shed and their ammunition not injured, because men and
munitions were all under India rubber."

Ought we soon to forget him to whom we are indebted, in a large measure,
for all this? The American people will long remember Charles Goodyear
when others have faded from memory.

PROF. S. F. B. MORSE.

"Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee: Here we
are!" Said the Lord from the whirlwind to afflicted Job, who remained
dumb for he could not answer. The question has been answered in the
affirmative in our day by the perfector of the electro-magnetic
telegraph, the late Professor Morse, by whose invention the promise has
been fulfilled: "I'll put a girdle around the globe in forty minutes."

Samuel Finly Breese Morse was born in Charleston, Massachusetts, April
27th, 1791. His father was the first person to publish geographies in
America. His father was also a celebrated Congregational minister,
spending much of his time in religious controversy, in maintaining the
orthodox faith throughout the New England churches and against
Unitarianism. He was prominent among those who founded Andover
Theological Seminary, and published many religious periodicals.

S. F. B. Morse was a graduate from Yale at the age of nineteen, and soon
went to England for the purpose of studying painting. At the end of two
years he received the gold medal of the Adelphia Society of Arts for an
original model of a "Dying Hercules," his first attempt at sculpture.
The following year he exhibited "The Judgment of Jupiter," a painting
praised by his teacher, Mr. West. Becoming quite proficient in painting
and sculpture, he returned home in 1815, following his profession in
Boston, Charleston, South Carolina, and later in New York city. At the
latter place, in connection with other artists, he organized a drawing
association, which resulted in the establishment of the National Academy
of Design. Prof. Morse was chosen its first President, and was continued
in that office for the following sixteen years. He painted a great many
portraits, among which was a full length portrait of Lafayette, which
was highly prized and commended by the Association. In 1829 he visited
Europe a second time to complete his studies in art reading for more
than three years in the principal cities of the continent. During his
absence abroad he was elected Professor of the literature of the Arts of
Design in the University of New York; and in 1835 he