| Show A WARS OF THE AND botn Is a work entitled american by josiah jobiah priest A al 62 1 4 any 1836 1835 the following is ie a su summary mmary JS pompey onondaga county N Y V me 6 discovered in an old grave an n hatchet edged with steel the re or place for the helve was round au projected out on lot no 17 in w same me town was another aboriginal trying ing ground and in an excavation fefe dug up the remains of a black jylha ith s forge also some borne crucibles cruci bles mineralogists use in refining metals hr axe corresponded in character ith others found on the gasconade J aver a as mentioned in professor beckis 7 setter er mr priest speaks further of io ancient forts with rid ou to of a very not asive and formidable character aind nd in ig the town of pompey inside we toe earthworks earthworms earth works were found pieces of it iron broken from rome kome large abeel W he speaks on page of a t f halsted Ha toted the owner of a farm in scipio on salmon creek having plowed up on a certain extend of his farm seven or eight bui hundred adred pounds of brass which has been formed into implements of war helmets etc on black river running from 6 the e northern part of the state of new york into lake catario Oa tario a tuan man Ws was digging a well when he be came to a quantity of china and delph ware A mr thomas lee discovered not long since on his bis farm in tompkins county new york the entire iron WO works of a wagon reduced to rust this spot was covered with timber of great age growing among rotten trunks of gigantic trees which had bad preceded them this one wagon suggests the existence of others and wagons suggest other vehicles and roads towns markets agricultural life and social intercourse which could exist only in an advanced state of civilization this writer priest who was himself an explorer and an eyewitness eye witness ot ol many of the objects he describes says on page of his work anvils of iron have been found in porn pompey pey aj it would appear that this modern town occupies the site of one of the numerous manufacturing centers of antiquity in other localities mr priest says articles made of copper and sometimes plated with silver have been met with circular pieces of copper as medals or breast plates have bave been found bearing evidence of great age also knives and swords in forms and outlines of rust have been found A mr atwater cited by says page 26 there have been found very well manufactured swords and knives of iron and possibly steel those who may be disposed to cavil at the idea of the nl Nep hites working in lion iron steel brass and other metals should be reminded that the lora israelites in the wilderness must have engaged in similar occupations and it seems made greater disadvantages dr clark says from the manufacture of certain articles in the wilderness by the israelites iron and even steel must have been known J brass properio prop proper eriq is an alloy of copper and zinc there Is another compound of copper and tin also termed hard bard af brass though the latter is a variety of bronze brass or a metal known by that name was in very extensive uso use among the ancients in the manefa manufacture 0 of musical instruments vessels gates ahmoi and numerous other articles in the neighborhood of fort harmer on the muskingum ngum opposite marietta on the ohio were discovered by mr ash an english traveler in the year 1826 a parcel of brass rings cut out jofs of a solid piece of metal and in such a manner that the rings were 4 suspended from each other without i the aid of solder or any other visible agency whatever each ring w was as three inches in diameter and the bar of the ring half an inch wick thick and A were square a variety of characters resembling chinese were deeply ep en graved on the sides how came this curious art article cle there the people who made them must have had bad a knowledge of making brass but it is said by morse that in chile in the hills of found mines of native brassy of a fine yellow color and equally malleable with the best artincal artificial arti noal fical braes but this is no common product of mineralogy and would seem to be an 42 exception in commenting upon this subject mr priest says it is an extraordinary production stid and in a measure induces the belief that it la in not brass braad proper but a metal similar only in complexion while perhaps its chemical properties are entire entirely lv differ different enk or it may have been produced by the fusion of copper and zinc by the fire of some volcano tubal cal cain n was was a worker in iron and brass vas was in fact a blacksmith and ad made instruments of war and agrical ture cain was a tiller of the ground adam dressed the garden of eden could they have engaged in these domestic employments without the necessary tools such as spades pruning knives etc such a thought is inconsistent with the statement that the lord god planted a garden and put adam there to dress it and to keep it adam was not a barbarian but a skilful work workman mar and as such would have used the most appropriate and convenient tools men from the very first period of time as they spread abroad from the garden of eden were acquainted with metals noah and his son carried this knowledge through gb the period of the deluge and introduced that knowledge of arts into the new world it is safe to say gay that the earliest nations were accomplished complis hed and skilful in all manner of useful and ornamental arts and that among them were many profound scientists and philosophers unquestionably tion ably a vast amount of useful knowledge has been lost to the world through the returning of races to barbarism on account of the extinction F of many nations tribes and peoples by devastating wars warp as well as by religious persecutions and when through the industry enterprise and p progress of a people the knowledge of the lost treasures have been restored the discoverers have claimed the honor and credit as creators thereof all that olt modern nations or individuals can do Is in h however to bring to light what has before existed there is nothing new under the sun and there will be a restoration of all things 2 are the people of the nineteenth century the only ones that are favored with inventors the Nep hites were a highly educated and refined people why should there not have bebenin been inventors explorers and discoverers among them the following is from the pen of the late william wire of virginia on the subject of the ancient inhabitants of america lt 1 the mighty remains of the pt past to which we have alluded indicate the existence of three distinct race ot men previous to the arrival of the existing white settlers the monuments of the first or primitive race are regular stone walls wells stoned up brick hearths heart hs medals of copper and silver swords and other implements of iron mr flint assures us that he has seen these strange ancient swords he has also examined a small iron shoo shoe like a horse shoe encrusted with the rust ruet of ages and found far below the soil and a copper axe weighing about two pounds singularly t tempered and of peculiar construction these relics belonged to a race of civilized raen men who must have disappeared many centuries ago to this race are to be attributed the hieroglyphic characters found on the limestone rock to the second race of beings are attributed the vast mounds of earth found throughout the whole western region fromLak from lake eErie erie and west pennsylvania to florida and the bocky mountains one of these mounds was leveled in the centre of chillicothe Chilli and cart loads of human bones removed from it another may be seen in cincinnati in which a thin circular piece of gold alloyed with copper was found last year the third race are the indians now existing in the western territories in the profound silence and solitude of these western regions and above the bones of a buried world how must a philosophic traveler meditate upon the transitory state of human existence when the only traces of the being of two races of men are still strange memorial sl on this very spot generation after generation has stood has lived has warred grown old and passed away and not only their names but their nation their language has op perished eri shed and utter oblivion has closed over their once populous abodes we call this country the new world it is old age after age and one physical revolution after another has passed over it but who shall tell its history jonn JOHN H KELSON to be continued |
