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of some of the ancient statues. The writer of this article, 
- does not claim to be a connoisseur, but having formed his 
ideas from a degree of familiarity with many of the finest 
modern productions of the chisel, and from not a few of the 
most celebrated marble antiques, he was delighted to see a 
beautiful bust, executed by this self-taught, and unpretending 
young man, which might well claim attention, even in Som- 
erset House, or the Louvre. We had afterwards opportuni- 
ties of viewing the bust in company with gentlemen of taste 
and experience in this art, and especially with an eminent art- 
ist, who expressed his astonishment in warm terms, and did 
not hesitate to pronounce that Mr. Augur, if encouraged, must 
obtain a high rank in excellence and fame. 
As this bust of Apollo is now publicly exhibited in the 
Academy of Arts in New York, it is perhaps not proper to 
say more, than that our object is to draw the attention of the 
American public, to this unexpected production of native tal- 
ent, executed without previous observation, or instruction, or 
patronage, and in the intervals of time redeemed from a busy 
and more lucrative employment. 
We have long had much cause to be gratified with the suc- 
cess and the fame of American painters; but, so far as we 
are informed, Mr, Augur is the first native American, who 
has successfully attempted scuJpture; at least so successfully, 
that his very first production is worthy of a place in a museum 
of statuary, and his second gives full assurance of the brilliant 
exertion of taste and talent of a high order. 
We should be greatly gratified, if Mr. Augur’s native state, 
or some other state, would give him instructions to proceed to 
Raleigh for the purpose of copying—(after leave duly obtain- 
ed) at least the bust, if not the entire figure, of our own Wash- 
ington, as executed by the great Canova. 
9. Notice of « Mineral supposed to be a Phosphate of 
Lime from Williamsburgh, Massachusetts, and of the lo- 
calities of several other minerals, Enron. 
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July 1824.—This mineral was forwarded to me in June 
last, by Mr. Morris Dwight, its discoverer. It is imbedded in 
arock of gneiss, and bears strong resemblance to beryl, to 
crysolite, to crysoberyl, and to the phosphate of lime, espe- 
