CO MIMA DEMOCRAT.
JUSR II, Id 15;; '
CK.V. HOUSTON ON' A NNfcX ATION.
Gen. Moinloit has nude address
to tho citir.eos ol' New Oilcans, il iheii
it quest, tflniivc lo Texan n IT i r ami an
neulioi). Tlie la'ter pari of hi speech
possesses interottj m il professes to ex
plain tlio ecnrse of action winch In
-thought it politic lo puisne- in rrfriencr
to the project of annex ilinn. Gen.
Jjckstw pe'M with grest kindnest snd
confidence of Gn. Houston, whose vi.s
it he is anxiously expecting, lie says,
Texu conies into the Union with an
united voice; am! Gen. liouiton, s I
inow, puts his shouldmlo the wheel
to roll it on speedily, all saps; end
DontUon will hsva the honor of this
important deed!'
Gen. II. staled that in 1833 he voted
for the measure when It was before the
people, that the first act of his adminis
tration (being the first constitutional
President) waa to despatch an agent lo
this government, followed shortly by
another with cx'raordinary powers con
veying the wishes of the people and
empowered lo open negotiations on the
eubject. Their reception and treatment
was somewhat conl and. cavalier, and
fhey returned lo Texas without obtain
ing any aalislaction. Another appeal
was made, with similar results the- im
pression going abroad that nine-tenths
of the Texans were Annexationist.
Then 'policy dictated a reserved course,
and he thouaht a little innocent trickery
would benefit the cause and help on the
meaiuro to a final settlement, lie Ind
often heard that when a lover had been
kept in obeyance by his mistress for
lome time, unable to obtain a 'yes' oi
no,' some sudden holding, off or vio
lent praise of some neighbor beaut)
would scarcely fail to elicit an answer.
Prompted by this idea ils efficacy was
immediately put to test, friendly in
terrourse was courted with other pow
ers, and, aware ol the mutual jealousl)
existing between our country and thai
of England, her hand was wi st soJicited
as a partner in the dance, which she
readily granted; but familiarity wa.
never euch in the eallopade as to un-
clove with her. The bait was taken,
and she who always deaily loved us
sinking affected reserve made a direct
proposal.
If io have voted for annexion 'o
negntia'ed for it to have courted it
and to have even coquetted for it be
opposition, then he supposed he was
what he has sometimes been termed on
that head.
With regard lo public sentiment on
the subject in Texas, nearly every man
was of one mind. Us had been at
many meetings and a negative voice
was a rare thing when annexation was
rut.
President Jones was in favor of th
measure and would do every ihing in
his power to satisfy the wishes of the
people.
In conclusion, he assured the assem
bly that if Uncle 8am did take Texas
it would be mariying into a good fami
ly. Ila retired amidst the hearty chcerr
of the multitude.'
A STEAMBOAT ON THE CANAL.
We have been 'nfoi med that on Wed
Tidday last, a steam canal boat passeO
up the Pennsylvania canal. Some ol
our citizens who were on the bank ol
(he rivir, within sight of the canal, ai
the time, were almost as much suipris
ed to see a boat moving along in the
canal with great rapidity, without being
drawn by hones, as the ppople living
on the Hudson were, to sue Fnlioo'r
'.eamnol passing up that river, belch
ing forth fire snd smoke, and plough
ing the water with inciedible speed.
This boat, il is sin), belong to an iron
company at Danville, and is intended
io contey ore lo lluir furnace. It i
not it ail improbable that before the
lipseoflcn jears, the common ranal
boats, will be displaced by steamboits,
and the different depot on the canals
will le fii'ed tviili steamers. Sled in ra
rial boats hive fur some limo been used
upon CiH'ul?, end have been fuund lo an
rwer a very good pur pase. ,'J'he Sehtiyl
kiii Canal is now Uing adapted .lo ih
me of ateamb'iais, and liie improvement
i.f the Pennsylvania Canal fur that pur
re, has been sugeested. Niould tint
be done-, what a beautiful harbor would
our basin afford for boatsfiom ihcNoitli
and West liiansli Canals. How easily
cou'J they approach our shore to dis-
rhsige iheir load lo be laken lo Phila
delphia by the Sun bury and Philadrphia
Kiilroid, and receive loading lo bf con
veyed up the iwo bi inches. Sunbuy
U.izetle.
1 orly-iBur persons died ol ilin small pox
In New Yjrk wiiiiin the prate uf three
week
OUR CLAIM TO OK EG ON.
A l.i (o number of the Albany Argti
us placed this In Ui true light, and in u
eW words; . 1
Great Britain claims, without reservs
iou all the territory norlVofihe Cjl-
iinhia river, and with an equal right lo
i.tvij ate "that river. Distant Hut she
n offered If) make ilm river the bound
iy between !he two novel nnicinis.
i'liis claim, if n 1 1 vv I by the Unit-d
Suit's, would take full one half of the.
Oregon perhaps more. Io this, our
ounliy will never accede. During the
liscussions in the papers snd in con
gress, our title lo the foity-ninlh paral
lel was considered valid and unqueslion-
ble.
The American title rests upon the
strong and acknowledged right of J is-
covery. Lpiain un,t, oi notion, in
the yea: 1 lO'l, in the ship Columbia en
tered for the first lime the great rivei
f Oregon, which he named alt'r his
hip tha Columbia and to lh'n d iy ii
bears that snd no other name, this i
of some moment, as theie is a law of
nations which reads thus; 4'1 lie nation
which discovers and enters (he mouth
of a river, by implication discovers tin
whole country watered by it.' In vir
tue of Ihis discovery, the Columbia val
ley belongs lo the United Stiles as a
iamst England. As if to perfect our
1 C" I
title, it is not denied that the Lewis and
Clark and Wallamette river, its tribute-
ties, which spread through all Oregon,
were 6ist explored by Americans by the
expedition sent out by the American
Congress at the suggestion ol Jeffeu
S3N, under Captain Lewis and Clark-
1 here was a minuteness and a fullness
in their discoveries which gave ;!n-
liighest authenticity to a little founded
upon prior discovery.
(Jiegon is also ours by purchaser; in 18
19) from Spain, undeniably ihe first dis
uoverer and occupant of the coast, evei
s f ir north as the 5 "nri parallel. h
1819. Spain, for a consideration of5,-
000,000, ceded lo the United Slates,
Florida, and also all her rights, title
ind claim, to all territory on ihe racif
c coast north of the 4-M parallel of lai
il jde.
The only circumstance calculated to
weaken the peifectntss of Ihe Uniteil
States' title, is the well known Nooika
Sound conlesl (in 17S9) which lermina
ted in a convention between Englartl
ind Snain. in the vear 1790. some
twenty years befoie the purchase l';ou
Spain, and wi h which conditions nui
-ilia is undoubtedly c'ogged. Too
lerms of that convention have been tht
ourco ol iiitiuile dispu'e. Alter an ex
amination of Ihe term of the treaty
ihe debates in ihe English Parliament
when the treaty was laid before (hat
body the contemporaneous action in
relat ion lo Ihe euuender ol the bug
lish possessions on Nootka Sound, whicl
had been seized by Spain which sui
render, by Ihe wbj, in English histori
an, Beluam, insisis was never made
ihe whole convention seems to he m
nlved into a joint accupancy on the
part of Lrgltshmen and Spaniards o
commercial oui noses. Such a one now
exists and has existed for twenty sever
years between Greal Britain and ti
United slates in relation to ihe veiv
same territory. Yet we doubt whethei
iny American considers thai we yield
ed in the least our ultimate title to Ure-
con, by that joint occupancy. Apply
inglhe same principal lo Ihe convention
between England and Spain, and the
conviction will arise thai ihe title wat
left in obeyance to be determined b)
.subsequent agreement. The following
is a clear summary ol ihe American ti
tle:
1. Discovery of ihe mouth of the Co
lumbia river by Captain Gray of Bos
ton, giving the name of his vessel lo th
i iver.
2. The discovery of Ihe head of tin
name river by Lewis and Clark under
the nuU.oiKv ol ihe Uniteil Stairs.
3. The netilemeut of ABtoria under tin
auspices of Mr. Astor, an American nat
uralized citizen.
4. The treaty of 1S03 with the French
republic.
5. 1 he treaty ol Spain of 1819, ac
quiring all lihl ol Spain lo land noith
ol 42 degiera beyond the Rocky Moun
tains.
C. The N'totka S mnd contest (17S9;
between England and Spain.
7. The tii-aiy of U'.rechl (1763) hi -i
ween France, and England, aei'ing
boundaries this settlement becoming
nuis, as ihe successor of Franc? in thai
part of 1 1 c-1 doiniiiinn.
8. The tieaty ol Ghent (lSloJ restoi
ing A-loiia to the United Slates as A
merican propeity.
v. Anu-riKan eiiiz-'ns were once in
io le posenaion of the Columbia nvei
legion.
Even ahould Ihe Nootka Sound con
ventiuii bt- Lonsidored a cission of till
and ovieigntj lo England on Ihe prnl
o!' Spiiin, il only applies lo the places
named iheti in, snd lluse arj tuati
north of -9 h .punllcl ol
li is well icmaiked, 'Not nn
atilud e
inch ol
foil in the v.dhy of the Cj'uinbia and
Is liibulaiiea were included in ilia pro
visions or Ihe convention ol 1790.
South of Nootka Sound all parlies in
his country concur lhal our title is
clear snd unqucsiionaulc And there
is not the remotest probability lhal out
people wiil ever rouiuul lo surrender
III HCl p.
Though llws question is evidently sur
ounded wiih complicated diffii'ulliet
ind enibiii rassinents. growing ion, io no
.small degree out of joint occupancy, we
have Ihe hope that il will he settled peace
ihly, honorably mid sslisfadoi ily under
ihe au'pire ol our President and hit a
bio Sectelary of Slate.
111. 1 -!l 'I
The M aiiommedans, are making no
efjoil to sustain their system are build
ing no new mosques, nor repaiiing old
ones, and assign as a reason for (his
course, mat according lo Ihe JVoran,
Mahornmedanism is to pass 8Wy, and
hertfore il is of no use lo do au;hl lo
maintain it. Important chaugns, it is
known, are now taking olice in the
Pin kish empire, and the Sultan is press
ing on his ministers the uuty of provid
ing for the general education ol the peo
pip. They have a hard task to accom
plishmuch like raising the dead to
lif. But in connection wiih Ihe labors
of Christain missionaries, everywhert
io abundantly blessed, we hope that
such efforts of Ihe government will be
successful.
Important to Owners of Rented
Farms. The Bucks Connty, Pa., In
lelligencer, of yesterday, says; in a
trial at ihe recent sessions of our Court
reported in our last, an attempt was
made to prove ihe removal of hay and
straw by the tenant of a farm who was
defendent in Ihe case; but Ihe Uouri
ruled out the evidence, on the ground
ihat Ihe tenant had a right lo the hay
and straw raised by him on the premi
st-s, in the absence of any stipulation in
the lease to the contrary. Ihe counsel
for the defendant stated, lhat his opin
ion had always been lhal where no Blip
ulalion in relation lo hay and straw was
made in a lease, Ihe tenant had a right
io remove it, or dispose of il as he
might see proper, il being as much hi
properly as the grain he raised and
that it had been so decided by ihe Su
premo Court. The Court coincided ir,
this opinion, and under ihe decision of
ilia Supreme Louit r j-cted the evidence
above reft red to. Iihs law, we pre
iume, is new lo a majority of our farm
eis. and is exactly coniriiy io ihpir
views of it. Il will be well for land
lords leasing firms lo bear this in mind,
and where lln v do not intend lhal Ihe
:enant shall remove hay or straw
('which ii geneiallv tlie case,) stipulate
its rm-rsa'.ion in the leaiie.
Lcllcr from Mr. Calhoun. (a a late
Mobile Kegisier is published a letter from
Mr. ('alliuun to some ciuzen of Mobile, in
reply lo one inviting him lo visit lhal cily
ind accept a public dinner. Mr Calhoun
in his reply tefers to ihe Texas and Oregon
question. In rflaii.m lo ihe latter he says :
" The absorbing chancier of the nego
tiation in reference lo Tc xas, did not en
"rois rny attention as to neglect ihat of Or
egon: As soon as ihe former was sufficient
,y despatched and ihe business of ihe de
partment brought up. I entered on that. I
fi it in an unfinished state, and as it is still
'lendintf. 1 am not ai liberty to speaK of ihe
course I look in reference toil; bull trust
when il conic to he made public, it will
not he less etircessfu1 in meeting your np-
robation anil that of the country generally.
It is a subject not without great difficulties,
md I feel Hssurcd I shall be pardoned for
expressing a hope that il may be so conduct
ed by those lo whose hands it is intrusteu
to finish the negotiation, as lo bring it to n
successful and satisfactory termination, anil
thus avoid an anneal to urms. Neither
country can gain any diing by
such an appeal, or can possibly desire il il
it can be avoided.
The Ahon Telegraph sajs: We art
deeply pained on learning Iroin a friend
who hasjiift returned from Lexington, thai
die domestic i.filictions of ihe distinguished
Stitcsinan Ilenrv Clay; have lately beei.
jreatly added to, by his son's becoming
ileraiiged. This makes th serond son
now an inmate of the Lunatic Assy lumjand
we deeply sympathise wiih both Mr. Cla
and his wife in this the hour of their dis
tu ss. We are also iiiforu rd from lb?
same good source, vhal Mi. Clay has late
ly become a communicant in the Episco
pal Church in Lexington.
What Next! A s'hpmc for forwaid
mg the whole mail, l the ra'e of sixty miles
.in hour, the W Ht-hiiinliMi correspondent ol
the Journal of Commerce saj s, is now in
i.'iiaiion. Exneriiiif nis ure soon lo te
made, whi. h will dunonairate its entire
feasibility. Il will Lo a cheap mode nl
transporting the mail and is far preferable
cwn io the atmo'pheri': zailruad talked ol
hi Ffg'uiid,
JUJ" l 1 "Hi.. I.
"THUTH WITHOUT fHAU "
SL1TL1W.1V, Jl'A'K 11, 1815.
Fee Hills
foi
JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES,
Printed on a sheet for Ihe purpose of Post
ng no in their Uffices,
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
IO"Tjie Law requiies every Justice and
Constable to have his bill of fees posted up
in his office
ALSO
Dlanks for CONSTABLE SALES.
NEW POST OFFICE LAW.
The New Post Office Law, goes inl
operation on the first of July next, and ihe
following is a list of Post offices, at which
the Columbia Democrat, can be received
FREE OF POSTAGE, after ihat dale
It is the only paper pruned in the county,
that can bo received at all the officers in the
county free of Postage, and as the election
ihia fall, wilt be one of more importance to
he people than any other ihat hai ever
ranspired in the county, since its organiza
iion, we ask ihe friends of A'emoval, to
ive our paper a more general circulation,
ihat we may be enabled to counteract the
various falsehoods and misrepresentations
ihat may be set afloat by our apponeis. If
a few of our friends in each township, will
take it in hand, (hey can very readily, mote
than double our subscription list, which will
advantage the cause, as well as ourselves.
Columbia County
Numidia,
Oalia wissa
Cattawissa Forge,
Uifllmville.
Lime Itidge,
Light Street,
Pealers,
Uenton,
Central,
Greenwood,
ilAirdansville,
Jerseylown,
While Hall,
Heaver Vally
lieiwick
Espcy
Oiangoville
Fishingcreek
Cole creek
Uohrsburg
Millville
liiuk Horn
Jlrier Creek
Deiry
Moorsburcr
Danville,
Waihingtonville,
Lycoming County.
Cheantil Grove, Motebnd
A'orlhumbcrlaml County.
Milton, Sunhury
Northumberland, Elysburg
I'.ear Gap.
Union County.
Le wishing.
Schuylkill Conn iy .
Fountain Springs.
Luztine County,
Cambria,
Towuhill
Fait mount Springs,
alein,
lleach Grove,
Cunningham,
Heaver Meadows.
Tyler,
Rhickshinny
Beach Haven
Hazelion
Nescopeik.
SUNDAY SCIIOOTi
CKLKIJKATIOX,
AT OKANU V1LLE.
We have been requested by the Com
inittce of Arrangements lo nier.tion, that a
Sunday School Celebralton will be held at
Orange ville, on the 4ih of July next, and
that a general invitation is extended to all
i he neighboring Schools lo attend, and p.ir
licipato in the festivities of the day. The
processfon is to be formed at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, and the Sehonls are requested
io be present at that hour. Several Address
es may be expected.
i 1 "j .! "i
FATAL ACCIDENT.
On Tuesday morning last, Mr. Caleb
llarton, of Bloomsburg, descended into his
well, in which he had been engaged fur
uvo days previous deepening. It was aboul
liirty feel deep, and he went lo the bolto in
but soon returned about len feel lo a plat
form, when he was overcome by the gas,
mil fell upou the platform helpless. An
outcry brought several persona lo the spot.
ind, in the panic of the moment, some of
hem descended into the well to thr
issistance of Mr. Batton, among ihem
was Mr. Daniel Folmcr, a resident 0
this town, but formerly of Huntington
Luzerne co. All oflhcm soon relumed to
he surface except Mt. Foliner, much af
fected with the gas. A moment after, he
I'aliered and full about ten feet to the bottom
of the well. Successful measures were im
mediately taken lo get Mr' Llailon out, and
ilihough entirely senseless, his life was
preserved : but before the well could be
sufliniently cleated of gas to render il safe
to descend lo ihe bottom, Mr, Fullmer
was passed resuscitation, although every
means possible were used to effect ;t by the
physicians present, and lie thus lost hie own
life through his humane exertions to save
thai of a fellow br ing. He was about 35
years of uge, well respecied. and has lift r.
wife and ilnce small children, in indigent
lircumsiaiicds, to diploid his un'.imelj
death. His remains weie taken lo limn
ington on WeJuesday fur interment,
'. John- T. I) avis, Esq., of 1 1 e r wick, his
beau appointed Deputy Surveyor General
lor uoiumuia bounty in the place of
Thomas Woodsides, of Danville,
i'he above appointment is quite judicious
and acceptable. Esq. Davit i an ex
eollent Surveyor & an estimable citizen, fc
all who have business lo transact wiih him
in hii new situation, will find him to be, a
perfect gentleman, at all liinei prompt, in
lelligen! and correct. We sincerly wish
him plenty of patronage and an increase ol
friends, ir. the performance of the duties ol
his appointment.
li j"TI)8 Intelligencer man, who was fm
several veara, and is now lor wliat we
know, a defaulter to the State for a consider
able amount, affecls a holy horror at ihe
idoa that the County Commissioners should
not lake measures lo assist the state to pay
her August interest. Py an advertisement in
another column it will be seen that they am
attempting lo releive him of this trouble,
but, poor soul, he is much to be pitied, and
we are afraid, he can get no peiniinent relief
until October Election.
EDITORIAL CIL.NGES
Mr. Tate of the'Columbia Enquirer,' tins
associated with him Benjamin S. Gilmore,
and the paper is hereafter to be published
by Tale & Gilmore.'
Our old friend J. W. Brewer has assum
ed the control of the Huntingdon
Globe, L. G. Rly linger, Esq. having
retired from its management
James Rdffurty lias also retired from ihe
Monroe Democrat, and is succeeded by IV
1 Schoonovcr.
ICFThe few days warm weather since
June came in has had a terrible effect upon
lbs nerves of the Intelligencer man. We
fear he will become completely rabid bo
fore the dog days are over. We would ad
vise bis being muzzled until then, for if he
can weaiher it till Octobei, the people will
administer a medicine that will effectually
cure him. ilad dogs are dangerous when
ihey run at large. Stop the mad dog.
TEXAS.
Galveston dntes lo the 28;h have been re
ccived. The recommendation of President
Jones for electing members of the Conven
tion, meets with general favor, save perhaps
in the West, and it is thought thai ir. Ilia
section ihe people will give way and make
choice of delegates. Tlie feeling in favoi
of annexation to ihe United Slates grow
stronger and stionger, and the little opposi
tion that has been manifested is rapidly dy
ing away:
IMPROVED CANAL BOAT.
Wo arc pleased lo learr. says tlie Wilkes
barre Advocate thai Mr. Converse, whose
Boat we nnticed last week, has made sue
arrangements as will enable him lo tho
roughly test Lis invention. In perfecting
the improvement .i-r. Converse had incur
red expenses which some what embarrass
ed his operation. We understand Messrs.
John L. Duller & Co., have proffered tin
necessary aid, and engaged Mr. Converse
to use his Coal in towing Coal from Pun
Mallery lo Haver De Grace. The object
of the Messrs. Butlers is, we believe, in
thoroughly test the improvement, in which
hey have every confidence, and to ascer
tain how successfully ihe Canal may be
invigaied by Sieain Power. Il is far more
than probable that anticipations will be ful
ly realized in the trial of the experiment,
and that sooner or later Sieam Power will
in a great measure supply the place i f Hor
iei, in the larger operations on the Canal.
We mention wiih pleasure tho prospect of
tlie speedy trial of so iinportaut an experi
inent. We may add the expression of a
sincere belief that the Proprietor of the Boat
will yet realize an abundant remuneration
lor an improvement thai promises lo be ol
,'reat utility, and those who, wiih com-
nendable publio spirit, have come forward
to aid in testing the experiment, will find
in ample reward in iis complete success.
Col. llillman, Mr. Gray, and oilier busi
ness men, who are engaged in sending off
Coal are united in the opinion, that ihe im
improvcment of Mr Converse will answer
is intended purpose. A little time since,
similar opinion was expressed by the editor
f the U- Siates Guzette, and oilier citizens
f Philadelphia. Generally, wc believe, so
tar as the improvement has been examin
ed, there is but one opinion on the subject
if ihe certainly that it will succeed.
Mr. Whitney and his band of forty young
nen bavo left lo nr.ke the suivey of the
lonieiiinlate.d railroad across to the Parifi-
I'hev if ached F.ii-iits'er a few das ago
he next we sluii hear of them Kill be oiywo Don "lattc P-'ited Slcs SiM.aton
he piauics. jffJm that S;aie,
A Portland paper tells of a beautiful cop
per fastened schooner of aboul 80 tons,
which was launcnod there a few days siurc.
She is intended as a packet between Tliom-
is'.nn and Boston. Her name is the 'I. (I.
of 0, F.' She was built by an Odd Fel
low, is io be commanded by an Odd Fl
low, and her fnt nip will he on 'ihe 17i'i
if June, when she will catry a load of Odd
fellows to the celebration in Boston on tbo
I'Jih of the same month. Such an oddity
a ill no doubt attract much attention,
MORE TROUBLE IN IOWA.
There is (rouble nn the Half Breed land
in Iowa. A great excitement prevails a
mong the settlers. They have repeatedly
mot under arms to prevent the sale of ihe
lands by the Sheriff, under a decree in fa
vor of ihe New York- ' Company. More
ihan 6 io had taken arms st last accounts.'
Those lands are in the southwestern pari
of Iowa, very valuable, and include Keo
liuck, a place probably designed to be larg
er than any oilier on the Mississippi, north
of St. Louis.
An intelligent lady of Tioga county, Pa.,
infoims us that the settlers in that section
of country care little for the bile of a lattle
snake, She states that a piece of common
indigo, made into a paste with spirits of
camphor, and applied lo the wound, will
prevent any serious consequences ocrur
tng, and in fact at once neutralize the poi .
son.
The new Post Office Scale is not a n?w
invention, but wasused by the ancient Uo.
mans. It is "ihe common steelyard, fixed
upon a platform. The advantage of it 'is,
that it combines sensitiveness with celerity
of operation. The larger offices are lobe
supplied wiih these scales at $1 3(1 each-
the smaller offices aie to be supplied in
some cheaper mode.
REMAINS OF A HUGE MONSTER
It is stated in the Mobile Advertiser that
Dr. Albeit C. Koch has brought lo light
ihe fossil remains of a monster in tlie ani
mal creation that puts in the shade the cele
brated ' Iquanodan' of England, of colossal
izu, and thesiill more gigantie.Missouriiim.
This last discovery may be set down to the
Suite ol Alabama, and lo a otitily ai!joini.ii
Mobile, namely, Washington, being found
imbedded in a yeilow limestone formation,
near the old Washington Court House,
The description of this monster is in sub
dance as follows : I have succeeded in
'ringing lo lighl the very nearly complete
skeleton of a most colossal and Imibla rep
tile, ihat may be justly termed ihe king of
ihn kings of reptiles, lis length is one hun
dred and four feel, ihe solid portions of tho
vertebra aid fromj 11 lo 19 inches in length
and from 8 lo 12 indies in diameter, each
averaging 75 pounds in weight. Its greatly
elongated jaws are armed wiih no less than
forty ineisoi or culling teeth ; four canine
leelh or fangs, ar.d eight molars or grinders.
I'htse teeth all lit into each other when the
jaws are elored, and it is clear that die ani
mal was of the carniverous nature. The
yci were evidently large, and were pionii
icmly situated on ike forehead, giving the
inimal the po" cr of keeping a constant am)
I'igorons watch for his prey. The body
'tad members attached resembling paddles
ir fins, which, in proportion to ihe size of
die animal, were small, and were doubtless
mended lo propel ihe body of this enor
mous creature through the waters of those
arge rivers and seas which il inhabited or
frequented. Each of these .peddles m fins
s composed of 21 bones which firm in un
ion seven Irecly articulating joints. The
ribsaie of a peculiar shape -.niLexrerdingly
numerous. They are three times ihe thick
ness al the liwer that they are at the supe-
ior cxtremily.
In Pitlsbnrg, the lale (hsasterous fire baa
ieen traced to a bov, who wes seen by a
itile girl lo fire with n match trie hay in
Mr. Young's stable. The incendiary
direalencd to kill the girl if she did not m-
nain silent, lie is under nrresl. The
whole loi-s by that fire is now reduced M
die estimated sum of $15,000.
Ncv England has already invested SO
millions of dollars in railways, nmst of
which investments pay a divi lend of 0 ami
7 per cent; some as high as 10 and 12 per
cent, liiilways now in progress will ab
sorb iw tlve ruilliors more of cspil.il, all
of which will probably Lb completed in 5
years.
I
The Democrats have triumphed in
(he first Kiection in the new State of
'Florida, for Co'fninr, Con
and Suie
Lt
gis'
itute Vhis secures the r h i lion of
I.