The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-01-23

1890
But what is this in the atmosphere
And what Is that eye Of fame
That burns, and burns to my icy heart
And withers my giant framei
Ihi S .hivsIed the is hsh;;nngs On my breast
But the sun hath smitten my shining crest
And the ocean drinks my blood!
THE P0MPRII OF ENGLAND.
The excavations at wroxeter, in Shropshire
England, are carried on with vigor, and the pub
lie are freely allowed to inspect the work. Car
riages and pedestrians arrive daily in
great numbers at the site of the ancenet
| CrcOnium, and the spot promises to
become one of the "lions" that every tourist
must visit. correspondent of the London
| Times gives the following additional details re-
garding the excavations.
1T will be remembered that the first excava-
lions laid open a very extensive public building,
the exact object Of which is very doubtful, for
ming the corner of two principal streets of the
Roman city of Criconium, one running east and
west, buried under the soil; the other running
north aud south, identical with the road now
called the Waiting street road. The necessities
Of agriculture have required that the walls Of
this public building should be buried again, and
they arc now covered with crop of turnips 1t
will be remembered, also, that to the south Of
this building the excavatOr had opened several
rooms of what appeared to have been an extern
sive mansion. 1t is in this latter building that
| Tile more recent Excavations nave Deen cilIIl6u
| on. may remark that the whole site of this
building, and no doubt of other buildings to the
south of it, included in the piece Of ground of
which the Excavation Committee is now the te
nant. This piece of ground is bounded by the
hedge Of the Waiting street road, or in other
words, it lies on the side Of what was probably
| the principal street in the Roman city.
| After nearly mouths interruption, the cause
of which is now sufficiently notorious, the ex-
cavations were recommended from this hedge
former excavations. wall was immediately
found, bordering on the street, in which there
were two door ways, one to the north, about IL
feet wide, approached from the street by an in
ellned plane formed Of very large and massive
paving stones; the other, about 30 feet more to
the south, not quite one half wide, and ap
preached by two stone steps, very much worn,
and in a manner which showed that the cOncourse
of people who entered on foot must have come
generally mp the street from the SOUTH Both
these entrances led into court about 40 feet
square, paved very neatly with bricks in herring
bone fashion, which in places has been good
deal damaged and mended during the Roman pc
riod. The larger entrance was probably inten-
ded for horses and carts, aud it is rather curious
that in this part of the court portion of horse
shoe was found. Among numerous objects found
here aud lodged in the Museum at Shrewsbury,
were two portions of very fine and large capitals
Part of the building great display Of archtec-
tural magnihcence. The interior of this court
has only yet been partially cleared, but walls
have been traced in the centre, which may per-
haps have belonged to a fountain.
On two sides, north and south, this court was
bOrdere< by series of small square rooms, the
floors Of which, they now remain, with the
walls between two and three feet above the
court, have no apparent means of enfrance and
are found filled with different objects, which
would lead us to look upon them storerooms
One appeared to have been depot of charcoal,
With undOubted traces of mineral coal, (they
hav. only yet been partially cleared out) and in
two Others, one on each side of the court, were
found great quantities of bones of different ami
mails, stays, and other horns, ETC.; and, rs many
of them had been sawed and cut, they may, per-
haps, have been collections of materials for the
manufacture Of the various objects of bone and
horn which are found very Ebundant IN the
excavations. We are led almost to the SUPPOSE
ton that there may have been magazines Of such
articles for SALE by the circumstance that num-
Der Of weights made of metal and stone, SOME OF
them with Roman numerals upon them, werc
fonnd scattered about. In this court, also, were
found some skulls and other remains Of dogs,
which have been pronounced by comparative
anatomists to belong to mastitfs Of the pure old
English breed.
Al the back of the court, or eastern side, was
found a long walled space which may have been
a sort Of cloister or crytoportcus. A doorway in
the back of 1t, where the excavatOrs entered it.
suggested the propriety Of running trench di
rectly eastward; plan which was followed. and
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or two different levels or terraces with smooth
pavements of cement, until Mt length the ex-
cavators came down to much lower floor, which
paved with fagstones, and which forty
.orth SILL s;,, hr,,r.n ,,,epr .ua ,,i,.',,.
jects, which woiiid lead us fn suppose that This
had been = reservoir of wafer. Another iiour Of
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as the OLD wall trench las been carried along the
line of fhe eastern boupd,rv wall alont JO1, f,,,t
tjll the workmen came to the continuation of
the mass of what were suppo,ed tn be domestic,
rooms. found immediately to the south of the