Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-04
RssrRREcTED SKEIEroNs.-The Academ,

RssrRREcTED SEELEroNs.-T Academy
o. Science Of this city, through some @! lis
more active members, has recently made some
,.ry interesting discoveries upon tie SUI. nit
Il the bluffs north Of. aud about four miles di:
;,.:.t ifdm this city Judge T.. 7. West, o be.
;ever ia ths evolution theory, has devoted 3
large amount o. t:u.o and study to this subject.
sci his persistent researches and constant e!-
forts, aided as they haze been by ether mem
se.s Of the Academy Of Sc:luce, have brought
10 light some very interesting historical facts
Several coDicas!.aped luouads were found, and
upon opening one tE, explorers took out the
.cmains of two skeletons ,fhe bones are very
iaggc-so large, in facr, that when compared
.siih IN ordinary skeleton OF modern date they
appear 10 have formed part Of giant. The
:cad bones such IS have not rottcd eway are
uonstrous 10 sizs. The lower jaw Of one skee
.on is 10 state Of preservation and is d3ube
.ha size of the jsw of civilized person. lie
ceth il this jawtone are large, ana appear 10
nave Geen ground dowo anu worn away by con-
act with roots and carnlvorous food. Tho
iawbone indiostcs immense muscular slrccgth.
Inc thigh bone, Wheu compared With that OF an
ordinary modegl skeleton, looks like that Of g
ecioDraeut ere remarkable. But tho most pecu.
1r part about che skeleton is the frontal bone.
II is very low, aud differs radically from
aay ever sseu 10 this sectoa be9Jre.-
i fo!Es ono thick ridge OF bone about one lnch
vide, extending across the eyes. Ii is narrow
but rather heavy ridge Of bone which, iasead
uf extending upward as it does COW 10 thee
days of c.yii!21ton, recedcd back from the ey,
hrows, forming ia, head, aud thus indicates
very low order OF manklad. 1t is the opinion
Il the scientific gentlemen who are making these
discoveries that these bones are the remains OF
prehistoric race ct uen. They do act re-
Semble the present existing race OF Indians,
nor are the mounds constructed upon pattern
or model koowD TO have been 10 use by any
race Of men now ia existence in America. The
bodies are discovered in sitting posture "a
the pouods, end among the bones are found
stone weapons, such as hiot knives. iot scrap
4rs, all OF them different 10 shape 10 the arrow
hesds, war hatchets and other stone tools aud
weapons known TO have been ID use BY the
aboriginal Iodians of this laud when discovered
By the whites 1t is pretty definitely settled,
however, that the skeletons ere those OF race
cl nsn not now IN Observation-Disclosures 1t"!es.
\ CHINESE WAY OF DEALING WITH Con
kurr OFFICERS. s.-fhe following extract from
China paper gives picture OF pat5rnal govern
mcat 10 tha: couotry, in which the p'ecept of
not spariog the rod is carried into practice IL
way which ought to strike terror into the hearts
of the official hierarchy. The bamboo has long
been known as an effective instrument tor gov.
a:riug the masses and the correction OF cnsnd
a7s against the Chinese code, but there is some
ching novel as vel! as startling IN the idea OF q
degraded official bciog made to hold out bis
hanis for hundred blows, to be administered
OF the palms as preliminary castlgatlon tor
nayersativn. Ii such a mode of dealing with
oihcial ma!p:actices were to become general
Se might soon hope to see notable Improve
,ncnt ia the administrative departments Whlch,
10 China, are so potorously bad and corrupt.
We learn that one o! the mandarlns there. who
had sw.ndled the government OF large sum oi
money when making purchases OF warke ma
tcriaIs ct Hong Kong during the Eormosan al
t.ir, vas brought up for trial before the redoubt-
at.e Iicg and the Fautai. % the 4th OF AG.
gust this degraded official was subjected. as sn
introduction TO something severe 10 store tor
hin, to tloggiDg CT ooa kuadred blows on the
palms Of his hands He was to have been
b1mbooed in The usual way as other criminals
IN the brccch; but ior his bitter crying and ve-
l.ameut cDtreaiies, coupled with the fact OF hls
not bclag in very good health. The detaultiDg
official is surnamed Man, and is related to
iaou'ai Of that came who was degraded at the
-aul. time with the Viceroy Ying Han in the
Waisiug affair.
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