, 1870-12-19
TIE TERRITORIES
The following advertisement appears In the Salt
Lake City Herald:


A number OF French prisoners IN the Pruss!nu
Fortress OF Gtogau gave number OF concerts re-
Gently for the purpose Of getting sone money
with which to erect monument III the cemetery
Of that p1ace 10 the many OF fhelr comrades that
have died there. TLey were literally pat1op!xed
by the German Inhabitants Of the pace md auc-
eecded in getting enough fot very nne marble
monument
"A female child IA said to hare been recently
born at Canaseragn. Allegauy County. n. +, with
m imperfect great toe On the right htp. hut with
ont either arms Ct lega. D.. D. II. Pratt who IL.
Histed At the birth, rouchcB tor the truth OF the
statement. he aafs that the shoulders Of the
CHILD arc perfect. and tho head well proporuoued.
II eats well, Is remarkably quiet, aud there seeus
10 be good prospect Of lts continuing to Tive.
"A young man living near Little Rock, Ark,
who was to have been married On the ssh inst,
disappeared mysttftouAlJ trenty-four hours b.
fore tue nupttal hour, The Republican. remarks
that f" The deeipg groom need hare no fears Of
meeting the big brother OF the glrt. rs the FAM
ily hare wisely concluded to allow him to go
unmolcsted."
"A singular case came before so English Pro-
bafe Court few weeks since. A woman applied
Tor letters Of administration on the catata OF her
deceased husband, with whom she had lived forty
Gx yearR. But she was met by citation from
another party who claimed to have been the nrst
wife Of the deceased. This CLAIM she was able 70
establish 70 the satisfaction Of the court who pro-
nounccd the second marriage, though undtspused
for forty.ssx seafs, illegal. and the children Of 1t
l0ez1ttmaIe.
In the French navy there appears to he as it,
tie suoordlnation as In the army The Sitele pub
ltshea letter Of an ot1cer on board the Refine
Blanche, which ind11ge8 In the seveeest express
hious towards his Captain for having neglected to
capture German ships which came IN sight The
Stele not only regards this criticism BY a uarM
Lieutenant Of hts superior "a quite a matter Of
course. but remarks that among the French Cap
tains there are It'll many woo hold tnssner resist
acce TO the enemy useless, and hare expressed an
opinion that the members OF the government
ought nil to be shot.
There died At Dudley, Mass., On the 9th
Inat, a horse, when IN good condition, weighed
$3.50 pounds, which Ia enormous, wnen It Is r.
membered that less than half that Is the weight
/ Of ordinary horses He vas imported from
Scotland few years ago, since which tine he
has been exhibited through me New England
States, until last season. when he WAS purchased,
and kept It East Brtmne!d, BY Mr. Lewis II. How
lett Nj. r. Baker, OF Worcester, bought hin q
few months aRo. He was a dapple.Rsay stallion,
yetJ Intelligent. and known AZ Olfdesdalc Tom.
| The independent says: "A8 some persons
haze reported that Dr. Carpenter, one Of the
leading Investigators Of the character Of the
ocean bottoms by meaua Of the dredse, has
represented thHt tue late discoveries made by the
dredging expeditions upset modern geology, he
has given in Nature full exposition Of the bear
Ing, ~ he sees 1t, Of these discoverie,
on geological SCIENCE He believes that
We may truly say that the deposl.
tons OF the Caalk Period have been
going on In the deep aeaa, undissu1oed, to tie
present time. an. characterised by the sarne e.
sensial constttuenss-thas h. gloosee1!coea, COG
coltas, sponge splcu1ea, and eoratntnlfers-pow
as IN The tine Of the white chalk. But this he
says, docs not Indicate any denial OF tho g7ras
doctrines OF the regular succession OF st.1tz Dc.
POSTED II different periods and ch4racter,xed BY
different fosstls which have long been scknoxl.
| edged These discoveries, however. show tns,
tue entire difference In Theological character and
tn fossils Of TWO beds Il not proof that taey were
not conzemporaneous- We IND that the mere
difference Of few hundred feet in depth. ae.
| eoInpauied with current OF cold ioatend OF wRrm
water, viii give Rfsyel Instead OF an ooxy bot
ton and N arctic fauna. Sti11 further, the pres
| cpcr Of zach An arctic fauna in the deep seas
even Within temperate or tropical iatttudes show
that tho d'scoyerJ Of similar foss1l shells IN 4
sandstone would be no proof Of glacial period
existing II The time OF its deposition