The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Glant Discovery.

yhle discovery recently made on the farm
of q Mr.. Newell, about thirteen miles
from that city. The parties who first dis
covered the romains-Hr. Newell and G
hired man-were engaged in digging q
well at the tina, and found themonster at
q depth Of about two and Q half feet from
the surlAce Of the ground
The figure as found is the form of q
man, lying ON his back, head and ihoul-
ders naturally nEt; 1t hip tri6e over on
right side; the right hand spread on the
lower part a the Abdomen, with fingers
apart the LEFT arm half behind, and its
hand against the back, opposite the other;
the Left leg and loot thrown over the right,
the feet and toes projecting 1t q natural
angle. The figure was Of apparent lime
Stone, mixture Of the gray and blue,
common in most parts Of the country, and
seemed perfect In every particular. The
muscles are well developed; the ribs
might be counted; the nostrils are perfor-
ated % % to admit large sized finger up.
near two inches; the lines Of toe and
finger nails are plainly marked; the LEFT
ear il partially gone, but right one Is per-
feet and in proportion to the other parts;
the nose finely shaped the forehead high;
and the Adams apple at the throat just
projecting ont, - y me2 common with
men. The appearance of the "counte-
nance " MARKS the Giant Of Caucasian
race, and not the Indian. Ha work of art
the artis has failed in any effort at hair
on the head. lIa ylo5
We obtained measurements of this won
derful petriied specimen Of . past rsce-
loL possibly sculpture land they are as
follows. rz go
, From top Of head TO instep sole or nat
ur.l standing height-ten feet two and one
half inches rs
From point of chin to top of head,
twenty one inches.
Nose, from brow to tip, six inches
across base Of nostrils, three anda quarter
inches. .KTEsEc = II 4
Mouth, four inches. rCT
From extreme Of shoulders, three feet
Hand-across palm seven inches;
through wrist i've inches; second finger
from fnucklc joint eight inches.
Leg from hip joint to knee 3ofnt,
through cali, nine and half inches
Foot, nineteen and q half inches long.
We have said that the whole was per
feet. And 30 It appeared, except few
flakes dropped of while the work of ex-
humation was going ON and perhaps 9TH
ers yester lay. If any well proportioned
man will make measurements of himself
as above, he win see striking agreement
of ratio.
Though the figure has al the appear
ance Of stone, nevertheless the outer sur
face shaves of with knife without ma
terially dulling the blade. This was tried,
but of course was not allowed to proceed
to dis6gure MI. Giant A aoale that fell
from the bottom of one of tn feet looks
much like gold quartz, but still Il scottish
and crumbles readily, with q sort Of soft
sandstone result. 1t rests on alf.sand,
half clay bottom, the earth above being, as
we have already aid, of Q lighter character
Among the many who visited the won
der is the well known geologist Dr. ]. r.
Boynton, who made thorough examina-
tion of the discovery, digging under the
image in order 70 examine its back, and,
after mature deliberation, pronounces II
to be . statue Of Caucasian, the features
are finely cut and are In perfect harmony.
The stone Is the gypsum of Onondaga
county. It IL the Doctors opinion that
the statue was carved by the Jesuits or
the early inhabitants of the country and
was placed IN the slough in which it was
found, for the purpose Of concealing it.
1t must have been placed there by friend
ly hands, Tor IN enemy would have mu-
tilated it. It was not buried, but was COW
Jered e@l with boughs md branches of
Chenl06k, alder, cottonwood, and maple.
State Geologist Hall, of Albany, exam
ined the discovery on the 22d ult., and ne
marked that this is certainly the great
est curiosity ever exhumed on the Ameri-
can Continent and be il apetrified human
body or sculpture 1t exceeds all works OF
art or nature I ever beheld" As the Pro
X ,fessors time was limited he was obliged
fts leave Without giving an opinion as to
what it was, but he carried away por,
ton of the body and some of the earth
upon which Il rests, and also took the sur.
r0undiagy Of The country. 4Jl = u
York rHsrold writes TO that paper an &C
count Of an alleged confession made by a
man named Geo. Hooker, on his death
bed, who stalled that he knew Of the ex.
istence of the statue about q year ago, just
+. ss it. had been secretly completed bya
French Canadian named Jules Gersud
who had been at work for some two year.
in. the qusrries of 0nondags.b Geraud
when sbout to die, revealed the secret oi
the statue to Hooker, and made him
promise not to mention the secret untilhe
Geraud, had been dead o week. Before
the week expired, the cabin containing
the statue was burned and the carved
stone bad disappeared.
The Herold correspondent adds the fol.
lowing: ragtfTl.Eg .Gf4\Ji
One year ago, about the time of the
burning Of Jul0 Gerand' cabin, . stranger
came to the hotel in Tully for q guide tc
the house Of Newell, ct Lafayette. A
wagon and guide were then furnished
him. Amer travelling % within sight oi
Newell's house he paid and dismissed hi
guide and proceeded On bok THIS ma
The last seen Of our mysterious stranger
A few days af>eI--sone Of my Informant
say two and others three days. wagor
containing q large box eleven feet lonf
was observed to be making its way to
ward Newells house. Several vefacfou'
witnesses are willing to swear ii WIS New
ellis team.
There the Substantial part of my nara
tive ends am confident the publication
of this statement win bring out furthel
fsctA Several parties were mixed ~
together In perpetrating this fraud, ant
fear, powerful emotion in human nature
will compel some Of the parties to fernisl
the missing links in the chain of facts
have detailed above. The most surprising
hing about this is the magnitude of tn
hoax All other attempts at humbueginJ
sink into insigni6cance by the side Of tn
Cardiff Giant" Richard Adams Locke
moon hoax and Poe's story, "Han
Phault," are simply moonshine whel
compared with the cool effrontery Of tn
Cardiff hoax. Physicians. geologist,
lecturers and Swans have visited th
statue of poor, half yssy 0enud, IN
returned dumbfounded. Twill close thl
narrative BY saying that Newell and hi
abettors have persistently refused TO q
low any person competent 70 decide tn
question Of this being . petrehction G
work Of Art 10 inspect it Professor aal
who Was allowed q few moments 4
examination, was pledged to reserve b
opinion until permission was given him |
make Il known
A UTAH paper says that the whole nul
her Of missionaries called in Utah to 4
forth and preach the Mormon Gospel
the people Of the United States is abo,
two hundred.