4 One third of lustfully and three fonths of a small bundle of straw. 5 One half of any noxious animal and a valley adding a letter. 6 One half of an old scolding woman adding a letter. 7 Any kind of worn out animal and the one half of a tune or music for instruments only. 8 Two fifths of a turners tool and the half of a worthless woman adding a letter. 9 One half of a body of men united in certain tenets a vowel & half a sailor. 10 Half an animal newly taken from its dam one fourth of support and three fourths of externally. BEDFORD, ters, 14 16. Wa 17 Pobamus, 18 Strang, Burke County, (N. C.) Jan. 10. To the Editor of the Raleigh Register, I herewith communicate to you a brief account of the cause of those dreadful shocks which have lately shaken these mountains to their be, whose foundations were laid when the Almighty Architect first seduced chaos to order. On the morning of the 16th ultimo, a great, smoke was seen to issue from the top of "Spear's Mountain," which is detached from that range that extends from the Blue Ridge to Swananoe Riv. er, and ends some miles below its junction with French Broad. The great noise that was heard through the day, and continued smoke left no doubt but it was a Volcano that had burst forth during the earthquake. The mountain is conical and insulated; is base is washed on the west side by French Broad River on the east side it is separin some places by large rocks) ated by a narrow valley (overhang Brad Mountains; their bare rocks from the ridge called French stunted vegetation and arien surface, show that they long have felt That subterranean fire which prob. 19 Greenoch, 20 Field, 21 Totably gave heat to the warm springs and has at last burst out with such dreadful fury. It still continues to burn with great violence, and throws up lava, scoria, ashes, calcined stones and vitrified matter, in great quantities, and with the most tremendous noise. The quantity of lava discharged at the beginning of the eruption was in mense; it ran down the mountain in a stream of liquid fire for more than three quarters of a mile, and has formed a dan across French Broad River so high as to overflown about two hundred acres of prime bottomed land, to the great injury of the owners. the appearance of vitrified basalt. The stone on the mountain is hard and coarse grained, with an uneven conchoidal fracture--but no appearance, of basalt. The scoria are sonorous, have a ferruginous appearance, and show strong mag. netic attraction. Notwithstanding the terror which seized me on viewing this awful sight, I could not help smiling at. the credulous simplicity of the people who inhabit the mountains. They viewed it with as much awe and terror as the Children of Is rael did Mount Sinai; Some say the end of Time is arrived, and think the crater is the mouth of the bottomless pit,' the fantastic appearances of the clectric fluid, which is seen darting in various shapes through the smoke after night, by the help of fancy they In the night time, the ignited stones, cinders, &c. which are thrown two or three hundred feet in the air present a great resem. blance to artificial fireworks, such as rockets, &c. During the day a column of whitish smoke issues from the crater; at night it has a flame-like appearance, and where it has been driven with the wind has withered the small dwarf pine which had taken root in the bar. ren soil of this and the neighbour-transform into spirits, devils &c. ing mountains; their bark and leaves are incrusted with a yellow ish powder, which has an acrid taste and a strong'sulphuric smell. No person has had the courage sufficient to approach the crater; --but those who were acquainted with the top of the mountain before the eruption, say that it was! uneven and very rocky. The ciater appears (judging by the smoke These wild ideas have been increased by the declarations of an itinerant preacher, who calls upon them to repent, not in the language of Jonah Yet forty days,' &c. but saying,Behold the place of punishment for the wicked?' In a few days, I shall go and take another view of this western Eina. It is hoped that it will draw the attention of some geulo able to give a correct description to be twenty yards in diameter,gist or man of science, who will be and is growing larger. Yesterday a large mass fell in with a greater noise than the loudest artillery; it shook the country round, and was echoed from the mountains and JOHN C. EDWARDS. [7'ae seat of this eruption is in the valleys. The lava where cold, has county of Buncombe in this state.] VARIETY. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED latter part of one of his sermons at Edinburgh :-' He is, sir,' said he, the most ingenious preacher I ever heard; it is worth while to go twenty miles to hear him.' He then repeated a passage towards the close of the discourse, which he had heard. 'After a solemn pause, he thus addressed The Christian possesses a great his numerous audience; The atadvantage in the contemplation oftendant angel is just about to leave THE CRISTIAN. nature. He beholds unity in the midst of variety. He looks round on the changing scenery, and in every leaf of the forest, every blade of grass, every hill, every valley and every cloud of Heaven, he discovers the traces of divine benevoZence. Creation is but a field spread before him for an infinitely varied display of love. This is the har. monizing principle, which reduces to unity and simplicity the vast diversity of nature; this is the perfection of the universe. It clothes in moral glory eve y ob. jeet we contemplate. The Christian may be said to hear the music of the spheres. He hears suns and planets joining their melody in praise to their benignant Creator. His ear, and his alone, is tuned to his heavenly harmony. His soul is love. the threshold and ascended to hea ven. 6 And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner, among all this multitude, reclaimed from the error of his ways?" To give the greater effect to this exclamation, he stamped with his foot, lifted up his hands & eyes to heaven, and with gushing tears, cried aloud, Stop Gabriel! Stop Gabriel! Stop; ere you enter the sacred portals, and yet carry with you the news of one sinner converted to God.' He then, in the most simple, but energetic language, described what he called a Saviour's dying love to sinful man; so that the whole assembly melted into tears. This address was accompanied with such animated, yet natural action, that it surpassed any thing I ever saw or heard in any other preacher.' ANECDOTE Of the Rev. George Whitfield. An intimate friend of the celebrated Hume, asked him what he thought of Mr. Whitfield's preaching; for he had listened to the ANECDOTES. The present cold weather has made a considerable improvement in Female tactics-They have now actually gone so far as to re-cover arms.' A Princess of Hungary once asked a Monk, who was a scholar and a wit, to explain to her the story of Balaam and the ass; adding, good father I can hardly believe that an ass could be so talkative. Madam,' replied the father, 'your scruples may cease, when you are informed it was a Female.' When Themosticles went to Andros, to demand a loan of money he said I bring two gods with me, Force and Persuasion.' He was answered We have two stronger, Want and Impossibility.' very hard of the printer or post for it, for you would rather go without your best meal, than without your paper; have you ever complied with the condition of Subscription? Have you taken as much pains to furnish the printer with his money as he has to furnish you with his paper? Have you furnished your mite to repay him for his ink, his paper, his type, his presses, his hand work, and his head work?—If you have not--go-pay him off, "and sin no more." SOMATHING IMPORTANT! As far as respects Editors and their Patrons. AN EXTRACT. Perhaps it may not be amiss to remember the printer in my discourse. He is in a very difficult and disagreeable situation. He trusts every body whom he knows not. His money is scattered every where, he hardly knows where to look for it. His paper, his labor and his living must all be punctually paid for. You Mr. -, and you Mr. — and you Mr. and an hundred others, I could name, have taken Mr.'s papers for some time--you, and your wives and children, and your neighbors, have been amused and in LADY'S MISCELLANY NEW-YORK, March 7, 1812. To note the passing tidings of the timés. The attention of the people of Berlin has lately been very much occupied by the tragical adventure of Mr. Kleist, the Prussian poet and Madame Vogel. The reports which were at first circulated with regard to the cause of this unfor tunate affair, have been strongly contra. dicted by the family of the lady; and it has been particularly denied that love was in any respect the cause of it. Ma dame Vogel, it is said, had suffered long under an incurable disorder: her physicians had declared her death inevitable: she herself had förmied a resolution to put a period to her existence. Mr. Kleist, the poet, and a friend of her family, had also long determined to kill hirasell These two unhappy beings having com. fidentially communicated to each other their horrible resolation, resolved to cars formed, and I hope improved by it; if you miss one paper you thinkry it into effect at the same time. They . repaired to the Inn at Williamstadt, be tween Berlin and Potzdam, on the bor der of the Sacred Lake. For one night & for one day they were preparing them. selves for death, by putting up prayers, singing drinking a number bottles of wine and rum, and last of all by taking `about sixteen cups of coffee. They wrote a letter to M. Vogel, to announce to him the resolution they had taken, and to beg him to come a's speedily as possible, for the purpose of seeing their remains interred. The letter was sent to Berlin express. This done they repaired to the Banks of the Sacred Lake where they sat down opposite to each other. M. Kleist took a loaded pistol, and shot Madame Vogel through the heart, who fell back dead; he then reloaded the pistol and shot himself through the head. Soon after M. Vogel arrived and found them both dead. The public are far from admiring, or even of approving, this act of insanity. An apology for this suicide, by M. Peguilhen Counsellor at War, has excited unanimous indignation among all who have the principles either of religion or morality, The Censorship has been blamed for having permitted the circulation of an account of this tra gedy, in which the suicide and the mur der were represented as sublime acts. Some have been gone so far as to express a wish to see M. Peguilhen punish. ed for having, as a public functionary, preached up such principles. The hus. band has also been blamed for having given eclat to a catastrophe over which it would have been better to draw the thickest veil. TO CORRESPONDENTS. GERALDINE, ARTHUR, and a num. ber of others shall be attended to in our E. next number. TO LET From the first of May, part of the House, No. 28 Frankfort-Street, Enquire at this Office. WANTED immediately, an Apprentice to the Printing bu siness, apply at this office. Married. In New Jersey, Henry Force, to Miss Mary Sidman; Lewis Howell, to Miss Maria Condict; Amsey Crane, to Misè Harriot Cook; and Elias Carter, to Miss Electra Klichel. At Richmond, Capt. Isbon Benedict, of N. York, to Miss Frances W. Weymouth, eldest daughter of capt W. W. Weymouth. Mr. John King, of Newtown, to Miss Patty Davis. At Lenox, Alpheus Goodrich, esq. of the state of New York, to Miss Nancy Stocking Died. At Springfield, N. Jersey, Col. Abrá hain Woolley, aged 57. At Newark, Elipha let Johnson- On Tuesday afternoon last, Mrs. Mase M Crea, wife of Mr. John McCrea aged 36 years On Sunday morning last, after a short but painful illness, Mrs Hester De Rie. mer, wife of Sainuel De Riemer, Esq. Attorney at Law, and daughter of Nich. olas N Anthony. On Sunday afternoon lust, Mr. James Walsh. On Wednesday last, Dr. Caleb Shreve, in the 430 year his age. |