The sun., 1900-11-18
uIsSIsSIPPiS GREAT WiII.
An Interesting Prchidoric Work the Otisin Of
which Il a Mystery.
From the Ncn Ori,cns FicdpuHc

From the Ncn Orleans Ficdpunc
One Of the scientific Iuzyea of the state
OF Mississippi i the "Hrandv~ inc S,cne Wall "
IL has long been a problem that il vet un.olyed.
Some time ago MIR 1homes Watson Of Hazlc-
hurt, sent Gov. Ioneino . rencil drawing Of
an immense pile OF stone IN tho southeastern
portion Of Claiborne county, suggesting that
the stone might he utilized in building the
new Capitol In letter which accom- ani"d
the drawing MIR. Watson stated that these
stones piled high on each other. cover an area
four miles square. Zach stone is six feet Ions
three feet wide and two feet thick. and they
are Joined together with an excellent quality
Of cement No nan knows how they came
there. They may have been there for thou-
sands o' years. The builder, rho Jdckson
Nous thinks. wcr" some rro'storic race
IL could not be otherwise. This structur" is
supposed To he II continuation Of tho great
chinese wall" which seems 10 begin below
Raymond, in tho south lern part Of iinds county
and which ls tTaceablc through toliah. II l.
broad enough to accommodate two or three
wagon. abreast. and is one OF the wonders OF
Mention of thi. remarkable exhibit" says
the HOsi'hust CouriCr, "hHs elected no little
comment in '1r. has brought n, etlcr, 70 Mr.
peni,entiary n, icaverworth, Ran and also
letter to br T Brdsong from another dis
tinsni~hcd source, 1t being known that the lat
Alr watson. h""ev"r says the COURIER las
given IN" subject more patient thought and
gone over tho ground moro thoroughly than
any on" el,e, and 10 him the 'ourlsr il indebted
for the following facis.
y" calls II The 'BrandyNine Stone Nail
and says ihi, wo'dorfll and massive structure
or parts Of structure Of masonry done in stone
which has wlrhstood tho ravaros of time for
perhaps many thousands Of year-, -tll stands
and " Ernwlntso f of fhs eri ~ h4idiae C." NC" %"'
Inferior in many respects To the present da,
buried in tho earth Ia tho southeas'cr' portion
oi lal' orn" county, and lying against the
topiah county line on tho slo,cs overlooking
tho Valley of the Brandvwn" creek from the
"Thosr well. run from nor'hc,e, 20 southwest
They arc built 81 white or grnrish white stone
tons mcnsurirr from eix toeicht foot in lcncth
aud throe foe' wild" by TWO fcot thick Those
81 block. aoc or -aG' n5 ar" 1d in E" 9" aay
joints are perfect and worry clo-e
~ on" place The wall is cHnoscd by III
earth being washed awav 70 awidth o' sixty
ha- tho aupc1-ance ~ brick hearth.
~ another rlac" the stone has hecn on,r-
~ sl1hS. winch i ak fee' = Width =, iwenln-
rNur 'cci orelGlt clocks ard length of tw"~ty;,
Al another place about 5oD wards away
from tho nla"" ipst mentioned is a wall jutinS
cro,t many places ovor an arca ~, four miles
The -iiN@ ana ,nrleS ~ the blocks Of stones
1re rer'nct that -" rcse'r No pressed brick.
Tho '0~s O' ths n walls are pn-Seotlv horizontal
AID without regard - tho urevcnno's ~ tho
r1rth's -rr'aoo. Tho seams hetTe"n ~" tiers
nro no~'oc'lv straight ard eaoh block ~ stnnn
l. rorrec'lv horizontal ~ uos'ti,n and tho-o
blocks aro smootAlv dressed on the edges
md ords white the broad surfaces nre rough.
shown; r broken su-f,cc brourlf down -
= Lowell ,rla-o. hut not dressed. Thnv nre held
f-r,lv tooa'hor =" tho Comeri th-t II "a
with c-cat di~ci'" 'h1t tho. nrn broken M
a re-s1n1l lNSnecfi ~ - the.a rre1. Sir'!c-
'u-oS as thev lie r0rt'v huri"i In tho earth
wrult -a'ieya II" minds ~ t1s mNs' scAoticnl
~ ~ doubt ~ l. not being the wora ~ the
hards - man.
In ~ that is above nsr'io1ci /, cHn-ec-
ti"1 win nune~nris cnvinrs-lr ~ tho earth's
crus'. which rc0re.nut no ov's'onNo ~ under
C-rlNd Cavc-ps ahurdar' cviI~-cn il found
hear ou' i've 'hnOrv ~ tho existence " a
c-aH' buried citv in that locality.
Tho Information nhrva given is vnuched
'r- h" ~ Ne- ro~'iee who hTvo visi'ei tho sce-o
f. -oro0' vo--s. "7f hor-a ou' tho theory nd.
vr1cel by ~. W,'sNn. Truly. there is work
or the scientist hore