which, with perhaps the exception of the capitol, at 

 Washington, will be the most magnificent building in 

 the nation. This stone is of a somewhat coarse ciys- 

 talKzed grain of a white colour, rather inclining to 

 blueish; and is intended for outside work, which 

 will not need polishing, but only rough shaping from 

 the chisseL There is a stratum of marble and lime^ 

 stone extending from Stockbridge through the 

 western range of towns in Massachusetts, quite to 

 Bennington, in Vermont ; a distance of more than 

 forty miles. From this extenSve body, various qua- 

 lities of this valuable stone could doubtless be pro- 

 cured, differently veined, shaded and coloured, and 

 of different degrees of fineness and hardness.* 



Marble of different colours, as white, blue, vari- 

 egated, and black, is found in Montgomery county- 

 Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill, and also at Har-» 

 per's ferry on the river Potowmack, in Virginia. 



In Center county, Pennsylvania, near Aaronsburg, 

 very fine black marble is found, of a hard quality, 

 with pure white specks in it, resembling the Kil- 

 kenny marble. 



In almost every state in the union are found Sta-* 

 lactit'es^ and crystallized calcareous spar ; but in 

 Virginia, in a cave recently discovered, near Madi- 

 son's cave, the quantity is immense. The crystal- 

 lized masses take on the most fantastic forms : they 

 are variously coloured. 



Gyfisum,*,A\. is much to be regretted that this ar- 

 ticle, which is so important to the :ig i culture of our 

 country, should be so sr)aringly diffused throughout 



* Med. Repos, HeK?ide 2d, vol. 2d, 



