St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1859-01-20
Fossr, Rgx1rs, ~ NAErLAxp.-Tts

Fossrr. RExAISs ~ NAETLASD. Tie
geyl gical researches of 81. 7. I. Tyson. State
Ayrirul.vra. Chemist II Maryland. have re-
ccatlv br.u.i.: 'u light some very interesting
: Isl; remains. which have bccn enton.l Cd du-
r.-. porl-..- ~,t..;less ages IN tie ir.n orc
f.H- l,'a.r. Washington ard Baltimore.
V.r. f.,.'s f.... a~,. thu, classified:
!. FL ,re.- w'.;.-:i haze been fully ir-
,,.,,s.a;,tl iv l,- Christopher Johnston, 81
Bi:iasu7c. am dn.ermined - be ihoze 81 a
Thee .!,H.t Sauriau. I.ot hitherto Described. 2
Ala III ri distance # N whore the SauFIau re-
mains had been bUri,,i was fainl a fragment
# wi a. must have been I rio NJ a larse Gotta
cca,l. g Also. abrut s.Z feet in length, and
~, ~ than two fec, in diameter, the trunk Of a
trcc r8rlrletc!v silicihel or. in popular Ian
,.tiagc. .tlrucd into stone" Dr. JU6astoiis
microscope Investigations prove this to have
belonged 10 III" cenji"rous or pine family.
:. : JJd: enc uglr distant, on ;an farm 81 Dr,
I..c,slurc Jenkins. a vegetable io>,i! was
fl,rG hv Dr. J. which belongs to the cyai">.
n ~ t,c oi tr"l ical plants, resembling the eA-
isti.s sazo palm often seen in oEr h1;
hor,,-. Il j shaped somewhat like the pin"
apple. and Is about eighteen incEcs high a"'
. fifteen inches in diameter, AID Is also soi.rg-
! feel.
and ably upon these discoveries rs ia!ows:
/ These discoveries prove that sie ciays and
iron ranging from Washington, VI" Baltimore,
TO the vicinity Of Elktou, constitutes secondary
strata probably older than the Crstaccous green
sand III New jersey. In fact. the inycStga-
iio.s Of DR.. johnson indicate that tie SAuriau
teeth NAV have belonged 10 . much older
pcrioi. The continued Indictment wcather
since these Cossil,- :;scovcroi Gas arnSfe'E
I'm ,i- rescarcEGs. SsAihe prerent&bu we ARE
infTEaci that they will lie resumed by Mr..
+ Tysola early IN the ensuing spring. 1t is his
npiriSn that the crctaneous green sand 50
largely ard uscfulIy applied as mari in New
Jersey. may lie expected 10 rest upon the
southeastern edge 81 this iron ere formation,
and lie accessible within q few miles Of the
Washington and Baltimore railroad.
/ fl.ls must not be codiDUud,l with the
encene green sands or marlS nf Charles. Prince
Georges. Anne Arundel. Coil and Kent conn
ties Of Maryland, ami which are mere less d.
lutcd with sIliceous sand. The lower beds OF
the jersey green sand or mari are nearly free
from siIiccol,s sand 1t contains from eight Ia
twelve per cent. Ui potash, and :" highly FrIzc'i
rs n manure. il will pr"vc u ha Il valuable
resource If it shall lie !ound in Maryland CON
lgious TO TIilral or tile-wat"". This arti-
Gle is largely exported from New jersey. and
enters into the composition Of some Of ;hc ar
tticial fertilizers imported from New York OF
It's vicinity.
What wonderful changes must have taken
place in this part of tie world since Whales
and Saurians were cntomicd upon this them
marsly coast. The remains 81 the Saurian
and Crcas indicate that a tropca! climate then
prevailed in this latitude. 1t the same pc
Rod also almost the only portion of villa: now
constitutes tue dry land Of Maryland and
Delaware was north AMI west sc curved
Inc drawn from Wimin- ton. near Elkton and
Baltimore, to Washington. All the remain
der, comprising half Of Maryland and nearly
the whole Of Delaware was covered by tie
waters Of the ancient ocean.