The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-01-19
TRANSPORTING Elephants.


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TRANSPORTING Elephants.
On Sunday morning last, says the Charleston
Standard of Monday, the steamer Thomas
Swan. Capt. Green arrived at this port from
Baltimore, whence she cleared OH the 3lst ult,
having on board four elephants destined to add
to the attractions of Mcssrs Maybins Circus,
which is to exhibit here in a few days. The
Thomas Swan experienced very heavy weather
during the whole passage, and her unwiedy
freight, unused to the "chungcful motion of the
bow," forgot their wonted soberness and dis
graced the name of elephant in sundry antics
more pleasant in the description than in the
aas hH 5Rs Sarss IL oTs
able for his doci'ity. When the waves broke
over the steamer, pouring into the house where
the elephants were kept, the one above men
toned would testify his Indignation at such
liberties by the most alarming demonstrations.
At one time i'll his deIirium he charged upon an
| unolending barrel OF pork, and pushed his tusks
fairly through it. The keeper, armed with a
pitchfork, attempted to quiet him, but that
| usually formidable weapon, although applied
vigorously to his flank, failed of the desired
effect. lie continued to rage, until 10 o'clock
on Saturday night, when the was very
heavy, side OF the house was washed away,
and with it went the unfortunate elephant.
This occurred about twenty miles from land, SO
in the dark night, and the roug gh waves, the
animal had but IL poor chance OF gaining the
shore. Under different circumstances, there is
no doubt he could have reached the land by
swimAlny. lie valued at 81 000 and was,
we believe, fully insured. Those in charge of
the animals, we learn, had for some hours, very
! little hepc Of bringing either of the passengers
safely to land, as the weather was unusually
| boistcrous, and the house in which the elephants
were, very much shattered.
INDIAN REIIcs.-A few days since, while
| the wor kmtn on the Railroad were digging
through 4 mound on the other side OF the creek
they came upon some interesting relics OF d
| tribe that has probably been strangers to these
! parts for many years. The articles found were
a part of "a thigh bone, very large jaw bone,
| Il copper kettle containing some tobacco, some
ltrinkets, rings, and ear bobs, Il shell ornament
and silver .rucitiN. The kettle is Of the pat
tern sold to the Indians since date anterior to
the recollection of our oldest fsdial traders, by
| the American Fur Company and by them only.
1t is very heavy, and of peculiar construction,
Ibcing lined with hard metal, apparently Il
Kettle within kettle, and so made that OPP
position traders were never able to procure the
same kind Of articles, although they spared no
7 expenses and tried numerous establishments;
their peculiar construction seems to be a secret
known only to the factory whence the Fur
Company have always procured their supplies
The crucifx, which is three or four inches
long, is of the best of silver, and is evidently
Il reiict of the early Catholic Missionaries, who
visited this section as earl the middle of the
seventeenth century
! In the neighborhood of this mound there are
numerous others--the mode of burial having
evidently been to place the body upon the sur
face of the ground and heap a tumulus over it,
! From the fact that the Sacs and Foxes do not
| bury i'll this manner, it is evident that these
relics belonged to some occupying this section
of country before them--rrobaely the
great and powerful nation of the "Il1inois"-
! Oquho (IN) Spcctator.
SULPHUR FOR TREEs.-W. II. Chamberlain,
of New York City, writes as follows to the
Scientific Amcrican:
Eight years ago last spring the ''borer" at
tack ed several locust trees, which were back
ward and sicklY. | set to work aud Immediate
/ ly trimmed them, shaved off the rongh outer
bark from the ground to short distance above
! the first limb, and scraped and washed the
! branches with an alkaline lie to remove the
scruiI, destroy the larv:r Of insects and promote
a more free contract with the atmosphere I
! then took sharp bit and bored hole in
each tree close to the ground, and extending to
| the centre Of each trunk These l filed with
common -four of su!pher, closing them thin
wooded disks, and sealing them over with wax
to exclude the air. The eflec: of this treatment
was magica. ..--'Fhe borcr disappeared, the foil
age expanded, and assumed deep, rich
i color, and during the season there
unusual deposit Or increase Of woody matter
Sulphur, believe, is but one of many other
agents which might be applied with success in
agriculture and horticulture We want more
experiments OF this character, in order to extend
our knowledge. for, i'll my opinion, there isl
remedy for every disease, if we but knew where
to find it, both for the vegetable and animal
kingdom. The sulphur placed in the trees was
no doubt taken up by the sap, and dist ributed
through all their cells. 1t is necessary that a
sharp bit should be employed for boring the
holes as to cut clean through the minute
tubes and not bruiSe them in order to allow
the sap to flow frccl Y which it otherwise would
not if Il dull tool were used, because it would
squeeze and close up the minute tubes or pores of
the tree in the same manner that dull knife
makes Il wound more difficult to heal than a
sharp one.
EXPERIENCE TEACHING 'FULIER.'-The fol-
lowing conversation between two ptmen was
overheard, says the Gatestcad Observer, not
long ago, by gentlemen in the South of this
country: Aw say, Geordie, man, aw heer
thou's been maxim fule' O. thcseP /" "Ay
man, awe gotten wife" IVY, dis thou
know ave dune the syam thing meself wat kind
o body hast thou gotten?" "a parfect deeva,
man "a wish mine nae warse than that"
| ''Warse than that," responded Geordie, chow
can she Ee-warse than that? Isn't BeelZebub
i, | I critt havf fnra akxypn