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

roSsTr RExAixs ~ MAEYiAsD The
ge,Lgical rescarche. II NJ L. r. Tysoa Stat
Agricultural Chemist Il Maryland nave re-
gently brought - light some Very Interesting
FISH Fcfs,arls, which lave leeu esston.I,ea tn
ring perhaps COUNTS AGES in tt 5rsn ore
l,ilis bet .ccn Washington anil Baltimore.
Tine fSsils found arc tlus classified:
|. Fossil scrth which AVE been fully IT.
v,-'i.aicl Ly Dr. Christopher Johnston, 81
Baltimore. ami determined 81 be ths-c 1T .
Thecru!as, S.si.... l.iiI.eri.. described .
st short distance from where tllc SIuria1 re-
mains had been burie,l was found fragment
nf wi a. must have been a rib e large Gotta
cca,,. 3 Also, ab.aIt six fec. in length, anil
more than two feet IN diameter. the trunk Of a
tree completely sl.iciligr, or in popular Ian
euaes. '.turEe,i intn stone" Dr. johnston
microscopic Investigations prove this 60 have
belonged to tire ceuiierous or pine Eniiy.
{. Aboat ono mile distant, on the farm Of DIR,
Theo,lure Jenkins vegetable fossil Vas
found by Dr. !. which belnn@S to the cyade>.
a tribe Of tropical plants. resembling the *
isting sagp palm oitcn serff in our H.;
hou-aS. Il j. shaped souIcwlia. like the pine
apple. and Is about eighteen incLes high AID
fifteen inches ia diameter, ami Is also soii;i-
feel
The NaGonal Bu.NiqeHce comments APPLY
and ably upon these discoveries rs follows:
These discoveries prove that the clays ald
iron ranging frcm Washington, via Baltimore,
t. the vicinity Of F.jktol constitutes secondary
strata probably older than tie cretaccous green
sand 81 New Jersey. In fact. the invcStisa-
lions Of DR.. johnson indicate that tie SaugEn
teeth may have blonsAttn much older
period. The eogtinuc.l INDICTMENT wca'..ss
since these fossils were discovered has arT'ssTI
further res4aE-lies for tia, r@r>cnt. tHt We are
Informed that they will he resumed by Mr..
Tyson early ~ the cH-!linE spring. 1t Is Is
opinion that tie cgctlnc"us gfceu sand 81
largely and uscfnlly applet as mari IN New
Jersey. may he expected TO rest upon the
southeastern edge 81 this iron ere formation.
and bc accessible within few miles Of tac
Washington and Baltimore railroad.
THIS must not be contJuud"l with tie
cocenc green sands or mlrlS 81 Charles Prin e
Georges. Anne Arundel. Cyri! and Kent coul-
tie, Of MARYLAND. AMI winch are more less d.
lutcd with sI.iccouS sand. The lower beds 1t
tie jersey green sand ~ mari are nearly Fl e
from siliccou- sand. II contains from eight tn
twelve per cent. ii potash, AMI is highly prIzsi
rs 4 manure. It will prove 10 lie a valuable
resource It il shall be .uuui ia Maryland COLI
tjgiuu~ to a railroad 81 t5c-wat"r. This arti-
,l4 is lnr-.lv exported from New Jersey. AID
enters into The composition of some Of the A.
tilirili fertilizers importc,! from New York %,
IT, vicinity.
What wonderful changes must lave taken
place in tbs part Of the world since Whales
aud ~.glsaas were cutouh"l upon tI.i> the!
mar,ly coast, The remains II the Saurian
and Cyra, Indicate that tropical climate then
Iacyai',d IN tits latitude. VI the same pa
i5-I ais, almr~, Ito only portion 81 wha. no 4
constitutes ia, t~y Land Il Maryland and
delaware was north AMI west Of a curved
lire drawn from Wilrir- ton. near Eittnu and
Rlltiuorc. - Washington Al the RENAL. =
der comprising hail Of Maryland aui nearly
lie whole of Delaware. WAS covered 10y tie
waters Il tie ancient ocean.