The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-11-20

writing these sad words, the horrible vision.
whatever it was, returns and in the midst of
the thick darkness that encompasses him he
falls in his desperation by his own hand.
Thus perished. in the heiJht of his fame. the
gifted author of sSThe Old Red Sandstone and
/ the "Foot Prints of the Crsator5'
Huob Miller was another instance ofthe at
ttainment of bich distinction from low becin-
ninos-as the lark whose nest is on .he oronnd
scars the nearest "a heaven
/ Th;rtv-a;rht vaars aoo the Cromortv s,opa-
mason came 10 Fdinbnroh. having found himself
tanops ons ,norninq a. he aofhor ofa namnbIs,
ADVOCATING the canss oftba In,rns;on ',rtv
Ioftba Church If Sco,laod,,- "a library pradoc-
I,;oo which 10 nse the words of mr GIads,ono
manifested = mastery If nure aIara,, and r,os,
Icnl;os Fuglisb Suc6 ae avan = t-ai,ad Cvf,rd
scholar must have anviad
Rot h4 had been bstore tb.. world as ao an
thor ere This His s,Srao.s and Iac,s,ds or,h,
No,th of scotland, rave IN. first sv;danca to
lthp world ol those rraojoafi,a no,yers that
lg4niuS for dsscririion. which afterwards when
more culture ha. been allowed shona forth -
!consniruouslv in that charming o,orl sFiru
Innr4ssion< of ENGLAND, ;, ortbat <t,l ,no,a ctar-
minc praductian NV Scbools and SchooIpas-
ters or the Story Of NV Fdpration ;,
M one who nossacsas ttssa worts L,t will
ba struck v ifb the mower of their dissertations
How EG.- h,,,, reaIt Oo, of,er r,I;o,,
tbem has but 10 close his ewes and ,nsr,orv viii
brioo back lovino visions of swspt inIaoJ gIans
created for nothing hu, the bpsb of the y,afsr,
fall cIustsrs of hamla,s eacb nndor ;,s own
patch of stars remote VILLAGE churcbvards. sind
ded with bomeIy mossembrownrd iombstonps.
rocky caves and prorpontoriee. where one hears
ever s.the sulIpn syinre,' of the lonely spa :
Wherever Miller moved. there were alwavs
two thinos that had for him an Irresistible at
traction-tbe oeoIogv and onmanitv of the dis
itrict in wich he lived As was we'll said bv
one who knew him lonv. ssWih his pocket fpjI
of fossils. he would 90 miles 10 see ba,tle6al4
of Wallace. nor in all his. oeoIooicaI tourS did
he ever pass bv Covenanter's o,ave,"
Rnt altbopyb canabl. of at,a;,in, tho b;rbsst
rank in the literary world. the STRENGTH Of his
fame rests pnon his services in one Of the post
imnortant danartmen,s of natural scienc4-re-
Ioloov. On The beach and among the rocks of
his native district he had nicked mn fossils and
other objects of natural bistorv. and IN his yari-
Ions iournevinos as an operative had so extended
bis ooarat;oos That be had bscora b.f,ra ba
was fully aware Of il. a self.tanght oeoIooist.
/, Hs had brokao IN unon p,ora than one 6sld If
:. gpologv in which no one had nreceded him. and
=. ooada d;sc,var;1s that ostopndsd the scientific
> world. He had bpen called 70 Edinburoh 10
ch,- or r,ror,;r1r, ,o,,r,oI ond IN H.
nages irsf mad. their ann5arance the naners
which he afterwards published collectively un-
: der the title of fsThe Old Red Sandstone" TIE
. ,r.oIoc,;S,s If the OId and New world were in
y raotures At a reetino or,be British Association.
M,,rchenson and Bnckland smoke ofthese exDosi
!. tions Of the Scottish stone mason as having
y cost ,,a;, soIori.ts I;l Themselves co.rrIa,.ly
i in the shade.'' These exposians were follow
= ed by othrr contributions to his flvoritr science,