American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-11-01

Thus Logar Fottapelle departed, and
his noble spirit was followed 10 the spirit
land BY the sighs and lamentations of bis
nation and the sympathies and aspirations
of the brave of every land.
The BLACK SWAMP CT Onfo.-A cor.
respondent Of the Milwaukee Sentinel gives
the following description ofthe great Black
Swamp of Ohio:
Imagine oil the Swamps OF Wisconsin
conglomerated into one, with allthe forests,
great and small. throughout the length and
breadth Of that State, mingled into one
vast swamp, and l doubt whether it would
compare for moment with tho Black
Swamp. 1t reaches from Lake Erie to
the head waters of the Wabash, the Mau-
NEE and the St. Mary, a distance Of so
miles, and its average width is 90 miles,
embracing over / 100000 acres of the
richest land the sun ever shone upon
Portions ofths vast swamp have been sub.
dued by the hardy pioneer, who has ven.
tured TO penetrate lis unbroken forests;
and the land cultivated by the persevering
husbandman, il health is spared, returns a
rich reward for his toilss, in overnowing
graneries and bountiful harvesLs. The sell
is deep black loan, and is well adapted
to corn, eats and grasses, and the timber is
the finest l ever saw. Hickory, elm. white
nsh, and black walnut, all seem to vie with
each other in their vain efforts to reach the
skies; still all Of them cxibt a commend
able enterprise in roaring their lofty trunk,
heaevnward Strait rs an arrow, and
standing impcnetrably thick. covered wi.l
4 water to tho depth of from two to eight
inches, whose inncrmost recesses have
never been trod by the foot of man. thii
forest is sublime spectacle to look upon.
ISrERxsrlNa FAcrs.-History informs
us that many Of the countries in EuropC
which now possess very mild winters n
one time experienced severe cold during
this season OF the year. The Tiber, "a
Rome, was often frozen over, and snow a
one time lay for forty days in that city
The Euxine Sea was frozen every winte
during the time Of Ovid, and the river
Rhine and Rhone now flow freely every
winter; ice is unknown in Rome, and tn,
waves of the Euxine dash their wnsrl
foam uncrystalIizel upon the rocks. Som
have ascribed these climate changes to ag
riculture--tho cutting down of forests. tn
exposure Of tie upturned soil to the sum
mer's sun, and the draining Of great mar
, , shes. We do not believe that such grea
changes could be produced on the climai
. of any country by agricultute. and we ar
certain that no such theory can aecoun
for the contrary change of climate--fron
warm to cold winters which history tell
us has taken place in other countries tha
those named. Greenland received lis nam
from the emerald herbage which one
clothed its valleys and mountains; and ii
east coast which is now Inaccessible on &C
= count of the perpetual ice heaped upon it
J shore, was, in the eleventh century, til
seat Of lourisbing Scandinavian colonie:
all trace Of which is now lost. Cold Lab
rador was named Vinland by the Northern
: men, who visited it A.. d. 1000, and wer
: charmed withits..then mild climate. TIL
y cause ofthese changes is an important ii
quiry. A pamphlet, by John Murray, civ
IS engineer, has recently been published i
. London in which he endeavors to attribut
those changes Of cline to the changeab
i position of the magnetic poles.
l. EE"Let no man be ashamed to wor
n Jet no man be ashamed Of hard fist {
r sunburnt countenancc. Let him only b
re ashamed OF ignorance and sloath. Let y
is man be ashamed Of poverty him onl
D. be ashamed Of idleness and dihonesty. y
ID Ashamed OF poveIty Oh no; we woul
lie rather advise toabe indignant atthe eau
" ofpoverty. No man can possibly eonsun
rs all he labors for. Who, then, gets Il
10 overplus---or rather. who takes it? To
10 plain, who stealsit? That paoblem is nc
lg being solved, shut their eyes to it W
Sc may.