The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-02-06

ss-iinois tne.te- Il is etnt.tif.fs ,it., ~
the French 2ovei nnIent that the Minister
of the United States has made any such
protest.
In the Corps Legislatif an opposition
member demanded restoration OF diplo-
matte relations with the Mexican Re-
public, on the ground that French inter
ests suffer by tlleir,intcrruption.
MADRID, JAN 31.-The French Min
lister aud the Papal Nancio are about to
withdraw from Madrid All the foreign
Ministers, except the Russian, have pro-
tested against insults offered tie nuncio.
The first business of the Constitutional
Cortez, soon to assemble, will be to es-
tablish Directory to govern the country
until u Sovereign is chosen
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch from
Athens dated yesterday, announces that
the majority of the Greek Cabinet have
decided to agree to the proposition of the
Paris Conference. Four Ministers voted
for signing the Protocol and three. inclu-
ding Ealgaris present Minister, against.
VIENNA, Feb. 1.-The Reichrath has
adopted bill allowing trial by jury il
all eases OF violation of laws regulating
the press.
CoNsrANT4NopLE, Feb. IA tele-
gram asserts that Morris, American
minister, instructed by Secretary Seward,
offered the Sublime Porte mediation of
the United States in the Grecian trouble.
AN ASTEDlLUvIAN GIANT ExUMED.
From the Sauk Rapids Sentinel of Dee.
18th we clip the following narration of
the finding, in the solid rock, the remains
of human beng of gigantic proportions
the body being ten feet nine and half
inches in length:
While the quarrymen employed by the
Sauk Rapids Power Company were en-
gagged recently in quarrying rock for the
dam which is being erected across the
Mississippi at this place they found i'm
bedded in the solid granite rock the re-
mains of human being OF gigantic
stature. About seven feet below the
surface of the ground, and about three
feet and half beneath the upper stratum
of rock, the remains were found imbed-
ded in the sand which had evidently been
placed in the quadrangular grave which
had been dug out Of the solid rock to
receive the last remains Of this antedilu-
SIau giant He grave was Twelve i2eJ
in length, four feet wide, and about three
feet in depth, and is to-day at least two
feet below the present level of the river.
The remains are completely petrified. and
are of gigantic dimensions. The head
is massive, measures thirty one and one
half inches in circumference, but low in
the os .trontis, and very fiat on the top
The femur measures twenty-six and a
quarter inches, and the fbula twenty five
and half, while the body is equally
long in proportion. From the crown
of the head to the sole of the foot
the length is ten feet nine and a halt
inches. The measure around the chest
is ffty-nin and a half inches The
giant must have weighed at least nine
hundred pounds when covered with a
reasonable amount Of flesh. The petri-
| fed remains, and there is nothing left
| but the naked bones, now weigh three
| hundred andfour and quarter pounds.
The thumb and fingers of the left hand
and the left foot, from the ankle to the
toes. are gone; but all the other parts are
perfect. Over the .epulchre of the un-
known dead was placed large fat lime
stone rock that remained perfectly sepa
rated from the surrounding granite rock