Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-22

iety Of the numerous friends Of this gen.
llemaninieieftnte 10 ms a1tls: Here
turned TO lIst residence m this town on
MYlday Instsmuch improved, though still
weak from his recent s severe altack OF 3
cnngrsli,rlEyef;H His sision}is alsoslis
! impaired, hui bis pll sicIaIl is SANG guine
nat iiis detect @ili slie entirely removed
.as&his general beallhsim prov yes; which he !
fonGdentIy anticipates uldsfil he sal6tary
infiurnceof our pure aud healthy atmoss
5phe, e.-ibid.
a Gidnt at last.- In exbGmi1g flates
The remains ol so maly wonderfully large
animals unknown. 10 The present. age, II Z
has supposed sihal The ancient race ..of
pienmus' Have been responding as
large. Al lengtlIswe have son refining 10
SUSAN the doctrine. The Madison Ban-
ner states oD The mos, reliable authority,
thai a person in ra1k lin sconnty Il Tenness
see "hle digging asBeii, a few weeks
since. iounda. a.lIumanskele!o afthe depth
OF fity feel. which treasures eighteenfee,
in length. The immense frame VI assen.
lire with an unfmportanl Exception il oiie
OF he exrremf,es 1t has been visited, by
several OF The principal members 5of tlle
medical faculty 10 Nashville. and pronoun-s 8
crd uaequivocally, by afE be skelelonsof
huge man. The bone Of The thigh
measured five lrei; aud il was computed 1
lba tue hriehl OF the living man, making
the proper allowance for muscles, Inuse /
have been al least fweuty: ieet. Tie
fiudry had heen ufered eighfsfh thousand dol u,
lars for II. Lai had determIsed sot 10 sell 9
il a any price unfiI frst exhibiting i, foF
twelve nDnlhs. he is3noW having The
different parEs wired together lbf Ibis puf-s:.s
pose. These uuwritien records Of the I
men and animals ofpther ages, THAT are
from To time dug Out oil the bowels ofttle
earth. put conjecture 10 confusion, and 5
almost surpass imagination itself. History
informs US thai the Emperor llaximus
was 8 feel 6 inches in height. Infhe reign
Of CIaLdius a.man was broughI from Ara
bia 9 fee, inches tail. john Middleton,
of Lancashire. England, was 9 feet g. in e
I hes. d Coz ler ihc Irish GI;cnt, feet;7s
inches. But our American skeleton, i
we have really found such a one, vii
throw all other Giants in the shade. IN
Y. Sun.
Indian 4 dGaHs.-.i'bere islat This time
an important movement golns on amoug
The Choctaw and Cberokees, (which is
likely to resultin Inc application gof those
nations lol organization nderourterritori-a
al laws, preparatory TO seeking admission
inIo The Union as State. The Choctaws,
have recently approved 10 the policy of
their Chief on tbi ,subje cl,andas appears
from The following extract from the Mis-
,issippi Free Traders, have chosen
.Pitchlyn," as thrirrepresentative in pre-
spnnns their claim for admission tolhe
privileges OF American citizens under our
confederacy. The Free Trader.
says: > ~ go
''Pnchlyn,s ,slbegelecTive chief $4,000
civilized ChoclaH S 6eyondlhe Mississippi,
Will probably yisas Washington this win
Ier. for lfle; purpose oiappl 70 Congress
y intosrhe Tinted Siates with delegate
il Gongrcss:-A Ay constitution it's said, has ~
been adopted by the voters Of The nation
md every preliminary step taken for SUBJ
mltrins ito Congress, and ,his dislinguish-
ed chief selected as their Representatives"