Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-13

and the sensible opinions he eloquently
expressed and although hic warning Of
the disastrous consequences Of war is es-
pecially addressed to The American States,
his advocacy Of the cause of peace will no
where be read with more sincere admira.
ton than in this country.
Interesting Discouery.-On Saturday
las, a man engaged in digging grave, in
upper Germantown, discovered near the
surface of the earth, number of human
bones. Among those whom The incident
brought thither. was The venerable Peter
Keyser. A child of the revolution, aud
present al the battle OF Germantown, he
was able to explain what, to the present
generation, was mystery. He stated
that, at Ii years ofage, he had witnessed
the interment in one grave of eight of the
soldiers oflhe American army who were.
al The battle of Germantown. all killed in
the lan-y yard Of his father.
One ofthese martyrs of American liberty,
was Capt. Frazier of the Virginia line. who
was killed by bullet which had passed
through the door of a barn before it reached
him. lie was remarkably tall man,
tall no, merely in height, !u, in The signi
6cation which, a century since Characterised
the brave. Another victim, said The
venerable chronicler. had The upper part
Of his head blown off. and when placed in
the grave one of his legs was contracted
aud drawn in. An examination Of the
remains confirmed the statement OF Mr..
Keyser. The bones Of The PARROT dead
were found undecayed; and pieces Of The
cloth of,heir resinentals remained entire,
and was piously preserved as relics. After
The lapse Of sixly.seven years, the rem
embrance OF Mr.. Keyser proved. in every
point, accura:e.-PhH. North american.
Most Interesting Discouery.-The
Rhenish papers rEention discovery. of
very curious interest, that has been made
in recently dcmolishing an ancient church
Of Urboch, which dates from the earlisl
period the middle age. and was tottering
10 its fall. Encosed iu The wall of The
choir, which is four feet thick. has been
found a marble coffin, nine feet fourinches
in length, and adorned with figures in re-
lief finely executed. The opening Of
this coffin was difficult, task, the joints
having been covered with cement which
has acquired The hardness OF the marble
itself. /, had. accordingly, TO be broken
into from the foot. aud revealed an object
which took The spectators by surpfise-a
body clothed in the sacerd6lal habit, fresh
as that Of man who had died bu, yesler,
day. The color Of The epidermis, irmness
of the flesh, the hair. The nails, all were in
the most perfect preservation. The flesh
yields beneath he finger like soft wax; the
limbs have kept their suppeness and
fexibillty, the teeth are entire, regular and
white as ivory; and the very eyes but half
closed by the eyelid, have preserved a
portion ofrheir brightness. The dead man
wears cossack pale bl Le-silk, nterwov-
en- with threads of pure gold, and a linen.
gown extremely fine, and trimmed with
lace. These garments worn SO many
hundred years, seem quite new. Round
the hands, clasped on the breast. is twined
a rosary of white pearls strung on thread
ofgold to which is attached small box
in the shape Of "A medallion, made of a
metal whose composition is unknown.
This medallion contains on one ofts faces,
the following inscription. in characters
which suggest The date of the eleventh cen
tury: lotto Imysrotor Parocho Ebicchiano
scutptori ercellentissimo. '@The Emperor
Ohio TO the Curale of Urhach, most eS-
celIent soul ulptor.' On the reverse is the
figure of the Good Shepherd. Being
opened, The box was found to enc lose a
folded parchment containing letters ofgold
and rllramarine. The ancient text is
difficult to decipher, hut records that the
priest in question, one Of The greatest
artists OF his age, is the author Of the wo-
udrous sculptures, representing scrl pture
subject, Oh the principal front oflhe high
altar, and that the sculptured pulpit, which
was The greatest ornament Of the church,
is from his chisel. The arts. cura,e must
have been, also, in matters unspritual,
one of the greatest men Of his day. The
body measures from the crown of The head
10 the sole .of the fopl, seven feet eleven
inches, Renisb measure. The feet nearly
covered By the cossack, rest on folio
volume Of parchment, whose first leafdls-
plays the title, Chronjcan SecuH XII.