Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-09-14
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of Horses belonging TO - estate of
the late Theo. Field, Esq FOR some
time past advertised in this p~Per, took
place OF Friday last. The correct
Judgment and skill Of the deceased IN
selecting and rearing the best stock,
together with the highrerutalion acqni-
red by some Of them as racers, attract
ed Either iron a distance, number
of gentlemen OF the Turf In order
to show how highly these horses were
appreciated, we have thought proper
10 give the account sales OF several:
Gohanns, fine blood bay horse. up.
wards of. sixteen hands high, $500
dollars; philis, full sister to Goh,nna
1854 dollars; Merino Eve, sixteen
years old. now in foal by Archie. the
dam of Johanna and Pbiilis, ,2c5
dollars; a Bay FiIley, twelve months
old, 357 dollars; Sorrel FiI'cy. four
months old, 500 dollars. also ll,r Off
spring Of Merno Eve; Calypso, Arch
lie mare, eos dollars; Lldy Bolts.
grey rnsre, $50 dollars Producing
the handsome total OF 1853 dollars -
and averaging 1904 S7i-2 each. We
understand ihAt none OF the purchasers
reside out Of the State. VIRGINIA is
sTILL HERsELF.-In teliigeaeer
Niles Register says. that at tue last
Presidential Election, the free popuia-
ton was divided as follows;
Adams. 81 members $50 $50 Free pop.
Jackson III zoos 252
Crawford, 50 l,I50 O62
Natural WdH in North Carolina
Among the ccaiengs OF the granite
rocks of the West, none has inspired
50 general an interest as the Natural
Wall OF Rowan. Fissures in The gran
tic rocks, from few inches TO foot
or two in breadth, are filled with
blackish kind of stones of very regular
figure, covered with iron rust, arrang
ed uniformly across the opening, ex
acily fitted to one another, and appa
rently laid in mortar. These ciicum
stances make the structure look so much
like work of art, that those who FIRST
observed it. unacqnainted as they were
with geological phenomena, did not
hesitate to represent II as an artificial
fabric; and hence this wall has long
been ranked among the great curios
tics OF the world, on the supposition
that ii was the work OF some ancient
people, for purposes unknown. 1t
however. belongs 10 class of geolo-
gical phenomena BY no means uncom
mon, being nothing more thar one Of
the structures found in various countries,
deuotninated Basaltic Dukes 1t is a
well known property of Basalt TO split
easily, and in sucl, manner as TO
form columns with smoe'h faces, and
TO decompose into powder, rest NIB
ling iron rust, whenever water lodges
in the creviccs. The regular shape of
the prismatic columns which compose
the dykes is, IN like manner, owing to
the original mass having split or crack
ed by a strain, (the result of conirae
tion) acting uniformly on every part
An illustration of this principle may
be seen in stiff clay soil, baked
by the sun. Were there need or any
further reasons for discarding the opin
ion that these dykes are artificial slrnc
lures, it might be added. that basaltic
Formations, presenting far greater reg
ularity than those of Rowan, and on
a scale faf more magnificent, are found
IN varioos ,arts of the xyortJ Witness
the extraordinar, caverns inthe West.
ern Islands of Scotland, the Giants
Causeway, on the Northern coast of
Ireland, &c II has been asserted by
niDeralogists, that no genuine basait
has been discovered in this country;
but the Professor is of opinion that
these dykes present an uneapivocal ex.
ample of thai substance. RaieighReg