From the St. Louis Commercial Bulletin.
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From the St. Louis Commercial Bulletin.

 I ssi5- f;sts 4ei B f ilis extraordinary curiosity was discovered about two years since by some trappers belonging to Caplain Reat's company, y, l,n lEying oa the side of one of the baaver dams of the Rio Grande of the North Ca stream. empiying itseif into the Gulf Of California;, whose waters, it. is said, possess the petrifying qualities .o eminent degree, s;s shores abouHding in specimens of vafieus. animal and vegetable productions fn a petriiea state. aiRbe petriied Bufiala Is described by those who have seen it. to be. as perfect in it's petfefaeton as when living, with the exception of a hole in one of the sides, aboat four inches in diameter, around which the hair has been worn oil, probably by the friction oi the water, in which If must have lain for ages past to have produced such a phenomenon. The hair on the hump and neck, forehead and tail, though eonereted into almost smooth surface, may be easily discerned. The horns, eyes, nostrlls, mouth and legs, are as perfect in their stone as in their pristine state.

 The country iii which this rare specimen was found, is inbabited by the Eutcaux, a rowing tribe of savages, who subsist, q great portion of their lives, on insects, snakes, toads. roots, Sc. This tribe being particularly hostile to the whites, renders the acquisition of this curiosity an under taking not little hazardous; netwithstand. ing this. and many other difficulties te be surmounted, such distance, expense, S1e. our enterprising citizen, Captain Charles Bent, oontempIates procuring and bringing ii to the United States with him. on his fe- turn from Santa Fe, during tue ensuing autumn. Ne heartily wish him success in his pfaisowofthy undertaking.