The St. Johns herald., 1901-02-02

the warden of the United States peni, tiary at Leavenworth, Kan. and also letter to Dr. T. B. Birdsong from an other distinguished source. it being known that the latter some years ago investigated the matter. Mir. Watson. however" says the Courier. ''has givsh the Subject more patient thought than anyone else. and to him the Courier is indebted for the following interesting facts:
 "He calls it the 'Brandywine Stone Wall and says this wonderful and massive structure or parts of structure of masonry done in stone. which has withstood the ravages of time for per haps many thousands of years. still
 stands an enduring relic of a pre- historic civilization and a knowledge of the art of building not inferior in many respects tothe present day. These stone buildings lie. for the most part. buried in the earth i'd the southeast ern part of Claiborne county. and lying against the Copiah county line. on the slopes overlooking the valley Of the ,Brandywine creek from the west side.
 ''These walls run from northeast to southwest. They are built of white or grayish white stone of immense size. weighing from two to three tons. measuring from six to eight feet in length and three feet wide by two feet thick. These blocks. or slabs. are laid in a very fine quality of cement. and as perfectly as brick work. Thssnts are perfect and very close.
 "At one place the top of the wall is exposed by the earth being washed away to a width of 50 feet and a length of 90 feet; this exposure has the ap- pearance of brick hearth. At an other place the stone has been quarried for domestic use to a depth of three layers of slabs, which is six fs@ssa width of 24. or eight blocks. and a length of 25. blocks. or l50 feet The length of this wall as indicated by the croppings is about 1000 feet At an other place about 800 yards away from the place just mentioned is a wall jut- ting from under slope fer distance of nearly 2.C0O feet. This stone work is exposed in great many places over an area of four square miles.
 ''The sides and angles of the blocks of stones are so perfect that they re- semble pressed brick. The tops of these walls are perfectly horizontal and with out regard to the unevensss of the earth's surface. The seams across the tiers are perfectly horizontal in posi- tion. and these blocks are smoothly dressed on the edges and ends. while the broad surfaces are brought down tO a level plane, but not dressed. They are held so firmly together by the cement that it is with great difficulty that they are broken up.
 "A personal inspection of these great structures as they lie partly buried in the earth would relieve the minds of the most skeptical of all doubt of it not being the work of the hands of man.
 .'In all that is above mentioned in connection with numerous caVings-fn of the earth's surface. which repre- sent the existence of underground cav erns, abundant evidence is fcrnd to bear out the theory of the existence of great buried city in that locality
 "The information above given is vouched for by other parties who have visited the scene in recent years and bears out the theory advanced by Nr- Watson. Truly, there is work for the here"