Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS
From the Courier.
RLmARKaBLk FACT IN NATURAL His

responsibility III this country, lulormed
m. that w,lfe he lived al his ialher's IN
Missouri, ssolne twenty years ago, buz
Zard, (is nUl this bud tlIe real IullUre
Was laken alive. having sorged lIseIl over
a carcase 10 sue hegree as 10 prevent
It's flying5Sils weigh; beIug 100 heavy Tor
Ils wings; mheu lie. together with his la
Iher, brother. and neIshpur, with "a small
shoemaker's aml, rlptea oren its eyes, so
that no part Of the bati Of either remained.
1 tie heaGSOi the bird was tlIru pu under
one ol ilsiwlngs, IN which position II then
remained q lew minutes, When, 10 the
surprise oil all, il gradually relieved It's
head from us wing, shmk itself rs il to
arrange Its dlsordered feathers, auu reap
peared with. TWO gouu sound eyes, free
l:om bleipish, aud possessing in every de-
gree The ,p6M or OF VISION. lhis seeming
ly cruel experiment was'repeuIed with The
same bird on dltferenl occasions n the
presence oi different persons, Fl. times,
anu always with The same result, aud uut
the least injury appeared lo have betn oc
casloned by II. AlreI the lapse of few
months The Uird- flew away 10 lis accus
toned naunls have nienliuned- this
fact 10 several persuns, who, though they
had ".Leyer cen the like" expressed no
surprIsetor doubt OF It's truth, but replied
That Ihey.nad always heard that The down
from HE inside vi a huZZard's wing was
cure tur blIuduess il horses, and one
csII fli.If h,I ri in
vrteraIe Case of approaching blindness in
hInlseIiyby II. He procured the down,
spread Iron a baudage, applied il 10 his
eyes. aud recovered.
LII corIoborallonof Major PLIERS slate
menl, 8huse deposition is hereto suhjoiu-
ed, can stale my experience on the
sunjecl. Travelling, some three years
since, oliEtne American huuom, | staid
part OF asday with friend OF urine, whose
step sunzhad he day beiore taken u half
grow xbuzzard-sO snuu as ] saw The
bud. The slatemenl of Major PLIERS came
fresh upsa my recollection, and as | had
alw ays seen incrednlous,l was determined
10 putSis9o The test, Of sexilerimept, and
accordingly menlIOned The Tact TO The
young gentleman who had The bird, and
desired him Ia operate upon it. Having
no sharp pointed instrument at hand,
other than Il common pin, with that he
punclured Jne Of the eyes, and all its lus.
ire INSTANTLY disappeared. The head was
then placed under the wing Of the bird,
where il remained few minutes only,
aud when taken ou, the eye had resumed
its usual Drdllancy, appearing as sound as
the other, with mol speck upon il. In
this experiment, II Is true, The eye ball
as not ripped open-thal operation seem
ing TOO cruel To have my participation,
bul, as lar as il goes, 1t serves 10 inspire
nelIcf in he Slalenenl of MAJ jur PIicrs.
Aud Why slould there u"t br "A healing
virtue in lne down Ui d buZZard's wing
No mar can say why mt. Do We know
hence those uulnual. mineral aud vegela
ble su.,siaucss, resUrletl 10 Tor The cure ul
all maladies derive lheir healing pu" ers (!
he iacl that certain substance possess
sucn uualrIrs has teeu ascrrialned by ex
D. lInenI, aud until that niallIbe test has
dlspruvrd The efficacy Of The down, un
one eau say !, will n0l cure blindne,s.--
Aud Why should mol The Buzzard have
the power 10 reproduce It's eyes? There
are many III, stcrIes IN Nature that We shall
! n, yer Ut aJIe 10 iaIhunl. Ii Is my ystrTy
that a.. acorn can develOpe llsell aud he
come an yak; hal an unsIghtly worm
eau, ia a shurl lime, become ii most beau
tlIul fl IN shOf,, The whole wOrl, Is buH
an uuen volume ot mysteries, which all
can wonder at, uut lew can uuravel. II
Is rue. loo, ihal-
rhrre arr mure things in Heaven and earth
/ Tnan ul, dreanit" in our philosophy"
We knuw thai many insects and rep
Iies have thu power ol cusli & their ole
skins every year, and apps airing IN an Gu
urel, new one; that The cUmnnn houS,
spider gets new skin all" nelv SET O
legs every year; aud thai. il you pucI
off one Ul lis legs, IL will, IN Two or thre,
da,s, nave ne1o "ne iG It's place. Tbt
shedding The teeth and reproduction o
the nails i'll the human species are certain
/, remarhahe aud would be so consider
ed, were they not ul daily occurrence
Upon sober consideration, il cannot b.
regarded more wonderful thai buzzart
snuuld have the power to reproduce IL
eyes, than a spider It's skin aud legs,
horse his teeth and huols-our specie
their rcerh aud uails, or deer his antlers
They are all remarkable phenomena u
animal philosophy. and cannot be account
ed for on any known principles.
The fact stated in the conclusion of tn
depositioa. relative To the bald eagle, ha
not, venture to say, arrested the aten
ton of any one. VIII" would believe lha
the feathers of rha' bird cannot BE- plucke
oul? The idea OF feathrrs aud piuckin,
are ire ever associated, yel you cannot &C
those of the bald eagle without taking III
skin with lhem-unless y rhaps, throug
the agency OF some chemical ;,ppIcatio.
OF which we "iar west in the harkwonds,
know nothing. SIGMA.
:. DEPOSITION.
81. J"hn Pltiar,. Il CITIZEN ni Raudolp
couni,, Inino.. do deposr aud say, hal
an the ludlyIdudl alluded 10 10 the abvy