Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-04-30
ooLUMBIs. ans TgEsDAy. APRIL 30. 1885.

carried On ono side Of The apparatus.
whereas, The other useless substances are
left on their former spot. The expert
ments have likewise been made with cop.
per and lead ores, for the purpose Of moi
only separating the silver but also The COP.
per and lead ID their pure slate. The one
from iron and the latter free from amino.
ny and other substances with similar sue.
cess. Mr.. Becquerel is now engaged by
several mining companies IN France, and
IS at work with 400, 900 lbs. ore; having
ihegun with extreme small quantities, he IS
now operating with 1000 lbs. at the time,
and il leaves no doubtsbut what he viii in.
crease thesquantity with every renewed
operation.
Gold ores have likewise been subjected
to this process, but not with so happy re-
suit as silver ores. yet there is no good
reason for doubling its ultimate success,
and hope ihat Mr.. Featherstonhaugh,
who left here lately for Europe, for the
purpose of informing himself Of this 50
valuable modus operandi, will on his re.
turn be able TO introduce this electro. mag-
netic process into our southern gold dis
tricts, and that we. may soon have cause to
envy them for their growing gold noun
tains. If we reflect for a moment upon
this new discovery, we cannot help admir-.
| ing the wonders Of nature, and this par.
ticular extraordinary power, and express
our belief that Electro. magnetism viii in
a short time be as great an agent as steam
is at the present time.-N. Y. Star.
TR1UMPHs OF LABoR.-We have rare.
" seen the mighty results of tho labor of
man more strikingly clucidatcd, than in
the following extract of an address BY
Henry Coleman, TO several Agricultural
Societies of this State, assembled at their
annual festival, last October. We find ii
the New England Farmer.
| Two years since, l trayersed the great
Erie canal from one end TO the other; |
hoated on the waters of the Ohio canal !;
aud returned TO the sea shore by the
Piusburg and Pennsylvania canals and
rail roads. What magnificent cxcur-
sion! What mighty triumphs of art and
labor are here. What moving Of the
affections Whit an expanding of the
imagination! How many beautiful and
splendid visions have foated before the
mind, which were surpassed by the great
realities. Here were mountains leyeIled
and valleys filled. Here were deep ba-
sins excavatcd, and noble anu long stretch.
ing entertainments, which riyalled the
neighboring hills. Here were rivers hun.
dreds of miles in length flowing at mans
pleasure, and in channels formed by his
hands. Here were streams crossing
streams on beautifully arched aqueducts.
Here were mountains of granite pierced
through and through, and passage OPEN
ed through the heart of adamantine bari-
ers for vehicles freightcd with human life.
/ Here were deep inland oceans minglng
their waters with the mighty sea that
sweeps from pole to pole, and bearing up.
on their quiet tides ten thousand floating,
deeply laden arks: myrads of human
beings, active in pursuits of business or
pleasure, uccumulations of wealth from the
deep and tangled recesses of the forest,
now first springing into life under the
touch of civilization, from the glittcrng
| fields of polar ice, and from the shores oil
the Western Ocean; accumulations. whose
growing extent defies all calculation. All
this, too is fhc work of little animal OF
the ordinary height of sixty inches, with
only 1.-TWO feet and two hands, and of an
average duration of life less than twenty
years-His mighty implements in these
great exploits, were only kind of Robin
son Crusoc assortment, hoe, pickaxe,
and spade. Such are the great results
of intelligent, concentrated, persevering
labor, achievements of our own times, and
scarcely quarter of century old.
These results are wonderful. They arc
no miraculous creation. They arc the
fruits Of the labor of individuals, applied
in its most minute forms, and at successive
times. When De Witt Clinton first struck
spade'a little bigger than a mans two
hands into the ground, and said, {. This
shall bring the mighty waters of Lake
Superior into the ocean, and the vast, and
as yet unimagined treasures of the great
West shall float uron their descending
current" few minds could believe that
this was any other than such stuff as
dreams are made of. But the prediction
was accomplished and in his day. The
! laundering cannon never sent a more cleo.
trifying appeal, than when its successive
acel,mations along the whole bright line
announced that the nnptial union be-
tween tho vast lakes OF tho north, and
The beautiful Atlantic, was consumnated.
Never was gladder note poured into the
patriots ear since tho Declaration Of ire,
than the assurance which then felI upon
. u. that these internal communications
] these gliiscring silver bands, were 10 form
the strong bonds Of friendly union and
Z sympathy with those distant territories
now brought into such near conjunction
territories before scarcely known to each
] other BY name, now shaking hands witt
] each otheI as next door ncigllbors. Such
are the great results 81 labor.
Az Astonishing case of ne Doctors
{ tln Saturday, August e I aS7, 4 little
3 girl named Jane daughter 81 81
Siearns Be resides within thirty rods q
the rail road depot. q lynn. accidental,
. drank few swallows cf potash water
4 which iniafe her sionaaS So much Go
he has saksn 20 solid nouls hpent since
Size has occasionally drunk iille mil
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