, 1866-09-07
Relies OF a Pre-. r.Adnmite Acc.

well known literary gentleman of Middle
ton, Connecticut, says an exchange, has recent
ly made public the following remarkable geo
logical discoveries upon the banks of the Con,
necticut river. These researches show that the
ages when there were "giants in the land" are
very remote, and that the human race in that
locality has been steadily dwindling down to its
present pigmy status. Between the modern
wooden-nutmeg stratum and the Silurian beds
on which tTelye-foot giants and giantesses lay
them down to sleep, fully 30 900 years have in,
tervened, by scientific calculation. The slight
discrepancy of 90, 900 years in !ia {" human Pc
riod, - which exists in the calculations of Pros
fessor Agassiz and Debarrez, need not in the
least weaken our faith in the giants:
On the east bank of the Connecticut are tie
Portland stone quarries, which have been
worked $50 years At present, in the three
quarrles, about 1000 men are at work, and 90 to
40 vessels are employed in carrying the stone
to the great markets. These excavations
which have now reached depth of IOj feet be-
low the surface of the water in the river, have
revealed untotd wonders. The stone is said to
be full of fossil remains in its lowest depths. |
might call it great charnel house. but that ia
too gloomy term to apply to it. 1t is rather
God great book of records, which has here
been carefully preserved and Theoretically sealed
up until within the last few years. On the
countless leaves of this book are found the rec
ords OF past ages They tell us of the climate
Of the seasons, and OF the storms; of the birds
and animals and more wonderful still thoy
tell us of the men of these ages, show US their
implements, and shadow forth something Of
their customs. They also open to us their
graves and show to us their modes of burial the
men lying in one posture and the women in an
other These men all had three fingers and
thumb and four toes. The Comparatively more
recent of them we're six to seven feet high, but
rs we unfold the leaves farther and proceed
far back in the cycles of time to the lower depth
OF The rock, we come to race of giants twelve
feet high, with dOmesticated animals of pecu-
liar structure and great size. The only human
instruments so far discovered were made Of
stone. They had saws and long knivsI made
OF slate, and brought probably from Vermont
This sandstone basin is believed to be of the
same geoohcal age as the basin of Paris, in
France, but the fossil remains are more numer-
Gus than those of the Paris basin, more wonder
iul, and in a better state Of preservation. How
easy it is to see thing after it is pointed out
to us just as it is easy to nse and apply Kep-
lars laws, after Keplar has discovered them
These quarries were worked more than one hum
uICO 1tuIS' anu hGEc uSeu LOT SlucWalk5 and
buildings before the fossils were discovered
Now the practical eye see them almost er-
erywhere.
The most indefatgablo observer, and the
most industrious collector of these facts is Dr..
Barrett, who has spent almost a lifetime in coll
lecting fragmentary evidence and surmounting
difficulties. He is said to have a remarkable
knowledge of comparative anatomy, and to be
in many respects very learned and remarkable
man, who has been far in advance of his times.
Many years since the fact OF pre-Adamite race
dawned upon him, and he announced it in con-
versation. Presently, similar discoveries have
been made in Europe, and learned men are be-
ginning to admit the fact Agassiz carries the
existence of man on earth back 10000 years
DR.. Bdrret says man trod this earth at least 90,
600 years ago, but not our race the present
race is new and distinct creation