Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-28

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a'isi feselides h,s feelings o. eniefm9 +
slat iBe mss III dfswlH* into light !
an extinct vnfha N autwal', hong htl z
lu we wmph ~ llYe earth. Alitf titli
attention was originally aroused hy \
To- diaUstft A some luesa lemaEB#
Nd ils uaflies around Paris. hr nlIrr I
rd rewards 10 lbe wufhmen. md If
ief a ,lne iouud himself "m ihe siiu
aiinn IL enc whe bad owen % hlnl. 4
gslf.meir. ilc INITIATED aud ine0m.
peie fragments ~ a hundred sktle.
tons, belonging ~ twenty sorts ~ an.
,mas. nod 1t Was required that each I
hone should be Joined to that which
Il belonged 20. II was resurrection
IN miniature; bat the immutnblc laws
+ that govern organic life were my
guides. AZ the voice Of comparative
anatomy. each bone, each fragment.
respncdits place. lcannot find words
to express the pleasure experienced
i. in pcrccNinc that, as discovered one
/. character. all the consequences which
| | predicted from it were successfully
I confirmed; the feet were found IN nc.
cordance with the harnctersannounc.
\ ed by the teeth; the teeth in conformity
4 with those Indicated by the feet; the
/, bones of the legs and thighs, and every
!. connecting portion of the eStrcmi-
!, ties, were found set together precise
|, ~ as had arranged them before the
!. discovery Of the parts entire: in short
,e each sp cies was, rs It were, recon.
d structcd from single one Of its com
ponent elements. Perhaps those who
ID read these memoirs may form, from
Il sympathy, some idea Of the sensations
S. experienced by me in thus 7, storing
n bv degrees, the ancient monument o
d mighty revolutions The ''immuta
Die laws which We're guides IN TIM
. gigantic task, are more infinitely ex
SIS planned by Cuvier in the following
rs passagc.--"Every organized being
forms a whole and entire system, o
= whichal the partsmutually correspond
ct. and cooperate, to produce the SAM
"a. definite action, by reciprocal re-ac
ice ton; none Of the parts can var.
without a variation oil the others also
,;d Thus, if the ntcstines of an anlmt
III. are orranizcd in such manner as !
,ch digest fresh flesh alone, it is necessar
m. that the Jaws Of the same creatur
liz. should be constructed to devour IN
prey. the claws to seize and tear IT, VI
bot teeth to divide the flesh. and Il
old whole system Of the locomotive Q
nto cans OF sense to perceive It at q dl
lance. BY hisprotound ac9uaiiitan'
,rd with this harmony Of parts, evInc'
her in the structure Of every living thin
him Cuyier was enabled to gain some OF Il
be. splendid tiumphs Of modern sclenc
eel. From the examination oil large clil
mi. supposed By its discoverer, Preside
md. Jefferson of America, to have belon
- i ed to an immense carnivorous ann
tbo, Of the feline genus, Cuvior fofetold
lille existence Of great sloth-like amin
and of which complete skeleton was
hts forwards found, corresponding IN e.
,ood nv point with the French naturalIs
and predictions. From tooth, SINH
NOS, deductions we're frequently made
i,ck him. which after discoveries IN !
now manner confirmed. To the labc
nrin. in Snort, Of this philosophic observ
the and those who trod in his iootstc
n ne our knowledge Of the animals Of
ranh mer ages is wholly to be ascrlbed
In. Some remarkable proofs OF this
-.Go.be noticed in our account oi the
u;on canic remains Of the Fhocene ?
DDS Of the earth.
J see -
rises. Mariagc.-The happy marriag
bility where two persons h'ee' a,,I y, -,
tarily make choice OF each OF
attic. without principally regarding 60
+ fair Letting the circumstances OF Tor
or beauty. These may still 10y
mon spite of adversely or sickness;
elf former wo may in some measure
world fend ourselves from; the other IS
nee is portion of our very nature.
hurch The High Court of Errors and
.od Of peals, which has been IN labol
sarc. session for some weeks at JACK
NJ odiourned on the 9Th inst. after