, 1874-09-11

Extracts from n Private Lottcr from
Dr. sAc1I1tcnsun1--Rnist0r Vhstao Oh
tho Intc Archaeological DlscoVcrlcs-
&1lA EnKlY Theories Confirmed.

Extracts from a Prlvnto Lcttcr from
Dr. Ac1l1icmunM-Rnist0r Vhsno OF
tho S.ntc Archaeological lDlscoverlcs-'
AaaH EARLY Theories Conxiruacds
From, tho Ttpy 4fnsts.
onr honorod friend, Prof. NORTH, to hoar that
Prof.. II. Homperz In Viennn has alrcady suo'
Coded II q Gdocipiioring ton Of my Tro]nn tnsoflp.
chnraoter1, but coutain puro Crock words.
Tllna tho important fact tn established that the
Irojuns npoko Crook. Dut tho chronology oi
VICE. Se oso ffo% o Il TS Gill; = 3r Hf I'll Fl o S19?s IS
to 3s foot below tho surface. is non gonorally
acknowledged to 10 betwoon 1900 mud 2,000
boforo Ohrat, "h1}o I'LL tho nomoslo hy,nns cannot
raca to @ La s romaed S'e' in oss fros mo 1n:
orr, for it was sting by HUMOROUS rlapsodeH
and probably by hundreds Of tLom before
Honor, H1loBo poems alone aro preserved be-
Troy was rebuilt, and 10 foot abovo tho ruins Of
tho anciont 11ion you find posterlor prohistorto
city which must alBo havo boon destroyed, for,
like In Troy aud Ike IT, Pompoy, you eau dig up
there tho nhooton o. svs3 h97e S,t.l In ,a, tho
tho flftoonth century before Christ, tho Trojaua
Of 1l1on aro dosoribed - nghhng Dgainst nana~
scs l., tho Boaoatrig Of tho Greeks, while in tl
aeulpturea Of hledinot,Abon at Inepos lEgypts.
'tconth to thu beginning Of tho thtftoonth
contnry boioro Christ tho Tro]nna still appear
oa QUO OF the most powerful nations Of the
coastH Of the Mediterranean; but oil these Iro-
jams must dorivo from tho prehistoric city which
i.you find In 13 to 70 foot hollow tho surface. on
tho top Of Troy. No doubt tho site OF Troy had
been abandoned and uninhabited for oensnrieg
heforo tho ago..ot Homer, for tho objects, and
particularly tho idols, found ovon In tho highost
i pre-bistorio layers OF rusnB, show AL Irmoneo
dtffatouco ia age when compared With tlose de-
Bcribcd BY Honor; bceidea, tho latter continual
j BpoahB Of iron, wllereas I mover found trNcn
OF iron in any one Of the four prehistoric ctteu
OF Troy, and not oven IN tho lpporlnost which
}iust precodes Tho 1liutn OF tile Greek colony.
i John Murray, OF London, wio ia vol known
by lliH gudo-booka for travellers, Ia now going Ia
! pub]iah my work Oh Troy In an English dross,
: and with, think, all my 2l8 sablots, which be
F has got beautifully engraved. trllat this Eu.
glish traus1ation will bo well received all oyor
7 tho globo, for tho world'B enthusiasm for tho
i Iomeric song will mover BubBido aB long aa oul
planet is inhabited by men.
l. Tho Times adds: Mn this connection NO may
state TINT NO have information to tho oirect thai
plan Of settlement has boon ngreed upon bp
tween Dr.. Echlionann a11d tho Turkish Govern
ment by which tho former ia to pay over to tl,t
barbarians oue-lla1r OF the ya1uo or the troaaurt
. taken from Tho alto OF ancient Troy. Threo ex
perts have been chosen to mako estimates of Il.
Yalue OF the interest thus conceded to tho Turk
iah Gove1nment, and ~ Boon as their report !
mal1o Dr.. Bcbliemann will settlo tho donlald, an
| come into undsputod possession Of lin treasures
| whjct, he values above all price,