Exasperated by their wrongs, but on
A jostling, hurrying throng--freeman each one,
Unless in bondage to himself. O Man:
Pass not all heedless by, nor imprecate
This aged relic of the past because
It lies across thy path! From avarice
Redeemed; restored unto its former self,--
We hail thee, noble Sentry of the years,
And greet thee with a thousand loving cheers!


[Footnote 3: The "Boston Massacre," March 5th, 1770.]

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THE PRECIOUS METALS.

BY DAVID N. BALFOUR.


From the earliest times to the commencement of the Christian Era, the
amount of the gold and silver obtained from the surface and mines of the
earth is estimated to be $5,084,000,000; from the latter event to the
epoch of the discovery of America, $4,363,374,000 were obtained; from
the date of the last event to the end of 1842, an addition of
$8,500,000,000 was made; the extensive working of the Russian gold mines
in 1843, and subsequent years, added to the close of 1852,