New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-11
MYSTERIOUS RUINS IN HEW-HExICO.

great deal has been written about the ruin. ut
Gran Quivirs aud Cases Grandes in NsF.deIico,
vi ch have been supposed TO be relics of some nys-
teriOUs people anterior to the arrival of Europeans on
this coni ent. We nov find in The 81. Louis Reoub-
hean Of the Sd instant a long narrative by Major
Carleton, who visited these localities in De ,ember
last at the head Of squadron of U. S. Dragons in
pur,uit of the Apaehes ami who furnishes the follow
ing account Of these mysterious ruins which he attrib-
utes to any nie-hisorc people, bat to the first
spsnsb adventures in that country. The expedition
n sched Gran Quisirs on December 81 and found the
NJ to be az follows:
AT II O'Clock in the forenoon we cane tn the last
high ridge, on the pont Of which the ruins are stu
aid. The ridge lie composed Of dark blue compact
liuesfope which crups out in several places aong its
soles. 1h. ascent l. quite abrupt every hand az
e.pt toEsrd the eat the ridge Is prolonged in that
direction for several mles. We all felt reioced that
finally we had Teacbed place about which - much
had been written and yet little had re ally been
known. Whatever may have been the grandeur and
Haghfctnce OF this place ia ages long past s present
apl rsrance and condition easily described. We
found the runs Of Gran aivira to consist of the re-
mains # large chur'h cathedral With monastery
stacLed TO IT, small church oh sO-l AMI th- ruins
Of town extending nine hundred feet in direction
esst aid wet, and three hundred feet north and
toEth All iheee buildings had been constructed OF
the dark blu Limestone which is fOuod In the vicinity
The cathedral which We had seen from La
guna de Ia PurftA IL hundred ard forty feet
!OI outside with the walls nearly Elk feet in thick
ne,s. IL stands longiiudindly W I5' S, wEh the
er, al entrance in tie eastern end The altar we in
tie western end. Like the churches AbO and Qua-
RI, is constructed N the form of the ero-s From
the doorway 81 the foot OF the the rasspt
is eighty -four f.et oches; acress the ransept
Il Is twenty ole feet sx inches; and thence 10
the htan OF the crOes Il IL twenty-five feet seven
Mebesi making III. total length inside, one hundred
and twenty eight feet, eight fches The WIDTH of
nave l. tEeDty-syeD feet, the length inside of the
'loit arm Of TIE Is thirty-six feet gallery eI
tuosd along tie body of the cathedral Tor the Fret
iv i'ioIr feet Some OF the be- aus which sustained
il sIG hs rtmsHs VI t~o Of the pillars thar sts,d
along under the end Of il which Wa nearest 10 the
altar, eth here: the besms IN tnlsrably Good
sac Of Ir'r.rv.tien, the pillars very much dec.yed
They ore II pine wood and very elaborated carved
Iheie sls'' ~hsi perhaps might be termed an entab
Iaii sUpio ting eac side of the gallery and eeoly
.ni ec0ed IN the TAIN sail of the church Thu /.
iStbil four fee lorg by say eighteen inches o, two
FEET vi,il. II II carved very beautifully iniead
Ard III bits not ouy greet skill IN the SO Of sari
LII O. 81 tools bat eIqui-e iast. on the part of the
N"iknei 10 the construction Of the fyur-- Tbe.e
leans aid sntahiatuIes wOuld be an orn .Inent ~
an ,dhr even ~ the present DAY.
I'VE have cut ore II the b. ans into three mar, %
take back with u The entablafures are 80 desoly
ct IN the waas we unasle IN procure a piece Of
ihtu The beams are square and are eAryed on thre.
slr'-; fhe foor Of the gallery rested on the f,rr-h
sde Tie stone Of Eh!ch the cathedral wa bull: va.
hot bean ar even roughly dr. SEED bat the snootho,
EIDE Of each piece laid 10 the surface with ,rrat
care. We Jaw ore piece in all the ruins ~h;ch
va over \ foot in leneib. The mortar wa mste
RON Tie ordinary soil found on The SPOT. II affords