Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-22

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 No. zi nii5l.E Ns o1 lp6kel of dss royine ih 4 zSff sbsFt sbaee , 0f time the lila.of man. 6f inv animal ek tposed to it's atmosphere. lt n q lisiant oit. q ly three miles from BatUr, if, ' axa. ana 0a tle 4tll of July, Mi. London, with paFtys . Qf friends, set out on visit to if. IT is Known by the name of Gusx0 IT Uiyas. -6I q RoIson9d Valleys and, following path
 which Ind been made for tlie purpose. they lshQrlIy teached ik with couple Of doGs
 and sDna0 fowls, for the purpose of making 1 1exp0Eiments. On arriving at the mouIS- tain Inc party dismounted and scrambled I up the side of hill, distance 0f | auar-
 ter of a mile, with the assistance Of the
 branches oftrees and projecting roots. zfn tsonsequenceAof the heavy rain that had
 tallen in the night. this was rendered moro difficult. md occasioned much fatigaa.- When 8 few yards from the valley. d strong
 nauseous and suIlocatipg smell was expert Ienced, but on approaching tho margin tIlis Ainconvenience was 10 longer fonnd. Tho lscene that now presented itself Is descfih-s ledaas ofs the most appalling nature. The valley is about half a milo iii circuniference. of ansOyal shape and aboug SO 0f 35 feet lin depth. Tle bottom of it appeared to be dat, without any yegetation, and a few large stonos scslttered here and iiIeFe.
 The attention of the partywas immediate ly attracted 10 stlie number: of skeletons of x shumah beings. tigers. boars, deer, and all ;. sorts Of birds and wild animals, which lay. about in profusiOn. The ground on.wllicIs, they lay at tho bottom of the valley, Af~s peared 70 De , hard sandy substance. sai,d
 no yapouf WIS perceived issuing from ii. nor any opening through Whiell it lniehn escape, and the sides wore covered with vegetation. II was now proposed to en- ter " and each sof tho party having lie \ segar, managed 10 get within 20 feet ofthS@g bottom, when a sickening nauseons smell was experienced. without any dificulty iil breathing. dog was now fastened sRts the end of . bambop and thurst to the bot tom cfthe valley, whilesome of ihe party. ~ with their watchesin their hands, observed. i. the effects. At the expiration of foi,rtcesl x seconds the dog fell solf his legs. Niihose
 moving or looking round, and continued a-.
 live Only&cighteen minutes. Theso
 dog now Jeff the party and went to lsis com. panioI ,; on reaching him he was 0bsefved !. to stand qaite motionless, and at the end of ten secondssfeli down; he never moy-a. cd his limbs after. and lived only seyon minutes. "A fowl vas nov sl,rpwn in which died in minute and u hail. ard sannfbnG shower 0f rain i6Il during Inc timc that. X .tfiese experiments were going forward, which, from the ,intoresting nature of the
 experinents. v-.ls quite disregarded. On the opposite side of.>thn valley to that which was visited, lay a human skeleton. N the head resting on tho right arm. x The weather had bleached the bones as white
 as ivory. Two hours were passed in thiss valley of death, and the party had some
 difRculty in getting out of it. owing to the
 rain that had fallen. The human skele.
 tons are supposed. .to be those of rcbeis '
 who have been pursued from tho main road, and taken refuge in the valley with out knowledge of the danger to which they were thus oxposing themselves The effects as areshSre. describcd are identical <
 with those of tie. groito del Cane, at Na-s
 pies, and no doubt arise from tue same
 cause.a These seem mofA strange in m
 open valley but tho mephiiic air ntstlle
 Grottoyis so heavy that you may stand .lp- I right without inconvenience, as itrises but lafew inches above tie surface.) ~
 ea ssss,y 'es - .. sa \ M N. \ Paaper Cmaing. .-T The daughter of II Iparish pensioner went tc an overseer with ], "a lamentablo counfenance, and crying, said.s ! Iss Poor mother's dead please giVe me sa x coffin for her." The overseer wrote out !, llhe order accordingly. Some short time rl after. recoIlec.ing that lie had seen the old lady in 1erfect hoaIlh bit very recently, l.e ! had some misgiving that all was not rights ,, and thcrefores taking .tIle beadle with him, I he proceeded io inc house 6f mourning 5 On lining the latch, aII parties were rather surprised the old woman and shee daugh- \ ter were sitting on each side pf sihe ire placc and tho coffin between thenis which 4 they were cutting up 10 make matches. .l Beaut;ss sof L;figatioh. IA. sued his T 4& 4f-a e