Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-27

The Ohio MOunhH-sfnPendouS
Monuments OF q departed Aknce
--6rapIllc Description Of the
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sU .IrW NEWARK, 90, Oct, 24 1866,
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Noun'y "i. A., iosa,i ~ ihiSh yetoss
soioo a ar TiIeN"s ,Iig ;nalosnra arc the
et lenoei .'c,ntI,, Tosar1gaod anoiant aarthe
nlosG petiJoIy .I;y pvi p;,'i,,, haS hastd ,n,,cb
WIS y al ,,,,st hs.nvag.
y, .aiYu1' n.n1' o,,nts am1 nr thair nagnitnde and
s,tao. svtasu wos tberaforn nre5ared to he
HCeS. Si1, ,toJ J"'i Itnnn tSa odntrary aiI oce
InJ f,lion sito,t of tha rodlIk and
SJu,l's i,"u h"d antoroJ tho gate and atbad he
nen Enne +hia "I Cvnionean Ia bor of a forgotten
nonrio oi'1 NV mind was filled with wonder
poISPie, pa oSto ~ niy iSbr r1ant ~ ~ 81
anu ".0' 10 'sV' r"'' i'' 81. -- - ,
A VAST AMPhIIfEATEh.
Advancing little distance, upon per-
fectly level ground. L was at the entrance
Of an immense amphitheater an hundred
times more capacious than the Coliseum OF
Rome. The entrance is forty-twoV PAGES
wide, flanked on each side by very deep
trenches, beyond which rise stlpendous
ramparts Of earth. These trenches and
ramparts extend parallel forty-two PAGES,
at which point they diYerge right and lett,
following the arc OF a circle, which "
would complete but for the entrance way,
The trench continues OF the same depth
around the whole circleor amphitheater,
and the rampant of nearly the same height;
uDou its ton n carriage might be driven its
whole extent but for the great trees-oak,
birch, maple. elm--which grow upon it and
throughout the whole space. Some of
these trees have been cut within a few
years, ana snow oy .5helr liu ailnuai ISpSs so .
Iecoru oi u'iuIsCulDeu M posees'ioi VI 0'0'
llVe nuhuIeu yeafs - . :, .roos
Wnat taiesI II iS .lieLS p1 ~ IIouS' ,
tnese giant oahs ,oTiu 1ell; VI uI oIe,nSS Oni
anu 0uTleu neIe. PaoeI He IiVseiy 90 :
coulu asolu o .one Sert ~ Slle osS;ld S III
ments OF tnese lorest Kings anu coulu tISHe NAN
us circumlereHSe VIII lloC Iees tliah ~ elsnU
long strlues. IIle ulsCance aI9unu @ Cne atiio ~
pnitheater, measuring aiong slle Hi. STp VI olo
emOankulent' ls heally ohs mtte' inq ePSSo M
wlIilih eontalls GO l avouG tniLCy "GIes no
suriace vi Cne Lsnu "l.nouI % mteSutSt ~. ~
WlInln, ~ - pgiISoy ' sulooeI' ~ l9C,C Vn"S
the cehter Is sllsIiTiy eieNaCeI anu i'oPthS
tneIeIrom CoMalu Sne .iel'enos' - o,nonS e,.5
eenter - an oDioS lho'1iu iiI .
Sie % W vuH o'.n
On eac.i eiue VI tnis ooIons n'ui ,nhioh % b.Mo
stat ones ., l reSeuiDi u mins' a m ~ nThe
E, Eivgll snS t SrotP pn'panoa pn % 90 h;rd Will
Eagne' do5 iiOn .oS I'LL hnI1 iS % s;ytr nocos "
mInse "a s,,' uf Ir';na- ~ a,iner Poo
iTmg, anu llo"i Pidioo o'S nra'bast ~ o,,ts;ls
of the embankment. I found il still SO high,
after Welding to the wash of nameless CEN
turies, jas IN hide the roofs of the tenlDorary
fair structures within. rra .uiu r d.
70 sPrcuLAT1oNs AND FANcIEs. ~ "a.
INT yy,oonndarril yvorp of antiduitv nassed
bora nndor tbn comn1on nan5s ~ GThn In
Sian For" AIthonCh Ind never familiar
iged n,yself Win the learned lsnecnlations
nS Saysns nnon the subject II impressed me
a. a. oncs nnop hrbnIdin q II ne baing the worlr
oS a m;gbtv neonie devbtcJ 70 usps of
strange worshipI Had II been designed for
defense other localities, combinipg natural
sSvant5 ges woniS have been seIerted
vyhiIa the essential nrovision II naturei fo2
so ,,ast an Sry,v 'as y0nnld0he 'reonired IN
TofanTi Sucb a'c;todel mnst,. mt have baen
nsSlacted For n nlace of defense-nniess
General Pillows tactics were in vogue in
those early days-the ditch must have been
upon the outside of the rampant Itseems
more natural TO suppose hat the center was
an altar of sacrifice, and the space, about 1t
sacred to the priests and their stately pro-
cessions and eeremonials, while the trench
was a sacred boundary, beyond which none
but the consecrated might pass, ard the
high slopiug declivity beyond its audience
ground for a multitude OF worshipers and
pilgrims, gathered here as a place q Of
peculiar sanctity from the shores OF dis
tant seas. , g.
FORMER popULousNEss OF THE COUNTRY!
Tho oorntrv ohouto bpre' FIR n,iles u
tbonSht 10 have hecn once denselv SIdnii-
iatod e., the Jist,rbaS conGition siSeiga
,"Oto .,J nI bonsahoId ;n,nIements fon9a
l., tba so;i Fn,Sant manfS oF NH less
i,,a on 5ranIsr in tha Torn, ~ c;rcIsS
satois y, :, 90 fnr,ht"csn ha trocoJ ~,
brndrods of ocras In the snrronndin% folds
nuS ,o;o,h hbo~;nS Nc foreStS One Of t6asa y
Snt thn sSapo nf o. cloror cnnnenti = Sit
;no,S h,t ,,oriIaI ne IIa,-
~. r., CO.., tu,o,,t,,' ao,.ss aad 'tho
oru,or roaro IL il onnsyent tb =. ali he
IOnmod 70 one svSten ppIohsbiv S conf q
hntS woys ~ Gio cnS deieppse peN' Hrfi'uia
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