WESTERN ANTIQUITIES.
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Every day we some account of discoveries
made in different parts of the United States.
Splendid caverns in Arkansas, rivalling the far
famed grotto of Antiparos; petrifed warriors and
dogs among the Allegany Mountains; ruins of a
magnificent city on the shores of fhe lakes; and
many other wonderful things, have been brought
to light by men who seem to have devoted their
time and means to such researches. Even in the
county of st. Louis, there are many spots which
are worthy of this kind Of research. We know
the fact, that on the River dcs Peres, at the dis.
tance of about seven miles from the city, there
are a number Of graves, which, from all appear
ances, seem to have existed there for centuries
They are on high bluff near whose base the
stream passes; and from their length, they would
seem to be the tenements of men who are far SUI
perior in size to those Of the present day. On
the shores of the Merameck River, near the town
of Fenton there was an immense cemetery, con-
tanning several thousand graves, all of them re-
markably small, the largest not exceeding four
feet in length. The cemetery is enclosed
and cultivated, so that the graves are no longer
visible We have seen several articles which
were found in the field, having been overturned
by the ploughshare Among the articles were
several pieces of earthenware, well glazed; small
bowl of earthen, remarkably well executed; and
particularly lower jawbone, i'll size that Of a
child two years old, but containing the teeth OF a
man of fortv We were informed that before
the cemetery was enclosed and cultivated, there
could be seen at many Of the graves, head and
foot-stones, with Inscriptions on them that none
could understand Louis Com. Bulletin.
AN OLD MAN.-We saw, on Saturday last a
the Clinton house, in this village, man Of the


extraordinary age of one hundred and ten years


who was on his way to New York, where HI


has children. His step was firm though not ra


pid-his limbs free from that trembling whicf


usually accompanies advanced years. and his eyes


unusually bright and piercing. The next morn,


ing after his arrival in town, he quantity lnqu'reo


of the by-standers if there was not some sPris,uy


damsel, not more than ninety or one huhuieo ".
years old in the place, who would relish jig


as he felt like shaking the feet llttie ior recrea
|tion: and to convince those with whom he was
lconyersinp. that he could do as well as say, h
commenced dancing with SO much activity, as t
as,on;sh the spectators. He could tell 'har'


warn, as the sailors say, but as we might arous'
The credulity of some of good readers, by re
lpeating them, we drop the subject.--Hhdc'


Journal.