Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-12-09

country of volume which has recently been pub |
lished by the Royal Antiquarian Society of Co !
penhagen, on the subject OF the alleged Disco,c-
~ of America, by the Danes, or Northerners, in
the eleventh century. The Boston Daily Adver-
tiser saws that account of this work will be |
given in Lecture which Governor EVERETT is |
to deliver to-day. before the Historical Society of
Massachusetts. 1t is 10 be hoped that n transa-
ton of it will be published in this country. The
Advertiser adds Bait. American.
at has been a matter Of great doubt. whethc.
such discovery was actually made. Mr.. Irving,
in his life of Columbus, mentions IT with grea,
distrust and Mr. Bancroft. in his history of the !
L. States, rejects II. Other authors of great
merit. as Matte Brun and 4. Humboldt, consider it
certain. One great source of doubt has been that
till very lately, the tradition of this discovery
rested chiefly upon an ancient lcelandic author.
who wrote in the thirteenth century, and was
first cited in reference to this even, in the year
1905.
Twas howey or. uniformly maintained by Da-
nish scholars, that this author (Snorre S;uricson)
was by no means the only one who mentioned the
discovery and colonization OF North America by
the Danes in the eleventh century; and IN the
course of the prcsen, year the volume already al
luded to has been published at Copenhagen. under
the auspices of the Royal Societies OF Antigua
ries, in which extracts from numerous other an
cient authors in the lcelandic language are con-
tanned. These extracts arc accompanied win
men,ary,-and various dispositions Illustrative
Of the general subject Considerable space IS
given to the famous inscription on Dighton Kock,
in this State.
The editors OF the volume maintain. with great
confidence, that the coast of North America was
thoroughly explored by the Danes, from New
found!and TO New Jersey, and that Massachusetts
and Rhode Island were settled by them. Numer-
GUS fac SMILES of the ancient manuscripts, APP
pealed to the authorities of these conclusions.
are contained i'll this important and curious vol
ume.
Lucky THoucmr.--Three men were recently
rescued, at the town of Preston, from pcrilous
and unenviable situation, by the lucky thought OF
q woman. They were masons, and employed III
bdng the lofty chimney OF a steam saw-mill.
They had nearly completed their work, and were
stopping off, the uc, a; an elevation Of one hun
dred and eighty feet from the ground, when, by
some accident the rope connected with the blocks,
by which the materials were raised to the work
men, broke, and as il was only by the help of the
same rope that the wOrkmen could descend from
their perous cminencc 1t will easily be conceived
that their situation was by no means an enviabe
one.
Various means were tried togct line within
their reach by the help Of kite, and by other
plans AT length 3 O'clock i'll the afternoon had
rived, and the three poor fellows were still roos
ting a: their aw full elevation, when the distressed
wife of one of the unfortuna tes had the felicity t
q remember that her husband had not new PAIR q
4 stockings. "Usc your knife" she cried out, SAM
cut the of your stocking continue the ravellin:
until You get length sufficient to reach the earth
i then attach "A small stone to 1t to sink 1t here
Tho man obcyed the oracle, and m a short tIm'
he had Il length of worsted to reach the ground
|, which he let down. The next business Il
: tie the worstcd to a thin cord, which the Iler
drew up, and the original rope for the block having
e been fasiend to the cord, it was also drawn.up
lao 81 7,s all Il
d descend Oh terra tirma.
Y A NOBLE PEAR TREE-The Yarmouth Regis
h ter contains account of pear tree now grow
C ing near the house of Nathan Kenny, of Eas,
= ham (Mass.) farm formerly belonging to Gov
Is crnor Prince, which was imported from England
n b. Governor Prince, and which least Isl
% and probably 200 years old. 1t now appears in
sound and perfectly healthy state, very lofty,
is, near the ground, ten feet in circumference
o. The fruit is SMALL but fine, and the tree, acco'
2 ding to the statement OF very aged man, la
1T ever since his recollection, borne crag
c, 81 bushels annually.
& Rcrcnue of tic State.-Wc are happy to stat
o. that the revenue from the public works for tn
last II days. has been upwards Of 81 900 dollar
IS Success TO internal Improvement, and to thos
:, who promote it.-Philadclphi la (U. s. Gazette
r Nov. ri.
rs fr--An individual lately recovered three thou
ly and five hundred dollars damage, in the Dstric
e. Court Of Penns yleania, on a suit against the We
3, chester Rail Road Company. The plaintiff ha
G been injured by having been thrown from one
I'd the the speed Of which the driver had SUI
II denly checked. The extent of the injury WI
the tearing Of one Of the PLAINTIFF fingers
Pol. Reg
20 CYAN effort will! he made at the ensuing Sc
: sion of Congress, to bring about the estabis
~ ment Of line Of cruizers to extend the ent'
- length Of our coast. Besides protecting our COZ
=, merce, and extending relief TO suffering crews,
=, might be made useful school for sailors-Ib
ny n-rThe troops Of the Uni ted States, station
OF at Fort I'owson, our Western Frontier, ha
Of for some time maintained among them Tempe
re ancc Society, and by reason of the constant 6;
on wing of nincpences, have been enabled to esta
ut, lished reading room. Good Worthy Of ia
les tation--Ib.
ne GA force Of fifteen hundred mounted col,
'ui tecrs. under the command Of Gen. Charles H. y
ne son, passed through MIledgevilie, Georgia, on
0u 14th inst, on their way to FIorida.--l6
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