The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-10-16

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bandsgs, applied \ 70 his eyes, and re-
eeversd, tos IA. IS, - -. ~,
In eoroborasicn of the ssasensnt of
Moi. Pliers, whose dsposiiion 10 heretsl
su1oined. can state my own sxpsrit|
ence on tho subject. Trsvelling somcl
years since in the Ane9ican Bottom, III
stayed part Of = day with . friend OF
mine. whose stepsqn had the day bsfdssI
taken a half grown buzzard. .disabled FROM
flying by over eating. So soon asI saw
tho bird the above statcmnns Of Nsior'
PLIERS came fresh U pom my seccollecsios
and, as bad always been incrsdulOub,
! was determined to put il 20 the test Of
experiment. and accordingly mensioned
the fact to the young gentleman Who
had the bird, and desired him 60 opernSe|
upon is Having NO sharp potsSsd Iin-,
sirument ut hand, other than . eomwon|
pin, with that he b1ncturcd one Of fthe
eyes : the aqueous humcf flowed ous, aI
Wilderness like flm came over the ere,
and all it, lustre instantly disappeared.
The head was then placed under the
wing Of the bird, whers il remained q
few minutes only and when taken out,
the eye had res lined its usual brillianey
appearing rs sound a. the other, with
not speck upon il. In this experi.
ment, it is true, the eye-baIl was NOT
ripped open-that operation seeming too
cruel to have my participation but. ~
far ms 1t goes, it serves TO inspire belief
in the statement Of Major Filters
Aud why should there not be n heal.
ing virtue in the down Of n buxxard's
wing No man can say why not. Do
we know whence those animals mineral
and vegetable substances, resorted to for
the cuse Of all maladies, derive their
healing powers The fact that certain
substances possess such qualities has
been ascertained by experiment and
until that infallible test has disprovd
The efficacy Of the doscn, no one can say
il will not cure blindness, And Why
should not the buzzard have power 10
reproduce it, ewes There are many
mysteries in nature that we shall never
be able to fathom. II 10 n mystery that
m neorn can develope itself and become
m oak that an unsightly and disgusting
worm can in short time become most
beautiful fly 8 in short, the whole world
10 but an open volume Of mysteries.
which ell can wonder ut, but few caa
unraveL IL - true, too, that
g There are more things in heaven and earth
Than have been 6rsamt Of IN our philosophy
We know that many insects and rep
tiles have the power Of casting their
old skin every yesr and appearing in arr
entirely new one that the eomusoT
house spider gets new akin and new
set Of legs every year undf.hst IL your
pluck OF one VI its legs, il will in two or
three days have new one in its place
The shedding the teeth aud reproduction
Of the nails, in the human species, are
certainly remarkable, and would be 90
considereds were they not of daily occur
renee. Upon sober consideration. IT,
cannot by regarded more wonderful.
that q buzzard should have tie power to
reproduce its eyes than spider i.s skis,:
and legs-a horse his teeth aud hools--
our species their teeth and nails, or
deer his antlcrs, They are tie remark
able phenomena of animal physiology $
and as they csnnot bs scecunted for ON
any known principles, we must, with
our present limited knowledge Of nature
and her mysterious operations, be con-
tent to know the existence Of the facts
alone. The fact stated in the conclusion
Of the disposition, relative to the bald
eagle, has not, ! venture 10 say, arrest
ID the attention Of any ono. Who
would believe that the feathers Of that
bird cSnnot be plucked out I The ideas
Of feathers cnd pIucking are ever associ.
ated yet you cannot get those Of the
bald eagle without taking the skin with
them unless, perhaps, though the agen-
cy Of some chemical application Of which
we, "far west in the back woods" know
nothing. eioNA.
Deposition Of Mg0r John Pliers.
], John PLIERS, citizen of RandoIph'
county Illinois do depose and say that /
am the individual alluded 70 in tho;
above communication, and that tho facts
stated therein, 90 far as ! am concerned
are true IN every particular. Tho exper-
iment Of ripping open the buzzard's eyes
during the time we kept il, from Feb
ruary until May, was repeated, I dare
say, fifly times. once, at log rolling,
ten timesin one day. An old African negro
belonging to Mr.. FraDcois Vale, Son
Of St. Genevievc, named Joseph, (then
supposed to be upwards Of QUO hundred
years old, (6rst told me of il and I have
tried it frequently since on different buzz
yards, with the samc result. The negro
told me that the feathers could not be
plucked out Of a bald eagle. This 10
true. You may try il in any way,