The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-12-06

"sNsn " hsA7eahisl, tent hofs Laagia
ptncil drawing OF 81 immeuce pile @
! s1o1e 10 The sonihssslttu purion Of Cis
borne cennty, suggesting that the ston
might be nislixsd IN bailding the ne,
Capitol. Ia letter which sfcempsnie,
the drswing Mr.. Watson stated that thes
.soues piled bish on each ether. eeyer 81
sfea ionr miles square. Zach ltone is si
feet long, three ieel vide and tso fac
thick. aud they are iainei together viii
80 excellent quality Of cemeni. No ms,
Anows hos they cane there They ma,
hsse been there for thousands Of years
The baildete. ihe Jackson News thinks
were tome prehistoric race 1. eonld ne
be othtrsise. This siiucture 10 supposed
TO be = continuation Of lhe great Chimes,
wall, which seems 10 besiu below Ksy
mond, 10 the southern part OF Hiads coar
sy, and which 10 trsoesble through Copist
II Is broad enough TO accommodate two ol
three wagons sbreast. and Ia epe OF the
wonders Of the world.
Mention OF this remarkable exhibit, sayt
the HsIlehurst Conrier, has eliolted no
little comment in fact has brought, le,
ter TO Mr., Watson from the warden Of the
| pnited States penitentisiy at Lsvenworth
Kan tnd slso letter 10 DR., I. b. Bird
song from another dttins uished source,
IL beins known thai the latter some years
ago ilvebtisated the matter, Mr. Watson,
however, says the Courier, has given the
snbiaot more patient thought aud gone
over the ground more thoroughly than
any one else, and to him the Courier is
indebted Ter the following facts;
He calls 1t the Brandywine Stone Wall,
and says this wonderful soh msssivs struc
ture or parts OF slructure OF masonry done
10 stone, which has withetood the rsysees
OF time for perhaps many thousands Of
years. still stands an enduring relic oil .
OF the art Of building not inferior in many
respects to the present day. These stone
buildings lie, Tor the most part, buried in
the earth 10 the southeastern portion OF
Claiborne county, and lying against the
Oopish county line. on the slopes over
looking the valley Of the Brandy wine
creek from the west side.
These walls run from northeast TO south
west. They are built OF white or greyish
white stone OF immense siza, weighing
from two to three tons. measuring from
six TO eight feet 10 length and three feet
vide by two feet thick. These blocks or
slabs are laid 10 very fine quality OF oe
ment and as perfectly as briokwork. The
joints sre perfect and very close.
At one place the wall is exposed by the
earth being washed away to a width OF
SIXTY feet and length OF ninety feet, this
exposure has the appesrsnce ol q brick
hearth.
AT another place the stone has been
qusried for domestic use to depth
OF three layers Of slabs, which is siX feet
width oitwenty four feet or eight blocks
and length OF twenty fi7e blocks, OF 100
feet. The length OF this wall rs indicated
by the groupings is about 1000 feet.
At another place about 500 yards away
from the place just mentioned is . wall
jutting from under slope for distance
Of nearly 1000 feet. This stone worK is
exposed in q great many places over sn
eres OF four miles.
The sides and angles OF the blocks Of
stone are SO perfect that they resemble
pressed brick. The tops OF these walls are
perfectly horizontal and without regard to
the eArth's surface. The seams between
the tiers are perfectly straight. and each
block OF stone is perfectly horizontal in
position, aud these blocks are smoothly
dressed on the edges and ends, while the
broad surfaces are rough, showing .
broken surface brought down TO level
plane, but mol dressed. They are held 70
firmly together by the cement that 1t Is
with great din ,nlty that they are broken
up.
A personal inspection OF these great
structures ss they lie partly buried in the
earth would relieve toe minds OF the most
skspticsl Of oil doubt Of 1t not being the
work OF the hands OF man.
Ia oil that is above mentioned 10 con
neciion with numerous csvings in Of the
esrth's crust. which represent the eIIs
tepcs OF underground cayerns, abundant
evidence is fonpd to bear out the theory
OF the existence OF great buried city 10
that locality.
The information above given is voucbed
for by other psr!ies who have visited the
scene 10 recent years. and besra ont the
theory advanced by Mr.. Wstson. Truly,
there IS work Tor the scientist beie.