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  the 
  above 
  named 
  purpose. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  was 
  hewed, 
  and 
  alter- 
  

   wards 
  drawn 
  by 
  fifteen 
  yoke 
  of 
  oxen, 
  with 
  the 
  forward 
  end 
  ele- 
  

   •vated 
  on 
  a 
  huge 
  wood 
  sled. 
  When 
  they 
  had 
  got 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  woods, 
  

   a 
  " 
  stump 
  speech" 
  was 
  delivered 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  from 
  the 
  

   forward 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  stick, 
  as 
  a 
  stage. 
  After 
  passing 
  the 
  bottle 
  

   around, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  the 
  times, 
  they 
  m9ved 
  on 
  with 
  

   shouts 
  of 
  overflowing 
  patriotism 
  that 
  almost 
  seemed 
  to 
  inspire 
  

   even 
  the 
  dull 
  ox 
  with 
  more 
  than 
  his 
  ordinary 
  ambition, 
  and 
  thus 
  

   delivered 
  the 
  stick 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  then 
  called 
  Dumont's 
  Ferry, 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  below 
  Fort 
  Miller. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  tree, 
  of 
  jvhich 
  the 
  piece 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabi- 
  

   net 
  is 
  a 
  part, 
  was 
  cut 
  and 
  scored 
  on 
  two 
  sides, 
  and 
  partly 
  hew- 
  

   ed 
  ; 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  some 
  small 
  defect 
  it 
  was 
  abandoned. 
  About 
  

   twelve 
  years 
  subsequent 
  to 
  that 
  time, 
  it 
  was 
  split 
  into 
  rails 
  and 
  

   laid 
  up 
  into 
  fence. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  rails 
  now 
  remain, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  with, 
  some 
  trouble 
  that 
  I 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  a 
  few 
  pieces 
  

   which 
  bear 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  the 
  axes 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  scored 
  and 
  partly 
  

   hewed 
  the 
  stick; 
  one 
  of 
  wiiich 
  is 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  piece 
  herewith 
  pre- 
  

   sented. 
  ' 
  

  

  JAMES 
  H. 
  SILL. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Hon. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Suffolk 
  county, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Two 
  Indian 
  arrow 
  heads, 
  made 
  of 
  greasy 
  quartz. 
  One 
  do, 
  mad© 
  

   of 
  yellow 
  jasper. 
  

  

  From 
  A. 
  Heyer 
  Brown, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

   A 
  STONE 
  AXE, 
  eleven 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  This 
  relic 
  was 
  found 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  in 
  digging 
  a 
  well 
  at 
  Pough- 
  

   keepsie, 
  Dutchess 
  county. 
  

  

  From 
  Mrs. 
  Mercy 
  Valentine, 
  of 
  Albany. 
  

   A 
  military 
  cap 
  plate, 
  of 
  the 
  Revolution. 
  Design. 
  — 
  The 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Eagle 
  with 
  extended 
  wings, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  thir- 
  

   teen 
  stars. 
  Motto— 
  ^^ 
  Unity 
  is 
  Strength,'' 
  1776. 
  

  

  From 
  Abraham 
  J. 
  Warner, 
  of 
  Richniondville 
  Schoharie 
  co. 
  

  

  An 
  ancient 
  mill-stone, 
  plowed 
  up 
  in' 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Conesville, 
  

   Schoharie 
  county, 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1850. 
  The 
  stone 
  

   is 
  gray 
  wacke, 
  twenty 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  tv\'o 
  inches 
  

   tliick,and 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  settlement 
  of 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  in 
  a 
  hand-mill, 
  

  

  