The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-01-07
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Monsieur Emile Buruouf, de La Soeiste
Anlerioaiae De Fhanes, asks intelligent Amer
leans TO send representatives 10 d meeting
Of sFchGolOgists, TO occur next May in,
PaEia European men Of learning begin 70
cVines deal Of interest in American anti
quities. Heretofore we have all been por-
ing over the pages Of Grccian, Roman, Ju-,
dean, Assyrian and Egyptian lore, and O.
dreamy sehsuOus delight is experienced by
--4--.s Teseaasl,. ~
this character, whenever they, encounter
memories and facts that lived before Rome.
rose and rOtted or Greece grew great and
glittered in the sunshine Of eloquence and
poetry, and before Egyptian monarchs up
heaved monumental mountains of stone.
Not many days ago the STATESMAN pub
iished letter from gentleman in North
western Texas IN which he said that there
were strange ruins Of strange temples OF
stone On the banks Of q tributary Of the
Rio Glande He gave them avery hurried
examination and left the ancient city TO-
that Oblivion which has brooded over the
spot since the world was young, Properly
enough, tho opinions Of antiquSrians have
undergone great changes, and this cohti-
nent, once called the new world, is now,
pronounced oldest, not only in evidences Of
its having been the first dwelling place Of
man, but biologists assign it an antiquity
that staggera tho credulity Of the puiHiii
ated. Is also sihgulariyotrues that tho or
der Of events in America, and OF the com
ing Of successive races, has been different
from that recognized by. the learned Of.
Europe, and the prehistoric history of
America is quite as peculiar as that which
tells, IL historic Tunes, Of tho relation here
Of nd, white and black races, Net many
weeks ago, not Tar from Columbia, in this
State, The great precursor Of the broad
horned Texan OK Of the plains was I'M
eaFshed. His horns Of which the
SrATEsNAN spoke at the time as 'stag-.
gerers1 70 credulity, like those INDUCED
in BY & few o. our readers on
Christmas morning, were each six
feet long. His bones, were enormous,
and It Is hoped that the Austin Library AS
ISOLATION wilImake itself famous BY securing
the skeleton. There are remains Of races.
much more civilized than the red, mon of.
ouFtlme, everywhere in Texas. WHO can
tell how OF when they lived what their
l,ablts, pursuits, forms OF society and gov
eEsmentg Whence came theyG Were they.
indigenous and peculiar TO the continent, o..
were there two erestionss Let It not be
forgotten that while The many deem Texas
the newest il - surely. the Oldegtqf States
and that II men wonder when contemplate
ing countless herds OF myriads of cattle
roamihg over these bonndIess plains, what
would BE- their amazement Il the dwellersi
Of old wero reproduced, and heris, like
that Of which eur eotennperary dreamed
Who anearthed the huge bulls bones in the
banks Of the BRACES, to-day made the eslth,
trcmhle beneath their feet, and filed the
heaEons with the thunder Of their below
ines. These facts arc only referred to be-
cause enc French saysnt, Of whom we ten,
asks hhcary associations, such as We have
here, 10 c0mmnnicate with him, and gather
archaeological faess worthy Of publication
n Eat0ps and Amenca. Who win make
inresligations and researches, and write to
the e9ArnzNAKl 3as3f ciai -Foa e