, 1860-07-10

4 Curious Discovery or q Great Hoax.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Eomns<r.
cial gives that paper the following account Of u
stone, haring On its surface Hebrew insc1ip-
tion, found in the valley Of The Scioto river,
among tue ancient tunuli or mounds of that
region, about mile and half northwest OF
the village of Newark, Ohio The finder, one
David Wy1ick Of Newark, interesting himself in
the study Of these mounds, had dug trench
for the purr4se Of finting aboriginal remains,
when he made tho
DISCOVERY or THE HEBREW KEYSTONE, Or HOLY
After excarnting few inches further, a little
over two feet below the surface, and Just below
the soil embedded in thick boil Of tough clay
which has been ascersained to be a compositioa
Of clay-ddoJe, or sun dried brick-Alr. Wyrick
found the curious eublamatic stone which is
now the object Of such intense speculation
among those who have seen it. Upon rubbing
OF the clay and cleansing the stone soule-
tions, but Eas totally ignorant Of their nature
1t il easy to belieSe that he was we'll
nigh frantic. He haatened to town, hug
ging his precious stone eagerly, and sent Tor
Col Charles Whttt:esey, engineer and geologist
at tue Lake Superior Copper Mines, who was
sc;ourning at Newark, and for Israel Cash,
Esd, md condded his secret to them. Their
establishment IVES equal to that Of Mr. Wyrick.
but they quickly determined the character of
the inscriptions, and Afterwards they were
translated. But of this anon.
DESCRIPTION or TUE HOLY STONE,
The material is Home Stone Il Aopaculitt. J
Col. Whittlesey said it is precisely like that ia
the Lake Superior regions, and must have been
brought thsnce. Go INTO any carpenters shop
and you will find whetstones corresponding
with it. 1t is very hard, aud will take fioe
surfaces, aud has apparently been polished. 1t
has no sharp cut edges, but seens to have been
beveled of at all prints. Free Masons call it q
Ktystonr, but it differs somewhat in shape from
the modern Keystone, in its semi oyalness, and
II having a CARED knob, though not round
and three quarter inches long, and ha4
two fiat sid's. each two inches and
half wide at the top, ovaling down
to taper about an inch and quarter wide st
the oval point Of the taper, ana two edges with
square surfaces. shout m inch and half wide
Al the shoulders, perhaps little less, which
taper down IS aboye described. Perhaps if ]
should describe it as q blunt wedge, with i knob
on top, the knob occupying the same relative
position on the wedge that mans head would
10 hia bodv. fit Were twisted or fixed 10 as Il
look in right line over lis shoulder, would bt
the best popular notion could give Of It. I'm
fortunately, ouf coIumns will no. admit cut
or you could present it pictofially,
T1E INSCRIPTIONS,
On each surfacs there is an inscription il
Hebrew, each, according to several accomplished
Hebsaists, forming complste sentence, and ii
susceptible Of being moulded gracefully ane
grammatically into Que. The letters are :hou
5u inch long, though several are longer. They
81 r. 1I.%na rIann III nj orr
good specimens + letter earring in stone. Th'
inside surface Of the letters, howess.., are lit
tic rough, possibly caused BY sand or clay Id.
herring. 4 good Jae sia;k impression could
grapher,