M'arthur Democrat

Ancient Ruins In Texas.—The Washington American has received information of some ancient ruins, which, if correct, must possess great interest for our readers, as furnishing another link in the chain of evidence showing that this continent was inhabited years ago, by a highly civilized race of men. The fact that this discovery, as is reported, has been made almost in our neighborhood in what is called Big Thicket, on the San Jacinto, will probably cause some of our readers to be incredulous. The discovery is said to have been made by a Mr. Snith, in company with two or three other men, while examining a tract of land belonging to a Mr. Johnson, about twenty miles distant from Montgomery. The ruins described were found on Mr. Johnson's land. The fragments show that they are the remains of an edifice of remarkable and magnificent architecture, constructed of material nowhere to be found in this country.