Litchfield enquirer., 1836-05-05

Commanders NJ New YORK; ana ~ w" N'O'
ing scens Of life at the place Of exrcui'on-Ias
| Good. collected and dignifrd in the h'ghes' OT
gree and the CaPtaiO manifested s.""s
| feeling of regret at his own instrnme0ta'Ity !"
| his capture.
| Thus pcrished Nathan Hale, ~ pure pa
| ,r;.,, .s eyer drvuird his life f"T his country.
| Nav his comnirymrn long remember hrs rlr-
turs. and nrrvriuaic the remembrance" ." pos
| ,rri,y, nv The act of Justice which they are
| pow called up0u to I'rrf"rG1.--N. 7. Courier.
THE IRON MoUNTAIN.
Mr. Featilprsi"nhaugh. in his elaborate Re-
por, upon the mineral and geological charac-
Ter Of certain parts "f Missouri aud Arkansas
submitted to Congress at its last session, thus
describes The Ir0n Muuniain in MissUuri:--
/" Having completed my examinations of the
lead mines. l pursued southrrly course with
the intention of visiting the district Of print
tive rucks. rs it had been described 10 m",
which lies on about the same parallel with the
heads of the Mcrrinlac river. Al Il consider
able distance I perceived very lofty hills at u
different aspect from any ] had yet crossed,
| and having an abrupt ADD stony ascent. lhe
rocks upon the slopes Of the chain are tor
considerable distance druudpd, and prescott a
well defined sienite. The chain at a distance
appears Il, run N. F.. and s. W.. but upon
crossing il aud examining it inside. il defect
ed into a crater form. reminding n,c, in som"
"f its features, Of some ancient volcanoes
had sren. Ii various PORTIONS Of this district
| found varieties Of green stone. alternating
" it'll some horizontal rocks entirely qnartoZr.
and containing nu lime. Upon one lofty hill
Of sicnitr, | found immense bread'hs Of this
siliceous rock extremely and poDdrr"usiy i'm
prpgnated with iron; and at distance "f
81, in
quantity in The intermediate distance. came
upon one Of the rarrst natural metallic spec
tacies have ever seen. Upon mound spar
ingly covered with trees. observed n vein
like mass of iron Of the micaceOus oxide
structure, and having bright metallic frac~
ture If steel gray. The vein was about $50
feet above the surface, and bad the appear
ance of being roughly paved With black peb-
hles Of iron of one I" twenty pounds weight !;
beneath the surface it appeared to be solid
mass. measured the vein from east to west
full fve hUndred feet, and traced 1t north
and south one thousand nine hundred feet.
until it was covered with the superficial soil !:
the cubic contents 0f this vein must be- insig-
nifcant to the subterranean quantity. This
extraordinary phenomena flied me with ad
niratiOn. fiere was a single locality Of iron
Offering all the resources Of Sweden. aud Of
which it is impossible I" estimate the value
by any other terms than those adequate 4"
ali nations wants" Upon a more minute
investigation &c the country, ! found other
similar metallic beds. though mt Of ii similar
extent, and all upon the public lands.
Il, Yields about 20 per Of fine iron, b", is
t"wnd 10 weld easy, which att bute TO Az excess
Of sulphur.
Singular Circumstance. has been fire..
quen,ly asserted that circumstautial evidence.
when well connected, link by link. into reg
uar chain. is the most sure criterion from
which 10 Judge Of a persons guilt or inn"-
cence; at all events. it will be seen by the fol
lowing circumstance that positive evidence,
for once, convicted an innocent man!
On the 22d Of February last. a man call
ing himself Joseph Tyndall. with an alias or
two. an 9 old acquaintance" ofthe Police, " as
taken before the Mayor Of the city. and
charged with picking gentleman's pocket at
the Robinson Crusoe Inn, Sd, ab"ve Chestnut
street. Afier short examination. he was
committed 10 Arch street prison. for a further
hearing. On the Gath February, he was
brought out. and underwent an examination,
and was recnmmi,icd Tor n still further hear
ing. upon a new charge. In March. he en-
played counsel, who. with a writ Of hdbeas cor
pus. took him before a magistrate. and enter
I'd bail in $1,000 for his APP >,rancr at a stated
time. He then lrfl the city ON business AT
Pinshurg. and was. immediately on his arri
val there. arrested upon the charge Of rob
hing the Pntsburg Bank on the 10th Of Feb
T""ry. Court being in session, he was put
upon his trial al once tw" witnesses swore
: p"sn'N"'y I" his iAsn,iiy. and the jury. with
? OUT ira>'ng the b"x. f"und him guilty of bur-
gsary as charged. TyndaM made oath tina,
: he was in this city an the day of the robbery,
: and begged Judgment I" he suspended ,ill an
. answer could be received from the authorities
p here which was q antrd. and it WAS tiscov
I cred, as We have stated. that. at the time al
, the robbery. he vas lying safe 10 Arch stree,
, prison.-Philad. paper.
II From the Nantucket Inquirer.
, HORRIBLE MAssAcRE.-By Captain Illus
= sry. Of the ship Cyrus. arrived on Thursda,
: from the Pacific ocean. we have received in
, formation of m"st shocking iranssction, IL
relation To the ship washnnks If Falmouth
which occurred at one uf the islands in ID.
1 Pacific ocean, the details Of hich. impsrfrc
AS those are which have reached US. are trul,
l n