The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-05 00:00:00

ANCIENT RUINS 111 r TEXA
We have been informed by a gen tl.eman ao has
a large portion of the Ink ban c9V ntry of
Northern Texas, and the country, :pug I ietween
Santa Fe and the Pacific, that there 1. `re vet tiges of
ancient cities and ruined castles .or tei uplea on the
Rio Puerco, and on the Colorado of the• wes t• He
says, that on one of the branches of 11'.o Pue, "CO, a
few days' travel from Santa Fe, there is an immense
pile of ruins that appear to belong to an. ancient to
ple. Portions of the walls are still standing, colisis•t-
ing of huge blocks oflimestone regi alarly hewn and iald
in cement. The building occu.pi.(..'S an extent of more
than an acre. It is two or t hree. stories high, has
no roof, but contains many rocems, generally of a
square form, without windows, and the lower roorus
are so dark and gloomy that tl ley resemble caverns
ratik,r than the apartments of an edifice built for a
human habitation. Our informant was unable to de-
scribe the style or architecture, but he believes it
could not he erectec.l by Spani a.;rds or Europeans,
es the stones are mu,ch worn by the rains, and.
indicate that the build2ng has. s tood several hun-
dred years. From his descriptil mwe are induced
to believe that it resemble's the ruins of Palenque •
or Otulun. He says t.here are many similar
ruin% on the Colorado of :the West, which
empiies into the Californian sea. In one of the
valleys of the Cordileras trace rsed by this river, and
about 490 miles from its mouth, there is a large•
temple stjll standing, its walls and spires presenting
scarcely any trace of dilapidation, and were it not for
the want of a roof it might still be rendered habit-
able. Near it, scattered along the declivity of a
mountain, are the ruins of what must have been once
a large city. The, traces of a large aqueduct, part of
which is, however, in the solid rock, are still visible.
Neither the Indians res:dlng in the vicinity, nor the
oldest Spanish settlers o.
f the nearest settlements, can
give any account of the origin of these buildings.
They merely know that th'ey have stood there from
the earliest periods to which thei r traditions extend.
The antiquarian who is desirous to trace the Aztec
or Toltec races in their migrati'ocis from the northern
regions of America, may fi,id in these ancient edi-
fices many subjects of curious 3, peculation.—Texas
Telegraph.

LLOYD'S SHIPPI NG.

LoNnox, airalromW. S. W.,and cloudy.
DEAL, JAN. 3.—Wind S.W., moderiat .—Arrd. Maria
Somes, Baker, Calcutta; Pearl, Earl, Newl'ou ndland.
Dolan JAN. 9 —Arrd. Vargas, Lopez, t)t. Jago de Cuba,

for Hamburgh.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind S, to W.5.W:..--Arrd. Ma-
lacca and Duke of Bedford, London, for Madras; Erin, ditto,
for Dominic?. ; Quebec, ditto, for New York.
BalTrOL, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Maria, Thomas, Berbice,
MARGATE, JAN. 3. —The Ocean, Watson, from ' Sierra
Leone to London, on shore near Kingsgate, is bilged turd quite
a wreck—cargo discharging in a damaged state.
MILFORD, JAN. 2.—lt commenced blowing hard from
W. S. W., at 8, r. at. yesterday, and soon afterwards shifted to
N. W., with a violent show squall, and blew a atrong ga,`e.
CORK, JAN. I.—Arrd. Wanderer, Newfoundland. Sld.
Elizabeth, New South Wales; Lauriston, Trinidad; Indian
Queen, Barbadoes ; Glengariff, Jamaica ; Henry Dune:ant
Marian, and Woodstock, Charleston.
YARMOUTH, JAN. 3.—The Williams, Buckton, from Dordt:
to London, which arrived in the roads yesterday, has come into.
harbour leaky and will have to discharge.
HARWICH, JAN. 3.—The Agnes, of Jersey, from Hartle-
pool to Mistley, is on shore on the Cork sand, but expected of
next tide.
BEA ustAms, JAN. I.—Arrd. Hardware, Shaw, St. John's,
for Preston.
SHEERNESS, JAN. 2.—The John and William (not the
John and Mary), of Blyth, bound to London, which got on
the Maplin Sand 30th ult., came off the 31st, after discharging
',art of her cargo.
WELLS, JAN. 2.—The Jane and Ellen, Booking, from
Goole, came on shore this morning westward of the harbour.
LIVERPO[,L, JAN. 3.-IP, ind E. S.E. to S.W., moderate,-....
Arrd. Fairfield, Wilson, New York. Arrd. off, American,~
Savannah. Sld. Devon, and Patriot King, Calcutta; Agnes.
Monte Video; Bazelius and Solid, Rio; William Russell,. ',04"
Pernambuco ; Birkby and Isabella, Demerara; Jas. Duncanr
Trinidad ; Wanderer, Margarita ; Zenobia, Havannah ; Bir-
mingham and Intrepid, New Orleans. s "ifs