Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-08


cut and Shut tho ay,he knowing nothing Of this
came ia tilt sinst this horse knocked down and
he himself into cornheld, where he was surrounded
sn taken alter most obstinate resistance. On being
asked why he had not abandoned his horse and taken
the COUNT " me declared rcad with avery beau
uI da.h oil sentiment that he could not think Of part
ing with such line animal" The end Of the whole
matter can bc seen 10y visit TO the Peu'ensry ."e
three 'larks most beautifully estooned WIN iron ara
perry in the shape OF rings, belts and curved side PIE aes
with large blocks, acting balance wheels 10 the rest Of
'e rnach,nrry-and, ior their iolich'o"e ar"g' mey
wiihave some added to their respective terms NO
one has heard Of Fox since he entered Cncn"a'i but
without some miraculous ntcpositon OF the prote citing
OF thieves. he will ere long, be again safely housed
From the London Now Monthly Mss.siucJ
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Perhaps representative assembly were there ever
many good speakers there in the House OF
Commons An officer Of the House, who has il
tor thirty years, told that nothing could be
pfising in point Of contrast than the number of excel
lent speakers now, compared with the number OF
toerahe speakers formerly Yet obcse excellent speak
ers, no one be said 10 have manifested the very
highest order OF eoqnencc The great Characteristic
OF the ora'ory oi the Senate is common place. The fine
speakers decorate il; the sensible speakers deliver il
cuarly; the fiery speakers pour forth as II the
inspiration OF genius; but Il is still commonp place No.
thing new refining in thought-notng heart stirring
sublime ia scniinent-ever passes the lips either Of
Mr. Stanley or Sir Robert Peel the two leader, of the
nightly skirm'h the pitched battle Mr. Stanley, in
deed never processes to certain limit in eloque
Bold and clear correct aud ready he a.pres the
command OF the passions, or the mastery Of the heart
His and is peculiarly formed grappe with the nee
sites o debate; he fears nothing, and he nothing
lie meet the Toe on what point socver, matter how
critical. He observes every advantage TO be gain
ed and never fails TO make the utmost OF IL. Far
less imposing than Sir Robert Peel, he is far more
natural No artihcialy ever ninge itself with hi,
stern simplicity OF action and Of air. In the remarka.
bile p'ainness OF his energetic and vigorous. dcive-
ry, and III the lucid purity Of his dc,ion, he differs
essentially iom all his cont s-trom the
and studied Brougham-from the swelling soleny
a o.r me graceful Horribly, , o. INC
tone and gesture which the experience life has taught
to OConnelI The genius OF clever, bold, shrewd, hut
material and unen'husasc people, cannot be better incor
poraed than in the oratoy of MIR. Stanley. He is com.
petey English He is admirable speaker vet he is
'earceiy an eloquent one hmay be that he wants
the genius but the heart, Tor eloquence The feryness
OF his temper is less disadvantage him than the cold
ness oil his disposition. His soul expand when he
.rows himself upon allacy, but to move slow and
chaneay when he advances upon any generous truth.
Your admiration Is often chilled by his very talents
There !. something small in a prudence of aiiec-
tons which does not communicate to the temper
what so attractive the large mntness OF aniabi
.yi II Mr.. Stanley is English in the ene phase
o, nc ei,"'AIer Lord Grey is thoroughly English in
whom is moro wildly Impressed the stamp of ..nobIe'
The lofty brow-the delicate features-he commanding
person-the frank dignity Of ar-al noble: the SEN,
tmen's the eioquence, correspond with the person and
the mein high and naughty, yet magnanimous and
unrepu've, spirit bresthes throughout them. Homme
de sang ct deeu may be said ofhm as OF Bussv az Am.
6o's But 10 him. though the finest and most dignitied
speaker OF his day, may to Mr. Stanley, be denied the
attribute OF eoquence in its oities And that we
may not he mistaken in definition of that word we
VIII state that we conceive eloquent speaking TO
wiz that kind Of speaking which addresses the nndsr.
standing through the medium of the pdssons;-in short
art similar that of the drana or of the poet or even
OF the painter, who in the highest sphere address
themselves not to fancy, but TO the sou;-in whom truth
is the goal OF fiction; and who PERSUADE soften
or terriy by charming the judgment while appealing to
the senses. These are the eloquent men. Those
who, in their various arts have exercised the greatest
mastery over the passions have been those who
have satisfied the reason. Ii is so with Denoshenes-
Is so WIN Homer.it is so with sophocles,-is with
Michael Angeio.-Mirabeau was eloquent when he ex-
claimed, There is but one step from the Capitol to The
TarPeian Rock Phe grandeur OF the thought is in its
startling justice Martin eloquent when in The picture
OF his 'Deluge, he places the conjunction of the Moon
the Sun, mud Comet, in the heavens You are aweJ bv
the novel yet probable solution of the terrible phenome.
non.Voltare is eloquent when he saws Ir there were
God, should one Here he arrests the soul
10y addressing the Demoshenes eloquent when
he burst forth, What matters il, o Athenans, whether
Philip lie alive or dead! When Heaven shall have de-
verrd you from him, you yourselves will be another Phi
up These are instances OF the highest order OF
Their suomty is in their startling condemnation OF truth
An eoquence OF this order rarely occurs in apy of
our greatest orators. Ii may be doubted whether the
audience would DO prepared receive it, The eoquence
OF Chatham lies for the most part in bold and vigorous
deciama,ion,-oi Sheridan, in a gaudy pageantrv of
words,-oi Burke, (and OF Brougham no less) in the
stately dction OF an elaborate essay One The few in
stances OF this class OF oratOry hough in much lower
degree) that 10 among our is 10
be found in aspeech OF Mr. Cookers in the debates on
the Reform BilI. Speaking OF the danger that might
10 destroy the House OF Lords he slowly the
table, and liking his eyes upon the leader Of the ins,e
ria, majority, said, Count the number OF days that
ed after the House OF Commons had voted away the
istenee or the hereditary Chamber before Cromwell or
dered this baube lfouchug the ndce TO be remove from
your table ~ Te look, the tone, the air of the speaker
all aided the effect Nothing could be more eloquep
yet it was only an appeal TO simple historical fact
GOLD REGION AT THE y ORTIZ II appears from a
late Geological Report OF Professor Hitchcock, publ he'd
in the American Journal OF Science that Gold has
ouDd IN The Southern pat OF Vermont and s confident
expected that will al he found in The
following an extract from the Report referred 10:
~ have already described mine as ACQUIRING i'm
Somerset, Vermont. Ii is owned by s. S Wilder
Esq o: Brooklyn, New York, who has erected bloomerv
forge near The spot Sometime ago, OF the workmen
engaged IN these iron works n the American Jour
% VI science, nsuggesion Of Professor Eaton Of Troy,
that 'nce The gold Of the Southern States and of
IS IN taicose slate, we might expect 10 find il in the
same rock In New England; especially about the
branches OF Deerfeld river He commenced an en-
animation IN brook near the Mines and was soon re
warded by the discovery Of spherical mass of gold of
the value oil more than dollar aerw he found other
small pieces AT the request of Mr. Wilder visited
this spot lew weeks ago, and found that an
cosVerant win The gold mines in the Southern States
snd acquainted with the process of washing the metal
from The soil had just been examining the region now spo
ken o. The result was conviction, that over se
hundred acres at least gold common was among the soil
bsbe oil dirt collected in various Places he nd about
three penny weights OF very pure gold. Mr. Wilder
proceeded himself TO exhibit to me an ocular demonstr,
ton OF the existence OF gold in the soil by washing for IL
From about SIX quarts OF dirt taken foot below the sur
isce we obtained lahough not very skul in IN nipuia
tons OF this sort twenty thirty small pieces wei ching
about seven grains. Indeed, by the aid of nv knife
picked two or three pieces from the dirt The iron
ore IL in beds in distinct talcose slate: and con
siderable part OF the is brown oEide and contain
ed in porous quartz In this quartz were found
spherical pieces Of gold scarcely larger than pic sbo
whether IL exists as in Southern States in finer particles
IN 'ne yeowish iron ore, has not been ascerained But