Lexington union., 1839-05-03

Antwerp, Esq. Receiver of Public Mon
les at Burlington, Iowa Territory, arrived
in this city few days since, e,bringine with
him to deposite in Bank, to the credit Of
The Treasury Of the United States, $345,
600.
The Office at Burlington opened on the
lst of October last, since which time, en-
bracing a period of less than six months,
100000 have been received there for
lands.
OF this amount nt,upwards of 100000
were received 10 silver, about $40, 900 in
gold, and the balance in Treasury Notes,
Missouri and Illinois State Bank bills, and
Military Land Scrip.
The portion Of gold we understood 70 bo
much larger than has generally been re-
ceived at other Offices:
More than three-fourths Of the large
amount mentioned in the above has been
paid by actual settlers Of the country.
But small share Of the lands in tho
Burlington district have yet been offered
for saIc and most Of those not yet brought
into market, arc already as densely settled
as those which have been sold.
| The Northern Land District in lowa,the
office for which is situated at Dubuque,
iTwa, understand to be considerably more
extensive in tyaSitory than the Barliissnirl.lo5n Barisnrlon
District; and the lands are ses1f,fesented as
6eing generally Of an excellent quality.
4 Emigrants are now going into Iowa in
npJ ~ ro.Elont1,y
ldicted that ere two years shalbave elapsed
from the date OF her organizsion as ter
riiory, TO wit, by the 4th July, 1910, she
will have surplus of many thousands over
the number of inhabitants necessary for
her admission as State into the Union.
ST. Louis Argus, March %.
, ->>Aecs<<<.-
! A BURIED Cry DISCOVERED IN pERU.--
! The captain of an American vessel,
! named Ray, has lately discovered on
the coast of Peru, in the. environs of
FruseilIo, an ancient buried city ofcon-
siderable extent. Following thee course
ofsome excavations which he made, he
found the walls OF the edi6ces still STAN
, , ding, and many ofthcm in a complete
) state of preservation. He infers from
1.-THE numbers and extent oil themthat the
population ofthe city could moi have
been less than 5000 souls. Great
numbers of skeletons and mummies in
la perfect state Of preservation were
) found among the private and sacred
: cdi6ces, and great number of domes-
!; tic utensils, articles of furniture, coins
and curious antiquities. The earth
! quake by which it would appear the
city was engulphed appearsto haves SUR
prsed the inhabitants like those Of
Pompeii, in the midst Of their daily
, lavocations, and many of them were
I found by Capt. Ray, singularly pre-
served, by the exclusion ofatmospheric
, air in the precise action or employ
ment of the moment when overwhelm-
ed. One man standing up as if in the
! act of escaping, was dressed in light
) robe, in the folds Of which coins were
I. found which have been sent to the sci
: entific institution of Lima for investiga-
| ton. A female was also found sitting
? in chair before loom which contain
ed an unfinished piece of cotton stuff
which she was in the act of weaving.
The cotton stuff (Which is Of gaudy
, pattern, bu. very neatly fabricated) is
about eight inches in diameter, and ap-
pears to have been only halfcompleted.
A great number of antiquities and cur
) riosities found in this American Hercu-
/, laneum grave have been sent to the mu-
j scum of Lima Constitutional.
Il The Aroostook Mountains. .--Dr. Jackson.
0 the Geologist of Maine, gives an interest
] ing account Of his examinations Of the
: mountainous region Of the disputed terri
. tory, near the Penobscot Forks, which
: gives graphic feature TO that part of the
I country, and makes il one ofthe most sub
!, lime and imposing formations. Mount
Q Katadin I've shall not attempt to pro-
t nounce the word as spelt-KTAEDN-leav-
ing that to the poles) is lofty preciptous
II cone Of pure granite, whose treelsss suns
n init, having no vegetable growth but few
p bushes Of the mountain cranberry and
], Ispicy 5lue-berries, was attained with great
. labor, by clambering up almost perpcndic-
l. lular crags. 1t was ascertained 10 be 5 ,3O0
feet elevation, the highest in Maine
e What is remarkable is, that 10 this granite
>, formation was found dilnvial limestone,
E, with shell impressions, showing the sea
sr had been there; and in the same region
$. Limestone, with scortaceous trap melted
Ell and imbrectcd into its seams in an elegant
IN iinnQer showing, also, that rolcdnic action
le had 6es III work. From one high noun
ri ltain, the Sugar Loaf Cone, he saw around