Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-17
Communicated for the N. York Columbian.

COPPER OF LAKE SUPERIOR ANALYzED.
Inc pa,iotc ana intelligent minister pienipot.ntiary
ei The u States al the court of his majesty the king Of
the Netherlands, presented during his residence at the
Hagae to The minister of foreign affairs, piece
metallic copper cut from the block lying on the south side
of lake Sup ror by Dr. lie BaTon apoihacay general of
the army This specimen was intended for deposit in
sty of Leyden
The hon. Dr. Eustis has gone further. He ha, trans.
United TO Dr. Mtcb professor Of botany miheralogy
&c IN the university Of NJ York. the report essay
made in the mint at Utrecht at his request The obi ect
OF procuring these experiments to be made in foreign
country "as-frs 10 add to the diffusion Information
respecting Americaand secondly, that the sus
be compared With the trials Laboratories at home
by the chemical operators.
The ministers uncation to DR.. Mitchill is snb-
stantally this
To all appearance the sample appears have been
cut from mass of melted copper. The fusion however
is the effect Of art, but production Of nature The
cause was probably volcanic eruption.
The stream OF lava in all likelihood carried along
with the mass of copper under consideration. rhe
gradients this Dody ran together from, different
parts Of the mine, when the underwent fusion and
on the eruption, the mass, enormous il is trans
ported TO the spot where IL has cooled and remains in
cumbent the soil.
The chrysaIized form exhibited by tile natural out.
side ofth specimen that has been left untouched
tenances ard explains the presumption that the mcitIm.
occasioned by he before mentioned cause nasnuc
as surface chry stalled that could only
produced, as far rs can now be judged by slow gra-
dual escape of caloTic fiom the melted mingled
with foreign bodies aud exposed TO The atmos piere.
As to the properties Of the - ITSELF may be
observed that us colour 10 clear red that it,
tia quality bespeaks peculiarly 1T for rolling and foIg
and otis vlitHe
per resemblance to tue English ariicie com
monty called copper for plating.
The dealers 10 this met. Distinguish tile
der consideration as Peruvian copper distinguish
from swedish, that of Sweden being III Tar less maei
BILE, aud that OF tile lakes being gfeaiy preferable
only o its brilliant colour by reason of
the coseness of its pores aud iis dTctiliy NObwt-
standing before is employed fOT manufactures for
coming it he melted over again aud puriled from
the earthly PARTICLES which il MAJ contain
The examination OF This North American copper by
the cnpei tlIe essay by lire, has proved that
in the Host neF IL
OF any other metal"
NATIVE ALB1NO CHI DREN OF NEW YORK.
The two children which nT. AIcbin aud ,1T Hatfield
saw at Dr. elJIoTes few days ago, fair examples
81 the AlAinO variety. One is of II years cid and
the other girl Of T. 1he parents OF the usual com
pexlon tue father being native o France ana The
thcT OF Maryland. these Interesting young lave
delicate bVdies and skins OF appearance. The
eyeashes eyelids and hair are daxen white. The
complexion thar Of an exquisite inciuTe faint blush
Of red Oycrsprcsing surface admirably biancEed
eolaed jleir sight is weak, but their eyes free
from bemI5h. They UgckOlCi,iQHStlat
u.s. they distinguish objects better by twilight or the
beams Of the than by the ras ofthe The mus
cles Of the constant motion, being affected
by gentle spasIns resnOr tat neither impair vision
eXcte The iris is much whittier than
is usual IN biue-eyed individuals, and is distinguished by
radiatng ucs. The pupils very contractie, aud
their colour UNUSUALLY darn though certain turns ard
positions Of the eyes, REDDISH pink hue presents it.
self TO the behoGeT 70 reported, that there one
child older aud hfee younger than the two under COnsid
GRAFTON, who have black hair and corresponding com
peNlons, sithOut albinage.
Perhaps heTe never more proper than these
TO crafty Psychologists Ind ed, they are Of peculiar
a character as cite an emotion OF Hyely sympathy
White thcJ SATISFY The desire OF rational curiosity
tCOlgm6iGH.