Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-24
From Ire Harrods5urg (Ky.) Waichis,cer.
A CURIOSITY.

n gentleman informed us, o few DAYS since, that a
Gay or two previous, while in pursuit of wild turkeys
in Hart county, Ky. IN company with a friend, they
discovered, on tho summit of n knoll or elevation, a
large hole, that woald admit aman's body withon,
much difficulty. Curiosity led ehem TO make prepar.
atlons Tor descending INTO IL. and attcr the necessary
preparations. and having obtained lights and other
company. they did descend, and at the depth of about
sixty feet, entered a cavity or room apparently cut
Out OF solid rock, Through which they passed for
many feet which appeared TO BE- 10 or rs feet SQUARE.
Our informant was tho first person who entered
the subterraneous room, and he said he was not a
little surprised. that the first object which met ms
eye was a human skull with The teeth ali III II. Upon
iufther examination II was found that the whole
place was filled with human skeletons of men, wos
men and children. Except immediately under tho
small apartu'e through which they decendcd the
place was perfectly dry and The bones in a state OF
grca, preservation. An entire skeleton of a human
body was obtained. They concluded To examine
how deep the bones lay, and penetrated through
them, IN one place. between four asd seven feet. bu;
'ound them just as plenty as on the top, but there
seemed TO arise an offensive cfluvIa. us they began
20 come tn where IL was a Little damp.
There WINS no outlet IN the room. and a large
snake which they found there, and which appeared
entirely docile, passed round he room several times
while they were IN it. II is a subject for the. specu
iailon of wise men and philosophers. as those vino
visited 1t have no conjecture aS to the cause OF this
s'ngulai habitatIon OF charnrl house OF human re-
MANS.
A fellow by the name of Joseph Smith, who re.
sides IN the upper part If Susquehanna county. has
been, for tho last two years we are told, employed in
debating as he says, by in.pi,w,ion. n new bibfe. He
pretended that he had heen entrusted by God with .
golden bible which. had been always hidden from tho
world. Smith would put his iace into a hat m which
he mad a tchite stpsc. and pretend To read from II.
whilst his coadJutor transcribed. The book par
ports 10 give an account of the TEE Trbes," and
strange as 1t may seem, there are sonie VITO have
iml faith IN his Divine commission The boob it
seems Is now published. We extract the following
from the Rochester Rcpnblcan.-EIgycc CO. Inc. .
BLASHHEMY.-"Book oC Wormon" nlias The
t'oiJen G'die.-Iiie Book II Mormon" has been
paced IN oar hands. y vher imposition as re-
YER practiscd. It is an evidence of haud, blasnhe-
my and crodulty, shocking to tho Christian and
moraiis'. The "artnor and proprietor is one 10.
scPh SnHh, Jr' Il fellow who, by some hocus no.
Gus acquired such influence over n wealthy farmer of
Wayne county, that The latter mor,gagcd his fs RIM
for $4,000 which he paid for printing o.d binding
5000 copies Of THIS blaspiemous work. Tic yof'
ume consists OF about coo pages, and is divided in
20 The books of Nephi. Of Jacob, of Mosiah, of Al
ma, OF Mo'n0n. or Ether, and e Melaman. Cow
right secured T