Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17

The Lost Races Of America.

The Cincinnati Chronicle publishes long
account Of the famous Iudian mounds near
ST. Louis, Mu., many of which are being lew
cled in building new railr,Iad. The follow.
ing extracts open up world Ofspeeulhticn:
\ most remarkable variety Of earth, works
are those of WISCONSIN and Iowa, which bear
the outlines OF men aud animals, constituting
huge GISsO rciierOS On the surface oithe earth,
aud challenging our wonder by tEeit number,
variety and extent. Que Of these, on Bush
Greek Ohio. is III the form Ui serpent, over
one ,housand feet in length, extended in grace
iul curves and terminated in triple coil at
the tail. The embankment constituting the
efigy Is near FIVE feet high by thirty feet at
the centre Of the body. The neck Of the
figure is stretched out aud slightly curved, aud
its mouth is opened wide, a. it in the act of
swallowing or cjecting M Gval figure which
rests partly within the dis,ended jaws. The
rombiucd fiaure has been regarded rs sym,
bolical illYsiration ofthe Oriental genealogical
idea of the serpent aud the egg.
From this aud other facts, il is estimated
that these mounds we're formed not less than
two thousand years ago. by whom built, aud
whether their authors imigrated to remote
lands under the combined attractions Of
more fertile soil and more congenial climate,
or whether they disappeared beneath the vic.
toriOus arms Of an alien race. or were swept
out OF existence by some direful epidemic or
universal famine, are questions probably be.
yond the power OF human investigation to
answer History is silent concerning them,
aud their very name is lost even % tradition
GRANTS SOLELooUY.-The Dent Family.
the brethren and Sisters. .in- laws Of Grant are
drawing $4,000 per year lrOmth United
States Treasury. As this is rather too much
of good thin. even for the happy radical
party the radical press occasionally give gTunt
OF dissatisfaction. r.-.g rrrsvl ..g.-
The following solilOquy Of Gen. Grant was
overheard as he walked up and down the front
portico Of the Presidential mansion, while his
Cabinet and few select friends were engaged
writing his message TO Congress: -ra F..-s
They say that saved the Union; that it
it hand't been for me the South would have
licked the North, aud got bold Of every thing
Now, If l saved the Union, saved the Gov
crnment of course. Well, what is the Gov
ernment? The Offices, Of course. What are
Offices? Places with good pay to put friends
in. If saved the Union and the Offices, Why
it strikes me that have better right to them
than anybody else that know Of and as l
saved the Government, that is, the Offices, from
"S1' laws NntuS ! eau 10 NlH" e'e" Just
rs d-m please. and As the Dents are all
Democrats, don't see why the Democrats
need say anything, aud a. they are my rela-
tiOns that Ought to be enough to satisfy the
internal Radieals.-P PoHeroy'S Democrat
A GRAND HorEL.-Chicsgo is to have a
magnificent freproOf hotel, costing 81 ,25O,-
600. The protector Of this enterprise is Mr.
Potter Palmer, a millionaire who has JUST re-
turned from Europe. after an absence Ofnear-
ly six months. during which tiu:e he visited
all The principal cities, studying the architee-
ture of famous structures, borrowing bit Of
beauty from many of them and bringing it
all back to plant il in Chicago in q building
that, when flushed, viii be the mcst nsgpiG.
cent hotel in the world. s-, @ r 1l.--