National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-01-24
Int the Bowels Of the Earth

The New York Herald devotes an on.
tire page to an interesting and instruc.
1--WE account of the excavation now
being made ia the site of ancient Troy
by DIR. Henry Schleimann. DIR. Schlei.
mann remarks that as early as 1868 he
commcne,d his excavations on. the
heights Of Bunarbashi, between the
village and the Scamander, not 80 much
IN expectation OF finding the site of the
ancient city as to show conclusiyely
that 1t was situated elsewhere; but It
was not till the beginning of October.
1871, that he commenced ,ork in the
locality assumed to be the correct one.
He had considerable difficulty in oh.
tanning permission to make the excaya-
non but the aid of the Turkish gov
eminent having been invoked, he was
enabled to proceed ; and with the aid Of
eighty worhmen he began by digging a
trench, which, when he was stopped by
the winters rains, had attained a length
81 abont sevenfy-iive yards and depth
of thirteen.
In the course of this excavation he
found remains Of different ages of hu.
man history, occurring in strata of com.
parative regularity. Those of historic
times never extended lower than depth
OF abont two yards. But from this To n
depth OF five yards there were no stones.
ana the calcined ruins led him TO infer |
unat all the buildings had been of wood. |
Inc remains found ut n depth of from /
hVe To nine yards were characterized by .
an entire absence of metal, while stone
implements of various kinds, fine pot.
terry, and houses built of small stones
united with earth were to him nm oyi.
aence that the inhabitants were Aryens
Still farther down, to "A depth of
thirteen yards, the houses were all built
of unburHed brick, while many copper
~,o,nPons ana instruments were found,
aitnongh the implements were princi.
Pa'iy OF diorite stone. At n dept. f
eleven yards he found immense masses
oi large stones, which he believed to be
the verltable ruins of Troy. !
In April, 1872, he began his labors $
hgain, with force Of one hundred men. y
winch was afterward increased con. h
'laerabiy, operations being resumed Il
where he left off the preceding season. o
ana tho trench was sunk down TO the
,ative rock, which was here found at a q
iepth OF about eighteen yards. Having ;
,assea through the stratum of large 6
tones before referred to. he began To !
ma remains of what he believed to he !,
he temple of Minerva; and his perse- n
'erahce was rewarded by discovering h
'"rious engraved slabs, with finely in. q
cribed characters, as well as several i
rticies of sculpture of greater or less ~
interest. He subsequently discovered h
he remains Of an immense wall of solid +,
Masonry forty feet thick and twenty ~
Get III height, built on the primitive y,
ock, wh.c he suggests may have been +,
'art of the great tower of linn to ~
'hich Andromache went up to "scan n
ne plain in search of Hector He n
INKS this tower may have been at least n,
pr'y yards high, estimating from the v,
mount of rubbish which forms the y.
loPc of one of its sides. Other re-. n n,
iains OF period contemporaneous ~ ~
lth that OF the construction of this ",
over were very varied, embracing ~
'rge amount of pottery, copper nails w w
MT great variety of flint implements q. .,
AVIS OF flint, millstones, knives. etc. 'o