Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-26

Compromise we scorn the offeri
Separation we defy
Firm and free and once forever,
Thus the people make reply.
Death to every form Of treason,
In the Senate, on thet field,
While the chorus swells and echoes,
We will never, never yield.
THR Toxin oP AN ANCIENT Barrow
On Tuesday last barrow was opened
near to Sealehouse, Rylstone, under the
direction of the Rev. Mr.. Greenwell, an
antiquary of great experience, and in the
presence of great number of persons
The tumulus was thirty-one feet in diane
ter and about seven feet high, and situate
in meadow. 1t was opened from the
southeast, and Immediately under the sod
was found to consist of yellow clay to a
considerable depth; then came layers OF
blue clay, which had evidently been pud-
died, or worked to a finer consistency,
doubtless to keep out the water. Exactly
in the center of the tumulus, at depth Of
seven feet, and on level with the plane
of the field, was found an oak coffin,
formed out of tree, which had been split
and followed out, and placed due north
and south. the head being placed to the
south, as that was the larger part of the
tree. When completely Invested Of the
surrounding earth, it was considered desl-
rable to lift It out, so that it might be ex-
amined with greater care, but after being
exposed to the air for about ten minutes.
it parted at the sides, and it was found inn
possible to move it except by detached
pieces. The body had been wrapped in q
cloth or shroud of texture resembling
wool coarsely woven, of which there was
a considerable quantity remaining, but the
body itself was dissolved by the action Of
the water which had gained access to the
interior ofthe coffin. Gretnwell considered
the interment to have been that of an an
cient Briton, and decidedly pre-RomAn.
and that it was doubtless 1000 years
since. lie said it was the only instance
with one exception, found at Gristhorp,
near Scarborough, where an interment in
an oak tree, followed out, had tumulus
placed over it, and that it was very re-
markable one, and worthy of being placed
on the records of the Archaeological So
ciety. The coffin was more than six feet
in length inside, and about seven feet six
inches outside. The remains were care
fully collected and replaced, and the
mound restored to its former shape,
small leaden tablet being placed within.
stating that it had been opened A. D.
lS64.-London Times. Oct. 90.
REMARKABLE CHARACTER oP MouST
ARAFAT. Mount Ararat is 5000 feet
higher than Mount Blanche latter the
point of the greatest elevation in Europe.
1t is detached from other mountains Of
Armenia, and is divided into two conical
peaks. Sir Robert Porter paints in glow
ing eolors, the magnifcenee of the specta-
Gle when he first came in sight Of Ararat,
majestically rising from wide extended.
green plain, fertilized by the clear waters
of the Aars. (the ancient Araxes,) and
covered with Armenian villages. In
various points of view, the summit has u
striking resemblance to ship; q fact
which has been recorded by all travellers
| to the spot, and the whole country around
is full of traditionary stories in reference
| to Noahs ark and the flood. 1t is q COM
mon belief among the Armenians and Per-
slams, that the remains of the ark still exist
on the summit. Several attempts have
been made to reach the top of the noun
tain, but rarely have any such attempts
succeeded. Moving sands, which threa ten
to overwhelm the traveller; hinty roads,
which cut his shoes to threads terrible
precipices, with overhanging rocks; and
above ALL nests of vcnomous snakes have
constantly struck terror into the stoutest
heart, and, in nearly all cases, induced an
abandonment of the enterprise. At EriVan
the Armenians show the spot where Noah
first planted the vine, and the town Of
Nakhjowan (place of descenD is believed
to mark the spot where the patriarch first
settled on quitting the ark.
SL1DELL's ANCESTRY. = John Slidell,
the great Southern aristocrat, who looks
upon the "poor white trash" of the
South as inferior to negroes, and consid-
ers the mechanics and citizens Of the
North, as unfit for the Norman blood Of
the Southern chivalry q TO associate
with, comes of the following stock:-His
grandfather was an Englishman-a tai
low chandler by occupation. His grand
mother was Debby Mckenzie, Scotch
emigrant girl, who held the high position
of scullion or kitchen girl in private
family in New Orleans, when slidelI the
first married her. How proud many Of
the other Chivs would be if it were posi-
ble to trace their ancestry. How many OF
them could claim lineage from the old En-
glish conyicts that used to be sent to the
Colonies before Botany Bay was discover
ed 1t is not generally known that Gap,
tain Cooks discovery Of Botany Bay and
its establishment as a penal Colony. arose
through the American colonies OF virginia
and South Carolina being cut of, by their
independence, as the receptacle for all the
vicious and degraded of both sexes from
the mother country. Talk about the Pu-
ritan ancestry of the North. 1t is glo.
rious, right noble, when compared to that
of the South. taa