New-York tribune., 1872-08-27

.os,o,,, sroh as sunhur. phosphorus. and slsty ma
terias s subjected 90 very carelu nv means OF
water ue there beine difference OF specific g graVW and
tween the coal the one manu- na i Converted into
coSe in in closed furnaces Tho gas evolved Ia at -,
mado the boilers OF tne nd other work The
spnca details of the processes plainly nulcate tno
many and extreme difficulties wrv % sst yans of these
fac and descriptions Is the prospect toS Soth ~ rho
own iron manufacturers to take hIvaS1 ~ attempt
failures and the successes OF , the " "''o"P
inu d, similar manufacture III TINS country
uorNDs OF DUBUQUE AND VICINITY
paner was read on this subject by Prof H. T. Wood
man. The mounds and other ancient earthworks OF
North America far moro abundant than Is generaly
nosed from the fact that while some are quite large,
the greater part of them are small and inconspcuous
Along nearly ali OF our Western water courses that are
largo enough 20 be navlgaed with canoe the mounds
are almost invariably found, crOwnng the Dare points
and headands OF the bluffs which border the
valleys so that when finds himself in such positions
command the grandest views OF our river scenery
or in close proximity to- or more OF these traces
of the abOrs OF ancient people Some OF these mounds
can now he soen from the streets Of city, greater
number have become obscured from view by the en-
croachng growth of forest Hundreds OF them are
thus hidden along the valleys and bluffs Of our great
Mississippi River and its tributaries, but the
greater part may yet be traced by careful oDserva
zion II Is not only upon the points and headands that
these mounds feund but they also exist in great
numbers upon the broader upper terraces In the valleys
The terraces are suen as rIo MnD aocen oodpans
of The adjacent streams but are now far above the
reach OF their highest floods Furnishing as they 40
the most convenient sites for the valley towns OF the
white race we often find that convenience OF sentiment
had induced the moundbuilders also to choose pieoiI
the sites for their earthwOrks Inc result 10 % %
large number of mounds In such positions are ho Vny
obscured by the growing towns, but are rutnessy ue
Large numbers OF these mounds have been destroyed
by the building of Dubuque. They are CrcuL, d % ~
nearly sO except the three larger ones along we eus
the terrace facing the east, the MISSISSIPPI hEeI, %
Lake PeOsta They almost invariably 10 pacos aaIt
from center TO center, the smaller ones DeuS
10 two aud half feet high and about ~ IeeI IN u III
eter The material OF which they are composer - tu
ordinary alluvial soil OF the terrace Isey are ~ 90
number and now shaded by pleasant oaA sIOe sJ ~
comparatively recent growth Mhat - n tseir num-
able about this group OF mounds Is tner nuiIa nun
her and the great regularity OF their arrange,
ment being arranged in straight or slshty cIsyg cg
lines (s0me OF them being paraileD anu tno HThay
uniform distance apart namely, about Is PAGES Ihnt
the shape size and position OF the larger HOus ~
ton TO the others, together with the arIangeoc VI
noariv all I'm lines with almost uniform lnterspaces,
formed part Of the plan OF their pndeIs, d vfep
doubted but the knowledge of what that pan na
ence 10 doubtless persisted with those that cOnsuceu
them. No other traces OF man OF MS WIZ Sa Soyv
been discovered in connection Win tnS ~ D t of the
ronn discovered fragments OF the ancient pottery "
seyeral flint arrow heads some years ago. 49,, -, po,
In the matter Of Indian mounds, II was stateu Nv
nv en- be discussion which followed as an ascertalneu
fact that the skeletons had all Deeh placeu III
or kneeng position nS nmnStloa Of the appear
ances presented when mounts "S5Lo "S5otd ni'' ike n
the bones at ,, ar' Rn SRfh II they rSG we're carefully
stored no the position they occupied DeI0re laifs & ~
eether it would be found that each snA t on
Stned Int n single skeleton, and always IN INC poson
etlnou uonntone3 prof Putnam stated that a1ter eX-
sminine series OF mounds on the ono RIVER ~ snhs
% sLa ia1 % 10 roonnds at all TAey really habton5
TbeV are the remains OF town OF Whch tDey were sn
only buildings. 1t thus appears Inae tneIe arc denrss
ons or pits OF peculiar shape, which were iouhu W con
tain skeletons