
being properly bandaged, ho was placed in one ol
the berths. The sloven boats were picked up j
others immediately rigged and put in order, while
men were sent to the inast heads (with whnt hearts
i will not pretend to say,) to keep a look out for the
whale that had cos: us so much trouble.
•I’retty, how-do.yon do,' said the Captain lo the
mule, who till now hud been Very busy in making
the changes in tlie bonts. ‘Two bouts knocked in
pieces—craft of various kinds lost, and whnt is ten
limes worse, ono of the boat s'.carers nearly killed
—pritty morning’s work, I dec'arc, I want lo see
tliul whule once more,if it is ouly to usk him how
lie feels with those irons in his hack
Air. Fisner expressed the same sentiment, add
ing that he had never witnessed such hard luck
Whut became of the whale i never learnt. If lie
was afterwurds seen from tlie masthead, no one an
nounced the fncl. Ater n few days the carpenter
had rnpuired the boats, and sumo of the crew hnd
partially forgotten ■ lie occurrence. Out not an
wi'h poor Hale. He was obliged to remain below
some weeks before he was enabled to go in the
boat sgain.
On being asked by some one what his thoughts
were tn the whale’s jaw, ho replied, he thought
•the whale m ! ght make eighty barrel* of oil!’ 1 w ill
merely add that he is now mate of a whale ship.
Mr. Fisher now commands the Napoleon, and Mr.
Biftriona. the Cyrus, both ships belonging to Nan-
tnqket. Captain lloeetfy Mia the ship Jnmts Mau
r *- nwen ’- : ttcar
There is so courage like moral courage ; nnd
the highest degree of moral courage H» exhibited
upon small occasions. The moral courage of a
minister of u statu is often regarded as a nnillor of
wonderment. Sometimes the moral courage of
politicians quite staggers us ! To know one’s sell
requires some study ; to mueicr ooo’s sell is the
greatest of all morul exertions. Great hci« of
seif-scrifice, wo repeal, are nothing to little ones.
Tho doctor bleeds his dcurest friend without a sigh;
so does the lawyer; the feelings arc excluded Iroin
mutters of business. Tho insolvent comes boldly
forward, makes a virtue of nocessity, and—meets
his creditors’, lie is rewu ded with his freedom;
lie becomes an emancipated man—can walk both
aides of the way up and down greul thoroughfares
—and, wliut is more, be ut home lo everybody.
There are muny moral, social, and pliisopliical
forlorn hopes which we could mention ; hut they
arc for great men and grout occasions. Our pro
ANECDOTE OF CHIEF JUSTICE MAR
SHALL.
A friend residing in this county has sent us for
publication the following anecdote of tlie lute Chief
Justice Marshall. In u nolo accompanying it. lie
says tliul we may rely with confidence upon its au
thenticity.— Western Ciliun,
Many years ago. Colonel II —, n highly
reaper in bin citizen of this county, went into Vir
ginia on a trading expedition. It was in tlie days
of the Bank of the United States, and ut a period
when a protested lull ofexrhnnga was more fright
I'ul than an np| irntion. Tliinca have changed
soo'ewliat since, and the epistnlury visiiations of
tlie notucy public, then so alarming, have in later
times become us familiar us household words.
But to our story. The Co'onel had taken in a
drove of horses, nnd meeting nn unusually dull
market he found himself in Richmond, with stock
nn hand und no means to meet ail acceptance of
sent purpose ia to touch upon some of the minor of- ! $1000, on which the following day was tho last of
fairs of life, setting down, for the information of | grace. He plead for lime, hut the officers wero
people of limited means und pretensions, a few
few words of homely advice, which they will do
well to profit by ; rules which have been supplied
lo us from sources of practical experience—max
ims and aphorisms of simple, sound, but weighty
meaning—injunctions which ato the growth of con
viction—a sort of small sulad advice, which has
sprung up in men’s brains, the spontaneous growth
of reason und reflection, and brought forth for a j el | „ U | tl) |,; m . aiH | thither Ire weeded his way
wise purpose, no doubt. The council we receive arriving at the mansion, he wits admitted at o
in a word—and that a half mocking one ; the pre-
ceptical admonitions that come from lips whose
owners aril entitled to utter thorn without question
—llio surl of advice which would fall from the half
uncoucious drunkard or gamester in his Inst mo
ments; the instruction ol a man in the Queen’s
Bench ; the warning of a felon on tho scaffold ;
GOLD AND DIAMONDS OF BRAZIL.
The following is < xtructed from the proceedings
of u Cnnvemiun of Geologists, that assembled at
New Haven, (Conn.) not long since.
Frol. Shepard then made a few very interesting
remarks on the Elastic Sandstone of till- Gold lie*
giou. lid produced n specimen from Buncombe
county. N. (J*, which very much resembles the elas.
tic suudstanc of Brnz I In Charleston lie met with
a very eminent scientific man. named Screvior, of
Hessla, (formerly a student of Gottingen,) who hud
passed a year or two in Georgia, mulling observa.
nous, and who hud several specimens of this beau
tiful sandstone. lie had been induced to colli ct
these frjmi ill s fact that Burom Eswcguhud, iu de
scribing the gold and diurmiud region of Brazil,
shown that this elastic slandslonc prevails exten-
sively there. Tho fuel also induced Dr. Eglehcarl
to search carefully the Ural Mountains,and there
lie found this elastic sandstone in abundance, lie
then predicted that diamonds nnd plntina would
soon lie found in those Ural Mountain*, and oil
searching ilint region both diamonds nnd plnlinu
inexorable ; payment must lie made, or in default were found there. This minerui was itnculeinite ;
a protest, and the ghost of a ruined reputation interlemiie with primary roctis, mien ilutu, and tale
loomed licnvily in the background of the Colonel’s sluto. It tins 100 feel thick in Hull coumv. and
imagination, in the midst of his perplexity n takes n N. E. nnd S. W. course on the East hank
thought suddenly struck him, and with n philuso- of the Chattahoochee, through Habersham and
pliicnl coolness peculiarly his own, lie determined I Rabun counties. At one locality in Hull county
to put it into execution. Lie inquired of the Clerk i they actually found u diamond at ono of the gold
for the residence of Judge Marshall ; it was point- l washing deposits; it was worth about ®35. An-
On otlicr diiimond was fomd by a workman, wliicli was
once to unfortunately broken in pieces. Mr. Sdireiver cx-
He added that l|*pnseoca ofman
phtirie acid, of potash jgnd soda.l
much overlooked in uieMt^qotnpoaiMi
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SIN HARDENS
Augustus N-*-—was an uucocMKMilf pruiiMBf
boy. Every attention that fond eBUetWB OMrtfitfU
slow upon un only too, wm freely ratfcbul epkr
Inn. As lie eatly discovered e fo*dneM<fte SMhtr
hit lather determined to give him • IHmMX dhtt-
lion ; and accordingly he wus sent to * MgStMMol
where he made such rapid progress, that
ige He
ting oOrio puWBts,
> frionds. foWM+1
lu soon fiiumWWi
amiricd this mine nlior it was uhnud.ined, ami wash
ed llio snuds there carefully lor two weeks, lint
found no diamonds. But still, said l’rof. Shepard,
tlie re is not the slightest doubt hut that plenty nf
diamonds will yet lie found in those regions. This
place wus at Linnvillc Mountain, B li ke county, N.
C. ; it is n spur which puts nut from the Blue Range
un audience with the Judge, whom he briefly des
cribes as a remarkably great man with a remarka
bly Ninui I head.
He told the Judge that his name wasCol. t! ,
that lie lived in Bourbon coumv, in the Stale of
Kentucky, that lie had come to Virginia with stock
, , - _ iund on 'lie faith of a good market Imd negotiated
such hints a. these require no recommendation- | # (jf ^ for £ 1000 M WM du ; nl one j near the Black Mountain ; the Linnvillc River is
of the blinks on the morrow, and unfortunately fur <,n ^ 10 t ,l, rtli side of it, and the Catawba River is
him lie had mi money to pay it off. At this point | 0,1 l ' lu ‘ nul I* **‘lo of it ; there, and 25 miles off, at
the Col. fullered; it was hut for a moment. Ix»wev. i Broad River, there most he many valuable gold
er ; his heroic resolution overcame ail scruples, i mines. I rnin tlmcourse of the Rucks, 1 rof. b.
and with u gravity which in most men would have thought ho would find it intermediate between
seemed a mockery, lie added—‘and, s r, I want you
to pay it.’ The Judge modestly replied, ‘my good
friend I don’t know you.’ ‘That matters no?,’ said
the imperturbable Culm.el, ‘I am good, so is the hill,
my credii is at stake, you can save it; i will repay
you principal nnd inteic t. I have a large family de
pendant upon me for support, and while you w
soon placed al College Here be
himself far his scholarship, end, efter Ibet yeeta.
graduated, with the honors of the inslhbttai. He
then commenced the study of lew* tn# *t MNItji
age obtained license to practice. * v
In the fall of 1S33, Augustes Mi Ml OMM*
State, New Jersey, and flushed with the britIMit
prospects of success that lay bsfont him,
his lace to the West. Th# bleating
und the kind admonitions of Ms I
him as lie left his early home- He i
self on board a steamboat, bound f >r LoufsbMd ; -
and, to while away time, it was proposed tw pfef 4 *'
game of curds. He had determined to avoid : itll
such tilings ; hut thinking there ootlld be no berm
in playing a game for amusement, bb conseatrd to
join tlm party. Alter e time it was proposed to*
bet u small sum on the gam •, merely as If waseeAd
to give an interest toit. Thu first imprassioehf
our young lawyer was, to leuvojhe tabid; but lie
could lose at most only one or two dollars, and hie
companions would think he was a mean man. If ho
should withdraw. He pluyed the game* end, tin-
luriunutviy he won. Again and uguin he played
and still w as successful; hut, ulus, his success ring
ed him.
nobody doubts their validity ; and with that impres.
son wc proceed to givo a few of the seemingly un.
important regulations to which wo nllude :—
Have tho courage lo discharge a debt whfie you
have got the money in your pocket.
Have thccourago to do without that which you
do not need, however much you may udmire it.
Have tiie eournge to speak your mind when it is
necessary that you should do so, und lo hold your
longue when it is better that you should be silent.
■ Have thecourage to spenk to a poor friend inn
seedy coat, even in tho street, and when a rich ono
is nigh. The effort is less than many people luke
it to be, and the act is worthy a king.
Have the courage to set down every penny you
spend, <i«d add it up weekly.
Have the courage lo pass your host’s lackey at
the door, witirout giving him a shilling when you
know you cannot afford it—und, what is more, that
the mail lias not earned it.
Have the courage to own that you arc poor, and
you disarm poverty of her sharpest sting.
Have the courage to laugh at your personal de
fects, and the world will be deprived of that pleas
ure, by being reminded of their own.
Have (he courage to admit that you have been in
the wrong, and you will remove the fact from
the mind of others, putting a desirable impression
in the luce of nn unfavorable one.
[lave tho courage to udhere to a first resolution
when you cannot change it for a belter ; and to
abandon it at the eleventh hour, upon conviction.
Have tlie courage to make a will, and wliut is !
more a just one.
Have the courage to face a difficulty, lest it kick
you harder than you bargain for. Difficulties, like
thieves, often disappear at a glance.
Have the courage to leave n convivial party at a
proper hour for so doing, however great the sacri
fice; and stay away from one, upon the slightest
grounds for objection, however greul the temptation
to go.
Have die courage tn plnce n poor man at your
table, although a rich one he present, and to show
equal courtesy to both; and to deny vour house to
those whose qualities you condemn, whatever be
their character and station.
IIuvo the courage to dunce with ugly people—if
you dance at all; nnd to decline dancing if you
dislike the performance, or cannot accomplish it
to your satisfaction.
Huve tiie courage «t avoid accommodation bills,
however badly you want money; and to decline
pecuniary assistance from your dearest friend.
Have the courage tn shut your eyes al the pros,
pect of large profits, and to be content with small
ones.
Have the courage to tell a man why you will
not lend him your money ; he will respect you more
than if you tell him you can’t.
Have the courage in cut the most agreeable ac
quaintance you possess, when he convinces you
that he lacks principle. “ A friend should hear
itlt a friend’s infirmities’—not his vices.
Have thecourage to show your preference for
honesty, in whatever guise it appears; and your
contempt for vice, surrounded by attractions.
Have the coutnge lo wear yam* old garments
till you can pay for new ones.
Have the courage to thrust your legs down be-
liveen the sheets in cold weather ; and lu shave
every day before breakfast.
Have tlie courage lo puss the bottfi: without filling
vour own glass, when you huve reasons for so doing;
and to laugh at those wlm urge you to the contrary.
Have courage to wear thick limits in winter, and
to insist upon your n ife and daughters doing the
like.
Have courage to review your own conduct—to
condemn it where you detect faults—to amend it
to the best of your ability—to make good resolves
for your future guidance, and lo keep them.
Have the courage to decline playing at cards
for money. « hen “money is an object,” or to ceuso
playing when your losses amount to as much as
you can afibrd to loose.
Have the courage to acknowledge ignorance of
uny kind ; every body will immediately doubt you,
an I give you mure credit titan any false pretensions
could secure.
Have (lie courage to prefer propriety to fashion
—one is but the abuse of the other.
Have the courage to liston to your wife when you
should do so. and not to listen to her when you
should not. (This applies to husbands.)
Have the courage to provide a frugal dinner for
u friend, whom you “delight to honor,” and when
yon cannot nflbrtl them wine to offer them porter.
Have the courage lo demand your lawyer’s bill
—the sooner the better; to pay it by all musns;
and not to omploy him again if you can help it.
The English Gentleman.
Caldwell, an
Burke and R.ibun counties, and on examination
he did find it there. By the report of the Geolo
gy of South Carolina, page 17, by Dr. Tuomey,
this mineral is found in Pickens county, S. C. with
conglomerate, tale and oxide ; und at another lo
cality, 40 miles east, in York county. Thus, this
curious formation of clastic sandstone is very ex-
Mr. N-
- soon settled in a thriving vilit
suve my commercial repututiou from disgrace, you . tensive in the South, and lu every » here connected
will incur the lasting gratitude of one who, though w ith lh« Auriferous or Gmd Regitni. And from
you innv never need his assintance, will never for- '^ e analogy of this roek with those in Brazil and the
gel your kindness.* ; Ural Alnuntoins connected with the gold region,
The Judge with his usual rperpicuity discover- ] there is not the least doubt hut tlinl he in re long we
cd at onee the character of his man, and promised , shuil find in Georgia and Caiolinas n vuluulil din-
to meet him lit the hank next morning. Punctual : | nol, d bearing rock. I his rock is properly a trans-
to his appointment lliev met; Judge Ainrshall took | ■ lion diameter ; lor although there is some difli-
up the hill, nnd proffered additional money lo de- ! cu!l . v '» classifying it. us some portions seem
fray the the Colonel’s expenses home. In the au- 1 strm'gly lo partake of the character of Rocks of
Itimn of the some year llio Colonel was again in , the primitive series, yet the diamond hearing roek
Richmond with hogs. Having sold and received , i» undoubtedly ol the transition order, U 'sini lay.
the money, he eulled on iliu Judge and paid the ur8 t 1,01 conformable lo the stratifiction ol the
debt, wtio refused all interest, being satisfied with ; country ; nnd we must search it out, not where it
having saved the credit of u man w ho had proved j > s indubitably of a primary character, hut w here it
hi nisei) worthy of his confidence. I partakes somewhat ol a secondary character. In
j The Colonel is still living and in good health, ! Smff.rd county, Conn.-wo Ituve also u kind of flex-
j and recounts with great satisfaction the history ol ! H)le sandstone, called firestone; a mica slate,
I his first acquaintance with Chief Justice Mursliull. sligi" 1 ) fiexib.e ; hut the ta cose slate usually louucl
j I with the gold und diamond hearing rocks with us
runs nut.
Air. Jack-on asked if uny plulina had vet been
THE JEWS ON THE CONTINENT.
The march uf intellect, the spread of education,
the growth of liberal principles, have been deem,
ed the charuclislics of these days, and to huve at
lea-l abated those religious persecutions which
wore the reproach of the middle ages. Tho com.
molt notions entertained ol republican" govern
incuts nre, Hint, ns their iusti nitons ure founded on
principles securing the utmost personal liberty con
sistent with tlie objects for which men may he sup
posed to Ituve entered into society the acts of the
government and people will bn distinguished by
liberality, humanity, and justice, nnd that none,
however mean iu the community, will he interrupt
ed in (lie freedom uf hi- notion, so long as lie does
| not coniruvene laws to which all are equally sub-
jject, But,alas! for our illusions, the most arbitra.
ry autocracies have sctfrcely exhibited more flu-
grant acts of despotism than the high-vaunted re
publics both nl undent und modern times. The
deeds of arms, the lofty heroism, the devoted love
of coon try, the noble productions of ail, literature,
und philosophy which ndurn tlie history of the re
publics of Greece, have thrown around their deni-
ocratic institutions a hallo which throws into shade
found in the United Stales?
Prof. iShepurd—None.
Jackson—I have seen n letter from Alexander
Humboldt, in.which he says, that from tlie similar
ity of our gold region to lliut of Russia and Brazil,
ho has no doubt but that we shall find gold utid dia
monds in them.
Prof. Olmsteud said, that twenty years ago, he
saw two specimens of this flexible sandstone, at a
in Tennessee, and commenced his practice
the most fluttering auspices. But tlie thirst, (or-
gaming which lie contracted on board the
boat, now grew upon him rapidly. One nighl^jta
won $200 ; und. in honor of his success, hie com
panions tnsisiuil that lie should treat. Ile_ip.om'
plied; and, before they separated, ull the party
were deeply intoxiculod ! With Mr. N. il wastlje
first time ; und on the following day, stung with* '
remorse, lie resolved never again lopluy a game of
cards. After uhout three month*, however, be
yielded to (ho culrentics oiltis dissipate^ associates
und once more resorted to the gaming.tdhle, where
lie met ivitli varied -success. Bui, in nil cases, be
found nn excuse for introducing llio wiue-bottle..
If lie won he treated his good furlunc; and if be
lost, lie drank to drown his sorrows. Thus driv
ing and gainhhitg soon hecume Ina chief employ*
mem. Abandoned by his virtuous frienda, he w«s-
speedtly reduced to want and wretchedness. VVbijo
in this state he received a letter informing him of ■
the death of Ins affectionate father; and with, it
was a check for $500.—a part of his father's hard
earnings' flu diowin-d his grief in a BucchnoR-
liun revel, thnt night, and in a few days waw agaio .
penniless.
Thus continued Mr. N. in rapid career of crime. .
■ ill ito became u drunken and nundering omwut.
in ibis condition n letter reunited him from Ins mu.
llier, containing $100. and informing him that she
was fast sinking boueulh di.-case, und emreulit>g_
him, with uli a mother's feelings, lo come and sen
her before situ died. The appeal moved him, ojmI
lie look pussugc in n steamboat, to comply with her.
request. For two days lie abstained from liqMjir,
hut his thirst now became insupportable, and Iw-
was soon intoxicated. He then madly sougbLthe
gaming-table, and before he was half way .home,
ho loutid himself stripped of every cent, and una
ble to proceed. Shortly al'tur his mothes died,.
spending Iter lust breath m prayer for her wmlehadu
| c tiid. g
The once aspiring a d talented lawyer, who Imd -
mured in the first circles ol society, wus now. am-
ployed on hoard n steamer, as a deck hand;.and
even from this post he was soon discharged fur
drunkenness ! The dram-shop now became hia-
lioine, and gamblers and drunkard* Ms only. com...
panions. But he was soon delected in passing a.
would not have charged me a cun!. (Laughter.)
Dr. Jackson said thero whs u mineral vety much
11110 11,11011 was used instead of grandner quartz,
j ut the glass works in Keene, N. H. AVus it pos.
the not unfrequunl violations uf freedom nnd acts sidle that gold might he found in situ in that re
nt' tyranny ol which they wero guilty. The eo | oion ? Nutivogold had been found in Vermont.
Iu-s.il power of the Russian ruler muy not secure ; Prof. Shepard suid it was doubt fill if llio native
him against censure for tlm oppreb-inn of his sub
jects, hut lie cannot bu despised. Not so witlt
those feeble ami obscure States in which "bastard
freedom waves her fusluin flag,” and which mean,
ly oppress without one single redeeming virtue. In
no country on earth do little tyrants “ play such
pranks before high Heaven” us in the much huust-
fartn house in Lincoln Co. Georgia, five miles south I counterfeit hill, and brought before the criminal,
of Gruhtnn's Iron Wurks ; this was also in the gold j court ul'Sl. Louis, to answer to tho charge. Whew
region. One piece wus as flexible ns an eel: it Mheusui,lqiicslionwasputtoliim,whelherhe.wit*-
wus six inches long, and two inches diameter; it j gtulty or not, ho replied in the bilterneseof.-hiaeotil
was cylindrical, nnd shaped like au old fashioned , -Guilty ! guilty!” He was therefore convicted,
pestle. I a-kud the farmer to give it to mu, but nnd sent lo tlie Peiiitemia-y, where be suffered- ibo
he refused ; nnd lie must have linil tlm organ of ! penalty of his crime.*
firmness largely developed, for when I wanted him | T|l0 , ori) g oing narra , i¥e illustrate* whnt ismeatu
to sell tl to mo, lie said he had cone,tided to keep It; ,, h , rdenlog , he hparl nnd the , vn , in wllt ch It is
hot he consoled me with this remark, tlm. tl hr d And lho nun8 e q , len ce. of doing iL You I*-
could have made up hts mind to pi.r t / wttli tt. lie ||ol(| „ dlfr< . renc " belweeri ||)( , «miable and-pro
j raising youth nt school, nnd the guilty crkninalatth®-
I bar of justice. What a change a few- ycofb
I wrought ? This, then, is what is meant hy.horden-
i ing the heart. Yource, too, the successive step*-
| by w-liicli lie reached his climax nf oln. He went
I on from one apparently small transgression ton
greater, at each step hardening his-Iteart against
j gold, said In Imvo been found in Vermont, cuine
from ill it Slate originally, it might have been
vuslied to the spot.
Dr. Jackson ududed lo Gen. Field’s specimen,
which undoubtedly was found :n situ in N iv
Hampshire.
Prof. Dewey—Well, hut gold has been washed
cd republics of Switzerland, whose people some out uf the sand in Vermont.
centuries ago had indeed some manly energy, hut j Prof. Slmpnrd—Yes. sir, hut it is heli
the reproofs of his conscience am) the admonitions.
of It s friends. Here you have the process by
which the heart is hardened. And, finally,you be
hold his prospects blasted, his character ruined.,
and guilt stumped upon his name; his hopos for-
happiness in this file, and in the life to come (un-
| less Ito repent and reform,)<fof ever out off. Herb-
e I th it ! ?"" 1 foe ^ lu ‘-’O'-Bcqnenoea of thus lisrdon-
(Luugh.
who have never been able to emancipate them- the sand had first been salted with gold,
selves uf the low est prejudices, or lo acquire the | tor.)
very elements of rational freedon nnd social union.; Dewey—Well, 1 should like Io know who can ho
ever carrying on among themselves petty warfares j salting tiie eurlli in this wav.
for the inu»l petty objects, it may not, therefore, I Prof. Hull said he always looked upon the fiexi-
ben inutlerul' much astonishment, (Hough it must ! b |o sandstone lobe au indeimintury rock
lie of indignation, that in lliul Confederation, one j Prof. Simper I—That agrees with the opinion of
of the cantons ol which persists in iliese enlighten ; tlm French traveller, lie was a little confused
eddnvs ru wagon civil war in protecting and en- ' whereto place it ; hut some of it was evidently a
couriiging the Jesuit*, another should lay its oppre- transition rock ; nnd tlie diamonds ami gold of Bra-
sivc hand on the unhappy and ever-persecuted j zil arc found only in sedimentary ruck*.
Jews, t rom an article in iliu Gazelle ol the Con- | Prof. Booth said that there was a large diamond
federation, tlaled Grnubunden. the 18th December | in Philadelphia.thnt had been found in a pudding
|WM
■ V v
A Hint to tub Passionate.—Dr,
American writer on physical education, contends
that a well-balanced brain, contributes to long life,
while a passionate and lurhulsntone tends much to
abridge it—and if persona knew how many dungers
in life they escaped by possessing mildness of tern*
per, instead of the opposite disposition, how esger
would be the aim uf all men to cultivate it.
Yankee Entsbprise—New Enlgland has *1*
ready Invested thirty millions of dollar* in railways,
most of which investments pay a dividend of 6 w 7
per ceal; tome tit high a* 10 and 13 per cent.
Railwsye eow In progress -will absorb 12 Millions
mare of capital, all nf whlck vrin’prybablv bu corn
ier*. **
pieted iii fi
M
lust, it appears that on that day the Jews residing j
iu the town of Chur were cited tn appear before the -
authorities, and informed that, in conformity with |
the decision of the littlo council, they must forth
with leave the canton. The Government founded j
their resolution on the following cluu-c in nil net
stone, with oxide of iron and manganese.
Prof. Shepard said tlial those found iu lire gang,
w-cie mil considered genuine.
TAKING SILICA UUT OF VEGETABLES.
- Dr. Jackson then related a very interesting pro-
i"g llio hoar'. The nnrration, as a whole, is a stri
king illustration of that text, “He that hardenelts
his heart shall fall into-mistilUef.” Pnv. 38 : U,
Sinner’s Friend.
•These instrnctiva and intereetinp fncre from his history, F
have S'liln’icl frniii the eloquent ud.lress which he tusdv be
fore the court et Ilia trial.
for regulating residence, passed in n late session of I cess he hnd invented, of depriving vegetables of
the greal council : “The Jewsaro prohibited from > their silex. This was resorted tu in order lo uso
taking up tltcir residence in the canton tvitliu view ' common reed poles to make paper and cordage,
of carrying on I lie trade, mid no trade-license shall | &e. lie used for this the fluo-hvdric acid,
he grunted to litem.” The Jews humbly petitioned For tins purpose lie nsrdu lead cylinder, full of
the little council to he heard, for tho purpose ol | reed pole* crushed and moistened ; lie placed some
showing that this law did not apply to them. They (lour spur in ii lead retort on a sand hath ; lie pour.
were informed that their petition could not lie 1 ed on tin- flonle of lime some sulphuric acid ; this
granted. Compare tiie proceedings of Russia, | drove <-tf tlto flan-hydric acid, which, passing
giving ample lime lo the Jews to depart, with the 1 through dm reeds in the retort, entirely deprived
mandatesol'tlie petty tyrants, ordering them forth- | them of their silica, which silica wus precipitated
with to leave, and the imperial ruler's conduct will j in the glass through the lead tube, In a gelaninoiia
he found to hernercy and justice. But a petty op- | deposit, lo this way most beautiful paper could
pressor is ever pusillanimous. At tho snme limn a ho made of cane poles, or common reeds ; as lough
French Jew, who possosses a mine in Canton Grn. as Bunk note paper, und quite white. Flour spar
obunden, received orders lo quit I lie country, lie I was 4 cents n pound. It is a good mode of analy-
iiistuiuly applied to the representative of France, i sis, also, and only occupies about five minutes.—
who informed the Government nf Chur tlial, in the | Wo on use straw or grass, &c., instead of poles,
event of their persisting in their iniquitous deter-
mlitali a, every native of their canton now resid.
ing in Paris should receive orders lo leave that ci y
within fourteen days. This threat had its effect,
the Jew was alluwedtlo remain, and dues remain.
Comical, but, contemptible proceeding! So much
for Swiss freedom, eqflality, and justice ; but would
irilUIW ’
nut the appellation of slavery, oppression, end in
justice, Im terms mare appropriate to designate) the
character of suet; republics I
t. V&ff i*t
nnd we have also ■ sccitnincd that milk of lime,
first pussed through the cylinder, w ill take up much
of the silex from green cane poles.
Mr. Redficld said that Gov. Reed, of Bermuda,
had sent out to him a quantity uf fibres of tiie ar
row-root plant, after the arrow had been pressed
out pf it; and that jf any one wanted to make pa
per out of it, h* should ho happy iv supply them
with any quantity.
Dr. Jscksnu tUen ioixoducod «, specimen of E«»-
’eiss - T **t*-*rvjlrs-JL'-
■bp PiMliras—the landing of tin Huguenots I*tn-
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WL _ ImflflMrtrqttffn?
cun raouHiifitpaw—iY O. -J’ss. in*#
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The Gathering of the Huguenots,-A new French
nr Huguenot church elected in Charleston, 8. C.,
was dedicated, Sunday befure last, with religions
solemnities of the most interesting character. Tbt
dcdiclory sermon was presetted lev the Rov.Charlc*
Wallace, which was suid- to- have been an effort of
great eloquence.
It lias surprised ue no little that the descend
ants of tlto Huguenots have suffered the anniversa
ry of llio arrival of their forefathers in this coun
try to pass, year after year, without any mark of
respect, for the day or token ni veneration for the
virtues and hardy daring of their ancestors. Whilst
Bie New Englanders celebrate with great fiarttOR
the anniversary of the landing nf the Pi'grime at
Plymouth, the Southerners make no ado over (hut
of the coming hither of the men who exiled litem-
selvot. on ac, ount of religious persecute 1 !!*, from
the continent of Europe. Ami yet the Huguenot
was as proud a specimen of uuture’e noblest work,
as the Pilgrim. Ho was borne lathis hemisphere
upon the wings uf n faith equally pure. He exil
ed himself from his native land from impulses es
lofty, and Ids d-sceudauts have been equally cue,
spicuous for patriotism in the wars that established
and those tliul sustained the Republ c. in council
they ituve been quite us distinguished and ill enter*
prise as worthy members of society, A large por
tion of tin-Huguenots nim left Franco about lb*
lime nf tlm repeal nf the Edict of Nam?, emigra
ted to South Carolina, Their descendants are Ca
meroon iu die Palmetto State, mid we suggest lit*
propriety of (lie vetnhlisbing au annual, leslival ia
commemoration nf tin.- event, T.he people of New.
England, in whatevarSuit of tbo Union they may
Le, hold nfele un tint anniversary of th* iandiapwf >