Plymouth Banner, Volume 2, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 June 1853 — Page 1

Vi I- v3 'il r ;1 1-3 13 Nv..?V4 ' 1" " T . s -a. -'i! "T 11 E S T A US r A XG LE D B .4 N N" E R, L 0 .V G M A Y I T W A V E, OE R THE LAND OFT II E F R EE A X D T II E HOME OF T II E T It A V E." A tally A"iiT.si:i;:cr, Ifcrofol to EduntUsn. ."rr.ik Science, Azrirullsrr, frsuatfte, rolilies. jliirfcsls, (Jctitrd klclHgenrr, Fcrrizi! nn I DoicraUr Xct, Volume 2.- Numbar 14, Plymouth, Efersiall County, Indiana, Thursday . Juno 9, 1053. Whole Number 66.

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An I in that fjmily tliue wis on U:i- ! cle Tom, who wj? a jiiotis M-t!io;Iist, J mi'l as hoiicst, au.l honorable i:i printijle as any man in Kiitiu-ky. Ki'iitucl.v h is I:i;i:;'rMl.s of a ; i n 1 c in-

AT, v;i '1 Clare, of I.ttuisiana; ami in g'ncial, the pl-ives in Ivv iit'.'i Ky ate! appirenllya bap-i py.and thecifu'. j oi!c. There, are iu;m-'o-. is l!at wo'.i! I ::ot 1 'ive t!:eir r.i ;?teri'. ' if thry had th?ir choice; provided ther i cjulj Ii as.:?ur-?u of a r.ennannt hon:;; lor i ' themselvtfi nd their f.:r:i!iT, on 1 thit , they sh.Kild rot h.- re p-t rated. V-M whil.- ; the laws cf :!k; t Htite n :.':. t!,--ni cliattt! j-.'.;) rial they rci:iPt be the.? .-;S5Ukn!: 'at r.;e ri'ljec ia t!;S sc! lie !.:cnt cf' estates ::; t're oTyir.ut of i!vbt5 oral, the wiiiu! of the ouiKf, to Le-soil like so many h:a l vi calt!e, . r I.'-r. S; did i'.'f- '. trcsi vi ::'- !'' i.r'rrc, or of uj'tctlor.l c:i! c ::r.'r r' 1 will reli!c ono c?ce ! uliicli rani r..- !. r :.iy hr.owle hf; v'hich, i tf v.i thvctrv-uin'taitc.": and detans .. were i;i veü, er!::!rs it vo:'! l in S'-'vevily, ! eoMu! I:.I V.i !.-. J. W. IJ- , a reo I rr cf ;; )'.';' C'i.-'rr'f, wi.'e farm lav tul- i i doio to ii J; !,-;'. ;y cnunly. said ' the ;itt:ie.-: ted Icn t 1 h'-.'; took a fancy so r-II h:s slave, Gilbert, to a negro . fr ider. t!: it was btn-'mg i.egroes to take ' str.: ta, o-.i u speculation. -1 ii-'ro t e'er.'- the meanest c.illipg that ever dis- ' 'i'.A ham ie. ; ' e De. E ah owncd (Filbert's wife. 11 s1, who had s-veral .-nail ct.il. Sic:;; nn. I in order to purt t':;-.- n ?ilh us li.'.h: ::ohe as po-sjh'.o, (th-: t v . - der hi in;; 1. i-n oLi tl; ! pr. i..isos vh.wed his vlciiin au I close. 1 u tr-.de, without iiiibol or his '.-.;! knowi.i ' il;) Dr. I Si tit (iillvrt " i;!i u tail and soi::'e. f.rmior: '.!'.:!:::! - t. d si.dth shop in the nrih- ' ti jiiiooJ, re h . gen-' rati v g.it his -?.ni ih-' work done; i.i th u. an time, the Er. and ihv trad.-r'Jrid gon - on to the shop had i:e., forged- and a f-.-v bullies lhTed there; and as soon as Gi'bert slejped i.i1 the step, they l!ir twed hi;n down j rut the irons on him, au I the tra !er i ' . i marched him right ol". without letting him go baek to bi 1 his wife an! children j a L".i furc.cclll That is the h.sl 1 ever' heard of (Filbert. Gol knows what hasbecame cf him. an. I whether or not he , funic tri ihr k i -t !.'it'i In iv!:if!i I L'ncle Tom came. Awake, i.tnttrcky my native State! rouse from your umb-ers, an 1 out awav tlils .'; ;c; dfc.l cn r-c , Si. v::1. I . . . Yellow Kiwi". Miy h.)di, lböd. j lhave never !'ou:; l time to investigate I this subject until tins list summer. I ; wi.-dj now ;a jriv. jott some of tlie results; of these in -:'. ie.at ion", and the reason-! ing couu-cte I with th-on. 1. Tl:e d:!o re.iee between a proper i seed and a pot itoe tuber, (and ia any o;h- j er tubers a!.-'.) is this: A seed has one vital point whence the plant must start, i A tuber has as many vital points as buds! or eyes, and i.r.iy be cut into as lr.auyj parts, each of which may be nude to grow. ; The vital euTgy located about the eye ii.l the storehouse of nutriment, usually j in the shape of starch, treasured up in the. pulp, being sufficient f r this purpose. l. Nature (iocs not seem 'o have iu-tend.-il, ordin; rity, tlitt nil ryes should -row. Th number seems to be a provision against accident, just ns iu th? case of fruit irees. If a part of the buds or eyes of either are destroyed the others are forced into growth. A potutoe is in its most perfect condition when a single eye grows and receives the support of th-; i!iolo tuber. The vines, iu the end, will be as numerous and wide spread as though more had grown. Usually, however, a large proportion of the eyes do grow, especially under generous culture. .. The eye of a potatoe just like a true seed, depends upon the nutriment stored about the vital point for the impulse ilia t throws out the plant the sprout upward the root downward.. In the case of a proper seed, waler must be absorbed first; in the case of th potatoe that water is already in the tuber,. and cannot be ab sorbed through its skin, which is as impervious to water as India rubber. 1. Now, if we cut potatoes for seed, particularly if we cut them very small, say into single cyts, then we subdivide tin; whole nutriment of the tuber into as mjuy portions as the tuber has eyes. Instead, therefore, of each bud that grows having the nutriment that belonged to two or three, as is often the case when whole tubeis, or 'he half of very large tubers are planted, it is suited to its own individual proportion of the whole tuber.

The 6-nr.o rvaronK'i applie? to t!i'i use of tie CIiip-birA fouml her homo an eyru-, j hoarA Little Chip'ö aunt threaten her sacrifices at the Copper Hock. What very sinill pcUutü-'.s s,l. j belo:i-i n, u in e;i;;'e, strong of vm, j will the "big thing," and he tliouglit to must have been her ftelings! how great 1:1.?'.! -i'jt iiccorl nice with this rnson- that woull Inve taken the wee bir 1 ! i n, ' have a little fan by pulling the stern , her surprise! how terrible the change, nrr cvt rv oh.-erviiiit cultivator cf pola- i au l ma;h' bo!A sweeps into the brojl sky j aunt"? threat into execution, lie had no when sh? became aware of their intentors has noticc'.l t!i tt in the use-, cf seeA ' 'in rajl tint love.l to teach young I intentim. of harm, further than frighten-' tions! Vrho could describe the terrible Cilt very bill ill, or of very f-rn;ill whole bints t tly, but wished ihern ns tro?ig ! ing the timid bird. lie did no mora , horror and intense agony of that ciit-iiibi-rä, t!ie oarlv growth of his plant's was j as lierself; and when wing and courage I h arm th 11 to frighten lier; hut the fear- ical moment! Tears ol blood flowed

slow, u nd fr a 1 1 me ? In such aes a -on 1 toil. candVi! culttire, atl a on"; season, niv bri:o; up the "plant to a -urdv "ro'Vlh n'.i 1 a l.n"- vieid. It can10t l e ; : ii however, tliit i.: ens- the sea - op. is s rt, lh?rviso b id, or l!. va-

ii"iv ted n U'te cue, and -peci .illy ifi3 f.Mtlf-s as !ier??!f. it wa hr policy to: ? ,,r.. 1- . car--!ecs. t!.c crop is rreat- 1 tea !i her, bv exposure, tliat her timid: tv j

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of cut or so; ill t '1', t!;e r-.-ason of tuber-' became so weak and fearful a tiling, that eyvs.and cling to her with a shudder, and ces of the copper monster, prevailed. :;" is sna;L- from o.s to thr-i weeks la. it w.u irksome to her companions to ; the woman who had thought to overcome j The Great Spirit and the Monitou deter ti;::o it nikrwis 'vo :'d be, und t'iu s have her with them in their jovial sport?; j her niece's timidity by exposing it to tri-; niaüdcd the fair sacrifice. The fire was

the lu-u'.ih a m I a; ! i if the crop. often the table quality cf the tuber ii c:i - diuefd. i It i; o'ivi-.it'.s to CVerv cullivalor. th'.t" cut sc. .! is oo?.-d to v!a'v;cr in ccd I ;iud wet s;'rii:.e.-". it being well a?cert-un-rd that tli? cut surfjc; ol a potato1 withstands the action of cold and ut much perfectly than the natural :kin of the p. ota ti) e, fouu I v; than oa Li Co od woatii r I have not v o rot. c.::k:c not more in t'.' o hundr d I:,s failed to gn w. The i-r::cd'.!Sion of lis then. f ems to be t'iis. ;:o.e matter. If you ea nnot j-. t the des trab!-- o:::ntty rd .'..!, or if you hav.-a veiy i hulee v;i!-ty v, hl'dl you 'wl.-!i to iucrei.?. :s f'st c nf'S ihie, ciu y(nr s-.-ed. nn l al-o plant l!:e very si.t:.li o;ics. If tho vii.'ty p'onti-d matures ear- ! v. von have oho 1 i,:'.:v nop.- cd $m I l Ö 5- . , also, if i; be a verv !ia;.lv ort. It f ucc-'ss wiI o tue. will Well t 'V CC.-t, in.. re j rob i a j.; if. in j-1 ;i ! 1 1 ; i : suco cut I sm.iil S'Ci'. vu:i i.iivo a niJ.e run comvt at hatwl to o!t aro-,!:i 1 the peed W !1 p ::r. e in i! ;r. tr !. x :os v. 1 1 1 i'o., ! th, f.clde!K l n .'. one (!ei the mo th r :i:h r. ' It s o :; s to me th:t f ;!', g "i'i : cmree f i- a- o-.'t. f; whole oiii stio'i b on .1 a de od fore 'tt.eo t :i : i other cultivators Live r o.ue to a ill Ir -:it rii.ii'!f:do;i, I h.p.; they will i n!i;lit en :ig!icu.iu.-i-ti wun t il" re-1 yoniii.s. C'.'.ilr-' (sf:::ki.ni.i. Fr..:.! the La-he Ilepadtory. - n' " -' i- i . - 1-' -- ' V'. .iwV. A. i U'i! ff To-., j.,' ivt nf Ui i.li'- 1X.1 .... .1.1 TV WILLI Ail T. c jr. sr. 3 II ALL. 1 1 gives m-" pi ire dl ways to call up icstiess as .i e-ige.i soirrow. an a w,u i .. . i !. . always siu:;!ii.' an i coirpiu-.; u--..jl", ic-i nickname "Chip-bird." which familiarti would bann 1 1 1 o u.iueji wo-in or insect : and h-T co:. ;p in'nois r sp- .-ted ner loving j vntlen s-? so mi.udt, t'oat thy v. A strove with sensitive sympathy, to avoid every

rccoliecti.ius ol l u: ear.y yo::t:i o: a p ay- j dai !;,r ss oi the room weighed upon her; j part ol tue country, Cv uno wisueu to ue c,iefof tl,e Ontonagon tribe this copper mite. known among her aeijujinunc. s us :UJU- t-!e woul 1 open her fln - is, and : conducted to it. Cut an ancient super- j roclt fof Um of j50 ' Little Chin." Mh. was timid as a youn ; lrin , r (.v, Pt to p.-er througli t!ie dark- stitiou coneeming the rock prevented the j jn ,&4'4j js preparej at r;etrojt a por. bird :!;it !:. - i; -v.-i Irft ihn eirent nest. ! :1( ? JlS ,,' wlli to know if there 1 Indians from pointing it out to the white i aye iron nluay and car. with tackle but when anion.; h-r intim it- fiirn Is w is ' u, f. . ,.!, a monster in F.c room; tlien man. Th y thought that when the white glan 3J,(l blocks and with the assis-

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irem;o-o at in ; meim oi o; eery a oui.i- ; . ;,c u0or. L or an instant sDe Hoped it j itiaior, u neu tney snouitt siauu in i sfjii remove it to Wa

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word or act tlu'. would wound her de li- herself upon the floer, and hid her face, cale fte lings. 'Ag;in the shtKlling sound fell upon her During a ramble in the wood?, if a rude' l.Jrf and, with u convulsive movement, boy should disturb the h irmany and qui- j ahe started hack. A mouster. with gla-

et of a colony of au'.s. Lit the. Chip would j M..g eycbills, illuminating a hideous fce complain bitt:ly, und never le;.e;hei ju ju-r e es, frightful beyond the conspot till, in all possible, ways, she had en- j ception of the calm imagination stood de tvore-d to repiir th ; injury. Were a ! before her. With a scream, wild and bird wounded, Little Chip took it in ! u.nible, expressing, in it es weird-like charge. She seemed to enjoy herself the! tone and furious energy, the full terror highest when ministering to the comfort 0f her heart, the Little Chip-bird sunk of creatures helpless ani likely to die ! powerless lo the floor.

without fostering care. The boys never quarreled violently when Little Chip was one of the company. She would plead so earnestly ami tenderly for the wrang lers to make friends, that none could re-j

sist her. Ail disputes between school-' How t!ut father's heart bled when he girls were settled by Little Chip. llr i liftd his child from the floor, as helpkiudness, gentleness, tenderness, and just-1 less as if her gentle spirit had been tightness were like embodied ang. ls sent to cued from its leeble tenement; but the promote good feeling and loving barmo- t,.,ider bird was not dead. Better she ny among all who had her confidence. had been. If the spirit was not fright-

Nohody "mined her but to praise;" and many a parent thought, with quickening feelirgs, of the home-comfort her father and mother must take in her obedieutgoodiiess, ever manifest. Her mother watched over her angel-child with a degree of care an I anxiety only equaled by that florist u ho should have a passion for tiie shrinking niimo.-vi. ami undertake, to protect it from all such influences ns might close its petals. But, poor Little Chip! she was to lose this kind mother's vigilant care. She was tdi years old when her mother died, and a maiden aunt her father's sister became her guardian. Under her mother's teaching, while she. lost none of her gentleness and goodness, she was instructed äs to guard her sensitive nature against injuries, spring from causes over which she had no foresight nor control; but her aunt was a stem, fearless wonlan, and the lit-

f-iited them, thought that to strengthen

i bo;!i. vivid pictures of the power of swift-wing.-d li.au l.s. of lurk in;; animals, 1 a,1(J skillful sportsmen were required. j T!ie. rugged aunt had no sympathy with her sensitive nit-re; and to make the child "s: 'V.roun dies?. Every roinerind Wasen - ; forced by some threat, which stimulated he child'r' terror; and soon Little Cuip! '""it s'lil she was t!; f:h;v g-iule, loving 1 bird, ajiti no ine could in eutioirl!y do n f;viT- to u:iKe üer jeei trial .:e was noi , always welcome to every opportunity ' f',r cujoy ceiit. S!ie needed encourage -

i.ient mid sympathy . and her companions luve restored Little Chijt to the place sue j her heart, which was followed by the felt and contributed to her need. ; oik e occupied in the family. She watch j spears of his followers, until her body One evening ?l:e was beguile;! at play till j ed her, soothed her. and endeavored, in ; became a torn and shapeless mass of blithe hour f;r reVurning ho:ve had passed, jail other possible ways, to recall her wan-j mm Ihsh, and the blood poureel down At length, awi kem d to her neguct of j Jering reason, but in vain. The gentle her sides in streams. When the blood her aunt's commands, she .bastenel to-j sprit fretted itself free from the trammels . had cea"d to flow, the high priest apw ir.i her f -th'-r's house witii a heart j of clay, and, in about two years, we:.t to j preached the body of the victim and tore. ti'.'H.b'in ns does tint of a young fawn ! a home where its loving-kindness met out her heart, and amid the acclamations '!:. n, for th - Hrst time, its swift enemy. 1 many a kindred charm, and where ere no' of the whole tribe, invoked the blessing the hound, lays upon its trco k. i frights nor fears no cruellies no tor- 'of the bloody Monitou, and begun to deller f ither was ah-eut, and the uunt : meuts to nuke the heart, too sensitive of vour the flesh of the chad! The mangled hud a fair opportunity to test lo-r plan of wrou, suller from shadowy fear or bleed' remains were then left to be. devoured by overcoming I.i t tie Chi p.'s i hildish feurs. j fur ignorant inj usticc. j wild beasts. The weapons of war were Slie met tiie truant at the front door, and j The aunt never forgave herself for her then sptinkled with the blood of the öS the !ioor--t chit I approached, with I wro?!g to tlie gentle Little Chip. She. j dead, and all returned "to their cabins downcast look, ar.dthf words of eonfess-j was a martyr to false ideas ideas which j cheered with the assurance of a glorious icn on h"r lip, the d!!y wo;n n died: ; have been the. cause cf very great wrong victory over their enemy in the nextcon"N ! I'll not ex .-u-e you. I'll shut you : iu many families. ; test, up. I'm going out ibis evening; you j Too many parents hold to this wo-l Such is the history of this curious copiliali stay i.i the- t! i k till I get back, and . man's false philosophy. Let them re- ! per rock, at a period leng befoie it was if von m t!.e a bit of r.oi. e, that i rea t , memb r. tiia t tliouh the y may frighten a I removed from its native home. Heurv.

moo . r Fvi t;k von i ;: tobt von about so oft; dial I Poo: L: ;:!; Chip! f;sr ( !:i!is crept ov-r ' 1 if h' T l)r;i l t would ii ..I h'?r sobs ha 1 id c!l''ct upon lor Ml v - r.i:J.'..; v. ..s L-d into i!odark room, au.l if ftu iih this admonition: "?.)W, min 1 you. i'e quiet, or you'll betaken ofl". and your lather wouldn't : tO .C; hi Linie Cliip." sv th').i ghili e:i I v.-rvcriiel it v. s ( ! thus to have this hil I win! an iudeuna- ! hi, f.-ar creeping over her a diead c! 'me s'.ja'Iowy s!!:ij.'.. that was K roh her fither of his little I'ird, oc npying her timorous h-ait. Sheirer! in oa corner. an I bu:iel her face in her hands, and wept an I trembled, as s!ie. never had wept i 1 . s ... ,.,,, ,,-, . .--r o. o.s and t re in De. . . . . 1 " . . ... ,,,, j Uv uralingul i.er heart could Have btvn ;CJld at auv point in the apart- : ..'... f.. It aii imoulse to bouu.i lo meet A siiuiiliu:' soun I struck her ear; via? thought the door opened, yet she saw no object. In an agouv of feur. s'oe threw j 1 1 was but an instant before the father, j cullin" !ds child, rushed through the hall. lle had just entered the house. Lights were promptly obtained, and Little Chip WiiS found alone. t.lied away, its alarm had been so intense, that intelligent communication between it and the frame iu which it dwell was destroyed, and loving, gentle Little Chip was a lie! pless creature, having only t lie capacity te look, with eloquent tenderness, into the eyes of those who approached her. and bg with trembling accents, "You II not let the big thing hurt me! Don't put me in the dark, icill von?'' Her tones were so plaintive, her gentleness so touching, that all the. tenderhearted who came iu contact with her wept bitterly over her misfortunes. What of those who had been the instruments iu so frightening her timid spirit that her child-like reason was dethroned' The apparition that entered the dark mom in which Little Chip had been a prisoner was a mischievous boy, dressed for the purpose, who had often

r tremb'c i b lore. Thr- silence a

i fnl consiMineiiccs of that fright! It made

J the boy almost a maniac. So deep wus ibis contrVton, that Little Clip's grieved j latlier mourned .or turn instead ol feeling' j a spirit of vengeance toward him. ; j What of the aunt? Little. Chip never saw her but she cried, in such piteous tones as would melt the sternest heurt, , "Don t aunt! aon t let tue big thing ; get me! You Wi.n't. teil I you, aunt?" T;un he would look up into her cunt s vd, would weep with, and strive to sooth i tie timorous lunatic, while her heart Die to t:;i:iK ol i::e jeanuv outrage sue ; hail inllicted upon her tender nature. j Siie would have given her own life to chil. into obe.üi iice. it ic not jioverned ic not governed only frightened, and that fright is a blight upon the spirit, whose ehects re - main evident lor a lifetime. THE NATION'S CAPITAL. Va:!ii!:gL3:i:iA its Pahlic LuiUihi?. i:.n:A'a:::::; rtv r,.:ci: ot .native cop:it. ii-H-ieii U!j i.at ana .wy imparlmeuts will be seen a wonderful piece of ; native topper.tveighing about live tons, l ii-j history of this wcmlerful copper rock is singular and curious. It was brought iiom ike river Oalonagon. near Lake JSuj.perior. It was known over two bund - red y- ars ago. The Indian priests de - jsciiJ-a u to tue Jesuits who visited tlia. . man luu seen uis rocK. uie couuiry . , ... ...I . I. . I.. wou.u lau into tucir uauus, aim uie in-

jdians would ail be destroyed. Ihey had j c.dmQl by General Cunningham a bellet ih.it the Meuitou resiued in thisjas tJie opertv 0'f the Ullited States.

1 oronitious to them, they smoked the cal ; inn' over this rock. And on important 'and solemn occasions, they imagined the rock spoke to them in a voice of thuu j der, au.l demanded a human sacrifice from j among the enemies of the Indians. Father Charlevoix, a Catholic priest, gives ia description of one of these sacrifices, which outrages even cruelty itself. A young female had been taken prisoner during a war excursion, and the Great Spiiit ordered her to be immolated. She Wds a nuidtn of fifteen years of age, and was induced to believe by her captors that she would soon become the bride of the son of the lL-ud Chief of the Tribe. ! Every allention was paid to her; her I neck, arms and ancles were crowded with bracelets of silver and copper. Th-? lime appointed for the marriage was at the end ol winter, and she felt rejoiced as ttie season of her-happiness approached. The day fixed for the sacrifice finally dawned, and she passed through all the preparatory ceremonies of n marriage, was dressed in gay attire, aud covered with all the ornaments that the settlement could command, when she was placed iu the midst of a circle of warriors, dressed in war suits, who seemed to escort her from motives of deference. Besides their arms, each one carried pie ces of wood, which the preceding day she had gathered believing that it was lobe used for the purpose of elevating her to a high rank. The poor maiden advanced to the altar with rapturous feelings of joy and timidity natural to the bosom of a f i dale. The Manitou was invoked that the Great Spirit might prosper the enterprise; iiiiiftic and dancing was performed, and the deceitful delusion was kept up iu the mind of the maiden to the last moment. But when she reached the rock, and saw nothing but fires," torches and J instruments of torture, her eyes were opened, her fate was revealed, and she became uw ire of her horrible destiny, as bhe had often heard of the mysterious

down her cheeks; her cries resounded

. through the forest but neither tears nor ; entreaties prevailed. She implored the stern warriors who surrounded her, to have pity on her innocence and youth; ; but all in vain. The Indian priests coolj ly proceed with their horrid and barbari ous ceremonies! She was tied on the top J of the. sacrificial Copper Hock, it h green j withs. T!ie. ti-; 'rib'.e supeistitions of the ; Indian priests in relation to the sacrifi- ; gradually applied to her youthful body. with torches made of the wood her own namis na;i gatiiereel lor ll:e warriors. j When exhausted with cries, grief anil j pain, the great chief shot an arrow into ; u trader, who, soon hftcr the conquest of : Canada by the Knglish, set out on a traj ding voyage to Fort Mackinaw, and was present at the. massacre of the whole fiar- , rison, ?ays that on his way back to Mich- . iiimackiuack he encamped at the mouth of the Ontonagon river, and was ltd by ' Indian guides to this great saciiflcial rock. ! He says that it was pure copper, and so i soft that with an axe lie cut off a piece ,i, :t i,,,.,,!..,,! ,..,,1, n vl. j ing Le suihcr of the rock, he conjectured j that it hai rojjej from tje side (,fa loftv hill which rises at its back. In niore modem limes. Henry II. Schoolcraft, who accompanied Gen. Cass in his travels on j ,..e ,.is:tej tl lis preat block cf na- , tire COp.lCr. In the vear 1841. a person , lampJ .K,dreil piirchaSed from the head . ... , , i I la,il.c u oviinv iiiri. lie suitrrucu III 1" ( m lvjnr :t to .jie c;10re Qf the lake wherf clain propc Idred should be peiiie in removgovernment shington, he. M W. MX. WVl. '.'I.... . fn mnn:!iliil for his services. Government, in 1843, brought it to Washington, where it now lies. The object Eldred had in view was to exhibit the rock in this country ami then in Europe, as the greatest natural curiosity, and the most remarkable mineral specimen in the world. Congress ordered that he should be paid the sum of S-J.Clü C'S to re-imburse him for the labor and expenses he. had incurred. Such is the authentic history cf the Copper Rock lying between the War and Navy Departments at Washington. Railway Signals. We have seen the model of an ingenious, simple, and apparently effectual system of Railroad Signals, the invention of Mr. MosesS. Beach of the Sun. Mr. Beach proposes to erect a series of signal posts along the track of a railroad, in the vicinity of all drawbridges, and lo connect them by means of chains and pulleys in such a manner that the act of opening a draw necessarily occasions a change in the signals. To the last of the signal posts, which is to be removed to a sufficient distance fron the bridge to insure the safety of the train, is attached a smull gate, so arranged as to project over the track while the bridge remains open. The return of the bridge to fts place restores the signals to the position indicating safety. Lanterns displaying red or gree lights are attached to each of the posts, that due notice mary be given iu the night. This contrivance has the merit of simplicity and cheapness; and we understand it has been submitted to several Railroad Companies. The sooner the signal system is perfected, the better it will be for ihe public and the Companies. A". I. Times. Destructive Fire. Boston, May 21. The Town of Korklan.l. in this State, was nearly destroyed by fire yesterday. Twenty-three stores and twenty other buildings were consumed. The loss i? cstimatedat 115.000.