The New York herald., 1851-08-20

n su orrdrpce-s iationsI samples sccomps. led by
found beg leave to quote lhs following letter Of Mr.
CoLusB,A, ONE, July 8, 1851
DyAs siR-l have handed to Doctor lde quantity Of
the chsrred cloth which 1 dug out Of n IN yund n
western side of the Miami Madison township,
buttex county, Ohio The mound Is about two miles
north ot Nicaietowp Th~ mouud originally about
twenty iest high when first H. thirty Years ago
was probably sixteen feet high IL covered MY
yy1s ago, with large forest trees informed oy
through side Of the mound, ha Of winch hss been
cut down TOR the track. The ~orAnen informed me
quantity Of charcoal sioIh and bones tooA = shovel
and after removing the earth 80 as 70 Dc sur" that
was down a. the formation had b-sn disturbed,
took out several snoyes VI earth ciotn
the charcoal Do that of OAK anu sugar Tee
Dr Ide wih transmit to y1a larger suany o. tn
In the condition IN which found II IN tae MOUND as
nearly ss practicable The workmen said sney nad
found pieces o cloth, connected wtn tsseis or orna
nents q cloth have retained sb. ut hsf the qusn-
tity which took out Vi the mound
Abou. ten feet frcn the top Of the mound There was
hIn, compact stratum of hne cay, soout an incn
thick, which appeared it had been burned unui it
Wns red: under lie uidd- of TIE mound was
another stratum of beautiful n1e y-iiv~ or Cream
colored csy entirely dHerent irVn aHy in the neign
borboed nder this ratum of Yellow clay found
the charct al cloth and boIes, they we're tnat
could s.most, with my hands, sIuk down the shovel
any large cnes we're found Very ltl-.mrh .ppeaI cd
to be mixed with the coal cio.h which we're evi
DE- nt;y the position which they uad been placed
when burit covered up Tue charcoal ppsarsd TO
be the outside OF the Goth req in
thick foIds half dozen lhic bslnx Uuv.rner
Ons-half VI The mound Is Yet standing the side Of
the reed; ard csn hud Leisure vii make further
exAninsIien ns The stratum Of burned yellow
clay did not extend the whole nouno, through
IT. but occupied only five or six fee, IN exten
The only question which arises in my mind as to the
time when the charcoal and cloth epvted IN the
mound, 70 whether the mound erected by u terror
race, may no. have been made lug place oy
Indians existed here when r.ca Was dscov.rgd
and that they had wrapped their cloth, and
after partially burning The o1dhs or the bones AID
at the tine, and careful TO examiLe, IuIy
then practcab!e the c"ndsh OF the earth aoand ana
over The relics which aug OUT anu IL appeared TO me
that the original furnaLi could uot dis
turbed after it placed III the mound
T W Foster Esq u. 5. Geulogst.
MIR. Foster then continued to say-rhere is no evil
depce the North american Indians Possessed the
of spinning ara wes wing ~beu trst known
white man An ART Conducive To The and
convenience OF when acquired would Dc-
come lost; II be rationa iuf-r that This
cloth European fabric, obIaiLtd by the Indians
and The parativel, re-
cent times for the following ns:-in the Butler
county mound the tincatOn described by Mr.
Weod i, dicst,s NO uis ubapc- The msteral OF this
cloth is not such cviiiz-d would nufacture
to traffic with bnrbaruus being costly than
wool and tss adsped TO the purposes OF clothing The
texture Of some OF these sainp-s could been
formed in ordinary iool but undoubtedly the re-
Of hard work These Important bear
ing upon tie ethnoogy OF The people oy the
mounds wsre built THY Indicate higher degree Of
civiiEstion. ard greater pr'gr"ss IN the
tnhn heo been ATTAINED by The Indians when
known TO the white man They go far to dis
sever the present of Indians from the
mound bulders-a aoorous and intelligent people who
have lett abundant Memorials OF their the
conhnes OF Lake Superior ~ those the Gulf Mexico
The fabric IN both samples apptars 10 b. imposed Of
some steral allied to hemp but readily recognized
in the cbart cd samples than and the sepa
ration between the hbTe the appears to have
been he thorough and efectual a is accomplished AZ
ahis cay by the processes Of rvtng and king The
tho tso thCogh uolfoim aud regularly
epun. The texture 10 the specimen from county
IL rum ~
BY tie alternate intersection the wsIp aud woof
There Mr. Foster dkplayed the specimen bat others
rrom Butler county. The welt is sound around the
warp there he sbo aDoiher speciGeB process whcn
could not be accomplished exc-ps by hands. see no
rsfen TO doubt that these textile fabrics the Of
tbe mound builders The act Uf -piuHpg ~-aying ~.s
rrsciis.d Ly the Peiuyans, VIXEN their country rt
invaded BY Tie epania De Lc sanpes OF cloth the
diss which the thFsad wss spun arr associated with
the oldest moDuments In CONFEDERATION of this quote
the vertsi sisisn,ent 20 u hr o Carter a gen.
tenan who pss- several years in that country aud
lIsonsy listed the porAtion any OF he n.
mains oi snuqGity. Thus. ut PsehsesInsc. thirty or
foIty miles frCm Lius where stands f.mpl. OF the
sun there sferpmsrous of walls built adoses
or semi dried beA.. indicating the OF u la-se
AID compact town III tn. buacss. or burial places
fund pUmercus nun niies sitting posture wrapped
An many folds of cloth with uf coarse
mating; it Is e'nposed of n regular warp aud woof
che thread being twetso sun j. often wrought
in vaIieRatd patterns the brio wool
of the La alpaca and perhaps ia some instances
cotton vhoh here grows ousy In this con
Esctaon IL is not uousua 20 nd pnd-s with warn
upon th m which are 4 cs mir or zen inehes long t.r
minated at end by button also various ute nsils
indicative Sf the occupation Of the deceased; md in
some Instances persoBal ornsm.n-s consisting Of gold
ard silver suoh ci Splsts and bracelets articles Of
pottery tieo sometimes with corn and ssmetmes with
cotton, are abundant.
of the Paa@zoie Formations OF the United States by
Prof Agsstiz Of the Lssrsn Scientific school Cam
tridge.
This evenings proceedings were held in one general
sssemby To morrow the associAtion will be separated
In several sections The meeting to-day not nume
rous- There were some ladies present amongst whom
noticed Miss Mitchell Of Nantucket lady who has sig
nsIized herself in the science q astronomy
The members Of the istcn invited share
fhe hospiisiities OF LIE Exceercy the Governor and
many Ct them have repaired TO his mansion
Tvrsp,r, August 10 ISL
The President announced the names q several new
mcBbrsi and stated that the Standing Committee had
decided on coniring business win pleasure in their
trip TO Troy o. Thursdsy; and that hey would held
of Proftsor Henry, Doctor Haze. and Dr. Beck
he'd been sdd, 10 the Standing Committee.
The following are the names Of members who |
hsve been admitted during the present conysDtion:-
Captain IL. Lefioy Toronto; Captain Howard stans-
bury, Topoy-rphcal Engineers Washington Professor
l. ID Wilkins M-s1viie. "a Professor ging.iey DO
rrofesscrs X wiisns csnonsburs Pa: ~iniam y. /
Gr,enyH,e OHIO; Eobert Howell Sicho;s Tiora county
New York Or Henry Gosaby New York; gou James !
Harris Aihenyi Don ATas Parker; 40 Hon asa
Superior, Chas G convers Esq' Chic; a C Ross Esg
do Rev Dr Henry pohInan aiuany. NY. Major
stewps Corp Engines n. " ashington John Jen-
Lima North salsm westchestsr County " y Guest
ESQ. ogds nsborE Ne- YORK DR. Petero willis N, 81
prof,ssor stewart Cumberland UnivcrsitJ: Profss
sorJ kHGcfd. do DR. Henry Van Yugle Dayton.
Ohio; Hotchkhs Bird xswster Virginia, Jss 0rmsby,
hlbsDy Rev JA- Dsvepport. DO. Kicbd II. Nor.
tbop NJ, do Or 1hos ". Foote. do Joel W An
drswe ksq co DR. II III Peet. New York Rev Levi
IeoIard Dublin. New Ilrmpsbbe Samuel c. waring,
Esq, New Ytrk; Chss. wariIe, Es1 do DR. Thos @
Brinnsds. Tr y Dr Blaichiord do: Dr. A. skei
tob. Do Henry houssesu, fsq do Geo seldom,
Esq- do Jossfh U owl, Esq. 60 Professor Chas
DTtv do Prisssor I'd a u. Alien Co Hubert New
ton Eco shsrburne N-W York
THE sots1 fCLiFsF TutY 2s 1851
The fouoSitg CO the = lar Ecp ~ 1sh July. 1851.
rss W mel ~ Lsut Charles q. D wis, L Z n, SUI
peiintendett - the Nauticsi Ain
Li,UtenaBt Dav.s reminded the A. aticn of a cou.
muricati'n y msce ~ htu at the NaW Haven meeting
concerning this tcpss when be 10 ued ts impor-
tebce IN term TIE sent dia meter and i'm
trttrf TIE vsue - th~ tslls the olce Of the
tnssicsn tphstner's Tor dsternning moons place
Jhoae table u vii ~ r.uruhsred were NJ and had
b.er uara f.f.ra o -. r.