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valley of Black River, I believe, within the limits of the town 

 of Coventry. It was much rusted and decayed, but sufficient 

 of it remains to show its shape. 



10. Kelly vale Serpentine* — As connected with a favorite 

 science, you would, perhaps, be glad to learn that there is a 

 prospect of the serpentine of Kellyvale being worked the next 

 season, on a considerably large scale. Mr. J. son of the 

 honorable Mr. J. of Middlebury, who is engaged largely in 

 the marble manufacture, informed me, that he should venture 

 1000 dollars in the business at Kellyvale. Men are now 

 sawing slabs of serpentine, by hand, to take down to New- 

 York in the spring, to try the market. 



11. Character of the People of Ohio. — A warm panegyric 

 on the character of the people of Ohio, is contained in an 

 address by Caleb Atwater, Esq. which we have recently re- 

 ceived in a pamphlet. Even if we abate somewhat for the 

 ardor of the animated orator, descanting on a favorite and 

 popular theme, we may still allow ourselves to believe, that 

 enough is true to command our confidence in the people of 

 a State, whose growth has been without example, and whose 

 geographical position and physical advantages as well as mor- 

 al and intellectual traits evidently destine them to stamp the 

 character of the West, and to exert an influence there, not 

 less prevailing than that which Virginia has commanded in 

 the South, Pennsylvania in the middle States, and New 

 York and Massachusetts in the North. 



The Eastern States, and especially Connecticut, justly re- 

 gard Ohio as their favorite daughter, and if they are too near- 

 ly interested to judge with impartiality of a population, and 

 of institutions, which are, to so great an extent, their own, 

 they cannot fail to sympathize feelingly, in the amazing pros- 

 perity of this noble State, which Avill soon contain a million 

 of freemen, without one slave. 



12. Mule Silver. — We are informed, by a correspondent, 

 that the mules employed at the amalgamating mines, in Mex- 

 ico, are opened after death and that from two to seven pounds 

 of silver are often taken out of the stomach. He says that 

 he is in possession of a specimen which is perfectly pure and 

 white as it generally is. 



* Communicated by Professor Hall, from James A. Paddock, of 

 Craftsbury, Vt. 



