Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-31

the space ~ front OF the {. lee. when ths.iwa
loot companies went thr Ugh dtltl Of Lali aa
hour, and after them, ihe MISC troep drilled the
same length Of time. The precision and accuracy
with which all Il comt anies drilled was the cub
lect .! general remark. as well IF tho mos,
laai he ercamiun and admiration.
s.. Alter the drill WITS concluded, thu column
eomhaniel by lacys Band. marched back t. 9TH
stieot, n Church. down Church In 18th. down
!, l. Il tn Main up Main to 9TH, ua Bib 10 Church,
missed.
The number of spectators, h III at the Galletc
grounds and On The streets, very large. AID
/ hazard nothing ia saying that al were highly
! pleased with the display. Lyrchbnrs has u right
t. bel pioal of her citizen soiiiery, and iu-
dnlse the hope hat our people will, lay their
tenan5c and support contribute 10 nurture the
military feeling in our midst.
nR BoYSroS'S Fifru LEcrrRR.-rhc subject Of
! Dr.. H3ynlou lecture last evcnng was ono If the
m".t ME esting ot the entire and tho a.trn.
dance was quite IA lar.e a. any previous occa-
! Si'n. The "age al reates' was1he hugthen Of
the discourse After the 'carhanilerous re" bad
/ passed AWAY aad the geological layer of new red
sam,t'nc had been rrceipttatrd. tho lowest tyre
Of reptiles tcol blaodcil made their appearance
Some Of these were OF that species Which is the
eoapeetin, lux be'weea lie fish and reptile
they had only fore feet aud were supplied with
gis, hike II lisa, proving them to have h, en- cl the
ahphihIoGs kind. They live Ialtly in the sen
and pa'tly ON the land. Others were # the whale
specie, living on the wacr breathing air. and were
edri''ter rs aud pSc,vrens in their nature suisi>
! tl;s on ish aud tie various kinds II animated
tiiG.,s thai could b, found in the sea- The bones
al some Il these creatures had been txhumc
.iudrn, frum which, they muct when living
iatr measured sixty feet in length. In tho pres.
ent order OF creation we have IN creatures reprr-
s'niInE them-Sclen,c men have pronounced
HAT tiry must have possessed the chamecon.hkc ia
Guilty q. changing their color. w which means they
deceived within their reach the fishes ard umphl.
bIeus reptiles upon which they tel. Gaun:. I'M
s5inly looking birds also had thcir existence ia
t,uS age, the tracks of sumo OF which have lrrn
| found, measuring rs much IA twenty-five ael
hall inches IN length They were not Min T.
nay ate the air, but were rather If the ostrich
specieS walking. or nj gratDry birds Sumo
, IdeI 81 ther ei.ogmnuS size may be formed from
the iosslizel reaains Of their foot rrints which
bad been Of late found in great number, in the
new red sand stone quarries. These loot piiuis,
! or tracks were more than sir teet apa}. All the
continuous lines of the which hnl been launl
are evidences sufficient that they not the
work uf mere accident but plainly marked tracks
| ot creatures that once possessed vitality. The
lecturer exhibited Of these f,>,jlizri Stone.
10 the audience. Judging from the ctpta.aus
strides they took il walking thcY must have
carried their hea l. ut II distance Of tw"aiy iect
q, from the ground. fbssIi1cd eggshcls bal also
been found OF eight inches in their shortest. and
thirteen and a-haf inches in their Ion,cst liamr
/ tel. An argument Is sometimes advanced
against the existence OF these creations l. tic el
feet hat they could not have lived in Il cid eli
mate. and that their iOssIzcd tracks core t.aII
in high Nolthcrn ATTITUDES. 1t would BE- vel.
however Ia remember tEat the fossil rcmHjis t
| j'Iia tres, had been found in this Same isrlnA.
ton and in The same lntitnlcs. aud ia the }4lm
J ntttll turn H. Adj,
i, irresistible tha' the temperature n lls assot
the worl must have been much warmer ~ those
ATTITUDES than 1t NOW j..
Another species Of reptiles iso bad it being at
tins time, which artooh Of the ali gator and the og
immense alligator frogs if We may be allowed the
ozpre ON Their tracks had also logl ioaad. satlc
ot thr SIC OF aliar-bu5he measure aul resembling
somewhat the Impression made hy th" foot II IN op-
phyn'. Tie lecturer had seCn these ossililel tracks
in the sand stone qdarres IN Connecticut, 3" cltu-
toas based on the size, peculiar formation, "a deep
iadcetarc Of thes. foot prints. the Wo3eAtd thesa
creature, had been computed ut from cglt hundred
10 fifteen hundred pouudsl These were solae u He
mere reat2T Of those days! There WAS a.5D found
the impressions of small creatures sgfh as would
! now be made by miniature crab. What thty mu>t
have been is unknown. In this State M n Ni>sis
sipp had been found the remains of whdt WI "a tie
age we are speaking, mere Lizards. The the III homes
Of which. however were SO large that in the iftar
State, we have them used as blocks ca which
negro houses had hppu erected The only luzsils e
lying reptiles, or rather OF reptan birds tpaud in
this stratum, aud known 10 have belonged to hs ag,
had been discovered recently. They were qaadrup,i.
al, and, properly speaking had no acud wing, but
the littie finger Of each lorcpaw cioa. atel boy
ond the others about two feet, and from thrt - tic
Ind paw attached Il fac substaarr, wci-i,ir In
is text ne. winch supported tie creature il tr ali
The ii}uG- motion was madehy these li'tr Guaris.-
Ibesr teplan birds in some ca5rs measured sixteen
aa1 ht't feet from tip % tiParross the bot. EgcJ
amin ted hing thot lived in This age WAS # huge nui
gigantic Proportions and suited 10 the time which
they l0drishea The massive i3uaaa}oa,u l,aInaiy-
oroa- animal Of this era, whose race i,r 49, bHs
lo, rNt G., one walked in qHlct on tie hg5s Whigh
Ozone. 10 his Jew. AMI sHbsiStcd o. tie htlAtt
which an AIl-wi.e Providence had proanrei Gt lis
support. Not only can we specify with cegta in'y tie
lylnr things that existed in thiI err, bat liz Nrry
tot}as o bail and rain that took place co-tyH with
The eNjsicutco these have lrfi their mi'es tne
sand Stone formation. The very Way the Wiads 81
het8rH we're bio" Tag at the time can be de-. gn4il
with accuracy, b Tie mpriats Tie sfer@s h5yr ,t
nyun this layer, H1p deep In the bo5,ris Of rl1-
thrft8th, bat He7 It's upper ahd oater Surface
Augn'aius have crumbed into dust. isa1.s and con.
imeat. have been submerged, nations hato p9s>el
AVA, and whole peoples have been h,ut:cl IfHm tie
facet the earth yet here, have been registered TIE
annals Of tile milhiy past and the history 81 tia age
wIitu Ire Tie earth shall last rs long Time to-
TUc.sAlh, aud last lecture Of the coursp sill &c
delivered tbs evening.
DIED.
On ilr lNth ust., CATuARlHE ELIZABETH, liueh-
ii ~. i. F. and Mary l.. Morii., aged > years
and i months