F A Siiiioun or Goi.o.-—IIon. Thomas Ewbank of Washington, District of Columbia, late Lotninissioiier ot Patents, communicates to the National lntelligcncerhsoinc interesting information in regardto recent tliscoveries in the excavation of Peruvian tumult. The inforination was received by Mr. Ewbaiik from W. IV. Lvttltﬁi E-sq-. entit- neer of the Arica and Taciia railroad in Peru.‘ Mr. Evans states, that in making excavations. for the railroad in Arica, hundreds of graves are demolished. in which are numerous Indian relics. The excavations are seven- ty feet deep, and as the soil is loose sand, ‘as the work proceeds every thing from the top comes sliding down- dead Indians, pots, kettles, arrow-heads, &c. Among other interesting mortuary relics, an Indian was started out of his resting-place, rolled up in a shroud of gold. Before Mr. Evans had knowledge of the iircident, the ivorkmen had cut tip this magniﬁcent winding-slieet and divided it among themselves. With sortie diﬂieulty, Mr. Evans obtained a fragment, and despatched it to Mr. Ewbank. Mr. Evans notices as a remarkable fact, that inli uiidreds of lndiaii skulls which he has examined,_not one has contained a decayed tooth. Mr. Ewbankithtnlts the weight of the entire shroud must have been eight or nine pounds, and had it been preserved, would have been the finest specimen of sheet gold that we liav since the time of the Spanish Conquest. In quent remarks upon the preservation of woven departed. and the futility of attempting to secure the great dead from contact with their native earth, Mr. Ewbank says, it is their form of features, and not the body or substance of the dead, that should be preserved, and adds: "The mummies of Egypt are quarried for fuel, and whether those of the Pharaohs, their wives, their priests, or their slaves, are split open atid chopped up with the same indifference as so many pine logs. The gums and balsams used in embalniiug them have made them a good

ASZARIYS GAZETTE, MARCH 26.

l’u-sin Lcxrusa BO0Tl.——WlIlle standing in the ollice of one of the first-class hotels, the otlierday, we noti- rd a gentleman who came with his baggage, ettterctl his name on the book. and secured a room. A8 800" R8 I“! had writcn his name, the clerk looked at it with astoiiish- ineiit. He called all the other clerks to look. “lid “"3" he called one of the proprietors. who, on seeing it, appear- ed amazed.

We thought from the fuss that was being made over the name, that the man intist he come celebrated person. The idea struck us, that it might be Prince Albert, or some of England's nobleman ; but, as his features were truly American, we concluded it must be some great man, whom we did not know, belonging to our own country. While thus contemplating the man and his position, the head clerk leaned forward, and called—

“ M r. Johnson, one moment, if you please?"

The gentleman stepped up to the desk.

“ Will you,” continued the clerk, “ please explain one thing? We have all tried to decipher it, butcannot taake it out.”

“ What is it?” asked the gentleman, with a quiet smile playing on his face.

“ Why, sir, at the end of your name on no book, you

we matted three letters, I’. L. 8., and w: ire anxious to know the meaning of them, having never I . {ore met them in tnat position.”

" 4 said the gentleman, “ simply means—I’at- cnt Leather Boots. The last time I was here, I wore none other, but was eliargrl in my bill, at leaving, two dollars for blacking boots, and as I have no time to dis- pute at leaving, I concluded this time to make you under- stand, that I wore such boots as needed no blacking.”

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“ I don't believe it's any use to vaccinate, for small pox,” said a backwoods Kentucltian, “ for I had a child vaccinated, and in less than a week after, he fell out ofa

substitute for bituminous coal; and thus the very meiims employed to preserve them have been the active agents] of their dissipation. So it is when the materials of cofliusi have a ltIi.'ll tiiarked value ; they are then seized as hid-i den lI‘t.‘l|'5lIr8, and their contents cast out as rubbish.! Like heroes in the Eiistt-rii heiiiisphere, the descendants: of Mani-,o Capac were sometimes, if not always, ciitotiib-

ed in such, iind with considerable treasure besides, int

vessels of gold and silver ; hence we learn, how the Span-

_ mt, t|Cft)l'S 501'! or ii en 0 ll , t ,5!‘ c r] ,lt f , ft fu d aiil as otten pluti.lerc.l rich I:id:aii s.:,iu|c.lircs.”

Form or THIC l’i;oi-i.i: or l‘lNr.i.wn.—lii the days of Queen Eiizabuth siibstzintial diet was confiiieil chiefly to persons of rank tiud Wt.'L'llll. A plowuuiu was often coin- )t:ll€tl to dine on “ water ivrucl.” The food of the labor- } r-r ers was coarse and deficient; their clotliing was incom-

parably more so, and their Iodgirigs were rude, dirty and,

unconifortable. 'l‘lie houses t-vcn of the wealthy were tlcstitiite of 5.-lass wiiitloivs and chimneys. The floors of the pt-iistiiits‘ houses were of clay. and filled with the arc- CUll]tll£llt'(l filth ot niany _vt.~ars. The ln.vury of linen wa-i conﬁned to the rich and ltlglt-I)t)|’l|. 'l‘licir woollen cloth was all ofatonirstie inanufactiirc. Tea and coffee, and to ti great extent, sugar, were tiiikiiown. Beer was the uni- vcrsnl beverage. The lIl'_{lt('f classes of society lived chiefly on salted meals. The coniiiion people seldom ate meat in any form. The ordinary fare of working men

then, would produce a riot in a worltlionse now. Pota- toes and turnips appeared about this tiuie. In earlier ages, the people fed entirely on bread and meat. As late

as I750. otit ofa popiilalioii of 6,000,000, in Englantl and Wales, nearly one half were sustained by rye, barley and oats. Now, the same class of persons are cousiimcrs of wheat. 'l‘he use of the potato as the principal article of food has been confined to a few districts.

The process of making the famous submarine telegraph cable, recently lost of? the coasts of Newfoundland, was

as follows:——Copper wire of a small size, of the requisite.

length is taken, and completely insulated by means of gutta percha. Three copper wires thus enveloped are placed side by side, in as compact a space as possible, all the interstices between them being ﬁlled with rope yarn. These three insulated wires are then twisted around each other by means of machinery, as in the strands of a rope and the whole is completely surrounded by another en- velope of gutta perclia. A traverse section of this cable now gives the appearance of a solid gutta rope, in which appears three copper wires, running through its whole length. This is enveloped by twelve distinct large iron wires, running through its whole length. running parallel to it, which are strongly twisted around the gutta perclir rope, as before, by inacliincry, at an angle of 45 deg. This is then smeared with tar, and is ready for use.

window and was killed.”

The man who “ ttept his word,’ gave serious olfence to Webster, who wanted it for his dictionary.

If oitr Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live single when there was not tl \V()'l|!tll on earth, how criminally guilty are old bachelors, with the world full of pretty girls. , ..___

i Virtue isa rock. from which rebound all the arrows tshot agnitist it.

jbccomes a itiark for their missilcs.—\V. G. Siinins.

r A l7i:r:i.iwi Rt-:ri.r.—“ Would you like to subscribe }for Dickens’ lloiischolrl Words?” asked a iiiiigaziiic ll_.'(.'lll. Q“ Household words have played the dickciis with me long ienougli” was the feeling reply.

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‘. Are the miiitites relating to an affair of honor always :drawn up by the seconds?”

' Can a watch filled with a second-hand, be called a second-hand watch?”

A popular writer, speaking ofthc ocean telegraph, won- ders wlietlier the news transniitti-d tlirongh the salt water

will be fresh.

BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE.-—ItI an article in a recent num- ber of Fraser's Magazine this brief but beautiful passage 0ccurs:—“ Education does not commence with the alpha- bet. It begins with a niothcr’s look; with a father's smile of approbation or sign of rcproof; with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand or a brother's noble act of forbear- ance ; with handfuls of ﬂowers in it green and daisy inca- dow; with birds nests’ admired, but not touched; with creeping ants and almost imperceptible cmmets; with humming-bees and glass bee-hives; with pleasant walks in shady lanes, with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly tones and words, to nature, acts of benevolence,

eeds of virtue, and to the source of all good—to God himself."

Svitraisi; r.ta'ris:s.-’l‘he Boston Times relates the following interesting accident of a surprise party :—-“ Every one knows that a ‘surprise party‘ is, where it com- pany of gentlemen and ladies agree to visit, carrying their own provisions, some one of their acquaintances, without any sign or notice of their coining being given. A few nights since, in New Bedford, a party was formed for the purpose of giving a surprise to it married couple, btit upon proceding to the house, it was found, that another visitor had anticipated them only a few hours. It wasa girl, ‘ a little darling, and looked just like its mother, bless its heart!’ All parties were, of course, sligtlitly ‘surprised.’ The ‘surprise’ weighed six and three-quarter pounds."

The moment a man begins to rise above his fellows, iie.

l\Ii;i>ui.t:sosic 'l‘zi.i;uitsrii —Soine Turkish ladies at Scutari left their homes on account of the telegraphic wires having been CIll‘l‘lt.’(l over the roofs oftlie liotisi-s. They imagined that the wire could tell all their secrets!

Cosiiroiir roa A Gr..~is:tisL.--One story which I heard of General Shirley I will add. During one of thg assaults, ttic General’s eyes became choked up with the dust which the terrible bombardinent brought in cloud. from Sebastopol. He sat down in a hole where a shell liiid burst to rub this dust out. Sonia Irishinen, hurry. ing past him to the attack, took it into their heads that he was weeping, and bawled otit, “Don’t cry, Gang- ral dear, but stop there—-sure wo’re going to take the place for ye!"-—Loiidim Correspondent of Inuergggg Courier. “ Ssttnv,” riiosi THE Camu, -rut: Doo or rat; Sn. rsas AND l\IiNeits.—'I‘liis Dog, who has obtained such notoriety from his adventures in the Crimea, and being decorated with a medal, is the property of Lieutenant George R. Lempriere, R. E. ,the Adjutant oftlie corps, who bred liiin—tlie sire being a tliorough-brctl Scotch terrier, the mother a tltorouglrbred English Bulldog. Sandy is now seven years old, and has traveled almost everywhere with his master. In I350, he went to Gib- raltar, whence he took constant trips into Spain. He then came home again ; and, aller going to several English stations where Lieutenant Lcinpriere was quartered, etnbarked with him and the men, at the coin- menceineiit of the war, for the East, and was constant- ly with them at Malta, Giillipoli, Constantinople, and Varna,—at the latter place being found useful in fors- ging expeditions, and a great guard to his master's teat against the natives, whose honesty is not proverbial. From Verna, Sandy went to Sinope, Ti-ebizond, Redout Kaleb, Charaksee, and many other ports along that coasts where the adjutant was astonished with the Turk- ish army from time to time. From his being a most ex- cellent water dog, he made (which is quite an uncom- inon thing) great friends with the Turks and Bashi- bazouks ; he also distinguished liimsell' on two or three occasions, when in going off to different vessels, the boat was swamped and capsized. by rushing into the most fearful seas and rescuing coats, oars, &c. Thence he went to the (.‘i'iinca ; was present at the battle ofln- kt.-rinan 2 received it bayonet wound, \\'l|It‘ll caused him to go on three legs for sortie tiiiie ; from the effects of this wound, although now iii-nily rccovcvctl, he is tin- iihlc to take long-coiitniticd or- violent exei'ciso; am], as will be seen front his portriiit, it slightly affects the ,gi'ticcl'iiliiess of his seat in i't-pose. Ilia tiiaster being ‘CtHlt[It‘llt,‘tI froin ill lit.-ultli to lt-tt\’(,' the r'Il'lIl_\', Sandy was ‘taken t'lll't‘ of hy sortie of the otlici.-rs, and returning ’hoint- some inonths on " tiigt-nt private :ill':iir.u," to thi-

,gi't-.it delight of his tiitister, ivlio ll(‘\'t!l' t-.\pt-cted to set- »hiin a,:tiin. At one place in particiilnr, where the corp.- ivrrc short of supplii-s,poor Saintly had it nut-row escape: serious thouglit.~i wt-re i-ineitaineil of devout-iiig hiin—— ttlllI()lI:_'_ll nearly starvt-tl liiinself.

Sniiily always iiiarclics otit at the head oftlie men, to [Wlltilll he has I)C(.‘0lIlt' so iittziched that he will not follow

liose of any ulllt'I' rt-giiiit-tit. Ile is well up to all the liiiglc-t-sills, especially those of dinner, breakfast, iind supper, at which hours he generally makes oll'to one of the l).'ll‘I'ltt:l{-l'00IllS.

Swine ft-w niontlis since, before leaving \Voolwich for Bio:-.ipton Barracks, Ctititliain, he inari.-lied into his ina.-ter's room with it niediil round his neck, put on by some one who knt.-iv of his having seen active service : but who did so was i.ever found out. This medal being stolen Ii-oiii him, his iiiaster procured another for him to appear on parade when Sir John Burgoyne went down to present the men with their inediils. From that time he has alway.~i worn the medal, on drill parades, attach- ed by a piece of blue ribbon. This second medal was stolen 11 short time since, but was recovered by some of the men, iind the delinquent liiiiided over to the police. The medal is not a real Ci-iniran one, as dogs are not so decorated, liowcvcr distinguished in the service.- llliislraled London Nrirs.

IMPOIITANT Discoveitics Exrecrsn .—-Professor Fara- day is oftho opinion that we are on the verge of import- ant'discovc.l... concerning the natureof physical forces an their relations in life and physiology. He says that all forces have a similar dual property, and that even gravitation will be ultimately determined to pos- was it. One force cannot be called into action b electricity without the other, and they tire alwayse ash When the north poles of l'our magnets are place to- gether at right angles, so as to form it deep square cell, in the centre oftliat cell there is no magnetic attraction at all. “ The northness" and "'l0|lIlln6II" of it mag- net, Professor Faraday saya, take in curved lines out- side, not inside, a magnet. _ _,

Ciii'ricisM.—When Paradise Lost was pulilislied, tbs- celebrated Waller wrote this passage :—-"Tris-old lili school-master, John Milton, has published I tediotiii poem on the fall of man ; if its length to not conitidsl'-. ed as merit, it hath no other.” ~

Pepys, in his Memoirs, thus speaks of Hudibras :4. “ When I came to read it, it is so silly an abuse oft I presbyter knight going to the wars that I am asliiitnetl.‘ |0fIl; and by and by meeti at Mr. T0'M0nG'|fII ‘ dinner, I sold it to Mr Battei-sby for eighteen pence.”