The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-26
Iexperience by which . succeeding one

! ef d NoftRWess passage, safs--slf any , proof were wanting of the value of local knowledge, in the navigation Of the Po-
 far Seas, it would be amply furnished by the factof our having now reached the
 entrance ofSirJames fancaster's Sound, Just one month earlier than we had done
 ln ISIS, although We had then sailed a fortnight sooner, with tue sumo general [ Eoblects ill view
 # Ne will do what we can in prescry-
 ing such objects of natural history, as can be collected in that part of the aIehe
 wfereso few researches have beenmade Imthis branch ofscience. Ineeoloqs. mi. Iaeralogy, ard to q certain extent. bota y, the Held before us is ample and un
 occupied"
 A morning paper of yesterday con- tains melancholy account of the con.
 dltlon of Mexico, furnished by gentle
 man who has resided in that country for Iseyeral months. Gen. Bastameiite. tilt.
 Vice-Presldent, having the army in his
 interest, obtained the ascendency over
 the party of President Guerrero, who
 was compelled to retire to his country Iseat, his election to the presidency hay
 ing been annuHed by Congress. { force of d thousand men were sent to arrest Guerrero, but lie having previously re-
 ceiyed information of their approach,
 fled to the mountains, with about five hundred followers, where his force is in- fcreasitg, and he bids defiance to the party iii power. Several battles have
 been fought between the parties with little success in either side; but the in-
 formant Of our contemporary seems ta line!ine to the belief that the. narts a4
 presenting power will be ultimately over
 thrown. Indeed, his account induces
 the belief that they hold their power
 now only by the military force, military
 rule being the sole law of the land. and
 the arrestaton of members of Congress
 and the most respectable citizens and
 the eenliseatian of their property to tAs. t.A!ss..
 use Of Bustamente, being matter of
 frequent occurrence The finances are
 in the most dilapidated condition, and
 Bustalnente has refused to receive in payment of duties the notes given by
 his predecessor to the merchants for the large sums which he borrowed of them.
 and which was to have been repaid in 1 that way.
 Such is the outline of. the account of 1 the present cotdition of Mexico, given 1 by one whose statement bears the marks
 of intelligence and candor. The eyes
 of the Mexicans and foreigners are
 turned upon Santa Anna as the only man who can save the country from ifs present anarchy.-N o. Argus. l 4 Curiosity. gentleman informed
 us few days since, that day or two previous, while in pursuit of wild Tui- keys in Hart county, Ky. in company with friend, that they discovered. on the summit of kuowl or elevation, a
 large hole, that would admit mans
 body without much difficulty. Curiosi-
 ty led them to make preparations for descending into 1t, and after the neces-
 sary preparations, and having obtained
 lights and other company they did de-
 scend, and at the depth of about sixty 1 feet, entered cavity or room apparent | Iy cut out of solid rock, (through which
 they had passed for many feet,) which
 appeared to be It CT IS square fcet.-- E I lur informant was the first person who ! entered the subterraneous room, and he i, said he was not little surprised, that the first object which met his eyes was human skull with the teeth all in it.--- Upon farther examination, it was found that the whole place was filled with hu- man skeletons, of men, women and chil- dren. Except immediately under the small aperture through which they de- scended, the place was perfectly dry and , the bones in a slate of great preserva- ton. An entire skeleton of a human body was obtained. They concluded to examine how deep the bones laid, and penetrated through them in one place between four ard seven feet, but found them just as plenty as on top, but 1. there seemed to rise an offensive efliu- [ via, as they began to come to where it was a. little damp. There wasno outlet to the room, and large snake which
 they found in there, and which appear
 ed entirely docile, passed around the room several times while they were in
 it. It is a subject for the speculation of l wise men and philosophers,as those who
 visited 1t have 40 Conjecture as to the