Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-09
Grants Speech Om National Affairs at
~. Joseph. No.

Anu Aob5 o. tLS L4A16 a. night over
mountains"
CONCERNING NEGRO SUFFRAGE
Visiting tais Western country, which
I am now seeing for the first time"
GLORIOUS FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
81 am faugued, weary, dusty and IN
able TO address you"
A MAGNIFICENT FEDERATION.
q Ehank you, but l cannot speak to
you this evening"
At this point the eloquent gentleman
concluded his exhaustive ard convincing
address, and the audience dispersed with
the most tremendous cheers for Seymour
sad Blair.
Prehistoric Remains in The mississippi
valley.
MOUNDS on THE AMERICAN BOTTOM.
MIR. W. DeHass writes to the st. Louis
Democrat:
1.-THE mounds on the American Bot
tom, in Illinois, are comprised in two
separate groups, constituting one grand
and imposing system. They number
nearly two hundred, Including those on
TIE adjacent bluff. They are OF vsri0Us
sizes and shapes, rising from the scarcely
distinguishsble elevation 20 the imposing
structure OF over ninety feet. They are
conical, elipsOidSl, trulcated, square and
tstr0gOnRi- They axe entirely Of earth,
and raised with a. much regularity and
symmetry as a potter would mould 2
model in clay. They have ali been form
ed from material taken from the adjscent
plain or blulf-vsgstz5 bic mould, clay and
soil, and present marked notified sp-
pearsnce, identical with the mounds 10
the Ohio valley. Every mound has been
elevated By human labor, ami be who
denies this saIf-eviisnt fact, simply ac-
kuOwledges himself Ignorant Of the sub
ject. The evidences, externally and in
Jer1ally, position, structure, character
aud contents, clearly, positively and IN
mistakably prove this.
1.-THE tuBlUli under consideration were
probably all erected by the same people.
We cannot here, as in the case Of The
ancient BTitCus, determine from the
character Of the mounds TIE type OF race
they cover. There, the long, or elliptjcsI
barrow contains the long or OOijchCce-
y5alic head; and per c01styG, The round
or coaical barrow contains the round OF
5rocbycsplGJjc head. Here, we have
the long and round mounds, but rot hu
man cranis Of corresponding type CON
fined to these forms. We have here the
and pyrRmidal heads,
hut net confined to any particular form
OF mounds.
THE fctilia from these western
mounds consists Of distinct qualities.
Oae is fine, compact, ciCse grained, kiln
burned, painted and tastefuiiy 0rna-
moulded for q brscc a composed
Of clay, aud proved much skill. The
other is coarse, rude, of irregular thick
ness, sun-dried, oTnsmentatiye without
taste, and composed OF clay and small
rhOm boidsl fragments of white epathic
carbonate of lime, and some of simple
clay. Some Of The finer quality coca
sionslly shows q polishing or glszinG,
leaving minute str5e. Rs II done with a
tuft Of grass dipped into a 6GT6Otte.
IN making some excavations on the
plain, q saort distance west Of the large
mound, [ discovered large quantities Of
pottery in connection with human re-
mains. Some Of them were rude and
quite heavy. Ode was clearly = cinirary
urn.
1.-THE implements, ornaments and 1.
in stone indicate two classes
one representing the paJacotethic, or IN
dressed stone age; the other the 3te0titHjc, /
or polished stone age, OF Sir John LIB I
beck. Some Of the specimens Of the /
duer quality are OF exquisite skill and .
workmanship, They are Of porphyTy, [
home bede, granite, seTpentine, rep5rite, /
and the hardest varieties OF anphabolic I
rock.
lone Of the most interesting classes is /
agricultural. They are unlike any im- [
plemeDts or utensils 10 store, found in
the OHIO valley, or aGy other part Of the /
country. They were undoubtedly used .
il tilling the sell. Oue represents the /
modern hoe, and our domestic imple-
ment is but little Improvement on that
Of the mound builders. A specimen be-
fore noe is OF Gmpir quartz, of f1u tless
9oI kGSBship. Their smaller qusrtz
weapons are very fins-ranging from
he common horn stone Up through
al the varieties TO the present
The ceits or sxes rep
recent an extensive class, and
are Of almost every style aud finish
some are very large, weighing over ten
pounds. A grsnitlc Implement far sur
passes these IN size, some weighing over
twenty-five pounds. The use OF this was
probably to cress hides or crush corn.
rheir n0rta-s and pesties have been re-
covered, their pipes, discs and porphrytic
'ings for games.
THE household Goods-l1res and pen
tte5 OF y peOple forever lost--are among F
he contents Of mounds added to the fine
collection OF early art which I have made
Il this interesting region.
The ornaments with which they dec
rated their persons, the weapons with
gnich they fought, the implements with
Which they fought, the mplements with {
y hicb they slew their game, and the
lsssels with which their domestic board
vas served with viands, have all been
ecoversd, with a large number OF mis-
ellaneOus articles Ia stone, which consti-
ute, with those from other ANTIQUARIAN
one OF the most extensive and
laluable collections Of early American
rt yet made.
zone OF oct sought in these researches
J to make full collection Of ancient
rt, representing the archaeology Of the
ioTtbern division Of the western con-
IDentn