Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-04

ndfDOr, "neFe II was OlSSeCteQ ana alter
wards exhibited in Paris and London, |
believe. Culver and the professors of the |
Jardin des Plantes estimated its age from |
900 to 1000 years and one proof Of its
great age is in the carriages ofthe fingers
ofthe hands, or side fms, which We're COM
pletely osslhed, or converted into bone
The dimensions, weight, &c. of This ami
NAL, were as follows:
Total length, 95 feet
Breadth, Is
Length of the head, 22
Height of Uranium, 4l-2
Length of vertebraI column SO l-2
No. Of ribs, 28-Iength 9
Length of the fins 1914
Length of the fingers, 4l-2
Width of the tail, % -2
Length of do.
lbs
Weight when found 249 tons, or 48O,OOO
after dissection 50 tons, or 10000
Oil extracted 1000 gallons, or 10000
Rotten flesh buried IS tons, or 10000
A single glance at this stupendous skel-
eton would convince any one of the vul-
gar error of teIming the whale a fish
Upon this distinction a JudIclous writer
observes, wide Edinburgh Cabinet Libra
ry,) speaking Of cetacea, TO which class of
animals whales belong: Although their
home be entirel y in the depth of the wa
ters, they have several features in com
mon with the larger quadrupeds. They
belong to the Linnaean class of mamalia,
or suck giving animals they produce
their young alive, their skin is smooth
and without scales, their blood is warm,
and their flesh tastes somewhat like coarse
beef they have "a heart with two ventri-
eles, and lungs through which they re-
spire, and being unable to separate the air
from the water, as fishes do by means Of
their gills, they must come to the surface
in order to breathe. 1t is thus by no
means strictly scientific to call the mhole d
! fish, yet he is entirely an inhabltant ofthe
sea, having a tail, though placed in dit
ferent position from that of other fishes,
while his front limbs much more resem-
bic fins than legs, and are solely used for
paving the deep; hence the vulgar, fol-
lowing a natural and descriptive classit-
cation, obstinatel y continue to give the
name of fish to these watery Monsters"
Mr. Cheever of Salem has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address before the
AdeIphi Union Society in Williams Co..
Iege, in August next.
This is the citizen who was imprisoned
thirty days, and put under bonds for a
year, to keep the peace, without particle
of law to authorize the act, except the le-
g:slation of Judges on the Bench.-Bos-
ton Press.
Gira1d College. 1t gives us great
pleasure to be able to state that Professor
A. D. Bache has been appointed Presi-
dent of Girard College, with handsome
salary, and the privilege of travelling
sometime in Europe, with the view of &C
curing information, examining various
institutions, &c, during which his expen-
SEES will be paid by the Trustees. Pro-
fessor Bache is native of this city,
Philadelphia Herald.
Removal of Postmaster. Mr. Gov
erneur, it seems, is moved from the office
of Postmaster in this city, and Mr. Cod
dington put in his place. Wonder if Mr.
Governors refusal to mail certain publ
cations to certain sections of the country,
and the fear that he would persist in such
refusal, even after the Senate, by rejecting
1.-The bill of abominations," had virtually
declared such conduct to be unconstitution-
al, had any thing to do with his removal.
Query-Will Mr. Coddington mail such
publications 2-Emaneipdtor
The aboInionists cannot conceal their