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roofs of houses. Its quality is believed to be equal to that of 

 the cements manufactured in the State of New York, for ca- 

 nal, and similar purposes. It has been used in the construc- 

 tion of the aqueducts and culverts on the Farmington canal, 

 and the engineer, and those who superintend the works on 

 that canal recommend it as being of a good quality. 



7. Southern Review. — We have received the Prospectus 

 of a Southern Quarterly Review, to be published at Charles- 

 ton, South Carolina, and to commence on the first of Febru- 

 ary. Judging from our knowledge of the source whence this 

 plan derives its origin, we cannot doubt, that the work will 

 be sustained with talent, learning and industry ; and that it 

 will be a source of honor and advantage to the southern 

 states, and contribute to the stock of mental and moral power 

 which constitutes the most important item in our national 

 wealth. We wish the Southern Review ample success. Each 

 number will contain about two hundred and fifty pages, and 

 the price will be five dollars per annum. Orders for the work 

 may be sent to A. E. Miller, Charleston, S. C. 



8. Annunciation of the second part of Professor A. Eaton's 



Report of the Geological survey on the Erie Canal. 



Professor Eaton having collected the materials for the 

 second part of the Erie canal survey, which was made at the 

 expense of the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, its publication 

 will soon commence in this Journal; and a few pages of each 

 number will be devoted to it until the whole is completed.* 



Prof. E's views of geological nomenclature, founded on hi* 

 own examinations, and on those of his colleagues and as- 

 sistants, will appear first. He thinks he has made several 

 discoveries, and detected some errors, since the publication 

 of the first part. Particularly in the argillite, sparry limerock, 

 graywacke, calciferous slate, pyritiferous rock, and old red 

 sand stone. He wishes the following tabular view to be pre- 

 sented to the scientific public for criticism. Any suggestions 

 communicated to him at Troy, New York, before the middle 

 of next February, will be thankfully received by him. 



In this tabular view, the superincumbent, or basaltic rocks, 

 and alluvial formations, are omitted. The particular locali- 



* After it is completed in this Journal, it is to appear in the form of the first 

 part, that the whole may be bound up in one volume. 



