The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-30

n Some Of our readers 2EiIl remember that
sevetsbyears since,a Dan named Walker
while at work on the fighway, q few rods
bslowsthe distilIery, lot his crswbar in the
following singular dmapHeri He was ea~
deavOring TO loosen sOue shard stones thntI
! sppesred to be embeddSd In the road, be.
tween two of (which ahss btnicka q heavy blow
with che, point cfahis baf, when, to his sur /
prise, i,sliPped fromuhis hands and passed
out of reach, into cavity below! There
had been tradition that the sharp bluffs on
either side ofthe rayins were connected by
d subterraaean passsge uuder the bed of
the creek, and TINT this passage had been
! used as means Of seeafity from danger by
the people who constructed it,, but what
msuner ofpeople theyswere was unknOwpt
4 % this generation. " H. " sae:isii'Asi :
The circumstance treated considerable
l excitement st the ,i@s, but no serious at
|! !tempts were ,aads ses recover the missing
crowbar, 5becauseyit would interfere with
the highway. e Bat The spot Was visited by
most OF the viilaget savans, and variety Of
opinions were ventured upon touching the
ssubterranean passage and its probable uses
and belongings. Ar length, however, the
l,cireumstance was forgotten, or'oaly occa-i
sionaliy alluded to BY the wonder.ioving
ryitellers Of the torn. gfsfg aGt 30 ,,",s.
9s Yesterday afternoon, however, While two
boys were at play, about ten rods west Of
the road and near the margin Of the creek,
they discovered hole In the ground nearly
large enough 10 admit the body Of man.--
4 II excited their curiosity to such a degree
That they tbrus, long poles into it, but could
!, not touch bottom. They Immediately made
these circumstances known to three laberers
d at work near the lower mill. Some lights
handsrope were soon procured; the hole was
enlarged, when two Of the men and one Of
the boys were let down into the cavity. = .
H. They descended about thirty feet before
tthey struck bottom; when they found them.
selves in q snbteranean, PASSAGE running
j nearly east. and west, and about twenty five
!, feet wide. Il was built Of coarse, unhewn
!, stone, but of a,d;fferent quality from , any
kaown to exist in this vicinity. The stone
r were laid in dark, tenacious cement, ant
the whole work was very handsomely done,
: The floor was nicely-hewn limestone, like
q Eastman's, quarry,, and were probably
!, brought from it.. The day was so far .ad
0 yanced that but little, was done toward q,
!. .exploration Of this singular work; but tn,
. discoveries thut were. made were very i'm
n -portant, and may lead to a solution of th'
mystery. The explorers on going eastwar'
d about thirty rods, came upon a large SQUARE
or court, which was estimated BY them 70 b
about ,flty feet in diameter, In this cour
!, they found the following articles, which, will
' doubtless lead to further important discoy
30 cries. s..... 80. -, .,ss "a, ,,,,
,f + Several bundles Of arrows Il, and mani
hundreds Of bows Of hickory SO massive ant
e inHexible that neither OF the men could ben,
i, them. "a, ,.sag t.,...ss,g,, - .,s., ., ,,,g
,.t Sixty two staads Of firearms, OF that des
: ,cription commonly known in military par
:. lance as "blunderbussess,n and. were, j
general use in the reign Of Laoisa XIV, g
France. Their locks showed them 70 be, :
4 French manufacture. as they bore them im
press of the French Cost Of Arms, Thei
}. stocks were much decsyed and fell to piece
8. on the slightest touch, The. barrels wer
I. Of brass and covered over with Z. very thic
coat OF mingled mould and yerdisris. co., ,
II Eleven rusty and much-battered sword
!. were, found, without scabbard or mounting
3. Of any kind. Their hilts we're Of elaborate
!, fly.carved bone; but they dc. not exhibit MIC
!, I workmanship, and they are totally void G
e inscriptions of any hnd.ss&mEa
III An iron bar. supposed,tc be the enc los
/. BY Walker more, tn an thirty years ago. Il
= was, broken about three INCHES from the tiP
II 1t is .ive fest oae inch in length and weigh
,e twenty three pounds. ss'ao4 eviswi aas7,
II Nineteen iron sauce pans, eight coppe
l.. boilers aud one hundred and ten iron goblet
I. were found distributed aboutthe room in ~
d tire disorder, leading one TO- conclude fthl
g some feast or festival had been broken y
g. without previous, notice." In the aortl
a, eastcorner Of the court were tonndtwo skin
b. containing parched corn, very dry and -har
- but wholly antouched By mods, UndsE tn
hel immense heap Of provisions was found
toi helmet of brass and iron, the. front piece
NJ which bore the following letters in Rom'
h! characters: 9aflssa Hygtssf ,
I'll I'D. L.0. S."
.al zlaaN -, A---zG12Ega
TO erA 'few. .dd days ago q IN in Old gentleman. d
'g.l his lady we're coming down from Iowa ci e
ng Il to Davenport, when the cars were crowde
sol A young Gg aasa got up and give the old lady
sAd seat, while his companion, another you
isa rent, remained steadfast, and lei the old ge
- tIeman stand. This did not suit our !
= n friend, 50 be concluded to get seat 10 80!
n. way, and, quick as thought. turned 70 I
Young man oll the seat beside his vie,
Z ~ said: "Will you be 50 kind as 70 watch u