The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-19
Our MOundsvllIe Correspondence

Tho Washington Literary ISoeisy-Mes!in,
Of Me DEttrtct InStitute-RrplOrdtlon Of
ne 6g AoInd-LS Il a Huge Hlnera
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| ..n MouNDsv1LLE, May. 10.
Rdltas Of tho IntOlllgeneor. d.
have any amount Of topics at hand OF
which l could write o letter, but lust
what to say on each, and how to say II
10 suit the taste OF your many readers, Il
what troubles mo. The Washington Lit
erary Society held Its regular meeting on
last Friday night, and after the usual
number Of declarations, essays and ex.
temporaneous performances, the resolu.
tion, "resolved, that the license law Is in
itself unconstitutional" was discussed.
Several visitors were present, some OF
whom took an active part in the discus
sion. The resolution was put on It's mar.
Its at tho close Of the discussion, and was
carried almost unanimously in the afflrma.
tive. 30 you see that this will readily &C.
count for our having no license In Mar
shall county; we are constitutlonally op.
posed to It. The young men OF our
school and town have reason TO con
graduate themselves on The success Of,
their literary society, and VIC hope to see
1t still increase and become more efficient
than 1t now ia. As they are now dis.
cussing constitutional questions, tho one
for next night is
ReSo!ued, "That the funding oil the ma
tional debt wAs unconstitutional"
0nR ntoHetak kat1
meeting on Saturday. But one session
was held. We were favored with the
presence Of Prof. ]. P. Trussell, Principal
OF the Grafton schools, and also Prof.
Melville, Principal Of the Bellaire schools,
One Of the lady teachers of Bellaire was
also present. The time was principally
taken up in the discussion Of the subject
OF grammer, and considerable interest
was manifested on the part Of those who
engaged in the discussion. 1t was dc.
cided to hold no more meetings until the
opening OF tho schools tho coming fall.
These meetings have been well attended,
some teachers coming from ten or twelve
miles distant. -
In company with Prois. Melville and
Trussell had the privilege and the
pleasure Of exploring the interior OF the
famous Grace Greek Mound, that Is, the
basement OF 1t, for without the aid Of lad.
der or ropes, 1t Is impossible TO enter the
upper chamber. We found that the in
terror is becoming somewhat dilapidated
in appearance. The root is continually
falling, which causes It 10 DO rGth-
er unpleasant and really dangerous
to explore It, as in some places irag.
ments weighing hundreds Of pounds have
fallen at once. But in spite of'the IN.
pleasantness and Drawing the danger we
spent an hour seeing what we could see,
and getting what we could get In the
way OF curiosities. In q place where the
dirt had recently fallen we could see the
appearance OF charcoal, and we took from
1t several pieces of good siEe, which does
not differ at all from our common char
coal OF commerce-in fact though the
soil oil the whole interior Of the mound
bears traces Of the effects Of heat; It
seems to be arranged in stratas Of different
colors as though it had been subjected to
different degrees. 1t Is only occasionally
that we find layers Of charcoal.
Taking for granted that this mound
was used as burial place by the mound.
builders, whoever or whatever they were,
1t Is enough to start the query-whether
cremation was not the.order Of the day at
that time. II this be true VIC may then
look upon these mounds as vast funeral
pilcs-standing as mementoes of q long,
extinct and forgotten race. But OF this
we may say more in tho future. It Is
surely worth the trouble to any one to
visit our mound, las 1t Is now very, very
beautiful; clothed In green); and II they
have the nerve to venture into the inter
ior it is rendered doubly interesting. We
expect soon to visit the upper chamber.