New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-27

spendid thunder storm night and the night
before have fully inauguaed ihe long expected warm
Weather vegetation begins to show itself The trees in
he Parks have quite coating ., green aud now and then
Guit tree is in iull bloom
Don't hurt the poor little birds heard gentleman
ny TO half dozen boys in passing the Battery
during the late severe storm Perhaps it more
han half asoned by the suggestion of his lovely WIFE
Who 1t seems noticed boy letting loose on S,turday
week lot of binds which quickly few IN all directions
The boy scarcely out OF sight before the little creatures
commenced hopping about couury like, both the trees
and on the ground This attracted set of those lt.ie
Goths and VanGals, who doubtless taught
Tie old maxim tba, required only the throwing Of
little ss ihe birds tails in order 10 catch them easily
They commenced an assault bals sticks stones
and caps seemingly imagining the birds TO be secured to
hemseveS with but a little chasing Upon beng told
that we wanted the birds to mske their homeo build
their meets and sing during the spring and summer
On the Battery they noby dtssed at once from their a.
itmpts at bird catching and upon sharing some silver
offered to them by the passing stranger went to tell some
other boys not to harm the little birds The Battery
again reminded Of country life merriy were toe or
thds, woOdpeckers and robins hopping about Bat to
change the scene Sundy with increasing storm and
bepoor hungry little birds could not remain manifested ia
their almost vain struggle-to pick a. few srAgshng
W
ho with traps and sticks and wb,s were in constant
pusui Of them all day One of our csF're polce hove
in sight with his dog-but his eifnt, were ang IN
ordering the boys of the ground for toon as bis Dack
turned the war the afrghtd birds was commenced
with renewed vigor Finally the police officer totally u
sppead and the boys tone or two OF whom were pare
footed the young gentlemen with mems hats on as well as
she pretty little girl in blue held undisurbed possession oil
the Battery. Toward night the lop winged brds' nom
fatigue aghtpg shorter distances were more easily peeu
and when persons in going by demonstrated WIN Tue boys
great oahs and curses from the little isows Ups
being thus mos.ed basd in their useless attempts to
secure the weary birds Monday witnessed very sm'at
occurrence to the preceding daybut We tus the gena
rays Of the sun will alox little birds when they
choose to come to dwell so habatons TO De less
Pesecued hereafter especially those that cneee Us
and make glad our hearts with their meet morning and
evening carols
SrrarrE OR SoAPs1oxE-The railroads Of our country
ere destined to extend immensely the employment OF stone
seAtap material for building first, by discovering ard
oe'eoppg choice varieties quarries during the process
ofoOrstuctOn next by facilitating and eheapening trans
foraon Forty eight years ago. stone taken from me
mountains Of Berkshire Co. Mas by wagons forty mics
10 Hartford Conn thence by soops to Boston whee TWO
line houses built Of IT, which are said be still unsiiecea
Q! the weather The expense Of Transportation ho"e'ei
"@ oil but ruinous Now blocks are taken from .u'
sans qusres sixty miles north by Wesern Rsh oado
Aosny thence hundred and fifty miles south - 'ns
where they sawed cut polished and sold Al as 10"
Pnees any building stone in this market though 'he
bekshre Soap stone Steatite is pronounced vasT
superior durability polish capacity to Withstand tr'ai Uy
nfe OF water not only to Brown stone but to Marble we
recently looked through the yard of the Mo'roP 'lsn
sosfstone Company" occupying the block bounded oy
Nmh and Tenth avs, Thhteenth and Fourteenhss anu
,saeve some account Of the work completed there VIII oe
"erss sting and instructive.
me soap stone" so called from its soapy greasy sem
'ae to the touch otherwise termed Freestone ana oy
wSsss Tale or Steate is qusrried in Middehelo hsmP
.. County Mass some twenty miles west Of Sprinsned'
Va aaswestern Railroad Thence ii is brought wiihou'
.ec Of carst the yard already designated where =
e.usS cut polished &C. into al manner Of useful ana
cA forms. Whole houses ere built OF 1t oHehe,'
A. noais only; ard durable stone yields more reaa
ne aw chise Conices. friezes, &c are cut WIN
and precision hitherto rarsy attained ana are
be indesructble by water, nearly so by hre' ana