Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-22
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New York, September 4, 1926.
siiy Dear Sir In communications which /
havejust received from Peru, His Excellency the
Libera,or of Colombia honors me with the commits
sion, to present 20 you, with the enclosed letter,
the sncerest expressions of his acknowledgment for
The valuable present, which one of the family of
the iliustrious Washington has been pleased to
offer to him. cannot better fulfil this commits
sion, than by ,ranscfbins to you the very words of
his Excellency
Since you have been the person who has had
the goodness 10 transmit 10 so valuable part
o'the inheritance OF the immortal Washington. be
also the medium, through whom wish TO express
the profound admiration which have ALWAYS
proiessed Tor the memory of this illustrious Hero
with my consideration and respect for every thing
belonging TO him, and my acknowledgment of
the honor with which have just been distinguish
ed.'
Ii also affords me pleasure to communicate TO
you, that the Colombian Nation know how to
value the merit OF the honor you have conferred on
him, who Is considered as the Father of the Coun-
try, and the worthy imita,or of Washington
10 the gratitude OF General Bolivar, and the es-
TEEN OF Colombia, permit me TO add the sentiments
OF the greatest consideration and cordial friendship
with which
remain your obedieut servant,
JOSE MARIA SALAZAR.
To The Honorable
George Washington P. Gusts Sc.
LETTER FROM THE LiBERATOR
Lima, 9Th May, 1926
SIR Although had learnt, by the public ma
pers, the gift with which the son of The ,reat
washington has been pleased TO honor me, had
not, Till this day, received either the holy relic of this
Father OF Liberty, or the laeinp letter of his ,yo
thy descendant. This day have placed my hands
upon this invaluable present, the image of the firs,
ssneiactor oil the continent of Columbus, presented
through the citizen Hero, General Lafayette, and
offered by the noble rsznani OF that immortal fami-
iy. 1t is recompense worthy of the first and most
Industrious character OF the Universe. Shall l be
worthy OF such an honor? No: but accent il
with pleasure and gratitude which will be a,tacb-
ed TO the remains OF the venerable Father of Arner-
ca; 10 the most remote generations of my country :
they ought TO be the last remembrances of the New
World.
Accept, sir, the most sincere and respectful
sentiments OF my Perfect consideration
BOLIVAR.
Mr.. Ponsett Minister to Mexico gave a
splendid ball and super ON the night of the 9Th
OF July, which is said to have cost $500
pretty good slice fIom salary ofe9OOo.
NATURAL WALL IN N. CAROLINA
Among the contents of the granite rock. of the
West, none has inspired so general an interest as
the Natural Wall of Rowan. Fissures in the
granite rocks, from few inches to foot or two
in breadth, are filed with blackish kind of
stones, OF very regular figure, covered with iron
rust, arranged uniformly across the opening ex-
actiy fitted 10 one another and apparently laid in
mortar. These circumstances make the structure
look so much like work of art, that those who
flrst Observed 1t, unacquanted as they were with
geological phenomena, did not hesitate to repre.
sent 1t as an artificial fabric; and hence this wall
has long been ranked amongst the greatest c,,rios
lties OF the world on the superstition that it was
he Work oi some ancient People, for purposes un,
known. 1t however belongs to a class of eeolo
gical phenomena by no means uncommon. being
nothing more than one of the structures found in
various countries denominaed Basaitic Dukes
Ii is well known property of Basalt 10 SPLIT
easily ana IN such manner as TO form columns
with smooth faces, and to decsmpose into a now
der, resembling iron rust whenever wafer lodges in
toe crevices The regular shape of the prismatic
columns which compose the dykes is, in ike man
ner, owing 10 the original mass having split or
cracked by strain, (the result of contractionl
acting uniformly on every part. An illustration OF
this principle may be seen In stiff, clay soil bak-
ed by the sun. Were there need of anv further
reason for discarding the opinion that these dykes
are ARTIFICIAL structures, it might be added that ba-
ssiuc formations, presenting far greater regularity
than those OF Rowan, and on scale far more mag
l'''-'~'''s 'S ibHhN parts OF the world
Witness the extraordinary caverns in the Western
| Islands OF Scotland, the Giants Causevav nm tbe
Northern coast OF Ireland, sc. Itbas been assert.
ed By mineralogsts, that genuine basal has been
discovered IN this country; but the Professor is of
opinion that these dykes present an uneouiyoca
example OF that substance Raleigh Register.
UNcoMMoN. There is on the farm of Mr.
Hanshaw, on Mill creek, Berkeley county. heller
IL months old, giving milk without ever having
mad cali The quantity given is about two quarts
daily. The circumstance which led TO the disco
very was this. The owner having for his conve-
nlence separated his cattle, this heifer was soon
afterwards obse we'd to be in some distress and 10
complain as though she had been parted from her
offspring. From motives of humanity she was
permitted again to mix with the others, when am
other heller OF about the same age ran eagerly to
her, began to suck, and at once revealed III disco.
very 1t is presumed that the intimacy had existed
Tor many months Winchester Republican.
MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.
We regret to learn that during the performance
oil the funeral honors Of Messrs JErFrRso, and
ADAMS at Baton-Rouge, on the 9th August Iast.
rencounter took place between Mr. a grt,o.,,,