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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 uapretending 

 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 \he 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 sculpture; 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 a Mineral supposed to be a Phosphate of 

 Lime from Williamshurgh, Massachusetts, and of the lo- 

 calities of several other minerals. Editok. 



July 1824. — This mineral was forwarded to me in June 

 last, by Mr. Morris Dwight, its discoverer. It is imbedded in 

 a rock of gneiss, and bears strong resemblance to beryl, to 

 crysolite, to crysoberyl, and to the phosphate of lime, espe- 



