The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-08-21

rhe Mishsy CeAsrs ss Caiis.s MIA.
Rev. DR. bushnell Of Hartford. writes m,
California. TO tho New York Independent.
graphic actount Of the immense ectlars ot Gal
fnrnia. tho greatest trees In the world One q
them. which had beea filled. b. a~ertaiWex
BY counting the grains OF the stump. Ia b
: twelve hundred aud eighty years old whs,
MAhomed was at Dur~ this tire WAS sproating
says the Rev. gentleman
II Is tarcst. vet nothing that We moan
iorcst. Ihcv s nv an,icrvrowth scanxly aay
where roch the surfaces are ~ beautifully
mrnei aYf shspl by = Landscape gardener and
dotted oil over by myriads oi flowers, more dol
| ,cats' Il not mor varioas than any garden ever
grew. Moving along these sartaec~, rounding
over hill or gallopina through soa's s.len,
valley, winding here among the native oaks
casting their round shadows, and hero among
tall p,nss aad ccia~ drawing their huge coui.
cal shapes IN tha ground We seem In fact %
be riding through some vast park. ludeed,
aner We had sccn the ,ress aud taken their i'm
prs~ason, We could think OF nothing hut TO call
u tho park OF the lord Almighty Tho other
trrcs, we obscrved, werc Increasing in sisr as
We nesrd tho place, tll, finally. Descending
gently along u western slope among the tllcs oI
little giants. We came to the gate Of the real
giants. emerging into the clear ground oi the
Zig lree Hotel, hetw~rn the two @'utinels
which ~cre 400 feet high, and standing only
, Tar snonFs apar, ier she aartnu raal ~ pnss
ietwscn, These were the hrst oi the Wash.
ington cellars, W. had seen II really seemed NJ
" WI had never seen u tire before And yet
they were only medium specimens
CLOSE by tho house lay the Gu, of the Big
Tres pm smtnsnoj ,he remaining part. or top
had heen split up m removed Near this first
cut stool the stump, abou, siS hct high, with
al arbor mounted On the top. which had bccn
squared down for this purpose. the posts of the
arbor standing oat In the line oi The largcs, cir
cult at thu groand aud the space bet ,wecn them
short hoaria, The diameter ef tho top 10 by
measurement twenty-five G~t one way, and
twenty three and one half ieat the other. The
diameter. at the ground. was thirty enc itet.
They are NIL included 10 q apacr Of 20 acres,
and are only about ~ In number The ground
occupied is u rich vol bottom aud the ioot ol
the most northern slope adjacent covered also
with mn uDdcrgrowtb And Vhy are they hs,s,
na hs's. and no whus si.' This. ! confess
Is 10 me. the grcn,est, s,rnng'~t wonder Of all
that M where IN the whole earth IL there al
other known example ot tl,e~s anskms of thr
forest ninety seeds alone have been started,
ninety and M morc. IL there. was there no
other piece of ground but just this, III the whole
world, tina, coald ftly take the seeds Of such u
growth Why have they never spread, why
has M ono wsd ot the myriads they sprinkle
every year on thr earth ever started IN any
other locsiityY
And what q starting II Ia wi,sn such seed
Of Ills begins to grow Little lid that tiny
torn Of matter about the size Of u parsnip ssej.
aud booking more like II than any other. ina
pipc what Il was going 10 DO, what ieolibgs 20
excits. when Il started the FIRST sproutiDgn Of
the Zig Tres! We measured On enormous su
gar pine recently icllcd SIXTY fret from the
ground II was sir feet 10 diameter, aud II was
2lO ftc, high We measured one of the pro~-
trste gnnta AMI 2%O fsrt from TIN gronnd II
WAS sis leei in d,sapcttl 'rhe top was gsne
bat IL lc0uld not have been leas than $50 kei
high And yet this tree was only eighteen
Est IN diameter where the Big Tree was twen-
~ Eve II this Mig Tree were hsIlowed one
might drive The largest load oi hay through II
without even brush Of contact.
Many of the trees md all the largest oi them
that rr,naiB. afc greatly injured by frr Their
time is therefore ahortened and long time
will BE- required 10 brisg the smaller ones IN
their maximum Of growth. That mso, inati-
gated by their inisrnal love ot money. should
bave cut down the biggest of them. npi skin.
ned tii~ tkt, one hundred and twenty ieet up
ward from tha ground, tvIz the Moiber) that
b. might shOw or Sll thr bark VI her body,
both sound ~ rock si the heart, anil good
for n thousand years 10 come, Oh, II surprises
oil contempt And yet ~ 49, this Giant Mo
lber still growing up ss bcfre, hearing her
fresh fol,sge ripeuing h% sseds, and rrins,ag
10 die, hiding still bef juices and working hsr
pumps 10 the docp mssses Of her bsfkless body,
which the sun Of two whole years las not been
able 10 .eAsoa through, dssd ~ II IL nd ard
weather cracked vithoat---it iss SIGHT 10 grand
nc sins. 10 compensate .or rs Isss - sssSer
by tbc bssensss u 'bo human scamp ..
tt1s.-as. 90 -.----s -s.--as.-sa-' .-''t
Tar ELoytrscg 0y Iosrrr woaDs 10
those who know The terrible force OF which
John Randolph could throw into the toSrs Of
hn rmarkstlr and peortrating voice. and the
significance u his gesiicnIaiion When he erieD-
,ied his thin arm sD1 long skeleton forcfingsr,
the following paragraph will tg sesd With
thrill Il il reported BY writer 10 tbc Nation
sl Intellisenerr an bssibg hten hrArd by him
over thirty years $50 ~ be entered th~ gallery
n the HOnss Of l!ewe essntstiyes. II has not
been reported elsewhere The words are plain
Saton, but the tb0agft sbd manner arr IN thu
highest s'yI. oI orstory
'IDik si hiD, Mr Sksaksr, Napoleon the
firt Emperor u Fssace. hing VI italy, Pro
tfctor Of u,s coniedersiioG of the Hhine. Ne.
distor of the Bwiv Consideration, AC Look
st him, sir with the Gepare ~ Spain In one
hstsi sud tiss snise~ oi M~sico and Peru in the
other. LOOK al hin. sir ~ Moscow, 10 the
Palace II the remlD srat~d upon the throse
u the ancient Czafs ~ itnssis iier. Mr.
Randolph gspily, lurpsi hiussn roswt .s'st
IsSnted his 6nger IN the opposite direction, aud
slowly sad, 'sfhsp, Mr.. Sptskrr. look st bin
dying among ths rats ., Hsleaa Power, pow
~, cir
Mss. pAHIIsoros How 10 Jour psf'sn.s'
doctor" ssid Mrs Partingtcp. pushing ~ w
window and tiru.,ing pui ber bead d. Dr 30
Ius roas kyy n was sf the tms whfn the ven
srsl,le A, ,ms vas JOS. recovering RON o pso-
trsr,ed bilious attack, dariDg which ~ bod
ihe.n 10 ajck that bis friend The President Of
the PerrrtnL Iaf Insurance Company. had
,oLj nj, friends IN roufdrncr that he wouldn't
ip.are Aim, LIE fS shy psr cent. Tvs Aoe
tor reioed up With gsaik "wos." and rspl,sd
that bic patient VISA conyaIcaeeptv Jhe good
ob LAy held up bet tandG. VI declare. said
s,e, ~iih su espr~siou N pity IN her counte
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