The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-25

The Shirt Tres.-The accounts of travellers
have made us well acquainted with the
"Bread Trees nd the "Button Tree,,' but
it remained for the indefatigable Humboldt
TO discover, in the wilds of South America,
tree which produces ready made shirts
We copy his account of this tree
We saw on the slope of the Cerra Duida,
says M. Humboldt,sh trees fifty feet high
The Indians cut off cylindrical pieces two
feet in diameter, from which they peel the
red and hbrous bark, without making any
longitudinal incision. The bark affords
them sort Of garment which resembles
sacks Of very coarse texture, and with out
seam. The upper opening serves for the
head, and two lateral holes are cut for the
arms. The natives wear these shirts OF mar
ina IN the rainy season; they have the form
OF the ponchos and ruanos of cotton which
are go common in New Grenada, at Quito,
and in Peru. As in these climates the rich
es and benehcience of nature are regarded as
the primary cause Of the Incidence of the
inhabitants, the missionaries do not fail to
say, 10 showing the shirts of marima-"in
the forests Of Che oroonoko garments are
found ready made Oh the trees"
Hon. H Hanscome, q prominent politician
of Michigan, and speaker of the Assembly of
that State in l847, died at Msrque ia, Lake Su.
perior' on the Attn inst, of hemorrhage of the
his wife tat that time long distance from him)
dreamed, during the night Of his death, that he
had died, and related the DIRE I'm to her friends
day or two before the intelligence Of his death
reached them.
The Governor of Vermont, in his annual
message to the Legislature, states that the ex.
penses OF the State have, for several years. ex-
ceeded the revenue. He complains OF encf oach-
csding Senate and House of Representatives
and trusts their example will not be followed
Mr.. Green West, Of Amherst, Maine, had his
leg broken below ths knee several years ago
On Monday last, as he was passing behind his
exen. one of them kicked him on the spot OF
the old fracture He tainted Immediately, and .
although receiving no other injury, died in a
few minutes. -...
COuNTERFEIr CoIN.-Washington city has
recently been flooded with counterfeit coin, in
the shape OF bogus gold dollars and hal:-dollars
would not be detected except on close exsmi-
nation. John Stone, B Warder, a wood
merchant, and John Shaw, butter merchant.
have all been arrested and held to bail as re-
ceiyers.
INDICATIONS OF a most severe winter are be-
coming numerous. Our opinion about the adj
ditto aal pillowing under the wings of the geese,
and the additional coating Hound on the onions
Enthusiastically point to most bitter winter =
but oesloeS .ne ABOVE almost lnfallible signs,
it is noticeable that many kinds of birds which
remain with us ordinarily throughout the win
ter months are migrating in southerly direc-
tions. We also learn that squirrels in tremend.
GUS dreves, numbering thousands, have lately
left Missouri on their way South. We remem-
Der well hearing older ones say that in 1884
these migrations were numerous, and we per-
sonally recollect that in 1882 the signs above
noticed were common, and that the most severe
winters ensued
Apt
the death of Judge Thomas Halliburton, for
merly of North Carolina.