Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-18

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sn.ci6c sentence. Feeling somewhat embarraSs-
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inimitabc grace to the company present ana; ~
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The GoM Mners-We publish the no,ice be-
low of Harris Mine in North Carolina. Tor the
information aud encouragement 0t or sFo' s.i-
yania friends who have found surface gold only
ON their lands. The surface gold at Harris, we
learn, very much resembles in appearance that
found at Whites. Juhnson's, GoudSin's. Box
le,'s, Watts, &c. SC. The ensuing summer,
we hope, will bring ia rich harvest OF the pre-
ci0us. metal.
CHARLorrE. N c. Feb. 2+.-HTris' Na'e
This exceedingly rich vein, recently "pr''ed,
is the one which having been decomposel and
broken down, yielding the large amounts oil gold
| which sometime past have been SERVED by Ne
late Mr.. Harris, and his representatives, irom
the surface washings.
| The vein is not distinctly visible at the SUR
face: and what further contributed so long to
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! living between and very near two much larger and
| more characteristic veins. which incline both
ways from The vein we speak OF. Upon the two
prominent vet barren VEINS, several shafts were
sunk. and the work prosecuted with more inter-
est as the ores procured from them were appa.
rently rich, though really unprOductivc. Alter
! a discOntinuance of the labor for some monti',.
it was resumed about fortnight since. and in
preDarin. for new shaft. the vein was cut which
now with much reason eXctes high expectation
on the part of the propretorS. The width OF the
vein is from four to eight and ten inches, aud It's
inclination so far as it appears, Is about 80 de-
grecs. In some parts it yields dust gold mixed
with CRYSTALS of magnetic iron: but what is most
characteristic, are the masses of virgin gold
which resemble moss, and occur in nests of Sc
ve,al hundred dollars value each.
The examination it as yet very little progress
ed. From an opening of the vein however. of
10 feet long, wide and Is deep, there has
been, as we are informed by the proprietors.
extracted about five thousand dollars, and the
vein is to appearance, increasing III size, and not
diminishing in richness. The minerals OF the
vein are quartz, oxi les of iron, magnetic iron
ORE sc embraced in taceous slate.
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Fiery Subjects. John de Viano, in treatise
Of DIR. Frielas. physician to the Cardinal de Roy
as, Archbishop of Toledo, sent forth naturally,
by perspiration, fiery matter that if the roll!
err that she had worn round her body were taken
from her, and exposed to the atmosphere. it was
Immediately kindicd. and shot forth like grains
| of eunpowder.'' And Peter BDreli saws, There
was certain peasant whose linen, he,npen thread,
&C. if laid up in boxes, though wet through. or
hung upon sticks in the air. did soon take fire :"
This was spontaneous combustion with VEN
geance The Americans, however, who are not
to be outdone in the miraculous by any other ma
ton. relate the following in The American Aled-
cal Repository. - Londoa paper.
SON the night of March 10. 1902. during the
session of Congress al Washington, Jonathan
Dayton. one of tie Senators, then attending
from the state of New jersey, sustained loss
of pair of stockings in the following singular
manner: on undressing himself at bed time, his
stockings were the last Of his garments he took
oft; the weather being cold, he wore two pair,
the inner Of wool and the outer of silk. When
he stripped off the silk stockings he let them fail
on woollen carpet lying by the bed side; and
one of his garters. which was of white wOoIlen
fcrreting. he let fall with biz stockings The I'M
der stockings. when pulled of, were thrown at
some distance under the foot Of the bed. He
observed. on separating and removing the silk |
stockings from TIVE WOODEN ones. that there was
an unusual swapping and sparkling of electric |
matter. but. as he hat long beeu acquainted uith
This appearance. it attracted but transient no.
tice. Mr.. D. fell asleep and remained Til next
morning. when his servant entered and kindled
a fire. The man observed that one of the lea
Their slippers lying on the carpet, and partly co
vered by one Of thr stockings, was very much
burnt. Mr.. Day o. then rose, and found that
the leather over which the stockings had lain was
converted to a coal. The stockings were changed
to brown collar: aad, although to the eye The
stitches Of the leg, and ever the threads of
the clocks, appeared to remain entire. yet, as
SOON as attempt was made to touch and handle |
them. they were found to be wholly destitute of
cohesion, their texture and structure being alto
gether destroyed. Nothing but a remnant of
carbonaceous matter was left. except that part
of the heel of one of the stockings not de
composed"
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Galrnnism. The Boston Palladium relates
an amusing and singular incident which is said