Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-12

J A EEMAEKAELE itEGoH.-Au expedition against
| the Powder river Oregon, Indians passed through
very emarkabe tract Of country which is described
! by Mr.. h. a. Bennett, engineer. Rising from tho
plain sometimes 30 .he altitude OF five hundred feet
/ uf hard cay in the form Of pyra.rids or
! ruined temples crowned with spires and miuarets
end worn By The winds into a variety or fantastic
shapes. OFTEN these huge masses of cayey rock we-
stHnduE 20 the midst ct the plain Isolated and alone
1t other times they stretched in long ranges Of
bare hills VEINS OF trap rock tr'yelsc these hills
while on the plain around them aIe scattered iron
quartz, snorU. and ya Ions crystaIlzcd ana igncoHs
rocks, lltt.Ullus Jha action Of heat Or their sum
us and around their base are f,frI fr.rruof rs ,-,
sometimes almost perfect fossils of marine 3ud other
! Nauv of these sra, h, NJ, Ec,,rr-t ,yars fbrea
!eet hcrnss and that measured feet across
! the shell. Other parties reported seeing one that
measured sixteen feet across These have generally
fallen down from the cliffs, and more or less
rllated mt enough remains 10 snow the outlines and
determine the size Ut these monsters of former age
| Na-t1dou bones and enormous teeth are common
Among the petrei4ctios OF a more recent period
VOL, nearly entire. On the ridges separating tho
Elk, hear Nj nlwak, II and Bear Butt creeks were
found lfgt masses oi fossil Isn and other mar me
ulmtS, sgnle of huge size. Often the bills seemed
| entirely composed of these remains. Exrasgre TO
me 2Ir ana storms have bToheI them lat fragments
yet the outlines Ut turtles, she-fsh and orr hesera
coHId be distinctly traced. The :. non presents ndi
cations both Of volcanic actio., and Of deluge
Mas. ST"EEwA ALL ! jAcssoy.-This lady has written
itltI atug mat tine contributions tna' are called
lot ~ nei j.. hail, are given under fgc tn5fyyOH,
2ad 1t Ia inconsistent with her ideas OF rec'itule and
.vLur To- receive them She heg> that all efforts
made 20 raise funds Ior her relief will be unedi
! atcIy stopped.
DEsrRoYED.-Ou Satu .y last 81, so in INITIATED
y.Taclion OF hcsS notes Ms witnessed by an agent of
Jae 1ccre.arys Ire, one for the Treasurer for
rne Comptroller of the Currency, and one for each
national bank whose notes were destroyed.
The English papers announce the death
ofDr. George pctrie, the nnent archeologist lie
Uas about g years Of age.
Frederick Oden, a german sixty years Of
age, residing in Rockport township Ohio, one day
last week murdered his wife and then killed himself
Cause-jeaousy.
-"Madam,' said a gentleman to his wife,
let me tell you that facts are stubborn things"
Dear me, you don't say SO, quoth the lady, what
fact you must be!'
A bust Of Abraham Lincoln, modelled bv
Mrs. Joseph Ames. an amateur artist of Ca,nbridge
is highly spoken Of She took the exac; measure
mcnt of Mr.. Lincoln's head after his eath and has
had copy OF the bust reproduced II bronze in Paris
A coLorcd man was drawn at Worcester.
ass, on Monday to serve as juror at the present
term of the Superior Court. The Spy says it is the
first instance Of the kind in the county if not in the
| state.
Private boarding in Mobile ranges from
81 20 sl6 The market is abundantly supplied with
meat fish, game and vegetables, but prices are exor
bantly high, and house rent keeps pace with the
list Of lofty rates for all necessaries of life
The London Daily NelrS suggests Ireland
as the ttest place Of refuge for the Pope when the
French army has left him and his subjects revolt and
1t adds that the British Government for some time
past has shaped its Irish policy in conforming with
the mandates from the Vatican.
An artful dodger has been around PithoIe
and other townships in Pennsylvania, passing him.
self OH as an assistant Revenue Assessor and ap-
praisng property, ,cc at a very low figure. He duped
quite number of business men, and got considerable
money from them brbes.
An attempt was made on Friday night to
burn Martins block, Milwaukee, by setting fire to
the office of Hon. Mathew CARPENTER, which was in
the block The ID Fellows happened TO be IN ses-
sion in the building and discovered the tire in
time to eXtuEuSh it.
Judge Naule, in summing up q case of
libel, and speaking of defendant who had exhibited
spteiul piety, observed, One OF these defendants
Mr. Blank, is, seems aminiser OF rehgiou-of ,cAat
religion does not appear but to judge by his conduct
1t cannot be any form. of Christianity" Severe.