The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-15

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or departure from Instructions. Res
pecting the marriage covenant, we have
but one word TO say-that no man has
any right TO be married, who has the
vanity to suppose he can apprehend and
anal,ze a woman's sentiments on the
subject of fashion. EDITOR.
To the autumn Of 1929, the Queen of
Tahiti, the widow of Pomare, visited
Huahine. Her attendants, who follow
ed 10 her train from Tahiti, requiring
piece of timber, she directed them 10
cut down a bread-fruit tree, growing in
the garden of poor man on the oppo-
site side of the bay, near which her
own residence stood. Her orders were
-obeyed, and the tree was carried away.
Teuhe, the owner of the spot on which
it stood, returning in the evening, and
being informed by his neighboIs that
the queens men had cut it down, re-
paired 10 the magistrate of the district,
and lodged a complaint against the
queen. The magistrate directed him TO
come 10 the place, of public justice the
following morning at sunrise, and sub
stantiate his charge; he afterwards sent
his servant to the queen, and invited her
attendance at the same hour. The
next morning, the missionary residing
there went down 10 witness the pro-
ceeding and, as the sun rose above the
horizon, Ori, the magistrate, was seen
sitting in the open air, beneath the
spreading branches of a venerable tree !;
on finely woven mat, before him, sat
the queen, attended by her train; be-
side her stood the native peasant; and
around them all, what may be termed
the police officers. Turaing to Teuhe,
the magistrate Inquired for what pur-
pose they had been convened. The
poor man stated his grievance, adding
that he knew that they had laws-he
had thought those laws protected the
poor mans property, as we'll as that of
kings and chiefs and he wished to
know whether ii was right that, with
out his knowledge or consent, the tree
should have been Gu; down. The mag
istrate, turning to the queen, asked if
she had ordered the tree to be cut down
She answered, Yes He then asked
if she did not know that they had laws.
She answered, Yes; bot she did not
Know that they applied TO her. The
MAGISTRATE then asked, if 10 those laws
there we're any exceptions in favor of
chiefs, or kings, or queens. She ans
swered, Mo- and despatched one of
her attendants 10 her house, who re-
turned with bag of dollars, which she
threw down before the poor man, as
recompeDse for his loss. Stop" said
the Justice "we have not done yet"
The queen began TO weep: "Do you
think it right that you should have cut
down the tree without asking the own
<r's p1rni..iou a'' continued tho mag
istrate, 1T was not right said the
queen. Then turning 10 the poor man,
lie asked, "What remuneration do you
require % Teuhe answered, "lf the
queen is convinced that it was not right
10 take little mans tree, without his
permission, am sure she viii not do SO
again. am satisfied-I require no 9TH
.er secompense." HIS disiuierestedness
was appiauded; the assembly dispersed,
and, afterwards, thick, The queen sent
him, privately, present equal to the
value Of his tree,
Quicksiluer.-The most productive
quicksilver mine 10 the world IS at Idria,
CarnioIa, 10 the dominioos of the En-
peror of Austria. This mine has been
worked 100 years, and is TOO feet deep.
The good ores contain from So TO rs
per cent. of pure quicksilver and the
mercury is sometimes found in pure
state, issuing in q slender stream from
some assure in the rocks. The ore,
after being pounded aud washed, is
placed over a furnace IN the roasting
oven, where The action of the fire sep
arates the quicksilver !rom the other
substances it rises subllmated along
with the smoke, and passes through
winding fues until it cools and desceuds
into hollows made to receive it. The
quicksilver is then packed in sheep or
goat skin bags. The mine now employs
400 hands, Gn its hourishing state it
gave bread to 1900 men, produces an
nuelly $4,000 pounds of quicksilver,
and Yields a profit TO the government OF
SIS 600.
In 1903 FIRE originated in the wood
work Of the mine, andfor five weeks
the flames ragged in the bowels Of the
earth With The greatest fury; when the
shafts were opened The smoke, filled
with mercurial and sulpbureous exhala-
tons, rolled forth and struck down eve
ry one that came within lie reach. As
n last resource, the director turned in
stFean of water and allowed it TO flow
two days 10 the course of the second