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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-09-19
Prom tho Indiana State Journal
INDIANA TRIALS AND SKETCHES
EfMlSIsCENcis BY nos. o. II. SMITH

In early times there lived in Indiana man by
the name oi George Boone, descendant OF the
celebrated Daniel Boone, who should not be
overlooked in these sketches, although | have
not space To paw the same respeo; 10 many nth
ers whom would he pleased TO notice. George
Boone would haze stood well in those days
when there were giants in the land. He was
near seven feet high. with large bones and mus
clts his hands were large, bat his feet were be-
yond anything Of the kind have ever seen in
length, breadth and depth. | can best give
some idea of them by relating an incident that
George used to relate with gusto after he had
become one of our state senators.
Z" was about eighteen wears of age when for
the first time | took it into my head to go a
sparkling. One OF my nei9hbors, few miles OF,
had a large. pretty daughter, that thought
would lust suit me. 1t was late in the fall, and
the weather pretty cold still, it was too early
To put on shoes The Sunday evening had
come ] dressed in my best bDternut colored
suit, made some six months before. but soon
found that the pantalo0nS reached only just be-
low my knees. and my coat stretched over me
as light as a dried eel sin on hoop pole. |
started barefoot. wading the creeks and muddy
buttons till reached the house. They were
about sitting down to supper and invited me.
CdliN SIT W NY We hai ihh0h "iih
and plenty OF il. Tie old lady handed me a
large bowl. thought poliieness required me
to meet her half way, and stretched out my
hand tn take it but had made no calculation
of the size OF the table, the space between the
milk pitcher and the bowl, nor Of the width OF
my hand. | struck the big milk pitcher on
one side. and out went the milk over the Ia
bile. Sally jumped up aud went roaring with
laughter into the other room. The old lady
merely remarked. " 1t will all rub off when ii
gets dry and the old gentleman said there had
greater accidents happened at sea. But it was
all over with me. saw that all Nas lost. Not
a word more was spoken. | saw nothing more
of Sally. The clock struck ten. Mr.. Boone
won, you wash your feet and 90 to bed = said
the old lady. Yes. ma'am. Here is an iron
pot-all have suitable took The pol and
found II SO small that could ony get my feet
into it by sliding them in sideways but | got
item in, and soon found them swelling tighter
and tighter, until the pain was so great that the
sweat rolled off my chin. The clock struck
eleven. Mr.. Boone, are you not done wash
ing your feet 2 What did this pot cost |
must break the Internal thing A dollar.
Bring me the axe Here it is took the
axe broke the pot to pieces, handed the old la
DIV dollar, opened the door, and never saw her
afterwards. met Sally at a husking several
years afterwards, and as we met she roared oui
laughing"
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THE PATHS OF THE SEA.

The following will give some idea Of the elo-
queut lecture OF Lieut.. Maury ON Z" The Paths
Of the Sea-" recently delivered in the principal
cities in the United States -
lVonderS Of The Sea B0ttom,--But let us pass
from the deep above to the deep below. The
lead is let down to the bottom OF the sea, and it
is curious to see the work that is going on there.
Beautiful coral isian'ls are built up there; per-
haps a part of one if we could dlssect it, would
be found to have come down the Mississippi
from the Rocky Mountains, or to have been
borne upon the bosom OF the great Amazon,
from the tropics Of South America or, indeed
parts in that island may have come from every
part of the world, by routes which, if we could
trace them, would EN- wonderfully long and
strange. In the cell which one of these little
anmaleule has built for ITSELF we should recog-
nize part of the Table Rock from Niagara,
and sand from the llolv Mountains. ltmay con-
tain matter from the Enphrates, from the sunny
plains of southern Europe, riom The battle fields
0i the Danube and the Nile, or from the soil Of
classic Italy. We know all this, because mar
liners have lold US of the islands these corals have
built up they seem to have been at work in the
sea ever since the waters were gathered togeth-
er in one place. and looking at the work they
have done, the islands that have been built up.
we have proof OF their eternal diligence and
perseverance. 1t appears that We had no idea
Of the operations that were carried on in the
depths of the sea till we began 10 explore it with
lead aud line and now it seems great charnel-
house Everyb body who has stood upon the
shore of the sea has desired to fly away upon its
waves, and learn what there rs beyond II or, il
possibly, to dive below, and learn what there is
beneath il,
Depth of The Ocedn.--Tll recently all was
conjecture about The depth and formation of The
bottom of The sea it was supposed that it might
be as deep as m,ultan is hiah but as 10 the
character of the bottom, they left that to poets
brains to picture. Some supposed it scattered
over with gold gems, anchors, dead mems bones
etc. Brooke's lead teach different story il
shows that all such things are covered up ant
buried, deep down, many feet, by shells anC
animalcul@. Everywhere where this admirable
sounding apparatus Of Brooke has been, it hai
brought up shells and the corpses of the dead
A single quill may bring up lhousands-nay
millions OF these shells they are 20 small that
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ANECDOTES OF THE BAR.

We have recently met with several legal an
ecdoies in the "Llfe Of William Palmer" edit
ed by the Rev. DR.. A. p. Peabody, of Ports.
mouth. Mr.. Plumer was admitted to the New
Hampshire bar in 1877. when the administration
OF the law was very different from what il after
wards became. The judgments of the courts of
New Hampshire at that day were based rather
upon that system of local law TO which the cir
cumstances of the country and the genius Of the
people had given birth than upon the principles
of English law. Most OF the judges were not
members of the legal profession, and during the
Revolution neither of lhe two persons filling the
Office of Attorney General were lawyers
SRMuEL LIvERMoRE was Chief Justice Of
New Hampshire from 1872 to 1880, and though
bred to the law was not inclined to attach much
importance TO precedents or IN any merely sys-
tenatc or technical rules Of proceeding. In
one OF his charges he cautioned the jury against
"paying too much attention 10 the neetles ol the
law, 10 the prejudice of Justice lie was him
self ltlle governed by precedenis. When once
reminded OF his )wn previous declslon in SIM
liar case, he made no attempt 10 reconcile it with
his present ruling but dismissed at once the OBJ
iocion with familiar proverb, "Eyery tub must
stan on its own bottom" He once decided
that the English law reports, OF date prior to
the Declaration Of Independence, might be cited
in his court, not as authorities but as enlighten-
ing by their rea.onings the judgment of the
bench but that with English reports since inde-
pendence was declared we had absolutely moth
Ing to do
! josiah BARTLETT, physician, was Mr..
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CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN.

The sad history of this gentleman s residence
in one Of those ins uti0ns provided by the bless
ed cvillza ion of our day for the geutle care Of
the mind diseased. has been recent hetore the
public. 1t would have been wiser and kinder
to have allowed the sad scene to remain unchron-
iced. Upon the wanderingS and confused light
and shadow Of a mint strong even in its flac-
lures, IT were best that the gaze of the unr0n-
cerned and Indifferent should moi come. The
light ut hroad day is not for The shattered waste.
Mr. Hoffman is remember,d d with something
more and better than respect by those who asso-
Grated with him when his fine thought worked
the delrale and exquisite organization which
broke s0 soon. He remains in their love, for hi.
was "A JOYOUS, gentle nalure-a heart Of sympa-
tines, and AN intellect that made lis depth and
riches best known Ia those IN whom he found a
confidence he could trust 1t was ~ wreck of a
mind worthy TO win fame, when Mr. Hoffman;
mental malddy became his conqueror.
The cruel misfortune which would lave drv
EN- many another man 10 premature despair II
llGS struggles, was 81 successfully resisted in al
its adverse influence, thai we forgot to sad ler
for it, or 10 remind HIM by our sympathy that i
was noticed. He pursued a course Of lega
study in the Office OF a gentleman, OF all olher
IN the Capital OF the Safe, the best representa-
tive Of the old school of courteous and honora
be men hut in these studies the heart of hi
mind was not. In he cham Of the intimacy 0
lie bright minds that were then his associates
he luXurated. Bound 10 them by genial ming
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From the Chicago Tribune.
4 FOREIGN COUNT" ON HIS TRAV-
ELS.


FROM a PrlVa'e ana rename source we nave
learned 'ne ''ue chhrac,'r ana mnrh oi 'he pre-
V'ou. history OF the |'t"'""W Nouht iedro L. H.
d' M"rr'o' VINO so on'r"ee2lS'Y hhmhngged the
iHsh'"naol', "i Chl'aso' h"sr crrh"Ions peo,
pe VINO ''l' i"n"lN nope ila' ms donShp VIII
return anu carry on' ms sp'ehdd highland IaIk
J"'. may ne aSsnr'' lha' 'hey are " hoping
a-'h'' nope; 'or ne Is among 'he everlasting
l"u's ol a'l gnn''i"s Never again Will me
cunts "'N'"9ue lor'n ana cIeeahI mnStache
delight the d'nlzrns ot the avenues Tor MS ca
reer IN chicago is ended.
The sober, serious truth is, that this same
Moreto is one ot the greatest villains that ever
went unhung; and If 1t was known--mnch more
than We are at liberty 10 iell---he would now he
occupying a lodge IN some vast penlieniiary
lis real name is Moreio. the same which he has
borne in all his oneraons. and his father was
merchant in Chlli. where he on 'eavored to eN e
cite an lnsurrecton lie was driven ont OF Val
paraiso by gentleman whose sister he had de-
coyed and who sought lts life. lie FIRST made
his appearance in this 60 niry At Boston nearly
three wears ago where he remained about a wear
His inSlnnatlng mann"r' introduced him among
some of the first families ot Boston, anil he OBJ
tanned large rl',s of pupils as n teacher of
modern languages His nnnil' were chiefly la
ul'S dHu W. Sdl"''' ''" 'i'''phS :" S'Ncl"l VI
them. His operations in this we are not at lib
erty 10 state but we may srir'y say that the la
dies Of Chicago are by no means the worst" sold" "
parties with whom the villain had TO do While
there he excited quito sensation and much sym
palhy nv reporting that his room had been rob
bed The circumstance was reported in the
Boston papers Al the time 1t is enough to say
that the " robhcry' was entirely fictitious, ex-
isling only in the fertile imagination Of his don
shin. The consequence o. this unfortunate
affair WAS that he was unable TO pay his hoard
amounting 10 $500. lie hoarded Mt respect
able private house and kept his mistress there
an Irish lady of good family. whom he had sc'
dnred, and who passed at the house as his wife
or course the hoord OF both was dead loss ic
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"Will yUu accept the offer and meet her :" said
his far querist. Ali, no, II is impossible let
them languish, if they must love me, for | can
not love them ALL" Nevertheless. the self sufii-
cient WuNristmO sent an an answer to the note,
which produced reply, aud the time when the
unknown should visit him was fully agreed upon.
He showed the letters to gentleman MO whose
confidence he had wormed himself, and to whom
he was already largely indebted and the latter,
thinking that he saw tangible way Of getting
his money back, entered eagerly into the scheme,
and advanced the ID n money to purchase furni-
ture wherewilh TO furnish gorgeously suit oi
rooms in which he was to receive his fair IMAM
ori'a. The day camr, and the noble hut unior-
tunate foreigner. installed III state III his splend-
1T apartments, awaited the arrival Of the lady
and the lucre. She did not appear, but sent a
note, in which she said that it was impossible fui
her to meet INN at The Time appointed. but that
she could perform her promise so far as The mon
cy was concerned. |. Enclosed was a three ceHl
piece The ruefu countenance Of the chop
fallen Don We leave to the Imagination Of our
readers.
His swindiinc operations in Boston are too nu
ncrous to be rccounted here. We mention on
Is ono case as an instance. lie prevailed upon
New York merchinl 10 make him a large con-
silnment OF So. ars and tobacco .1r sale, which
he disposed Of bat never made remittance, moi
rendered an account of the proceeds. We might
detail many other and more criminal crcumStan
ces connected with his career, if we could dc sC
without violating conf lence or compromising
respectable names hut enough has already beer
told to convince any one Of his scoundrclly char
acicr
After his departure from Boston we hear o.
him in Washington, and next in Chicago.
Such is Pedro p. L. de Moreto, probably on,
Of the most accomplished scout drels who eve
operated upon the well-known gubiliiy of fash
i1nahe circles. 1t is 10 be hoped that this pub
licaion will put a stop 20 his bad career, at leas
in this country. 1t i. also to he hoped that tb'
ladies of our Chicago ton will hereafter scrutin
ize more closely the characters of those who at
tempt to lalm themselves off as illustrious for
cigners."
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GOOD BREEDING.

The following anccdote is related by Mr..
WALLER in his amusing publication, "The Orig
nal,' as aifordlng fine instance of the value of
good breeding, or politeness, even IN circum-
stances where it could not be expected to pro-
dice any personal advantage;
"An Englishman making The grand tour tow
ards the middle of The last century, when trav-
ellers were more objects of attention than at
present, on arriving at Turin, sauntered out 10
see the place. He happened to meet regiment
of infantry returning from the parade, and, taxi
ing position to see it pass, young captain ev-
identity desrous to make display before the
stranger, in crossing one of the numerous water-
courses with which the city is intersecied, miss
cd his footing, and in trying to save himself lost
his hat The exhibition was truly unfortunate
the spectators laughed, and looked at the Eng
lishman, expecting him TO laugh too, On the
contrary, he not only retained his composure, but
promptly advanced to where the hat had ro!lrd,
and, taking it up, presented il with an air OF un-
affected kindness TO its confused owner. The OF
fcer received il with blush Of ofsurprlse and graf
ilude, and hurried to rejoin his company. There
was murmur OF applause, and the stranger pass
cd on Though the scene Of moment, and
without word spoken, it touched every heart
mot with admiration for mere diplay of po-
lteness, but with warmer feeling for proof
OF that true charity which never iuleth.' On
the regiment being dismissed, the captain, who
was young man Of consideration, in glowing
terms related the circumstance 10 his colonel
The colonel Immediately mentioned il to the gem
eral in ,mmand and, when the Engshnan
returned to his hotel, he found an ad-de-camp
waiting TO reques' his company to dinner at head
quarters. In the evening he was carried tocourt
at that time, as Lord Chesterfield tells u.s. the
most brilliant court in Europe and was rece'V-
ed with particular attention. OF course, during
his stay a, Turin he was invited every where
and on his departure he was loaded with letters
of introduction 10 the different States OF lIaly.-
Thus a private gentleman of moderate means,
by graceful impulse of Christian feeling, was
enabled TO travel through foreign country, then
of the highest interest for It's society, as well as
for the charms it still possesses, with more real
distinction and advantage than can ever bederiv-
ed from the mere circumstances Of birth and for
tune, even the most splendid"
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liur of kindred thought in their wit and wisdom.
their cultrrrd classic converse. their kind and
earnest intercourse, the group that gathered in
the olli ,c Of llafmanus Blrekcr was memorable.
The golden volumes of that hlqh day in letters
tinted the taste. II was the era when like sky
of many suns. the IIarcriieS followed each 9th
cr in one suncrb procession of all that was de-
huhtlul IN literature
OF that company whose wit sparklpt, whose
crasp at real learning was 20 powerful. whose
morning liuhl pavc such poody promise of ,lay
of honor To themselves and Ineir country, the
crave tells the record he ASYLUM shelters the
wreck. OF the family whose nncoualled social
attractions. mind set in beauty, all are in the
dust. but one. 1t is the muurniul history OF ge-
niu, and of ovclincs>. written IN memories that
are themselves doomed to the same decay.
Mr. Hoffman. after leaving the office of Mr.
Beekcr. returned TO New York. recollect
meeting him there ut the house of his distin.
1ui,hcd father. Josiah Ordcn Hoffman whose
name cannot be discovered flom the brightest
pncc in our annals Of Judicial strength and learn
ing. 1t was the dav when official canvas, OF a
then recent eltcnn Of representatives in Assem-
lly had been published and the old man cxult-
inuly uninted 10 the figures which showed that
"Oofrn" was at the head Of The ticket
OGDEN Hoffman clouucnt hrilIiant-ihe man
who needed no preparation To his pnwer to charm.
has passed away and when tins great, millon-
pconei CITY dpsr, kecnrst to realize has loss.
let Them seek. . they will IA vain, for the grace
ful. Winning. fascinating voice that rung s nu
steal tones through cnn,t and aali.
Charles Fcnno lluifmin lived IN literature. 1t
was to HIM tac ov al his nature to weave the
web his thought turni, i,hcd and if IN this world
/ the rinht man was a wavs iu be put in the ri.ht
place. it should have been his 10 have been til .
Laureate of his cnnntrv: the earth's beauty
seen and painted the earths practical cares un.
| known.
( Soon after coming back to New York he was
/ the associate Of Charles KIM. In the AmericQn.
/ That vas the dly when thr ljuey;c1g vas ia
/ New York soci4ty n, ,uthnrity. lis senior ed.
il ,r uttered the proper n,inion. and there wa, a
well ordered conlormiiy Immediately
II no;nt,d IN ,yb,t,ysr was IN ,as,e IN manner
,rd d,,,,min.d wh,t was ,yor,b,...t in te,,,t,,te
Tn. dr,vin,.room and ,hc b,ok shelf G,und the
commas, tber,. Mr. KIM made. the American ia
New York what ,J.li,cv and IInrner made tbtir
WORK ~ Edinburrb. The mind that adorned
the civ then IS sp,reA to us vet. 20 counsel. in
struct enlnht,n.
In ls92 Cn,rle. Huffman m,de his ;ournev ,c
the Nrst II !, a yoluu, which in nm. ,,lrasant
kiudl, way Of the man. tells III, story a, his OBJ
scryatiors Of STATE, which wer, then ius, rous
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VOL. XXIV.
P0 L Y X Y.
THE CLOSING SCENE.

BY BUCHANAN READ.
Within his sober realm Of lcaGcss trees,
The rus,ct year inhalcl the dreamy air.
Like some tanned reaper in Ills hour Of case
When all the fields are !, mg brown and bare.
The gray barns looking from their hazy hills,
Der the dim waters Widening in the ,alcs,
Sent down the air greeting to the mills.
On the dull thuudcr OF alternate fails.
All sights were mclovcl, and all sound' suhluei
The hills scemd arhcr. and the streams sang low
Asiu dream, the distant woo1man hcwcd
Ills winter log, with many mullcd hlow
The cmbattcd forests ere Will, armed in gold,
Their banner. bright VITA every martial hue,
Nowftood like some sad beaten host Of od
withdrawn afar in Time. re,uotc,, blue
On slumbcrous wings tho yultmc held his flight
The dove scarce heard It's ,ghius mates puint,
And like star .low drowning in the light,
The village church-yanc seemed 10 pale and faint
The sentinel cock upon the hillside crcs,
Crew thrice, and all was -tiil,r thnn before
Silent t some reply iue warbler blew
Ills alien horn. and theu was heard no more
Where crst the jay. within the cIn's tall crcst,
Made garrulous trouble round her unt,dgcd Young
And where the orco'9 hung her swa, ing nest,
BY every light wind like caurcr swung.
Where sang the noisy mnsous Of the caves
The busy swallows eli, ling ever noar.
Foreboliug, As the rustic mind bel o,e.,
An early harvest aud p,entcou- year
Where every bird which clamcd tuc ycrnal fast,
Shook the sweet .untcr from its wings at morn,
To warn the reaper Of the rosy cast
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requires the mlnutest microscope to discover
them they cannot he seen when alive. The
bottom Of the deep is covered over with their
carcasscs they have obeyed the com nandment
which was given on the fifth day Multiply
and briug forth abundantly." Never before now
does history give an account of any attempt be-
ing made 10 measure the depth of the sea
Chance circumstances caused me to attempt it,
and thinking it might result in good continued
the attempt. Congress then passed an act di-
rectiug the Secretary of the Navy to set apart
and direct one vessel to continue these sound
ings fui the purpose of assisting in perfecting
these discoveries, and also to allow the whole
navy to assist in making the investigation in so
far as they could without interfering with their
proper duties. In order to get to the bottom OF
the sea, they got some common twinc and tied
thirty two bound ball to il then letting il down
into the sea, they waited to see how much line
would run out, and considered the length of that
line measured the depth of the sea at that point.
The twine and ball were left in the sea. As
soon as the deei sea soundings were commenced
we found we were in new field ; we found that
system would not do; experiment showed us
that when the cannon ball was at the bottom the
tvine continued TO run out. and that the larger
the ball the slower the twine would rua. The
difficulty Of getting it down was not because OF
the increased density Of the water, since that
can only be compressed very slightly, but be.
cause that when the cannon ball had gone down
a mile, it had to drag mile Of twine after it.
Then we used the same kind of twine and the
same weight of ball for every experiment, bui
We found sometimes that the twine would never
run out. A vessel one day was sent out 10 take
soundngs, or measure the depth Of the sea at a
particular spot they began at sunrise, and, as
the captain was very patient man, they stad
there till sunset, the twne still running out SC
they came back, and said they guessed there
was no bottom there This was before we dis
covered the under currents
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patients from q distance. a7-2m
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