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From the Probable Proceedings " the Scientific Assoca
ton in tie Year 5Njt
SPEcULATIONs ON Fossil FEMALE DRESS
The being to whom this attire belonged
must have been constituted in Il very pccu-
liar manner, and probably with some
strange natural defects which it required
art to remedy. Allowing some space for
the principal exterior robe to sweep clear Of
the ground, the length would have been
about seven feet. The diameter of the crea-
ture in the centre was in singular dispropor-
tlOn to this longitude, heing only seven in
ches and half. Still more disproportionatc
appear to have been tho anterior extremi-
ties, which were not above a foot and half
in length, and, what is remarkable, while
narrow at the top, seem to have expanded
below to nm enormous size. Probably they
rcsemhlcd paddles, rather than arms and
hands The vcrtehral column seems to
have been weak and insufficient, a rigid
case Of buckram and whulchuno being re
quired in that region to give support to the
body But for this, the ordinary altitude
would probably have been prone, like that
oi an insect The most remarkable pecu-
liartY. however, was the size and form OF
the head. The bonnet indicates u creature
almost cHtirtiy dcsHtUie # brains. The head
must have been mere knob at the head Of
the ccryical colunn--such an cncephalon as
would be represented by that of a female of
our race at very early stage Of its dcvel
opement. In this respect the creature re
minds us of the class Ares-abOye all, the
Acide or Auke, which are, recognized as
amongst the most stupid of all creatures of
that grade. Another popularity, taken in
connection with the above, has induced GER
tain of the examiners to surmisc that the
creature was really connected with the ma
tatorial birds This is vesture composed
of an air-tight integument which the crca-
ture could initiate at pleasure, as some
of the cephalopojous mollusks of an earlier
era could do with the air-cells in their
shells, so as not merely to float on the water,
but adjust the depth Of the water at which
they desired to float. Thus. with so long
and slender figure, SO weak spine, 50
small u head and an arrangement for float
ing on the ocean, the female of the past
race of mankind would appear to have been
altogether singular anomaly in creation.
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NUMBER THIRTY-ONE.

access at suitable times to the presence ol
the Emperor. We have been long enough
at the mercy OF provincial authorities
The treaty lately existing between us is
destroyed by the recent outbreak OF hostlli.
ties. We have new treaty to make and
| it is our own fault if we do not make IL
thoroughly satisfactory.
The correspondent who furnished tho
Times with its information says
"Such an or )runity has not before Of
cred for revising our treaty with China and
establishing our relations on u footing
which may guard against the recurrence ol
such acts as those which have now hrough
us into hostile collision with the Chinese,
It is needless to point out the position ot
vast importance to the revenues Of Great
Britain and India which the commerce OF
China holds, or the great extension OF winch
I it is capable, were our means Of intercourse
extended, as they are with other nations.
About the participation Of the Americans
in the affair, the correspondent Of the New
| York Times says that force was stationed
Mt the United States Consulate to protect
the property of residents, and incidentally
the French Consulate in the immediate
neigh 2orhool and the British lei5 the de-
fence " that street entirely to them. Tho
United States Consul received n note from
the Vice 10y to the effect that he feared he
would not De able to protect the Americans
and for ny damag, the English must be
held respons ible.
One or two American officials were very
unduly onspicrous in accompanying the
English attacking party into Canton, esre-
cially our cons al from Hong kong, General
/ Keenan,, who was not only present himself
but took with hiul one Of the seamen from
Levant, and bore with him also an Amcri-
{ n flag, displaying it publicly within the
alls, and narrowly escaping with hii life
Fl ON murderous fire which the Chinese
0, )ened upon him. Several other American
citizens also accompan ia d the expedition anil
jt,incd, very improperly, in the pillaga OF
the Governor palace. The display OF our
flag WAS so public, apr arcntly committed US
50 fully against the hincse, that Captain
Foote, the Naval Conn aandant, addressed a
circular disavowng all esponsibility or con-
nexion with the affair.
The st Gamer Cum Fa. an American
steamer, an / under tn American lag at
the time, was fred into, in the most unpro-
voked and outr .gcous manner, by Chinese
| fort, on one of her regular trips to Canton.
On complaint, the Niceroy said h9 would
| investigate the Tlir requested that the
! Americans would ZEN ain neutral, and was
assured that so lon { a . their property was
respected they would do 80. lie afterwards
requested the withdra va of the S. forces
and the removal of the american residents.
| giving as a reason, tina 1.-THE people arc
wrought up to a high deg rec OF indiEnati1n
by the outrages ofthe Engi sh,and willnot b.
able to discriminate bctweel them and the
Americans-between friends snd foes both
alike therefore may suffer from the'r Jury
Similar letters have been recc !yad W the
other foreign consus.
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IMPORTANCE OF a WITNEss.--A Cincinnati
paper tells a pretty good story of French
man and his jealous spouse, at one Of the
hotels Of that city. The lady indulged her
self continually, as soon a closeted with her
mispronouncing husband, in hystercal up
braldings for his imaginary delinquencies in
ogling the ladies at table; and at last things
grew 80 bad chat the following dcHOuemeRt
transpired:
The lady led off, as usual, with much en-
phasis. Monsieur, however had reached the
eliminating point of human endurance, and
he retortcd in Il vehement roulade Of broken
English. interarded with French eXpletives,
until the fair one seized his case of razOrs in
an apparently desperate determination to
commit suicide.
SeHing her arm with one hand, he pulled
the bell rope violently with the other, II sum-
mons which was speedily answered; tor the
walters, whose organs Of inquisitlvencss are
usually well developed. had been religiously
listening outside Of the door hear to what
Vasgoing on within. As soon however ,as one
entered the chamber, our gallant Frenchman
relnquished his hold of the lady arm.
'Ah, ah, madame hissed he, between his
teeth, you shall cut your troat; eh tres
hcH; yer goot; now you cut yeur troat so
quick as YOU like. Mas has Won leetle
witness as you cut him yourself. All, ah
ma ctcre if you want cut your troat, cut
him right away
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the Turk is looked upon with contempt as
barbarian
DR.. Bushnell uttered the exact truth
when he siid
NdrerV is an csS,Hh0liy bartay0uS mSi,-
hiioH Violence and dissipation bring down
every succeeding generation to state cons
tinualy lowcr 50 that now, after hun
drcd and fifty years nre passed the slave
holding territory may be described as II vast
missionary ground, and one so uncomlort
able to the faithful ministry Of Christ, by
reason OF its jealous tcmpers and the known
rcpugnance it has to many Of the first max
ims of the Gospels, that scarcely mis-
sionary can be found to enter it, Connected
with this moral decay, the resources Of
nature also are exhausted, and her fertile
territories changed to II desert, by the un-
creating power Ola spcndthrilt institution.
And then, having made a waste where God
had made II garden, slavery gathers up the
relies Of bankruptcy and the blser relics
still of virtue and all manly enterprise, and
goes forth to renew, on virg' II soil, its dis
NAL and forlOrn history
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Prom the Now York Ind.n.nncnt

From the New York independent.
BARBaRIsM, EAST AND WEST When DR..
Bushnell proclaimed the startling paradox
that "bar barism was our first danger" the
whole West was filled with Indignation at
such an imputaton upon its progressive
civilization. But he has lived to be an eye
witness IN California of some of the worst
forms of barbarism which ten years ago he
predicted and to read of barbarism in Mis-
souri, and Kansas, that even his graphic
pen mad failed to sketch. Take a single
illustration
We hear continually of the lawlessness of
! the Turk, and the want oG adequate protec-
tion to property and life in She dominions Of
the Sultan. That deeds Of la wless violence
are often perpetrated in Turkey, and that
justice is turdy in overtaking tie wrong
door. will not be disputed, But the redress
OF injuries through the civil authority is
almost certain when u case comes fairly
! before it.
| Three years ago the Rev. Mr.. Walker and
| his wife, while crossing the Kardag noun
| tain, near Diarbekir, were assaulted by
ruilans Mt deserted village, where
they had halted for TIE night, and were
| robbed of their effects. Complaint was
made to the authorities, and now after three
| years these robbers are in prison, and the
sum Of 6 900 pastres has been restored to
| Mr.. Walker. This Is due to the influence
of England, which some pretend is waning
| in Turkey but it shows also the sense of
justice in the Turks.
When the late Dr. A2arnh Smith was
assaulted a. ErzeI cum, and his library was
| destroyed by mob the Turkish government
compelled the Armc uians who had instigat-
ed the riot, to pay q images to the amount
Of the property destro we'd.
The party of Ameri cans that was inter
ruptcd few years sine g, in the Kurdish
mountains between Mos vi and Oroomiah,
received from Constantine ole compensation
! for the robbery, aud the wild kurd
were brought to justice.
But how is it in similar case . in Missouri
! Hundreds of pcaceable citizen +, passing NJ
the Missouri river, have been waylaid by
armed bands, robbed of their property, in
suited in their persons, and eve compelled
to turn back at the peril of their lives, le
the Governor OF that state h'.s issued NJ
proclamation against such ou TRACES, an,
has used no authority to sup press them
The citizens of that state ha We held N
meetings,I taken no measures o discount
enance those deeds of violence. The in jurle
remain unredressed. Aud yet an Missouri
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THE CORRUPTION CAsE,-This case occu-
pies largely the time and attention of the
House of Representatives. On the 2lst'
Mr.. Simonton, the correspondent OF the New
York Times, was arrested, brought before
the bar of the house, and finally was placed
in custody of the Scrgeantat-Arms, for de-
clining to give the names of certain Members
of Congress who have requested him to OBJ
tam for them a pecuniary interest in GER
tain bills which were pending before that
body. Mr.. $. gave the following reasons for
declining to divulge; "An answer to the
question would be no legal proof, because it
would be no evidence of the crime having
been consummated; and while an answer
would therefore be useless, it would involve
me in dishonorable breach of confidence. |
had right to bind myself to such confidence,
because no existing law forbade it, The re-
solution, adopted by a vote of 100 to 81,
provides that "the said j. W. Simonton be
continued in close custody by the Sergeant
alarms for the balance of the session, OF
until discharged by the further order ct the
House, to be taken when he shall purge
himself of contempt
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From the New iork Herald.
The EAST RIVER BRIDGED BY lCE.-Ihis
phenomenon occurred once in the year 1852,
when the East River was frozen across from
shore to shore and thousands of people pass
ed over to the other side; it being considered
,rreat feat to do so.
The same circumstance occurred Jan. l. +,
and it is t'stimated that 10000 persons must
have taken advantage Of the circumstance to
walk, instead Of sail, from New York to
Brooklyn and back.
The novelty of the exhibition soon drew
crowds to witness it, and TIE docks and ships
soon became filled with interested spectators.
For five hours the travel was kept up, the
ice to all appearance being strong enough to
support II horse and cart on any part tray
ersed by the multitude who were crossing
Not only were men and boys taking advan-
tnge Of this state of things hut females ven
tured on the ice, and over hundred OF them
passed to the other side. The crowds on the
docks cheercd the courageous women loudly
and everybody seemed to think 1t all very
fine fun.
The sight was a magnificent one. Below
lay an unbroken mass OF ice covering an area
of five square mles-the surface, though OF
| but one color, was yarlOusly tinted anu re
lieyed here and there by moving specks for
shores on either side were lined with people
shouting, hurrahing and havinga good time
generally, and the utmost hilarity prevailed.
This continued until / o clock, when the
| tide began to turn and the water scnsibly to
lower in the slips. The more cautious lett
the ice and came ashore. but it seemed I'M
! possible to warn the boys ~nd men VINO were
| in the centre of the stream.
| In a little while the ice near th uocks De
came iissured on the NewNork side AM II was
evident that the cbb tide would soon mske
short work of the ice. The people on thi'
dock saw this and shouted to those ON the
! ice to come of for God sake; but they had
done so much shouting before that they were
not needed. In little while there was Il
great chasm near the shore this side, when
the alarm spread to those on the ice to run
to the other side. At this time nearly five
hundred persons were on the ice and running
for the Brooklyn shore where few got oil
but the ice broke there also, and matters
began to look serious, as all communication
with the shore was cut of and the five hun
dred were running wildly from side to side
not knowing what to do; the ice IN the
meantime drifting Aowly down the river will
a precious freight OF human lives upon it.
At this time the anxiety of the people OF
the docks was intense, as it was feared tina
many lives would be lost. While this lea
was at its height, however, as If by magic
three tow boats and numberless small boat
made their appearance for the purpose o
taking off the now terrified ice-bridge traY
elsrs. They were all unsuccessful until on
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-30

\ FUEL FAMGSE. M any towns and cities
on the Ohio river are suffering from a scar
city of fuel They obtain their chief sup
plies Of coal by fiat boats from Pittsburs ;
but during the past summer and autumn the
river was 50 low that very little could be
taken down and now the river is frozen up
so that none can be conveyed by that route.
The railroads are, unfortunately, not pre-
pared with the proper cars and other ar
rangements necessary for coal transporta-
tion and, besides, the freight on coal over
the Ohio roads is so high that it would
raise coal to a ruinou7 price for poor people.
At Cincinnati, the City Council has made
an appropriation for bringing large guam
tity of coal to the city by railroad, in order
to relieve the necessities of the poorer clas-
ses At New Albany, Ind, the gas has been
shut off from the street lamps, in consc-
quence Of the scarcity Of coal.
The Cincinnati Ga;ctte relates many in
stances of distress. 1t says -
One night la't week, one of our city officials
saw a man come out Of alley with load of
wood on his shoulders. lie went up to him and
charged him with stealing it.
The reply was-'I have stolen it. My children
are freezing with cold. l have no wood, and
no money, The man from whom | have taken
this has plenty Of wood. When better times come
l will go and tell him what have done, and pay
him. If you wish TO put me in jail, will go 10
the station house with you without a word, but
sir, for Gods sake, let me take this wood home
first -
Tho otbar ins.ance was of a family who from
Friday last until Sunday were without fuel and
without food. The consequence of their priyation
was, that on awaking on Sunday morning, they
found their little infant Of five months old lying
stretched out dead from priyation and cold"
The Louisville Journal says the last bush
ell of coal has disappeared from that market,
There is n little in the cellars Of citizens,
but none in the yards of the dealers. The
Journal of the 18th says;
There was quite an excitement occasioned at the
foot Of Twelfth street Saturday, by the reputed
discovery Of coal mine During the excavations
the canal last fall, large quantity of stone and
slate was thrown out upon the bank, gentle
man picked up lump the other day, and taking it
home, found it ignited very freely. This fact be-
ing bruited about, a number Of cartmen loaded
their CARTS and sold some fifty loads at half dol
lar per load,
The City Auditor informs US that he was Of
tho purchasers, and on Sunday he laborcd very
iy breaking IN 'sH smHa PPfsSss 81 rSSf
ily and with an intense heat for a few moments,
when the blaze extinguished, and the pieces
became as hard AS iron, though retaining red
heat for hours.
He was satisfied, from his experiment that the
mineral, though producing better fire than no
thing was not exactly the kind Of fuel desirable IN
these freezing times. But who knows but TINS
slaty substance is the upper strata Of an immense
coal feldl Stranger things have happened, and all
the necessary burning material may undermine our
city, and be had for the digging.
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TnE HEIGHT OF lMrUDENcE.-Some time
ago u fellow was charged in the Glasgow
police court with stealing herring barrel
from person in S:ockwell street. After
the charge had been proved, the principal
accuser addressed the magistrate Deed
sir, BAillie, the mon at the bar is a great
rogue (; the stealing of the barrel is nothing
to some Of his tricks. lie stole my sign
board last week, and what does your honor
think he did wit 49, That would be hard
for me to say.'-'Weel sir, I'll tell ye. lie
brought it into my ain shop, wi my ain
name ont and offered to sell met, and said
he tho't it would be O. mair use to me than
any body else
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T f NJ PERA NCE RAIL- +.

ny TnUELow W. EROwN.
Come, 'reemcn, rally once again
Come, rally in your might
From mountain-sidc, and hill, and plain
To strike for Truth and Right.
Fling out the gallant flag once more,
And ma it to the mast;
A meteor light from shore to shore,
To glance upon the blast.
From North to South the anthem swells,
Prom East 10 W estcn wave;
A better day for man it tells;
The drunkard shall be saved!
F. 'om shop and field aud the leartl.silc,
Come swell the patriot band;
With flag and shout wen ON with pride,
i'or God aud native and
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ANo1lmR X. X. CORPORATION IN TROCBLE.-
\ notable instance Of the compensation of
ten brought about ly the force of circum
stances may be found in the fact that, while
the New England and New York Railroads
are physically showed under and frozen mp,
they are at the same time, in majority Of
cases, financially "ln hot wator.' New
cases are constantly occurring and so they
keep the pot boiling" Things clntg 60 on
20 forever, however Ia the roads fail faster
than they are built The last case is that
Of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Rail
road, running from Concord MI, % miles
to Wells Eiyer, Vt. From inability to pay
or manage it, floating debt Of ;--5U,00J, the
road ho been placed in tic hands Of Irns-
tees The Stockholders, by the law Of New
iloml shire, are for.ouolly liable for thi'
debt. Of course it is hoped that the Road
will cStricatc itsair It's obligations are
stated at 81 coo O0O.
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From the New York Times,

TIL RMoMETRICAL SLAy ERY The telegraph
has informed us that the thermometer at
Lawrence, IN Kansas, ON the eth inst, was
eight degrees below zero and the E1preSS
makes the announcement with the heading
of practical Abolitionism, adding that
"lf Cutiee can stand that, there may be
Slavery in Greenland" But Cuite has had
to stand all of that, and has stood it a cen
tury in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia,
and stood it, too, Il good many years in
New York, w-Jcrsey and Pennsylvania
1t il colder, by good many degrees, in
Russia than it ever was or will be in Kan
sas, but Slavery hourishes there in in spite
Of the thermometer. 1t will not be safe
to rely upon eight degrees below zero to ex-
clude Slavery from Kansas, OF any other
new Territory while it hourishes in Missouri
and Northern Kentucky.
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The DoUBLE-llEADED ORGAS.-The Al
bany Argus objects to the plan of double
headed organ for the new administration,
with one editor looking South and the other
North. The Argus thlnHs that " will DO
received as an admission that the Demo-
cratic party in the country is not united,
which that paper is not prepared to accept
as the fact The Argus is right. Their
party Is no such divided condition as this
arrangement supposes. The Southern edi-
tor alone is needed to represent the party
The Northern faction has submitted and
needs. no exponent in the organ of the ad-
ministration, What crumbs may fall from
the bounteous table which they serve, they
will thankfully pick up, and of the remains
of the feast they will be permitted to eat
and drink, but nothing more.
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The fall of the thermometer between Sa-
turday at . 7. NJ and A. NJ. Sunday was
IO4 degrees Monday at sunrise, it was %
higher than "a hours before.
The great depress of -s4 is so very rare
in Boston that it has been exceeded or even
fully equalled but once within twenty years,
viz; -l2 ON February 7th 1855, ,on January
oath is39, it was B.
The tiso severest days which have occurr-
ed within The last SO years, were December
10Th, 1885, when the thermometer was
below zero at all the observations, and the
wind violent; and February 9th, 1855, when
the thermometer did not rise above zero.