The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02

HISTORY OF THE TREEs.-The Big
Tree Bulletin gives history of The
discovery of the great tree of Calave-
ras: Mr. Dowd had wounded a grizzly,
and followed him until he passed be-
tween the two "Guardsmen," 1.-TWO trees
that guard the entrance of the grove.)
The immense size and hight of these
trees SO surprised him that he lost sight
of the grizzly, who made his escape into
the dense underground. After stepping
the distance around the base of the
trees. he east his eyes in northerlv di-
rection, and discovered yet much
larger one and whose base he stepped
and found to be near 100 feet in cir
cumference. Having lost sight of, or
tracks of his grizzy, he returned to camp
when he related to his companions the
discovery of the Big Trees. They lis
tened to his story with marked attention,
until the conclusion, when they all in
one voice exclaimed, 'that's a hunters
yarn-got a good thing on old Dowd
now" One more knowing than the
balance, placed his thumb on his pro-
boscis, and with gentle and graceful
twirl of the fingers, intimated that "you
can't come it over me with your timber
yarn, I'm too old in the Massassippi bot
toms to believe any such id story
as that" Dowd teing rather sensitive
and not wishing his word doubted, said
no more about the big trees for six
months, when another party Glanced to
wander into the grove, and corroborated
all of Dowd's statements. The valley
in which these trees are found, contains
about 160 acres of land, and is $500
feet above the level of the sea. Over
one hundred trees ofthis species of these
trees are now standing, and are found
within an area of 60 acres of the valley.
According to botanists, they belong to
the family of Idrodiums. ..and have been
justly named Washingtonia Gigantia,
and are beyond doubt the most stupen-
deus vegetable product upon earth. The
soil in the grove is rich alluvial, very
deep and loose. The growth of the
forest is the Washington Gigantea, Bal
sam Fir, Cedar, Sugar Pine, Dog Wood
Hazel, and a luxurious and dense under
brush, straw berries, raspberries, and cur
rants in great abundance, also a rare
plant which for richness of color sur
passes any thing in the mountains. BY
some it is called the ice plant It's bo-
taaical name has not as yet been given
it.
DR.. RoBERr HARE.--The death of
this eminent natural philosopher is an
nounccd as having taken place on Sat
urday, May Is, at his residence in Phil
adelphia. He was born in 17S1, and
had consequently attained the ripe age
of seventy-seven years He entered
the chemical class in the University of
| Pennsylvania in 1SGl, and before the
expiration Of the year had signalizcd
himself by the invention Of the COM
pound or oxy-hydrogcp Bow pipe, by
which instrument a degree of heat was
produced sufficient to melt the most
refractory mineral substances. Although
the honor of this invention was claimed
by another experiment in Great Britain
the scientific world is now unanimous in
conccding the priority to DIR. Hare. He
afterwards introduced modification of
the blow pipe, in which alcohol was
substituted in the place of the gasses
Among his inventions in galvsnsm, are
his calorimeter, and ocfagrator, by the
latter of which the hardest metals are
instantly fused, and which has been pro-
nounced by Professor Silliman to be
the most admirable contribution to this
department of knowledge since the dis
covery of the pile By Volta and of the
trough of Cruikshanks. He also invent
ed an improved gasometer, new eud-
iometer, the litrameter, an instrument
for ascertaining the specific gravities of
fluids, togerher with various improve
mcnts in the Practical details of the
laboratory. DR.. Hare was elected in
1918, to the chemical professorship in
the University of Pennsylvania, which
Office he filed for about thirty years.
". Y Tribune.
Frank, says one student to another,
whom he caught swinging a scythe most
Justify in field of stout herdsgrass,