Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 26 June 1845 — Page 2

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NotCwitiiweal,bat tHat f Rome. THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1845. FOR CONGRESS, GEORGE P. K. WIlSOy. Wki" Candidate for the Legislature, CONRAD BAKER, ESQ. 0-We are authorized to announce WM M. WALKER, as a Candidate for re-elec tion for Sheriff of Vanderburgh County, at the August Election, prs fee $2 fVi- We are authorized to announce n l.TlPT. CTTIITK. as a candidate for the Q;Tice gf Sheriff, at the next August election prs. fee $2. ap 24. (rt-We are renuested to announce SAMITV.I. T. JENKINS, as a candidate for relpf.tion for the office of Clerk of the Vn derburgh Circuit Court at the August elec-

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Wo nn authorised to announce EBEN D rn?f nf Posev County, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, for the Fourth Ju dicial Circuit 4 fj-We are-tequested to announce AL V! P: 1IOVEY. tf Posey county, as a can ,n,Ui9 fnr Prrwer.iitmfT Attorney, for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. prs fee $2 ft?- We are authorized to announce ZA CIIARIAII B. AVDISLUI 1, as a anui .i..f si.prlfTnf Vanderburgh county, at the next August election. O-We came very near killing oil our friend Eben D. Edson, Esqr., last week. A rutnor reached here that he had died at his residence in Mt. Vernon after a short ill. ness. We did'nt' publish an obituary notice of him, but we went so far as take his name put of our list of candidates, lie satisfied us that he wa3 no ghost by forking over the araount charged for announcing his name. (gj- The Washington Guards, Captain Bittrolff, will parade in full uniform for the first time on Monday next the 30th jnst. The Guards are composed entirely of Germans, a large majority of whom are fine looking men. Their uniform is a very rich one, and their commander, we learn an excellent officer. The Band will accompany them; and our citizens will no doubt enjoy a treat, as thev are well drilled. A stand of 7 -r .-J colors, painted by Mr. Samuel Kelton, will be presented to them on the occasion by the Ladies of this place. perior Lemon Syrnp. If any of our citizens desire the material for making a cool and pleasant drink this warm weather, they now know where it is to be found. ' Roast Beef. We are requested to say to those of our citizens who are fond of good Beef, that Mr. John EcncL3 has a very fine jbullock whic.1 he intends to kill and dress for our Market on Thursday next, the 3rd instant. The weight of the steer is about 900 pounds, and we are assured is as fine an animal as was ever offered in our Market. Those who want choice cuts must rise earlyl In many of the counties in Pensylvania, the Commissioness are anticipating the period for the regular collection of the revenue in order to meet promptly the interest on the State debt. Ohio pays up her in terest cheerefully and promptly; but Indiana what does she do, lags behind and makes no effort to meet the claims against her. And will it be believed, a few demagogues in our State for the sake of a little notariety and in the hope by such a course to slip into office are actually opposing the reception and appropriation of lands, granted by the last Congress for the completion of Erie and Ohio Canal, to that purpose. The tolls, water results, &.c, of the canal when finished, will pay one-half to two-thirds of the interest on our State debt; yet with the means to accomplish that object given to us, there are those tn our midgt $0 dishonest as to refuse their acceptance. They are the dogs in the manger they will neither benefit themselves tor suffer their creditors to be benefited. CctT Jhn Van Buren, son of the ex-Pres ident, has been nominated by a paper in N York, as the Democratic candidate for Pres ident in 18521 This may read funny to some, but we see no reason why Johnny Van may not "come u ' as a easily as Jimmy l oiK. Where is Bobby Tyler? When is be to be put in train ing. They are manufacturing shingles in La fayette in this State from lumber brought from Canada. It comes by the way of the Canal. Louis Phillippe and Victoria, the Kings of Belgium Naples, and Holland, and the Queen pf Spain, are all to meet at Paris in August next. 07"The Washington Union says that the jeport of the intended appointment of John Y. Mason, the Attorney General aa Minister to Enghnd, is incorrect.

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fUluo oiioiiuivj. We noticed a short time since a call for a ... !.: Tnl. Mpo Convention to oe neiu ai iucih, - M on ,he4,h of Jul, next, .o confer .he u. f Vtfirn nterests. UBSiun,aiiauM.iu...w..o - .1- v0a, n fnt.irfi its ust : tna f,m for the im- to r-... ti.; mil ha rt va helieve. bv all the Western and South-western States; and we rejoice to know that this long neglected portion of the Union has at last woke up, and, seeing the necessity of harmony and concert of action, is determined to orcp an sectional feelings and prejud.ee s and act as one man for the good ot toe w&oie. . The citizens ot lvansvu e, wno are - ... , t. hind none of their neighbors in lootmg alter their interests, and who axe always reaay 10 . r.i I i i. . .vin inn nnri mil n iiii-t lirrti-i i pie to better their condition, believing that . . . fi. whatever benefits one pan, uiusi uc moreo,leS3b,all-heUmee,,ugTa een,ns isi .ue - tliepurposeo tangtuis mau r uu -1 ha. ;h(a mat) siueraiion anu ior uptiuuiuug usjw ..J rnnntinn. Mr. Jas. G. Jones UIILIIU apiAlU - I .o.irIr.nnrl Mr. John. Ingle, was VUtlVU IV I Jr., appointed Secretary. James Lockhart, Esq , rose and addressed the meeting, explaining itsobjectsand pointin" out the benefits which must result to the West if the people are but true to themselves claiming for it a fair and equal distribution of the favors of the Government, which have heretofore been so lavishly bestowed upon our Eastern brethren, and exhorted the meet in by all means to be represented in the proposed convention. Mr. Lockhart was followed by E. D. Edson, Esq., of Mt. Vernon, in a speech which ch which ing for a claimed the attention of the meetin few minutes, and also by John J. Chandler. Conrad Baker, and John Ingle, Jr.. Esquires, whose remarks were appropriate and to the noinf. Each of these gentlemen urged it upon our citizens to look to their interest in time, and by securing a representation in the convention, show to their neighbors that nothing like sectional feeling actuates them when the good of any portion of the West is under consiaeration. ine loaowing resolutions were then read ana adopted. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting the Slate of Indiana is deeply interested in the promotion of Western interest, as much so as any western or south-western State. - itesotceu, i nai esi-pciuuy 13 witj souiueru Tl tl. .1 .1 portion of our State interested in all improve.w i T vuiigreayuaj uuudim iu us amount of land for tne completion of our Canal, which, when finished, will connect the waters of the Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico, urges the people of this sestion of country to aid their brethren in their endeavors to improve our river navigation. Resolved, That we approve of the hold ing of a convention at Memphis on the 4th of July next, to consist of delegates from western and Southern States, and that this meeting appoint ten persons to represent tl.is portion 01 ttie country in said convention. Ihe Chair then appointed Messrs. Jas. Lockhart, John J. Chandler, Dr. W. H. Stockwell, Willard Carpenter, R. W.Dunbar, Wm. H. Chandler, Jas. T. Walker, John Mitchell, fcilas Stephens, and t . E. Goodsell. On motion it was ordered that these pro ceedings be published in the citv nanors. JAS. G. JONES. Ch'n. j w s John lNGiE, Jr., Sec'y. 03" The late House of Representatives of Congress, which contained a large majori ty oflocofocos, those dear lovers of economy and of the people under the act which authorises each IIousev to provide itself with stationary, &c, ordered an amount of books, papers, &c, exceeding G00 for each memher. I his Iibrarv to each mpmhpr . j . paid for out of the people's money. But the dirtiest part of this transaction is to be told. A speculator, who offered $200 each for "Members' Tickets." as they are called purchased something like 70. Thus $000 were voted out of the national treasury ,for the sake of putting $200 into the pockets of these individuals. We don't want to be inquisitive, but we should like to know if Mr. Owen "speculated"" upon his "ticket," and pocketed $200, in addition to his' eight dollars a day." We remember during the last canvass for Cong ress in this district, Mr. Owen stated that "the eight dollars a day' was "no object" to him. We want to know now if he did'nt receive his salary, and in addition if he did not take with the rest, $G00, of the people money to pay for books, which he either sold or has now in his possession. If we would enjoy ourselves, we must take the world as it is, mjxed up with a thousand spots of sunshine a cloud here and there a bright skya storm to day, a cloud to-morrow the chill piercing winds of autumn and and the reviving air of summer. (7- A wire suspension bridge U to be built at Pittsburgh, in place of one that was burned at the great fire, at a cost of $50 - The last arrival brings intelligence ihat

the plague had broken out at Jerusalem, audHwith the banks to

was carrying off about forty persons daily.

that Mr. En-

fr7- The statesman uuium . ., ; last decott maae a ju i y J Ae s ature. weaoni ueiicno .v. r o M.,i :m Pose, ca "1VIZI Even this eariy in we .ui r ... . n: inr n i 3 shoes, lie 13 caning iv "sustain their convention," out uiepcup.c onlv lauah at ' him. They know very we I I -I 1 ,1-. 4 1 . o 4 rsrtt in a I. the "Convention, as me uuu, I - .1.1 MM AArvinricoH rt R ed Undecolt is siyieu, w . . . few striplings, neauea oy x,u.u, -"""" are not disposed to be. dictated to by sucfi chaps. The" "Young Democracie caBJ ndthey slime tms time. fc w ' Bf,fMmiin n) friimnpis.assRnaiauuuicuii".""""'" "-r;- declar--J" em . awu r title to r,r Pn k73 nanmira uiai our il, i a v " " n clear and unquesthe country ot uregon is iUihIiIp " Ima actually " has actually "alarmed the British , - . . i mm .. ii s.a w r tiiom I n ill si I 1 1 1 ' k i i " " ;. ; . . . . . . rum i .Hii;t(i.i. il is uuuuuui v-. o i , rather lhan have - , fuss about so smau a mauer. . uB.auu.. auent style in which . Jiurns speaKS oi me - - . prowess oflhis country, and her determina m tion to ngut an crenwu .au,Ci . te fight all creation thwarted in her attempts upon the properly of her neighbors, is happily niton oy tne SttP Sentinel in the following gush of elo- . - i -r i quence Feller Citizens and Hosses hurra! there's a prospect of war. fekunk Holler is in arms and on its feet, and the earthquake shout, bustin' from 26.000,000 greased lungs is re verberated over all this tall land. Mean, snekin', toad hoppin',snake crawlin, sword scared on, house settin' on fire, barbarous, David Crockett kilhn1 Mexico has dared to show hercat-teetb, tothe heavenrous, lightninvdefyin' and death swallenn' Uncle Sam. rShouts.l Methipks, and oh hosses, I spy

the spirit ol o, goanesses 01 noeny : soarui weak ailJ contemptible a Power to resist or on its turkey's wings around you! Whar? meetsuch a declaration of war by any othsays one looking up. You great boss, I'm er course ti,an the most quiet submission.

speakm1 in hgger. 1 see mem liappin meir stimin' pinions anu umui iub nueum vaj cry otxankee uooaie: lrowa, xanivey kit 1 i-v 11 1 r""1 1 7 1 J Doodle! Cock-a-doodle-doo !J tfnngout the r rr i It Tl I - 1 I . . . .-I ! LiOn iom OI UUnKer xiin, auu ui iuuumuu pounder of New Orleans! Let them roar till they crack the welkin', and set the clouds . , ,T , c orii;, VVraill BWUU" tlCVCI UI u uv,ic uaui on uu ffjiii numbscull of Sandy Hannah in a handy man ner, and Skunk Hollow will bung up the daylights of his country! Let us dig a hole with the pick axe "of vengeance, scream the Mexicans into it and sink 7em into Chany I Whar is the skunk that don't ecky them I . . o ii. . . I II senumenis;.iiesini i;o,wiiar, nor cvci vas; fThree chper r"; ,V'UjThe coun - shout.l 1 be ieve 1' take a drink. SBouTJ 1 believe I'll take a drink WAKE UP.-rThe Flori IhX LiOCO IOCOS claim that they have elected a majority of both branches of the legislature thus secur- . i . o . .1 mor o them two Senators in the npvl f;nnTrfs . - nCiC 13 auuuici icaaun wujr uiu oigs oi

Indiana should awake to the importance of ed borders; to view with a feeling of patriotthe coming contest. We can, if we choose, ic satisfaction the rapid and unexampled pro-

secure a majority in both branches of our T .-, , , . ig.fciaiure, anu me importance ol tnequea - tions which will come before that bodv are certainly sufficient to arouse the pride and patriotism of every true Whig in the Stale, Tl,. F!rn, rv,f; :h ,i i .u. .v,. ..... i,u.i,uU me imici uisuitis we nope win uo tneir parts, Banisiijient of Santa Anna Late FRom Havana and Mexico The l!Pv;n B(,vi,: iv. n t , ou.y un, cp.am x a.K.nson, aruveu ai viiariesion on lliursday last in the olm t . 1 J I TT oiiun luuui uuee uays irom iiavana. fciiie is bound to New York, and put into Charles ton for a supply of fuel. Capt. P. has fur nished the Charleston papers with Havana papers to the 8ih inst. We copy the following from the Baltimore American: The British mail st earner Medway arrived at Havana on the 7th inst.. from Vera Cm which place she left on the 1st. havina nn board as passenger Gen. Santa Anna, fadv, o..i r., :i 1... , 1 1 . . . . 7 a.iu luunijr, who iiku ueeu uamsiied irom the Mexican territories they intend to proceed to Venezuela. There is no positive particulars as to the course pursued bv the M;ran Government in banishing Santa Anna, Capt. Parkinson states that he was banished for ten years that his private party was respectcui Ui Iie naq wnii iiirn. a large amount of money, and was in good health and spirits. The British mail steamer Dee also arrived at Havana on the 7th, from England. wU General Bustamente on board, on his way to xuAiiv, c.j mue nonce uas been given w.w. iai cvcijr auenuon has been paid to Santa Anna the latter havmrr ho.n escorted to his lodgings by a band of mu sic. It is slated that the French legation had ueeu msuiiea in me streets of Vera Cm just previous to the sailing of the Medway and that the minister had demanded either immeaiate reparation tor the indignity offer ed, or his passports. 0 The Havana papers state that all anticipa. iiau EUOBiueu Very natvral. John Tyler, the last we heard of him, was engaged in catching shad in James river. Scaly business comes easy to him. J TheQttebec Fire. It has been ascertained that the whole number of houses destroyed by the late fire in Quebec is sixteen HusDSED iMB THIRTY, ine insurance of these bildings amounted to $111,310. The insurance companies have made arrangement meet all claims against lirein for losses.

OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.

All the little picayune locofoco papers in countrythe Statesman among the num ber are and havqbeen lor months trying to create a great bobery about "our claims to , ... , . u ....:. - Oregon" "annexation of Texas"' and in some instances they have gone so far as to assert our right to California and Canada hopin by this course to make a little politi cal capital for their party by keeping the peoLia ina continual fever as respects our to f - , ,.,. . re(Tn relations. It is well for the honor of lhecounlryand the safety of such fellows' neckg- lhat the raoro judicioU3 and leading mPrn!1Rra do the thinJcinsr for the party, else we ghould SOQn find in trouDie t 1 from which all the combined wisdom these upstarts could not extricate us, and whose vaior wou,d ooze out of their finger's ends on the pop of the first gun. f . firgt Tfle fol. lowing merited rebuke to these seIfimportant "democratic organs weunww uuu. u. ; P, rtp th 10th inst.. n w i iji rv ijtbitri a vj f w w ... . . . a00ted b. u tich aoti,ori, i al matters concerning locofocoism. We hope they will read it Wab. Some of those journals which, for a time, were so eager to preserve the bles-

i Raisings oi peace as iu tiuse men cvea iu mc

i . i .u:. . nfa wap RfiPm ;nri;I1Ra 1o oyer Q l)e othcr extreme, and are ready to bung three wars upon us at once withMexico, with England, and with trance to say .i n . 1 . notliing oi ine war prospect with Brazil. mhioli nnrfarffl ineiltahlp. ar.r.ordirid to the j , British papers. We have only to repeat what has appeared probable for a long time to many intelligent merchants in this city a war with Mexico 13 not an impossible event, and the country ought to be, and we hone is prepared to meet it. By annexing Texas, we did, in the opinion of many, declare war nnnn Mexico, who had not tie iure. although she certainly had de facto, relinquished her claim ,0 that portion Df her territory. 1, .va tilfin assmerl that Mexico was too Andj proceeding Up0n this assumption, it was armied that the annexat on of Texas would O . , Hnsed as an rrmortant dramatica event. . 5t3 declaration of assent to the terms of annexation proposed to it by the United Stales. This is still the received opinion ol a great portion of the press, and it is an op inion sanctioned and approved by a leading statesman of the South and his political friends. Still the fact must begin fo make itself evi dent to them, as it does to many who hither to have partaken of this opinion at the JNorlh , lhat ,i1A eninl:hll nt- thH nmblem of our first Ltpn fnw!lrfiq torrifnrial amrrandizement is not vpt at iinTlfi We mav be opening upon a I . 00 Ip, chanter of events. We may "be "on the j ,ib,y jynSJg 1. - . . r'j, put to rest for some rears much rS the ar.Uvi v and PntPrnriso nf iwaro nnrl nn?nL-on on ergies and instincts natural tothe human breast and not whol,y foreiSn t0 the Anglooaxon race m u jGuio au we were quae conieni 10 0olv around upon our already widely extend grefS ?rtS o1 civli2 and Pce; 10 a wen witn a natural pride upon the genUal diffusion of knowledge and religion un der the protection of our institutions.- and to U,mit our anticipations, at least for the pref 8 J 10 n,f S' 0I, o and W'scons,n into the Confederacy, andthe gradual incorporation of; the North western i emtory into the Union. JNow we are too restive and impatient to content ourselves with these narrow limits. We think, L1alk and write perhaps dream of lexas, Texas Oregon, Oregon California and 8Weeping the Brilish fromthe face of the con hinent. In the mean time, if the American people are determined upon this change of habiisif one of those periodical mutations inhu man affairs, from which the Atlantic world has been long exempt, is about to take place, we may as well be prepared for it. If the alarm is a true one, it would be unpardonable negligence on our part to meet it unprepar ed; if false, we shall, in preparing ourselves for war, have only done that which the Fath er of his Country enjoined upon us, and which, in our haste to distribute among the Stales the surplus revenue which they never should have received, we neglected to do at the proper time. The Washington correspondent of a morn ing paper submits two alternatives, either of which he thinks is likely to beget war. Io the first pf these, which assumes that Great Britain will go the extent of five millions in order to buy a majority in the Texan Congress, it is perhaps not necessary to pay much attention. Such purchases can never be made openly. Indignant virtue takes the alarm, and, aiding the natural impulse to do good by a rapid calculation of the greater advantages to be derived from an honest course over one so flagrantly dishonest, enables weak human nature to resist the evil. To the second alternative, which is, that annexation takes place by the popular voice, and that Mexico, stimulated and encouraged by England, not by any direct assurance of aid, but by the hostile attitude assumed by that Power towards us on the Oregon question, will proceed to repossess herself of a portion at least of her territory, earnest attention must be given. It is here, and in this way, that the beginning of the end may arise. Mexico has a force, under General Arista, upon the Rio Grande. The line she appears determined to take is within the limits of Texas. A collision between the American and Mexican troops may take place upon this ground, for Texas will not yield this portion of the territory, and the American Government has already placed at its disposal a naval force to co-operate on this point, and has stationed in reserve a force of eighteen companies of dragoons and infantry ready for ac-j tion if the toscin be sounded.

It is one of the anomalies in affairs of Go

vernment to see how a distant' and comparatively unimportant spot often rivets the attention ol the whole unnsuan worm, wime n almost appears to overlook its nearer and more immediate interests. 1 hus, dunngtue nast twenty years, England, France, Russia. and the German Confederacy have occupied themselves, by turns, with the . ailairs ol Greece, of Spain, ot the Levant, ol Algiers, of India, and of the Facihc Isles, lettnere were some thirty millions of people in England, as many in France, twice that number in Russia and Germany, and we do not venture a very bold assertion in saying that in neither of these countries is government yet exactly perfect, nor the social system yet so organized as to produce as much comtort and happiness to all its component parts as it might do. Still it seems that novelty is as desirable in grave matters as it is in those of a liehter nature The brokers in Wall street, when they have sufficiently run upon all the well known stocks, generally seek out the most distant and the most rotten institutions they can find the more worthless the better out of which they make a new and clean pack, and the bystanders eagerly join with them in the game. So politicians, when all is peace and quietness at home, go to tlce very verge or the. southern or western horizon, and thence bring in a new theme for prolific de bates, speeches, and diplomatic notes, and the people, pleased with the novelty, follow their movements with an eager gaze anaai inh.inrJnntr stnre. But ihere is a limit to both these operations. Pay day comes round. The game cannot be kept up indefi nitely. Its denouement sometimes enable those who beorin it to retire from the table with their pockets filled, but sometimes an unexpected reverse ol fortune awaits them and they go down in the ruin they have brought about them. Who can tell where the great game of war, if once begun, may lead? Commenting on the above, the National Intelligencer, says: - ix.gni muiiiuny ..a iup u ' this luncture to sDeak plain truth to its readT- 1 . r.-ll I U TV P.-ti nl ers; .to point out to them the danger at hand, which it had, when at a distance, prophetically announced ; and to exhort them to brace up their courage to meet the worst that can befall them. This indulgence of a passion for territorial aggrandizement ; this hankering after the property of our neighbors; this "instinct" of the Anglo-Saxons, who are as . . . . General Hamilton once said in a much-apr plauded speech at a Texan festival "the greatest land robbers in existence;" this "auiiting our own to stand on foreign ground," so solemnly protested against by Washington, whose admonition on this subject became, twenty years ago, the key-note of the "Democracy," with General Jackson at their head the fost shows cieany enougu ia us readers is not likely, as some seem to suppose, to end in a sort of pleasure-party to "the Halls of the Montezumas,'rnor yet ia a preat lottery for the distribution of (he bril liant spoils of their descendants. A day of 7;fJC.-rIedVand the General Government cannot, as some other Governments have done, contract debts which they do not mean to pay. ' This debt, when created, mustbe paid, and can only be paid by taxes upou the People; and, indeed, be fore if can be created, money must be raised in the same way to pay the interest upon it, to the amount of tens of millions., annually. 1 his war with Mexico, supposing it to begin and end with her, may, as the Post shrewdly hints, serve to nil the pockets of a score or two of contractors and hangers-on upon the Government, but to carry it on will grind the face of the people, and involve in ruin many important interests of the country. The knowledge that such will be the ef fect, to a greater or less extent, of a war with any foreign Power, makes its due impression on ihe mind of the "Post," as it must do on the mind of every man who is at once intelligent and honest by which wc mean who is uncorrupt, unbiassed by direct personal interest in war, or in the particular object for which war is to be waged. , In the mainten ance of essential rights and interests, we know that such considerations as these, however powerful, must sometimes be disregard ed. There is a necessity which has no law. There are cases cf collision with a foreign Power in which there is no alternative. One of the great vices of the Texan scheme, the iniquity and false pretences of which, however doubted before, are now undergoing daily de velopm ent and shameful confirmation, is, that it has put the choice of the alternatives of peace or war beyond our control. Il is in the hands of Mexico. The destinies of this country have been fearfully put at haz ard, by a heartless combination of ambitious politicians and interested speculators; and tne great ooay 01 tne respectable, and or derly, and contented population, are to bear the consequences, whatever they may be, of this rash experiment upon the public pros perity. We are glad that the Evening Post has fairly put the question, which we trust will be fairly met by the journals of its own party "Who can tell where the great game of war, it once begun, may lead?" Preparing for Defence. The Norfolk Beacon says a general order has been issued from the War Department to mount the batteries of the various fortifications for the protection of the Atlantic coast. The officers and troops at Fortress Monroe are actively engaged in executing the order. The whole compliment of guns for the fortification of this garrison amounts to nearly three hun dred, constituting, with the battery at Fort Calhoun, a weight of metal sufficient to re sist any attempted invasion of the fleets of ihe most formidable European powers. Lou. Jour. frrNotice the advertisement of Mr. Jesse T. Lamb, at the head of the advertisements. Willis of the New York Mirror, says that "Editors are pumphandles of charily, always helping people lo water, and never thought to be thirsty themselves-" True as preach-

The Mammoth of Reptiles. In the

county of Washington, Alabama not far, - from Mobile, the fossil remains of a monsters in the animal creation have been discovered by Dr. Albert C. Koch. We find an account of it in Dr. K.'a words in the Mobile Daily Advertiser; it has been called by him Zculodon Sillimanii, jn honor of Professor Silliman, of Yale College. ' Here follows a description of the monster: I have succeededin bringing to light the very nearly complete skeleton of a most colossal and terrible reptile, that maybe justly termed the king of the kings of reptiles. Its length is one hundred and four feet the so lid portions of the vertebra are from 14 to 18 inches in length, and from 8 to 12 inches in diameter, each averaging lo pounds in weight. Its greatly elongated jaws are armed with not less than forty incisor or cutting teeth, four canine teeth or fangs, and eight molars or grinders. These teeth all fit into each other when the jaws are closed, and it . is clear that the animal was of the carnivorous nature. The eyes were evidently large, and were prominently situated on the forehead, giving the animal the power of keeping a constant and vigorous watch for its prey. The body had members attached resembling paddles or fins, which in proportion to the size of the animal were small, and were doubtless intended - to propel the body of this, enormous creature through the waters of those large rivers or seas, which it inhabited or frequented. Each of these paddles or fins is composed of 21 bones, which form, in union, seven freely articulating joints. The ribs are of a very peculiar shape and exceedingly numerous. They are three times the thickness. at the lower that they are at the superior extremity. The following, in explanation of the above, has been handed us by a member of the Medical fraternity of this place: Dr. Castlebcry is of opinion that these Fossil bones of the Zeulodon Sillimanii do not belong to a new genus of reptiles: but hU tl are probably the Fossil remains of , ' .,... rn. rv c t a gigantic Iguanodon. The Fossil bones of this enormous extinct reptile have never been found in America; nor has a perfect skeleton ever been discovered any where. The teeth of this Auirnal, the most characteristic feature by which al animals are distinguished show it to have been herbivorous; bat they corrpspond in number, stiucture, and relative adaptation to each pther, with those of the Zeulodon. The teeth and bones cf the Iguanodon are so precisely similar in the principle of their construction to those of the modern Iguana; as to leave no doubt of ihe . near connection of this most gigantic extinct reptile wth, fhe fguanas of. our own time. From a careful comparison of the bones of the Iguanodon with those of the Iguanas, made by takingan average from the proportions of different bones, from eight separate parts of the respective skeletons, Mr. Mantell has inferred, like the immortal Cuvier, so often and so ac"'"ifcly 1V1A Knfnrrt lilm, in rnnpnri r, Other Fossil bones, '.hat the length of the Iguanodon was about one huudred feet, this is within four feet of the exact length of Dr. Koch's skeleton. The form of the bones of the feet and legs of the Iguanodon . shows that this animal was constructed lo move on land; and from the Dr's. remarks we would infer, that he supposed the Zeulodon adapted to walk or move on land; for, says be, "the body had members attached resembling fins, which in proportion to the size of the animal, were small and were doubtless intended lo propel the body of this enormous animal through the seas or rivers which it inhabited or frequented. ' It is quite improbable that an animal of a height and length so immense as that of ihe Zeulodon could move itself upon land without the assistance of feet and legs. Jf then, it was amphibious, it corresponds likewise in habit with the Iguanodon; so .hat if it be not the Fossil remains of the Iguanodon itself, it agrees with that animal in so many important particulars as to lead us to suppose, the Zeulodon at least belongs to the same ge nus. v hether it does or not, Dr. Koch has achieved a brilliant discovery iu Geological Science. The Iguanodon has hitherto been found only, with one exception, in ihe Wealden " fresh Water formation of the South of England, intermediate bet ween the marine oolitic deposits of Portland sand stone, and those of the green-sand formation in ihe cetaceous scries. . The Gigantic Fossil remains of an enormous extinct animal have been found in the immediate -vicinity of this place, and a minute description of them and their locality will soon be published. THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS DESTROYED BY FIRE. A iittle before midnight of Wednesday the Academy of Fine 'Arts in Philadelphia, believed to contain the best collection of Paintings iu the United States, was consumed by fire, supposed to have been communicated by an incendiary. The fire was first discovered beneath the Statue Gallery, which was entirely destroyed, with all its contents; and, spreading to the Library room, a huge number of pictures were destroyed before ihey could be removed. Several pictures of great value were also lost in the Rolundo. With great efforts, the valuable Library, chiefly a present from Napoleon "Bonaparte, was saved, though considerably injured. The losses of pictures, in many instances, are irreparable. 07" The people of St. Louis, expecting -Mr. Clay on the Majestic, took a couple of field pieces to the landing, and made everv arrangement forgiving him a magnificent re ception. A Strange Operation. A New YnrLpaper says that a curious operation has lately been successfully performed in TWi,,, street, blow the American Hotel. A two story house has been screwed up. and twn lower stones, as it were, let into it; and it now has become a handsome f ur story brick house. No straininw nf i ' v nenced in cor.dutmg the plan.

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