New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-01-19

\ Everything which relates to the history and acct
dents OF man interesting to man. America is thl
home Of great and mighty empire bnt its futurs
greatness none may yet predict. Yet this empire j
built upon the rnins of others which have passed
away. The soils we cultivate, and from which is de
rived the wealth of this great and growing country
are enriched with the dust of millions Of race
who once dwelt where we now dwell. II the shades
OF the departed lnQer about the forms they once in
habed, awaiting some great future event when they
shall be restored to them, what muttudes of dise-
bodied human spirits must fill this great land
Every deld-eyery forest-a our gardens are peopled
with them. Our pleasure grounds are the places OF
their pastime with which they are more familiar,
and in which they are more at home than we our
selves.
We have justdug into small mound on the Wood
land plantation owned by J. E. Calhoun, Esq., about
ten miles from Port Gibson. This mound is about
five feet high with number of small trees and one
large one on it. On the top about two feet beneath
the surface, found eleven skull bones or heads,
and in another ten, as close together as they could
lie, with their body severay radiating and an ex-
cept one Of the former group, lying horizontally.
One seemed to have been inferred standing. It was
the central head, and was in state Of almost COM
plete preservation viz the whole skull or head from
the socket where the neck bone entered the fore.
head high, cheek bones prominent, and half the M.
per awbone with its teeth and all the boy structure
OF the nose This head measures from the root Of the
ear behind over to the corresponding point on the
opposite side fifteen inches from the eve brow over
"a
inches and across the brow, three and half inches
Several Of the other skulls were equally perfect
except the facial portions and some Of them much
larger There were also small skulls apparently OF
children Most Of the bones OF the body were found
many OF them entire One, supposed to be the thigh
bone, measured sixteen inches; and another seven
teen and threefourths. And one, supposed to be an
armbone, measured eleven inches. Some of the bones
OF the lower extremites were complete, that is the
whole frame from the hip down. But the ligaments
being dissolved they parted on removal Two large
smoking pipes taken out either cut out of soft
stone or made out of whitish or greysh clay, and
burned very hard One of these is very large and
heavy, and has on each side the print Of pipe with
its handle shaped clay pipes In the bolls Of
the pipes effects Of very papable the interior
being cacined or blaekened by the action of fire. pre-
eisely as our pipes now are In smoking. $50 fsfsc
Some of the persons present thought they could
perceive the stale smell Of tobacco as we perceive IL
on an old and much used pipe. This, Of course was
all fancy. Also hollow cup two and half inches
square at the base at the height of two inches drawn
in and made circular, and higher up bullying so as TO
give diameter Of three inches then narrowed again
to two inches at the top, the whole height being four
and half inches. Also, two vessels similar 20 our
kitchen pots without feet capable Of holding three
or four quarts each. Also, one bottle which would
hold about one pint, and shaped precisely as our
water bottles on dinner table These vessels were
made of clay. smooth hard stone three-fourths at
and two inches broad at the ether end sharpened
to an edge. And another circular something, OF
grey stone, two inches in diameter and threeourts
OF an inch thick and srikingy resembling in shape
common table biscuit.
At colored ball the following notice was posted