The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-08
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IlOcOm0tlVe mousse In noApufy ior tuo ElohueuCe
Rsilfoosst nave discovered some relics Of antiquity
The super-stratum OF the flats is an alluvial de-
post from four to six feet deep, and beneath that
! isa-hara SEA beach Of ,gfaTe4Andr sand,, On the
gravel, in digging for foundations several trunks
and stumps of oak trees have been found perfect
ly sound. They probably foated upon tho beach
1 ages ago and have been covered up since by de-
! posits OF river mud. It must have been
o very long time since tho bases Of Par
| beaches, washed by, ocean currents which
were six or eight feet deep ut high tide. On
the east side of Elliot Hill, there arc high,
rocky biufs, from which tho earth has ap-
parently been washed of in past ages by the &c
ton Of the sea. Roxbury contains some other in
terestng geological points, and among the rest
are several lplsces the glacial fctio4 is very
| apparent. One Of the most noticeable Of these is
/ ON q wooded hill at the left Of Shawmut avenue,
beyond Otis street, where the famous cave is
I located. On the southern slope, among the trees,
! are several masses of pudding stone, the large,
projsctngI rouhd Zones ins which, have been
smooshSd 4owrneark to the &urface Of ths main
rock. Two oldigateposts OF granite, and an old
grass-grown road leading up among the trees, will
take visitor to the spot Professor AdAss1z holds
that the continent was onco covered with ice to
the depth of thousands Of feet, and the constant
melting toward the South and accumulation to-
ward. the North, caused steady southerly move
mont Of the mass. which ground the face Of rocks
on the southern decHyity OF many of our hills"
TIE PARIS CORRESPONDENT Of the P,lblishers'
Csrculgp says = "The gale sf the Rops-Yemeniz
Library hiss II lrowHoui bobk-Rvert into "a high
fever. The rumor that M. F1RMN D1DoT had pur-
chased it proved to be unfounded, and the collec-
ton has been dispersed by auction. Here are
s0mef thsreices'nroughB Hispra6 a6ssJo ohsuAis
Evangelista, $1,000; Historic d'Hesterie, 1914 i
Ars Moriendi $3.50; L'Art de Bien Dire, $40 );
Assertio septen Sacramentoruh1l lduersus Marti- !
mum Lutheran, s112O; Les Consumes du Pays etl
Duchs de Bourboppoys. $3.50 Le Grand Boece dol
Consolation, 1880; Christine de Pisan, $500 La
Grant Dause Mscabre, 800; LIE Romant do laI
Rose, $500 !; Lestrif de Fortune, $1,000; LIE Cham
pion des Danes, $500; Les Fais Maistre Alaini
Charetier, $3.50; Les Songes de la Pucele, $50 i
Les Quatre Chooses, $240; Cy est le Cheualler aux|
Danes, s475; LIE Debat de PHomme ct de laI
Femme, $50; Le Doctrinal du Temps Present,
$3.50; adolescence Clementine, $3.50; Les AbusI
du Monde, $500; Guvres du Chanoine Logs Papon,
$3.50; Lesperon de Discipline, $1,000; LIE Mysterel
de Ia Conception, 800; Sensuyt Ia Destruction dol
Troye, s4OO L'Homme Juste ct PHonlmo Mon
saon sa'a is efEf3Rls' IT, ss @less aPsS,
800; fTresplaisante ct Recreative Historic &C.,
800; Tristan, $1,000 Gyron le Courtoys, s117O j
Lancebt-du Lac. $3.50; Les Quatre Fills Aymon,
$1,000; Histoire du Tres Noble Chevaleurex Princei
Gerard, Comte dc Nevres, $3.50; Gargantua, s316 j
Cosmographie hMOauotio, 'saOs etc!y etoe az
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING of the English Society
port congratulated the meeting on tho successI
that had attended theiF opefatfons during the
past year. The object of the Society was progress
ing extensively, end had dbeeP taken upiwaEply on
the Continent, more particularly in France, where
an international meeting would be held shortly.I
The supporters a the society #efe ehdeavoring tol
do away with the practices that prevailed in re-
gard to veterinary operations on living animals. |
Measures had been adopted with respect to thes
destruction of stray dogs, by which tho acts Of in
humanity which had on former occasions, takenl
place, were, by the aid Of the metropolitan police,
prevented. Stray dogs were now collected in the \
stations; and if not claimed by certa1n timo wero
killed by prussic acid. There had been the most
energetic action with respect to the inhuman
treatment of cattle conveyed by steamboats, and
railways, and bill was introduced, through the |
agency of The Society, into Parliament to remedy!
the existing state of the law as regarded persons
consgning and conveying cattle, providing these
animals with food and water. Among the dona-
ions announced was one of $4,000 toward purchas-
ing freehold premises for the Society. Lord HAIR
RowBy was in the chair. ..- %.
The Emperor NAPOLEON will be accompanied by /
the Marquis MousT1ER, his Minister of ForeignE|
Affairs, on his visit to, the Emperor Of Austria, H
and will remain three days in the Austrian
capital;