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- --------� & u tity n med. Although some years ago it con. when from its containing largL q :m a b e the sisted only a few small houses, it has EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. of quartz, it may be Eaid to re! � l of m J rge become a very thrivinµ: place, arising Chinese ptt1intze, it is excavated � .. s 0 rom t a p r, and Par, Polkerris, Fowey, Mevagiz blocks or slabs and exported ·luna- f he construction of ie a stone, but the e u es mo:e basin cut out of the sohd rock for vessels zey, etc. china-clay r q 1 . careful treatment. The latter · piled m of 200 tons. Much of the China clay layers upon an inclined pla11e and & from the works near St. Austell is ship- Our vi it section of Cornwall s to this stream of llater is directed over it, which ped from here, and the imports are quite will long be remembered with pleasantest carries with it the finer and pur"1' portion considerable, consisting of coal and recollections, and our greatest regret was and deposits them in a large reservoir, me1"Chan<lize for ihe use of the surrouud wh e he coarser duum ught in ing distric t. There are tin smelting that we co•ild not stay longer to partake il t resi ie oil pits (catch-pools) placed at suituble inter- works, a naptha manufactory and a small of the very gene;'ous the GREAT hospitality of in the village, vale. From the reservoir all tho water is foundry N car Charlestown good people whose acquaintance we made. drawn off and the clay re•noved to pans, is an upright block of granite, called the . 'l'he only knowledge they had of our where it is passed under the inJlueuce of "Giant's Staff" or Longstone, to which for Infants and Children • existence before our arrival in the locality a novel drying maching, thoroughly re- the following legend attaches : "A giant was what they learned fcom a. letter we lieved of moisture, two tons boing put --Tregeagle-travelling one night over '�i8!!0W'eHadapt'Aldtoe.hildM1ttl!at eol.la. �-fp&tfon, had sent to the address of a laay who through in five minutes, and afterwards these hills was overtaken by o. storm [ l't!el)mmenditna superiortoanyprescription �Ct!l'ell Sour Stomach, l>iarrhma., ErUctation. long since passed to her reward, but properly packed in barrels and removed which blew off his hat. He immediately "1olom1me.'• W. H. A. A:acBJCR,D., M. Xil1s �k,':15•i;ivca sleep, and promotca d!• . falliug into the hands of her son, wo were lo the sea for shipment. These pursued it, but being impeded by a staff ll1So.Oxford13$., I REMNANT side Bl'ookl.Ju, N,Y. w&iicwJurlovs inedlcatiou. favored with a most courteous reply to china clay beds rauge from 2 feet to 80 he carried in his hand, he thrust it into Tim Cl!a."TAt"R COMPANY, 77 Murray Street, our inquiries respecting where and how feet deep. The discovery of china clay the ground until he secured his hat. N. Y. we should find the place we desired to is of comparatively recent date-1768- After wanderin,'..{, however, for some time visit. 'Ve went there a total stranger, and though it was not at first accepted in the da1·k, without finding his hat, he but came away feeling that we had many with much favor, the quantity now ex- gave up the search and returned for his friends and that our visit was mutually ported yearly amounts to upwards of staff, but this also he was unable to dis FOR S.A.f,E BY J·. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, enjoyed. The lady we expected to see 75,000 tons, valued at £260,000. More cover, and both were irrecoverable lost. BOWM.A.NVILLE: was a Mrs. Bennett·, sister of the late than 7,000 persone are employed in its In the moaning when the giant was gone SALE his hat Mrs. Thos. Pascoe, of East Whitby , near production and exportation. The best and staff were both found by the • Geneva, and aunt of Mrs. John Y. Cole, quality brings 36s. to 40a. a ton, the most country people a mile a.way. 'rhe hat Rampton, Mrs. Sam. Cole, Maple Gtove, inferior not over lSs. was foun d on Whitehouse Down and bore and Mra. J. Lee, Kedron, East Whitby, The mining industry of Oornwall is far some resemblance to a mill-stone. It but Mrs. Bennett has been dead for some from being what it was years ago, for continued in its place till the autumn of years. We received a genuine Cornish within recent years the dullness in trade 1798, when some soldiers having encamp- welcome, however, at the homes of her in general and the competition of foreign ed around it, they fancied, it is said, as it M.MAYER son, Mr. J. Dennett, and her daughters, mines have greatly iujured the Cornish was a. wet season, that this giant's hat was In order\ to make room for Mrs. Capt. Thos. Scantlebury, and Mrs. tin and copper mining trade. The annual the cause of the rain and therefore rolled . W, and others . We value I c ppe formerly it over the cliff. The sta.fl' longs tone FalllGoods which are! coming Ca.pt Purches, of o r exported was or Has a large Stock of made 1.1 brief visit to Penhale Far:n, the estimated at £1,350,000, for about 15,000 was discovered in the position in which in rapidly, we will start on home of Mrs. Iohn Geach, si!ter of Wm. tone of pure copper, extracted from it now stands. It is about 12 feet high, Hogers, Esq., Hampton, and aunt of the 220,000 tons of ore. l'he tin mines are and, tapering towards the top, is said to Rev. David Rogers, Londesboro. Mrs. chiefly near St'. Austell. Somo account have been so fashioned by the giant that S'CTJYLMER HATS Geach has been a widow for several ye;i.rs of the process of tin mining may interest he might grasp it with ease." We relate a this piece and l11.1s raised respectable family of our readers. Tin' is usually found to run of superstituous legend, as an on hand, which he is determined to run off MONDAY, JULY25 three sons and one daughter and managed in veins from ea.st to west, a·reraging in example of scores just as improbable a large and excellent farm. She is a breadth from 12 to 40 inches, bnt differ- that have come do;vn from generation to large, fine-looking woman and knows well ing greatly in depth. A pit is sunk, and generation in Cornw11ll. how to make a We!.\ry _traveller o.t home. ,a cross-cut or gallery excavated from Pentuan with a small harbour for REGARDLESS OF COST. To clear off all remnants of Penha.le commends a. fine view of the sea ·north to south, so as to cut across all the shipping clay is connected with St. Aus. and surrounding country, and is a de- lodes which may exist in the locality tell by a single line of railwny, four 1niles Sum.i.'l1et Goods that we llave lightful countrv residence. We sa.w on selected. The owner of tl,ie land grants long. The road is over a hilly district Also a large and choice stock of Mrs. Geach's farm one of the most pro- a license to work for which he received from this village for two miles which in Stock mising fields of Fall Wheat that we l1ave one part in 18 of the ore. Drain- brought us to the important fishing-town seen for many a day, and it reminds us ing of the mine is very important of Mevagizzey. The inh11bitants of this GENT'S FURNISHINGS of the crops we saw in Canada 25 and 30 and is often done by pumping engines. town are chiefly employed in the pilchard years' ago. In going to Penha.le we passed The descent is mado into the mine by a and other :U.sheries, the former of which Menabilly, the beautiful palatial residence square shaft, 9 ft. in diameter, divided employee about 50 seines. During the , which will be sold at ,At Cost. aud at an R11shle gh,Esq., p rtiti , one piut pilchard grounds of Jon h i by a a on for miner11, the eeason, we are told, that the the parish 'Squire whose liberality and other for the removal of ore. The ma- filth arising from the curing of the fish ��D& �L 'lf generosity have won for him the respect chine used for raising is called "a whim," makes Lhe town very offensive. As the public know that we and gratitude of the whole country-side. and is worked by horsepower or steam. The cholera made severe ravages here We also saw Kilmarth, the residence and One bucket ascends while another de- sn 1849. The harbor is protected by a So come along and bring your friend with you and ex .always grounds of his son, Evelyn W. Rashleigh, scends. The bowels of the earth are substantial stone pier, and a large govern do.what we advertise) amhre tfoods and Esq. Men abilly is l} miles from Fowey, traversed often at great distances, in one ment loan has just been negotiated for Prices, all of which must be disposed of;to· a promontory fu th some on called Greben Head, instance, 60 miles.