Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-05-31

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Avoaus han 6sss rsesssy paAl.hsd protesting 10 give
the ssynss Of the Dks wsns,oa. Among other hiass
la the volume. ,hess1SAs following lseonie letter written
BY the Duke Martial Bsrssford giving an aocoun, Of
the Waterloo affair. After Ii took place, which,
description Of the great hattie Of the great sctoc
quite curiosity MAN Ixr.
You will have heard of battle Of tho 18TH Never
did see such pounding match. Bob what
boxers call g'uons' Nspolcon did all.
lie Just moved forward In the old stylc columns and
was driven od in the old style. The oaly ference
that he mixed cavalry with his Infantry and supported both
with an enormous quantity Of artillery had the infantry
Tor come time In square, and had the French cavalry
walking about as they had been own. never sew
the Britain infantry behave so we'll"
WoSpkRruL Discovery IN NATURAL IIrsrosr.-oor
readers will doubtless remember, Gays the Mobile Advert
ser the sensation produced In leto by the discovery Of the
bones Of the great Missoaum OF Missouri We have now 10
announce that the dseoverer Dr. Albert c. Koch I'm.
brought TO light the fossil OF monster in the ami
mai Creation that puts in the shade the celebrated
iqusnodon" OF England, of colossal size, and
tho sull more gigantic Missourun This last discov.
~ may be set dow, tho State Of Alabama
and To county adjoining Mobile, namely, Washington
being embedded la yco~ lime rock forma ton near The
old Washington Court House. DR.. IL German by birth
and edncsou but has already acquired repu
n''on IN this country for ms geological researches and
me- ardent devotion 10 the VI the natural sciences
orally he gives to this ls.t remarkable fossil wonder
(Which no describes ,e wonder Of th il aye OF
wonders the name Of "Zssisdoa Siiiiman in compl-
ment to Prot TO Siiman Of Yale Collove
The description OF this 10 in substance as fol-
loves 81 have succeeded in bringing to light the yerv
nearly complete skeleton Of colossal and terrible
iepe mat may be justly termed the king OF the kiugs OF
fepuiss Its length hsnired and four (r,f-,he .o
lid portions OF the vsrtebra from Il TO Is incbe. in
length and from to IL inches in diameter each
70 pounds IN weight Its greatly elongated Jaws are armed
with not less than forty ncisot cutting four canine
teeth OF iang and eight mola grinders These teeth all
ut into each other when the closed and il clear
thai the animal Of nature
evidently large, and were prominently situated on the for
head giving the animal the power Of constant and
vigorous watch Tor Its prey The body had members At
se"ed resembling paddles or fms, which proportion 10
inc size OF tue animal were small and doubtless
tended prope the body Of this
The waters OF those larger rivers and eeas which il nbab
tied or fequened Each Of these paddles or fms ia com
posed o II bones, which form unon freely ar
euanng JOINTS The nbs are OF very peculiar shape end
exceedingly They times the tbck mes,
nj the lower that they tho superior extremity"
Df n IS atpresent la this city. and has the skeleton of
hs uuiy wonderful animal in his charge. The several
parts are not joined together but we understand he
willing 10 arrange and them for exhibition If there
were probability that would be nj This
circumstance presume he will take this rare curiosity
which oi right belongs Alabama svne other place fer
ITS inst exhibition.
Alabama appears abound with these fossil remains Of
animals mat are now extinct The Albany Daily Citxen,
OF recent date thus describes of wonders now
exhibiting in that city, which doubt not is that dscoy
cred lew years since, by tho late John G. Creagb E.o
OF Clark county in this State.
IL Is the petried verebra Of monster called by the
Naurasts the Zuygoc in-a creature which must hays
been hof alligator and half whale IL wns discovered i'm
oedded IN chalk formation the banks of the Alabama
ver and was boxed UP and Professor Enmop. of
this CITY, The yertebra extending from portion of the
head 10 the up VI the TAIL eighty in length ms il lie,
upon the floor! The have been i'm fe from,
a ineiy To one hundred feet long.