The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-27
From tle Moatsns Post, Novcmbaril.
Discovery of Wonderful Organic Re

MAAAM~a
/ On Meagher's Bar, opposite Nevada. hsv.
been discovered fossils that uumaiakabIy
prove that this part of Che world was. q
one time, Inhabited By q race OF human be-
( tngs who stood. ia maturity, lrom Ten q
twelve feet high, and bg b species Of quad
ruped 90 least tgice as large as the As.aEl
I elephant. They were jmbeided about q -hI
ieet, IN What might be termed 8 close dlIu-
val deposit and IN What Che couhEu7atiru
Oh The country mdicales was once the eddy
/ Of the river.
As an evidence Of the former. We nov
/ have before us the iav-bcne-aus5ou.c al Iy
/ termed The luierior maxi lary-of hipet
| Wnich Is almost double the els, 1fauy erji-
nary human Jsw-bouc. From p1Int tn point
Of the ou1yie-.hc upper pro ectHus.
where junction. IS made With thc torr11-
FonUuB parts anTve--ls FOSSIL maasures
I fully i've inches. Itis rr g perfect state o.
Pre- crvltiou---o rcrftct that. had 30 besn ui
ordinary size, one wou.l have supposed thst
as owner had nos made hls ,0r hcrI exit
irpu the '' vale 0l tears over htleeu or
twenty years Sgo. The enamel OF tht teeth
SSH rcmaiu bright and uu.ururci By che
sctcn ot ore, wafer ul 1ir. Not tooth is
i1st- They comprise SIX grinders 0r ual1rz
lthe usual uumbe-l and Jeu others. being
sixteen IN all. They have been ugch worn
by the labor of mastiCal0u, whlch taco
proves that this American J1lIah dd not
cease O. use them until they hsd prepared
for his stomach the food OF msuv yrars-
perhaps not until the other functions ot his
physical organization had weakened from
Old age, when che UTILITY ot the teeth
ceased, though deeay bad uot yet marked
them by single per.as1leu. Toe act IS
also good coujcctulal lr-gmsat, ihlt this
beng belonged toll rlcs similar ie their
habits 90 the eNiatiac tribes of natives, who.
even iu their old age. are notable Tor the
hus state OF their teeth. The iaw-b1ao is
tue only portion ol the remains We have
seen but RIBS and other bouts were f5uud
near the spot, which uuloubt diy belonged
Co che same individual as they are aH of
prop3ruonate size. DC has been gstmattd
by member Of the medical fraternity here
that The hight Of this bipsi could not have
been less than zen aud q halt and might
have Tea,hed twelve ieet.
The proof OF an extinct race Of qugIrg-
pcds, or o. a species 80 least, that were twice
as larEe as aly now eNtaUt. Che Dissolve "
Of ana enormous mo'ar tooth, which was
found with monster isw-bonc. The crown
OF top oi this tooth measures. the longer
way, exactly siX inches. The measuromelt
Or an io9 % bottom tihal is iu IJs natural p0-
.Iu0u IS between eight ami nine inches
being but ltt.e greater iu depth than iu
'eu-th ou che iou. Judging from cur very
limited knowledge of rgieonto.ory, thU an I
NAL which carried this tooth was rauilr I
lud he-bvor1us. the crown ai che t1Uth |
s marked ay numerous transverse T.d-es, I
.uiclly euameled. The cuamel ia bright, |
sua. 10 mauy places. as weli p.gssrvei aB if
pa the tooth ut living a.imal. These
ridges are bot deep and are rounding ou che {
V, Indicating aIaptsbuIty Co bruisuuc Bon 4
uastca' ION rather than cutting. on che ear /
llverous,or iissh-eating 0rltr. The tH1tl s Z
iartslly, Vetridod. aud has indications of /
having been d long while buried. Upon exc
llsUrs % thc aira fragment Crgmh.ej OH, /
.aJ uky h.ll Of it is tn us'at. ct pc.rcIac-
ion. hal it uot been Dog thc ca8me'--Jhe
most understandable OF substaucg---aud this !
ietr.iVuC % ocrss, 10 is doubtful chat IU I
orm would have been SD long preserved,
The mu.ar HAY have belonged 90 Che
ulstulgu species. ur aL enormous typo u'
ha elephant. but We are told chat d tooth /
t similar outlines, bat tareo times as large.
ias been found in peer-Iadge County. ID
hrs Territory. Gentlemen iu this place
have seen BE-. This would seem 10 Indicate
N extinct quadrupcd race, larger thaa re-
Mains have teen yet found of, lu Europe or
'LIEL paris H. An.fu ANr.I|as me -'NNa .
uas.od1u skeleton iu The philadeIrhia Mu-
cum is dfte1n feet long and eleven feet
Igh but think of tooth o. foot and halt
oug, and foot wide on the top
The carcass of uu elephant was found,
d the present century, iu Che if01eu mut I
md sand of siberia, grc8crved iu Boo entire I
81. Dos skin was covered with hair or Cur.
Iut on else indicated "a bona die elephant
In lIIl the carcass of rhiuoccr0s, also. I
gas found in the same regions. The les i
hures of the Polar Ocean, u North eastern /
Asia, abound, 10 is said, with the bones of /
hose animals. now only known loo Che /
rop.cs. what mighty e0uvuls.1u of u1. I
Ire caused their extinction aud how tar l
.id its influence eXtcudf Dad not che great |
.phcuving break asuuder lJad chat once |
existed betwe a the two hemisuhe-oIt
lue Arctic explorer reports having found /
1ssil tropical plants. spec CI ot the palm,
iuried beneath the perennial SHOWS 81
iamschatka. IhIs, as well "a the Ihcr.au
orslls. point 90 o complete and permanent
.limatical revolution. May not Theses. lga
PEAR upon the theory of our Indian Tribes
.omu.g from the Eastern EebUa phCrs
Was the.o not time wheg, with open
.auocs, such ls the northern coast Indians
now use, they could have cT1ssedt