Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-28

he doubt aud hal lhey arc not The Bones Of chit
dIen, he tbinAs unquesucgssls.
The eonek shells II would ssesi must have been bror
nom tue borders ofthe ocean as there none smell
10 be tourd either In the rivers OF Kentucky OF those
Of this stats; and, IL would also SEEM that they nus
baye been brought hther immediately before their de
position IA these vessels Ia few years they proba
bly, would have been lost broken 10 pieces had they
remained unbured. That the auinals the sksleons be
onsed TO, drank water, aud not sueklin.s is iu-
timated by the water vessel At the head each ske
ton. The rocks which enclose ths,n arr Thin hin.
ihestone and not OF that neighboi hood originally all
tue Limestone IN the viciny bring of gray coIour-
Heie - mystery that battles conjecture. and puts all
eHterience at defiance. Tue isuies Iierodotus on
the borders e Ethiopia aud the Red Sea- those OF
Homer III India. have always been treated as tables
which IN the days OF those entered into nest OF
.ueI written compositions. Al this day, We must out.
stip crejuiity ITSELF 10 believe in real existeuce
pIem, men. How could a nation of pigmy men
not eAceedin: eighteen inches in s.aute build ma.
bitatons, clear the forest cultivate The soil
themselves against the Iavases OF tn, hawk and sagle
the wolf aud the panther How live world Of
oRfs' such Us are mentioned by ancient writers when
the size aud age of men. bearing just proportion TO
each Other Tar exceeded those preseni day The
febains Of gigantic race not more ihan seven
miles from the b1tyiEg ground OF these pigmir. Their
skeletons are not shorter thau seven feel frequently
above It. Figaro. Ia imagination OF these skeie-
tone Covered with muscles, &c. &c and diseud.d nv
ordinary repiio2pace lu, OH the side OF the
man oftbe present day and what would his con par
atve appearance She lace where The larger sL.l,
TONS were buried, is covered with uses Of no less
magnitude and age, than that where the smaller one.
were found. 1bey are therefore brought to a stimuli
taheous existence, at all events to periods not very
So; '" sHe % aimihuuse as that OF the small
skeletons Did the SaiOiede OF America whose conn,
mon siainfe does rot eNeerd feet ana whose IL
nae u may be Supposed rs still OF inferior size come
bither fr0tu the norihcasleiu COAL OF Amsri,, i'm
.o~pans win The people OF Scytba, remarked by all
tie NItleIs 81 uquity for their IL is
Possibls that IN their passage through the neck OF
which IS supposed Connects The toc e
ei' inose Sc!thlans dragged With them % The
d"aihsh stations ofNotih Eastern Amer ca who's. de-,
cenGan's are nov fund living within the aIcc circle
aud, that these small Sac eions are the r c, of The
\ lie 4,
h'iutf climate and the psntifuI diet which Al, uiIords
have reiuiLe Ia the sta ute lich III ir in,r.tr am
i"st ny The insratiohs Uf their ancestors into
me nhospiiabie climates Of the hoiL witch ch,rr
we cio dinhishinS The force Of it's circulation anu
iehhe ing inelI supply of od pecarious ana hole
some III The Gpse OF long ofages r. their
phi uitye built. 1855
the hTs eiigrahs although tie age of infancy
and not !et arrived at maturity, might net have been
OF larger dimensions when c.Othed with le.l tan il
indicated by these Skeletons
Lei us look for couck.sbes on the shores of north
stem HmeIca and look there aso tor the stature Of
'hoe 0bo na3t tue most h"tthwarsy fegnns rfthese
Countries aud we sba! perceive This cupiecture
has the conn.nance OF pTobahity and IL uoi ihen IL.
NC owned WIN candOr, that many the unsea cha
bic wavs OF Providence.
But, indeed: conjecture ina, be offered before we
worth. of aiten ion The Egyptians, in anci.Lt times
worshppeh great number of animals, and among 9th
ers. the Ibis Hawk the Cat the Dog In wlal,,er
family 4 cat ded, every individual OF that family cut
oil ms or her eyebrows but, " dos died the whole
fanny shaved iheiT heads, aud in tact ever part OF
their bodies The cas, WIN dead, carried 10 "a
ered buildings, ana after being sailed buried IN
The city B"na'tes OF the canine specIs, the females
were hurled ~ cohsecIated chests, which ceremony
WAS also observed with respect 10 the Juhnc uulru
Aerod Flu IS 81, &c
The Hini"os, says the Able Dubois nay hunor and
worship i"ss OF more Solemn, TO almost every living
creature, wbe her gnaduped, bird FERTILE He iLrn
eHss "ns ''st OF me woishipped animals, beginning
win The ipe aud including tie dog aud other ANIMALS
lhr -fpe Is the cass of animals which receives III,
arg est h"nors The striking resemblance Nhich The
ilndoos re"iark between tins animal aud man in ex
terror appearance aud physical relations was the rst
cause ct the greaiTevereHce ia which they held him
"a DUBOIS 2l6 The wOIShip OF the great Ape itunn
hen, extends all the territory of India and rsnr
ciaiiy among the followers oi Nishnu. His leois.vey
where in the IeEnylrs anu other places
hy the people And II is aisn frequently ionud i'm tbe
woods aud nnder thick ,irts in desaIt ulaces but
particularly where the Yishnuvites abound ihr syo,,
Idol oi Hsnunen is fonId almost every where The
sarThoes offered To II usually of The simplest
rl"uheions OF nature and, IN parts fIeqaented by
fpes devotecs are often seen Is no give them part vi
Their food, anu consider II meTitoIions deed.
The souls aud other bones described by Fir. Lane
MAY De The homes of sacred animals, buried by super.
oh hot elssmliar To That OF the hiTdoo aJ EgJ phi
an ana being NOT more than euly miles IUII the
pace where lie three faoed i7Hage was found bulh
may nave Oeeh deposited by tie same religious notions.
he conck shell, lefi in small wafer vessel mai
cafes All Intent to provide for the OF
some animal who could use the couck dipping wa
Ter out OF The larger vesse Skouid this conjecture be
tonnd worthy of adoption, The evidence Himdoo am
cesiTy VIII have attained degree strength almost
loo stable 10 suffer Resistance. he animal whether
ape or monke5 and The conck she'll may have come
from tue Gulf of aeAico Cuuaua or the wares ~ H.
orounoko and the hjacent countries uhllber IL il
probable they came from the old world with THE su
pefsiiti"h which dehed them. The seduI"us anxiety
manifested Tor theii preservation The care taken i'm
TIER burial TO provide certain sreces Of stone far
The collin, and, for their future accommodations with
wafer vessel and dippeT, circumstances which
must nave proceeded nom inviolabIe and iutis
penshle religious inJnnciionlhe very same perhaps
underground the conduct If the ancient YyS
ah' oil Inc ancient intermediate, and Hndoos
'H0!y vrt 0tteStS TIE existence Of giants.
from the Franklin Gazette.
messrs. tHltoTs--A few weeks ago observed IN The
Union" an account Of lii powers ana exercise of the
owning rod, which you and some your lenders bayr
also probably seen. Having been familiar with The
suNyecl, read ii merely as confirming what Ln.w
ahu h ieNeh abont Al bhi have simcc met with per-
sos who have aiso sees tie article alluded To some f
WHOM dnrb aud tUers idicUie the influence 3scibed
VIII therefore state what have seen and what know
III the premises.
Ia the year 1873 shortly after 1 had settled l., the
western county. Was ncighbois oouss IN Ieav,r
county, the owner OF which pIOnosed 10 luJ ON .,y
SIZE, hut had not yet discovered wdet suJ, Iep c,n
ugucus TO H. The beauty Of the spot ue had clio en-
maze nm unwilling To 1eliEqGish o., ana believing
III cpllbon WIN hundreds IN the Western country IN
Tue SlnCacy OF Tie awning rod he took advantage of
tue Vlss q" Two strangers in that ncis hborhood one 81
"Goni was repuled 10 possess Tie power of
wa er III tns way To make last effort The opertT
ch' hlms'li small fotked twg, which believe Mas of
naN'' 'oOh l"ih III each Banr. and walked every
ui'ec u fuf Il lew minutes, when suddenly the I.wer
paIl Of the rod which held VeTiicaiI sprung with
i'ei! hrloh ." ucb as Ia make with sur
pisel aHd btCae Ieariy horizontal. The earth beng
speeuiJ removed me supply 0fwateT eAhbiicditssif
bnl dl now dbout 10 relate incident of the same
Kind. rendered mere striking l,y SOME of s crcun,
stances was at the hUnse OF "A Mr. q. in ALLEGHENY
county mol fdI fT"in PttISbHTs tine before Tins
tasl occurrence. In the Interval conversation Lr
asked me IL believed in tie Teputed nov crs of t di
9 It1It IA.