Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
An Archaeological Story from q Late
Confederate Surgeon.
A Brief Lecture on Qacer American
Antiquarian Facts.
Rosccrans and Diaz Pension Agents In
Hot Water.
srcolal correspondence OF mo easet,c.


Washington, October q, The Arcl,-
Wolicai society Of the United States
will confess an interest In this extract
from u letter irom famous Confeder-
ate surgeon;
MINIATURES, Oct. %, 1883.
Mon Aunt When In 1864 our forces
We're perfectiug the cnrlhworks and
deienscs on the the eastern bank of
the river at Macon, Georgia, they cut
through portion of the old mound
fort and Qualifications that were made
By De Soto's army, or the mound
builders long prior 20 hie appearance
| IN that country. Duri W the progress
of our work, our soldiers cxhumod the
remains ola body which, when buried,
was clad in nrmor. The graves, seAls,
chains, mail, etc, LEFT their indcnta-
! lions in the earth In definlte outlines
aud masses of rust. Tho sword was
partially preserved aud became the
property of some one who, perhaps,
has II now In Macon. Around the
neck of the skeleton was
II string OF heads, with
which the soldier Ind been buried
| The chain links of the rosary had been
destroyed by rust and were held To-.
gether by gold tands. | had several
Of the beads which | gave TO my
Romanist friends, and three of them
are IN the sacrlsty or library room OF
the cathedral at Memphis
! VIII not some Georglnn reading the
GAZETTE tell what became Of tho dead
I Spaniard's sword on dagger of which
! Or. n. spcalSs2 Castelar, the Spanish
orator and scholar, cnniesses keen In
terost IN every discovery affecting the
history OF the rcdoubtable hero, De
| Soto, an this Caslilinn dagger, or
what IS lon OF II by the tooth OF time,
would be deemed invaluable Ivy schol-
airs and priests aud poets of spain.
now N .HArpENEp.
became Interested In De Soto's his
tory ~ an incident OF that of the
mOund.buildcrs In my hoyhood l
/ used to look upon great heaps of earth,
upliited by the forgotten race,
aud wondered why they expended
time and toll and patience In rear
/ ing these artificial hills. found their
works simply innumcrable in thcsc
lowlnnds OF the Mississippi valley
Their Qualifications were planned ani
built In accordance with most an
proved rules of modern military en-
glueerlng. They dug the sign OF the
zodiac ON the flucof the prairies, They
erected stone lortressos rs strong as
] Gibraltar. They pailiod great ina
-. ~, t,,..a'stIi, MR., 49,. ~.
t.N W 'u"NV,f''pV Nita "l""k WV
1 ienuchstf, HAVING no flonf, iAet
reared enrthen nil0moiers along The
i.Misslssippi and It's tributaries, ". y.
I woiAhlpod the sun mud hurnNf sarfis
/ fees and used mica on the SUBMITS oi
! sacrlical mounds, Did lUtr,Ah
! priests bring down lire from nOaspn
] bV some simple device usoJ I'm ennpcn-
tlntlug me suns rays! anu wnen
! celestial fires licked up
! most iuIinlamnhla guhstnnprg were iV-
| ,., A ,..,t.t,,,.., 't.,i. t,,.,,,. r,.s,,, az,
| hulnht 'nuiNtu"'S i"oN'ht uP is"" Wy
] plain brlnw made W confess, ny THIS
u ,'n.,gn, n'"N'" : "'''"'eio"9 H'''
! position
This III a funny word and there ~
] no,l,In,, na,v nn,lar iho ann prnnh-
800 ~. Mi ,atis a,rn,ial
Gus oI Viui hs ilo "lvic ttHsl .h''t,vn
asn,ihn ~ ,,o,,nJ. h,ildine. s,,n.wor-
] "s,'t'' ~ ''V ,f v1fi,si t.
/ fnlpingt chnipR IugglcIr, = c"u
lplU iuutllIiilg n sense OF iutilablc sad
ness when ! dream of the forgotten
neh DER tho desort's scorcblns plain
/ uIsrs INC orIontia sintolv ttnin
/ of glrniniuu pailnu Ntnuat
Grim senffi"s ola vanished race,
| guardInf nom ruins Nenlliiy pace.
the paunt,o sphynI essays to speaks
Her muvulrss llp ana hueless cheek
] Have found a human tone.
/ over The hopes, the Joys, the fsnrH.
! Tlie iumult of The Insiing years
Tho listening world her whisper hears.
parl Eiypts tore q heart, e., md m3me'
Lies IN licr dnhi-rlownel oalnNoihos,
1 Her pSinmlds 81 sohe,
LAKE. Riaul volumes 2 we thnn,
Ieom wlih tue records pl h.i lngd'
Witty tle hatpleh stony manu.
Tile nnmeiess altsr rude aud DARN,
That worship pi the Drulhn mRrh'
llnH WIN monotone
villa M the aynhollsile llno
That rose o'Gr rhurs and Ddin'sshfine,
Where now the pallh inpon'ooRins Apthe'
inc ruined aDbsy,s wlad1q .,se.l oe''
Lik6 mighty spirits mDan.
The owl iinl watches y ~ i,! lnS i0Mml
Xxx n' saa i reonieti,s oier and scr.
Thc western woll1 her y ,s g. hn'sn'
wi VIII wierd ma WOnIrous tone:
Reside hef tossing maud deep.
'Mliete hosry'heNled hges sieep, 49,,
ine'f ie''''S' "'"'''''e '""''' w. ''''''
zach nnmeioss mound that plants iik base
SPEAKS WIN 4 tt,ilapel tome, XXX
! niiiItui dim shbdows on q NEE - :
whoss YoieelasI story God can trace.
,%heneo eain9 theyg Whitner nih they so'
WIZ ~ vi VIZ, ia ,n,pi, ,uns "o'
Aboy" this .onsecratsd gr5und
THAT speaks with hollow. gliestly soundf
Its orator. a nap'eleH' mound
-, a., -. 49,. .,,t ,,t .,..,,, a.e, 4