Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 194, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 5 August 1837 — Page 1

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WASIUXGTOX'S TOMB. BY JIRS. S1G0UR"EV. Tomb of the mighty dead! Sacred be every tree That waves above thy bed, Or shed? its bloom on thee!

While full Potomac flowBrhdit "ijcath?rIouul Vernon's sun i , . i i c ! Honored bv friends and Iocs. Rest here in blest repose Washington Some of our pilgrim sires. Sons of our boundless West Ye whom the tropic fires. Or lite cold lakes lull to rest! Meet here, as brothers meet, Hound a loved hearth-stone Meet in communion sweet, Here, at your father's fee!, Wash ington ! Others on doi y's rock Hue an enduring name, Echoed in battle shock. Sculptured wi;h blood and flume; But when the mother at her knee, Toacheih her cradled son, Lessons of Liberty. Shall he not lisp of thee, Washington! Should baleful Discord steal Our patriot strength away, Or fierce Invasion's reckles zeal j Restore old Bankers day Or mad Disunion smile the tree That grew 'neath Giorv'.- sun What shall the watch-word be, Housing the true and free; Washington! HIKTOKICATj. i TI1K ABOIUGIXES OP XEW YOK. BY SIMITL L. K N A ri' . The race of men our ancestors found 0:0 ! 1hpse shores ha r been :i gfamlmn' won- t der to all capable of reasoning upon the subjhcL Their traits of character have ! ncvor rbnb n-iM i,un(n,Vt never chain ependent, patritic, and perscverim tneir resentments! sitivc, thev easily take offence, and from ! . 1 iv.iiii'i., riunm. r ii.i'iv lull.', umi V-l-! . Shis circumstance, arc called fickle and i Treacherous. For ages they had only encftiies for historians; now, a host of philanthropists have arisen, who are st niggling tiard to do them justice; and who, if thev do not convince us that we have not always treated them justly, will, most certainly, by their efforts, give the present generation a different view of their character than that entertained and avowed bv our fathers. The Five Nations, or Six Nations, as they are generally tailed, cuoprising the Senccas, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Mohawks, Cayugas, and llie Tuscan ras. have held a compi kus place in American history. The Five Nations occupied, when the Dutch came to settle here, no small part of the territory of what is now the State of New York: but they were not the primitive natives of the sod. Driven from their own country, Canada, by other tribes who were made more powerful than themselves, by being furnished with lire arms from the fw settlers of Qui cc, the French, they seized all that beautiful country now the wc.-tern and northern counties of this State bordering on the Champlain, the Ontario, the Erie, and all the lovely waters of that beautiful and prolific country whi-h now swarms with a white population, increasing with astonishing rapidity, and enjoying all the rights immunities, and pleasures that were ever vouchsafed to man by his God, They knew the value of their possessions, and were determined not to part with them. These nations were numerically, physically, and politically strong; and they saw for a long time, the colonics increasing, without the slightest jealously or suspicion cfthem. About the close of Stu vvtsanl's government, they seemed to wake as from a dream, and committed some, outrages upon the whites in burning the old town of Esopus, in ltVd:. Stuvvcsant was not in a situation to avenge his wrongs, or protect his frontiers. This was left for his conqueror or successor, Colonel NichoIIs, the first English governor, who was a man of talents, of gonerositv and high courage, lie taught his sons of the f rest how sharp was the long knife of the white man. His .object was to propitiate the Indians while he impressed upon them the power of the English, who had now become their neighbors; at the same time, lie encouraged them to unite a more extensive system of agriculture 10 their other pursuits of hunting and fishing for sustenance, than they had practised before, and succeeded to a greater degree than the. eastern misssionaries and governors of the colonies ever did. The latter began by teaching them principles too refined and sublime for their condition, while NichoIIs, and bis successors fursished them with emblements of husbandr; , and taught them their proper uses. The deep hatred the five Nations hnd to the French was encouraged from feeling. Efficient anus and munitions of w?r wore furnished by the Engli-h. in order to make the five Nations equal in arms to their ancient foes, as they had always been in bravery. In lf.S, the Five Nations made a descent upon Montreal, and achieved the taost extraordinary victory on record. Ihey left a thousand of there enemies Oad, win, the loss oidv of three of their J

own force?, and departed without being 'followed from their arena of blood bv a j

i single avenger of the slain. j Those Indians fought in the open field ; ; and douot less tho nuraeic was performed !

bv the power of the panic, which multi-j by an eloquent Irish clergyman, who scti plied the assiiants and parlvzcd the assail- i tied in this count rv. and" alike re-

cd. For everv succeeding generation of -". - .i.:- - . .1 I i me rnc canons, ims event was preserved, j j and the scattered remnants of them now j j start as if the war-spirit called them out j j by name when it is mentioned. At such i a spell, their prolific immaginations call up the shades of the worriors of other davs. wtn irom mo 10 mil. a wane uic wr.r-hoo'i. i . c .. . i o i , iii i .i . whose echoes, in fact, have long since died awi y. I his rcmmi-t oi red men 100k at the ! altitude of their fail; s lame, and compare j I themselves with the oast, in all iho bctierncss oi that nguish whi h -es m a ness of Heirless rod ho'-.r-lr.-s pnlKi n ! 1 1 n a 1 d e g re ( i a 1 1 o n . The English, after a while, found difficult to keep these Indians from l ei it l!g led away by the insidious machinations of j the French, who early aspired to become masters of this land of ours. In 1712, the Tuscaroras were driven i from the Care'mas, and came to join the (Five Nations. . Thoy were Irave, and j spoke nearly the same language with the I Mohawks their claim of knicJred was allowed, and their adoption slrcngthcud the j confederacy. These tribes were the re- j publicans of nature. They were not a j whit tielimu I lie Athenians when Cadmus brought them letters. Their Methods of government were as full of chocks and j balances as was consistent with freedom. i He only was great who made himself so ! j by his mnrtud prowess, bv his sagacity i m couiici!. or ly ins clonuence 111 debate, i hcv were ambisio-.is, and conuuered the I tar west proud, ana womd not permit an eastern sachem to rest without acknowl edging their superiority, fions ilouri-hr-d f :r nv.uiv These Six Navears; the bali. -. i 1 . .1 ii 1 1 nl . ,l l" u c: ccn u,e an,, F-"!i clonics was held by them, nn ?vil hour most ot them joined 1 ii an evil hour most ot them joined the j British in our revolutionary struggle the wen; sound : still ihc ! liCPCr,K,n was :morlun:ite. i iieso Inuians ! p!n!c' ,cn'or ihrougn ah iue Lonier-Iand

sacked towns, fired villages, and earned J chief. lie was noticed then as rcimrkble off pack loads of scalps, until resentment, thr Ids eloquence, and much was said of revenge, and retributive justice rolled back ; his speech. It contained all the arguments the tide upon them, and swept them away. ! that reason and engenuitv could command, In one short campaign a great portion of j against yielding y, jot to the victors in the their warrors had bitten the dust, and half; war. lie spoke with the tongue of buran hundred of their iilages were laid in ning patriotism, prophesied the gradual ashes. It is only now through the incdi- 'downfall of the Indian's if they closed with um of these remnants that we can trace : the terms of this treaty, and avowed his the history of their degredation, and by preference, if such must be the alternative, contrast contemplate their former glories, j of immediate destruction. He cared not Shorn of ihcirbcams, and low in the scale of i how soon they all were weltering in their man, as they are, the his'torian will find in gore, if the honor of the Six Nations could their characters much to place on record, j be saved. lLrt its find a grarc, that will The Seneca? were considered as the : he a hloodt grave for our enemies to die; first among the Six Nations, particularly (Jnd it shall be a place nhcre the traveler in wisdom and eloquence but the Mo-j j7 pause, and thlnlt how ghriovsh hawks were not behind them in the battle- i ire died' It was said bv our commissionfield. The Tuscaroras, until this day, j Crs to have had a wonderful effect on the have more of southern hlandncss in their j Indian part of the audience, and excited account and manners than iho Senecas, or ! some apprehension on the part of the other remnants, and arc more affiliated to j whites, that instant massacre would be the firms and spirit of civiii.ition than the it'ic result.

others, t lemon Many of the Tuscaroras arc gen-1 .. . -ii.- r ,w inerc nave, recn no peonio in existence who have paid so maoh attention to do-j glory, as ihe Six Nations, 1 have said all their institutions wore republican their chiefs are more cautiously chosen and bctler maintained in powc magistrates of Athens, name they passed. than were tl ' y1' UiL ; "liale'cr I under There was a more general diffusion of intelligence among tlu.se Six Nations than among others of the forest. They were not so large, respectively, as to be 1111wcildy in their government, nor so small as to make it necessary lor them to lean on others for suppoit and, when confederated ihey were pow erful indeed. They frequently lighted up the council fires to consult on the affairs of tho nation, and to keep thc llame of patriotism alive in their bosoms and, probably, often spoke against them. As it was of Lord Castlercagh, they, made speeches Ho air their vocabulary.'1 Otic of iho most renowned of ihe orators of the Six Nations w as Ilondrick, w ho was slain in 1?T.", in the fight between the. English and the FrciHi, at the. head of Lake George. This chief was the personal friend of Sir William Johnson, and brought his followers into this conflict w ith ihe spirit of his nation, and the chivalry of his own character. A short lime before his fall, Ilondrick addressed his warriors in a most eloquent and lofty speech; ihcir former glories were made to pass in full blaze before them, and thc disgrace it would be, in all coming time, to tarnish their fame by any act of cowardice now, was shown them in lull relief. An old soldier, by the nam.; of Bexa Woodbury, ,f N'enbury, Massachusetts, has r.iten fought his battles over again in my presences, and never forgot to mention the effect, the sound of Ilcndriok's voice had on him, who did not understand but a few words of bis discourse. 'I hear it. . 1 now,' tnc veteran would say. as he pro-1 ceedel in his narative, 'rinn-'in,T through the frees, while all the Indians stood ready

',' ' , , , ." , to toe religion nf the Scripture, with all pretens.ons to beauty; out they sua pre- thc ,WVers of his eloquent and the keenserve all me Inoian self-possession. A !1Pss of his sarcasm, in which ho excelled 1 osearora beauty con d see n 1 . . .. 1 1 , . IT t., . c ,, , . , 1 , , 1 ail predecessors and coadjutors. He 'Sudors follow 111;, and nc or look behind.- ,;i,t f..i,- ,,..-.1. i , a 1 , , ' ... mingled trcelv with the Americans, and

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to start for the fight.' I asked whose voice it resembled. Atthis he paused a moment.

and replied, 'Like Parson Murray's, when he was pi caching upon 'The Las't Solemn Scene.1 This was the title rf n ermnn nowncd for his patriotism and his clonu- . . . ii i - . 1 . encc, and also tortus strong passions el the hearts and memories of his hearers, This was, indeed touching the highest note he could. The Indians have "ivrn proofs, since our revolution, that they still cultivate the e-odlik-R nrt nt'ni-orv " TVnt a treaty lias been made without producing some line speaking among the Inuiniis nor without proving them excellent h.Ao rians. at least as fara-a eordnrv back Tiei. traditions aro much lx tor than tin so of 2 events through the whites. The lattr a party medium, either -f philosophy, politics, or rciigion and even when this party spit passed away, the memory contains preot that it once existed: the Indians see things through the medium of truth. and narrate them with correctness and perspecnity. Bat few of our ancient historians, in all their bigotry and wrath, ever dared to prefix the cphithct 'lying,' to their names, while they have 'rung the changes' on every other vice as applying to them. Ymong the most renowned f the Indian orators of ancient or modern times, may ' e ranked Bed Jacket, enc of the Seneca chiefs, who died a few years since on ihc Seneca reservation, near the city ol Buflaio. lie was eighteen or twenty years old when the revolutionary war broke out. A great portion of the Five Nations took part with the English. A few Oneidas re maincd w ith the republicans, and when tlicv had an onoortnnm- fon.r1t well.. Red Jacket was uimuoslionablv a monouic iiiuians uncier jiranot ana others, who so furously assailed the towns and villages in the Statojof New York and Pennsylvania, during the revolutionary conflict : although but little i. known of him until ITS t, when a treaty was made with the Six Nations. IT 1 T-l 1. 1 .1 by which they ceded certain lands to the State of New' York, rpsorv-ma- v. ccllcut tracts for themselves At thr. council fire, bv which this treaty was coneluded, 11 cd Jacket annearcd as a vomur iti,.,ii: . 1 i J e liatcd innovation, and opposed every - j attempt to change the religion of nature ..-.i. v., i:,.i. i.. , 1 , , , ,, oft,io In tho war ofl812, he was with us, and his zeal, sagacity and eloquence, had lost nothing of their former character. But younger men were ncrj milled to keep the field, ihey being unwilling that their Demosthenes should expose himself to the hardships of war. He. j however, did share in the fight. No one who was ever acquainted with Red Jacket, will doubt tho genuineness of his speech to the missionary from Massachusetts, who came to induce him anil his people to change their religion, h not only has the peculiar characteristics of his reasoning and eloquence, but is very like the argument I have heard him make on thc same subject, since the missionaries had, in a measure, succeeded in their attempts to bring his people to their views. Red Jacket had no confidence in half bloods. He spoke of theni as having the vices of both races, and the virtues of neither. He preferred thc entire annihilation w ith the whiles. He had most admirable discrimination of character. On the African race he turned with scorn, as not of the order of men. Red Jacket was a close observer of men ; and thc portraits he drew were admirable likenesses. One of the best eulogies I ever heard of Washington, and from thc stupidity of the interpreter but indifferently translated, was from him. lie saw tho great man through an honest medium, and admired the elevation of his character. Red Jacket gave to his friend.; Indian names, full of meaning. Thc Indian languages, all simple and primitive, aro belter adapted to eloquence than a more philosophical cue would be. Thc prefixes and afn.ves, and thc connection of syllables each having a meaning by itself which is one of tho principles of tho Indian languages, gives the orator a fine chance to display Ids taste in the combination. These compound words fill the nnuth, and enable the orator to throw ihom far ami wi.ln :iround him. These orators who have but one lan-

have that better than ibncr. oo theirs who know something of many ton- - i .1 . - .' Suu?. jjiuv uanon wisely minks that speech was the gift of thc'Great Spirit, and that they were favored in having the best of all that he bestowed on man, selected for themselves. Indians are gentlemen in council and debate, and listen with profound attention to all that is said to them, and not unfrequcntly bestow signs of applause when they like the sentiments uttered; but I never could find an Indian who thought, that English sounds were harmonious or sweet; and, indeed, what words have we to compare with 'Monongahe'a,' 'Tusoarora,' 'Appalachicola,' or hundreds of others, which might be selected from Indian dialects. This orator of the' woods had a verv correct idea of the advancement of civilized men in knowledge, but. he was opposed to having his people instructed in letters and science, for he saw that if attempts were made to instruct them, it could not be done to any great extent: and he said, lihal if they'eould not drink of the. lakes, he did not wish to have them dipping their lips into paddles.'' lie reasoned deeply when he urged, in opposition to the schoolmaster sent among them, that the preservation of the customs and habits of the Indians, was ihc only security against the sudden destruction of their race. lie lived long enough to bo called c old man eloquent:'' and if the news of no dishonest victory caused his death, still it may bo said that he died of a broken heart, lie saw that the growth of the American people entirely precluded the hope of the red man's return to influence and power; and vivid, if not unnatural visions, of the extirpation of his race, swam before his eves. In these moments of gloomy foreboding, he drank deep oi the inebriating cup. He had, he said, nothing to cheer him. His numerous fam ily of children had all died with the con sumption. His people were deserting the paths of their lathers, and he was ready t meet the shades of the warriors whose bones were whitening 011 the shores of all ! the mighty waters of the west. In person, Red Jacket was about the common height, straight and well mule His head was of finest model the lore ncad high and expansive the eves well separated, and without any of that mud dy appearance which so often marks an Indian's visual organs and were readily lighted up with benevolence or indignation 1 was lately at t'le log hut where he died; and inquiring of all around mc if could not find iho spot w here he was buried, the pagan Indians stated, that the converts had concealed his body, and all that could be obtained from the converts was, that thev knew nothing of the matter. AVft York Mirror. MUSIC. It is now proposed that this shall be made a regular branch of our schools, and every friend of tho people must wish suc cess to tho experiment. I am not now called to speak of all the gosd influence? of music, particular!- of the strength which it may and ought to give to the re'i'Tious sentiment, and to all pure and generou.emotions. Regarded merely as a rcfinci pleasure, it has a favorable bearing on public morals. Let taste and skill in this beautiful art. bespread among us, and every family will have a new resource; home will gain a new attraction; social intercourse will be more cheerful, and an innocent public amusement will be furnished to tho community. Public amusements, bringing multitudes together to kindle with one emotion, to share the same innocent joy, have a humanizing influence; and am.mg these bonds of society, perhaps no one produces so much unmixed good as music. What a fullness of enjoyment has our Creator placed w ithin our reach, by surrounding us with an atmosphere which may be shaped into sweet sounds. And yet this good is almost lost upon us, through want of culture of thc or gan by which this provision is to be enjoyed. Dr. Channins. SILK CULTIVATION- IX A SIT SHELL. An Italian gentleman in New York who has been familiar with all the details of the Si'k business ia Illay, has published a little pamphlet, giving facts and opinions on this subject. The following paragraph is designed to show that thc business may profitably bo connected with agriculture without interfering with the regular industry of the farmer. It is precisely the way it is proposed to introduce it "here and render it lucrative in this country he gives a practical illustration: 'I will take the case of a farmer who owns m:rely a small house sufficient for the residence of his family, and about ten acres of land. Without the least sacrifice or diminution of thc productiveness of his little farm, if he would merely surround it with a hedge-grove of Mulberries, planted with judgement and according to iho best methods, it 13 certain that it would cost him to do s: only a few days of labor and a few dollars of expenditure for the purchase of the trees, but ihc beauty mid value of his farm would be immensely improved. At t he end of thc third year the trees will have arrived at such a growth as to furnish leaves in considerable abundance. Bat suppose th.it they will produce leaves enough only to feed die silk worms J from two ounces of eggs, yet such a number if carefully nurtured would vicld at a

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moderate estimate, one hundred and seventy-five pounds of cocoons, which at twenty cents a pound would give a profit

of $G3 G 100 ths. The care of so small a number of worms would not be a great burthen to the farmer. One woman with the assistance of a boy, for thc lal or of gathering the leaves during five weeks would sufhec. Nor would it be requisite to enlarge thc house for the accommoda tion of the worms. The kitchen or sleep ing room, it well ventilated would be suf ficient to contain thc worms from two ounces of eggs without inconvenience. Thc fixtures necessary for the accommodation of thc worms would be trifling that their cost can scarcely be calculated," especially as this expense would only be incurred in the fust year. From this little calculation made on an experiment, so limited, it is easy to estimate how profitable it would be for farmers and proprietors of extensive grounds to cultivate the silk worm, where thev can have large plantations of Mulber ry. Hartford Democrat. The I ucoiislant Man. The inconstant man trades upon a moving earth, and keeps no pace. His proceedings arc ever heady, and peremptory, for he has not patience to consult with reason, but determines merely on fancy. No man is so hot in pursuit, of what he iikcth; no man sooner weary. He is fircy in his passions, which yet are not more violent than momentary; it is a wonder if his love or hatred last so may days as a wonder. His heart is the inn of all motions, wherein if they lodge for a night i is well. By morning they arc gone anl take no leave: and if they come that way again, they are cntert allied as guests, not as friends. He is good to m ike an enemy of: ill for a friend. because, as there is no trust in hU afl'ec tion, so no rancour in his displeasure. Thc multitude of his changed purposes being lorgcttuhioss ; and not of others more than himself He says, swears, renounces, because what he promised ho ment not long enough to make an impression Herein alone lie is good tor a common wealth, that he sets many on work, with building, ruining, altering; and makes more business than time itself. Neither is he a greater enemy to thrift than to idleness. Propriety is to him enough cause of dislike ; every thing pleases him better that is not his own. Even in the best tilings, long continuance is a just quarrel. Manna itself grows tedious with age, and novelty is ihc high style of commendation to thc meanest oilers; neither does he in books and fashions, ask how good but how neir. Yariety carries him away with delight, and no uniform pleasure can be without an irksome fulness. He is so transformable into all opinions, manners, qualities, that he seems rather made immediately of the first matter than of well tempered elements, ai.d therefore is in possibility any thing or every thing nothing in present substance. Finally ho is survilcin imitation, waxy in persuasions, witty to wrong himself, a guest in his own house, an ape to others and, iu a word, any thing rather than himself. Bishop Hall. DEATH--T11 K SEX ES--M A It UI AG K. The following calculation upon the duration of life among men and women married and single, i.-s exlraeted from a laic French work. "The jnost exact calculations which have been made 111 France, Italy, Prussia, Holland, and Sweden, clearly show that in all ages more deaths happen among men than among women : by a list furnished by M. Susmich, at Berlin, it appears that 18';) males died under the of one year, and olMi females. At Berlin, also upon a calculation of four years, (V210 males were born, and 87 W females, which is almost ;11 to 20. "M. Leparcieux, at Paris, and M. Wargentin, in Switzerland, plainly proved that women in general not only live longer than men, but that married women in particular have a singular advantage over those who are unmarried. "Bat in the state of marriage, the wives live much longer than thc husbands. At Breslaw, in the course of eight years, iS'dii married men died, and ony 1 IVUi married women. By an exact account taken iu Pomerania, it appears that in ihe course ol nine years, 13, 55,) married men died, and only 10.000 married women. In Sc.otlcnd it iscalcula!ed,that in thirl y -one-ma mages, twenty of them will die as soon as twelve of thc women, and in that proportion. B it in a state of widowhood, the case is quite different; that situation is greatly iu favor of thc men. At Dresden an evact register of deaths was kept for four years, which e'early proved that f)S I widows died during lhat period, and only 110 widowers. At Wirlemburgh, in the space of eleven years, 5378 widows died, and but 00 widowers. At Gotha, the proportion is 7W) w idows, to 210 widowers. Iu lmeraniv the difference is still greater. FRAXKLIX'S All VICE TO EDITOUS In the conduct of my newspaper I carefully excluded all libelling and personal abusc, which is of late becoming so disgraceful to our country. Whenever 1 was .solicited to insert any thing of that kind, and thc writer pleaded, as he generally did, the liberty of the press, and lhat a newspaper was liko a stage coach, in which any one lhat would pay had a right to a dace, my answer was, that I would print the piece sepaintely, if desired, and thc author

might have as many copies as he pleased to distribute himself, but that I would not take upon me to spread his detraction; and that having contracted with my subscribers to furnish them with what might be either useful or entertaining, I could not fill their papers with private altercations in which they had no concern, without doing them manifest injustice. Now many of our printers make no scruple of gratifying the malice of individuals, by false accusations of thc fairest characters among ourselves, augmenting' animosity, even to the producing of duels. These things I mention as a caution to young printers, and that they be encouraged not to poluta the press and disgrace their profession by such infamous practices, but refuse steadily as they may see, by my example, that such a course of conduct will not, on the whole, be injurious to their interests.

run xichtixgale. A French paper w hich we lately receiv ed contains an interesting fact, illustrating Ihe sagacity of the nightingale. M. do Xervaux, iu a letter dated at St. Cosmcs, has communicated to thc Academy of Science .at Paris, a curious fact which he had an opportunity of observing during tho inundation which has recently caused ao much destruction in that quarter. A part of iny garden,' says he, 'has been carried away by the water, which rising rapidly was beginning to cover a hedge situated in the lower part of it. A nightingale had built its nest in this hedge; and while I was watching for the water to reach the level ef thc nest, I ribserved it several limes a day: I could approach wilhin a distance of six or seven paces. There were at first four eggs in thc nest. One morning I could sec but two, the water having then risen to within nbcut an inch of ihe nest. I thought that the two eggs that were missing had been submerged, but an hour after, seeing but one, I watched with redoubled attention, and what was my astonishment, when after having scon the two birds fly away from thc nest skimming thc ground, I found lhat the last egg had disappeared. Thc birds directed their flight towards the most elevated part of my enclosure, and on visiting the place where they alighted, I found tho eggs in a new nest, about fifty paces from the first. A new- egg was afterwards laid, and thc brood succeeded very well.' The Beech tree a non-conductor of Lightning. Dr. Becton in a letter to Dr. Mitchell of New York, dated 10th July 1831, states that the beech tree is unknown to be assailed by atmospheric electricity. So notorious is this fact, that in Tennessee it is deemed almost impossible to 1 e struck by lightning if protection bo sought under the branches of a beech tree. Whenever the sky puts on a thundering aspect, and the thunder begins to roll the Indians leave their pursuit and betake themselves to thc nearest beech tree till the storm passes over; observation having taught these sagacious children of nature, that while other trees are shivered to splinters, thc electric fluid is not attracted to the beech. Should further observation establish tho fact of thc non-conducting quality of American beech, great advantage may be derived from planting hedge rows, of such trees around '.he extensive barn yards in which cattle arc kept, and also in disposing groups and single trees in ornamenting plantations in tho neighborhood of the dwelling houses of the owner. CONSUMPTION". An article has appeard in thc New York Expicss holding out hopes that consumption can be cured by surgical means. Thc Sun gives tho foilowmg synopsis of tho article in question. Tho surgeon who makes this communication, pi eposes to cure the consumption in any case where one of the lungs is effected in thc following manner: An incision is made between the ribs ami an orifice opened to admit the air int o the chest outside of the diseased im)1r so lhat no air will be drawn into that lung through the wind pipe at all. The lung will collapse, and remain perfectly quiescent, and iu that state can be cured by the ctforts of nature alone, or removed altogether. As there is a partition between the sides of ihe lungs, while one of them ceases its r.ction, thc other goes op with its ordinary functions. The operalion is neither difficult nor painful, and may be performed un a person in thc last stages ot'cousuuiption without danger as a person iu that state would bear thc operation better than one in robust heallh. If this plan succeeds, it will be the most important discos cry iu the art of healing ia modern times. A young sportsman of this town, having rode out on a "sniping'"' excursion, was accidentally knocked elf his horse, and so completely absorl cd w as he in the pursuit of the snipe, lhat ho jumped astrido ot his gun, and shouldered his horse, and set off in groat ha to. He did not discover his mistake until ho went to shoot, when lo! and behold! his gun kicked hiiii over, and h it the bird unhurt !! L it ' t ';g niocrat. It is a splendid remark of B.icon that "envy, like- iho sun, always beats hottest on ths hiheft ground."

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