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description of a'rcraarkable natural its.corners PHI SPH^I
curiosity, situated in the county ®i hi* Diifmg Table.*-. A short distune*
Edmonson, Kentucky, whi h, if you front this, is place said to be his
think will bo interesting to your road; Forging Shop. ’ On the vvliole, tb<V
er s-yquArdAt-Tibdrty U>'p u b I i4lr- It is are admirably*. ca-lcufoWkt to frighten
fife*.caVerurJtnbwif gerte.foUy . as the (ho -cotvhrdly *W<rWbt»ruei) to- the
“Mammoth Cave.” main.cavern, and resumed our.course
In the mouth of-December, 1826, eliming over rocks that had eyideut-
the writer of this >ke.toh; in company : ly fallen froill .Hliov^' passing..9
with'Ouolher gentleraaii, being on his number of rooms on oiir'rftrht and
Way from Louisville to Nashville, left. Wilh Wtlch exerfion, ijo^each''
took occasion to visit tliit cave.—
We found it - indeed to be a rare spe
ci.ni 'mi of ..nature’s, .work. Its ciri-
4irill^ *vii* a’steep declivity of a tiiJl;
Ttr< s dimensions of the inrobUi are a
■bout forty -feet in highth by fifty in
breadth, deofeasuig cuadually tor the
first half mile,' till the cavern is no
more than ten fait in heigitth and as
many in breadth; at which place a
partition has been erected, with a
door ol convenient dimensions, for
tlie purpose of protecting the lights
of visiter#. There is at this place a
current of air passing inwardly for
six months, and outwardly tor the
remainder of the year. Sufficiently
strong is it, that were it not for the
door that has been made, it would be
impossible to preserve an open sight.
'-It is ctfHed the. month a* far as this
pUce; on account of* its being the
direpjlnns. Not. having
amirte these, we proceeded forward
to the first water fall, about two
mites forthep, over a level plain.
THE TIV(*GREaT DIV1
From alsgrtrifcriof' Eijy Chahn»»'s |if (
\ LaAddnr iajjR. ‘W-l-.X?
The lijie ol demiii ualion 'VfttWjStt
the -Chriklaii "and the m Jhof-'tjfo
world, is very (liffrrpnt Yn>m.llfcu liiit-
of (icrntypiUjan,-;. w.hal is 'iisually
! tn
sijijteB hert
jWqjieiiti
had^ .beeh tb
^peaitdfn
eatthadtake
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*■ apOngraerh^, yet
> ,.V'4p^a|oIfk»t,H(b. wk .wij
puidt^ftfr/Wand to warrant
fog/“.her, fmsbhnd,'. tfie xbgj
dj-aiyb^., ‘is- necessary to bring dy. And jjasr© «,o.
tills • fo’rgetfulnc.s- of-G oil. (of which d^ut s letter.to th^
must be SucVao-to'toiA Wei* iVjCTipti^
dy. And ixer© it defett 4
V l/itt am i a 4 liol. tkiainl in^ in it/lllt'lk
ed (he place (lenofnmnted'the .six
corners,’ in consequence of stk rooms
(qr■ caverns) here: tnking different -great difficulty a\a Gospel Minister
“ having time to eg- lies in c6nvin’ciiig\inen of this laity;
he hatd-hcsn speaking) before us. in
ortwr .thab.yt’t; m W ascert ain om truy.
c.liaracteV., JfoirAjyrll observe the
having performed the relative duties
ol this life, -and aUNphiu!'a meagre
and superficial menniW to the tcim
be rt«jiily ^.e pilsent’^Y^I^ ffi pile
would'hay*, no besirAHon .in
him a nonfUit’. His .lordship .»kt|he
tile public ; (listinytto undgrstana
what the law was, in such’ cases as
the piesent—(hat il %vas' decidedly
hostile to'the practice oI wives run
ning away from their husbands, flis
jou.tUo lh» 1 *fowycr, **l think.
Jfliqk^fea v e doW‘ w yth t h# wf
[fhdVff pumpyd hi pi
P- - -
-Jil w*- 4
dry.i
The track of persons vvlio might have I ol guilt, they cannot U\^lerstaot|.h"W
preceded us.fpr ages, were.W pliainlyj any sin ol, theirs bh -uld Wove lighted
visible in the sand as when first m,u!e. up those fires which sVail burn for
There is no air stirring that tvbul.d everlasting.. They \vil| admil ’they
have.iailhigs,'--but they jib not so bad
extent of the influence of daylight,
move the slightest feather, or prevent
the impression of a footstep from re
maining for centuries*
We now directed our course to
the* Chief City, about one mile fur
ther. \ large hill situated in ihe
centre of the cove would hive exhib
ited a must eommanmng prospect,
if the dark hies had not obstructed
our vision. One of us, however,
standing upon the top, with the.
which luwe appears like a small star.
Formerly, when the cavern was first
discovered, this part of it was near
ly filled with earth, which has been
recently manufactured into Salt P«-
Ire.
Having prepared ourselves with a
sufii' ient quantity of provisions, oil
and candles, and taking two persons
as '■guides, we took our last viow of
tfieVdayiight, and proceeded forward,
closing the door behind us. Imme
diately vve found ourselves in thick
and almost palpable darkness, the
whole of our four lights spread but
a feeble radiance 1 about us. Such is
the height at this place, that wc
were ha rill k’'"able to discover the top,
and to see from one side to the other,
was utterly impossible. From thi>*
place, extended several caverns, or,
as trnvotlers have named them,
rooms, in different directions This
part of the cave is r ailed the First
Hoppnr.’ The soil at the bottom of
the cave Is very light and strongly
imnreghafed with- salt. The sides
and top are formed cif rock. We
proceeded forward, passing several
rooms on our right, and one on our
left, until we arrived at the second
Hopper, a distance of four miles
from the mouth. About one mile in
the rear of this, was pointed out to
us by our guide, the place where the
celebrated mummy was found, which
is now exhibiting in the American
Museum, at New York. It was
found; in a sitting posture, by the
side of the cavern, enveloped in a
mat. and in a complete stale of pre
servation.
W»» next entered the rot m denom
inated the Haunted Chamber. I* is
nearly two miles in length, twenty
feet iii height; and ten in lJiusd.il),
extending nearly the whole length in
a right line The top is forced of
smooth, white stone, soft, ana much
resembling the plastering of a room.
There is a small quantity of^w.rter,
constantly, (although almost imper
ceptibly) falling from above, which,
in the course of ages, has worn frotn
the stone at the top, some beautiful
pillars, which 'extend to the bottom
of the room. They have the appear
ance of being the work of art. In-
One of them, there is formed a. com
jilete. ohair, with arms, wkich has.
received the name of 'Arm Chair.
Bv the side of this, is a clear pool of
whter, strongly impregnated with
•ulphcr. The sides of the room are
likewise elegantly adorned with a
variety of figures, formed from the
storfe aV the top, gnd coming down 1
«jp6n the side of the cavern, like
.icicle^ inThe winter, (roin the eaves
of buildings—the reflection of our
lights upon them forming a most
brilliant appearance.' At the end of
this room, we descended by a kind
of natural staircase, to the depth’of
hear three hundred feet, lit many
places, affording only room for one
person to proceed* Here we found
a beautiful stream of pure water,
winding its way a^beg between the
rock# Tlie situation of this part of
lhe‘ cavern is rendered really awful,
lights stationed at different parts
its base, obtained a novel and inter
esting.view of the cavern. Then
h^an echo hero that is very powerinl
and we improved it with a song‘much
to our gratification. We started for
ward again, travelling over a plain
of two miles extent, and about ilu-
same . distance over rocks a"d hills,
when vve arrived at the second water
fall. The water here dashes into a
pit below of immense depth. A
circumstance occured here, that lik
ed to. have proved fatal to,one *f us
The sides of the pit Jre formed of
loose rocks, and w-e amused ourselves
by rolling them down, in ordVr t,j
hear them sink * the bottom Such
is the depth of it, that a minute
elapsed before we could hear them
strike and the sound of it hut very
faint. One of our party venturing
too pear for the purpose of rolling a
large stone, started the foundation
on which he stood and W as precipi-
tatedjdown about twenty feet, with
as others atid because you cannot
uissHuilalt their guilt7wiih*iiTnl ol
the daring outcasts d‘ society, who
paSs through life utterly icgaidiess
of all Us duties’, they can* ot imagine
how their conduct shjuld bring down
upon tlifM the buru(n of an endless
cqiidem'ifiuion. To ((fleet this, they
think that a man nfust have been a
monster in society; that he must have
outraged the duties of that relation
ship \n which he stands to his fellow
men. Note of all ibis they may
acquit them elves in Ihe most honor
hie wny, alid yet there is another
relationship, 1 the peculiar duties
which they may have altogether
neglected, it* 1 mean the relationship
in which (hay stand to God. A man
mav dis' harfce himself of all he owes
to his fellows on esilh, and yet be
utterly regardless of what lie owes
to God in heaven; he may feel the
force 4 of' all these moral obligations
n Ifiteh bind men together in Commu
nity, and yet tcel none ol those ob
ligations’ in which he stands to Him
■who" is .the great .projector nbd pre
server of the human family. There
may he many reciprocal acts of mu-
tuul •eiiUein'ess, and good naiuie u-
mong ourselves, and yet the wlio'ie
of this society lie in a state of total
neglect of Him who is the source
and centre of tlie created universe.
SPEC
^NB WAfiHlfNGdruS ftlTV CH
Pvl/lithed weekly by Jkmeti C. Dunn,
*■ : ■ - *, Edit*?,
li is the design of the Spectator
. sent #) information
lordship could not help expressing his 1 kind, that ii calculated to be ii
ilisupprobalion. in the stiongcsl terms,' and useful. It i;, however, esp&
of the officious meddling of the par- voted t<* the following object si
ciil's.oF Mrs. Ham, hi the presiciit ih-.
stiltl^, tfifd »o fxf?ui|ilifacotion of
what the cPiidncf of’a parent ought to
be iu such cases, hi.s lorjdship.r with'
great . humor, related the follshviiu;
stnry. I once trp* n S lime s^ hap-.
|iened that a person who ban some dis
pute with his wife, gave her a tpSodiM'r
ate chastisement—upon wlin^i -the
fair one ran home, and con-pldm^tlC tor
•her father;—^Tho father, pretendlfi^
To publish whatever may ho i
important*: relative to the Dlsirirt.J
various departments of the Genen|
^*rnn(jent;to point but the design
rieWcv «f public niea-ures. anil extl
nuival irtcllectua' characters off
thb?e ■Whose knoVh personal skill;
Vate-yiTtties area pledgp r.f their fj
tjess aml ability in. Jibe public servi»|
. -rTo vlrhlir.ate the rights, both nail
conventional, of (He Aborigines|
to be in a Jesperate rage at th^huV ».fln.tcy|tnd m uv|e- their claim*
j .Jfc.,.40 .ohmbill sovereigns and proprietor
band, said—what? has the liebundrei
really had the impudence to beat my
drughterf—well, l shall be revgngcd
upon him, for I am determined to beat
his wife; which he did, and sent her
I home, and was no more troubled with
the quarrels of the parties;—and Mr.
Hawly should have done the same*”
Pennsylvania wives need nr ( appre
hend the effect of malong public the
foregoing opinion, as the gallant,Pres
ident nt the Philadelphia *Court of
Common Pless Judge King, has riil-
ed the-point in a totally different man
nqr%—Journal pj Laiv.
tfti
To advocate the promotion to |
.ofigi oaf sovereign* and proprieton]
assistance and sympathy.
To exhibit some oft he political)
al evils conn<*cmifl w.ith tJRe col* r* 1
lation, and to promote ann encoim
every proper and ptaetj/ bfe m*is
laudable ’bps ratibAs of the rAnwricJ
onization and African Education)
ties.
To expose the enormitieftand mw
Intomperaocrvanyf t* advocate #1!
ireosures of effecting its gxtinctionj
1 *to promote the Rcn'M-a! intcrcMij
.ucatiqp, moral, 'intellepfnal, an*l«
kn*J to'assert ifi clatr^ tp he conf
thV essentia 1 and only sAfisruarchifl
in a 'rbtluWihan govcrmnent.
The end of
is estimated that more
lion of bushels of human- bonus were
imported last year from the continent
of Europe into the port ol Hull. The
neighborhood of Leipsic, Austerlitz,
Waterloo, and ot all the places where
during the late bloody 'war U16 prin
cipal battles were 1 fought, l)avt»4)£j:n
swept alike of the bones ol the Irefo
Atndjfie horse which ho rode.-
1 T° enc-Ohrapf* 5 and to defend fro
6r/ortli— It Serous *1 acks, and inioiiriour su*
. i. „ „,;i itl1:>associalidns designed add ralcJ
than a mil- ^ I1<1(0) at ^ 4,^ abt9aH , tlitl
revests qf sp<aicty. ' \
Like a stray plaqef which retains its
the Jumbling stones, but fortunately, j laws of motion after it-lias been sep£'.
a projecting rock Staved bim Jrpin! rated trnht- its grepl system, they 1 colljctcd Irom every quarter,; (hoy*
destruction—This put an end to all j .perform all tile r^iatiye obligations j have bqen shipped to Uiepoft -ol Hull/
our aiiiiisdmeuts. and being much la-j to mfen, w hije tlii?y arc in a stale of, and thence lortvarded to tlie Yorkshire
-tigued with, a travel of twenty fouf! awful departure from l*od. They ! bqtte grindprs, wjbo. havrf ereclqd
hours on foot, and seeing no foiror j may be brought to the bar of civd |steam engines and powje.rf'd machiiie-
pmspeet of finding the ertd, than ; or cnminal jaw, they may bq broqght j ry for the purpose bf reducing tht\ti}
when we commenced, we concluded] to the bar of public opinion, and may i to a granulary state. In this cortHitiafi
4o return. We accordingly took up 1 be most fully and most justly; acquit- they are die fly to Dondislec,
our-.iine of march, returning the same -ted; yet when brought t6 tl>e fiar of
way we came* j God. tiny .(n*»y he laid under tjie
After being forty two hours absent! righteous burden of overiyhedming
from the light of day, we again found 1 condemnation; it is then tljQt the be- . their lauds. The oily substailde jpatU
ourselves at the mouth ot the Cav- ing Who made you will lake.up his j tially evolving as-the bone calcines,
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V,, '7 W V7 ” J - X/WIIVUOtl.*y
one of tlie largest ^agricultural mark
cts in that pert ol the country, aad
there sold to die iurmeis to m;n)qre
To pUfilish all recent and useful is
■merit 4 * in the Vrt i>'>*1 Srie^ees* J
To 'ilwt.-h tfifr;proceedings jjf.Cl
diirmg.tncii'./^e^.ions, and. to* prA '
m* «' a Nummary of Foreign aim ,
‘Nkw'si
. A V ; 'Jul* ifee (Sje otSlo!- will f.erUik
ft's in fiom all party f-ti-fie an.j pan
liegfi, it'v'iij ™;.n.4.n*i.
...
qyidea'ffi^to gi'e-4)olti
thc^laOHMnl to cx'^nse to th* w
the intrigue*, aTpl.ohti .u.ljes,oi m ,
a.s' highly ppiruicioa*, ,v-.an*i, raj
datiEerortft to tne wotfare oftfr
try.,-,
l'EtlMS-.-^ r-« ->‘Holla*■§ an*! fifr
pjfer)annu(. ; in’ Wivance, Or thrr
to be |M.id. wlfiiiqifire^wibiiths a!
Berthing:* Fo, six muifht opf. d«l
fifty cetljisj l(« thre^ tuonth* one
advane’e.
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-'■Any, Mrson ydip will obtaifivr
sjbfr-’^Subscribrrs, willJje v etit'il!r*ftt
(fi^ional - copy, of equiv alent
fiey. 1 • - , Ji
|C~^‘9WbsrribfTS «t a- <IiStapce f tv hi
known to the publiniwe, Hr InsAgi
in alt cases* be expected 1 to ptq
rZ&Maik
jlklwiBg^xtraft ig-fromii
in thV *S^iai‘tator, designed to $
rooeous iq»pi es*ions re q*£et v ?., lR
irt'Ka^.baeii rtparte*; ;j,a t li, \
ern, and gave ourselves up to a re- j own cnpsQ, aflhd support hia honQr;. makes a more substantial itiaitui-eUian
freshing sleep. ; (ho. question, then, will not be, how { any other substaueji—particularly, hu*
There nreP a number of pits of you have!’ discharged your dnties.{ man bones, it is ngw usceitauicd- lie-
great depth, in different parts of the • towards you* fellow, subjects,’biit^ youd a doubt, by actual experiment
eavr,‘which made
very careful iO exploriu
is danger; also, . r
plored roortl, and becoming so lost as dient of that vital /disuse,tyhidb ib the coplfary, 4tir ^pod. farmery 6f
not to be able to iiiid ifie'way out-— so general in tha worjd. r .,Wo tread YoiksKire ave, iiio'gcaai aioasare,'
This is. however, obviated by ihe upon the earth with air Ortain foot j mdoujiid to the bones ol thoir cbiidien c \:
neeaulion that has been taken a. !*r' steps a*, if we’ wre to te its ever- j for their daily bread, k *; African"
jshas been explored, to place the lasting lords, nbr u5- t*le tlie terrors A -singula^ , aclj tu a t ■ G.-eat Bntafo \otS;
figure of an arrow at the eutrance of of the grave shake Hfis opinion,,jlor sliobld have sent out sueh IffultltudesuLboth, ol (h.-sc Socictits; tfiat die
«very room, point ng to* the mouth of is it altered by tlda terrors of jndg- of soldiers to tight its battlea, upon thVj Education Bocifiyvis eomiecft
the cave. Care sti uld always bei'ment*. The prospqct of the arrival oqiflinent of Europe, and'should ' then ’}•!?*.,
taken to preserve the lights, as it of that day, when the jvbrld shall be import their bones as an ^rt.qlo*
-would be impossible for-any one to dissolved* when the truiqpet shill be<|commerce to fatten tlieir soil,—J3H- All tb® We Otitis
paper. rorteous. U jp'bBuptirJ^ uM u
Wo found btermty, when this earth and these time, tbgybe (i-uth hbotflU
the namef of ladies inscribed althe ! heavens shall le invo/visd jii min, Jlfrichn Polipy':~ The African#
farthest point we reached, and our now thfit it is only sqe'n through, |he >re .not celebrated* for their brjrhis. j IS pfti
vista-of successive \gesf has no more y«iahey. f * '* *
effect bn the natirraJ mind, ihan the that
rlianlov ftf haanlti k*»a a.* 4 I. u J! 2^1*
f Moro6oo envoys 'atld Thl 5 AmerifeangpectatoriSy
guide remarked that they, were the
most courageous visiters ho had.—'
For thrfce miles from the mouth, th«
sides nod top of the Cavern arc < bv-
ereff with' u remarkable quantity of
bats, hongifig down from the top in
the form of bn hivet, from 2 to 3 feet
thick. They are Hi a torpid state,
and are aehlom known to fly There
are-about fjveiity different rooms, that
haveffeen discovered, and but thyeq
of them that h*»Vf* been explored to
the end This vast cavern is appa
rently hbllovv beneath, from the sound
that is made by walking through ma
ny ofthe rooms It would probably
take months to explorer to tlie v cnd
of «H the rooms tfiarwjh* been, and
Which remain yef f A be''discovered.
display of beauty, hiss up thWdimifless wel
of sight; mysterious as it is, it is em[
neveitboless certain, nikp can travel «0u
The removing of some few obstme-
lion, at a trifling expense, and light-
betften hqrwith a horsewhip.
“Hi* lordsbip stated the It __ _
case, and snpid, tliat to maintain an ther for
6for, of
ing of
Woccfil 1 apsk^ uQstJon r ...
„ . - :OiiSU^
onward both t* death and.,;judgment , never returns bny _ _ , w .
and say pence, peace, 'When th^r* is* He efrnos back feircftT and feasts jo Are aUow^Y AspgM m,i*aGUianer,
no peace.- ^ -* ^ exchange. A forge cSrgo’-^ff thesei^ ceeding tWocoiuiunSpand tjwy a r<
* * . ’ 1 wflfch touohed Al Oibralur, on their ’ cei . v « l* le ainount of hil. $ dollar
HOBBAKD AND WIFE. - m ssion -to- their. respective courts, t»vTV- bCrib "- f i t, * e S|,ecla!m
e gite the following' opinion of Consisted of e hyasilirv for the empe-* Prour4for, ?n 'SS^tSS^andS
the Chiefjustice ofUppijr Catinffft,; as roy dT .Austria; * forown wolf ,iii*o|p' Tbbsc.-thr re tore; wjio aid the^pa^
reported.'by iu.m jn the Kingston Nfoput AtfoS,-foi’ Nidholas;, a at fl« same,tune tW S
Chronicle. ItWvas ■flehVbred at the -tiger frot^the JStibaWjbr tke'ipllini
Middle District Assices, on the iiisd a bluerpmped jjahoon forjipn SoCwty, btfIT(p the
of H«wley tf** Ham. The plaintiff's an urns, dr buli^fr^linlie 'feer!
da ughtep leff*xh«. dcfendgAfii^lies. has- t>p» for WjMfowr of England^,
band, iq consequence of.hi# having <foIT*'pftlte forgest fiife, for,?S|
•f Hollandi a bubo, or jpreal
“His lordship staled tlie law ofthe. owl lor the king of Spsini
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ab willrt^bo'.
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by th* other.
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