Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-31

Courts. Establishments have been
formed for teaching the first dement's
OF the Scicnces-there are -four M
iional Schools and IN each Parish
School master is maintained by TIE
( Government There is also Univer
sity, and a Surgical School, which
has a French Instructor The CathO
he is the prevailing religion, aud the
Archhishop's seat is at s.. Domingo,
the former Capital OF Hayti
During the past year several new and
promising localities Of Gold have come
iato notice, which have not only extend
ed the boundaries of this Interesting
region, but have also thrown new light
upon the geological characters of the
formation itself On the North, gold
has been discovered within six miles of
Greensborough, in the county of Gull
ford; and on the Southwest it has been
collected to some extent on Long Creek,
ia Mecklenburg, near the Catawba riy-
err These extreme points are not less
than eighty miles asuuder; and line
drawn through all the extreme points,
passing almost to Salisbury, on the West,
and almost 10 Marlborough, on the
East, will comprehend an Hra Of more
than two thousand square miles. When
the former part Of tins report was writ.
ten, the gold had not been found in veins
but had been found only in horizontal
deposite Of gravel and dense clay, both
Of peculiar characters, and suggesting
the idea that the materials of this depos
ite, including the metal, had previously
existed in veins traversjug the slate, and
had been broken up & scattered over the
neighboring regions by some great nat
ural catastrophe, possibly the Universal
Deuge, The subsequent discovery of
original veins ofquartz, containing gold,
and tiaversIng the slate, being free from
these marks of attrtion and conclusion
which characterize the stream of gold,
are both circumstances which appear
strongly 20 favor the intimat1n which
was before TIM out. 1t appears,
however, that these auriferous veins are
not confined to quartz, traversing the
slate, but they occur, likewise, in veins
of iron ore; as Mr.. Rothe found to be
the case on Long Creek, in Meclzlen
burg, where sale is no longer the pre-
dominant rock Of the country. The
occurrence Of gold in vein of iron ore
IS circumstance which IS novel and un-
expected, and a peculiarly which has
not been observed in any other part of
the formation. The discovery Of a very
rich vein Of quartz, among the slate
rocks at Barringer's mine, in Montgom-
cry, is generally known. From this
place, we learn the metal occurs in sew
era distinct situations, beng partly in
veins of quartz, partly in fine sand be
tween two layers of slate, and partly in
the dense blue mud which accompanies
it at most of the other mines. 1t also
appears, that gold amounting to not less
than $4,000, was obtained from the a
aforementioned great vein alone.
The occurrence of gold its original
veins so near the surface of the earth, is
regarded as most auspiciOus circum-
stance, aaordlng the greatest encour-
agement to make excavations, with a
capital prcportioned to the magnitude
OF the enterprise.
Near Randolph Court House, the
stream gold has recently been found in
the same gravelly deposite as that of Ca
barrus; and the existence of the pecu-
liar stratum for some distance along the
Caraway river, indicates that this is a
genuine portion Of the Gold Country.
There is no knowing Of how import
ant a discovery the following may be
the precursor 1t so large a piece OF
gold has been found in Vermont, it is
not likely that it is an isolated specimen
1t would be interesting to know if there
be any recollection Of Gold having been
/ heretofore discovered in that region oil
our country.
| PROM TIRE TgoY SENTINEL.
| Vermont Goid A beautiful piece Of
native gold, weighing nearly ten ounces
was lately found in the town of Newfane
] Vermont. 1t was picked up by boy
near a small brook; and was studded