e brought to Je! uch less expe, of our reader m riscom's sta ent of this e ich I witnes r of iron aber ighths thick, ng beat in m bree minutes a y heated in coal on the La onsiderable t ioned in the s hteen inches emits is in ates have be the superi , from blacksm rrel makersir itting mills & ADVERTISEMENTS. edge of those tongues [the French and ENGLISH TEACHER AND EXER- ington street [No. 1 Cornhill], have for with Questions for examination, tional Notes and Illustrations, a piece representing the Solar Sys &c., being a greatly improved edit the Rev. J. L. Blake. Alger's Murray, being an Abri of Murray's Grammar, in which 1 ditions of Rules and Notes are from the larger work. The English Teacher contains all the devoutly to be wished, by every friend to struction. The Exercises form a neat 18mo volume of 252 pages, on good paper and neat type, for the particular use of pupils in schools; be but litte and being a counterpart to the Teacher, corresponds to it in design and execution. The Key is left out of this volume for the purpose of giving the scholar an opportuniy; and, as ity of exercising his judgment upon the apliar fitness freplication of the rules, without a too ready and frequent reference to the key. furnaces pr dvantages o hich a strang Danifest." OUGH IRON TR. ot received le ofessor Silliman clined to ra The Promiscuous Exercises in each of the four parts of False Grammar, in both volumes, have figures, or letters of the alphabet, introduced, referring to the particular rule or principle by which nearly every individual correction is to be made. Great care and vigilance have been exereised to prevent defects of the press in these editions, as well as to correct the numerous errors which have found their way into the various editions of these works now in circulation. There can be no hazSilliman's Jard in saying, that there is no American edition, either of Murray's Exercises or s which are As it is, hether all the ftold, whetherar curacy. 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WELLS & LILLY, HAVE in press, and will shortly p A New Digest of Massachusetts R By Lewis Bigelow, Counsellor at Law work will embrace all the Reports now lished, and will be otherwise impro several important particulars. EVENINGS IN NEW ENGLAN ome sulpher useful and valuable of all. This extrava- words, are divided and accented agreeably lished, and have for sale, le, the in gance has been justly censured by Mr Wal- to Walker's Dictionary and Classical Key; | , but the ker in the following remark. "We think," CUMMINGS, HILLIARD, & Co. have jus Evenings in New England; intend -peculiarly suited to the use of Schools. Juvenile Amusement and Instruction Conversations on Natural Philosophy, I an American Lady. He asserts, that, although the measure or the location of the mineral wealth of the United States is not precisely ascertained, yet it is known, that the coal formation within our limits is more abundant than that of any other country. Bituminous coal exists in numerous basins scattered over the whole of a vast region, extending from the sources of the Ohio on the north, to the head waters of the Tombigbee on the south, the valley of the Susquehannah on the east, and the alluvium of the Mississippi on the west. The supply of this coal may be considered quite inexhaustible; and the eastern part of the formation is not inaccessible to the principal cities of the northern and middle states. But the learned Professor considers this coal as altogether inferior in value to the harder or anthracite coal. In this he is certainly correct, and if he is equally so in his estimate of the quantity of this coal, many ages must pass, before we are driven to use the somewhat similar, but inferior, coal, which is found in this vicinity. "On the eastern side of this bituminous region exists another coal formation of far greater importance than the former, to the immediate prosperity of the more popular sections of the union. This is the region of anthracite coal, occupying an extensive valley, through a considerable portion of which flows the river Susquehannah and its tributary stream the Lackawannock. This variety of coal is here found in great abundance, and of a finer quality, it is believed, than in any part of the world yet explored. The length of this remarkable coal field may be taken at more than one hundred miles, commencing at a point near Harrisburg, on the Susquehannah, and running northeasterly almost in a straight line to the head waters of the Lackawannock, not far from the borders of Broome county, in the state of New York, and comprehending in its range the highlands at the head of the rivers Schuylkill, Lehigh, and Lackawaxen, which empty into the Delaware. Its breadth may be safely taken, it is presumed, at an average of three miles, making a surface of three hundred square miles, or nearly one thousand millions of square yards. The thickness of the contiguous beds in several places where the coal has been wrought, exceeds thirty feet, or ten yards; and it is well known, from examination of a section of the whole formation, in places where, by a disruption of the waters, the various beds are exposed, that the thickness of the several workable strata exceeds forty-five feet, or fifteen yards; but assuming ten yards as the medium thickness, the whole number of cubic yards within the district above specified, would be ten thousand millions. "It is easily proved by calculation, that a cubic yard of this coal weighs rather more than two thousand two hundred gross weight for unavoidable waste, there will be as many tons as cubic yards, namely ten thousand millions within the ascertained region, supposing the strata to be continuous throughout. This, however, is not to be imagined, as the region is in several places broken by ridges of high land, in which it is not known creased, as it can then be brought to New that coal exists; but supposing from this es-York and Boston at much less expense timate, we make the enormous deduction of than at present. Some of our readers may one half, there will then remain five thou-be interested by Mr Griscom's statement sand millions of tons, a quantity sufficient to respecting the employment of this fuel in supply New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, furnaces. (supposing those cities to contain eighty "In an experiment which I witnessed in thousand houses, and each house to consume a blacksmith's shop, a bar of iron about two five tons in a year) during a period of twelve inches wide and five eighths thick, was thousand five hundred years! It appears rea-brought to a good welding heat in a comsonable, therefore, to infer from data not mon forge in less than three minutes; and unworthy of reliance, that the Wyoming a nail rod was sufficiently heated in fifteen and Lackawannock vallies contain a body seconds The best of the coal on the Lackof coal sufficient to supply all the wants of awannock burns with considerable blaze. the eastern and middle sections of the United In the instance just mentioned in the smith's States, for a period which may be consid-shop, the blaze was eighteen inches high, ered as infinite, and also to serve the pur- but the light which it emits is inferior to poses, if needful, of an extensive exportation. bituminous coal. Certificates have been obShould the projected intercourse between the tained and published, of the superior value waters of the Hudson, Delaware, and Sus- and economy of this coal, from blacksmiths, quehannah be carried into complete effect, brewers, distillers, gunbarrel makers, for the and the coal be brought to the Atlantic purpose of rolling and slitting mills, &c. and markets at the prices contemplated, it seems there can, I apprehend, be but little doubt not improbable that the current of European that with fire-places and furnaces properly intercourse in the article of fuel will be re- constructed, it can be advantageously emversed, and that instead of importing coal ployed in all cases in which a strong and from England, American coal will be ex-durable heat is necessary; and, as it burns ported to France, Holland, or more particu- without smoke, its peculiar fitness for cerlarly to the countries of the Baltic. tain operations is very manifest." "The greatest objections to it as a domestic fuel, are the comparative difficulty of ignition, and its burning without much flame. The former of these, as experience has amply shown, is well overcome by the use of charcoal, or billets of dry wood, for the purpose of kindling, and the intense glow which a grate of it affords, is a pretty good compensation for the blaze of bituminous coal or hickory wood. Its durability, during combustion, saves two-thirds of the trouble of attendance on fires; and in nurseries, and other places in which a fire throughout the night is needful, nothing can be compared with it for safety and facility of management. So sensible are the inhabitants of the districts within reach of the mines, of these advantages, that they prefer to use it although their wood costs them nothing. I was credibly informed, while at Carbondale, that some of the inhabitants of Montrose sent thither for coal, though at the distance of thirty miles, over a very rough road, and paid for it one dollar and a half per ton, in preference to wood delivered at their doors at seventy-five cents per cord! At Wilkesbarre it is the principal fuel, being used in both parlors and kitchens; and the fires, in many instances, are not allowed to expire through the winter; for by the addition of fresh coal on going to bed, the fire is found in full activity in the morning. Its adaptation to the purposes of the smith, is abundantly acknowledged by its universal employment in places where it can be obtained without too great cost." We can bear testimony to the correctness of some of Mr Griscom's remarks as to the domestic uses of this coal; and if the works intended to make a communication between the Delaware and North River are completed, the economy of using it here, in preference to other fuel, will be greatly in | BURNING A HOLE THROUGH IRON WITH SULPHUR. If the following had not received so high a sanction as that of Professor Silliman, we should certainly be inclined to rank it among those statements which are more strange than credible. As it is, we may be permitted to doubt whether all the circumstances are told, or, if told, whether they are related with exact accuracy. It is taken from a No. of Professor Silliman's Journal of Science and the Arts. "Colonel Evasin, director of the arsenal of Metz, in a letter to Gay Lussac, states the following experiments: I placed a bar of wrought iron, about sixteen millemetres in thickness, (six tenths of an inch) into a common forge, fed by fossil coal, and when it was welded hot, drew it out, and applied to its surface a stick of sulphur six tenths of an inch in diameter. In fourteen seconds the sulphur had pierced a hole through the iron, perfectly circular. Another bar of iron, two inches thick, was pierced in fifteen seconds. The holes had the exact form of the sticks of sulphur employed, whether cylindrical or prismatic. They were, however, more regular at the side at which the sulphur came out, than on that on which it was applied. Steel bars, formed of old files welded together, were pierced more quickly than iron, and presented the same phenomena. Cast iron, heated nearly to the melting point, underwent no alteration, by the ap plication of sulphur to its surface. The sulpour did not even leave a mark. I took a piece of this cast iron and fashioned it into a crucible, and put it into some sulphur and iron. On heating the crucible, the iron and sulphur were quickly melted, but the crucible underwent no change. An. de Chimie, Jan, 1824, ADVERTISEMENTS. ENGLISH TEACHER AND EXER- edge of those tongues [the French and A knowledge of other languages is truly desirable, and the acquisition of them ought, in a proper degree, to be encouragCUMMINGS, HILLIARD, & Co. No. 134 Wash-ed by all friends of improvement; but it is ington street [No. 1 Cornhill], have for sale, new editions of these neat and valuable School Books. 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WE read American novels, and indeed American works of any kind, with a determination to be as well pleased, and to think and speak as well of them as our taste and conscience will permit, and hold it but a venial error, to allow ourselves to be a little unduly biassed in favour of home manufactures. We feel reluctant, therefore, to pass an unfavourable judgment on the work before us. We think the author has read and admired the novels of the Scottish Unknown, till he has persuaded himself (no uncommon mistake, by the way,) that he is able to write something of the same kind; but, if we may judge by this specimen, he has assuredly mistaken his vocation. It is not enough to be delighted with the works of the novelist of the North, nor even to have them by heart. There are many readers in the same case, who have never suspected themselves of possessing the ability to imitate the objects of their admiration; as there are others, who, notwithstanding a secret feeling, that they are not altogether inadequate, content themselves with imagining the ease of an attempt which they never have, nor ever will make, and live and die in the consciousness, that they could astonish and delight | the world, if they would. BOSTON, FEBRUARY 15, 1825. make it prudent to tempt their forbear ance. We drop these intimations, upon the principle of the economy of preventive measures, for the benefit of our imaginative countrymen and countrywomen; desiring them in a friendly way, to lay it to heart, especially the latter. We are indeed too chivalrous, knowingly, to war with the fair sex; but the ladies, in these cases, do not always favour us with their names, and we, on our part, make no pretensions to the spirit of divination. Thus, it may chance, that in belabouring some offending wearer of the cloak of darkness our lashes may fall upon forms no way calculated to endure them, and shatter nerves which nature never strung for rude encounters. We advise the fair authors, therefore, in all cases, to let a little of the blue investment peep out from beneath the sable coverture;-just to make patent so much of an azure instep, as will enable us to account satisfactorily to our readers, for our mansuetude in the cases supposed The leading characters, in these Tales, are Colonel Berkley, a profane man of the world; his son George, a religious young man; an old methodist preacher; Mrs Belcour, and her two daughters, Maria and Eliza; Lord Umberdale, an English nobleman; Mr Arley, his brother, a dissipated spendthrift; Mr Courtal, a lawyer; Colonel Hopewell, an old soldier; and Marmaduke Scott, a Scotch clergyman. Miss Eliza Belcour is contracted by her Now and then it happens, however, as parents, in her infancy, to George Berkley, in the present instance, that the amateur whom she has never known, and of course shakes off that wholesome disposition to dislikes. She falls in love with an unknown procrastination, which has protected the young gentleman, who turns out to be George reading community from many a volume, Berkley, in time to reconcile her duty and which, like Basil's Journal, only waited inclination. Her sister, in like manner, for to-morrow; shuts his eyes to the gives her heart to the Honourable Mr Arley, dangers, which lurk behind the periodical who, having disencumbered himself of his presses of the time; ventures to put forth property in England, and, flying from the his twin volumes in fair paper covers, blue, terrors of the law at home, appears in yellow, or marble, as the case may be, and America under the assumed name of Percy, waits, in trembling anxiety, to see from associates himself with a gang of sharpers, what quarter the critic is to spring upon and lays siege to the affections and fortune his literary offspring. In general, the of Miss Belcour. Some remains of honour American author escapes easily. The public protect her from the consequences of this read and forget, his friends praise, and the plot, and it is afterwards discovered to her reviewer lays a patriotic and gentle hand by an accident, which consigns Mr Arley upon the harmless ephemera. These are to temporary confinement. In the mean halcyon days for poets and tale-tellers; but time, Lord Umberdale appears on the stage, they should remember, that they hold their seeking his dissipated brother. In the course privileges by a precarious tenure; that the of his search, he meets, and becomes enamnationality of critics is but a broken reed to oured of Maria,—who transfers her regard rest upon; that the nature of these animals to him, with a facility which can hardly be is not longsuffering; and that, however excused by his personal likeness to her forgentle and playful they may appear in mer suitor. Before an actual declaration particular circumstances, their disposition takes place, circumstances bring the brothto rend a hapless scribbler, is a too wellers in contact; a reconciliation is the result; authenticated trait in their character, to Mr Arley repents, reforms, and marries No. 21. Maria, whose original flame has revived, while Lord Umberdale returns to England with the willow. Such is a general outline of the story, which we cannot think very interesting. We are too well experienced in the contrivances of novelists, to be much entertained by complicated plots and incognito heroes. With respect to the individual characters, we think Colonel Berkley's conversion improbable, while his son is at best an object of very cool approbation. Mrs Belcour manœuvres, as the mother in the novels of all ages has manoeuvred, but with little spirit and little ingenuity; the daughters are good girls enough, but nothing more; Mr Courtal is a very unsuccessful attempt to imitate Counsellor Pleydell; and the clergyman is a caricature, which bears as much likeness to life as caricatures generally do. But the principal objection to this work, is the perpetual and undisguised attempt at imitation. Almost every sentence is framed so as to remind us of the god of the author's idolatry. We mean every original sentence, for we might almost call the work a cento, so abundant are the quotations from Scott, Shakspeare, and others. It should have been considered, that, though an occasional quotation or allusion, like a jewel judiciously placed, may set off what would be agreeable without it; a profusion of ornaments adds nothing to beauty, and renders homeliness only more remarkable; and that, while memory may assist talents, and reading minister to invention,-they can seldom conceal their defects, and never supply their places. We object further to the offence against poetical justice, in the dénouement of the tale; Lord Umberdale is despatched in sorrow, and Arley carries off the prize, for which both contended. Whether marriage, with the object of one's affection, be the most valuable blessing and reward offered in this sublunary scene, or not, is a question about which opinions differ materially. The affirmative, however, is pretty generally admitted in Utopia, of which country the characters, and, by courtesy, the writers of novels, must be considered citizens. To this reward, therefore, the nobleman, who is represented as uniformly virtuous, had the clearest title, and it is at once contrary to the law of the land alluded to, and in opposition to the dictates of the moral sense of any land, to award it to one, whose only claim is founded on good feelings whose dictates have been generally disregarded, and a recent conversion which may possibly be permanent. We mention another objection with considerable hesitation. It is founded |