The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-13

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(meaning, Of course. the man TO whom the skull
had belonged for I'm entirely cured OF the tooth
There has been introduced into the market .
new metallic compound, called aluminium
bronze" ths tin color. weight, ductity and sensi-
D Sy S to Ro e:n &. g s.ss LIKE gold thai
Should rogues get hold Of 1t there will be some
extensive swindling done. K .1..l-t- ITsra
The Builder, an English paper, says that Joseph
was not carpenter. the original word In the Cos
pels, thus translated, meaning builder or an
architect and was 10 Palestine applied to ma
son. as In that country wood was not used for
building material, all houses being constructed of
stone.
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STARTLING REVELATIONS WITH RESPECT TO rHE
EARLY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND RELICS Elk
HUMED-THE GREAT NArcHxz RACE.
lrren the Nashville Press October al s.
DR.. Joseph Jones. of our city, delivered at Ma.
sonic Hail. last night, before large and intelligent
sssemblage Of our citizens, most instructive and
Interesting lecture upon the mound-builders Of
All q o
people very different from the savages who were
familiar to the early settlers. These have often
excited the curiosity OF those who saw and OK.
amined them. During the war, when the State
was In the hands of the federal forces the excava
tons made at Chattanooga Knoxville, Murfrees-
boro and Nashville revealed great many curious
remains which we're carried away to the North.
Previous to the labors of DIR. Jones, however, no
systematical efforts had been entered into to COL.
lect and classify the antiquities and remains OF
Tennessee. The doctor commenced last year q
series OF explorations. which he continued with
undated ardor up to within q few weeks ago.
The result OF his labors in the antiquarian field
has been most gratifying. He has succeeded in
collecting finer array Of relics and remains
than ever was secured Of any other extinct
American race. The rostrum of the hall las
night was covered with large number of impe-
ments, human remains, vases, ornaments, idols,
ETC., which had been exhumed under his super
vision from the mounds OF our State. The doctor
gave an account Of his researches into large
mound in Giles county. Here, in the center Of
the pyramid, he discovered the remains of great
chief, buried with numerous relics and around him
the skeletons of some Of his subjects. Drifting
into the sides of the artificial mounds, ashes, bits
Of pottery and bones Of both human beings and
animals were found, mixed up in one incongruous
coDglomeration, often with beautiful specimens
OF vases and shell ornaments. Specimens OF the
burned crust OF these mounds, beneath the present
soil, we're exhibited. Two large stone idols were
shown, carved out of a dark ron-colored rock,
the largest some thirteen inches in height, and
the others perhaps four inches less in stature.
One represented female. and has the hair gath
cred up behind under dminutive sort of water
fall, while in the longer specimen, that Of male,
the hair was represented twisted into sort
of queue. not unlike the style Of our forefsthers
In the revolutionary times. The lecturer,
to please the lady hearers, gave q short descrIp-
ton of the tout ensemble of one of the
female mound-builders. With hair gathered in
graceful knot behind ears pierced and flied with
huge rings Of shell or bone, nose likewise orna-
mented with an enormous balancing weight, she
must have been an enchanting creature. Two
copper crosses were exhibited, together with
three vases, the outsides of which were divided
into three regular compartments. having three
GRO SEES and three crowns, symbolic, the docto
claimed. Of the Christian religion, the Trinity and
the Virgin Mary. The signs Of the Catholic reli-
gion, be stated, were wonderfully prominent in
great many Of the relics thus far brought TO light.
On the great mound near Franklin, $50 feet in
diameter, evidently stood gigantic temple of the
sun. Religious symbols were plentiful there. Two
q chic 3 foot, with the opening at the heel, aud
the other surmounted with carved head with .
helmet, having remarkable resemblance to that
of Spanish cavalier. The speaker inferred from
this that the extinct people were not unfamiliar
and Peru read almost like romance of the widest
character. Here he found, too, the skeleton Of q
child, the face OF which was covered with curl
GUS shell bearing occult hieroglyphics,
among which could be distinguished perfect
irsngles. This mound was graced with the
stump of tree, which when cut down twenty
years ago could not have been less than two GEN.
turtles old. An idol exhumed from the mouth OF
Llck DIduCu, NdsuVlles WAS Also displayed, 600
small female effgy 10 white clay, with the marks
Of the cross upon the shoulders. The doctor
everywhere found traces that the aborigines OF
this country may have come In contact with civil
lized nations long before the discovery of Amer
lea by Columbus. He gave short sketch OF some
of the explorations Of the Scandinavians, Danes
and IcelsDders, and the colonies they founded in
the New World. Bot to these fearless navgators
could not be ascribed the kno Wedge the mound :
builders OF Tennessee had of the cross and the
~ m N " ra IN ho rad
to late period, when the early Catholic mssions
were founded upon the shores of the New World
some three hundred years ago. 10 1864 the Cath
Ollie sovereign Of Spain was attacked with ter
rible religious zeal, and he sent out one Fran
cisco, with large body Of co-workers. to convert
and eyaDgelize the Indians. They planted them
selves at St. Augustine, on the shores OF Florida,
and for twenty five years the missionary was very
and partially Christianized great macy
of the ssyages. Delegates were sent to
the parent society Of st. Augustine and to
the convent of st. Helena. The Spaniards APP
pear TO have encouraged marriages between the
young people of their own race and those of the
Indians, aud TO have lived with them on terms Of
the greatest Intimacy. The mound. builders of
Tennessee, the doctor thought. must certainly
have belonged TO the great Natchez tribe. who,
coming from the south, spread themselves through
out the valley of the Mississippi and rs larger
branches. When Ia the height Of their empire,
they probably numbered 100000. The lecturer
thought 1t extremely curious: the mixture Of
Christianity ard idoIafry found among those PEG.
pie. While the great fundamental principles Of
the true religion were DO familiar to them, they
worshiped stone efigies and sdored the sun, and
were probably guilty OF human sacrifices. The
doctor exhibited great number Of Implements
of warfare, such % stone axes, arrow heads,
knives, spears, etc. Also. culinary utensils, NOR
tars used for grinding Indian corn aud paint.
The lecture was listened to throughout with the
greatest interest. bot time fails rs for more than
H. la. -
that scientific society Of the East will soon pub
lish book from the pen of DIR. Jones on the an
tquities OF State, with particular reference to
the mound builders of Tennessee. We feel
assured that IL will prove of the most interest
ing books Of the kind ever published in this
country. e- i4tr. Ih
WHAT IS GOING TO BIZ Done IN BREEHAx.-The