Arizona republican., 1900-11-25

ton of the great Chinese waH'' which seems to begin below Rarmond, in the southern part of Kinds county. and which is 'traceable through Couia. It is broad enough to accommodate two or three wagons abreast, and is one of the wonders of the world.
 "Mention of this remarkable eXhib- it." says the Hazlehurst Courier. 'has elicited no little comment-in fact has brought a letter to Mir. Watson from the warden If the United States peni- enitiary at Leavenworth. Kansas. and also a letter to Dr. T. B. Birdsong from another distinguished source, it being known that the latter some years ago investigated the matter. MT. Watson. however" says the Courier, mas given the subject more patient thought and g5ns over the ground more thoroughly than any one else. and to him the Cour- | fer is indebted for the following facts: "He oalls it the 'Brandywine stone wall and says tn s wonderful and mas sive structure. or parts of structure. Of masonry done in stone. which has with stood the ravagls of time for perhaps many thousands of years. still stands. an enduring relic of a prehistoric civb-
  builCirg rot inferior in many respects to ths present day. These stone build iugs, lie for the most part, buri5d in n1e earth in the southeastern portion 9f Claiborne county. and lying against :he Copiah county line. on the slopes overlooking the valley of the Brandy wine creek from the west side.
 These walls run from northeast to frf tA IF grayinsi1 white stone of immense size. weighing from two to three tons, meas- ,lring from six to eight feet in length. and three feet wide by two feet thick. These blocks or slabs are laid in a very fin9 quality of cement, and as perfectly as ck-work. The joints are perfect and very close.
 At one place the wall is exposed by the earth being washed away to a width of sixty feet and a length of nintty feet. This exposure has the ap- rearance of brick hearth.
 At another place the stone has been quarried for domestic use to depth of three layers Of slabs, which is six feet. a width of tws nty-four feet, Or eight blocks. and a length of twenty-five blocks. or 150 fec The length of this
 
 about 900 feet.
 Al another place about 800 yards awar from the place just mentioned is q wall juttlng from under a slope for distance of nearly 1000 flet. This stone work in exposed in a great many places over an area of four miles.
 ''The sides and anglss of the blocks Of stone are SO perfect that they resem- II walls are perfectly horizontal and with cut regard to the unevenness of the 5arth's surface. The seams between the tiers are perfectly straight, ana each | block of stone IS perfectly hor' 'zoutal in position, and these blocks are smoothly ] dressed on bhe edges and ends. nile I, the bread surfaces are rough. showing a broken surface brought down to a level plane. but not dressed. They are he'd so firmly together by th= cement | that it is with great difficulty that they , are broken up.
 "A personal inspection Of thess gr5It l structures, as they lie partly buried il the earth, would relieve the minds nf the most sceptical of all doub. of its not being the work of the hands of man.
 Tn all that lS above ms entone In , connection With the cavings-in of tle earths crust. which represents the ey Istence of underground caverns. abUr- dant evidence is found to bear out the | theory of the existence of a great buliad city in that locality.
 The information above given Is vouchsd for by other parties who nave visited the scene. on recs Tt years, and bears out the theory advanced by MT. Watson. Truly. thsre is work for the scientist here.-New Orleans Picayune.