Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-30

formed and well.discip'ined AuiuaL
which we think any country can pro.,
duce. Some Of them were from tho
vicinity, many from sutton, SO famed
for its superior cattle, and one 6ps
yoke was from Marblehead.
We are told, that tho sales Of Stock
Merchandise, SC by auction. did NOT
meet the expectations of the owners Of
the articles offered for sale: and tina.
the collection of non-purchaser. WA.
too large, and the rooms toe confined
to give opportunity for fair csmps,i.
ton.
Extract Of letter to the Editors, dated LEROY.
Genessee County, N. Y.
You will recoIlect that in nv letter
from Albany, limited at geological
curiosity, lately discovered, in The west.
ern part of this State, which intended
to examine. This was the place. and
although | have no claims to make to
the character of scientific man. fell
curiosity enough to visit the spot, where.
as report ran, number of pstrifed
turtles had been discovered. Several
persoDs enquired of, answered NV
questions with great readiness and ex.
pressed their admiration at what thew
considered sea.animal. My opinion
at fret strongly inclined to theirs, tho
| confess my doubts Oh the subject
have since considerably multiplied.
But to furnish you with the facts
Aliens Greek, small stream. crosse.
the turnpike road in this village, and
has cut 30 deep chasnel through the
rocks as to make it necessary to CON,
struct substantial bridge of con,idsra.
BILE size, which 10 now nearly complst.
ed. In getting stone from the creek, a
little below, the water was for a time
diverted into new channel, which left
dry hole in the middle, whore nYm.
Der of large rounded stones were di,.
covered, Of singular appearance and
composition, and Of form strikinslv
similar to that Of turtle. 1t appears
that some Of them had been partially
exposed to view for several years. and
been taken by some of the inhabitants
for petrifactions of that animal: but
very li,tle was thought of the subisc!
till within few weeks.
The stones are of various sizes.
weighing from 200 ID. to 4 or 500, aud
of similar competition, though not all
of exactly the same figure; for while
most of them are quite circular, and
have one or two grooves extending
round the circumference, Others ara
nearly oval, and show something THAI
might have once had tho form Of tur.
ties head. Indeed | have heard two
or three, in which projections like
claws could be distinguished. They
are formed of dark blueish btumiD.
Gus lime stone, with irregular marks on
the back which often divide the sure
face into figures like those OF turtles
shell. but On splitting them open hori'
z ou,ally, (which is usually done with
easel the same divisions are found to
extend through the whole, though The
lines are much broader in the interior,
where some of them are filled With
crystals of lime, or form geodss, csv.
ties lined with crystals, containing
yellow substance like ochre. When
first opened. these cavities are ssid TO
yield an oily liquid, sometimes to the a.
mount of half pint or mofe, but ! re-
greet that none of it has yet been pres
served. In some specimens, the vein
in the stone do not reach the surface;
but they are always found inside, and
prove brosdest at the middle, like those
in the mineral, sometime Eagle Stone
and may, perhaps, be supposed to have
been formed in similar manner, by
cracks produced in drying, and the IN"
filtration Of a lime solution.
The rock Oh the side of the creek is
a loose blue slate, cut through by the
stream, about ten feet over which liesa
thin stratum of lime stone, containing
a few pstrified shells. All the Turtle
stones, excepting two or three, were
found loose in the brook cav two
half imbedded in the slate. ip hoFl'
zontal position. Two Of these singular
specimens have been sent 10 New forH'
where they will doubtless receive sc''
eptifc examination; and | shouIdOS
much gratifed if they prove to be "hs'
they at first 80 nearly resembls.
THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN.
A Miss Livermore, formerly OF New"