Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-11

vsioe 10 dollars Rou"'' ,oIs1eii s5Ssa7o
BY this table, the Of America produce 81
,me as much gid and II times much silver those OF
gold So l. differing much nom tina, which es.
ISIS the value Of the ,vo metals This value has fire.
ss before the value gold
Of silver 10 to and a, the reeIS Of CEa, from the c.ped
relative value these metals 60 years aer Constantine about
year SOS of was IN the proportion of 4o TO-
which Is neatly its psopo.ousi value a, Thus
ponnd ngod cos, Ia dollars pound OF silver would
dollars This difference OWNS several sheh
cannot here deveoPe sucnt to state thar gold from
lis scarcity and high price, beins less than silver
and mus. be of much less From ,h, also
that bsDot. tin and other metals though less
silver, are nevertheless far inferior in price A.
o gold and silver IN a's is ebon' to !, which
shows that in those countries the produce Of the gold lie
rhe globe
Although he discovery Of gnld not in itself be real
benefit state, it, h. aura s
VIII DO oouo. ne toe means oil discovering many other
valuable metals and mineral substitutes In OF the
world the transition formation ahounds
which produce annually more than Geen thousand OF
lead and large quantity OF silver the part Of hnso of
waeke The is the mines lead hills and
fWanlockhead The sot mines Of vorespoack Ttanyi
vana the lead mines rich silver, of Brittany France,
tcnsry those Of Poullaooen and of hueisra,, similar
| roek~.
uto od-e at Gusnaxua,o is in the .aty rock frs,
considered Baron de unhod, primitive at present
that the celebrated silver mines Of oosi The
Grey Wacke those Of America rich
|
districts of Mexico found tins kind of rock. This rich
metallic formation found TO commence about Sparta and to
continue beyond the limits Of or richness me-
tai evident here and there seen example
the place Of AI Meredith in Roane county the
habtaton OF DIR Moore cambridge Jefferson county
Fine iron abounds the plantation OF Judge Peck and
oxids Of manganese Of good quality the plantation
brother IN the and have several
other metals will also be found Ia the localities would
advise the to continue their trach for gpld
Instead Of finding If grid Ind If SILVER for this
metal All also snrve many good aud n,cu purpose,
will hp foupd oE
nese and as abos,is 10 mill saving POLISH
The marbles ao osa@ 10 osssT aaaoes IN s o,
zaons are vy nneh Celebrated rrnie state th,s,
WOOL : Sss .t is k asau ss Ss.
IN saxony, 10 the vicinity Of Eaikgruu snu -
ano resembles that which tbs Italians nero rio
10 the south OF France N The Pyrcae, the transition c
aoounes IN marble Quaies 10 the they are found
~ tho Extensive transition range running from Flanders to ,be
HARE Ihose cf Nannr and Oman, fIrp.sh Pan, win ,s
black marble called By tho artists ,auybre z n, ,s,;,
,m,,;o as9.o o, se Rs are mostly from the au.ton
in England '' "'' A0''oo'oer'sod.
st is 90, only interesting uineralocics,
o. Vsw but is equally 81 in all other branches Of
history have esn where lbe United Stale, sns1 a
TEX o. plants The ground covered all with The mos.
nani ana beautiful nowors; but hore End tho cement
under the and those always of thar harmless -
winch are so och dreaded near Nashville the usunaio.
nave mel with several poisonous reptiles and had coIaa
some IN order ascertain what species they beloured b
os. o. y fellow Jewellers coosiderns this ea. very
must have thrown them of the stage when INV lack
"eu 'oI 90 looking found them gone Some o,hnr poison
COS animals asn found inhabitants the Combe1Iaod woun
ama had previously found the White Cresk SoInss ia
from Nashville TIVE small scorpions belonging 10 non
oeaiPt speces-but here they an abvndano, ga
much larger than those Of Whites creek Tho momn,a s
lie an Ueb. doubt oas 6 be de
whereas those Of Wbie's are NOT Ioos w. @
adder ''"'e'A'' mountains by tbs pane Of s,tDsios
The name OF SCORPION connected as il is with m. ,,s -,
y ltue Creature, which belongs to different o9ds1 oa pre-.
TOUT iegs and being somswhat in shape lke lizard
times handsome blue This animal is the p w. 20 me-
naturAlss and feeds only little insect, II ba, neb. h
Tar insect, hut ,b, scOpsn That snmsb .. s sg
ess' and two arms furnished nces like crav G.b
sontan' II. poison and when the attacked +, bend
os 'au ovI his head in such as TO be eady ~
mais ve1y yenomous and has often proved fatal to nan
''' ''' mat orr scorpions will pieys aIy dangerous
Professor Of Chemistry and nne.aozy 10 Nashville un,,..
em not able dcride whether this sa,e beIou,, II, -,
ooa duties allowed for excursion was ,oo H., =,
ness The geological OF country was, as haze o
losea nD Of M TO me- being led into by geo
o. our state belonging to the secondary or horpn,a
maa 20 10 THIS map the limits Of transition roek, arc
ne OF Newport Cooke county but this line Of d.
no"n,. entirely wrong The whole ranas Of CunbeJand
the transition formation and is for the mos ca,
s,one ss. at me varieties OF grey wacke transition lime
W hiate ana here and
~, lie same formation Continues Wesi N ,.a. &C.
".v laI 70 the East 10 saw a, INV ipa,
Ia' bounced to the East by The ridge noy,bwo. ~
." 10y oI ,oo mountain Tb. ridge is Composed p,,,c
snn grey waoke, and Of cannot belonr 10 ~. W
iJh ,ocs found this formal ion as far .ov,h as a..
iT tne limit of my excursion tina, d;,ce,on
b, ine nchness OF the Mexican South America 80"
Mn. eec' on those Of Europe, several Of ihen haze se
s.s 80 no because The veins and sureous sand. gs,.
"a n op. because Their produce arising from the ds.,;n
DOT necessary to work them. WV 'o'' VI tbe "a
sot So'" 1. SCHOOLS IN New York.-We have ss7a
school districts, and $50 900 children wero ,ano
n .he last year The whole amount Of moneu ~
70 sns state for the wages Of common school ,e2cbers
MARI the sum' .le over one dollar for each child
lS"uun. Spec. i