Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-02
STATE NEW

Anne county for Delegate TO the General Assembly, in
election Of John Woodhouse ESQ whp The following
the stale Of the pois-Woodhouse whg 275; James,
democrat 267-"oodhouse's majority. e.-GBuilstin.
! ALEXANDRIA, LOUDOUN AND HAMPSHIRE
RAILWAY The preliminary surveys Of his york are ra.
pidy approaching complexion ropor, bscome more
and favorable The two great obstacles the Sbens ndoa
and South Branch mountains have been brought down to
the maximun grades Of 10 feet in favor ANA s. feet
against the heavy grade The financial future com.
pany is nlso decidedly Frightening. Clarke is already
SlU0 900; which SUM, II is doubted reasonably
near The centre Of the county will secure Frederick and
Winchester will be in The Two iths OF The
west oil the Shenandoah is oil that tho counties on that part
OF the line ought 10 be expected 10 raise. They are not
fcher Than those the section, whom The State
AIDS with her usual quota of hreehs; and the western IL
far The more important section uf the rold il has more
Trade 10 be opened and secured Virginia The
Commonwealth has yet contributed single cen, to-
wards rail road in the north -west beyond Winchester
The boon asked is small one, If what uslice and policy
combine demand, he called boon all Much more
can fairly he claimed We prepared 10 prove and we
have different times said great deal TO prove that nri.
Vate be wanting the Commonwealth ought to elect
the passage of the Alcghanirs and communication WIN
The yalrs of The MOnOnsahca and Ohio. at her own sole
and cost The work would be more
and less sectional in lis character than the Champlin and
Grncsee Canals of New York. the Delaware Division of
Pennsy vania all executed Siatc.w 0Tks- mcte5ter
| pirgnidn.
! MANASSAS GAP RAIL ROAD.--We understand that
at the regular meeting OF the Directors OF the Manassas
Gap Rail Road Company held at their office in this city,
week for 1900 tons iron rails was closed with
James Dunlap, Esq OF Petersburg, Agent for Conwel Al
lies Co. Of Newport Wles-dciveries to Toxic place in
May, June and July 1854 this point. This quantity o
rails will complete The Road to Strasburg, in the county Of
Shenandoah
A, the meeting the Chief Engineer Of the Company
directed proceed the location of the road
from Srrasburg arsonbur the county seat OF Rocking
hon. Alexandria Ga-ae.
FREDERICKSBURG BONDS.-The Council at their
meeting the I'D passed resolution directing the Cham
beran To issue Bonds of The Corporation for the of
| inf nnaU he
pose Of The value end appropriate The proceeds
10 paying the called for the Corporation subscp
lion the Fredericksburg aud Gord0nsvle Rail Roadihe
second nalmcnt In the event. however, ;hat the Bonds
sold in lime then The requson was TO be net by
paying other unappropratcd funds which are 10 DC re-
placed by the sale Of The Fredericksburg Herald
Observation-Disclosures OF ANOTHER MnuSp AT
GnAvE CREEK-lSTRREsTSG DEvELoPhsNTs.-Wc have
heard ind read considerable and have something Of
the Indian Mounds along the Ohio and Mississippi :ales.
We time familiar with the so.caied Mammoth
Mound Grave Creek and all its contents and we have
more doubt that when the mound was dug into human
Skeletons cbems and inscriptions were found, and that
Of beings who lived long anterior 10 my race oil ln-
which have any authentic history or even psu
sbe tradition buried OF their dead-perhnps some oil
the iuslrou ones Of their race-in TINS mound man we
have that George Washington buried nj Mount Neruon
or that thousands OF the inhabitants Of Wheeling were bu
rieI the old East Wheeling Grave Yard whose bones We
say dug up wagon loads and whose dust tread
almost daily Neither have any doubt that small fiat
bearing unta2wn characters about when there has
considerable wrangns wsa found in that mound for
we years ago, and have il quite recently and
were personally familiar with the Investigations which led
10 the first publication descriptive of the Mound and liz con-
tents That any should dispute these acts. or write
long burhenod with show OF learning and scientific
research have done prove that tho persons who
opened this mound and gave the results 10 The world prac
ticcd imposition on the public shows elher great sno'
Iupropoa We copied The other day Grnvc Creek
paper rather faceous descriptions Of rather ridiculous
aNem nj 10 dig iao aroer and unopened Mound Grave
Creek. We knew nothing e. The Transaction further than
Of the party our editorial deni Of Grave Creek hu'
morousIy stated We suppose his article substantially
true and for that published IT, with some comments
Of our own At least Ih6 INCIDENT related OF one OF the
party who from this city. and attempted 10 taEc The
lead in the whole matter pitching beadong Hio the mound
without system, any computation Of the work before HIN
attempting 10 DO it all himself in few hours, was char
acerslc that we have doubt 1t was perfectly rue now
ever ridiculous il appeared.
xnioraI.ous of This mound hav We been and carried
has succeeded after many days. hard work with several
hands In acis BE centre and developing The char
of its construction emf nature Of It's contents We
have been favored with sketch u biz ieelcs and have
now before US Of the articles found in the mound and
we give The results, thus far concseIy as possible
The mound in which these explorations have been carried
on tho second in size OF The Grave Creek group ond
distant il northeast direction about mile from the
Mammoth Mound II is about thirteen feet in height and
two hundred and forty feet in circumference.
In opening this lumuus, drlt IC3 carried IN from the
southern side the distance Of about twelve feet n cx
umiuaiion was found that stone could be traced brneat
and accordingly excavation borne down
proach IT, The work proved 10 have been vault eX
lending fifteen sixteen feet In lis greatest diameter
1t had constructed Jy sinking cis six feet in depth
in slight natural cninence, then 5oHnding the sides up
having deposited the ashes of their victims or ani9, which
may have oecn. Many Of The stones we're Of
large size and oil have been brought from the ncshborng
hills and creek They firmly held In their places
TO quirc labor them They appear have
been placed on their edges iii! within Two three feet Of the
centre where they found lying hat On renoYing the
suue stratum OF ushr.-supposcd To be human -vafyns
from four inches in thickness ~as discovered Spe
cmens Of these hayn now before us, and the action oil
nE limo I'm MT
ALI PARTICLES OF bone and charcoal Qe aand ntcrmnglcd
with the ashes. Beneath thu ushe5 formed fis
um of light clay md then similar deposit Of sand
The mos, singular and interesting feature "l the lnouna
was the centre Immediately beneath the aahes und at the
depth Of eighteen cet from The summit VI the mound was
discovered that which The gentleman conducting the cXam
nation believes been the oar Covering space OF
about three cc directly In The CENTRE was found atcady
stated several layers OF large 1t stone Lifting these APP
pcared the usual deposit Of ashes which, removal
veacd well formed compact body OF ThIe clay come four
inches thickness eighteen inches in Dreadful and two feet
in length This found careful examination, 10 rest
uppn stratum of four inches in hicknesa OF coarse
sand This Enthusiastically the altar and the 'io4ud
beyond all qucaun of sacrifice It's location Ousdc OF
the .enrra systen of works hs the peculiar
srlcon Of the vault the unusual quantity oil ashes found
therein with many other striking and concurrng facts,
clearly indicate the character and purpose OF these quiet
serocrs Of the plain Upon Ibis point, however we will
mol venture further until the explorations shall be compile
ted.
man skeleton, showing strong indications of fire, vera
found and by Two copper WHISTLES OF very neat ana
truly execution 1hese interesting feilCs
beIrc u.s. md excite b. their mysterious history emotions
Of wonder and admiration They evidently of pure cop
ner and heavily with The green oxide OF That meul
rhcv are about ~ by 81 inches Ia their dimensions
large lint spear point found near The remains Of The
skeleton. ,. IN
Before closing this hurried and imperfect n''lcc, we ~hi
ambrarn the occasion TO say that smaller nuund situated
abou, one hundred und fifty yurdI south OF the large tnmu
Ina WAS upcncd at the time tie other researches were
in n,oUrrss I'm Il were found human skeletons in
,oetaby good state of preservation They appear 10 have
teen inferred in sitting posture. within what nsht De-
termed stone collins With these were discovered some oohe
In the shape Of spoon and very hana-
some stone pipe. .,,,,,
The scientific world may look for aome interesting results
rrom these explanations They prosecuted with great
.nerov ard Industry By gentleman emlneny quahed Tor
The work The snrq ucs u Western Virginia are among
the most interesting the valley OF The MISSISSIPPI nose
NJ oys Creek posrss great interest to ahlqnarians ooh
Of this country and Europe We had recently shown US
work in French entirely devoted to the analysis oil The small
iuscrjptye Stone already alluded TO.
We again epcat shall await with some lmpa'irnce the
result, Of The explorations now in progress- Wheeling In