The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
By HORSLEY & co.

Clothed with hair, and in possessing a
cEpus cdiIOsUm-that is. a band of fibres
connecting The two cerebral hemispheres.
"There are other anatomical features
which link the bats closely with the
moles and shrews end hedge-hogs. In
deed, the bat might be described a flyine
mole, or the mole as a burrowing bat.
Twenty years ago one of these phrases
might have been rs acceptable as the
other; for they would have implied only
an ideal connection between the forms.
But now, when the idea of ali actual evo-
luton or derivation of widely different
forms from one another, or from common
stocks, is rapidly becoming the funda-
mental postulate OF all biological re-
search, we are bound TO inquire whether
one mode of expression is not much more
likely to be true than the ether"
Capt. Kidd's Treasure.
A few months ago a member of the
New York Historical Society read be-
fore that association very interesting
paper in which he took occasion to deny
the assertion that Kidd, the pirate, ever
buried any of his treasGre on This conti-
neht. There are in the possession of
Squire Gardiner most positive evidences
Of the fact that Kidd did bury treasure
on this Very island, that the treasure be-
came treasure-trove, and that the colo
NAL government became possessed of
the same through John Gardiner, son of
the first David OF that name, in the year
l699, only year Or two before Kidds
execution. Some time in that wear
Kidd landed on the island and buried
chest containing gems, gold, silver, and
fine cloths valued at many thousand
pounds sterling.
He came to Lord Gardiner and ad-
vised him Of the fact. As soon as Kidd's
feet was out Of sight the proprietor
manned & small sloop and sent a trusty
messenger to the seat of the colonial
government with the request that a
commission might be sent to investigate.
The commissioners came and in the
swamp on the northwestern corner of
the island they found the chest. 1t was
opened and an inventory taken. The
contents were, among other articles of
value, seven hundred and eightv-three
ounces Of gold, eight hundred and fifty
ounces Of silver, a number of diamonds.
rUbies, pearls and other gems, cloth of
gold, silk, and satin. The original Earl
Bellamont's inventory is here, properly
signed, attested, and indorsed and |
have no doubt that among the records
kept at Boston will be found a duly Ger
titled entry of the find" One dia
mond which dropped from the package
was found after the departure of the
commissioners and is now in the posses
sion Of the family of Gardiner Green,
Of Boston, and little square piece of
cloth of gold, part Of that which once
served rs the cUverlet to a baby's cradle,
Is preserved by Mrs. Gardiner, of Gardi-
ncr's island. Another piece is held by
the Kimball family, of Flatlands At
one time during the revolution a part
of the British feet lay in GARDENERS
bay, between the island and Orient
point, and the officers frequently came
ashore for amusement. The oaken floors
of the old mansion bear witness to the
fact that one of their recreations-per-
haps on rainy days when they could not
hunt deer and turkcy-was quoits.
From the marks on the planks it is plain
that the disks they used were Spanish
miilcd dollars.