Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-28

from the Texan, which Is strongly oPp'Sea u 'he
Mexican party.
TIE FALL OF TIE OLDfHARi EkoAh
A REMlNlsCENGE.
We stated. on saturday, fhat the famous In
Coulter Oak" at Hartford, Conn. and "hi'h was
-.,uoicd in song anl history. fell with tf'9'h
,l,.r,. crash during storm, about one q CLOCK en
Thursday morning the 2lst inst The Hartford
Tunes II lhur<dny say:
The noble Old tree stood upon the beaalliai
.#eund, Of Hon. Lane W. Stuart, Int The w
w. estate. in the southern part oi the cry -
bout three yenrs ago, some boys Dolt M !"
tie hollow # this tree which burnt out tir PUNK
ull though il wa- frared that this would Kill H.
-ncl wa not the fact. Fresh sprouts sprung
uai the next spring. and Mr. Stuart took gttht
pins To preserve his valued relic OF the original
forests of New England, bat more esp cIhlly m
t.rrstiug II, the tree in which the old Bfi'i-h
CAartprnf Connecticut wns seerrted ahd presffF
3D. Al this time the hollow in the trunk OF the
Old Oak wa. 50 afge that fire company 81 -
fail grown men ,tood up in IT together
Mr.. Stuart la Il stout daorlmade I" smut up
the entrance aud he also plae ID tin caps upon
the stumps ofbr1ken limb,.ona for the past three
or four years fresh sprouts have grown upon
most Of it, limbs though other limbs were de-
cayiug Al the time Of lis tall Young and fresh
aeorn~ were growing on every part "i H. i"oo-
-ands Of people arr visiting hr tfre,and hfihglhS
away such sprgs and par'- OF limbs a8 MI Sin'
art permits
Waterman Batter says he stood 1T ne htaa OF
lhe street 1T -he time Of the crash. h" "lnd
had been blowing freshly from the North west
for an hoar or more He first heard a load crack
AID saw the old oak swaying in tie hretz'; a
cracking noi.e followed. and then the cra~h-an
within the space Of a huff II minnte-and l9n IA
mou, monarch If the forest, whose history i 80
intimately cntwnod in that of Connecticut was
pro>traiabPo The earth. One thousand years
ago. whom It was IN the prime oi iie-wnfh IL
years were half nambcte dIls lar reaching Dtahch-
es had sp3rtrd IN iereer storms. aud moro swift
winged winds But nov since full two thousand
year, have smiled and wanct upon IFS YOUTH It's
prime, aud ii. decline, il had become grey and
decrcpt, but was still tenacious of lhr' 1t SIN
clung 10 the lovely spot which rave II blTth, ny
il. far rcnchins root, running long way up in
10 tie beautiful hill sid, and downward to the
sharp cut below. Firmly, aye, proudly, the Oak
stood seemingly conscious that nature had mark
ed out for lis own accommodation, ono OF the
most enchanting retreats in the State and that
destiny had accorded to it notable and everast-
ing historic page in the story of Connecticut
one of the patriotic aud original thirteen States
Of the lrnion
Proudly it had stood. and when lettering with
are aud reduced to II mere shell If few inches,
by the <tonav nroads of time itself, it still chung
with fondness 10 the loved spot on which it had
Witnessed the decay and downfall of many of its
ciates-the path und the bloody wars of the
rcd man and the red mans deeay-thc birth and
death Of generations Of the white man. whose axe
had cut away is towering comrades of the oIden
time. Bat whilst preserving "A fair exterior, it
was inwnrlly wasting away and was obliged To
ycld md fniI in storm far less severe than many
thousand, fhat had preceded it.
Before Gov. Wyilvs came to America, he sent
his steward forward 10 prepare place for his
residence. As he was cutting away the trees up
on the hill side Of the beautiful w ylys, place,
II dpputation of lndens came to him aud reques
ted tbnt he wonll spare this old hollow oak they
declared TINT if had been the gui,r of their an
cestors + ~ centuries II was spared to fall this
dny. having finally Welded t. the process If nat
nral decay
Tho trae measured ~ feet in circumference at
,be bottom. and il bns broken off sons TO leave
feet nf stump On oue side and & feet ON the other
the stnmp measuring 81 feet in circumference
of its Ton
The charter of KING Charles the ID for the
colony of in Hartford in 1902
nrobabIy in the month of September. though the
/ precise time i not vet known On the o ia of Dc
tahcr if was publicly read 10 the assembled free
men of tonnrcticut, and was declared TO "beong
TO them and their Successors" and the people
cyincrd their pratitude by appointing committee
10 take charge Of it, under the socmuities Of an
oath and to preserve the palladium of the rights
of the people II contained many liberal provis-
ions. as may be seen on cxaming it in the Secre.
tarv of States office where the original copy is
still preserved with care II wns the organic law
Of Connecticut till the present constitution tool,
its place in ISIS
In.IGS6 the General Government of New Eng
land was dissolved by James the ID, and new