New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-06
Miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
PEACHES in Southern Illinois are promising. s.
they are in Central Ono and we bellows generally
through that State. The Plandeair rays fruit Of oil
kinds looks we'll about Cleveland, particularly straw
berries Ia Indiana il 10 feared that the peach crop
is likely 10 fail from the ourl.lsaf disease This 10
particularly the in the southern part oi tie State
Tx NEW TIA PLANT, said 10 have been recently
discovered in Peunsy yanla, proves TO BE- al old nc
ambulance, instead Of n new one. Mr.. James H..
Jackson writes 10 The TiOga Agi!aor all about 1t.
lie cay he has used II for several years. and preers
| il 10 the in ported article. ii. says:
| "I ID. CedaoitHf dmericdhd o. boisnisis; was
much u,cd by our good in the GHyr OF the Rev
olutionary War under the names Of Liberty lea,
American Walpoo. and Now-Jersey lea aud i,
glso known h Red Root It II small. iudigcnou.
shrub. growing on pine lands throughout tie United
Sta,es Tie root IL ssluucent, and imTarts q red
color to ws'er The leaves whom ohewed aIe slight
~ % ringout and mucilGs pous and The plant has
tonic properties. We have known several weakly
per.cns TO CONSIDER themselves much benefited by
iIs use although they were Ignorant oi is modionAl
properties.
1t should be gathered when in bloom, which We
believe 10 IN the month OF August, when an hour
spent OH the ulouulain Will secure more than ANY
family Will use.
THr WILD ANIMALS or NEw-YoEs.-At the
SportmAn's Convention, now IN sosslou IA Buffalo,
tie Pfesiden, made tie following STATEMENT.
| The game law passed by the Legislature OF this
State At the rocomm.ncltion Of TIN. organization,
has proved emncnily successful In tie giinnment
Of s OLiectr Aud &c game Of our forests aed The
fan in our waters, arc showing InAtcTlh. increase
under the wise provisions Of projecting them during
the breeding Seasons But Que amendment socn,
necessary 10 t. uT.ed lie deer ia our p0rihs n
forests annually destroyed IA almost Incredible
plumbers by wolves and paLlher IL - n.orted
lAnt one Of these animals VIII Ill ne many deer "a
hunter " bch ls Estimated 10 lie at l-nst each
week. a gentleman OF high reputation ss u sports
mab whites ns that during each Of annual all
hghtt Tor Sone yeas iest, lie has noted the trucAs
OF a, least twenty-five Of thes. ruinous animals
/ winch II csguI.ted HH above, would destroy tic
lives OF 800 deer annually should we no, recon
meud and urge the pasthge Of Ia law by tho ne1t
Legislature 10 retiore tho old State bounty Of go
for each wolf or panther killed, aimee this bounty
has been WITHDRAWN Hunters have purpose '
avoided killing them, and their numbers largely
incr-nslug
\ 4 CoNsIiTUTIOsAL COS.TRyATVE IN 1872
Daring the seige OF Fort Erie, ia tho war Of 1912
by the British forces under Gen. Drummoud, an ef
| sr, war made by Gen. Porter, In Buffalo, 70 ra-e
r,enforcemeuts for our impeIllrd army. An incident
occurred nt the time the militia were ordered for
| ward 10 the beselged army, which Ia readable IN
these lirnes when men clumOr about Constitutional
urvileg-s and imm1nilics. 1t il thus related:
! Gen Porter BY dint Of superhuman efforts, gath
cred n considerable body Of militia ~ Buffalo, 10
enforce the fort Early IN September ho ordered
them to cross the river The line was formed slon.
Pearl street, in The rear Of the First Church. A
.oOn ne TIC head Of the column began to move and
lie direction became apparent All Ciicer-one vi
thosc men VINO, In such umes, are scrupuOus as 10
! the law III proportion 10 the value they upon
their livts-ttopped out Of the ranks and shouted
out: We are militia Of New-York, aud cannot bo
ordered out Of the State. IL 10 unconstitutional
/, was wonderful now suddenly II love Tor The Con-
stitu'iOn DEVELOPED itself IN the breasts Of tie nj
liua men. Large numbers left the ranks aud began
10 clamor agannt the order. But Porter aud "A 10 w
determined officers spurrcd among the indictments,
arrested the rugleader, awed his followers, and,
aided by small detachment Of regularr, restored
order. This northumberland | need hardly
say was "a lawyer-was hurried into Quartermas.
ters cart and sent under strong guard 10 Williams
VILE with the information that ii he returned with
bis legal scrulles into our lines, ho would be shot
| forthwith.
| The SHOWS AND SEAS OF MARs.-Msrs has lately
presented favorable opportunity for the exaInna-
non OF its surface. The constitution OF this planet
more nearly approaches that Of the earth than any
other in the systsp. Snow can be detected at both
poles the white circle increasing in Winter aud do
| creasing in Summer. Ii has been found that the
center Of this region OF snow does not coincide OK
actly with the poles u the planet And IN tins
respect IL ~ Ike tbo edltu, whose greatest cold IN
not exactly at The pole. greenish belt, with deep
baya and nets near tho equator, which Is suspected
to be sea, has recently been detected. The terml-
nation Of the snowy region very sharp and abrupt,
giving the idea Of loty cliff. A reddish island III
| The above sea has ALEC been detected Tho proba-
bihty Of Mas being inhabited is greater than that
Of any other planet It's density is very nearly that
Of tho earth. The hea, and light Of the sun would
only DO half OF that enjoyed on our globe; but then
this may be compensated by All atmosphere which
may form warmer wrapping than ourr, and by n
more sensitive eye. great part Of tho surface Of
the globe 10 covered with for hall VI tho year,
the people in Mars would not be worse of thsn
in Canada ana iife 10 tOlerable here. People emf
grating IRON this planet TO Mars would find that
they were only half as heavy M they sre here,
which some would not regard disadvantage.
ILetsh.
SUICIDE BIT GoISo OVER GEsrsEE FALLs.-A
man committed suicide yesterday morning by throw
ing himself into the river just shove the Great Falls
aud going over with the current. Hs came TO the
city on She NswYork Express train, arriving at
6: SO q M Al tho train was crossing the bridge, ho
sapsd frsm tho cars and throw himself hssdfors-
most over tho railing into the nver. Tho wsser wss