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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



September, 1842. 



land, handing liev a piece of money. " Tlic Lord 

 has blessed us with plenty ; and something to 

 spare for his needy cliihlren." 



" Ain't I glad that I've pot eyes, and plenty to 

 eat," George said, glancing at the blind man, and 

 then looking up into his mother's face, with boy- 

 ish delight; as she brought in a savory dish for 

 their supper. 



"O, but that looks good!" ejaculated Ellen, 

 peeping into the djsh — as her mother paused, to 

 smile upon her boy,— and enjoying the coming 

 feast in imagination. 



The liberal meal uimn the table, the mother sat 

 down with the rest, and, as she looked around on 

 each htippy face, her heart blessed the hour that 

 she had given her hand to William Moreland.— 

 Just as the meal was finished, n neighbor stopped 

 at the door and said : 



" Here's a letter for Mrs. Moreland : I saw it in 

 the post office, and brought it over for her, as 1 

 was coming this way." 



" Come in, come in," Moreland said with a 

 hearty welcome in his voice. 



" No I tliank you I can't stop now. Good even- 

 ing," replied the neighbor. 



"Good evening," responded Moreland, turning 

 from the door, and handing the letter to Jane. 



"It must be from Ellen," Mrs. Moreland remark- 

 ed, as she broke the seal. " II is a long time since 

 we heard from them ; I wonder how they are 

 doing?" 



She soon knew, for on opening the letter she 

 read: 



"Savannah, Sept., 18 — . 



" My dear Sister Jane — James has just died, and 

 I am left here without a dollar, and know not 

 where to get bread for myself and two children. 

 I dare not tell you all I have sufFere<l since I part- 

 ed from you. 1 



"My heart is too full, I cannot write. Heaven 

 only knows what I shall do ! Forgive me, sister, 

 for troubling you ; I have not done so before, be- 

 cause I did not wish to give you pain, and I only 

 do so now, from an impulse that I cannot resist. 

 Ellen." 



Jane handed the letter to her husband, and sat 

 down in a chair, her senses bewildered and her 

 heart sicl«. 



" VVe have enough for Ellen, and her children, 

 too, Jane," Moreland said, folding the letter after 

 he had read it. " VVe must send for them at 

 once. Poor Ellen! I fearshe has suffered much." 



" You are good and kind, and noble-hearted, 

 William!" Jane said, bursting into tears. 



" 1 don't know that 1 am any better than any 

 body else, Jane. But I can't bear to see others 

 suffering, and never will, if I can afford relief 

 And surely, if industry brought no other reward, 

 the power it gives us, to benefit and relieve others, 

 is enough to make us ever active." 



In one month from the time Ellen's letter was 

 received, she with her children, were inmates of 

 Moreland's cottage. Gradually, the light rennn- 

 ed to her eye, and something of the former glow 

 of health and contentment to her cheek. Her 

 children in a few weeks were as gay and happy as 

 any. The delight that glowed in the heart of 

 William Moreland,as he saw this pleasing change, 

 was a double reward for the little he had sacrific- 

 ed in making them happy. Nor did Ellen feel, 

 with her children, an entire burden upon her sis- 

 ter and her husband ;— her activity and willing- 

 ness found enough to do that needed doing, and 

 Jane often used to say to her husband, 



"I don't know which is the gainer over the 

 other, me or Ellen ; for I am sure, I cant see how 

 we could do without her." 



The Geological Survey of the State. 



We have received from Dr. Jackson a copy of 

 his Second Report, whii-h gives a brief account 

 of the progress made the last year, reserving the 

 full account for the final report which will be 

 given to the i)ublic next spring. 



We have seen (says the Portsmouth Journal) a 

 letter from Dr. Jackson written this week, which 

 states that ni Canaan he recently found a few 

 scales of native GoW, in brown iron pyrites, as- 

 sociated with copper pyrites, &c. This discov- 

 ery should only he whispered abroad, as adven- 

 turers would not probably realize a sixpence a 

 day in searching for it. The vein of brown py- 

 rites in which it is found runs several miles from 



Canaan to Grafton, a|)pe;;ring in three or four 

 places at the surface. 



Exiractsfrom the Second Report : 



Iron, the right arm of national industry and 

 power, aboimds in New Hampshire. Lead oc- 

 curs in considerable abundance, and zinc in very 

 large and important veins, amply sufficient for 

 tlie supply of the New England States. The 

 veins of copper noticed in my former report, 

 have, as I anticipated, proved richer and more 

 solid as they were exjdored to greater depths, 

 and we may now rank one at least of those veins 

 ns of economical value. This vein is in the town 

 of Warren, and is now undergoing exploration 

 with a view to work the mine on a large scale. 



The lead ore of Shelburne has been found to 

 he easy to smelt ; and the lead is sufficiently rich 

 in silver to pay a profit on the expenses attending 

 its extraction. 



The zinc ores of Shelburne and Warren are 

 both easily wrought, and furnish as bigli a per- 

 centage of pure zinc, as those wrought in Eng- 

 land. 



Year before last I discovered a vein of oxide of 

 tin in the town of Jackson, but the ore consisting 

 of a vein stone full of crystals of the oxide of tin 

 without any solid tin, stone or compact oxide, 1 

 felt a little hesitation in speaking of its probable 

 value. The ore yielded from 30 to 50 per cent, 

 of tin and would prove valuable if it could be ob- 

 tained in adequate quantities. 



During the past year two new veins of the com- 

 pact and pure tin ore have been discovered near 

 the first described vein, and the probability now 

 increased is that the mine will prove workable 

 for metallic tin. 



I have analyzed the specimens which I obtain- 

 ed at the mine, and others, which have been sent 

 me by the proprietor, and find that the purest 

 specimens yield 73 per cent, of fine tin ; while the 

 average of a lot taken in mass, with the vein stone 

 adhering, yielded 54 per cent. I have deposited 

 in the State Cabinet an ingot of pure tin, weigh- 

 ing 3 ounces, which was extracted by the usual 

 processes, from 5 ounces of the crude ores from 

 the new vein in Jackson. One hundred weight 

 of the ore will yield, at this rate, from 12 to IC 

 dollars worth of tlie metal. 



A very valuable ore of Titanium has also been 

 discovered in the towns of Unity and Merrimack, 

 and if it proves abundant it will be of inq)ortauce 

 to the individuals on whose estates it has been 

 found. That occurring in Unity contains a min- 

 ute proportion of tin, which is an indication of 

 the probable occurrence of that metal in the vein. 

 The ore found in Merrimack is worth $1G a 

 pound, wholesale, and a considerable quantity is 

 employed by dentists in the manufacture of min- 

 eral teeth, and by the iiorcelain painter. Owing 

 to its absolute purity, the New Hampshire Titan- 

 ium will he preferred to any yet found in this 

 country. It should be remarked that no one but 

 a mineralogist would he likely to notice such un- 

 prepossessing ores as those of tin and titanium, 

 and their occurrence has heretofore been over- 

 looked. 



From Hill's N. H. Patriot. 

 A Revolutionary Reminisceucc. 



Gov. Hill — Dear Sir: — One of your late 

 papers contained a brief notice of the decease 

 of my late venerable friend and neighbor, Mr. 

 Daniel Cole, of Plainfield, at the advanceil age 

 of 84. As the small remnant of our Revolii- 

 tioiuu-y fiiihers are fast descending to the tomb, 

 and with them the history of many interesting 

 incidents of that eveiitiiil period, I forward you 

 the following amusing account which ho person- 

 ally related to me seveial years ago, and then 

 taken down in a manuscript journal. 



After faithfully serving his country as a sol- 

 dier, at the taking of Burgoyue, ut Trenton and 

 other places, he was induced at the age of 23, to 

 try the fortune of war U))on the ocean ; and re- 

 turning from a successful cruise in the autumn 

 of J781, was ca]itui-ed by the British ship Re- 

 nown, of 50 guns, belonging to the squadron of 

 Admiral Graves, destined to the Chesapeake to 

 relieve Lord Cornwallis. With this intent they 

 approached the French fleet then blockading 

 Yorktovvn, and Count de Grasse, fearing the bay 

 was too narrow for the successful mancEuvreiug 

 of his heavy ships, innnedintely slipjied his ca- 

 bles and bore down upon the enemy. The Brit- 



ish fleet tacked to the southward and stood on 

 to sea, iJursued by the French to the south of 

 Cape Henry, svhen it occurred to Admiral Graves, 

 from the short time employed by the French in 

 making sail, that they had not weighed their an- 

 chors; he dispatched the Renown, on board 

 which shi|i my late townsman and his fellow 

 sailors were detained as prisoners, with orders 

 to return to the Chesapeake and cut away the 

 buoys; thus depriving the whole French fleet 

 of their anchors. In jiursuance of this object 

 the Renovvn had returned, and arrived in sight 

 of the buoys which laid pitching on the swells, 

 when the man at mast head sung out " sail ho ! 

 astern" and inuiiediately—" another," quickly 

 followed by "three," "four," "five," "a whole 

 fleet." Count de Grasse, having discovered that 

 he could not bring his enemy to action, and 

 fearing they might obtain the weatherguage, slip 

 into the bay before him, and perhaps convey 

 Cornwallis and his army to the opposite shore, 

 had taken the suiklen resolution of returning to 

 his former anchorage. 



The English captain now beat to quarters and 

 harangued iiis crew — " Boys ! I fear we are gone, 

 but his Majesty's gallant ship must not he sur- 

 rendered to these d — d frog-eating Frenchmen 

 without burning powder. What say you, shall 

 we fight ?" " Aye, aye, sir ;" and three cheers 

 resounded throughout the ship. " Stand to the 

 guns, then, my brave fellows — see all clear for 

 action, anil let every shot tell." 



On coming abreast of the Englishman, Count 

 de Grasse directed two stout frigates to steer in 

 shore and receive the surrender, not dreaming 

 of resistance in presence of his overwhelming 

 force : but no sooner was the leading ship with- 

 in range than the Renown saluted her with a 

 full broadside, and both Frenchmen retreated to 

 their fleet without firing a gun. " Give it to 

 them, hoys," cried the brave English captain, " if 

 they have no more spirit we will fight our way 

 through their whole fleet ;" and she continued 

 with her bow guns to batter the stern of her an- 

 tagonist. 



Count de Grasse now dispatched by signal the 

 Mai-fieilles, of 74 g<ms, who approached and 

 threw a single shot at the Renown, which she 

 returnetl with her bow guns; and the American 

 prisoners who had hitherto kept on deck, in 

 anxious expectation of tlieir own speedy release, 

 presuming Irom the near ap[iro«cli of the French- 

 man that she would next fire with grape, retreat- 

 ed below ; and in the act of descending the 

 lad<lei-, a full broadside from the Marseilles swept 

 the decks and rigging of the Renown, one of her 

 two and ihirlies coming between decks with ii 

 rumbling noise like a coach and six, and passed 

 from bow to stern, dismounting guns, ripping 

 down partitions, and spreading death and de- 

 struction on every side. 



The Renovvn now surrendered, having 50 or 

 60 of her crew killed and wounded, a painlidly 

 useless sacrifice to the point of honor. The 

 British officers came rushing below and unlock- 

 ing chests and trunks. " Here, you yankee reb- 

 els, help yourselves to whatever you like; we 

 owe you no good will, but had rather you would 

 have the plunder than the cowardly Frenchmen." 

 No sooner said than done — oft' went glazed hats, 

 tarpaulin.s, sjiencers and red baize Blurts, to he 

 replaced by linen cambric ruffles, embroidered 

 vests, gold laced coats and hats, and all the glit- 

 tering paraphernalia of English official splendor ; 

 and thus strangely equipped and scarcely recog- 

 nizing each other, the Americans appeared on 

 deck just as one hundred Frenchmen were ta- 

 king possession. 



But here a new and unexpected difficulty 

 awaited them ; like the birds in the borrowed 

 plumes of the peacock, they were ordered to un- 

 dress, and all theii newly acquired finery again 

 suddenly changed owners. In vain they declar- 

 ed themselves Americans, prisoners to the En- 

 glish, and besought their " very dear great friends 

 and allies," in moving language, to spare their 

 fine apparel ; but no. Johnny Crapeaii was too 

 deeply interested in disbelieving so strange u 

 story ; it was all " JVong long paw," accompanied 

 with deep curses in every variety of provincial 

 French, and literal murder of the " King's En- 

 glish" They appealed lo the Lieut, connuand- 

 ing the prize with no better success. "Non non 

 — n'Americainc ;" " sacre (liable Anglais" — "you 

 are captuled under English colors, and wear the '' 



