Demoine courier., 1856-09-11
From The Hartford. CT. Times.
The Fall of the Famous Charfe,
Oak--Interesting Particulars.

1ao '~tHsinpu ufhhS We VIZ o. 'aS'
gence that the famous char.er-oak at
Hartford was blown down yesterday in
the severity Of the storm. We are pain.
ed to lose one Of The old landmarks OF
The sturdy independence of the people
in colonial lines. lhe tree was a very
sThat venerable tree, which conceal.
ed the charter of our rights" says a
daughter Of Secretary WHY'S, stands
at the foot Of Wyliys hill. The first in
habl,ant of lha, name found it standing
in the height Of lis glory. Age seems
to have cuuailed lis branches, yet il is
no, exceeded in The heightof its color
ing, or richness Of its foliage: The
trunk measures twenty one ieet IN cir.
conference and near seven feet in diam
eter. The cavity which was the asy-
lum oil our charter, was near the roots.
aud large enough TO admit a child
Wiihia the space OF eight years that cav
Ey has closed, as if il had fulfilled the
divine purpose for which il had been
reared"
The Hartford Times gives the follow.
iag particulars of the fall OF this famou:
tree 1- s# ny. &eF s~5 +.
The famous old charter oak Of hi.
city, SO noted in song and history. Eel
with tremendous crash during the grea
storm a, quarter before l O'clock this
morning. {Aug. "a, 1886 aa as.
/ This noble old tree stood upon ht
beautiful grounds vi the Hon. lssac w
Stuart, late the Wylly's estate. in tn,
southern part of the city. About tire,
Years ago some BOYS built a fire in tn,
hollow Of ;his tree, which burnt out lbt
punk, and though it was cared iha, ihi.
would kill il. such was no, the fact
Fresh sprouts sprung out tie %nextspring
and Mr.. Stuart took great pains to pre-
serve This valued relic OF The origina'
forests of New England. but more espe
cia lly Interesting as ,he tree in which The
old British charter Of Connecticut wa.
secteled aud preserved. Al This time th,
hollow in The trunk Of the old Oak was
80 large, that a fire company Of % iul
grown men stood up in j. together.
Mr.. Stuart had a stout, door made Il
shut up the entrance, and he also place.
tin caps upon the slumps Of the broker
llmbs, and for the pas, three or foul
years, fresh SPROUTS have growr upor
most OF lis limbs, though other limb,
were decaying. Al The time Of its fall
young and fresh acorns were growing
upon every part Of H.. Thousands O.
people are wishing the tree and bringing
away such aprigs and parts of the limbs
as Mr.. Stuart permits. @
Wa'chman Butler says he stood a
he head of The stree, at The lime of lht
crash. The wind t.aG been BLOWN,
freshly from the north west Tor an hou
or more. He irst heard a loud crack
and saw the old Oak swaying in Ii,
breeze; a cracking noise followed, lhel
the crash-all within the space OF hal
a m%lnule--aod the famous monarch o
the forest. whose history is 10 inii
malely inleriwined in that Of Connec,i
cut, was PROSTATE upon the earth! One
thousand years ago, when it was in .ht
prime of liie-when IT'S years were hal
numbered, its fai-reaching branches haG
spor,ed in fiercer storms, and more
swift winged winds. Blu. now, since full
two thousand years have smiled and
wanod upon lis youth, its prime and It's
decline, j, had become gray and decrepii,
but was still tenacious. Of life; it still
chung 10 The lovely spot which gave il
birth, by it's iar-teaching roots, r~nnui5g a
long way up into the beautiful hillside,
and downward, to the sharp Gu, below.
Firmly, aye, proudly. the Oak stood,
seemingly conscious that nature had
marked out, for its W accommodation.
one OF The most enchanting rstrea,s in
the Sale, and ,ha. destiny had accorded
to II a notable and everlasting historic
page in iae story of Connec,icu!--one
Of the patriotic and original States oi
the Union.
Proudly i, has stood, and when tot.
iering with age, and reduced to a mere
shell 0! a few inches, BY the steady in
roads of time itself. it still chung with
fondness to the loved spot on which it
had Witnessed the decay and downfall OF
many Of it's associa,es-ihe path and the
bloody wars Of The red man, and Inc red
mans decay-the birth and death tf
generations OF The white man. whose axe
had Gu: away its tostering comrades of
the oidsn time. But whilst preserving