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BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HIS
TORY,

Reported from the Boston Traveller by the Recording
Secretary.l
The President IN the Chair Professor Agas-
siz opened the meeting by some highly interes.
ting remarks upon new family Of fishes and
their habits.
DR.. Charles T. jackson gave brief descrip,
ton Of the bituminous coal formation of Elk Co
Pennsylvania, which he had been engaged in ex
ploring during the month of June last. He obser.
we'd that the great bituminous coal basin or trough
extends from the north western border of Penn
sylyania, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as indicated on
Mr. Jules Marcon's Geological map Of the United
States.
The Northern portion of this basin is of great
economical value on account of its being the near
est to Lake Erie. one of the greatest markets for
Goals, which are required for navigation on the
great lakes, and for the furnaces and gas works,
as well as domestic use for fuel, on both the U s..
and Canada sides Of these lakes. He remarked
that the statistics showed larger amount of ton.
age on the lakes than exists on the Atlantic coast
of this country, and that steam navigation would
certainly greatly Increase upon the lakes where
Goals could be obtained nj a reasonable cost, as
will soon be the case when the western portion of
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, now under con-
tract, is completed, which would te done in the
course Of two years.
Since the recent explorations we're made into
the extensive coal formation Of Elk county, Pa,
the Directors of this important RsilIosd have or
dered tie road to be laid amid these coal fields,
and the consequence Of this movement will soon
be felt in the augmented value Of the coal
lands.
The particular region explored by DR.. Jack.
son is known as the Ridgway Land and Coal
Company's property, some $1,000 acres Of land,
all situated 10 the coal region. Five or six beds
of coal underlie this soil, and they generally dip
only from two to five degrees from the horizon,
and are from two to six feet in thickness. Most
of the large beds are undistulbed and only the
the small ones are here and there denuded by
valleys Of excavation.
The deep ravines, or runs, expose some Of the
out crops Of the larger beds on the southeast sides
Of the hills. On the northwest they are still
deeply covered with rockq the sandstoues and Bit
umous shales.
Each Of these coal beds is overlaid with strs.
tum of8 or 10 inches Of slaty camel coal, and
they all rest on fire clays. Iron ores, namely
carbonate of iron and brown hsematite, abound; /;
the former ia the fire cIays and the latter 10 the
superintendent shaIes. But few fossil aud tails
of fishes in the saty canal coal. which appears to
have been fue aqueous sediment of water-lOdg'
ed vegetable matter.
A bed Of buff-coIored limestone occurs bereath
the principle bed of coal, and is nine or ten feet
thick. This limestone contains small fos biYalve
shells, not yet named.
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LANDS OF THE RIDGwAY FARM AND
LAND CO., IN ELK CO., PENNsYLvA.
MA.

The following is a copy Ofthe proceedings Of
the Boston society Of Natural History. 1t shows
to great advantage the immense mineral and ag.
cutural wealth Of the part Of the country. 1t is in
the midst Of AOurishng settlements, where a large
business Is now done, and where there is q cash
market 1t is not difficult to perceive the i'm
mense wealth and business importance to which
this district is destined to arrive It will supply
the vast trade Of the lakes with coal, aud large
lumber district of country east Of it with agricul-
tura produce. In the settlement over 10000
acres are now in high state of cultivation.
Here is solid ground for future progress and
increase. This is an unavoidable consequence Of
its resources and location. How people can
be so infatuated as to go to the hsrdworking, and
unwhOlesome regions Of the West, whilst such
advantages are at their DOORS We are at loss TO
conjecture.
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Mr. GTBsoN's ADDRESS TO THE PEo.
PIE OF SENECA COUNTY.


The Tifin Tribune Of this morning contains The
following address or 'statement, As i is called, 70
the people Of Seneca County:
STATEMENT.
] have resigned the Office TO which generous
public called me, and am now the victim Of slan.
dsF,Wbil't vensl pres se;zss upon my mi-sortuue
as food for excitement. But to all this / must
submit. / have imPlOrsd the great RHler,fOr wis
dom and courage TO meet il al.
But / am under untold obligation 10 the peo-
pie Of this county, irrespective Of patty. sDd 10
them s statement is due. Of the cause that led tn
my resignation. Ny predecessor failed to pay
what he owed to the State by very large sum.
He paid what the accounts showed against him.
but failed TO put me in funds to meet receipts
which be had given county Treasures. These
were legally binding on the State, and was
compelled to receive them as cash. When Mr.
Bresin failed to put me in possession Of the funds
should have made 1t pubic.
Ny kindness Of heart, which with me amounts
to positive weakness, led me TO rely upon bis as
surance, and say be had paid all, eIceptths s2O4,
900 reported.
This was my great and only error. 1t may have
been a wrong. l found it impossible to obtain
the amount from him and it was then manifestly
proper that should resign and invoke legal ex.
animation. Ib result will soon be known and BY
il must abide.
No one has ever suffered by me nor shall
they.
l rely upon full scquittal from pecuuiary liz.
bity to the State and for just eeusure. Con-
scious Of no wrong myself, am not excited nor
will despoud. will devote my life to exirica
ting myself from this misfortune. could wish
my friends felt no greater modification than nv.
SELF
shall not leave home and country. As l have
spent the days of my childhood, and tbs years Of
my manhood in your midst, shall remain here,
and here, where repose the ashes of kindred and
friends, shall my body be buried. With the gen.
erous citizens Of this county, whose friendship es
TEEN and where have been so long known, the
storm Of SANDER will not avail.
glory in the history Of my county, and rejoice
that have shared the confidence Of its people,
That confidence will never he abused. Not m
enterprise has characterized its progress for the past
thirteen years, but what has received the aid of nv
energies and purse. Relieved from the cares Of
an ofica, so unfortunate to me, shall return T.
abide with you-to share your hospitalities, and
claim your continued confidence. shall, in
few weeks, launch my craft upon the legal deep,
and call upon those in trouble to seek my aid,
which will be at their command.
June 18th, 1857. w. H. GIBSON.
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The Rigway land thus contains Goals, iron
ores, limestone and sandstone, with an abundance
Of clay suitable for Gre-proof bricks All the "a.
eties for the reduction Of iron exists on The spot
and soon the means Of transportation Of the coal,
and metal to market will be supplied. The couD.
try Is elevated about 1900 feet shove the sea. and
: 10 lat4l,2 NJ and long. 40 w. ofWRsh.
ington, and Is remarkable healthy.
The following analysis Of the cOals, iron ore apd
limestone have been made by Dr.. Jackson, since
bis return to Boston. Specimen from the 8 Geei
bed.
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CARROLLTON CARROLL COUNTY OHIO THURSDAY July sIS5z


Appropriated sx dollars 10 William Moreland
for plank furnished to Bridge across CaunOttsu
creek.
Ordered that Martin GOtshsIl be paid t7o,s4
tor printing for county.
Ordered, that ArcbbOld & Clark be paid sIe,.
o. Tor goods for use Of Co, Offices.
Ordered, that Dr.. D, A. alter be paid s10 so,
medical attendance to prisoner 10 jail.
Daniel V. Dunlap aud others petition for va
cation Of ROsd known as PatissOns Road, read
and laid over.
June 3d.--Ths Report Of the viewers on
Peter Moore's Road being favorable. and having
been read on three different days of the session.
and no legal objection having been made, said
Road was establishe.
Board visited the County Insrm,y. and found
all the inmates in good cOnditi,n aud the farm
in good order.
June 4th.--Full board present; commenced
settling with Treasurer.
Ordered, that ]. G. Baxter d Co., be paid si6,.
24goods for county offices.
June 5th.-- Settlement with the Treasurer
continued.
June 6th.-Settlement with Treasurer con-
tinued.
The vacation Of the part Of James Hendrix road
petitionei for by andrew Sheridan, was grant
ed.
Ordered that Trip & Mccoy be paid $40, SO,
printing for county.
Ordered that John Moody be paid s91, 90 for
expenses in conveying Rail Road fund to New
York.
Examined, and compared the accounts of coun.
ty auditor and Treasurer for the year ending
June 9Th 1857, and find that there is remaining
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10000

In smelling iron ots with these Goals Il will be
necessary to convert the coal into coke, aud the
small Goals may thus be disposed of on the
spot.
No better gas-making Goals are found in the
United States, and but one better variety 10 the
British province Of New Brunswick-namely, thst
of Albert county,
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eEThs dearsr Oats become he won Le7e4
are licked, Bobbs says a'shilIing fs@kiss III
give ss much power % bic grey mare = twssty
iys csDts worth Of sOrp. DO6s : b-s~isg pkk
oAopLeT.
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PROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATION,

The Columbus correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, in yesterdays paper says:
"To determine the liability Of parties, civil ac-
iiors were commenced in the Superior Court Of
Franklin county, on last Tuesday, by Attorney
General Wolcott, for the annexed sums, with in
terest against the following persons viz:
John g. Breslin. S760,667,76
His securities, (their names previous.
publishsd). 100000 90
VIM. H. Gibson $40, ,s99,9l
His bondsmen, names heretofore
giSen). E. 26oOoo,oo
Summons have been entrusted to the Sherfs
Of the different counties where the parties reside,
for service. Mr.. Samuel Medary, now Governor
Of Minnesota, one of the bondsmeu of Mr.. Bres-
lin. returned yesterday from the new scene of his
political trusts, and was duly served with process.
Mr.. BresTn, understand. left in this afternoons
train, going north. 1t is said that the care of his
interest, and those of bis successor, in the State
prosecutions, in the hands Of Judge Thurman
Col swsyne, and Judge Warden. If the State
should get judgment in either or both these cases.
Of course there is but one sum paid, the object
being to make the State whole.
Judge Bates. on the assembling Of the Court
of Common Pleas, and on the completion of the
panel ofths Grand Jury charged them as to their
general duty, that BY them all criminal proceed
ing. we're to be inflated and specially called their
attention to the public security, which required
their vigorous and earnest consideration. They
had doubtless heard Of the recent loss Of the pub
lie money. and It became their duty to make
proper inquiry as to any embeFzlement, and,
without respect to persons or party, iudlct the
guilty.
The following persons constitute the Grand Ju'
y, viz:
Gibson W. stoel, B, r. Jewett, James Cher
~, Amos 8. Ramsey, Seneca WorhingtOu. Jas.
Park, Casper Miller, L. P. Rhodes, jos. Wells,
John z. Hsyl, Chauncey Cook. Jacob White,
Joha H. Earhart, W. 7, Martin, Loring Yer
Eiagton. ,.|
An adjournment was held over Saturday and
an Monday the Jury are expected to proceed ear
uestiy to their duties. Mr.. bresain. | understand,
ws.. perhaps for the Hrst time out Of his house
since the popular siE. yesterday ip the Court
FoCTa,
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81 i popular wriiss. speaking Of the prssa.
asd oceanic telegraph, wonders whether The psaa
transmitted through sat watsF would BE- frssh.
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All Of which is Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM WALTERS,
JACOB STRAYER Commissioners.
THOMAS WEIR,
JOHN l. BLACKBURN, Auditor Carroll co.
The undersigned, appointed by the Court Of
Common Pleas Of Carroll county, to examine and
investigate the foregoing report. certify that we
have examined and investigated the same and find
it TO be corrert. JOHN BEATTY.
July @ 1S57.-3t. WASH BUTLER.
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W VIC EIO'FWIV Nv IIIo UWtV
Fer county purposes S536,I5,3
Interest on Section l6 2lO.29,0
Bridge Fund 294,62,S
Three per cent. Fund 247,25.S
Public Building Fund 35,25,I
Rail Road Fund, (Inerest) 8O396,7
Total s2,127.5s7
0verdraft on Infrmary fund 10000
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The Tifiu TrJUNs Ofthis morning contains The
following address or 'staiement, ,"s L s called, 70
the people Of Seneca County:
A STATEMENT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-18
Hard Run-Live Alligator.

A friend has sent us from Charlotte, a fla
ming hand bill, of a Live Alligator, on ex-
hibition in rear of D. 0rr's Exchange irrthat
place. Wonder # this thing is a fixture of
the Exchange" alias GFog Shop? fit is,
it is a strikingly appropriate association; for
this ugly monster, bfoodthirsty and danger
Gus as he is, is fair prototype of the men Al
ligators that stand behind the counters and
draw into their greedy jaws their infatuated
and deluded victims.
We have been slowly gliding along the
sluggish streams, and bayous of Florida and
watched the alligator, as he lay upon theshore,
resembling a log, waiting for some luckless
swine to come within his reach, when With
the quick motion of his caudal appendage he
would be swept into the water and the two
would disappear beneath the turbid surface.
This is the way with the liquor seller: He
lays his traps andmakes professions of friend
ship, and al that-but before his victim is
aware, he IS crushed beneath his greedy jaws,
and he goes down to an ignoble grave, wreck.
ed in property, and ruined, soul and body
forever. Yes, yes-the Live Alligator is
good sign for a Grog shop
But is liquor selling becoming SO poor
business ID Charlotte that those engaged in i
have to resort to this sort of ~artifice to inveigl
victims into their dens We hope so, indeec
for it is a good sign. Down here the 'crit
ter itself is sufficiently attractive, withou
Alligators to help it out
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she has been a daughter, you win never have
cause to regret your choice
NOW, said PeYton, add to my happiness
Dy accepting the deed and I shall be satisfied.
e can all live together then and the old
will still be yours
viii accept it in this way replied Mr..
Preston, have the deed altered, giving the
OLD homestead to Juliet and her children
cont blush Juliet-and | shall be better
pleased than if it were given to me, and my
Wle and will spend the remnant of our days
WITH you IN the old place.
% shal 1T be- replied Peyton. Then
turning 70 the stranger who had been a high
y pleased witness of the scenes just related,
ne contlnued TO you, sir, my thanks arefue
LOT your Kindness and trouble. Stop with us
as long as you can make it convenient, and in
future we shall be pleased to see you often at
the homestead
l shall certainly avail myselfof your kind
invitation, replied the stranger.
lie IS needless to prolong our story.
juliet became the wife of Peyton, who con-
tlnued to prosper in his profession, and after
HllIng various offices in the State was elected
to Congress, where his manly bearing, fine
oratorical powers and splendid intellect. gain
ed nm a position young as he was) as one
OF the leading statesmen Of the day. Thc old
folks lived to fondle his childreH upon their
knees and passed the remainaEr of their days
IN peace and tranquility IN The home of theH
youth.
Ehsrhad the pleksing ~antioipations of tho
charitable Southerner when he took the poor
newsboy from the streets of NewsYork, beer
more than realized, and the bread east upor
the waters had been found after many days
Verify a good deed brings its own reward
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tge9ge,
& q G "a, E.C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1857.
Special Notice.

The SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strict
ly upon the CASH system. All papers are
discontinued at the expiration of the time for
which they have been paid. Subscribers
will be notified FoUR WEEKS before their time
is out, by a CROSS MARX on their papers and
unless the subscription is renewedthe papers
will be discontinued. This IS a rule from
which there will be no departure. Watch
for the CROSS MARK, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
~ Subscribers desiring their papers
changed must mention the Post Office, from,
as well as the one to, which they desire the
change to be made.
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The Pressure-Ths Poor.

Tbe p..pers. books, pulpits. and legislative
halls are discussing the present distressing
fines n, our country and furnishing antidotes
for the evil. Economy, retrenchment mex
uenses. is pronounced the great panaeea.-
Palmer dressing, palmer diet, &c. Now let
rs propose cuy remedy-t Is the entire aban-
donapent Of the use Of intOricatsng beverages!
If this could be effected, oaly fer one gear,
what a saving would be effected, and what a
reaction would be occasiohed, for it has been
computed from reliable dats, that one HIM
dred million dollars is annually spent in the
United States for Intoxicating liquors. Turn
this immense amount into other channels Of
industry and enterprise, and we coula snap
our fingers at old hard times and poke his
gaunt ribs in laughing independence. We
hear a great deal about overtrading, but very
little about overdrinking ; and yet what has
proved such a drain to the wealth of the ma
tor. to say nothing of It's morals, health and
happiness.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR TIE Pooh? says
the New York american Temperance Union,
is the universal INQUIRY az the sufferings of
the coming winter are anticipated, fem the
Mayor down to the fRnnbSest philanthropist.
, Shut up, we say, the dram Sleeps What is
!. the wit or wisdom of opening seap-houses and
furnishing barrels OF -four and beef for the
/, poos, while the dram shops are open to re-
] ceive ali their earnings, and make them not
: merely INDECENT, but prepare them for vio-
lence and blood? If we have riots this win.
ter, the dram-shops will have no small part
of the responsibility
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Grand Division.

Bear in mind that the Grand Division meets
in Louisburg, commencing on Tuesday, the
1st day of December, at II o'clock, A. NJ.
We hope to see a numerous delegation in
attendance, from all parts of the State. The
important and momentous interests of the
Order call for all to come who can possibly
do so. We must meet and devise means for
the Advancement of the cause in the State
And our hospitable friends at Louisburg, will
treat us so kindly, that all will doubtless feel
lit good to be there" Let none stay away.
Every Subordinate Division should see that
at least nneIIof its delegates shall attend.
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fRoBBTNG A MONEY LETTER.-0n Saturday
afternoon, at Philadelphia. young man named
S. T. Taylor, employed in the Penn Medical
College, as J~anitor, was arrested charged
with abstracting a one hundred dollar note
from a letter belonging to DR.. JohR 5. Leech,
Of North Carolina The register clerk in the
post Office testified to delivering the letter to
the accused Subsequently, it appears the
note was taken out, andthe ktter sent through
Bloods despatch to the Pennsylvania Uni
versity, where it was received by DIR. Leech-
The accused was held for a further hearing
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-18

~ The Grand Division of Virginia held
Its October sessiof at Lexington. 1t was a
pleasant and intel stng assembage of breth-
rens engaged ink noble, holy cause. The
Order in the StaF vas reported in an mPro-
wing condition. The following officers were
elected:
g. w. P, James 4. jordan Of Lexington
G. W. A., John B. Taden of Lynehburg.
g. Scribe Thomas J. Evans of Richmond.
G. Treasurer, John W. ~Fergussson +"
G. ChspAin, Rev. John Long of ~Lynchburg-
G. C&4uctor, Ro. j. White Of Lexington.
6. S@entinel, Addison Hyde of Augusta.
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~ The "Giraffe' notices a painful ru-
NOR of the downfall of Philip S. White, the
renowned Temperance Lecturer. 1t reports
the rumor to be that he 'has not only quit
lecturing on temperance, but drinks; and
what is worse still, it is rumored that he is a
wholesale dealer in liquors in Philadelphia"
Alas! we learn a portion of the above, and it
may be all, is too true. P. S. White has
been expelled from the order, for drinking,
and the National Division has published him
in its recent proceedings. As to his selling
liquor, a letter just to hand from Pe~nnsylva-
MIA, in answer to an inquiry from US on this
point, says-"Poor White is going back fast.
I have not learned that he was in the liquor
trade, and think he is not" But he is fallen /!
fallen
While it is notifying in the extreme to
publish the falling away of one who has oc-
cupied so prominent a position in our Order,
yet it should cast no more reproach upon it,
than does the wicked apostacy of a christian
minister cast odium on our holy religion
But on the contrary, it furnishes the strong
est evidence of the necessity of throwing
around ourselves all the safeguards we can
bring to bear, to be protected from the evils
Of the intoxicating cup, and for maintaining
with answering fidelity our solemn pledge
oftotal abstinence. Judas betrayed his Lord
but the Christian religion survives and ad
yances. So too will the Temperance cause
though a thousand I~seariots betray and de
l Sert If.
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Condition of New York.

The condition of New York is q most de-
plorable one at this time. Mayer Wood i'm
p~rudentfy, it is supposed to advance his re-
election, recommended to the councils the
proprTety of supplying those cut Of employ
with bread at the expense of the city. This
proposition has caused large numbers, in a
riotoas manner, to demand the promised aid,
accompanied by threats that ifnot gicsn, they
would y~iolehtly seize upon money and pro-
visions to supply their wants. A strong ar
med force rs expected, and appearances indi-
cate riot and bloodshed If the present de
mands be granted, it rs thought that they
VIII be enlarged until the agrarian principle
shall be established or the laws be enforced
by bloodshed 4
United States troops have been statiofbd
at the Custom House in New York, to proect
the money and property of the GoveFnnent.
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SECRETARY OF STATE.-The Governor and
Council have appointed Rufus w. Page, Esq.
to fill tthae office of Secretary of State, vacant
Mr.. Page is Mr.. Hills ~son-in-law, has long
been his assistant, and is thus familiar with
the business of the office.
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- ROLAND" and all others who send
articles for the columns of the Spirit of the
Age, without giving their real names, pri-
vately to the Editor, may know the reason
their articles never appear.
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The New Ritual.

The Grand Scribe has the pleasure to n
nounce the receipt of a limited number of the
new Ritual, and is ready to send them out
to Subordinate Divisions in the State, at the
following rates:
Two copies and one set of Officers and Ode
Cards, 50 cash. Three copies So, and so on.
The cash must accompany every order. The
G.. S.. has forwarded the new Ritual to all the
Divisions that have sent the money for them.
Those desiring copies had better send soon,
before the present supply is exhausted.