Mil I Ycl"veitiinr Ilnt?f. The larire and reliable circulation of tti t; bria a s; comments it to th. faTorat.i. co alteration of ad ven ifers. wliuJf fTorsw!il be . aerted at the following low rate? : pobllhe WeeUlj at rSSBVRG, Cambria Co., ra., ' j3Y II. A. Mcl'IKE. .,inteed Circulation - J, 116. sfBs niprio RATES. ... rem-, cash In advance. ll-WJ ' ? if not p'd wlthfn mo. l..- if not pM within 8 mos. J.WJ jf not p'd within year.. 2.2o res'.hnir out!de the county ., will the above term be de n ' nl those who don't consult their T'""; pivinir 1c advance inust not erL"" ',' i on the sume footing a those. 1 Inch, 3 iliuM fl j 8 moni hs a mom hi...... 1 year 6 nn.nt lift 1 year f inont ha 2 . 8 ' t 1 Tear '4 eol'n e months S " months " 1 year I ' f months , 1 " 1 year 75 f .Admin's-rnt TS and Eiecutor's Notices i so Audi'gr's Notices k.oo Stray an 1 Flinilar Notice 4 to Hnines items, f rst insor'lon loc.per line ; each put'.encot insertion fro. per line. I"" fi-aI':fion OT j.rnr i f dt n7 ct any corporation or i i. jit. end r rm -m -roe-fern Arffjnffl to (ftU art m ficn 10 ijv 'ittitttr vf li-niifi or individual interest. mtMf bf paid Jar o 'frrrcfnenr. .Ton raiMisn or all kind really and expediti ously executed at lowest prices. Don i.yaii is'-wot it. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH HAKBS FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE." SI.50 and postage per year, In advance. ,r t Mjr psP'T before yoa stop It. if i tnij-t. None but aoalawmrs do oth- ,n 1 1" a "cdlwa life's too short. I VOLUME XVI. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1SS2. NUMBER 22. to hi ii mm i;i nil m Mm ilnVUIlt tO SClI Olit to make purchases for fall. h M'ailt tO SCll Olit to keep plenty work going. cmy cut iur pl.uid when we are in the right, iiiid if thu piicfs nnist be cut down, to rather the people, Down no the Prices. :ra" T5. 'I A, 1 :'-ire on a!i oar clothir:.;' fur this sale. UUMSSl & BROWN. OAK HALL, P. PHILADELPHIA. 2" 3 !apt Reeds, Eight Stop; ?"Bo. "fiort Coupler, St.j..l, ' s,iaacua Black wiaut Um 1 i i IE thbOtj Fuji. " iaV""""''''' Organ ?.?ts Reeds, $90. '.!...? f'rl'"r. or Reenter 1 f ;iTTv,iT f ! lroB8t'r call upon ..,'.J -w.j' iii,ALEIi, 'a T:I1 C-kl OF s' " eg f Blood, Br"B ;-Co'ii-ha, 1 .. .-, atarrh r.f l-. t. and ail "' I ii-f. w toe i uiUiOJary ""- 1" e. ;,l fi, ,j i Oft I.I I! j on!. '"wli. " 11-5 in. Itare llolM.w ''::c-,:?'.Vi.f c x - . si i"- -j ;'4., -, . - -- t i '. J -w.cJ: -J I-1 Commencing first week of June. Scotch j't'oi'le and olil-tiine folks all know wLat is the meauing of an ;,,t sii'e." It is a Um used when things are to be sold out to close j:ri. j. irtnerLips, etc. We i'1-oi'ose a sale of this nature. The prosperous season bo far this t!; bro'est we have ever had, encourages us to Ring all the Bells, y) C.f 27 K 1'EOrLi: JX TO CLOSE OUT BEFORE THE 4th OF JULY, ILL OF TUE OF MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING. Fe Mailt to sell out to make some changes. K )Tai2t tO Sell OUt to start again with a new stock. e Want tO Sell OUt to do a larger business than ever. l c never slop at anything . : hp acri!ice cur profits for one umnth, the people have dona gen ' '. :- ! r niiiuy years, and we are satisfied. iXA XLT-SHELL,TIIIS IS IT. .' 1 ! a ? Wm! p.. int of all this is a radical reduction in prices from !". Ti.'-y ::.c e it, s itnf ten, some twenty, some thirty per cent., - v i.r'!'( I'ii I'Hinl s; cia;iy fi..r this sale, not at all. Compared A 1- tl.e ;ivt'i-;uv rednetiou is twenty-five per cent. Of the " u,. :!!!' nr.w l t ld by us. about 000,K is involved in this Fr Mi i,':i-at lit w h !eh inijht be ru ide we only quote three items . 'i.uic-ly : .1 's i t i:i' r s " s '"a-iiiif re Pantaloons, made and making, strong, !:: .! : l.Uely .;:5...'.i, now 2. 12. v Miit. via! tai,:it: I Sawyer's (.'ussimere, made and making; ;I.hi. r.ow 1 1 '. ". . tieus suits, ti:':it sijb-s. every garment freshly made; some of sold fri't '.y at il J on, .t '.2". 'ur i:ici.t t i. .-Imj :v to t-il all the people that quick trade j. Corner Sixth and Market Sts., l -it? .5 rjiiLtAJi:i.piiiA SINGER MACHINE LtMil to anu fiinorr in the Market. Th- '.o.- .oil ri-.rf.-!ii- ti.e n:ar sine lor the i.e... which tl.e ioi.cr'voic, ,.(rs l'r sale the w.iti.i.-riul low i-r ! ati. This machine hi- per'oct snti-t'aotion licrcv er n " . an.i . rrarrn He,! t.tr tl,r tfrm of tri i'r. Keinein I Um e :t r- In re a 11 the time an 1 that you not oti'v hoe .orv oi.j-orMin'ty ti ex.itiorie the ma chine :oi-1 p it In "i-iTi'ii-n. hut yon k now where to c. me to j,et your iiioncy ia.-k" if the machine i-.n't .!o T:criy ay rcprcsente.!. You will there lore c.t.Mi t j our own ti:tereyt t.y tuiylnu the I'hil n. !.. In. i Siiietr -M u hine ami tm inif tr..m no one W'. j. Ht't'h.. -2.-6m.j Iluck's Mills. Alleuhcny Tap. ("RnSCI'XT PUT. 1 hn 1-rnml of Toh le -o, thoneh hut a short time on the market, 1j ire,,v the f .tmrlte with manv cl.ewer-. M i. In Irota selected leaf and with tet .weeter itix. it i. a capita! art cle and specially suite. to 'tie IVnn.ylvania taste. For salo hv all dealers. Send for mm le to the inacufiirtiire'rs. C A. JACK. VOX A ., Prtrmbarf, V. W ill net talnahle lafarmallan FKt'.F. by semliti lor circular to t. 1'ut'iuicE, Hosion, .Mass. Q)f Irr W eek can tie made In any locality. 0tl otnetii'Tia- antirelv new inr agents. S1 out ill free. (i. W. IX. KAilitl (U lius ton. Mams. Aliri KTINI BS 1 semi for our Select List or Local e".aper. (ieo. F. Koweil a. Uv., W SiTUce N. V. Q( ii l( t ' vear ,0 Aktents and aDpeoses. t Oat fit CJJJtm. AUiM F.iwatn f V.,AfueM. AMERICA. BY JOHN BOTLE O'REILLY. Read at the Reunion of the Army of the Potomac, at Detroit, on June 14, lSSt. Nor War nor Teace, forever old and youn. But Strength, my theme, whose song is yet nsuntr, The Teople's Strength, the deep alluring dream Of truths that seethe below the truths that seem. The buried ruins'of dead empires seek, Of Iudian, Syrian, Persian, Roman, Greek : From shattered capital and frieze upraise The stately structure of their golden days : Their laws occult, their priests and prophets ask. Their altars search, tneir oracles unmask, Their parable from birth to burial see, The acorn eerm, the growth, the dense leafed tree, A world of riant life ; the sudden day When like a new strange glory shone decay, A golden glow amid the green ; the change From branch to branch at life's receding range. Till nothing stands of towering strength and pride Save naked trunk and arms whose veins are dried, And these, too, crumble till no sign remain To mark its place upon thewind-swept plain. Why died the empires ? Like the forest trees I lin fiDtnrp rirtn.n rhoin ? rtr riiri elir rt icmcii Assail their roots and poison all their springs ? The old-time story answers : nobles, kings, Have made and been the State, their names aloue Its history holds ; its wealth, its wars, their own. Their wanton will could raise, enrich, con demn : The tolling millions lived and died for them. Their fortunes rose in conquest, fell in guilt; The people never owned them, never built. Those olden times ! how many words are speni In weak regret and shallow argument To prove them wiser, happier than onr own ! The oldest moment that the world has known Is passing now. Those vaunted times were young ; Their wisdom from unlettered peasants sorting : Their la w from nobles arrogant and rude ; Their tistice force, their whole achievement crude. With men the old are wise : why change the rule When nations speak, and send the old to school .' Respect the past for all the good It knew : Give lioiile lives and struggling truths their due : But ask. what freedom knew the common men Who served and bled and won the victories then ? The leaders are immortal, but the hordes They led to death were simply human swords. Unknowing what they fought for, why they leu. What change has come? Inperial Europe tell ! Death's watders cry from twenty centuries' neaKs : Flat;ea's field the word of Plevi:a speaks : The martial draft still wastes the peasant farms. A dozen kings, five million men in arms ; The earth mapped out estate-like, hedged with steel ; In neighboring schools the children bred to feel Unnatural hate, disjoined in speech and creed ; The forges roaring for the armies' need'; The cities buiided by the people .ined With scowling forts and roadways under mined : At every bastioned frontier, evev state. Suspicion, s worded, standing by the gate ! But turn our eyes from those oppressive la nds : Behold, one country all defenceless stands, One nation-continent, from East to Wet. With riches heaped upon her bounteous breast ; Her niiiics, her marts, her skill of band and brain, That bring Aladdin's dreams to light again ! Where sleep the conquerors? Here is chance for spoil : Such un watched fields, such end less, thought less toil ! Vain dream of olden time ! The robber strength That swept its will is overmatched at length. Here, not with swords but smiles the people greet The foreign spy in harbor, granary, street; Herb towns unguarded lie, tor here alone Nor caste, nor king, nor privilege is known. For home the farmer ploughs, the miner delves, A land of toilers, toiling for themselves ; A land of cities, which no fortress shields. Whose open streets, reach out to fertile lielt.s ; Whose roads are shaken by no armies' tread ; Whose only camps aie cities ot the dead ! Go stand at Arlington, the graves among : No ramparts, cannons there, do banners bung, No threat above the Capital, no blare To warn the senators the guns are there. But never yet was city fortified Like that sad height above Potomac's tide ; There nuver yet was eloquence in speech Like those ten thousand stones, a name on each ; No guaids e'er pressed such claim on court or king As these Puetorians to our Senate bring ; The Artr.y ot Potomac never lay So full ot strength as in its camp to-day 1 On fatal Chseronea's field the Greeks A lion raised. a somber tomb that speaks word, no name, ao eiiiuietii oi me pride. Of those who ruled the insect host that died. 1 But by her soldiers' graves Columbia proves ! liow lust toward morn the night ot manhood moves. Those low white lines at Gettysburg remain, The sacred record of her humblest slain, Where children's children in their time, will come To view a ith pride their heroe-f ather's tomb, While flown the ages runs the patriot line Till rich tradition makes each tomb a shrine. I Our standing army these, with spectre glaives, Our fottre.xsed towns their battle-ordered graves. Here sleep our valiant, sown like dragon's teeth ; Here newborn sons renew the pious wreath ; Here proud Columbia bends, with tear-stined mouth, To kiss their biood-seal, binding North and South, Two cla-pmi bands upo the knot they tied When L'nioii lived and human Slavery died. Who doubt our strength or measure it with '.hose Whose aimed millions wait for coining foes, They judge by lojal standards, that depend On liiieiitig hands to threaten or delend, That keep their war-dogs chained iu time ot pence, And ihead a loe scarce less than their re lease. Who hunt wild beasts with cheetahs, fiercely tame. Must watch their hounds as well as fear their game. Around our veterans hung no dread or doubt When tin ice a million men were musteied out. As scattered seed in new-ploughed land, or flake Of Spring-time snow that fall in smiling lakes. Our war-born soldiers sank into the Sea Of peaceful life and fruittul energy. No sign remained of '.hat vast army, save i Iu field and street new workmen, bronzed and grave ; Some whittling teamsters still in aimy vest; ooiue tjuiei citizens with medalled breast. So died the hatred ol our brother feud ; The conflict o'er, the triumph was subdued. bat victor kiutf e'er spared tae vanquished foe ? How mucn cf mercy did strong Pruia short When anguished Faris in the dust lay prone? The German trumpet rang above her moan. The clink of Uhlan spurs her temples knew ; Her Arch of Triumph spanned their triumph, too. Not thus, O South! when thy proud head was low, Thy passionate heart laid open to the foe, Not thus, Virginia, did thy victors meet At Anpomattox him who bore defeat ; No brutal show abased thine honored State ; Grant turned from .Richmond at the very gate ! O Land, macmnnimous, republican ! The last for Nationhood, the first for Van ! Becanse thy Mnes by Freedom's self were laid, Profound the sin to change or retrograde. From base to cresting let thy work be new ; Twas not by aping foreign "ways it grew. To struggling people give at least applause ; Let equities, not precedents, subtend your laws ; Like rays from that great Eye the altars show. That fall triangular, free states should grow, Thf soul above, the brain and hand below. Believe that strength lies not in steel or stone ; That perils wait the land whose heavy throne. Though ringed by swords and rich with ti tled show, I? based on fettered misery below : That nations grow where every class unites For common interests and common rights ; Where no caste barrier stays the poor roan's son, Ti'l. step by s'ep, the topmostheight is won ; Where every hand subscribes to every rule. And free as air are voice, and vote, and school ! A Nation's years are centuries 1 Let Art Portray thy First, and Liberty will start From every field in Europe at the sight. "Why stand thpse thrones between us and the light?" Strong men shall ask : "Who built these frontier towers To bar out men of kindred blood with ours 1" O, this thy work, Republic ! this thy health, To prove man's birthright to a common wealth ; j To teach the people to be strong and wise, J ill armies, nations, nobles, royalties. Are laid at rest, with all their fears and hates ; Till Europe's thirteen Mnnareles are States, Without a barrier and without a thtone, Of one grand Federation like our own ! KEMARKAKLE TREES. BY JATER 1". JEKNrsos. The vegetable world produces many strik ing examples of wonder and admiration. The study of botany is a deep one ; and the strange and mysterious processes of plant life has ever been a subject of research and investigation for the philosopher and student of science. The manner in which the ele ments are drawn from the soil and prepared in ten thousand different forms and combi nations by the little chemical laboratories of Nature, has ever engaged his earnest atten tion. There is yet much to be learned in this department of physical science, and as we delve deeper into the subject we soon become convinced how small a part of the mighty laws and operations of Nature are really known. Every tew discovery made, how ever, and every new principle that appears to unfold itself to the mind, proclaims more and more the grand and harmonious work of the great Creator. But we have not space in the present pa per to enter into a description of the strange and curious processes of vegetable life, and so we proceed to present an account of a few of the more wonderful examples to be met with in this branch of external nature. We will commence the list with the stately and beautiful magnolia of Florida. This re markable flowering tree, concerning which so much has been said and written, is a gi gantic species of southern laurel. When covered with its large white flowers, "some of which are said to be eight or nine inches in diameter, it presents a magnificent appear ance ; and its fragTace fills the air with per fume to the distance of half a mile away. It is often tall and graceful in form, though its size and beauty has frequently been much exaggerated. The largest specimens are said to attain the height of one hundred feet; and the top forms a perfect cone. It will hardly compare in size with northern sugar maple, or sycamore, the cottonwood, or the stately ash. The wood Is soft, of little value, and the thick hark is smooth, like that of the beech, and of a whitish color. The leaves somewhat resemble those of the orange tree, though larger and thicker, and, while the uppersurfaee is smooth and glossy, as though it had been oiled, thf under side is covered with a soft, yellowish" down. The livj oak is also a remarkable tree, ex ceeding in the number and magnitude of its branches that of any other tree on the Amer ican Continent. These put forth at the height of about fifteen feet from the ground, and spread out, in some instances, to the distance of fifty paces on a side. The wood, which is hard and tough, torms a valuable material for ship building. It is a Dative of the Southern States. The. tallipot palm, of Ceylon and the East Indies, is chiefly noted for its immense leaves. The largest of these form stupendous fans, often twenty feet in length by fifteen across, and are the largest leaves of any known spe cies of vegetation. They are large enough to shelter a whole family ; and the natives often use them for tents and umbrellas to shield them from the raiu, and the scorching rays of the midday tropical sun. The tree grows straight and symmetrical, to about a hundred feet in height, and is said to blos som and bear fruit but once during its exist ence. The upas, or poison tree of Java, has been rendered famous by the many marvelous and incredible stories that were once told con cerning it. It was said, and believed by many in former times, that its poisonous fumes struck dead every living creature that came within a circle of many miles ot where it grew: and that the ground all about was strewn with the dead carcasses and bleaching bones of men and animals. How people could go and see and come back alive to tell the story, was not told. Scientific travelers, unterr'died by the reports of the superstitious natives, finally visited the spot and the fab ulous stories were soon set at naught. The region was found to be of great fertility and beauty; and the design of the natives in spreading terrible stories about the deadly upas was, in all probability, to keep foreign ers away. The tree is tall and beautiful in appearance, and produces a sort of yellow frothy juice, which is said to be poisonous. There is a curious specimen of the vegeta ble creation, found growing among the rug ged and barren mountain sides of South America, denominated the cow tree. Warm summer showers, generally so essential for vegetable growth, are rarely known iu the vicinity ; yet this singular production, with apparently dry and witheied branches, is a reservoir of human food. The natives make incisions In the bark, and a milky juice, some what resembling that of the milk-weed, ex udes in abundance. Most vegetable juices of this description are nauseating or poison ous ; but the milk of the cow-tree is said to be sweet and nutritious. In the West Indies there is another curious production, termed the cabbage-tree. It Is a large tree, from four to six feet In diame ter at the base, and generally rises straight as a plumb line to a height of from one to two hundred feet. Scarcely a leaf or branch puts out until near the top, where it assumes a different color, and a thick cluster of light, leary branches, about fifteen feet in length, set out in all directions. The light, zephyr like beeeze causes these lofty branches to rise and fall in gentle undulations, like an immense plume of feathers ; but in times of high wind the tall trunk sways about, and bends over as though it would bow to the earth. Above the crest of waving plumes, crowning the summit of all, is the cabbage ; the taste of which closely resembles the com mon vegetable of the same name, raised in our gardens. As everyone of these wonder ful cabbages obtained destroys the life of the tree, it has become a very rare and costly dish, prepared only on some grand entertain ment of the rich ; and the time is probably not far distant when this already rare tree will be unknown among the living existence of vegetable productions. Some of the most remarkable examples of vegetation found on the globe are produced in China. Among thpse is the tallow-tree ; a small tree with brilliant red and purple leaves. When seen from a little distance it presents a strange and beautiful checkered appearance. The blossoms are yellow, and the little white grains of vegetable tallow, which are enclosed in husks, are picked out and manufactured into candles. The most universally nsed wood in China is the bamboo. This is an Immense reed, which enters into all the occupations, trades and professions of the empire Chairs, ta bles, bedsteads, and nearly all the articles of furniture, from that of the humblest fisher man to the richest mandarin, are fashioned from this material ; and by splitting and grinding it is worked into ropes, cords, and twine, and it is even manufactured into sail cloth and paper. Probably no tree on earth is worked into a greater multiplicity of uses thin the bamboo ; and were it not for this great reed, it would seem that the whole ma chinery of the Chinese government must stop. The camphor-tree is one of the largest of the Chinese trees. It is found growing more or less in scat tered patches along the banks of the river. It is a gigantic species of lair rel, sometimes attaining a diameter of five or six feet, and with branches eight or nine feet in circumference. The spreading top is generally very broad and heavy ; but few specimens can now be found exceeding fifty feet in height. The Chinese say it once grew to a height of three hundred feet, and witb a circumference so great that twenty men with their arms extended could not reach around it. The wood is dry, of a light color, and is used somewhat In building. The gum is ob tained by steeping the branches. The varnish tree, from which the beautiful ,Tapan varn'sh is male, is alo a native of China and Japan. It is a smallish tree, slightly resembling the ash in appearance, with light-green, laurel-shaped lea s. The varnish exudes in the night, from incisions made in the hark, and as it is very poisonous, the workmen are obliged to perform their labor with caution, often rubbing their bodies with a prepared oil, inclosing their hands in long gloves and their heads in linen veils. It is thought by some that an exaggerated ac count of these precantions concerning the poison varnish tree might have given rise to the fabled story of the deadly upas. Still another remarkable production of China is the oil-tree. This is a small shrul like tree, often cultivated on the tea planta tions. The seeds are said to yield a great abundance of pure and esculent oil. Itpro duces a profusion of beautiful white blos soms, and, when in full blooin, an orchard of these trees appears like a grove covered with snow. In size and general appearance it greatly resembles the American cherry-tree. Near the little town of Orotava, on the is land of Teneriffe, is the famous dragon-tree; seen and described by numboldt, the great scientific traveler. Near the ground it is forty -eight feet fn circumference, and at the height of ten feet its diameter is twelve feet. At a short distance above the gionnd the huge trunk divides into a great number of curious branches, each bearing a single tuft of bright green leaves at the top. The entire height is only sixty feet ; and the maze of uplifted brandies, all appearing so nearly alike, and all uniting to the huge trunk at a single point, presents a strange and peculiar aspect. Its growth is very slow ; and some have thought It must have required a thous and years to have reached maturity. Hum boldt calculated it was one of the oldest specimens of vegetable life on the globe. One of the most wonderful productions of the vegetable world is the banyan-tree. It is a native of Hindostan and Cochin, China ; and has been looked upon with reverence and wonder in past and present ages. There is no other tree that resembles it in outward form or general appearance. The strong lateral branches that reach out from the trunk send down numerous shoots that take root in the ground, and form new trunks. In this way a grove is soon formed around the parent stem, and eventually a forest, as it were, arises, all connected, and formed of a single tree. One of the largest of these cu rious trees now standing, is on an island in the Ncrhuildah Kiver, Hindostan. It has three hundred and fifty large trunks, and three thousand small ones ; covers seven acres of ground, and furnishes shelter for seven thousand people. In clearing away these trees, the numerous trunks are all girdled, or cut, when it withers, and soon commences to decay. When It becomes dry, fire is applied, and often the whole mass is consumed. One of the most stupendous trees in the world is tl.e African baobab. Near the mouth of the Senegal Kiver there is a huge specimen of this tree, thirty feet in diameter. The massive tiunk is short, and the ponder ous branches spread out in all directions, producing a vast, rounded top, large enough for a small forest. It is supposed to be near ly ten thousand years old. When covered with a luxuriant green foliage, and a profu sion of snowy blossoms, it presents a truly magnificent appearance ; and the traveler can hardly believe, until he has made a near inspection, that so great a mass of verdure and flowers is owned and upheld by a single stem. The superstitious natives often gather about the spot and celebrate the opening of its flowers with religious rights and heathen ceremonies. I The tallest trees on the globe are said to be iu Australia. A fallen tree in Gippsland measures four hundred and thirty-five feet in length ; and in the Victoria section two forest monsters are now standing, one of which is estimated to be two hundred and thirty-five, and the other four hundred and fifty feet in height. In Skowhegan, Maine, there Is an Immense russet apple-tree, ovei four and one-half feet in diameter. It was planted in 1TC2. Seven feet from the ground five huge branches put forth, each averaging some thirty five feet in length. The entire top is about sixty-three feet across ; and the average yield of apples has been about thirty bushels yearly. In 1825, an enormous black walnut-tree blew down near the sight of the present vil lage of Silver Creek, in Southwestern New York. It was hollow ; and eighteen feet of the but-end was sawed off, roofed over, and fitted for a saloon. Ten or twelve persons could easily stand within at the same time Although so majestic in proportions, the sheli was thin and light, and, after remaining for some time as the wonder of the region it was carried to several of our Atlantic cities where it drew crowds daily, and, ultimately, It was transported across the ocean, and ex hibit d in London, Paris, and other Euro pean cities, where it was represented as a specimen of American vegetation. The largest chestnut-tree in the country Is faid to be growing on the farm of Solomon Merkle, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. It is described as being forty feet in circumfer ence at the base, and is estimated to contain seventeen cords of wood. Steos are fasten ed between the limbs, by means of which an easy ascent can be made to the top. Trees of enormous proportions are men tioned by the ancient writers ; among which were the far-famed cedars of Lebanon. The mountain was probably once covered with a giant forest composed of this noble tree ; but when Solomon built his great temple thirty thousand men were sent among them with their axes, and the glory of the renowned Lebanon forest'was soon leveled to the dust. Only a few specimens are now left standing, and these are probably much smaller than some of those cut for the temple. The larg est tiees now growing upon the spot may perhaps be twelve or fifteen feet In diameter and about one hundred feet in height. At a short distance above the ground large spread ing branches put for th, giving the tree a som - bre and heavy appearance. The topmost branches bear small cones similar to those of the common pine. The wood works free and easy, and is very lasting. The Temple of Diana, famous as one of the seven won ders of the world, was also built of cedar, riiny tells us of a hollow tree in which I,u can, the Koman consul, and twenty so!dier, ate their supper and slept through the night. One of the most majestic of trees is the mahogany. It is not a tall tree but is heavy and massive, and its great arms spread a sombre curtain over such a vast area, that the most ponderous oaks of the forest appear insignificant in comparison. It often grows in the most inaccessible situations, and the best timber is procured only by great diffi culty. The largest log ever cut in Honduras was, when squared, seventeen feet lone, four feet and nine inches wide, five feet and four inclies thick, measured five thousand one hundred and sixty-eight feet, board me isure, and weighed fifteen tons. Its uses are well known. The wood is firm and solid, and susceptible of a high degree of polish. Some times, when the grain is unusually beautiful it commands a very high price. On or.e oc casion, we are told that three loss, thirty eight inches square, and fifteen feet long, brought fifteen thousand dollars. The wood, which was of exquisite beauty and closeness, was cut up into thin veneers for the most costly piano-fortes. The celebrated tsxodium, of uhapultepec, in Mexico, was one hundred and seventeen feet in circumference, and was thought to be over five thousand years old. The largest tree of which history furnishes any record is Mount JEtna. the great chestnut tree of i died strong, from Lancaster, calling thein It was said to he sixty-four j selves the "Paxton Boys." after butchering feet in diameter; and so great was its re. nown that it was marked in all the ancient maps, as late asinti, wnen it was visiree: by Brydone, the interior of the huge trunk was all decayed ; and it was divided into sev eral monster trees, with bark and branches only on the outer side ; though traces of its having once been united in one prodigious for?st monarch were plainly apparent, both above and below the surface. Later a pub lic road was made through it, wide enough for two coaches to drive abreast, A hut was alo built in the interior, for the accommoda tion of the waudering nut gatherers of the vicinity. This noted tree was probably sev eral thousand years old ; and quite likely it had passed its meridian long before the ty rant Nero reigned in Home, or liefore Julius Csesar went on his eventful Journey to Gaul and Briton. But time in its steady and un deviating march finally levels all things ; and the great chestnut has long since passed Into a venerable ruin. Centuries ago, before de eay bad commenced, it was looked upon as the glory of the forest; and it was visited by thousands, from all quarters of the then known world. But Its fame and greatness are (known no more. Like the mighty em- pires of Greece and Borne its grandeur and magnificence has passed away, and we know of its former existence only as we read the records of the pat. Iiallou's Monthly Maga zine for July. A Sagacious Donkey. In no part of the world, probably, is tr.e patient animal, w hich is too often treated with cruelty, so well caied for as in Spain. In this country the donkey and the mule are petted and become great favorites, and among the peasantry they are almost looked upon as members of the house hold. As showing the wonderful influence which kind treatment will exercise, espec ially on the donkey, we are told that a Span ish peasant who possessed one was iu the habit of journeying from his home to the city of Madrid for the purpose of conveying milk to the customer whom he supplied there; and every morning he and his donkey w ith laden panniers went tlieir accustomed round. One day, however, the peasant became id, and having no one to send, was in rather a serious dilemma ; whereupon his wife sug- pested tliat the donkey should be dispatched alone. Accordingly the panniers were filled as us"ual with the pans of milk : a piece of paper was attached, requesting customers to measure their own milk and return the cat s, and the donkev started off. In a short time the faithful creature returned with the emp ty cans, having duly perfouned his errand ; and not only did it continue to do so for sev eral days, but its muster afterward learned that it "did not merely go the usual round, and trust to the customers coming out to it in the road, but had the sagacity t go tip to their doors and ring their bells (which to Spain of teD pull downward) with Its mouth, lXADE HL'TTEX. deceived. They trusted iinpli. if.y h: the i word of the white men, and at their sngges STOKY OF THE MASSAC ue of the mohwivm ' . , , , ., , Indians. i tions set fire to a number of their hcu-es in j older to prevent them becoming harboring uininiiiui-ii, wi.cn translated, means "tents of grace, and at this quiet spot witt a lioly name was perpetrated a wholesale butchery of innocent people which will al ways remain a foul blot on the early history of Ohio. Twenty-nine men, twenty -seven women and thirty-four children were slaugh tered. Two buildings were rejected for the howible purpose, the women and ba'.x s le ing killed in one, the meu and boys in the other. It is recorded that they died almost clieerfully, the hymns and prayers of those about to perish mingling with the death groans of tlieir unhappy companions. The story of the crime and tlie circumstanoes which led up to it form an interesting but awful chapter in the chronicles of the time. in oroer mar, our readers may thoroughly compreliend the significance of the event It is necessary to go pbck to ttie year It was men tnai uavid y-eisberger, the Mora vian missionary, a man of rare piety, faith and purity, was pursuing his great work among tlie Indian tribes. He suffered hard ships in the wilderness ; he endured ill-tieat-ment at the liands of the savage tribes whom he had resolved to convert, and never was heard to murmur a complaint. He worked wonders. Going among the heathen he found them demoralized by whisky sold to them by white traders, wicked and unscrupulous. He gently persuaded them to relinquish liquor, and pointed out its evil effects so forcibly that whole tribes yielded to the fascination of his eloquence and the weight of his argu ments. From being frenzied brutes they became sober and reasonable people. His influence spread rapidly from nation to na tkfn. Thoands, in fact, embraced Christi anity ; Zeisberger's enthusiasm and pirty carried all Jx'fore them. In 17f'i0 great pro gress liad been made and tlie missions were flourishing. But that same year events oc curred which greatly put back the work of conversion. The Moravian Indians were accused of being concerned in Pontiac's con spiracy. He was a brave and famous Ottawa chieftiin, who organized a plot among the various Indian tribes to murder at a given time the English garrisons at all points. Tins was discovered, and, though it w as nev er proved that the Moravian Indians took i the sligMest part i: the conspiracy, they were persecuted as much as if they had. The Scotch-Irish settlers on tlie Pennsylva nia frontier treated them with great harsh ness ate! severity. Tlu y pv!eiided to bel'eve or perhaps were, in fact, so ignorant and bigoted to believe that, t'fe Indians were the Cana.-oiites of ti e New World, and that the existing war had come upon the colonies as a judgment for failing to totally extermi nate the native tribes. The Moravian In- i diatis, being kind and gentle, were very na- ; turally fit and fair quarry for these highly civilized white settlers. An ntere.s'.ing chapter in the liistory of . their early persecutions is that which treats of the narrow escape from extermination of a considerable body of the Moravian Indians. Tlie threats against those who had set tied on the Pennsylvania frontier were of so deadly a nature that Pavid Zeisberger advised them to deliver up their arms and inarch to Phila- ( deiphia. They sought lefuge in the military quarters there, but the soldiers threatened j to kill them if they did not go away. The ! poor refugees were mobbed by an excited ' anil angry rabble, and the streets rang w ith ' yells and shouts which sounded as fierce as : the warwlioop of the savages. Zeisberger was with them all the time, standing by '. them and encouraging them. A god!y ; number of Quakers, who had suffered their share ot cruelty- and persecution not so long pel ore, also iook tlie poor Indians by the ; was so great, the temptation t.f mm so hand, heedless of the gioans and curses of . strong, the outrages so rrequent that the the mob. They were finally removed to an fertile valley was soon rorsaken bv the In island in the river as a measure of precau- j dians, who retired first to Canada, "and then tion. Their lives were piovidentially pre served. A body of Scotch-Irish, several hun- I a number of Conestoga Indians, who had j sought protection in a jail, marched toward Philadelphia with the avowed object of kill ing all tlie Moravian refugees. Zeisberger and otliers prevailed upon them to relinquish their murderous designs, and so tlie poor In- dians escaped with their lives on that occa sion. Some of them, it is true, were reserv ed for a worse fate ani wt re brutally killed in the Tuscarawas Valley. Meanwhile the Indians were taken off the island and con veyed to the upper Susquehanna recion, be yond the Wyoming Valley, where they built the hamlet of Friedenshutten, or "Tents of Peace." About 1708 Zeisberger established: stations on the Allegheny and Beaver rivers. T . : . o .!... . . . I . . . r .r : prevailed. In 1780 the British incited a j body of Delaware, commanded by Captain Pipe, against tlie little colony of Guadeii huttcn. They were joined by a party of Wyandottes, and they broke up the settle ment, carrying the Indians to Sandusky, and their teachers to Detioit, the seat id the British headquarters. It was in the follow ing year that the slaughter took place, and this was how it came about. The poor peo ple, who had been so cruelly kidnapped lrotu their homes at Gna-lcnhutten, ft acres end acres of corn standing in the fields. A party was chosen to return to har vest it, and they accordingly took up their quarters in their old liou-es w hieh had riot been destroyed. Just at the time of their ictc.rn some hos'ile Indians murdered a white settler ami all his family. The trout ii-rsiuen were immediately up in arms. Although the Moravian Indians were guiltless of blood, they accused them of aiding and abetting the crime and determined to make an exam ple of them. David Williamson seemed to be the moving spirit among them. He or ganized a band, and with ciafl in the head j and murder in the heart lode into the Tu carawas Valley and surrotinde 1 the Indians ' With friendly smiles and smooth promises ' they greeted their victims. Dissemblim At was iii oiiu tnnt a uuiiiin-i ui .nuiatiau ami vwmoui uulu i.ici t: (. au Le no oilier yir- Indiaus settled in the Tuscarawas Valley. ! tue. They worked hard tilling the fertile Soil and ' We judge ourselves by what we feel capa living lives of exemplary frugality and nidus- j hi? of doing, while others judge ns by what try. The settlement flourished, and Indians i we have already done. flocked from the extreme West to the pleas- J He w ho comes up to his own idea of great ant tract in eastern Ohio. For ten years all j ness must always have had a very low stan went well. The country abounded in rich i dard of it in his mind. fields ot waving corn. Each house had its i Instruction d-vs not prevent waste of time garden and orchard; peace and prosperity or mistakes; and mlstah-'s theiuselv-.s are i tlieir true purposes they pretended that they j An aggrieved party wanted a certain ed weie solicitous as to their safety and wished 1 Itor to apolojjre for saying that be was half theio well. They finally induced them to i drttnk on a cettain occasion. The editor give up whatever arms they had, under tlie j agreed to do so, and this is tlie way it ap- pretense of taking care of them, and proiuis- ed to conduct them to a place where they would he free to pursue their avocations w ithout molestation. The guileless Indiaus, to tfce number of ninety, were completely Indians. After they had surrendered their arris, the fell purpose of their captors soon t -came manifest. They were made prisoners.liooJ hand and toot, and confined to several of the houses. Then a council of war wa held and vari ous methods of putting them to death were discussed. Tlieir fate was soon decided, ut it took a little further time to determine t!:e fittest mode of butchery. One excited fron tiersman sugof.f,.,i that they should be se ; curely confined in two large l)ones and I burned alive. The idea was met with shouts of approval, but one who had an eye for f a i ture glory advised tliat the victims be toma j hawked and scalped. He said that it was ; only riht and fair that they should tiave some trophies of their campaign, and what j more appropriate than the bleeding scalpsof I j the doomed Christian Indians ? Though ap i proving cries were accorded to the man who proposed burning them to death it is written that the scalping and tomaliawking sugges : tion was received with even a greater deru I onstration of delight. It was at once adopt i ed. The following morning was appointed for the bloody deed, and the Indians were i told tl:at they must die on the morrow. At j first they were inclined to tret the affair as j a joke. They could not bo'ieve that the j whites were capable of such barbarity. Th 3 ! demeanor of their capters, however, sorm showed that it was no laughing matter. They realized that they must die. How did they behave? Never was tiuer heroism manifested than by that band of unlettered Indians who had nothing hut faith to buoy thetn up. The night was passed in prayer. Hjnins of praise wete cl.-:ited and each one vied in encouraging the .t!:er tc- ftu e death with Christi-iti f..:tii-.,,l. Tiny hid Iwen divided in t-.Tii pa:t'e r.nd in-pnso.ied In two large ho s. The murderers kept wat. a outside. The j. 1 viiliv i. tuns cf the doom ed Indians asceinh .1 heavenward, but pro d'j. ed no softe::::. t HYd upon ihc haidened hearts of the wl.i! savages. At frunrise preparation., for the crime were made. Two buildings wre delected, anil were most appn piiatt !y called slut ter houses." The men and boys were to h? killed in one, and the women and babes la the other. .Ml b.-ing ready the slaughter lw gnn. Never had the sun risen on a more I: -human spectacle. The butch, rs were whlo men, presumably Christians ; the victims red men. women and children, who had done no wrong. Babes were tnrnfrom their moth ers' arms, brained with t'-nnhawk and scalped in sight oi thir shrieking and heart, broken parents. The slavers almost waded" in Mood. After the children had been dis patched came the women's turn. Drag red one by one bytl.tir long dark hair in the centre of the shambles they were soon hur ried i-ito eternity by one quick and stunning blow from a turn ilnwk. Their scalps were then cut off after the most approved Indian fashion. The white men were intoxicated wlihth" sHughter. WI i'e th" women and babes were being thus brutally slain in one house, the men and older boys met with a similar fate in another. Ir is useless f dwell on the horrible crime. After ninety victims bad been dispatched, David William son and his gang inarched bark to their homes FmidZ i-'xTg-r was horror -stricken wlien be h-uid of the massacre. He did not.'liowever, i ! Lis efforts to convert and civilize the Indi:;i.s. it is recorded that af ter a lapse of sixteen years some of liis con verts led by Zeisberger returned to the Tus carawas and settled there one more. Tlieir ; stay was short. Th-- influx of the wh.tes to the Moravian mission station In Kansas. The good and pious Zeisberger died in is,js. having labored for sixty years anion;: the red men. Wise Wonns. Nothing comes of violence. Without grace the works of the law are naught. Happiness is always the inaccessible castle j which sinks to ruin when we set fort on it. No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word. The pow-er to do great things generally arises from the willingness to do little tilings. In ail sciences the errors piecede tlie truth's, and it is better they should go first than last. Without courage there cannot be truth. ! . . i : . 1 t -..!. . I . . 1 . . . I - often the best b-aehe's tu all. Beware what you s y of o'" : rs, because yott only levesl ycji.-cif thereby. A man do-esn't think to look bel-hid the door anle3 he has sometimes stfd t!i.;re h'mscif. Expeiience always leads to Piodtsty when wisely used. It never leads to bo.is'tul con fidence or to self-idolatry. It has been too often rebuked to claim infallibility, and too often liumhiated to set up a iniuia.y that may not be ch.allet'ged. Sometimes there are living beings in na ture as beautiful as in romance. Keality surpasses imagination ; and we see breath ing, brightening and moving before our eyes sights dearer to cur hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep. An exchange thinks there is something in advertising after all : "Ask some men for an advertisement and they will answer that they don't believe in advertising a paper is never read. Let a man be taught kissing; li is neighbor's wife or trying t hold op tlie side of a barn some dark night and his tone clianges immediately, and if a printing office is in a garret of a seventeen-story building lie will climb to the top to beg the editor to keep quiet don't publish it in the paper." i pea rod : "We stated last week that Mr. B. was not fit to be a public office! as hi? was half drunk all the time. We w ish to corn ot the above, as every one knows that Mr. B. never does anything by halves." i places for the hoste and Hunting
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