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was tHtebucu 0 ss'thte sto PAyutehk % . debt due from the defendant to him, but which is not recited in the mortgage nor aIledeed in the bill
 Watkins & Curran, for appellants. Ringo & Trapnall, contra.
 ARCADIA, Mo, Feb. $, Isl7 DEAR SiR:
 You may be surprised at receiving line | from Nn old friend, SD far from expectations. an spslsding the winter most giotiously, though .,irty-seyen deg and twenty minutes N. L,> is trying its handsomesi in the pro- ductionS of rigid winds and thick ice have been towering for some weeks amid the snow clad mountains, and Improved re- gions of my native land How altered, and how changed; and how pleasing. when,hi l change is prompted by energy and improve meni. Where but yesterday, lay untouched by lhe hand of man, the forest in ils n1iise 1 wilds, is now under the most active cnlliva- l ton. Where bat yesterday stood million of towering pine, moaning sad requiem 10 the passing wind, has been hewu down and cast to some profitable purpose, for the ad- vancement and happiness of man. But yes terday the population of this region seemed circumscribcti by tyfass rs-srty, and want, are now prospering, thriving and amassing the treasures and necessaries of this life, and where but yesterday. ignorance held her sub lecss, abiect in letters; to-day, they assume another attitude, more elevated, with aspira- lions more laudable and patriotic. This is pleasing to the beholder, aud reflects last ing credit upon those who make such happy strides to prosperity, happiness and mental distinction. The mining interest of this sec ton has improved hundred per cent in the last four years, and the prospect for future discoveries is fattering under the hand Of energy and industry that now propels the business.
 Mine La Mote, Is situated in the north part of Madison coansy--it has been wod. ed time out of memory, first by the Spanards and Indians in l794; ant in 1750, the "Ca- nadian French Mining Company carried on large business, for the enterprise o that era; and about the year I706, the busi- ness was done at these mines by Amsncans, under lease from the French, and since that period they have been in active cpea- tion, though lead was the only mineral
 sought for. In l640, Josiah Berryman made
 tine discovery of copper ia great abundance though it has never yet been p o6iabiy wof- ked, on account of the greas variety of min eral compositions contained in if, which
 makes the process of analyzasioa very difs-
 cult and expensive, frequently burning uP
 the ore to extract more durable and obssf
 nate substance of its composition. In ID.
 same year Mr. Hagan, German chemist o some note, discovered different species oI galena, called dry-cone. which is very neh
 of easy smelling, yielding near elghy Ps
 cent, which more than deubled the esd re sources of these mines. in ls42, Prosessol Morgan. Of New York, discovered cobalt of superior quality, in great sbuss saes1 though 1t being very precious ore, iiA1
 gold, an abundance seems but little. Coashl is the prevailing production of the mines a this time, it being more profitable and eas'a obtained than most other minerals. oe Il lieye this is the only discovery of cobalL (" any quantity, in North America; and Il Bos
 bids fair to place South Missouri, in Po'S
 of wealth, in rank quite ensisble--h ha
 called forth many large capitalists, and man!
 men Of literature and science.
 Professor Booth, of New York, ls nov
 testing the per centsm of silver ccBiaIned n the various productions of these mines; anc from facts already learned. it is boPeiuiS
 presumed that his report will sustain 'ns
 suppositian of the most Knowing ones in ssthese diggings." that is, that ibe re-ptc daetion of lead will yield . Prchsahie pe' seatua of silver. These discoverys gre cor fined to one mining tract, under the super
 inlendetee of Pratt, Fleming S Co. sDoaeE they fall far short of other mines m ms 1 region, in the abundance of she pfeaneaG,1f In the same county, ene mile east oi ffeos' , ricktown, is the discovery and works of aI.
 Pomeroy of Ohio; his shaft is eishf 'es,
 square, walled on two sides by granite sns fossil limestone. the iaiermedinm heiag me.
 with the richest quality of copper, y,slo'.s
 seyenty-niae and hah per ceat he DS followed hts shaft through this riea leaa o
 oss, one hundred and five feel, shousn S 7
 this season of the year, when all the 'e'is q, '
 the earth are filled with water, II IS se's ~