The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . s Spain. The introduction ofgunpowder and firearms by the timeof the permanent settlement of NewEngland immensely aided its colo-nization. The Norse had onlyspears, axes, and shields, and couldnot cope successfully with the supe-rior numbers of the visited Icelaud about 1470,and he could scarcely have failed tolearn at that time of the earlier voy-ages of Leif and his followers. Inthe light of this fact, his positiveconviction in the existence .of awestern land has a peculiar signifi-cance. The Nor
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . s Spain. The introduction ofgunpowder and firearms by the timeof the permanent settlement of NewEngland immensely aided its colo-nization. The Norse had onlyspears, axes, and shields, and couldnot cope successfully with the supe-rior numbers of the visited Icelaud about 1470,and he could scarcely have failed tolearn at that time of the earlier voy-ages of Leif and his followers. Inthe light of this fact, his positiveconviction in the existence .of awestern land has a peculiar signifi-cance. The Norse claim to the discoveryof America should be recognized asauthentic because the Northmenwere a sea-faring people whose pre-eminent characteristics were adven-ture, discovery, and settlement; Ice-landic historical writings record fourexpeditions made from Greenland tothe shores of North America: thevalidity of these documents cau behistorically proven both by internaland external evidence, thus makingunnecessary any attempts at locationof the regions explored. ^Ol( i*--sn. HON. HARRY BINGHAM. Hon. Harry Bingharrij known for forty years as the ablest lawyer in NewHampshire, died at his home in Littleton, September 12, having been in failinghealth for some time previous. Mr. Bingham was born in Concord, Vt., March 30, 1S21. being the thirdchild of the late Hon. Warren and Lucy (Wheeler) Bingham. His father was asubstantial farmer, and he was reared to farm life, but early developed a stronglove for study, and determined to secure a liberal education. He labored sodiligently in this direction that his common school privileges, with a few weeksattendance upon select schools, had so far advanced his preparation for college atthe age of seventeen, that it was completed by a years attendance at Lyndonacademy, and he entered Dartmouth college, graduating with the class of 1S43. Immediately after graduation, having determined to enter the legal profession,he commenced the study of law i
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