Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-09-08
A SINGULAR AFFAIR.

DURING the past week some men were engngcd
N he excavation OF well for our !eliow-to"hs-
fIenton, on Second street, aud when
y, the dep,h OF IN fee. from tine surface; ca"e
in contact with the top o, 'ee' ''c I'D M.
which were taken out in detacn-.. ni-e ""' 49,
nv Of them preserved by the people as .re...cs VI
antctici,.viau existence. Upon penetrating 10
the depth thirty forty feet further they struck
amongst the roots of the same tree; one OF which
is now in our office. which from the appearance,
we suppose to be the root of tho Iamarach spc-
cies OF the pine, which nbounds in many OF the
wet prairies and swamps north of us; but winch
growth is not to be found within many miles OF
this place.
By what revolution of nature this tree hath
been thus snyuarlv entombed in the bowels OF
the GARTH is a question for the naturalist, ra'ner
than the editors, and we should be happy to have
a disauisi,ion upon the subject, from Il more able
pen than our own. We are lost in astonishment
when we contemplate the works OF an Almighty
hand in the performance, OF what TO us wouiu
appear incredible, were 1t not tor The tact mat
our own eyes have witnessed the truth OF the as
scrtion; nor can properly account tor the eAis-
tence of a tree in a perpendicular position, embed
dod in the earth at distance OF fifteen feet from
the surface to the top and yet thirty or forty TO
the root.
1t is generally known that the town CT Peru Is
situated upon a rich plain of ground, extending
from the north bank of the Wabash about one and
Il
or hioh bank-,hat at the foot of this bluff there
Is y small wet prairie Of about threefGurths OF a
mile in width and Ave six miles long, running
in sen,icirclc around the town and approaching
the river at each end. By many II Is supposed
that this has originally been the bed OF the wa
BASH end, indeed, it is said that there arc now Nv
ing those of the aborigines who can well rcmeni-
Der of having caught fish from a lake whose wa,
tprs MANY wears siuce. covered the same ground
where now grows the "tailest corn, the Longest
punokin vines: and the ''hnest grass" IN CHRIS
tendon; and this would rather favor the ilea,
that the river had once in this channel. But
that this will account for the mysterious appear
aucc OF the tree in the WELL IS by US doubted, ana
this too upon the following grounds:
lst Although the near approach OF this prairie
70 the stream, at both ends would seem to justify
the opinion, :here are too many hiiiocSs ana
banks Intervening between the two, To warrant
us III supposing that the river has ever reeeded
from that channel to the one where IL no" II ,"
ID From the present appearance OF the chan-
,oI Of ,hc river Wabash we cannot for a moment
believe that il has undergone any particular
change for centuries past; or. indeed that any
thing short Of a great revolution OF nature Could
have caused such a change.
Were we to favor any one opinion more than
another upon this subject, it would be mat the
whole of this fertile country had at one Tune pee"
covered with vast bed of water, and That the
many discoveries this description are aitribnsa
HE to the s.heavinc Of the mighty pillows" rather
tina n 10 the gradual recession OF the waters Oh an
ordinary river.-Peru Forester.
Unparalleled despatck-We were shown box
OF goods this morning received BY Messrs 6rlsfth'
Standards Co, fo- R. S. Cox, Llnessil'e, ONO;
shipped from Bristol, England, per the steamship
Great Western on the 2Oih of July last Such
is the triumph OF steam. tina; goods from Bristol.
England. reach Cleaveiand. Ohio, in just one
month! What is distance where art and genus
combine to overcome it, Measured by time, ou'
city is now only 50 DAYS distant from the CONNER
cial mart of the world!-Cleaveland Herald
The Wing presses perfcc: nuisanccs'-sa an
Buren, paper.
That's inst what the horse thief thought OF 'ne
Sheriff Prentice