Liberty advocate., 1838-06-02
items. General Intelligence, &c.

4, order directing the Banks OF that Stat
70 resume specie payments on the 10th o
June.
IupoRrANri-Gen. James Davis passe,
,brouph ST. Louis, Mo-, on the 10th ultimo
On his way to the Rocky Mountains.
It's estimated that twenty thousand let
tsrs were carried out by the steamer Grea
Western.
II is reported the steamboat Princeton
has sunk at the mouth ofthe Illinois.
Il is said 10000 persons were presen
a. the departure of the Great Western.
salmon weighing 98i pounds, wa:
sold last month in New York for iorty-fye
Dollars.
A blind boy in Virginia, z years of age,
kas composed waltz, called "Rocking.
Man," which is said to possess much merit
The Corporation of Charleston has ap-
bropriated $4,000, to be applied to the
Immediate relief of the INDECENT sufferers
by the late fire.
The Sirius steam ship took out near sew
enteen thousand letters from the several
pfices, and Hale's Reading Room, New
York.
In Green county, Ohio, two teeth were
found, eight inches from front to rear, six
inches long, and weighing six lbs. each.
A man by the name of Marks, in Prince
George, Va. shot man and his wife, who
both died instantly.
The Arkansas Gazette says, lady al
Batesyille, short time since, presented
her husband with twins, being the second
pair within the last nine months and &c
days.
N A voyage Of month will now take one
.to Egypt For the trip, twelve days to
England and eighteen thence to Alexan-
3ria, is a fair calculation.
Clevenger, the American sculptor, has
sxecuted bust of Judge Hopkinson, and
" now engaged on bust of Nicholas Bid
l1ence in his profession.
An Indian Tumuli has been discovered
near Eizabethtown, Virginia, in which
vas found the ruins of an arch eight or
len feet high; and two skeletons reclining
id the back, in opposite directions. The
bones Of the jaw are described as larger
than those of the present race of men.
The Corporation and citizens of Colum-
hia, S. c., have forwarded $9,5OO to
Charleston, for the relief Of the sufferers;
Augusta, Georgia, about $4,000. A gen.
ileman in Georgetown, District, S. c. has
forwarded the very liberal donation of
9i0OO.
John E. Williams has been tried in Gin
cinnati for the murder of Mulford Ross,
four years ago, and convicted of murder
in the second degree.
Look OUT TRIFLERs.--A case was re-
Gently tried before the county court at Rut-
land, Vt. in which Miss Munson recov-
cred $1425 of Mr.. Hastings for breach
ofmarriage contract. The principal fea-
ture in the case was the charge Of the
Judge, which tended to show that no expli-
cit promise was necessary to bind the
parties to a marriage contract; but that
long continued attentions or intimacy with
iemale were as good evidence of inten-
del marriage as special contract--BaH.
More Mammoth BoneS.-The relics Of
ikis diluvian monster are found in every
Nharter of the United States, west and
Nth of the Hudson. In excavating the
Nlher day for the Brunswick and Altama-
Na canal in Georgia, a short distance
'gom Florida, large deposite was found
"a great size and preservation. The yer.
lebre are eight inches in transverse diam
meter. The molar teeth nine inches
by five at the top surface, and Of the size
Of d mans hat(O Portions Of the tusks
Of q perfect ivory structure.--Teeth Of
carnivorous animals were found with
these remains. Diameter of the tusks at
the base about twelve inches. The whole
lay only six feet from the surface as is
nBual, and were embedded in blue clay,
both remarked always in the north.-At
No same depth are found roots and trunks
MA the cypress, tree Of fresh water
H'Rrshes. The Brunswick Advocate adds:
s'May it not be, that the Altamaha once
Nlscharged its waters at this port, and
tat in the convuIsions Of nature which
banged its bed--removing it twelve miles
the northward, these giant animals
ere destroyed and embedded together,
Rving sought for security what was then
ihe highest point Of land"
The Mastodon was unquestionabIy
fnd animal allied to the OK or buffalo fam
IL, and fed by browsing on trees, &C.
The condition and position Of the remains