The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-11-06
SCHOOL FOR MINING.

A writer in the New York Tribune, after al
luding to the various mining regions in the
United States, and to the probability that in
the Great Basin, Utah. New Mexico, Oregon,
California Missouri Territory, and the western
part of Missouri, coal, not less than the metals,
may be found in almost exhaustless quantities,
thus concludes
q The mineral wealth of the country being
of SO much Importance, and the wants of the
rapidly increasing population becoming so
much greater every year, the value of large
body of scientific and thorough miners becomes
more and more apparent Yet we believe there
is no institution in this country which pays
anything more than an incidental attention to
this department of practical science and engi-
neering- We think the time has come when q
school for t6e formation of scientific miners,
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mathematics engineering, geology, chemistry,
mineralogy, and natural philosophy, could be
abundantly sustained The whole course of
teaching should be adapted to the education of
young men to act as miners with scientific and
practical knowledge sufficient to anticipate and
prevent those frequent Utopian enterprises that
often absorb splendid fortunes, as well as ruin
men of only moderate means.
I'VE invite the attention of the public to
this suggestion. Whether the remodelling of
some institution already established, or the
founding of a new school, be resolved upon, we
are convinced that an American School of
Mining is needed, and will yet render signal
service to the great industrial interests of the
Republic"
GOLD M.u-An article went the rounds Of
the papers some months ago. mentioning a case
of longevity in Clarke county, which proved to
be incorrect. We have an instance of longevity
in this county, in the person of black man,
whichis no fiction. Wehave seen Tom familiar
ly known as "Old Tom'') on several occasions
and conversed with him. He is now one hun
bred and fourteen gears of age. He was born
in Virginia, but came to Georgia in early youth,
and has been in the family of the Greenes from
that period He now lives with his daughter
Fain, on the plantation of "MaSs Lemmyo
about three miles from our village, On the
Greensborough road His daughter Fain, with
whom he lives, has been the mother of nineteen
children, sixteen of whom were raised to ma
turity. '"Old TOM is yet able to do light
work: "picks up sticks patches his own
clothes and says he must work as long as he
lives. lie has been a professor of religion fifty
or sixty years has lived consistently with his
profession, and fears no evil" in the world to
come He abjured arhiskey in early life; talks
much of the "old war;" and thinks General
Washington was the greatest man that ever
lived-Temperano Banner.
VIRGINIA-We had hoped that the tide OF
emigration from our State to the West was
about to cease but it does not at present. The
tide is as strong as ever. For weeks past we
have witnessed large companies passing our
Office from various portions of the East and
Southwest, bound for the Western free States ;
occasionally group with few blacks for
Missouri These persons, as we learn from
them, had generally made their arrangements
to move from the State before the new Consti-
tuition was submitted to the People. After the
adoption of the proposed Constitution, and the
carving out by the first Legislature elected
demanded by the People and by the best in
nual drain of the bone and snew of this good
old mother of States will cease. We would
not forget to mention in this connection that
the prospect of the adoption of a popular Con-
stitution has had the effect to induce largely
increased immigration from other States into
Virginia. A large company passed up this
valley last week, to Nicholas county, with a
view Of purchasing lands there for perma-
nent settlement. They were from New York.
Kanawha Republican.
AssYRIAN DIscovERIEs.-The last number
of the London Atheneum contains communl-
cation from Col Rawlinson, announcing an
important historical discovery. He has de-
ciphered some of the cuneifOrm inscriptions
brought from Nineveh by MIR. Layard, ana
found them to contain some remarkaDie 'erh',
cations of Bible history. They are records Oh
one Of the Assyrian kings who proves 70 DC tne
Sennacherib Of the Scripture They nouce ms
war against the King of Sidon and describing
the battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians,
in conformity with the accounts OF Josephus
and Herodotus, notice the proceedings of Sen
nacherib against Hczekiah, King OF Judea
The names OF Hezekiah Judea, and Jerusalem,
are given in the inscriptions as Khazakiyah,
Ursulimma, and Jehuda; sand the tribute
which tic Jewish king pays in order to free
himself from his enemy, is stated almost in the
very words of Scripture The annals of Sen
nacherib in this inscription extend over seven
wears, and cylinder has been met with, which
gives the events of two years more. Other
points of identity between these annals and the
Greek and Biblical notices of Sennacherib like
wise occur but the chief point of interest is the
establishment of the identity of the king who
built the great palace of Koyunjik with that
sovereign A secure starting place is now OBJ
tanned for historical research and a rapid pro-
ha in Hx,p ha Aeon
chronology"
The French Assembly, by a vote of 3ls
to 232, has made an appropriation of $4,000
francs to continue NJ Botta's exploration at
Nineveh, and the scientific expeditions to
vender, It'll contrary to the principles of republi-
can Government that the business should be
monopolized by few individuals
Z. lfthe sale of liquor is not a moral bust
nes, ION account of its uniform tendency to
produce immortality the licensing of it cannot
make il 40.
8. AS the traffic in intoxicating drinks, as a
beverage, uniformly brings with it such an i'm
mense train of moral, physical and pecuniary
evils: therefore We, the people, ask and pray,
and in duty bound will ever pray, your honor
able bodies to deliver us from this CURSE, 80
far as the refusing to grant licenses for the
sale Of intoxicating drinks will effect that
object
The SANDWICH DEMONSTRATING Of the
annexation Of these Islands to the United States,
MIR. j. ]. Jarvis who has been for number Of
years resident of Honolulu, where he publish
ed newspaper in English and Hawaiian, says
that the offer is now made TO the citizens o.
the Republic, as a free gift, OF the entire Sand
wich group, on such terms as Congress may
themselves impose. The Islands ask IN return
simply to receive the rights and pFosscoo1 :. ~.
corded TO American citizens The area on 'ne
group is $500 square miles capable OK sup on
ing ten-fold its present popuiahon, tooooo)
One million dollars worth Of American mer'