Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-05-26

ire % incorporated academies, which
have an aggregate capital Of about Si,2O,-
300, producing an available annual IN
come of about SO, 500. The number of
pupils in these institutions is 500 males,
and 800 females. !.
/. The concluding chapter Of the work
relates to grants and sales of land.
The work shows in every part marks OF
great care and aborious research, and
the mass of facts thus collected and ar
ranged will recommend it TO the attention
of those who feel any interest in the con-
dition of this flourlshing State. We hope
that the sale of the work may be such as
to indemnify the author for his expendi-
ture in the publication, and to afford ell
couragement to others who may be in
clined to undertake similar works in rela-
ton TO any of the Other States OF the Un=
ion.--Bost. ID. Adu.
PLAIN OF THE MISSISSIPPI. In addition
to its unlimited agricultural capacities,
this great plain abounds in mlneralresour-
ces its coal field would cover halt OF
Europe, and is 1900 by 600 miles in ex-
tent. We enter upon this bltumlnous
coal in Pennsylvania, on the western wa
tiers Of the Susquehannah, and travel upon
it through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mlssou-
ri, and to the very sand-plans OF the west,
a distance of more than 1900 miles and
from the Cumberland mountains IN ken-
lucky and Tennessee, to the plains OF Ar
kansas, distance of 600 miles. This
coal is pure, lies above the river chan
nels, and to quarry it costs about2O cents
ton. Iron ore abounds generally, but
in Missouri there is mass OF this ore,
forming hill 500 feet in height and 8
miles in extent, which yields IS per cent.
of fine maleabIe iron. The lead districts
of Missouri and Illinois, would cover 200
miles square, and seems to be the richest
region Of that metal on earth. Twelve
millions of pounds we're smeted in the
year 1923, and it is confidently expected
to furnish twenty millions for market IN
the year 1899 Salt water is found over
the whole extent of this region, yielding
! from one-eighth to one-twelfth OF It's
weight in pure muriate Of soda. This
salt water in may places breaks out in
the shape Of springs and fountains; but
more frequently the inhabitants bore from
800 to 600 feet into solid rock, and when
they strike the veins it generally rises to
the surface; and SO general is the dlstrl-
button oftbis indispensable article, that nc
doubt exists of its meeting the wants oI
the population in all ages. Gypsum and
saltpetre are found in abundance, and
most of the clays and earths useful in the
arts. Here indeed will every rood sup
port its man = for of such region with
out barren heath, mountain, waste OIL
slope, and where all is fertile and health
full; where no timber lands need be lief
for fuel; with mineral resources enough
10 stimulate all the( arts and contribute Il
all ',.-.-'---.-v PoPuIation Europe couc
seat all her nations comfortably upon thi:
plain.
The monotony of the mighty tract is
broken by the long sweep of beautiful prai.
RES, with their rich pasturage, which
SKIRT its western side, and sometimes in
'rude themselves TO the very valley of the
Ohio. The wide oceanick views. the lonu
drawn vistas, and rich variety ofmeadow
and wood, the happy blending of the mass,
forests with the luxuriant pasturage, the
waving lines of narrow wood which mari,
the courses Of the streams, give TO its west
ern part an original richness of landscape
infinitely more interesting than the con-
lined workings of art. and excite more
pleasing associations than the bolder and
more rough views Of mountain scenery.
american Quarterly Rcuieac.
We relate the following anecdote to IL
lustrate the influence which individuals NAV
have in checking the prevalence of habits
of intemperance.-Worc. Yeon,an.
A well known officer of orr acqnaint-
ance, who had frequent occasion to press
the payment Of small executions against a
mechanick, whom he usually found at Sta
ted hours at the tavern, one day remon-
strated with him upon his spending so
mnch of his time and earnings there
The man was not, in the common mean
ing Of the word, infemDerote, although he
drank regularly every day. The man
was poor and considered unfortunate
He had started fair in life, but his prog
ress had been downward, and his debts
increased with his inability to pay thRmn.
The officer inquired Of him as to the guam
fity Of spirit he drank daily, which, added
10 the quantities he gave away to his bar
room associates, amounted to less than
hundred dollars in year. The man was
astonished. He had never made such
calculation before; and for the first time
discovered that his own folly had been
The cause of his misfortunes. He resoly-
I'd TO abstain entirely, and kept his prom
Sc. The consequence was, that. his law !
,tlitS were sOon at an and HI, Joh.. 80.