The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-30

tles(ieasafsse from the nonr NJ the rom.
wiih sarious swellz, aud diniai-hes,fts eti=
/ liing c ,fsed wnrls. unih they reached the
rxacl level and chair board, az Tallseot
lug of the roam, Nh.n the spar Which re
senlled III. candle, seeming 10 be SET IN
complete socket, run up about two iTei.-
As If ~ Nuke The copy mpre exact,
aud the resemblance metr palpably SRI
king. the candle-liek seems ~ b. OF das
| Ks or brenae color, aud the candle or spar
arising from il ri clearer white
I From certain elnhlcn15 mhieh j, eortain-
ed. We called Tho room the Masonic Hell.
On. llri here presented ilsrlf too paiph
! bly, Ia be mistaken this room had evident
/ ly been nj one time filed siih water, TO lie
/ height Of the chair bnard, which, by grad,-
/ al prtrifartioa had been formed, aud which
vt once accounted for iis being 50 perfect
! ~ l..yfi and regular. The Standardization,
/ Il II been formed in the same way, by the
! dropping Of the water from the arch =
which being, as We snpp"sed of greater
specific gravity than the water iaio which
! il fell, grndaally formed the large spars
that resembled the capdll.slics even with
the leyd of the ponl. after which the
clear re- embling eandle. The petli
faction on the wall Of this room MAS
in beautiful waves aud folds, resembling
drapery. Al one end of the room, a large
sphr resembling bed post, stood out in
beautiful relief from the wall, aud large
fnlds and waves of drapery. resem
bling curtains, seemed To hide the rest of
thu bed.
Here then our admiration and astonish-
ment were at their Neighbour feelings
had been wrought up 10 u desreee Of al
most painful intensity. Here we stood
bnndred7 of feet below the surface of the
eYih, aud full hall mile from the first en-
iancc--trcadins upon Il spot aud breath
ing an atmosphere which had not bc.u
disturbed since the creation Of the world.
place IN which the human voice had ne
yer before been heard, and on whose beau
ties the-h0nian eye had never rested
There was, in truth, an awful suhlimity in
the state Of our feelings, superindnced, in
pat, perhaps, by the consideration of 4
kind of contingent danger TO which w
were exposed; the fllllng Of the arch--or
The rolling of slngl. rock into some of the
Larrow passes which we had ta r,trace,
would have shut Us up IN eternal darkness
in this mysterious region of wonders
Why nature should display those various
and astonishing brautieS only for herself, or
place them thus in a region Of dark ness
and danger, 10 marvellous and incnmpre
hcnsible. Or why she should thus, ia
capricious or whimsical mood, group To
e thrr objects the least resembling each
other in their natures aud uses, is equally
strange. A beds,ea,l, drapery, aud candle
sicks--a conci shell, birds foot, aud hn
man heart--Stranse and mysterious asso
cations We cannot describe nor cuInpre
bend them and all we could do upon
viewing them, was to cxcldim wonderful,
wonderful"
From the room list described, we return
ell tn the mouth of the cave, and found
that we had spent nearly four hours IN
examining It's beauties, without, however,
discovering their full extent. We deter
mined 10 defer further research to some
other occasion.
This cave IS situated on the lands Of Mr..
Isaac Goilman, aud was first discovered
and partially explored in the following sin
gulaI manner. A Mr.. Rutl'nrr, who was
nearly as much celebrated for deeds of
sylvan proves as the renowned Putnam, in
passing this cav" some twenty years agn,
60 ccited the bold d hazardous design
of entering il alone and Without light
He accordingly placed his rifle across the
mouth, 10 denote to his frirnds if they
should happen Ia see Il, that he was in the
cave. lie descended, and, as might have
| been expected. WAS suon bewllderrG aud
lost IN its labyrinth of passages. 1t hap
| pcnrd that some of his friends, in passing
the cave, discovered his gun, and rightly
concluding that he had gone into the cave,
they procured lights, and entered in search
of him, and found ADD brought him oat a
gain, after his having been in three days
! This brave fellow " as among the pioneers
who We're foremost in exploring aud set
ding our western frontier; and was at last
killed by The Indians, after having perform
ed deeds of ,anr and daring prowess,
which would have done honor to the cha
tacter of hero. Yours, sc.
| Luray, My 4, 1928.
| fSHESANpoAa county, in which the a
hove cave lies, is one of the ino,t fertile in
Virginia. aud lies IN Western direction,
distant a hundred miles, more or less, Grem
III. City Of Wasbiusion.l
From The IT, s. Literary Gnzezeiie.
TIE ENGLISH HOUSE OF COMMONS
4 LtGt' from the Journal eta 7fareller IN
England.
LoNpoN, FEBRUARY "a, Ia
attended to-day, for the first time, in
! the House of Cummons. The debate was
on proposition of Mr.. Williams, member
| for Lincoln. To raise IA committee 60 inquire
into the delays, expenses, and vexations Of
the Court of Chanccry. Mr.. Williams
spoke with great "i,, cIoquence, and effect,
He was abunda0tly provided With facts. He
gave the history ofcases, tina, had gone on
] HIM, tn.,ni, thirI, mud ,t,..r, , ..nra &