Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-15

Without il they were rebels pure and
simple; and even with il they had all
they could do 10 keep down more
determined opposition than they met
with. 1t was the flag Of the Mikado
which they carried to which the people
bowed; and they did so, as seeing in him
the descendant OF the gods, and one to
whom they abcord authority even over
the gods. The Emperor is verify and
indeed believed by the faithful to be be-
fore the gods in rank and in power; and
it is with him even to command them.
The Archaeological Discoveries Rt
DeIOs.
From tho New York journal Of Commeroe.l
We fRd in the Independence HELEN
ique, Of Athens, some particulars Of
these discoveries. The excavations
we're made under the direction of the
French School of Classic Art, at Ath-
ems, of which we have also spoken in
former article. The temple of pre.clas-
sical antiquity in which the worship Of
the Delian Apollo was first celebrated
has been discovered. The roof, com
posed Of enormous stones, had been eb-
served before, and the ruin went by the
names of THE Stone Gate, THE Drag
on's Cave" etc. Certain passages Of
Homer and Virgil led to the inference
that this structure was the Letoum
(house of Latono) or oracular tenn
pie of Apollo, that nothing short Of
an excavation could confirm or over
throw this conjecture, which astronomi'
cal considerations also had rendered very
probable in the view of NJ. Burnouf Nj.
Burnout laid the subject before NJ. Jules
Simon then Minister Of Public lnstruc.
ton in the French cabinet), obtained the
necessary funds and appointed M. Le-
begue to the work OF unearthing the bu-
ried temple. The excavation is now fin
ished. The gate of the temple which
was entirely buried, faces the west. and
is an opening in a wall Of the peculiar
rude and massive structure called Cy-
clopian, and regarded in classic days as
of remote antiquity-the templa saxo
structa vetusto of Virgil. This wall, Of
course, formed the front of the edihce.
The back part of the temple building
was open to the sky, and is more
ancient example Of the hypaethrum,
or rootless temple, than any hither-
to known. In the interior Of the tenn
pie, and under the roof is huge
block Of unwrought granite, on which
anciently stood the statue OF Apollo.
When the earlier statue was replaced by
classical one of Parian marble the
surface of this block was followed a
little to receive the pedestal of the
statue. OF the statue itself, Nj. Lebegue
found still in place the left foot and
part of the right one. The heel of the
latter was supported by small block of
marble, so that the god must have ap-
peared as if half stepping forward to
the well known attitude of the Apollo
Belvidere. In the interior of the tenn
ple were found also two OF the marble
legs of the sacred table, bracket-shaped.
Outside of the temple the rocks
which form the two side walls re-
cede from each other in such a way
as to form a court, the floor OF which
is elevated, supported in front by base
wall, and reached by flight of steps cut
in the rock. In this court stands the
circular base of the altar, or tripod this
base is Of marble, and has three cramp
holes into which, doubtless, the legs OF
the tripod were set. 1t is followed into
sort of basin, and appears to have
contained some object of metal which
has disappeared. This sort of altar, or
thymeaterion, is called by Virgil certina,
and it appears from his account of the
visit of Eneas to the sacred island that
when the oracle was about to speak the
mental vase roared so that the inquirers
were struck with awe, while the temple
and the whole Cynthian mountain near
it were shaken. Htn
Another excavation on the summit OF
the Cynthian has brought to light the
ruins of temple dedicated to the Gym
THAN Jupiter and Minerva, some frag-
ments of statues and vases, and about
twenty inscriptions. One of these last
is a mosaic of the Roman epoch, and has
reference to a cataclyston or compluvl-
um, designed to collect rain water. A
mart of this cistern has been discovered
at the same place. Close by is small
inclosure full of funeral vases contain
ing ashes and human bones. The lnde'
pendence Hellenique thinks these hu,
man remains must have been overlooked
at the two memorable publications of
Peloponnesian war, respectively, or else
that they were entombed on Cynthus in
virtue of some special privileges.
The Greek Minister, NJ. Calliphomas,
associated with the French arch@olo-
rists person to take charge on behalf
Of the Greek government, of the anti
1uities which might be discovered, and
he gentleman designated for the pur-
nose NJ. Stamatakis, Secretary OF the
Archaeological Society. The director OF
tbe French School takes occasion to ae-
knowledge the aid which M. Stamatakis
rendered to NJ. Lebegue by his expe-
| .;onca and GOOD will