Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1875, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. - PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Ex AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th Street, BY The Evening Star Newspaper Com; 2. i RAvEEEEEEE tert = ——.—_—_ EVENING STAR is servet by THE carriers te ¥ mat. month; sz months, $3 WEEKLY STAB— « \. St, 46—N2. 7,065. SPECIAL NOTICES. Priel engagement of t mR. lebrated Comedian, HN E. OWENS. TO-NIGHT, Bateman’ det JOHN UNIT OWENS HISGLE. harles Dickens’ beaati DoT. Ox, THE CKIOKKT ON THE HEARTH Saturday Bight PO }8 GENTLEMAN OWENS MATINEE SATURDAY. Hovember 22—Mrs. Gates’ pars G*®45" CONCERT at LINCOLN HALL. TUESDAY EVENING, November i6th Under the suspices of the ANALOSTAN BOAT CLUB. Admiesion, ONE DOLLAB. Beate may be reserved at Metzero’ Comics Opera Com worls-tf “s withont ¢ pos E OF LECTURES, November 2%, DWARE or of the t—Looeier 3k: 3GLESTON ssier Schoolmaster, and Dialec: Readings December 1, NB. GOUGH: (His new and best ‘ Babe JOB: Bubyect—Bluncers. December 29, DR. ISAAC I. HAYES: Eubject—Icclaud. (iilnstrated with m: views.) iMiant course ts under carefol ant er: acement The lectures will be deti spacious anditorinm of WES! where the admiral peri ered EY CHAPEL, g arrangement owl cord mence at § o'clock. promptly ARLOW’S GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, 1225 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, AINTINGS, EXGHSTINGS CHUOMDS PAS, Roanarus, citio HS, PAINTINGS oN LITHOGRAP! ves. ATTS of et deecrtgtion made to order. PASSE PARTOCTS st veriety. GOLD, SIL- VEER and COPPER WIRE. COKD, NAILS, &c. article guarsntecd as represeuied. ‘AINTINGS arranged aud bung for Galleries and Private Parties. PAINTINGS Cleaned, Restored and Varnishod OLD FRAMES BEGIL . B. BARLOW, LITHOGRAPHS, from lie. to Bi each. 3 RW OOD ENGEA VINGS for Scrap-books On Exhibition (New No. and Sale 439 9TH St. 4n6 7TH 8t. No. 439 Th streai, betieven D and B sirects, erzhe doors above Odd Fellows’ Hall. Choice Oil Paintings. Engravings, Chrom: Also, largest stock of Paper Haixings, ¥ Shades. Pictures. ic Seis. Rives, Nui AT MARKKITER'S Frames, Picture Cords is &c., in the District. ST ents Oa: SF Please remember Name and Namber. UST V BABIT Ning, CULUMBIA i omneii Om the iuing room of the eame hall, nov seme evening ia au ad Tickers cents. PIANOS, & PECKER BROS.” GSAND, SQUARE, ano UPAIGHT PIANOS AKE MATCHLESS. @. KUN, SOLE AGENT, 407 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST Above Pennsylvania Avenue. &F Prices Reasonable. Terms Easy. novt3-im N. co. WSO RENOw Sep praxos, mare aud Upright. short f me ‘Tuning e Pi ects ly 423 lsh «t., A BRO Outs, few doors above Pa. av. a BE STIEFF PIANOS, aneurpaseed tm tone, terms, + Ob emay ‘nders! were, » We... 75c. and up; White Linen Bosom Shirts, 7S0., Sic. 82, oh 5 of Underwear, H. wea, Knit Jackets, Susy ton Flannel Drawers: 13e. to 8! ‘4 and 1916 ivanis avenue, bet. 19th and 20th sen, er a W. SELBE FLowsss ENAMELED IN WAX. NO COUNTESFEIT. THE OKIGINAL FLOWERS USED. MAS. EVA FRIES FOR OPERA GLASSES, INE ASSORT} a AINE ASSO PEW eri? MADE, AT o acture rr r PEER. $ piactan, 1. 00F. 6 atrent. CARPETINGS, OILCLUTH:., AND KEEPS PATENT PARTLY-MADE URESS SHIKTS eakepizing new sevoties daily for the fall and win- froma hac set to aie. 995 Tih stresb and 706 eritr W. W. BURDETTE 8 eo. J D. MUNN, i ENG rua Rg 937 Pesxsiivania Ave. ar zy = Ses weno Ww ok at Beppe nts comin” “oS aneed er ot Bali puore, Ma. c Cents hd ished om Friday . | - s . pestiaxs prepard. . re i “ ST All mebecriotions incartah nee, and SF Rates of adeortising STM!” 04 on application ee AMUSEMENTS. N ATIC 4AL THEATER, 618—THAT IS ACTUALLY WORTH-g18 REALLY HANDSOME STYLE. AN ELEGANT SUIT OR OVERCOAT $18_FOR ONLY-$18 $25-THAT SELLS REGULAR FOR-$25 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS —All the mom- here of LIBERTY LODE, No.6, are, te resent at the rezalar meeting, = AY EVENING Movember th, totakene regard to the death of Beother On Istor ae: " A. 0. WHITNEY. € [Republican and Tribane ] GuvERNa now l6 2 ‘pose of par- inthe funeral of our acconana brother, bas 3 ~gren o was = NN. wie onde Seeientenes — WItLI@ 0. KENEALY, it Becorder, Knights of St. Patric ‘THERE WILL BE A MEESING OF THE iS Gacnsgene of the NATIONAL CAPITAL BEAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION at the“ rd ot Trace Keoms,” corner 9h and D streets, TURS- DA ara ENI Xc oon Cowra at7o'clock. By or- ‘Boa: ore. aol a “f DINGEO. COWIE, Secretary. a ne Aah nent OD ALADDIN SEOURITY OLL.—The safest LS ‘and best. Barns longer; burns brighter. and will pot ex; . Manufactured by O. WEST & SONS, Baltimore, Ma hovl-la* ¥.M.0 a. TS shadata AFTEBNOON SERVICES, LINCOLN HALL. at 3:30 o'clock, Conducted by the Young Men of the Association. YOUNG MEN SPECIALLY INVITED. MUSIC LED B¥ ORGAN AND COBNET. Classes in English Grammar and Arithmetic com- mence TUESDAY EVENING. at 6:30. _oct30-tr ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO LEARN PiTMAN’S SHOBT-HAND may find an experienced teacher at Roy's Academy, Sunder- Jand’s church, 43 street northwest. Full course of ‘® lessons, #10. Thorough mastery of the whole subject guarantecd. oot3)-tf BOILING HOT OB 1UE-OOLD TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE, Pure and Fragrant, WITH MILBURN’S UNRIVALLED SODA, 1429 Pennsylvania AVENUE, near Willard’s. DISTRICE OF COLUMBIA BONDS FOB Or genta year Bonds. s 7 3.65 Bonds, Specis! improvement § per cent. Bonds, recefva- bie for special taxes. oct23-Im LEWIS JOHNSOR & OO , Bankers, TAXPAYERS’ NOTICE. —Your bills for SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT TAXE3 cau now be paid for less money than at any time hereto- It ie not probable that the present low prices will much longer continue. ‘at once and take advantage of the low rates onngred b cet23-1m [ 48 JOUNSON & CO, BANKERS, Corner cs Wth Street and Penasyleania Avenue, Dealers in Government and District Securtttes Foreign Exchange and Gold. sepl4-ly wr OFFLAY £00, BA Corner Firr Opposite Treasery Departmen EABK OF DEPOSIT, EXCHANGE, &c. Deal in GOLD, Government acd District BONDS, Foreign EXCHANGE, &c. Collections made on all points. Investment Securities on Commission. _mar4-tr cS W. WHITAKER. W. J. COOKE. WHITAKER & COOKE, General Claim and Collection Agents, District Cisims a Specialty. octt0-tr AY & 00., 223 42 street. ectéir No. 715 sth street, op. Higgs & Oo. ft = 4. D. COOKE, Jx., & OO. S (leg Sheritam fon) S-tr ‘1499 F REMOVAL —WM. F. HOLTZMAN. acy at Law, bas removed to No. 13:21 F at. athweet, opposite Ebbit House, aud will be a # friends and business acquaint- cefs soticted, and money invested. Rooms and Offices for rent in same building. je9-tf SAMUEL G YOUNG, NOTARY PoBLic, cei? tf Ovrice—Stak Beitvine, KNOW ALL MEV THAT WE WILL SELL A FINE SUIT OR OVERCOAT 810—FOR ONLY-810 §15-THAT IS WORTH FULLY-—§15 WELL MADE AND TRIMMED. ALL WOOL OVERCOAT OR SUIT $13—FOR ONLY-§613 VERY STYLISH AND DRESSY. 4 SUPERB OVEBCOAT OR SUIT $25—FOR ONLY-$25 #35—NEVER SOLD LESS THAN—835 EQUAL TO CUSTOM MADE. Boys’ Goods at Same Rates. HABLE BROTHERS, Tatleore and Clothiers, oct. AND HORSE COVERS, AT PRIGES TO SUIT THE TIMES: Largest and Finest Assortment fn the city of IMPEBIAL, SCOTCH, PLUSH CARBERIAGE BOB! HOBSE COVERS, WHIPS, SATCHELS, POCKET BOOKS, SHAWL STRAPS, &,} “AT THE PaRacTicaL E TRUNK, HABNESS, AND BADDLE MANUFACTORY 01 JAMES S. TOPHAM, 425 77H STREET N.W., ( Adjobuing Odd Fellows’ Hall.) rner 7th and D Streets R. W ROBES oa D WOOLEN preestTeian LUPE INSURANCE com. . or WASHINGTON, D. ©, ON THE WEELY AND MONTHLY Piywevr Home Qfice—1229 ¥ STBEET NOKTUW FST CAPITAL se ; tT. a0 ENGLISH CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS FOR ELEGANCE, BRILLIANCY AND REAL ECONONY THEY EXCEL ALL OTHERS. WASHINGTON, D. C., TU DAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1875. TWO CENTS. | J. H. Hazleton, of the Distr: EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIP(s To-DAy.—Inter- nal rev enne, $196,388.38; customs, $462,935.46. THE AMOUNT of national bank note enr- revey received at the Treasury to-day for re demption aggregated $311 b PATENTS, &c., were issucd to-day as fol- lows :— Patents, 265; reissues, 17; designs, trade marks, 19; labels, 15; total, PRESIDENT GRANT having commenced the preparation of bis annnal message to Congress, he will not receive visitors watil it is compieted. ‘THE COMM ISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS has decided to furnish travsportation to their homes in Oregon to the Warm Spring Ia- dians now in this city. NAVAL ORDERS.— Assistant Surgeon Chas. K. Yaney from the naval hospital, Mare Island, California, and ordered to Washing. ton city for examination for promotion. CurtIxne Do EXPENSES.—Secretary Bristow will in a fewdays Issue orders to reduce the force in all of tae custom houses of the United States, owing to the fact that the appropriation for the collection of eus- toms ts deficient to the extent of about $600,000, Cost oF THE MAIL SERVICE.—Second As- sistant Postmaster General Tyner in his an- nual report states the cost of inland mail SS for the fiscal year, which ended Jane 30th last, as $15,353 He es- timates the cost of the same service for the current fiscal year at = ARMY ORDERS.—On the recommeniation of the Surgeon General, Assistant Surgeon J. de B. W. Gardner is ordered to report by letter to the commanding officer department of Arizona for assigument toduty. Recruits for the army are ordered as follows. 100 to San Antonio, Texas, for the toth infantry 100 to Dailax, Texas, for the 11th infantry. THE AXE of the executioner of the Depart- mentofthe Interior having become dullei by the frequent contact with the vertabre: of @ large number of decapitated clerks at the department named is being whetted to- day preparatory for sanguinary work some- time duiing the present week. No changes were made to-day. ANDLER LIBEL Case — ’. Buell, who is indieted for publisbing a libel on Hon. % Candler, appearcd at the Court House with his eo | sel, Mr. Wm. Birt aud after a consulia- on with the Distriet Attorney, the bail was fixed at $2,000, and he was allowed to leave on his own r ZAnee 1 to-morrow morning, Wren he will produce his suretics, tlon of re desig- THE REVENUE SERViCE.— the President the foliowing vessels nated to perform special winte The Albert Gallatin at Boston, Alexander Hamilton at the U. 8° Grant and the Mosswoot at ork, Thomas Ewing and Schuyler AJ Dallas at Port! | ai bin at Castine, Eastport, port, Rhode I PERSONAL — isstoner Atkinson, of the Pension Bureap, leaves for his home at Brownsville, this e Will be absent about two w: sentative John K Tarpox, of M is in town, at 33) Missonri aves Senator Pease, he decapite of Viessh arg, a: d Hon. G Wiley APPOINTMENT 4 has been appointed an cost effice clerk between th } don, N.C. with pay at the rate of $1,000 p> arvtim. Mr. H has beenacting as temporary | clerk for some time past. Mr. A. T Joyae of the District of Columbia, has bee.’ p: moted from assistant clerk'to cleck on ike | cars between this city and New York; pay increased from $1,000 to 1,269 per annum. THE VICE PRESIDENT'S CONDITION isnot | improved to-day. Yesterday he sat up for nearly eight hours and numerous visitors were admitted, and the consequence was that he became very weak and nervous, and was restless last night and unable to sleep soundly until nearly five o’clock this morn- ing. To-day noadmittance has been allowed to the sick chamber, it being necessary that he have perfect quiet and repose. Mr. Wil- son is not suffering any pain, but is restless and nervous from over exertion. THE NATIONAL THEATER.—The comely of “Self,” with its practital American ideas asenforeed by that sound-headed embodi- ment of thrifty-good sense “John Unit” was performed last night atthe National in a manoer to gratify an unusu critical audience. Mr. Owens, a great favor- ite in Washington, of course made much of the part of “John Unit,” and the pithy say- ings ef that worthy, enunciated with sach unction by Mr. O., were ip gpm to the echo. But the feature of the evening was the unmistakable success of the young Washington debutante, Miss Mianette Thompson, in the part of “Mary Apex.” Young, graceful, pretty with an animate, expressive face, she propitiated the audience at fist sight, and as the play went on and she delineated the young heroine with the mixture of Vivacity, archness, loving devotion and pathos required by the part, the satisfaction of the audience was manifested by hearty | ard continnous applause. She was caliel before the Curtain again and again, and in the last act was the recipient of numerous floral tributes. ‘here can be no qnestion that she has genuine dramatic talent. The other parts of “Self” were well tea, and especially the part of “Mrs. Corduroy Coburn,” by the always excellent Mrs. Ger- mon; that of “Mrs. Apex,” by Miss Rose Osburn, and that of “Mr. Apex,” by Mr. Tearson, who bas already taken’ a leading position in the regards of ‘Wasbington play- xoers. Miss Eugene Paul, Mr. Weber, Mr. ‘Walters and Mr. Kingsley were also ‘very good in the parts they took, as was also the joung lady (Miss Gonzales,) who per- icrmed the part of “Chloe.” To-night “Selr” is to be repeated. THe LATEST CANINET CHANGE RuMOR. The latest Cabinet change rumor is that Postmaster General Jewell is to retire after the Christmas holidays and_be sueceeded by John New, ine peonent Treasurer of the United States. Mr. New, when asked by a | tions. Pi | might qualify the full measare of | Stak reporter this morning as to the cor- rectness of the t, stated that it was “poppycock.”” however, there ‘was something in his manner which indi- cated that the rumer was bilities, and that he made public. He did not deny that he would the duties of the proposed office mueh than the one = id's the ae of portfolic ‘woul io of the Post. Department. The appoint- ment of Mr. New, according to the ramor, is recommended Senator Morton, and is said to be the oui of @ recent visit made by him to this city, and at which time he had an extended interview with Presideat Grant i NOTES OF 4 SUMMER TRIP. No. A RAINY TIME IN KENTUCKY. St. Swithin’s Day was showery,and the prophecy of forty «lays rain traditionally at- tiched to that fact seemed this year to be in the process of fulfilment. The wet season in Ker tacky began about the Is! of July. From this date there was scarcely twenty-four hours without greater or less rainfall, which Seriously interfered with the cutting and curing of the harvest. The wheat shocked in the fields began to sprout and rot, and it was feared the crops would prove a total loss. About the middle of July, as I passed down the Kentueky Central railroad, on my way heme, I observed a whole field of wheat in the shocks, along the Licking river, sub- merged by the flood which had extended over the bottom lands, All day Sunday, and the last day of my stay at ‘Spring Hill.” there were no breaks in ihe clonds, or glimpses of sunshine, but a continued steady rain. This was a source of great disappointment to me, as I had de- signed making asurvey of an ANCIENT MOUND AND FORTIFICATIO: situated in a field on the “Spring Hill” es- tate, known as the “Fort Field.” As far as I am aware, this mound, al- though well-known to persons residing in Versailles, has not been described, either by Thomas E. Picket, esq., who has written so intelligently upon the mounds of Kentucky and the adjoining states, or by any other writer. Although I was deprived of the pieasnre of examing the fort, I was fortunate enough to have a conversation relative to it with the elder Dr. Carter, of Versailles, who bas lived almost within sight of it for over fifty years. Dr. Joseph Coleman Carter was born “in Albermarle county, Va., December 23d, 1808. His parents removed to Woolford county in 1869, where the Dr. as boy and man bas lived ever since. After acquiring & gool acalemic education he stadied medicine with Dr. Daniel Drake and received his medical degree in 1532. From that time tothe present he has been actively engazed in the practice of his professioa in Versailles. The cllowing is the substance of his remarks. He remembe.s when these old works were within the shadow of the dense forest that bad existed here since the time the Indians ranged through them for game. He describes the opening of a road across one corser of the fortification. t that time the embank: ments were from six toelght feet high, the extent of the enclosure being about four bundred feet long, by three hundred feet wide. Near the center of the enclosure, there was a mound of about the same height, and thirty or forty feet in diameter. A similar m und was on the outsideof the walls, about oue hundred feet od in frort of the apparent entra ‘ce ysure. The re- ius areat this time covered with a crop of cats, and the plow is ravidly retuelog the wails to the level of the fie it the out- lines are still traceable. T Doctor not rememwer that the mous plored in search of relles. arly house in this region of Kentuetcy hatehets, arrow heads, &e., of Indian wor manship. which have ‘been picked up fro time to time in the fields, are exhib.te! a curiosities. THE VERY REMARKABLE TEMPL D, near Lovedale, in Woodford county, has been carefully examined and deseribel by aret: ologists, and has frequently been visitet by Dr. Carter. He has also visited many others and describes them with great accarac: has collected manygladian curiosities, and presented them from time to time to insti tions and pri He gi me sev. tified shell, or a stone 2 and higbly polished. rund Lytag on 0 moun) was kind a ing of the as she is in t gnucst. The attempt to ch pitality I experienced du do it injustice, since any te ent hostess, who aplisument of sp compe at of ulneness, warmth 8nd jiverality. Dr. D. Drake Carter, son of Dr. C. jas! al uded to, although engaged in @ laborious clice {n Versailles, obligingly drove me er to Lexington, a distance of twelve miles, the first step on my return to Wash- ington, The morning was clou:ly, with occa. sional showers; but it was clear end enable us to see the country thrd we passed, and the Clay monnmeut, f distance of three miles, as we apyrov tLe city of Lexington, The drive from Versailles brought me through @ most lovely agricultural section, highly cultivated, and with excellent farm towards the establishment by private con- | ples upon which they are constructed, with tribution of @ hospital to be called the tbe care and judgment displayed tn the se- “FAYETTE HOSPITAL,” i icetion of theirattes, are-oty nts well calen- of which the corner-stone was laid June 3mh, | With a hic rreant for me toeeline ree ee 1817. Financial embarrassmenta supervened, | xi1i of the former inhabitants of this onti- and in 1822, before the building was com- nent. pleted, it was soid to the state for an insane asylum. This institution was opened May ist, 1824, under the name of the “Kentucky Fastern LunaticAsylum.” Itwas tne secord institution, I believe, supported by state pa- Lronage in’ the United States. 1t has been much enlarged since, and the grounds great_ ly extended by new purchases, and it is now in all respects one of the most complete asy- lums for the scientific treatment of the ta- sane in our country. The building is located on the property originally known as “Sink- ing Sprin, A copious spring, which I be- lieve is _still in use, gives this estate its name. The water, after flowing a short «is- tance, ail sinks, and is believed to be the THE AGF OF THE MOUNDS. While wecan o:ly conjecture as to the age of the mounds, there can be no donbt but that they were ip existence many centaries prior to the arrival of the Europeans. Aged trees bave been found on the walls of these grass-grown forts and tumuli, whieh are computed to be from three to five centuries old. But, indeed, a second and even third en Ure forest growth has been traced on some of these ancient remains. The conditions necessary for the maintenance of a dense pop- ulation, Sucb as that of the mound builders must have required, just the reverse of that which is needed for the pport of the In. same that reappears in a large spring at | dians. Game can only exist and continue Georgetown, in Scott county. The sewage | in any great abundance in a wild and wood. from this large institution is all conveyed to this underground stream! There has been no general or comprehensive system of water supply or sewage adopted for the city, copiamaination of both well and spring water in different parts of the city has been, in many instances, more than suspected. The | Water supply is wholly from springs, wells, and cisterns of rain water. The latter is, fortunately for health, being generally re. forted to, not only in the city, but at the farm-houres throughout this section. TBE QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY SEWERAGE. Wherever the fissured character of the underlying rocks favors sinks and under- gronud streams, the ready contamination and pollution of wells and springs follows. As the population of Lexington increases, the water supply for domestic use and the @isposal of sewage must hecomea question of grave imy ortance, and Iam gratified to find that the profession are not indifferent to this matter, but are doing all they can to | bring about the use of rain water for domes- tie purposes. This city and region. like others similarly situated in regard to its water supply, has suffered severely from cholera, whenever it has prevatied in an epidemic form. But this the profession fully un@erstand, and are encouraging use of | disinfectants and the adoption of other proper hygienic measures. Having had my attention drawn to the ancient mnouads and earthworks in Wood- ford conuty. while walking the streets of Lexington, I recalled the fact that that city is reported to bave been located upon the re- mains of an ancient fortification. A cave was faid to have existed here, in which were found human remains that’ lad heen em- balmed, or bore a resemblance to mumo es. if such @ cavernexists, the entrance tol is pot now known. Indian graves constructed ed country. The time that would elapse be- fore a section would become densely timbered with a wood of large growth, such as wax found in Ohio and Kentucky at the period of their discovery, woud be at least many hundrad years Whoever visits one of the gigantic works of American antiquity will be Siied with a longing to penetrate the mystery of the past, | and will, in the presence of bygone ages, un- consciously fall to speculating. In many places ihe stones composing the wails around these fortifications preseat tne appearance of having been displaced, as though by an earthquake; while in others, the ruins have retired, leaving a succession of terraces, In others again the ruins have either arisen and encroached upon the forts, or the land has been suddenly depressed, giv ing rise to inundations. In farther confirm. ation of the view of the great autiquity of these earthworks 1s the circumstance that | they are sometimes covered to the extent of many feet with alluvium. A subterranean | Indian village was discovered some years @go in the Nacootchie valley, Georgta: this probably «id not belong to the periot of the found Builders, but the faet is interesting showing what extensive changes may ke place on the face of a country while na. as are passing Away. The city of Cinein. i was butlt over the rutus of one of the oid forts which for ages had been covered with alluvium. and the same may be said of Ma. rietta and others. The remains of the Mound Builder which have been discovered may be bal a small part of the actual number whieh formerly xisted, and perhaps many a farmer nas wed bis fields for a lifetime and never dreamed that his furrows extended over a veritable city of the dead. From the evidence and data collectet. it nid appear probable that the Mound Builders of North America were AND of stone in a peculiar manner were dis- | A BRANCH OF, IF NOT THE SAME PROPLE covered here, in the vicinity of tue relics of | who built the wonderful and imposing tem- the Mound Buil clent mounds are | pies of Mexico and Central America. «@aite 2 ken: | a numb«r of the motads have been surveyed and th4r ground plans aceurately determ ned. A few have been observed to be built in the forms of birds, serpents, and various other animals with limbs extended; the rep resentation being ofven so faithful as to ena- us to recognize the bird or animal the ancie: ts intenoed to represent. Accounts of many Of these works, with maps showing their conformation, have been pubdlishel by s there, among ore active inquiry t the mounds teach of the past thah tin the cast. MONUMEN OF A FORMER SEME-CIVILIZED Race widely distributed in the rich leys, and along the water conrses are “found alluvial v: throughout the Mississippi valley, from the = a jan pm n. and by histor!- great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The fact | C4) 8nd arc! sical societics. that the Goutinent of America = a The facts wh the mounds have revealet give ample evidenes of the ingenuity cultivation of their builders, but beyond these monuments, now fast sinking into ob- literation, panght is left to teil of a people, Who, however possessed of the human love Of fame, beve transmitted to us no record of their origin, and bave not even enrolled their names on the pages of history. In closing these crude remarks, it nay be proper to observe that persons Who may make any discoveries in Connection with these mounds, or wiio May come into possession of relics oF otber articles that may tend to throw light upon the antiquities of Amer! well to communicate with the Institetion, in order that the rec diseoveries may be preserve, and thus far nish data for scientific investigation into the histery of a people shrouded in the obscurity Of the past. J. M. T. formerly inhal ited by a people mach ther advanced in the arts of civilization th e Red Men, is now gener. Their knowledge of defensive evinced, in the construction of their immense forts, and it implies that they lived in compiet seitiements, and must therefore have evjoyed some of the conditions com- mon to civilized communities. Bat this vace bad in all probability dis appeared a the Indi came either from some o1 and. or [rom the mountain fastnesses of thi couniry, aud erected thetr wigwams within the vast fortifications, and buried their dead Within view of the tumuil, if notin them, and in the shadow of the teoealli where ages ore d Builder kept his sacred tiate his heathen god Mouad Builders are distinguishable and quite distinet from ose of the Indians, although often the skel- fons of both races are found ia the same omb. The Tndians are by instinct hunters and trappers, and althongh they live in tribes, nevertheless from necessity dwell in scattered communities. On the o.her land, the Mound Builders must have lived in compact settlements, with probably exten- stve herds and cultivated lands. Numerous theories have been devised to account for the erection of these monum -nts. a er tot tar all Wards. or COMMISSIONER SMITH IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT. Iv his forthcoming ual report Commis sioner Smith, of the Indian burean, will ree- ommend the ABOLITION OF THE CONTRACT SYSTEM, and that all purchases be made by the War a aot or * "* | department; that the purchases of clothing, Geavariig, #0 Abcribe ies et near | tenkn, thrding and towtshehd utonaibe, estas the mound builders to some other land. Jo- | apd horses, be made by the Quartermaster’s siab Priest, tn his “American Antiquities,” | department, ard be transported under the gravely states his belief, that “Noah's ark” | direction of that department fo the post; RECOMMENDATIONS it ‘here Was no waste, nor | rested in America, and that this continent | there fi ‘ted by of the army ap. ane cicouoes ion T had now passed |. was the ‘cradle of the human race.” John | pointed for eal gg memes and delivered inio Ubrough portions of Fayette county by rail- | McIntosh begins his account of the ancient | the agent’s hands. whose duty shail be sim- road from Lexington to Midway, across the northwestern corner. And in Coming into Lexington from Bourbou county, I traversed the northeastern jon. The route from Versailles is nearly east, through the center of the county. The quality of the soil in all parts excels expectation, so that exagzera- ton of the beauty and richness of the bluc grass ion would be difficult. The whol territory of Keameky, it will be remembered, belonged to Virginia at the lime of its settlement, and formed @ part of Fincastle county, Va. But in December, 1776, the legisiature of Virginia created the county of Kentucky, which embraced the whole territory now Leeevegpron the state. The first court of quarter sessions of this county was held at Harrodsburg in the spring of 1777. In November, 1789, the legislatare of Virginia divided Kentueky into a district composed of three counties—Fayette, Lin- coln and Jeiferson, sinking the name of Ken- tueky excepjas it applied to the district. Thus Fayette was one of the original coun- ties of LEXINGTON was actually founded and named in [776 by the erection of a cabin. It was incorporated by an act of Virginia in May, 1782. The city is regularly laid out in rectangular squares, on 4 rich table land ocenpying the divide be- tween the forks of the Elkhorn, tributariesof the Keatueky river. The streets of the city sre all macadamized, and the sidewalks paved with brick. The elevation of Lexing- ton above the sea at the railroad depot is givens 950 feet. The term Transylvania, meaning -‘hack- woods,” was applied to Kentneky by Colonel Richard Henderson, or to that part of the country comprising nearly one huaadret Tolles square whieh he purchased in 1775 from the Coerokee Indians, but whica par- chase the legislature of Virginia subse- quently dec!ared of no validity. Tais mea- sure, however, eveouraged emigration, and had the effect of extinguishing the Iadian tle to the Jands. In 17% whe Transylvania Seminary was incorporated, and thus was laid the foundation of the first literary in- apn westof the Alleghaa; 4 z iT 8. ¢ Be #2) i : FiE5e a : siass Seen ibeieess 22: ly to attend to their distribution; that the Jona be distributed in the same way after purchase thygugu luc Commissary depart. ment. IN REFERENCE TO THE BLACK HILLS the Commissioner says there is only one al- ternative forthe government—either to in- crease the mili force so as to compel a mounds with a oer on the “creation of the world,” and ciaims that Magog, the sec- ond son of Japhet, and father of the Scy- tbians, was the founder of the Indian race, and, of course, makes M: come over from Asia by the favorite route. iring’s Straits. Mr. George Bancroft believes the mounds to be but freaks of nature. He could see in these ancient works but the evidence of the | Strict observance of the rights of the Sioux, exercise of that “power that shaped the globe | Or put such restrictions upon the exercise of into vales and nillocks,” and after dismiss- | the large bounty pow granted to them by the ing the subject of the mounds thus uncere- | government as to procure their assent to the moniously, states at the end of his chapter | cession of the Black Hills country. He be- that “the indigenous population of America | leves the occupation of the hills by whites offers no new obstacle to faith in the unity | 18 inevitable, aod will recommend that legis. of the human race.” A number of autnors | lation be sought from , offering a have written upon the subject, with a view | fulleqnivalent for the country lying between to advocate some special theory, rather than | the north and south forks of the Cheyenne to record or elicit new facts. But the origin | river, in Dakota, and for the relinquishiment of the mound builiters, as well as thatoftheir | Of whatever rights the Sioux may have to successors, the Indians, still remains a sub- | the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming, and Ject of speculation and inquiry. on the condition that the bounty of the gov- The Indian has been thought to resemble | ernment in food to these Indians be part of the nhabitants of nearly every part of the | the consideration; and that they be made earth—the Hebrew, the Phoenician, the At- | fully aware that any further receipt of ra- lantes from the east, the Tongusian, the | tions by them would be held by the govera- Chinese and the Polynesian from the weat nt to be an acceptance of the terms offered. are believed to have led America! Itis | Tie commissioner will recommend strongly Strange that among the many theorists, so | the expulsion of all those persons kuowa as few of the speculators have suggestet that “SQUAW MEN,” possibly the Mound Builders were the de. | the white husbands of squaws, from the In- scendants of some primitive superior ra‘e | Cian reservations. and the removal of the who settled the continent, and tnat the Iu- | Spotted Tail and Red Cloud agencies to the dians are but the degenerated sons of a peo- | Misso river. He will also recommend ple who had themselves deteriorated from | that the Indians be compelled to iabor in re- the civilization of their ancestors. turn for the rations given them by the gov. The early explorers of the Mississippi val- | ernment. He believes tbat if these removal« ley and the Guif coast noticed the evidences | @re made it will be necessary to make larger of a measurably dense but segregated a- | appropriations for the next two years, after lations. But neither La Salle nor any of the | which they ean be steadily lessened’ until first travelers gave detailed accounts of the | thep cease altogether. He thinks it is pos- ancient works they saw. They meation their | sible to civilize the Sioux, provided a suit- existence in general terms only. This is to | able country can be found fer their occupa- be regretted, as doubtless maay of them have | tion, and the government and its agents can since been destroyed. be patient. The commissioner will farther ‘On the discovery of the continent of North | recommend that all Indians living within America, the griat plains of the west, the | the limits of the organized states be trans- wilderness of the east, and the dense cane- Tred to the care of those states, and the bu- brakes of the south. constituted the vast | reau be relieved of bupting-grounds of the Red Mea. Oa the SUSPECTED FRAUD. the Commissioner of —Some months ago Pensions suspended sem > bad amidst the can action upen a large number of bounty land unt i188, Famaing of @ race—the mound oufiders—that | claims trom Florida and Louisiana. The: 2 Lexington. Snierrneiner A ed tion a dens, | Claims were mostly for militia service ead fut “in” ation, ing other than | there are grave suspicions that many of under an enlarged chase, be doubted. They must | them dre fraudulent. A special Suves- Ps the institution by ey bave been @ pastoral, but an agri- | ti; in ‘thi ivania University.” In | Cculta somewhat skilled iu | cases as well as in certain a at tyro t- | many of ive f snand tis eomares| Soe ‘adjudication or @ cist ap nt Of he eek | sacrificial high'places, were similar to chone | land a ical faculty. ‘The first academical degree But Jar to call for all ev! faculty was in 1302, and the THE CAUSE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE plete the claim; fi cal degree in 1818. Did sj per- | of so numerous and powerful a race is mar- | We evidence Fane Te nl pe abueasant {0 dwell upon | velous, and may never be explained. From | 2/0 Rcaares Secor | suuatreee nae teat | Sener ical actual! seems evident thi tA pay gS case, that the surviving race was nor “ais | doree their fittest” or most & standpoint | same to the shown by his Knowledge of iuearis'acdcrher | warvast will be civil! babits. to the Commissioner mounds which remain to tell the tale | claim is not of Of this continent by a peo- | turn the case to pie waoan the red men, with the | chiefof the |- | tumuli in which they buried their dead, the Pood we mete fortifications for defence. and the e | gui mans for himself position in | Mounds for worship, are all of in~ Tae | terest - acy pare In some fling Ts in “the point toa eee OF Dale teatime | EP ‘Weise was a | mens of bi ornamented cots, & Prasby- | ofcopper. Beemtifaliy cafved oujesis in jar: | 3% i Chive ie iid in thet dante se Lada i: | ediby ‘stone walle, built "without cement, | clarod y- Amoi. a opine commanaing eaatze eminence becky. o forks of streams, ‘their nay wopderfal to ‘sen looking | dimensions, and the sound tallitary prinei- | of reducing its Telegrams to The Star. GUIBORD'S BONES. THE FUNERAL TO-DAY. a THE BROOKLYN REVIVAL. —o—— THE TURKISH DEFEAT. ——_e——__ MOODY AND SANKE Geing to . TRENTON. N. J., Nov. 16—Mooty ant Sankey wili visit Princeton early next week. The Brockiya Revival. Nw York, Nov. 16—Mr. Needham, Irish list, led the revival meeting this morning. Moody and Sankey were present, avd the former made the opening prayer. Deacon Hawley read requests for prayer After mentioning 25 cities, 27 churches, 17 po pane oy © Sabbath schools, and It fick persons for Whom prayers were asked, be auld there were 447 more for diferent tons. A hymn was sung, alter which Mr. Need! read the 2ist chapter of St.John, *nd based bis discourse on it. Mr. Moody related the conversion of @ cripple at the rink in & very touching manner. Silent prayer followed. A gentleman aske’ pray- ers for the town of East New York. He said were few Christians there, bat there were a great many who were WORKING EARNESTLY FOR THE DEVTT. there. Mr. Moody then spoke of the great work which was being done among young men, and said that the meeting last night was one of the most extraoriinary he bad ever seen. When the invitation was given it seemed as if they went down on their Kees al) over the house. He then said they should Young Men's Coristina Imilar associations whieh ; not start new ones, bat tn operation, The Assoriat pay &s they go, jd not do that, close the doors. RUNNING IN DENT FOR CHRISTIANITY, and then paying it off by dances or great bazaars, be «dic not believe in. They should take up collections on Thursday morning to pay off this debt, and if they did not get enongh they should continue collections at every meeting until the debt was paid. FOREIGN SEWS. Turkish Defeat CETTINGM Nov. 6.—In the victories of the insurgents over the Tarks at Gatschko, the insurgents suffered a loss of oaly ST Killet, including one clie ud Six Officers, And 9 wounded. They captured a provision train, fifty tous Of ammuaition, and tree hundred riffes tian Chambers. Tue laiian cuainbvers me The Opiciat z Gazette g.—Kurope was never in an bie position than now for the ul settiement of any difficult question. Three powerful emperors are ving, assisted by the other powers, to ALA pacific solution of the Herzego- vina troubles. The peace of Europe is firmly established in the mutual coniidence and good understanding of the powers, and po danger of 118 disturbance exists. panes THE GUIBORD FUNERAL. The Troops and Police Ea Route for Cemetery. Nov. 15, 9.30 a m.—The volan- teers have just started from the Coaamp D Mars en route for Une cemeter, The police, armed with carbines, are also on Uleir way. Everything Passed off Quietly. MoNTREAL, Nov. 6, woon.—The burial of Guibord’s remains ts over. Everything passed off quiet! granted to-day temy« straining the Panama and a/lroad Company trustees from establishing a line of mships between Lis port and Aspinwall and between Panama aud San Francisco; or making contracts for purchase, or butld- ing of steamships or other vessels to ran be- tween places named in connection with the defendants’ romd across Lb Isthmas as not «K Within the scope of their charter, con 3 erlnino’ ce at San Francisco. Nov. 14 —The great four- { £50,000 gold, jay If the state of v permit. The track a say it will com trac 4 3 avy, and cd ‘good w Ubrertenin ——9 A Kicrovene Murder. . 4 Costilo died her Tects of burns received ands of Joka Costello. her husband, who, on Saturday night last, while intoxi- cated, after otherwise maltreating her, thre r3 @ lighted kerosene lampat ber wileh exple €d and set dire to ber garments and burat ber frightfully. xaaconecanpenaninsensns Arrests for Using Bogus Bell-punches New Youn. Nov Some taif-dozen conductors ou the Atiantie avenue horse-car railroad. Brooklyu, were arrested last even- ing avd placed tn jail for stealing fands of the company. yy each a bell, which they tised instead of that attached to thelr punch. They will be tried on criminal charge. -° Kam Did PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Nov. 16.—A_ printer bamed Joho Powers was last night while attempting to shoot bis wife, one bar- rel of the revolver having been d! . He then tried to commit suicide cu bis “throat, but the aA is slight. Ram Was the cause of the troub! The American Rifle Team. Port Jegvis, N. Y., Nov. 16.-To-morrow the Rifle Team wil! meet at Goshen to engage in the second contest for the ie that was won by them at Providence, I The final match will take place at Crees more. — A Mandamus Refased. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.—Tue mandayaus asked for by the Park Commissione:s to compel the city councils to approvriate ‘$1,000,000 for the park has been reinved by the Court. Telegraphing Across the Contizent. OMAHA, Nov. 16.—Toe breaks ia tae West- ern Union telegraph wires between this point and Cailfornia have been re a, tho line is now in complete order vetween the Auantic and Pacific coasts. —__e___ Murder of a Gar Driver. NEW UKLEANS, Nov. 16 —Jubn MeNama- ra,a car driver, Was shot and tustantly killed by Jobn J. Dowling, whom MeNa- mara bad pat of bis car for refasiog to pay his fare. o—— Earthquehe ia ¢allfornia. SAN FRaNCinco, Nov. 14.—A emart shock Of earthquake occurred at 5 o'clock this eve- ning. The vibratious were east aud west. No damage ts reported. __ Bweea, Atraxy.N.Y., Nov twp ibis mortipg dismissed the appeals ia th of the Tweed cases. This refuses him a reduction of bail and a bill of particulars, —_———— Appointment. New York, Nov. 16.—Mr. Hevry H. Want ed cashier of the Western