Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-04

american AUTOMATICALLY making eyc,,.
lions in the gold region of this State, not Ionn
since, buildings regularly erected were disr3S
yered under the earth. Traces have also bes,
met which prove that the mining business has
at some time, been followed in the same d.
trict Of country as well as in North Carolina.
by whom, or at what period, II is impossibl.
now to discover The mounds of the west havs
long been a subject of interest to the trayeIsr
and speculation to the antiquary; but WRIT,
from Arkansas, in the Charleston Observer
states some facts yet more interesting. On hs
banks Of White River, he says, you can see ,bs
brick foundation of bouses-a few miles further
six hundred and forty acres Of land are incIo
ed by wall, in the centre of which is a crcn-
llr buildng-there is also in the same neigh
borhood the ruins of city; and parallel street,
crossing each other at right angles may bs
traced by brick foundations one mile in length
the bricks of modern shape. The whole west
is rich in objects of interest to the antquarans
and the naturalist.
By the accounts Of MIR. Flint, and other Ia.
vellers, say the Western papers, it appears that
the impress ofthe leaves ofthe fruit tree andhs
bamboo have frequently been found in the pea,
beds and fossil coal formations in the neighbor
hood Of the Ohio. Pebbles Of disruption, vast
earth and sands, specimens of organic animal
and vegetable remains, belonging to tropcs
climate, clearly indicate some important exep
siye changes occasioned by fire or water The
whdee great valley Of the Mississippi. Then The
regular wells, the bricks, medals, the implements
of iron and copper, buried in soil which mus.
have been undisturbed for ages, with the abba.
bette characters written on the cliffs, plainly
show that other races of men have existed and
passed away And what a world. says Mr.
Flint, must that have been, when the mammoth
and the megolonyx trod the plains, and mon.
strous lizards whose bones are now rescued from
the soil, and which must have been at least 50
feet long, reared their heads fromthe rivers and
lakes!-Augusta (Geo.) Transcript
The Auctioneer.-There is no man whospent,
SO much breath, who talks so fast, and is so Ia.
wish Of words as the auctoneer. Herepeash h.
same thing over and over again, and never
grudgeS his labour. He is fond ofsmart sayings
and sudden turns in the sense; and he is witty.
at the expense of his customers. He can talk Of
several different things at once, and without con.
fusion. But sometimes very ludicrOusIy mixes
up different subjects in the same sentence.
! For instance, lately dropping in at a boOk-aue.
ton, there happened to be man who annoyed
the company and the auctioneer with sega
The book had gone up to twenty cents
and half, and the auctioneer dwelling uponh
q cried, ANA nan, ana naIl ana q nal-
when smelling the annoyance, he shouted out
"D-n your segar!-and half, and hail.
twenty-seven and a alf-thirty-thirty two and
half. and haf-kick out that man with The
segar, and half and haIf-going, going
thrty-five, thirty -fve-thirty. seven, and half
curse that segar smoke!-and half and 4
haIf-rd rather have the devil about me--andi
half, and half and haIf-it gives me the
phhisc-and half and hal-going, going
forty, forty cents-forty-two and ahalf-whOs
putting birthstone on the stove?-and hail.
and half and half wish | had hold oftha!
boy-and half and half-rd choke the ras.
cal-and half, and a half-gong gong-who
says forty fve-not half the price OF the book
and half, and half forty-two and half-for.
ty- five-now forty-seven and a half and half
"a treatise on the tooth-acbe gentlemen-
who'll give fifty cents for the :ooth-ache: anda
half and half forty seven and a haf-look 1t
that boy there-and half, and half-pocket.
ing one of those pen-knives-anda half, and
half-I can't have my eyes every where-anda
half, and halffty-fifty two and haf-kck
all the boys out ofthe room-and half andi
half-kick 'em out, ! say-and halfand hail.
going going, gone."-N Y Trans.