Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-07-12

n, ~ sVIe n,
exhibited. The orss Bow Procured ~
ibs foiDe s'e c.4;'su'ic. as was rns,,.
uadef luz bead 81 ~ ok.r. ,binl
D. Sosm Vi . ulne nns. icrn an er, !,
man's feelings" ss Nr. Ogilyie s,S.
ofstrou I'd IA ChsIjss Brorb's Ivy,
ttisi some sccideu's1 eircVras,,nces n,
81 opf descsut mo tbe Rann.l.bsn
having ia }ph .Hsc Oh NY In,,in,,
The dssosut roo he BEES hole
gioomy, hprrso3e cs'era, MADE .os, al,
paratioa, sDs toct ~ TIE wire eoss -
feelings. snk,o 80 nd have beeneye,.,,
lie hrt sn-rspos istO nl1e. Then ;.
were 10 usk. c9nsidsrzble iop,Dsr +
fDv;, ne ds5 nd tisiDt ii pluien,,oG,
Ourselves ~ Discerning TOO lar n.
trace int tbif rnsne, Icing 90 lhe side ii
mountain, ycu rsnrt wright into,
dark. osssU passage, partly .u, ,b,o,p
rock, firm .nopgs NJ sasisln tie su,.,,
bent weight, party supported By ,n...
the sides and scErss he TOPS. and ,'N
well srrbsd rOrnd viii he irspns','
stone broken OF IN olggirg it. Thin, u
sage is high esongh 10 yak xi,bou, ,'
ing, soc four ieei VIDE. liz foOr.d n ~
middle with plank, aid ibe sound Of IL. nj
lie carr or wheels by which TIE ore j, A."
out, rolling and eoboiag al, di,aue. r.
an earthquake in tie Mountains w.
grand and solemn as the "a, is
preached, The lamp OF ID. MIXERS ,virINs
led Eore and more brightly, and b.
sbudder at heir sslu:stiUa iu p,,,,
"GIuek ant" well up. Tbi. was reo.,'
10 US By every nicer Ne passed, and oi
on passing uDobssred the nou'h Of 81
eruss passage. hollow voice would al
trou il Will bis oninous saluta,ico. and r,s
man tremble. After proceeding sbQ
twenty i've fatbons 10 tha direction q
reached a perpendicular descent with b
windlas working. BY which ore was b,ou,k
up and men Ike demons gathered found &
receive it. AMI carry II OF. The Esyux
darkness OF the toie, toto which the tvIs &
the windlsss descended. tbe feeble lish 4
The spot where We stool, The .,ruggI. n
tension OF The cords By which The IO,tl1
buckles come up, ibe solitude aud NucI
ness Of ;be scene in The bostl. Of the ad
where, ii the mass above " fell, DO bun
eye would rest again On osr remains, uni
10 produce Impressions sublime and msgrl
cent. We waited moment. and descend
i've ladders deep, and followed he pal!
ges through New Veini.
Adore Us and around US were long rl
leieIes Of the suiPbsie Of copper and lk Z
was Oiled With nioersl vspour.. Thss
saidinot 10 BE unhealthy Existing probabh Is
= state OF great solution The grandesls
in the mines TO me was The wafer Nhe
turned By The water Of the mines, and
piled to drawing up The ore. and pump
the lower part OF the works. Noting
hoer :ban ,be approach 10 such greats
teraneous wheel. II Is first heard.
water, veIed and dashed upen il. roas do'
into rs inferior channel, wearied, as il vel
with beng broken on this nons,rous wbss
and this morse is heard and echoed allaIa
the passages 10 such a degree, that d
thinks, as be comes nearer. that he is 4
great cataract, into which al
TIER step will plunge him. But one moi
y bears The wheel, one feels il; cold Obi
Indulation Is communicated 10 the air
these subtersneous oaverns by the rev
|ution Of lis broad and heavy wings.
when one approaches near enough to SCI
By the dim light Of tbe lamp, The ba'
sway Of this grea. machine, The powe'
which If moves and which il propsgatss
gloom IN which it Is srapt which preTs
one tom seeing distinctly how il is hung,
hat il seems some magical structure, "h
one breads approaching: all tti. EorksP
erfully on the Imagination. There Is
o,her spectacle. particularly in these nln
which We we're not fortunate enough TO
As the ore is very compact and hard, Il
impossible to break il OF without some
'hanieal means OF great efficacy. Thea'
,ary process OF drilling and blowing Is
edious and expensive Tor The worth Of
're. They accordingly apply FIRE. Ahs
reap OF pine wood is piled up under The -
II the excavation, which they wish iarF
o loosen, and this is set on FIRE. Onea
imagine the terror and grandeur which 90
Exist in the aspect OF 4 raging FIRE, in oD
hese subteraneou. caves, filed with
Af