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diro vacancy in it; and, in about three months after that event, ho packed Lip his clothes, sold the farm, and, with the proceeds to start upon in a now country, emigrated to America. Here the active habits ami knowledge of farming he bad gained in • Berkshire stood him in good stead; ] and, in the course of a few years, /Roger became one of the leading men >' in the colony. Prosperous, industrious, and a general favorite, his path | seemed smooth enough; but Cupid, 'in one of his pranks, must meddle with poor Roger’s concerns, and itrouble his peace by sending a shaft I from Maggie Grant’s black eyes right through the youth's susceptible heart. Maggie was the belle of the village, courted l»y all the lads, envied by all the lasses; a tall, handsome girl, the daughter of old Grant, the hard-head-ed, wealthy, stern, ugly old fellow that ever lived, who had set his hearten Maggie’s marrying Colonel Murry of his Majesty’s troops, and had forbidIden her to even look at the village hoys, which said prohibition only seemed to excite a spirit of onposi- j tion in the girl's heart, and made her flirt desperately all round, but nartic- 1 ularly with Roger. Poor fellow!—' One day, she hinted that she had a ; decided preference for his handsome face; the next, she tormented his life, 'and excited his jealousy by telling him of the devoted attentions of some other country beaux, and hinted that his (Roger's) manners wanted polish* mg, and that she never would marry one who was only a farmer. At last, driven to desperation, Roger brought bit idol to terms, threatened to return to England, and choose a wife there, ami finally won from tier a blushing confession that she loved him, would marry him, and not llirt any more, or marry that stupid Colonel Murry, who was, she indignantly declared, old 1 enough to be her father. In vain old t Grant stormed and forbade the mar- 1 ringo. Maggie was as determined as i himself, and, failing to win his consent to the match, went, one day, without it, to Roger, and became his wife.

brought Laura and many of the people round her. “See, Laura,” sbo cried, holding up a large silver watch, “your father’s watch! I should know it amongst a thousand. Here are his father’s initials cut in the band on the back, and the bullet dent that was made at Bunker’s Hill. Verily,” she said, solemnly, pointing to the dead man, “this is God's retribution; a just punishment for robbing the widow and fatherless. I remember his face well, Laura; he is one of the men who fired your father’s house, one to whom I knelt begging him to leave me only that one token; and he spurned me with his foot; and now see, the sea has washed my treasure to my feet.” Maggie looked like one inspired as she poured forth these passionate words; and none questioned her right to keep the watch. Three years more passed away. Old Grant sent for Maggie, forgave her on his death-bed. and left her his money. She returned to America, “where,” said grandfather, chuckling, “I met Laura, loved her. married her, and”—his face saddened—“when she died, she gave me the watch bequeathed her by her mother, and told me the story I am now telling you.” Grandfather paused; we were all silent; then there was a startling cry from Mary; and looking up, I saw standing in the doorway Robert Sampson.

try were filled with their noise. 1 could not tell what those strange phenomena meant. So I went down to the margin of the lake to see it I could find an interpreter of this music and rejoicing. .Presently there was a strange looking animal stopped up to me, that bore the marks of great antiquity, that seemed to look on me as an intruder. 1 could not tell 'whether it was of the human species or not, but I concluded to ask a few questions in regard to the gathering together of so many different kinds' of birds and animals. It, however, understood me, and undertook to tell me, by signs and grips. But this was a failure. Presently there stood before me another beast, that I recognised by his goggle eyed appearance, as belonging to the human species. Between the apex and feel, there were about six feet. He too, bore the marks of antiquity. He looked as if sixty cold winters had passed over his whited head. I soon founnd out that he considered himself a magnificent chandelier, notwithstanding his oldish appearance, While I was examining his cranium there was a venerable looking old gentleman stepped up, whom I recognized as a minister of the gospel.— They soon entered into a conversation; and to my surprise, I soon found out that my old goggle-eyed friend was an old lino Democrat. Thinks I to myself, I will have some fun now. knowing the old liners to be such great preacher haters. Hut in this I was somewhat disappointed; but the I old liner was disposed to talk, whether any one would listen or not. He asked the minister if he could tell him the circumference of Jupiter’s belt, or the length of the milky way? To which he replied, a fool might ask

From the Western Christian Advocate. THE RACE OF PEOPLE INHABITING AMERICA BEFORE THE INDIANS. A few days ago I visited the spot which was once the resting-place of the dead; but the silence and solitude of the tomb must be disturbed to accommodate steam. It is now a gravel bank being used by the Bellefountaine and Indiana railroad for ballasting. It is situated in Hardin county, Ohio, near Mt. Victory. The bank in a fine bank of sand and gravel — evidently the work of nature through the agency of water, for the different horizontal strates are very visible from the bottom to the top, the highest part being about twenty feet, and sloping off in all directions like a coffin. It was some two or three, hundred yards wide, and about four or five hundred long. At the bottom of this bank some three or four hundred human skeletons were found and dug up, of both sexes, from the giant to the unborn infant. With them was found something like breastplates made of shells, and ornaments for the wrists and neck; some instruinents of stone, but none of wood, either as coffins or instruments. There was the appearance of a hanlc of and instrument,but the metal part, if any, had disappeared. They were found on one common level; this is at the bottom of the gravel, on a heel of clay. They were from five to eighteen or twenty feet under ground, according to the slopes of the bank. Holes were excavated for their burial. This could be plainly seen, for the different stratas of sand and gravel were broken immediately above them, and the earth promiscuously thrown in. From the numerous wristlets and neck ornaments, it was probably the burial ground of some ancient royal family or the chiefs and nobility of a people that inhabited this country long before the present race of Indians, and are now extinct! There,

Wliolostae am Retail Dealer* In Spirits, Wines and Malt Liquors Take this opportunity of informing their friends that they continue the trade of making Drunkards, Bankrupts, Beggars and Maniacs on the most reasonable terms, at the shortest notice. Tlio subscribers return their sincere thanks to numerous customers , and to all the tippling part of the community, for the extensive patronage they now receive: and they hope the many proofs that ae to be found of their success in the above line of business, will ensure to them the increased support of drunkards and little dropdrinkers, as well as forever silence the advocates of total abstinence societies, those bitter enemies of their long established end popular trade. Death & Co., beg leave to assure the public, that the articles in which they deal are the best and most pleasant poisons in the world; and they will warrant them certain death in every case where the individual perseveres in the use of them. Death & Co., bring themselves under obligations to send more persons to the poor-house, the prison, the gallowrs and the grave yard, than any other firm; and they will also do it with the greatest possible dispatch; to accomplish these desirable ends, it is only necessary for the individual to take a glass occasionally, till he feels that quantity insufficient to gratify the craving appetite which it will soon create, and when this rum, whisky, gin, brandy, wine, cider, ale, or porter appetite is formed, the poisoned are then prepared to brave temporal and eternal misery, for the sake of another glass. In short Death & Co., will spare no pains or expense to bring the wives and children of their customers to misery, temporal and eternal, and drive to delirium and death as many as the public good may require. They are constantly receiving new supplies of the poisonous liquids, which they will sell by the glass, the bottle, the barrel, or by the hogsheud.

established in England in 1638 by Charles I. br.t it was declared illegal, ns well as the royal guards in 1(579. The first permanent military band instituted in England, was the yoemen of the guards, established in 148(1. duns wore invented by Swartz, u dei man, about 1370, and brought into use by the Venetians in 1382. Cannon were first used at the battle of Crcssy in the siege of Berwick in 1405. it was not until 1544. however, that they were cast in England. They were used on board of ships by tho Venetians in 1539, and were in use among the Turks about the same |timc. An artillery company was instituted in England for w eekly military exercises in 1(510. Insurance uf ships was first practised in tho reign of Ctesnr in 45. It !wn# a general custom in Europe 1194. Insurance odiccs were first established in Loudon in 1486. Astronomy was first studied by them introduced into . Europe in 1301. The rapid progress of modern astron omy dates from tho time uf Copernicus. Books of astronomy and geometry were destroyed, ns infected with magic, in England, under tlie reign of Edward VI, in 1552. 1 Banks were first established by tho Lombard Jews in Italy. The name is derived from bunco, bench—benches being erected in the market places for tho exchange of money, kc. Tho first public baiik was at Venice, about 1550. The Hank of England was established in 1(398. In 1 (396 its notes were at 20 per cent, discount. Tho invention of hells is attributed to Baulinas, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They were first introduced into churches as defence against thunder and lightning. They were first hung up in England at CroylnDil abbey, Lincolnshire, in 945. In the eleventh century and later it was tho custom to baptize them in the cbnrhcs before they were used. The curfew bell was established in 1068. It was rung at eight in the evening, when people w ere obliged to put out their fire and candle. The custom was abolished in 1110. Ilelhncn were appointed in London in 1556, to ring the bella at night, and cry, ‘Take care of your firo and candle, he charitable to the poor, and prey for the dead.’ — ■ —■ - | How many arc aware of the origin of the word ‘boo!’used to frighten children' It is a corruption of Boh, the nano of a fierce (lot he t Jeneral, the son of Odin.the mention of w hose name spread apanic among his enemies. Book-keeping was first introduced into England from Italy by I’eolc, in 156!*. It was derived from a svs-

over tneir graves, naa neen grow mg oak trees for mure llian a thousand years! I low many crops of them had boon produced no human being can toll or history inform us. They must have hern a race of men who inhabited the country before the Indians; nn<1 may have been connected with the building of the mounds we see in different parts of the Suite—at f'irclevillc. Springfield, Newark, etc. A number of the skeletons were in a good state of preservation, so much so that some of them have been w ired up. This was the case with those which were found from sixteen to twenty feet under the ground; hut those which were at the slopes of the hank fell to pieces when resurrected. The depth which they were buried would favor the idea that the race had become extinct; for no nation, of whom we have any knowledge of their m “ history, bury their dead so deep. It is probable they were all hurried, originally one depth, the slopes of the hank having been made hv tbc washu i w ing of the rains and snows ofn thousand years. The average size of tbc heads was smaller than the people of tins country at the prescut time. There was one cranium that measured twentytwo inches, which is the average size of men nt the present time when the measurement is over the integuments. The skeleton shower! lie

For tho accommodation of their numerous customers, and for the dispatch of their increasing business. Death A Co..have apointed a sufficient number of active agents, w ho are stationed at convenient distances, in splendid palaces, beer shops and public houses. These palaces, and public houses nml grogerics, may he know n by the squalor, tilth, and obscenity of customers who congregate around them, as well us by the odors, of (he poison continually polluting the air around. Satisfactory references can he given to county jails, houses of correction, lunatic asylums, hospitals, work shops, insolvent debtors, courts, the court of bankruptcy, or the wives and families of those whom Death k Co., have had the happiness to make drunkards. N. II.—Death and Co., heg leave to caution all tipplers and dram-drink-ers from giving any heed to their wives und children or friends, or any of the total abstinence societies, as these parties arc enemies to Ids soul and body destroying business. (Jentlemen, by calling upon our agents, may see specimens of drunkards, and subjects or the diurnal house, at all hours, by day and by night, Sundays not excepted. DEATH k CO.

t»‘in of algebra published by Jlurgo at \ enice. Notaries Public were first appointfl by the b a)hers of the Christian t Inn ch, to collect the acta ami meuiories of martyrs in the first century. The administration of the oath m civil cases ia of high antiquity. Sec Exodus oil—10. Swearing on the gospels was at first used in 528. The oath was administered in judicial proceedings in Knglnnd by the Suxons in 000. The words ‘So help mo <-»od. and all the Saints,’ concluded mi oath till 1550. Singuls to bo used at sea were fintt contrived by James II. when duke of ork in 1G05. They were after - wards improved hy the French com mnnder fourville, and by Admiral llalclicn. I Haw silk la said to liave been made by a people of China called Seres, 151) B. C. It was first brought from I ndia, 274, and a pound of it at that time was worth a pound of geld. The manufacture of raw silk was introduced into Europe from India bysomo monks in 550. Silk dresses wero first brought into Europe in 527. Bo,l. Jvur. i

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Mush) if protection from the liquor traffic were cvimtilulional I wudai go About this time the tin* old preacher was over bqflM|f heat, and he came down on liner* with an avalanche, and told him bc- ’ _ ( cause he preached him and sucb| eougliluliunal JiiHujoi/uct to hell, he 1 was abused, ami treated as an ‘‘incendiary.” The old man got so loud as to wukc me before ho got throughhia sermon.

deep. Tho Hebrews buried their dead in caves, or chambers cut out of the rocks; tho Homans burned their dead; other nations bury but a few feet under tho ground. The Indians buried their dead in a sitting or standing position, with the face to the west. Tho cheek-bones of these skeletons were not so prominent ns the Indians, presenting a visage more like the present race of whites. II. M. Shaffer, i HVW Liberty, OUi>.

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From Godey's Lady's Book. GRANDFATHER’S WATCH.

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BY VIRGINIA DE FORREST. "Tick! tick! tick!" "Oh, grandfather, what a pretty ijLe it does make! Tick! tick! UU

ffha little hands were folded, the ft blue eyes looking forward with H earnest look so common to chilVn when they listen intently; the lr curls were pushed aside to give Dm for the largo Watch against the lie car; the tiny rosebud south w as If open, showing two pretty rows [pearly teeth; and Fannie was deaf .everything but Tick! tick! tick! (Grandfather, his pipe in his hand, fked w ith tender loving pride on his jrling’s delight; and oven mama, imlpa’s laughing, rosy daughter, try, left her work to lean over the ckof the old leather-covered chair, d watch her pet; while I, hit udor d eavesdropper that 1 am, p. >ed at tho pretty picture from the or, and spoiled the w hole tableau catching Fannie’s eye as she ived it.

“I have been listening for the hundredth time, I think,” he said, when the first burst of joy was over, ‘‘to the story of grandfather’s w atch; but I could not interrupt it, impatient as 1 was to clasp Mary to my heart, and tell you all that I have returned rich to cherish you all in comfort, and restore to grandfather many of the old luxuries I see”—and he glanced around the poor room—“he has been doing without.” And your humble servant left them to their joys, having gratified her own curiosity, and heard the history of “Grandfather’s Watch.”

watch was put aside; and my intrusion wis shown to be forgiven by the hospitable eagerness with which 1 Vis welcomed. Shall 1 introduce Cu to our cosy little party? (Irandhcr Morris, then, is the patriarch of our little village of—never mind -what. He is the idol of all the children within five miles; and his greatest delight is to collect some ten or a dofn of them round his knee, and till them old Revolutionary stories •ad the history of his watch, a thing to precious, in the old man’s eyes, to trust to baby fingers, but willingly ■fen d at any little one's ear, while M held the ring firmly in his hand. Iiry Sampson is the old man’s only okilil, and the housekeeper and inn id oi all wot k at the farm-house, for they ■re \cry poor; and, since Robert Stinp son, Mary's husband, went to California first, and to Australia aftfewsrds, to seek his fortune, and nevar returned, the world has gone hardly with his wife and little Fannie, his oily child. Rut, for tho kindness of tb< neighbors, real suffering for the iftceiiaries of life would have often ■foiled the old farm; but the villagers will not see them want; and many a bag of meal or piece of meat Mary finds at early morning lying near the threshold, as she opens the door.— Finnic is the pet and plaything of the whole village, a sweet sunny-haired darling, with a joyous laugh, a clear, pleasant voice, and the lightest step •tnl brightest face in the village. I sm—your humble servant, 1 “Now, grandpa,” said I (the dear old man is called grandpa by every - bo dy in the village,) “you will tell mr the story of the watch. I really believe I am the only person within ten miles who docs not know it.” _ “Certainly, my child. 1 will tell {ou; but, as you say, everybody nows it; and so I supposed you knew it too. You see—” But, as the old man's way of telling the story was rambling, and tnlx•<l up with incidents in no wise con■ectcd with the watch, the reader will forgive mo if I alter the language, •n l give the history of grandfather's watch in my own words. Long, long ago, before the Revolutionary War broke out in America, there lived, in a little hamlet, in the County of Rerkshire, England, a widow with only one son, a strong, active Jad of nineteen, who attended to the farm, and was his mother’s pride and Oomfurt. She was the widow of Rog#r Luring, who had been during his lifetime, an assistant in the store of ■ wealthy watch-maker in London, ■nd whoso handsome salary had supported them comfortably, even luxn-! riously, during his lifetime; but, onj bis death, be had left just enough to] buy the farm Mrs. Lormg now occu-: 5‘ied, and day his few outstanding ebts. So, with the boy, then twelve years old, and the personal property of her husband, Mrs. boring removed to Berkshire to pass the remainder <>fi her life. Among her husband’s possessions was a large silver watch, the work entirely of bis own hands, and of inestimable value to his widow who cherished it fondly, und excited young Roger's highest hopes by the promise of bestowing it on him when lie came of age. Just one year before that period arrived, however, she was taken to her last home, and Roger left an orphan. The old place became hateful to the affectionate lad after his mothci’s death caused such a

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The storm that hud been gathering over America broke at last; and the battle of Lexington called upon every man to take the side of liberty or oppression, and bear arms fur or against his country. Huger boring, bidding an affectionate farewell to his wife and infant daughter, wont, with Maggie’s blessing on the good cause, to join the colonists in the struggle for freedom. This is not an historical sketch; every child in America knows theliistory of the Revolution. Suffice it that, on Hunker’s Hill, Roger Loring fell, fighting for his country. Maggie was scaled in the large kitchen of her own house when one of tho neighbors brought the news. In his hand, he held a silver watch.

Mr. Editor: There is something at times very peculiar and interesting in dreams; especially so, when they arc considered as omens of good. In olden times they frequently left a serious imorcsslnn on the minds of those who were disposed to pry into future events. At limes, the dreamer was the interpreter of his ow n dreams! at other times it was necessary to call in themagiciansand astrologers; when these failed, the whole thing was wrapped up in doubt and uncertainty. Had it not been fur this, the following dream must have remained one of the mysteries of the age. *

a philosopher questions that he could not answer. But I was aatisflied the old liner had not sense enough to feel the force of this reply, or ho would have asked him no more questions. The conversation now changed on more serious subjects. The minister asked the old liner if he could tell the C!tu*e of such gathering together, and such’grout rejoicing among the animals around? To which he replied: “Last winter our Democratic Legislature passed what is called the Game Law, which goes into effect today, and they have met to eommemtrate and to return their thinks to the

“Wc thought you would like to have it, marm,” he said, placing it in Maggie’s hand, “particularly, marm. as ye sec, by the big dent in the back, that the bullet that killed him must have struck the watch first, and glided off. It stopped it, you sec, inarm; and w c hadn’t the heart to set it agoing again.” Poor Maggie! We must pass over her sorrow, and come to the further adventures of the w atch.

After performing the duties of the day, I retired to my bed for repose, andina few minutes, I was wrapped in nature’s soft nurse. I thought that I was on the summit of some mountain, which skirted a beautiful

Democratic party for their protection from the sportsman's gun. Now I understood the thing for the first time, and felt under lasting obligations to my old line friend for his information.

lake, tho bosom of whose w aters was as calm and as still as a babe. The earth was carpeted with green, ami the tall pine waved its lofty branches high above me, and I sat looking up “through nature, to nature’s God.”

We were nil engaged in talking about the philanthropy and benevolence of our Legislature, in passing such a law, when, to our astonishment, wewere surrounded by an innumerable company that no man could number.

One night, in the dead of winter, a party of English soldiers set fire to Maggie’s house, and, robbing her of all her little valuables, the watch included, turned her and her child into the cold night, with nothing save the clothes on their bucks. A neighbor who, being# Tory, was for the tin.e safe, took her in for a fortnight, and then paid her passage to England, where she went to join her father, who had gone home on the first signs that troubled times were coming to America.

It was in midsummer, when nature seems to praise God most. Not n trace of a cloud could be scon. The luminary of day was just coming from his chambers with his face wet with the waters of the lake, “rejoicing as a strong man to run a race.” If there be a spot on this huge earth more suitable for meditation than this, I have never seen it. My mind run back to the period of time w hen God said, “Let there he light: and there was light;” yea, further than this: I thought of the time, (if I may call it time) when the author of the scenery around me iid his own pleasure in his own vast dominions, long before the foot of man had trodden the plains i around me. I was forcibly struck with that interesting remark of the Psalmist, ‘‘Thou makest darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest crccpeth forth; the sun ariseth, they gather themselves to- 1 gelhcr nndlaycth down; and man go-| eth forth to his laborer, until the evening.” While I was thinking about the beauty and tho truth of the remark, I found myself surrounded by a countless host of all kinds of animals. Tho hunted doer, tho gobbling turkey, the harking squirrel, the whistling partridge, the cooing dove, and as I many other kinds ns there wore tongues at tho tower of Babel. These all seemed to have one universal year of jubilee. Such rejoicing and thanksgiving never had been seen before, i The whole air and surrounding coun-i

. whose appearance I could not 6nd , words in our vocabulary to represent. . There were the lame, the halt, and , the blind, the raving maniac with his . blistered face and firey eyes. There , was the debauchee, whose swollen p limbs trembled like Nebuchadnezzar's, , crying for the rocks and hills to fall nn him, and hide him from our view. : !There, too, was the poor unfortunate I widow, with her ragged and fatherless , offspi ing. “begging for the crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table.” I saw mj old line friend look at the preacher as if bis heart was full, and with a trembling voice says, my dear sir, ran you tell me the cause of the suffering of this pcoplo? Yes, sir, said the preacher, in a loud, monolon- , ous voice, these arc enith'i "trine bibI here. 9 ' .Inst then there stepped np a • distressed locking woman, lending a little boy by the band, with a sleeping Imbe in her aims, and told her talc of woe. After she pot through, she asked the old liner w hat was the cause of this singing nnd rejoicing among the birds and animals? lie hung his bond ns if ashamed to answer her i|Uestion. He then stated what our Legislature had done for their jmihc'ion, add they were rejoicing over it. She then laid one hand on her brow, I and tho other on her babe, and cxclaimsd, “ protection! protection for • I the bird*, but none to woman! ‘Oh! shame, where is thy blush.' ” The old liner looked at me and ildushed, (the first old liner I over saw

On a little sea-coast town, on the shore of Ireland, *o again find Maggie and little Laura, now a handsome girl of fourteen. They were unable to find old Grant for a long time; and when at last they did, he refused to forgive his disobedient child: ami Maggie, a wanderer, hud at last accepted the offer of an uncle, and gone to his c:\bin, on the shore of Ireland, to pass the years, hoping still that Roger’s services would he remembered, and she enabled to return to America.

daU.There arc many meu who delight in playing the fool, but who get angry the moment they arc told #o.

.An advertisement lately appeared, headed, “Iron bed-steads and bed • ding.” We suppose the linen must ho »Aset-iron.

A leaf Worth Preserving-Curl-oils I'arts from lllsiorv. The Saxons first introduced archery in the tine of VoUigenr. It was dropped immediately after the conquest, but revived by the crusaders, they having felt the effects of it from the Saracens. Bows and arrows as weapons of war were in use with stone cannon halls so late that all the statutes for the encouragement of archery were framed after the invention of gunpowder and firearms. Yew trees were encouraged in church ysrds, for the making of bows, in 1482. Hence their generality in church yards in England. Coats of arms mine into vogue in the reign of Richard I of England, and became heredifory in families about tho year 1192. They took their rise from the knights painting their banners with different figures to distinguish thorn in the crusade. Tho first standing army of modern times was established by Charles VII of france, in 1445. Previous to that time the king had depended upon his nobles for contingents in time of war. A standing army was first

was mn:m of eight feet. The intellectual portion of tliu cranium was

not well developed, but the percep-

An Irish lady wrote to her lover, hogging him to send her some moncy. She added, by way of postscript; “I am so ashamed of the request I have made iu this letter, that I sent after the post-man to get it back, but the servant could pot overtake him.'*

tive, was. I procured a skull with some other honesof Mr. Matteson, who lias charge of the work, and who, in a very kind and obliging manner, gave us all the

One stormy, dismal night, in the month of November, Maggie ami Laura were seated over a small fire, mending a net, when a heavy boom from the sea gave notice of some vessel in distress. The storm was raging furiously; hut, in common with all on the coast. Maggie and T.aurn, throwing on tbeir cloaks, went out upon the beach. Kvcry effort was made to save the vessel, but in vnin; and the morning light showed onlv a totnl wreck in the place of the no\>lo ship that had. the evening before, come so proudly toward* the const. The people on the con«t were now busily engaged in collecting the fragments, and burying the corpses washed upon the bench by the ica. Maggie was actively useful; while kneeling over the body of one man, dressed in a rough sailor’s dress. «he suddenly gave a lond cry, which

informal ion he could. lie said this cranium w as the most intellectual of

To Ukvivb a Fahinu Flowek.—Cut the stalk, and hold it a few moments in the flame of a candle, and then set tho (lower in cold water, when it will recover its strength almost visible after this violent assistance, and blossom immediately.

any. This is a pretty well formed head. He must have been several

centuries old when he died, for all

the sutures of the head w ore completely ossified—so much so you cannot trace a single one of them. The un-

der jaw was moat of it absorbed, ami having but a few snags of teeth.— Those hones T procured were miscellaneously selected; among which is an

•®*Thc people of low a are to vot* in August on the question of allowing negroes to vote on an equality with white men.

os front is which runs back from the

orbits of the eyes with very little more elevation than that of a dog, yet with large perceptive faculties. The above, in my opinion, throws more light on the history of this country than any discovery hereto-

A propositihn passed the California Legislature to call a Constitutional Convention to frame n new cow»* : lution. The main purpose in to divide the Stale. Tin plan is, to make it into th -- the southern one a slave

fore. No nation bury their dead so|