The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-10
A BURIED CITY IN MAINE.
An Ancient Fort Overgrown by
Aged Oarxs--Esaveme ats. Gut
tcrS. iDd - Canal Unearthed.-
TIae ArcIi;eoEogists Puzzled.

The last ''feld day" of the Maine
Historical Society was enlivened by
an address from Mr.. r. X. Sewall,
who said that at special meeting of
the Society, held at Augusta. in Feb
ruary, 1869, the question of the ex-
istence of paved streets at Pemaquid
was discussed, some alleging occular
demonstration and others denying
the fact. On motion of the Hon. J.
w. Bradbury large committee of
the Society was appointed to visit
the spot.
On the Goth of August following,
that committee proceeded to Bristol,
and found the half had not been told,
for sections of pavements, artistical
" built of beach cobble stones, with
perfect cutters and curbings, were
opened and examined, unearthed
from the depth of foot or more of
soil, above which the tall-grown grass
had long waved and often been shorn
and made into hay.
Further examination disclosed 9TH
er facts, showing that Maine had
mysterious but buried history, to un-
earth which the citizens of Bristol
were promised q field day exercise
in two years from that date by this
Society on condition that they would
make fuller explorations of their an
cient remains, aud gather up for the
use OF the Society all fragments of
history within reach, and @ special
committee was organized to take this
duty IN charge, the remarkable re-
suits of whose efforts IN developing
the archaeology of this spot have
seemed to justify the recommenda-
ton, that q granite shaft here be rails
ed in the interests of the history of
Maine, to mark the beginnings of
New England here uncovered.
j. II. Hackleton gave a most inter
esting detail of relics and traditions,
supported by affidavits of living eye
witnesses, showing that in 1886 a
fragment of gravestone was turned
out by a plow near the ancient bur
ial ground of jamestown, marked
with the date of 1906. He exhibited
q leader ornament, apparently a tag
to roll or piece of cloth, dug up at
n. Harbar in 1858, bearing date
1910, an English H in the center
The affidavit of Mr.. Fasset, that in
1853 the ancient canal showed re-.
mains four feet high, deep and wide,
bearing at that date maple trees
eighteen inches in diameter. He al
SO exhibited pipes from the apparent
ruins of an ancient factory there, of
the patterns OF pipes OF clay, in all
respects like pipes classified, marked,
and arranged in museum of tobacco
pipes in Guildhall, London, belong
ing to the times of James the First
and Charles the Second OF England,
seen there by Mr.. Dean, and now
compared with the specimens shown.
Spoons OF the pattern of the Eliz-
abethan period, and in all respects
like those dug up at Gosnold's land
ing on the Elizabeth Islands, are
found here and were shown. He al
so exhibited shot found In q locality
Of n. Harbor, where heaps of shot
from the size of bullet to No. 2
have been taken out, so TBS at time,
within the past five years, by his afi-
ant, Joshua Thompson, of n. Harbor.
At this place are the ruins of an
ancient fort, 52x51 feet, walls 5 feet
thick, which, Al years ago, was over
grown with very large oaks, now
cleared of. Full descriptions of the
streets of jamestown, payements. re-
mains of smitheries, as they were
half century ago, were given by
eye-witnesses and laborers who had
been employed to remove the ruins
and level the streets, Eli up the Gel
lars and dig up the pavements, and
erase the remains