New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-30

tiny that one race OF mSI kind should ,uoo..'
another. and vho esn assure that the 80
civilization OF the CaHcssisas OF the pre,en, az
will not sooner or later be tfsmpled uader foo, -
barbaiisn hordes
II then we may regard the TACT Of the co,on,,.
ton Of America by Europeans as established. o.,
next Inquiries are involantsry directed IA -.
possibility the period. and the occasion Of 90 "a
reaching an undertaking.
The Sbuudant spplnces by the aid of Will
our payig alton 10 now conducted. cause rs n -
gard IL sc impossible that people who had -
knowledge OF the compass. whose vetsels -.
small and Of frail construction, and who ye,a ~
tltute OF TIE nautical science OF modern r-s.
could Undertake such d.stsnt snd perilOasvoysss.
But IL 10 well known toat the ancient nav;,.s
directed their course with greM.kilfane,, Sr,ss
stars, and that they took with them raven. "a
other land birds which, abe they bad lo,t 60
way or were in search of land were LEI AZ -
thus served IS guides These were the com n,,.a.
of the bold sea fsrers. But vas it necessary 49,.
they should sail in suSstt line from Ireland !.
Norway TO America May they not like Ia
Northmen have sailed from one island 70 ,no.As.
OF the Northern Ocesn, until At length. merriam.
after decades Of years, they found the wav n
America as the Mortimer cid in later times =
Can il be correctly maintained that to the ancient
people that was impossible which WAS pos,ibla -
the Mortimer as is shown by the accounts a.
their sea adventures, and furthermore BY their
structures in America l0l Can lt be doubted that
an evidently more cultivated people, like the
makers OF the stone weapons, could As essilv
reach America as the Esquimsux Of the Amer.
can polar region, who are now acknowledged IA
belong TO the same race with the Laplanceni
the polar regions of Europe The fact OF the
immigration may be received as a sufficient proof
of its possibility. The ashes which Heca sends
from time TO time TO the Farce isles, the drih-
wood and other things which the sea brings from
the west to Europe, vera tho messengers thar
called the ancient colonists 20 America, disuess
at home gave the Impulse thst caused these NEE.
Gengers to be obey ed and skill courage, and per.
severance, were the guides that brought them 10
its shores.
1t is far less difficult to show the possibility Of
reaching America, than Il is 20 determine the Pc
Rod at which the colonization began. We esn
only say that it must have taken place before the
introduction Of bronze into north western Europe.
Many utensils Of copper have been discovered
in the American graves, bat not single one Of
bronze. This copper was worked in cold state,
a. is shown by pieces OF the metal found about the
works Of the Northwest Mining CompanyS Tits
very evident from an examination of these masses
that portions have been separated from them FOE
the purpose Of being worked up. Bronze, how.
ever, is 80 much superior 10 pure copper In hard.
would return to the latter. Hence We may con-
clude with certainty that the people who emf.
grated rom Europe to America must have leis
their home before bronze was known there Had
such not been the case bronze would have
been trans planted along With them to America
This conclusion is also strengthened by the fact
that the American copper implements are imita-
tatons, not of the bronze implements OF Europe,
but of those Of stone.
The question now arises. When did bronze be-
come known in Northwestern Europe THIS,
also cannot be answered with certainty Only
thus much we know the arms OF Theseus wera
OF bronze a. the armor,weapons, axes, and knives
of the heroes of the Trojan War were OF bronEeH
the anchors of the Hegelinsen were oil bronco"
and the weapons of the Teutones who In the year
ia before Christ made their appearance In tho
Roman territory, were likewise Of bronze ~
Hence we see that bronze was already known In
Northwestern Europe 1000 years ago But We
NAV assume that il became known there at least
LOO wears earlier by means OF the Ph@nicans.
Ii is true that the first voyages OF the PhGnicians
through the Straits OF Gibraltar TO the Amoer
Coast are commonly placed IN the year ilVV De-
fore Christ but they must have procured amoer
already for some considerable time before the
Trojan VS. which is placed, according TO the low
est computation, in the year llsi before Christ;
for In the heroic age of the Greeks, amber was
one Of the most favorite materials for ornamenting
apartments 81 and the PhGnicians already mana-
featured OF gold and amber the splendid CHANG
that charmed the Grecap wQpen's Accordingly,
AZ the period OF the Trojan War, a great deal Of
amber must already have been brought from thu
Amber Coast. Now, the trade OF those days u
is always the case with rude nations was one Of
barter Without doubt they offered to the inhab-
itants of the North such articles as they most
coveted among which weapons, especially u
made of bronze and glittering like gold, would be
sure to bold the highest rank We may therefore
assume with certainty, that many Of the bronza
weapons OF classical orig in which were afterws'ds
found in the countries bordering on the German
Ocean and the Baltic Sea6 were bought and sold
there as early as 1900 years before our era The
acquaintance then, Of the inhabitants OF the coasts
Of the German Ocean and the Baltic with bronze,
cannot be fixed at lower date than the year
200 before Christ. Conclustog 10 norrow.