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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1848-06-23, Page 1• --r TEN SHILLINGS asvAucia. ' VOLUME I. € he §uron �ignn1, es rewrap &se re•Luesa, alL1T B T CHARLES UOLSEN, sea aerreQuaaa, OOOgalce. THOMAS >IfACQUSfiU, Fence. IfAll kinds sf Beek aid Jeb hietisg, io the Eaglets tied Farah langsags, executed with e ealeees and dispatch. 1,500,000 'ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE IN CANADA WEST. ►PHE CANADA COMPANY have for i1 diepoeal, about 1,500,000 ACRES OF LAND dispersed throughout most of the Townships in Upper Canada—nearly 500,- 000 Acres are situated to the Hero* Tract, well known as one of the most ferule parts of the Province—it bas trebled to popula- tion oo five years, and now contains up- wards.of 10,000 tobabitants. The LANDS aro offered by way of L E .4 3 E , fur Tee Years, or Jur Safe, C.4 Y H 13 f) W N—tke pias rf owe -fifth Cash, and f,e balance ie Isetof- lames bring, dose aunty was. The Rents payable 1st February each year, are about the Interest at Sox l'er Cent.upon the price of the land. Upon most of the Lote, when LEASED, NO MONEY IS REQUIRED DOWN—whilst upon the others, according to locality, one, two, or three years Rent, mart be paid in advance, —but these payments will Tree the Settler from further walls uettl Sod, 3rd or 41.4 year of his tern, of Lease. The right to PURCHASE the FREE- HOLD during the term, is secured to the Leases at a fixed aunt named in Lease, and an allowance is made according to antici- pated payment. Lists of Lands, and any further ioforma• tome can be obtuoed, (by application, if by letter post-paid) at the ConrAwebOrrrclus, 7'orosto and Goderick ; of R. I1IRDIALL, Esq., .4ap4odel, Colburne District ; Dr. ALLINo, Greiph, or J. C. W. DALT, Esq., Siral/ord, Huron Distnct. G • ericb, March 17, 1848._ 7 TO CAPITALISTS. ('tOOD and safe Investments. Valuable l'- MILL SITES and FA$MS for sato on Lake Huron. A good Mill Priv,tjcge on the Lake shore within six outer of Godcrich, hating 36-, . acres of excellent Land, the 61111 can be built on the rock, sed within 60 feet of tee feet deep water is the Lake; the 61111 dam can be made 16 to 18 feet high at n trilling expense and un a never failing,treaw,abun- dance of Saw -logs to the vicinity. Also, a splendid Mill privilege half a mile up en the Eighteen mile River which I to navigable to the Lake, having 45 acres of first rate land, plenty of Pine and other Saw -logs in the vicinity. AND ALSO—Four of the best de.crip• lion of FARMS on and near the Lake Shore, with improvements. The above well selected and very valuable property will be sold low fur cash, or half the purchase money may remain for three or four years on mortgage. Apply Or by^letl.r post paid) to Law- rence Last -arum, Esq., London, Robert Puke, Esq., Goderich, or to the proprietor JOHN HAWKINS. Port Albert, Godeticb, Feb. 3, 1848. to VALUABLEF ARM LOTS moa aaUI iN THE HURON TRACT, NAMELY : L'OIJR Lots on the First Concession of Godericb, fraotug Lake Huron, con- taining 82, 72, L71, and 48e acres respec- tively. Two of these Lots have consider- able Improvements, and one of them a com- modious Two Story Log House, with Gar- den ted Orchard. Likewise, SiX LOTS on the Seemed Concession, containing 80 acres each, two of them partially improved. These Lots are situated on the Bayfield Road, from cis to eight milee south of the flourishing Town of Goderieb ; the land is of the best quality, and well watered, and the front Lots command a beautiful view of the Lake. For particulars apply (if by letter peel paid), to JOHN CLARK, Goderich. March 17, 1848. 7tf BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, &C. TO LET, • T S T R A T F O R D. THE Scbeeribsr Yang anxious to retire from business, wish& re Lar the well known BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, Sheds, and DWELLING NOITAp;, situated in the west end of the thriving town of Ntssi q4 ; with the good will of the besseee.. The shoes priumeee have been for many years (meopred, ted the run of business is equal to the best stand is the District. The lease may be for as many years as may be agreed on. The Toots, free, ke. will also be dis- posed of. Real medelete. JOHN NHRRMAN. Stratford, 17th Apeil, 1841. 19tf E. C. WATSON, PAINTER .AND GLAZIER, • ..JAPER IIAlr()E8, fe• 4.. peso.„ 91 alp (l 9 D E R I C H. • "THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE NUMBER." GODERICH, HURON DISTRIC'I, (C. W.) FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 18.18. Tw ;l.1'E AND SIX PEN t: AT Two zoo u► 'iirM rear. NUMBER M13EH '21. WAGGONS AND SLEIGHS. NO. 7 EAST STREET, neaRLi OrpOa1TS rue riRearTgalatt CMCacIL THE Subscribers begs leave to inform his friends and the public at large, that he is now prepared to receive orders for LUMBER OR LiGHT WAGGONS, which shall be maonfactured of the beat materials, and by experienced workmen. Harrows and Drags made to order ; Plough Castings Wooded. ALEXANDER MELVIN. Goderich, Feb. 9, 1848. Ytf EXTENSIVE IMPORTATIONS. THOMAS GILMOUR k CO. OtJLD respectfully intimate that they have just received, direet from the New York and Montreal Markets, a very large assortment of Straw, Leghorn, Dun - * table, Tuscan, and imitation Silk BON- NETS, and a great variety of almost every description of FANCY GOODS, suited to the (Ashton and taste of the season. Also, an extensive stock of HABERDASHERY, CLOTHS, and all kinds of Staple Goode'. Likewise, large quantities of GROCERIES, particu- larly a very superior supply of TEAS, from 1s. 3d, per pound upwards, accordingly quality ; and Tobacco at all prices. As 4). Violet extensive etock has been selected by the proprietors in person, they coo confidently recommend them to their friends and customers, and an the purchases bare been effected exclusively on cash prin- ciples, they have reeulved to sell on the most reasonable terns and at the tersest poreihle profits roe CAM. fi' Marketable produce of -every descrip- tion t8 00 in exchange at the highest mar- ket price. w - THOS. GILMOUR bL CO. Goderich, 18th May, 1848. 16 MONEY AND TIME SAVED!! ! " FAREREDUCED 4. SPEED INCREASED. CHEAP AND DIRECT ROUTE Through Owed, to Studyj Nein York, via. fleabane (Swab., Waadsreek, Bawtforl, efarsiUoe, Waterloo Fir,y;s9Jefois. • Twa waLL avows .TR.41,1BO-4 T •BROTIiERS! CAPT. W. EBERTS, Wtoo of 1 ILL run the Sea 848 as follows :— Lea.es Crliaatam every Mende, Wednes- day and Friday Whinge, at 6 o'clock, tor Windsor and Detruit, thence to .•balers lrtrg at 3 o'clock. Leaves Awhertibsrg every Tueeday, Thurs- day sod Saterday Mornings at half -pat 7 o'clk. teaching ■t De roa and iVindsor for C'AgLAaat. The BROTHERS rens in connection with a DAILY LINE Of STAGE COACHES. Established between Chatham and Q too, by which (and the Steamers on Lake Ontario) parsedgers will be enabled to reach Kingston in at lent three days from Chatham. Passengers can leave Hamilton by steamboat for Toronto, Rochester, Oswego, Kingston, or any of the in- termediate ports on lake Ontario. Gentlemen from ell parts of the States will find this route very agreeable during the mmnfer sad winter,as it peeves through the moat flourishing parts of Canada West. The Chatham and London road is now completed, and is a very good road. STEAMBOAT FARES REDUCED,. viz. CAsekaw to flreit an/ Windsor, and ries sorsa. Cabin Passage $1,75: Deck Passage $1,00: Children, ball -price : Horse, Buggy and one Gentleman 43,00; Double Team, Wagon and Driver 94,0e: Ox or Cow 41,00; all other Freight in proportion. Referewecs-.Chatlam, F.berts, Weddell dr Co.; T. M. Taylor. 'Windsor, L. di. II. Ikv- esport, C. Haat. Detroit, Ives & Black.— Louisville, Knight & W Tecumseh Hnn.e, H. N. Smith. Wardeville, Anderson A Hobe. Mona, 8. Fkmimg. Ecfrid, G. J. South. Delaware, Sullen. Junction House, Joseph Rollins. London, M. Seger. Brant- ford, G. Babcock. Hamilton, M. Babcock; M. Davis. NO CREDIT ON TN18 BOAT. Chatham, April, 1848. 98-lf BOOT AND SHOE STORE, MARKET $QUARE. JUST reeeived, and will be sold cheap for cash or marketable produce, a large ea- sortment of BOOTS AND SHOES of various eines and qualities. —ALSO— A large gnentity of different descriptions of LEATHER, which will be fold to the trade en the most reaeoeable terms, either by wholesale or retail. Inteodoug purchas- ers are requested to call and examine for that/pelves at the Boot and Shoe Store of THOMAS WATKiNS. Qom" Pegs and Findings for sale. Goderich, May 96, 1848. 17tf N. B.—Patent SCALE, rte[ from } lb. to 500, for .ale. D. WATSON, BARRISTER AND ATTORNF.T AT LAW, &DLICITOa It C1ANCRRT, .An& alliIT.T, ke. OFFICE iN THE MARKET SQUARE, GODERiCii. Feb., 16411. 3y poetry. �BUNBET MEDITATIONS. DI l&LTA. Tell Fortune of her bliodsess, Tell Nature of decay, Tell Friendship of unkindness, And Justice of delay. Sus WILTta RALLION. The sen goes ploughing down the seas Of glory in the g itgeous west ; 'Che deep, unruffled by a breeze, Through all its waves is hosh'd to rat ; Silence is on the mountain's breast, And sla`ttber in the stifles' grove, As here, an unaccustom'd guest, Beneath these aged elms I rove: 'Frees of my boyhood ! to my mind Ye conjure far -departed scenes, Aad, as food Memory looks behind, Thrugh many a dim year intervenes, . The past awakens ; brightly greens Time's faded landscapes on my view, Aad (lope, even yet, coati ing, leans On what seem'd firm, sad proved entree. Again I roam the fields of youth, How tweet of.cent, how bright of bloom ! Warm Boyhood, Boyhood, with its heart of truth, is there : and faces, which the tomb Latebrouded long ago, Rhona The prospect with their living smiles ; Even now, from oat Oblivion's womb, Its varoish'd phantoms Fancy wiles. Yes, from the bustling die of life, 'Tu sweet unspeakably to turn To times and days devoid of strife ; And conjure from the silent urn Hearts, which with ours were wont to baro, Ere Care bedimm'd the bloom ofJ.y, Or Time had taught the mut to mount The baffled prospects of the Boy ! Ab ! then we little guess'd how Wealth Could rob the spirit elite rest ; Opinion was unfetter'd ; Heath / ' Diffused a noonday through the breast; Sorrow had corn not to molest With racking dreams the peaceful sight; Aed in its hopes the heart was blest At evening fall, and opening light. Pent in the city den, where man a Encounters min in daily strife, Where words and actions, squared by plan, Shew nothing bat the prose of"life,— We come to look on earth, as rife Alone with sordid schemes and lies; Yet kel that Resolution'. knife Would lately cat the Gordian ties. Down to our paltry fates we bow,, And, month by month, acid year by year, We steel our s m a: ies andgo r 4 P Headlong in Error's wild career : We mock the doubt., and .com the fear That tender Conscience eat betray'd, And boldly sin, and widely veer From duty's dictates, undismay'd Till on some eve, methinks like this, When green the earth, and blue the skies, When, slumbering as it were in bliss, Earth, wraps in holy quiet, lies, We start toned that otherwise Swell'd the young heart ie such • .ceoe, Wino opeo'd first on Wonder'. eyes A word so soft, and so serene, 'Thea do we feel the worthlessness Of what we pent for and pursue ; And years for pleasures, which could blew The simple heart, when life was new : Feed Memory sickens at the view Of what hath been, no more to be,— Visions that paged bite vernal dew, Or leaves from shorn November's tree Yea ! he who knows the world must feel 'Ti. futile, fickle all et hest, Aed that 'twere wise to steraty steel Against its random darts the breast. How is d:e inmost soul distre.t, Td find that those, who owned us good, Should tarn, when needed, like the rest, In heartless base ingratitude! How sweet the evening gleams and glows— The homeward tea -maws nit around— The ocean breathes a calm repose, linrippled, and without a sound. Peaks of the west ! the scene ye bound, illumed above, bat dark beneath— The son glares o'er the blue profound, A gist smiling even is death ! Oh Nature, wiles oar eyes eeeeey The priceless charms thou hest in stere, Art's tinsel trappings fade away, We It.,.. to Love thea mere tad more ; Then is a pleasure on the shore, And beauty in the leafy woad, Which Ind tie baffled heart deplore, That e'er for gailt was bartered good ! Alas ! too late we feel and know, That piesenre is cur soils moat dwell ; That poep, is eely gilded wee : Aad natures voice • tinkling bell ; 1s vale weeld Peemoe's bosom swell Ageism the fate we weight and fed The seal, uMt sleep* Is Fleece's Ml, Awak.. ie Misery's fetters hexad' " TEN THOUSAND SLAIN l" The,oyfol shouts of vier -eel peel Triumphant through the sky, Aed swifter than tem mountain .term The gladsome tidings fly "We've wen a glorious victory ! We've triumphed oe the plain, Aad era the battle field have left Ten thousand stun." Ah ! many a scalding tear awakes, And many a bitter sigh, And grief bade bowed full many a form, And dimmed lull many en eye ; And many a severed household band May •e'er unite again. And twice ten thousand wildly weep "Ten thousand slain !" There is • Cod who reigns above, Whose home is to the sky, Whose astute in all truth ted love— That God is ever nigh ! He lovetb ALL His children dear, By norther° sea tad southern plain ; Aad He lath written in ills book— ' Te 'hemmed slain '" — - —' ------1__ THE GRAVE OF TIIE INDIAN KING. [Lo.iTrit'Mw mos OUR LAST.] The castle of the Onondagoes was sirda- ted in the midst of fife deep and beautiful valley to,. which we have already referred, and through which the Onuedaga river winds its way to the lake. Count Fronto• nac, with his motley forces, bad wade a halt near the licks, and thrown up some tem• porary defences. TM Bite of the castle was but five or .six motes removed from the French camp. It was a sacred spot in the eyes of the Indians, as the Beat of the grand councils which had fur ages regulated the affairs of the tierce and wild democracy of the Five Nations. They had, therefore, resolved to defend it to tie last ; and wo- men and children had been sent from the rude village deeper into the shades of the forest. Circumstances, however, changed this determination on the morning of the day upon which Count Frontenac intended to advance. TWO of the Hurons deserted from the forces of the count, and gave the Onondagoee, to whose assistance neither of their aseociate'tribes had yet arrived, such an appalling dericriptfon of the French, that they dared not remain and give battle.— Yonoondto's• army, they said, was like the leaves on the trees—more numerous than the pigeons that By to the north after the season of snows. They were armed, they said, with great guns that threw up huge balls high towards the sun. And when these bills fell into their castle, they would explode and scatter fire and death every- where. Upon this intelligence, the sach- ems gathered into a group around the coun- cfl-6r8,for consultation. Their piercing eye -balls, which were at first burning wan indignation, soon dropped sullenly to the earth as they reflected upon the impossibi- ' lity of contending against such 'weapons, ! while their dusky countenances gathered darknesswith gloom. Some of the the %principal chiefs having interchanged a few 1 words in an under tone, there was a call to bring Thureoserat to the council -fire. A dozen young warriors instantly sprang up- I on their feet, and bounded to -wards the principal wtgwatn of the village with the swiftness of an arrow. Ere many seconds had elapsed they returned, beating upon 1 rudely constructed litter an aged and vene- rable -looking chief, whose head had been whitened by the snows of more than a hun• dred winters. He had been foremost on the war -path, and first at the council -fire, before the great canoes of the pale -faces bad touched the shores which the Great Spirit had given them. 'i'he young nteo treated their burden with the utrnost care and deference, and the aged chieftain was seated at the foot of a tall sycamore, against the huge trunk of which he leaned for sup- port. A brief but solemn pause ensued, during wbicb all eyes were directed to the venerable lather of the council. At length the veteran sachem rased bis bead, and looking about upon the group of chiefs and warriors gathered anxiously around him, he broke silence as (allows :— " Why have my children brought Thu- rensera to the council -fire 1 'I'be Great Spirit will soon call him to hie hunting - grounds. Thurensera'e eyea are dim, and his limbo, no longer like the bending sap- ling, are stiff like the scathed trees of the burnt prairies. He can no more bend the strong bow. He cannot go forth upou the war -path, or recount the deeds of his fathers to the young men at the couoCil•fire.— Thurensera is a woman. But his father was a great chief ; and," elev•tiog his voice, he added, " I can now see him sit - tin upon a cloud fringed with the red lightning, and beckoning me to conte.— Why have my children called Thuronsera 1 And why do their eyes rest upon the ground, and their spirits droop like the hawk when struck by the young eagle!" After another pause, and a moment's con- sultation among the chiefs, one of the bravest warriors informedFhe sago of the intelligence received frith-Yonnondio's camp, and of the peri of in sitnstion.— Tbey had therefore sent to their father for counsel in this emergency. Once more there was silence—still as the forest shades, when not a leaf rustles in the breeze, sot a stick breaks beneath the light tread of the fox. The venerable sage hid his furrowed countenance in his wither- ed hands, as if deeply engaged in thought, while the dark groupl of chiefs and warriors gathered more closely around, all ready to obey -his counsel, bait what it might, and all • The same by whisk lithe Five Nations de- signated the Frees\ reverser . Cayeagainge w arms as Os as Mgr pis le the Eoghek g.ver- • s. or t A NNWameeg tie Five Noires, wgatfyisg the " Daweieg of the Leila." at aftwe, se It were, to drink in the wadout that was for the last nine perha?e to flue from his lips. At length the cbteftain of more than thirteen hundred moons, slowly raised his head, and spoke as follows :— "My children ! This cuuocil•fire, which the Great Sprit firma kindled with sparke from the sun, motet go oast. Thr their Spirit wills it. But the two logs will blaze again, and this valley gleam with red light. Then shall my cbt.dren coosume the battle in its rage, and the spirits 01 our (athero riding on the storm -clouds rejoice ! My children ! You see lily head is whitened by more than a hundred snow..— Listen to my words. I have been upon the war -path with your fathers, and euh your (other'. fathers. But the Great (+pini commands me to hie hunuog-grounds, where I shall be bounding like the yuuog deer before the setting run. " My Lluldreo ! A cloud has gathered over our council•6te, and you must fly 1- 1'onnundiu a come among its with La peo- ple, like a flock of bade. You must nut wait till you see the big ball of thunder. coming to yourdestruetern, or the etar 01 day and night that break. w hen 'it falls, to 1 burn your castle And wigwams. " lily children ! You have been bite toe l lynx on the trail, and made the war -path red with the blood tri your enemies. Bet you I must Uy, until Joined by the Oueyduos, the Cayuga*, and the Senekas ; when you can come back upon your enemies, and sprang upon them( like uie hungry panther. You will spring on thein when they are asleep, anti the bre balls cannot burst upon you, to kdl'my warriors and burn up their wig- • . •' My children ! Thurcnsera will stay, to show Yopnondiu's pale -faces how to die.— Yonnondie .4311 see what a Mingo can bear without a cry of pain. Ile will see what his ohildren will have t(s'fear, when nay sons assemble their warriors, and conte upou his settlements in !heir wrath. • "Mlv children ! When you pass this way, h`od my bones. Bury them deep to the bosom of the earth', 'who is my mother, on the hill looking toward. the rising sun, by the lake that is beautiful. Put into my grave my pipe, my hatchet, and my bow, that I.maychase the moose and the buffa- loes an the hunting -grounds of the Great Spirit. Put in my. canoe that a on the beautiful lake, that, when the Great Spirit tells me 1 may come and look upon my children, I may paddle again on the bright waters of the Skeneatelas. I will come wbta the moon in her futnesi steals over the lake, to let her light sleep od its calm bosom. As 1 glide unward, the lovers of our young men and women wilt dream of otber days, and the sptr.ta of the clouds will whisper—' The grave of the old warrior, who aught Yonnomdio bow to du.' They will tell the white man to Cross it with a Ststep. "My children; You mast fey ! Keep the covenant client et' our vibes bright like silver and Int it bond ou together bite r S strong iron. Put the brand to your castle and your wigwam', that Yonnondio may get no booty but the vcalp of 'l'hureosera. Let the rain of heaven wash all the bad front your heart., that we may again smoke to- gether in friendship on the ha,,py country of the Great Spirit. Thurcnsera has no more 10 say." The aged chief was listened to through- out with the must profound attention. The subsequent deliberation was brief, for the time was pressing', and the decisiop of the coui ctl was unanimous to avoid' engage- ment, end retire into the forest. Tho chiefs and warriors, and young men m par- ticular, were exceedingly reluctant to leave' the venerable sachem by whose wisdom they had so long been guided, and by whose arm so often led to victory ; but be was resolute in his purpose, and inflexi- ble in his determination. He gathered him- self into an attitude of the most perfect composure, and turning lie lace in the di- rection from which Fruntenac was expect- ed, prepared to meet his fate. tlleanlune tine.achcros and warriors having hastily completed their arrangements, took their tinal leavo-o( their old chieftain, applied the brand to their dwellings, and disappeared to the thick wilderness. The Count Frontenac, astonished at thb night of the ascending columns of smoke, as they ruse in curling folds towards the sky, moved rapidly forward. But a was to ob- tain an empty conquest: The buts, and the rude works of the Indians were already in ashes. The old chief, Thurcnsera, was found by the trunk of the cycamore, seated with the same stoical composure in which he had been left ; and Frontenac's [odious, by permtmioo, had the pleasure of torment- ing hon. Ile bore their tuflicuonn with un • flinching firmness. Nut • muscle moved, not a limb quivered : nut a sigh nor a groan escaped bot. Finally they .tabbed him is several places. "Go on, ye tormentors!" be exclaimed, with an energy belonging le other days. "The old Eagle has received the death -arrow in her breast. flu will never soar again but in the bright ekiee of the Great Sprint. You cannot harm hire. The (treat Spirit," he continued, " las touched my eyes, and 1 see through the cloulda of death the warriors who haveraised raised the was -cry with Inc in other times. 'They are walking on the winde, and playing on the clouds. l see the dark waters all must pass. Thane dark watere are the tears shed by the Great Spirit for the bad deride of his children. (:o o "ye Inrmen• tors—)e Indians who lake a scalp fir Yoenondio—ve dogs- of do se --but why stab me with the long knife. Yeas had better take fire, that the Frenchmen may know how to die. Tear ire to pieces : mh roast e at war -feast : scatter my ashes to the winds : crumble my bones in the UNlake. Ye torde Mtentor. ' 1..t„n to thagnin, whits he Gds '1'buren.cra tel *tat is tocnme to un yeti. 1o,ar race le tote an tho river (1,1,•1 up—as the deed Lr, the forest •hen the ti;.. ha Lose over il.— The white man ho Fero! 1'• mond,, user the greet salt Take in tl a 1_ g e.n r, wolf will lose his power. A a las walk abroad, Iliat will scatter the pets hires at Quebec like a flock of .beep, and date them out of tho red uteri a L:c . 'Cbl a bite, nu n, 811 h Csyenguerago, who ie cur mend, will e, oro over the land like the le.. in. The panther u bounding to 11 n set ling sun : ilio beer moves slowly off the veer,' : the deur amt buffalo leap uver the mountains, and art teen no more. Thu (crest biter boor• thecess man. 'l'i,e great and lute trees fill before Ms h g hatchet. Thu shite man's wigwam* rife like the hill tree, and aro as 1, white as the head ut the 1,1 e. µle. Thu waters shall -remain ; and when the red mall 1180 inure, the oau.e0 be gaze llffm ahail last. The (Great Spirit has said i1. A hundred wartime are coming to lead mu on the Irad to the happy hunting -grounds. Think of me, ye tormentors, when my 50,14 conic upon you like the chafed panther in boa ewittnees and his strength. - Great Spirit .' i come !' Thur died Thurenser., with a.grealness of soul worthy ut a sachem of the Fire -Nations ! When the invader had retired, the Onon• dittoes 'Conveyed the remains of the luny Tbiirensera to the hill of the Skaneateles, Arad buried hen in " the grave of the Indian King." And in this hallowed spot lits ashes had reposed In peace, the little mound becorhing more holy by the Lapse of years, OM the tradition more interesting as light.' and shadows were imperted to it by those whose ironginatwns were kindled by the re- lation, until the autumn of the year of grace, 1829, when it was visited by an English sareat, who spent some mouths with the hospitable proprietor of the cosse- cratod mound. 'Thio gentleman had tra- velled much, and been a great collector ofCuriosities, Ile had killed alligators in the delta of the 51isa seippt, and cbaeed buffaloes ib California. Ile had hunted elephants in Mouth Afnco, and tigers in the jungles of Bengal. Ile had rescued an ant (ruin the ruler of Herculaneum, and dug au Mir, and a thigh -bone of one of the Pharaohs from the Pyramids of Grand Cairo. And he wadi resolved to penetraio the secrets of the grave of the Indian King, and If possible oblate the pipe, the tomahawk, and the hunting apparatus, if not the canoe, for the use of the Bulieh Mueeem. Accordingly, (with great secrecy .,he repaired thither one Moonlight night to Octebet, armed with a crowbar and shovel. But alas for the woe - thy collector of Curiosities, and the veracity of tradiliunai history ! •A bed of compact i (imeatone rock, within a few inches of the wilco of the earth, soon taught the gothic I invader of the grave, that no grave had , ever been there ! CONSTITUTION Ok' NATURE. Tose arses ilkan. It is evident from common observation that the Suer light Is of the almost enpor. tasee to vegetable life 'and perfection. A pleat may indeed grovrina feeble andsickly ' meaner -without• lisght ; but under ouch • privation, the parts which are.usually green asenme a sickly white colour, as is the case with vegetables which happen to grow ie a cellar.. " When deprived of -light, all plant• Dearly - agree in the quality of their juices. The pungent vegetables grow insipid ; the highest flavoured iaodorou, ; and those et the most variegated colours ere of an um - form whiteness. Vegetables which grow in an exposed .Item ttun, baro ellen dry ;bat a venni, cgttable hid in a' dark box contains nothing itiflatjiteable." It cannot well be conceived that such effects of light upon vegetables as hate Le en briefly described, should, occur, if light, and the organa of vegetables, had nut becu wisely adapted to each other. The mooeture which floats in the stmts. phcro is likewise of °seentlel use to vegeta- ble life. The leaves of living plants appear to act upon this vapour in 1ta clastic lurm, and to abrurb it. Hume tegetablaae in weight froru thu cause•, whenee suspendedincrc in the atmosphere and unconnectee with lm soil, as the house -trek and the oioe.— In very intense heats, and when the suit is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved b] the absorbent power of their leaver.— With an incteasmg heat of the atmosphere, an iscreasing gnanuty of vapour will vise Into it, If supplied from any quarter. Hence it appears that acqueous vapour is meet abundant in the atniunphere when of is most needed fur the purposes of lite, and that when other sources of moisture arc cut off, wap er is then most abundant. When cloud', are of the patuu nature with steam from the spout of a.buoing tea kettle, they are then of the must essential use to vege- table and animal 'life. They moderate the renew tri tee min in a manner egteeabic, to a greater or ler, degree, rn all el.matem, and are grateful no Ices to tegetables than to animals. It tine been observed, that plants grew moue during, a week of cloudy weather than io a nonnto of dry and hot, at vegetables are lar more refreshed ag watered in clouldy than in clear er. In the latter care, probably the of fluid is too rapidly carried off by evaporation. Clouds also muderat• the af- teroatiun' of temperature, by checking the radiation from the earth. The ebWeet eights are ihn.e which oecar under • cloud - les' eintr.', sky. Rite is enothpr of the con.cgnenees of the properties tri water with reepest t" heat; It. uses aro the results of the I,sa of evap- oration and condensation. These eche with regard tv phots are too elision* and tau numerous to be doacrthed. it t. eve. dent ILat vu its q tenniy tad dt,tnb itruo and t by be west) euppl 1 M • it B sa ga •1 'e 4 :I I N