Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-12-30
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Jewish Relics In Ohio.

At different times within the past two or
three years. the citizens OF Newark, Ohio,
and vicinity, have unearthed from the
mounds which abound thereabouts. var'ous IS
stones. neatly carved or sculrtured, having
on their surface Hebrew characters or let.
ters. Ohe of these stones, supposed by
some to be Hebrew keystone, was exhi-
tited in "old curiosity shop at the Pitts.
burgh Sanitary Fair.tin 1864. Two other
stones, more recently found, were ubmitted
to the Presbyterian Synod, in session at
Newark, con6ded them to the care and
examination of Rev. NJ. r. Miller, ihe
abest Hebrew scholar Of theft body. -
The result of Rev. Miller's examination is
communicated in the following letter.
,v SESAoAvnLE, O., Nov. 10, IS.
Mr.. SMUcXER-Dear Sir: Your let.
ter OF the I'd inst, is before me. / re.
greet that cannot now make my answer
as satisfactory as it might be. My mem
ory is not perfect in relation to the pre-
ciselfgures which examined
2 In the first place in relation to whit.
ish stone Of form somewhat triaugu|ar,
there is evidently, Hebrew Sheia, in
scribed on the capital part of it. The
same letter, very much as you see it there,
you can now ind at ten thousvnd DOORS oil
Jewish. houses in this countIy, inea little
tin structure fastened totbe door frame
or post. Ask any jew about the MszuzaA
at his door, and he will tell you. that the
Schin there stands for Shiaddai. that is,
Almighty. Ny own impression would
be, that the stone was designed to be a
kind Of Mezozah fora grave, and that its
meaning was, pthis grave Is a house set
apart to the Almighty, this grave is the
lodging place Of an Isralite. Il might
have been an inscription 10 indicate to de-
mons that they have no right to that
house. Ill had a few d0ys to examine,
could disclose some very strange facts on
this subj Ct. ''.' t']" s4ia "a '''R ->',--
AS to the other stone, | cannot now
write very confidently 1 remember that
took q he there for sbbreviation of the
word Jehovah, oe Adonai, ss = Jew always
pronouncss is.iaThis lsbbrevialion is very
common in modern or RabbiipiSe Hsbgeg,
but believe it never occurs in the Bible.
There was another word the letters OF
which it was difficult TO determine. The
last letter looked must like lamed, bat l
suppose ittmight be a resi-, and ,ben, The
word yould be gibbOr, " hicb means Mighty
il, is the same word in Is, g., El Gibbor,
Mighty God. II The last letter is ismed
then it appeared necessary 10 take the
middle letter for ddltth, and then the
word might be GadOl;9 which means @ reat.
Accordingly, If i have forgot,en no part
Of the inscription, interpreted it 80 being
either To Jehovah the Mighty, or Te
Jehovah the aressd o.li isfsfas q as be
The stone, Of greatest value and mystery
is the. one which have never yet seen
and on which the ten commandments have
been read, and would be greatly pleased
to have it for some time for careful exami
nation and TO learn particularly all the
circumstances of It's discovery. The gentle
man who discovered it is now dead, and
as soon as possible, every fact connected
With the discovery ought TO be placed or
record as evidence on oath before anything
is forgotten. Posterity win pronounce
your discoveries at Newark to be immensely
valuable. Yours, most respectfully. asb
4 M. r. WILLIAMS.
Two things at tleast, IA connection will
these relics, aud those discovered by the lat'
David Wyrick alluded to 10 the letter o
Rev. M. r.. Miller, will strike the intelli
gent reader, as note worthy namely; i
That they greatly strengthen the theor,
that the mound.buiders were the Jews, O
Of Jewish origin who bad preserved, Il
some ex'ent, . knowledge Of their Sacre'