The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-12-08
J. .. MITCHELL. Editor.
From ne Braaam Republican.
THE. PLATFORM

'Ome uWe since, deem it pFoperto give the
resu'ts"l our examinations Taking into con
sideration the number Of persOus who proposed
TO 20, we md ultimately but 4 few to assis, ~
a labor Of suchvast exteIt-eiaht Or ten.ol nv
boys accompanied me, and Dr.. ]. B. G. Tbtrn-
ton, }. J. Thornton, Il. w. Pierce, VIM. King,
John andAHenry Rhodes and John Ksrsb. aided
then, and two hands | hired to excava,es a
portion of this Platform. Ii remains 10 ~
seen and known whether this is a proper name
for It. ] went there as we'll convinced "a
now am, that l. lisa work of art. By whom
placed there, when, and .tQr what purpose, Is as
yet unknown. BY almost incessanllabor from
day until il was 50 dark we could not az 10
work, we excavated a considerable portion Of
IT. u is unnecessary to give the partleulors 81
our trip, butte state the facts az they exist, and
leave them to future examinations fof tho de-.
Velopment OF the objects Of such a building
some who went with us, and many Others, BE-
lieve that there was theIe simply d %nataFFaaf III.
nation. Others proclaimed il 70 be I bopx
and some considered it o mere humbuO,
have long since learned that the best way i
to let the multitude have their own onin;6ns
until time and truth shall correct them. I had
made up mymind that If this were 4 wcI.E ~
0ature, it wasa more astonishing and a o enter
curiosity than il q work of art. j elso knew
that had not seen, read or heard Of .sucb an
operation Of nature before, and that this, If Ia
work Of nature, Is a physical operation. non
named in any book, or known 10 the inves,ipa-
tons Of geOlOgists. But ii Is a work Of arr az
great antiquity, Of curious workmanship. 6p.
ls'ed in the finest style, and more.durable than
could possibly b. conceived by any observer.
Inc account given Of it in Besancons, Alma
nae for 1888, is very good, except tina. its
dimensions are greater than is therein stated.
From the reservoir Of well in the bottom a. NJ
creek, there IS paved way, beautifully dressed.
leadldg ina regular curve, 10 ,the ftonft{ ". shs
Platform, from 4 depression 10 i rise of obon,
Ten teet' and one on the opposite side, am in.
duced to think, answering to it. We calcula.
ted the variation Ofthe compass and ascertained
mat It was laid down due north and sou,b. ems,
ana west. The Platform consists OF stone
beautifully dressed on top and jointed at all The
SIDES about i've inches IN thickness, of various
ngureF' On 2 bed Of cement.about three inches
IN thickness, laid on a beautiful white sand.
Ihls cement consists, | think from sxrsrim ents
made on the spot, of bitumen and pounded
stone, well sifted. Its size Is at least 100 fee,
square, and it is level almost without the vari.
alton OF an inch. Almost every figure in
Mathematics is presented in the floor, which
consists OF squares regularly keyed, formed Of
pairs, with a centre piece varying in each one
-as ? square, a diamond, a triangle, &C..
have the triangle taken out of a square, which
we brought here. These squares All look 10
a common'cen1re-which 1 suppose to be- a cir
cle' 4 am truly sorry that l was induced By
the PersuaslonsOf two friends, to allow a part
o. the floor to DO broken up; aud the more ID,
because ! am sure no, workman Of our DIV
could pat it down in the same manner. We
mad a section cut partly through it and several
pits dug to, ascertain it's extent. There was NO
PercePtible variation In the level Of ,his doo,.
out an increased beauty, arising from tho fact
that i had not been exposed. This sections
about seven feet in depth and thirty fee. long.
containing diforeptrslrata or layers or earth:
the first, about three inches thick, is blue clav.
nearly white--.he second, colored CLAY. about
one foot the third, beautiful white sand, four,
teen inches-lhe,f fourth. clay, mixed with red
sand two feel-the fifth, yellow sand-.he
sixth, tho common soil. Out Of the white sand
the water issues almoat constantly, and Rms
of the Platform through one Of the water wavs
Of this immense fabric which is made Of hewn
stone on the side. of a pathway; and H. comes
out at the bottom Of fle creek muddy os II am
teredthe aqueduct, at a distance Of about thirty
feet. | have no doubt but that every stone. A.
least every square is historical, and that II we
were sufficiently veised in the modes Of ancienp
record, we might read tho acts Of a nation tbat
has long since become extinct. Around this
is an extensive plain covered with pines. veyv
larFo-in front, a beautiful plat Of ground, and
about two miles from il, in q north,easterIv.
direction, large stone quarries, certainly once
used, and a mound or ancient burying place,
close to the quarries, about twenty Zee. III
diameter.
For what purpose it was erected. We cannot
say VAST . place Of sacrihss-a place Tor.
public assemblies and pleasure, orwhat, / can,
not tell. lam authorized BY Mr.. Morrison, who.
owns the place, by 4 Nix. Taylor and old Mr..
Franklin, the first and last Of whom have lived,
there many years, to say, that although there,
is stone in the vicinity, they know Of none
thus polished and laid dewn. :, zs.,
= G THORNTON.
Brandon, Miss, Nov os laAs.
GEoReEy NOT SAor.-Ths reported duel be.
tween Goorgsy and Count Edmund, ziebv
iS Indignantly contradiclod by the latter in an
artinln nnhliahAd H. h;m I.