Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-06-24
PARAGRAPHS.

Mammoth iound.-The Largest monnd In the
Iuiled States is the Virginia SIDE Of ,he
Ohio river, about twelve miles below Wheel
ing. western paper relates that some persons
living IN The vicinity Who have been engaged IN the
excavation Of one of the Sides have suddenly slruh
npon an aperture descending TO sabietnnean
hall eleven feet wide. and nearly sixty feet high
There passages At one extremity leading 10 two
spacious vaults. tn both af which human skele-
tons covered with beads and ornaments Of curious
construction have been found. Among the ar
iicles uorn hy one Of these relics. 3" there WERE"
SAWS the writer. oie thousand seven hundred ivo-
~ beads. 6se lundrcd sea shells. Que hundred aud
fifty pieces ofisnglass, md five topper bands. bound
around the siisi, weighing seventeen ounces also
small stone about two inches ia gih and one aud
hail 10 width. with marks resembling letters aud
figures, Supposed 10 be the n,ne OF The veirei."
Remarkable Longerity -Mr Adam Rogers, Of
Bangor. has published an account Of the iongevll,
of his fathers family. which shows the lollnwing
mafksblr results. They all born and hrou gh
mp in MarshGcd. Massachusetts, and consisted Of
six brothers aud sisters. who died the sges u
caHst Their respective names :-Tmothy Rogers,
100 years Israel Rogers. Jos Peleg Rogers. I07 :
Amos Rogers. e. Zaccheus Roccns. ~ Adam
Rogers, ioa Lydia Lewis, 80 q else, Tainan 1919
Eauicc Lord. 100: and Jane oldham. ioO-miLIng
lheir aggregate ages 9es
A Uori8 far DisfdHt-Pfofessof Bessc of no
ningsburg by series oi observations Of The parallax
el,he fixed star No. 81, IN Constellation Cygnus
las ascrrtaiued Al TO be distant 66Ge0D times The "a
.iius OF the eanh's orbit 6a,7e0, 900, 900 5000 of
usle~
. Phfoaoiogy.--Dr Connie saws, " II two persons
with brains Of ibe same size aud shape. the one
Of sangulne. The other oi nervous temperament have
business At distance. the lrsi viii walk and do il
personally through love of corporea as well as nen.
tai cxortion and the second MI attend 60 II hy sen
ding letter J lG sancuine temperament will sonn-
walk mile Than wie a icIier 81 three lines
The nervous viii sooner write elier Of three pa
yes. than walk actoss The street.
n Coot PyoposHios. --qLe Editor of The Boston
Atlas, who has been sued Cor a iihcl--damapes
500, O0o--by the managers pCtbe late Chelsea H,nl
offers to pay the damages down. IN advance ofths
uial, proridcd they rW take GieiSca Bank Notes IN
ray. Very accommodating.
Iudsicnel q Golim--It nas said Of Tho urea, DIR.
johnson. who was accustomed TO read in bed that
rather Than gel uRand blow his lii h, out, lie would
hegncDily throw ms boot al il.
Sir Waller Scott iot The whole Of his writings.
nov comprised IN eighty volumes. received not less
than $3.50 900.
Heading a'iom r.atcfion.-Was no, DIR. Kipps
clever man He NIGH, be a clever man nv
nature iof augM know. but lie laid so many
books upon head, J. is brains could no, move"
X. Hall
Mar DIV soulcd people like marrow ed
bottles, the less they have in them the more noise
they make letting it out.
dd'n, like our minister's sermon. last Sunday
SAID deacon who lIad slept all sermon, time to a
brother Deacon :" Didn't like it, brotLerA Wby.
sa" you nodding assent to every proposition Of
the paison." fCiaffmont EooIr
The Chicago American says, When Daniel Web
s'ei. was IN echeaso two or three years'sncr Mr. B.
-, an eccentric well known clizen being iui,o
duced 10 The s,ingushod statesman addressed
hin as follows: have read Your Smelling bo.l
and Dictionary, Mr. Webster, bur never belorr
haa tue ple.sneo OF your acquainiane
Or. Franklin has SAID, "where | see a honse W.
'uin'shea win books and newspapers, there see in.
telgent and well inform ed children bun if ,be,e arc
no BOOKS or papers, the children ignorant if not
profiigale."
Gentlemen Pduprs Some men are proud Of
ocing panpets; proud of being gentlemen who do
no'hng-prond OF being maintained by the pabiic.
by Their refdtions-o or BY their arifes
hili OF faiiegaed Bile, one hundred feei hiph
aud hall mile long. has recently been discovered
IN Walker county, Georgia.
The maple sugar season in Ohio has been unu
usually profitable. No less than one hundred fans
VI puiily ana beauty equal 10 the finest Havana
says The Sandusky Wing, has already been made this
season IN that County.
hnimproyed species Of Cotton has bcep d;scovs,.
60 ~ Alabama The Southern Acricnltu,ist saws
mat u grows much taller than the common nl,nt
ana pears number OF short lateral branches ooIy 4
""Sies !" 'ehetu, and bearing twin mods m
clusters OF 6 or pods each branch The Cotton :;
inner 'han any other Kind OF short staple command,
ot GEMS more, aud the product is yery mucb mae
"onhuan'' The plant, with leaves like Other ,o,on
ese'Des the okta 10 other respects aud in rich land
wiz feach height OF 6 or 8 feet. The seed il No,
ye ~ general use and The small quantiiy to be had
sells al veiy high prices Il rpen, carli,,
other cotton, and stands better chance ,h
lore, oil escaping lie uorm, which is very Ios,,n,,o
TO late crops ~ the Southwest,
The ST. Louis Republican relates as s;,c,,,. 81.
enmstance that whilst was on his trial in m ,
chy ior passihga counterfeit note the note user ~ ;,
stolen from courl. and the accused pauy had .nn
sequenily to be released. N ""
an Ancient Americqn CIy.-The oldest town i,
tue onHed States, II is said, is ST. Augustine, Flor
a. ny more HAN lerty yei,s. 1t was founded for,,
years before Virginia was coionIzed. Some of III,
houses are YET standing which arc SAID 10 have bee
Duiit more Than iliee centuries.
veteran died recently at York. ENGLAND ARE,
I'D years. Ills name was Henry Brouvh. He wa
porn o. Dutch parents at New York He was far
merry 10 The army. and was the battle of Rink .,
Hill. lie also served in Holland, under The DuI.
" York. VIZ D""e
was golden query Of DIR. Franklin in answ.,
:" one oi Tue impoflunate letters Of Tho,nas Paine
that y men we've wicked with reI,gio, wh,,
would tiiey he without i, 7" ""''