Litchfield enquirer., 1841-01-28
s S5. E. iie W W,gHof.E, ,No,f 76S,

png desGriptian of tbe yaammoth Cave i.a EdmOasoA eoWnFy, Kentucsv. sIt b ,if xase
 extent, aSdi egpsalin size (reckoning all it's
 bTRmElies. HEd apattGsents) to the whole islC
 aud ofI New York; The E1iaih cave is. aAi far. as has been explored,i IS miles iUe length, with nunierbgs branches 0iaking off, ih every direction. The entrance eI ts theI cave $ !kfeDsb, al passage, ja1 the rock st tls h.,,,pp, 'of'a,hill; endbie about six fset, ig3 width ,aHd llea feet fa heighh 6raabOue 90 yaede3i after 1hias ia iiiGreaseS 7ia height aOdrwidth:a lDaFTAg winter d strong current oIiair r1shes sititG tlis cay -in summer tlIc current changes, 59d blows, iesaq1ppIally strong 0sii o6F'tba cAve. 91,he roof and the sides ags.of s8Iid lined esssss' ihe bottom is cove cred with earth te, t1he depth of several feet, and, ,bsneaih llis earth nis solid lrgck.i The earth on the bottom of th0 cave isi strongly impragnated ,withs nitrate of Jin,e, agdsduring shes last ware and for several years rsetiousi large qtsantities ofsaltpetre were manutY cttltSd St tiis case.ga Tue att ns6}pNere ofihe cave, cave ,,is dry. and of uni- form tsaarpsraipte shEpygh she year, viiz- GO degrees of Fahrenheia,s: AaiaseS esd ysgelable hspbstaneeso sopfacdtl ftl ale cave vonldN heeensdt dry; but never pu.refy OF decainpnse. .ni Meat Jeff in the cave lwelvs hddFs will Bcc6iiic so completely iapreg-
 is.ep with liit4g tlsst t. .acafi1iot De ease sen- andne 1s ~; ar is slightly b.aS.isd T placed in the cave, will be divested oE iits putrcfyr ipg RrqPeEties. and ssadA.aliy rhecoWes ldry agdis Isarak 1a Ssnse, apartneeAts of the cave contain (skuSBer ramd Epsom Salts in great abundnnee. ThesesssAltsi are inna crudsk S,ate, and Save Afsti collected and used in tljaa: :speti01of feaShtrvIf ba6 .I:I71 an i'a : 1' Maay personss (says ths wdritsr) nay supp ,.; p9ose .hisd hi .deysx deexe te be gloomy 7net SO. Iss mighty, walls aRd yastiapartNseAls9 afford 2 salljv'e sspestaetes aud impress, tlss mind with wonder and admira.i6n. T his is .AeiwOtki"fit tht great Architect 6f'natGse, asaSf aoS person eaii stSveFse this vast suttt ,ettsssgs g sat, tty,itegy, sfehoas ' f.slnrs h of
 v yySTBs as s3 ,rsIy said se bda bsd per- pei teet wilderness. t0 e1pg9ge. bnA boat slevea miles ffoB' the lmepihs shs walls and roef efltIse inssineesseo are very high, and .cnvs ered wisiE iHcsussataiHsof the pursst wl,ita Tieiy,,A aHd fhteHnpefss5 witk Ssa1lifdl ehsystaliza.ions, of every sine. Some .Ss !i,s iRsrsistaiions havs n 'shinipg .and frost7 el appsaranc while others, are waheas anyiSucb ornaments preseniing a pleasing, beauibulgsGd haTpsanieals contrast. NV k<m :he rays of the Eghr frOn, the Tasnps strike tiies@ surfaces, iiI6 yssiis and roof present iliS most bfilliSRty besatifdf,, grand aud sublime appensanee imaginable. u ghS sl,i- hing sides ok millions ,ef the hsaaatifuk chrystals, reAecsjng and ge-reh hsetFng ltl.s kehr, e0d their gli,ilst peints like distanG siarsaias igsse tiYnatnent, atwinkling and shi.- ming as if tryiug to 'oaaO each other, pre- senr33to tlie view If tue assanishea aSd en, rapanrea behobaer the rich beausiss of the harmqnies of nature, in, all their grandeur and nIagni6ccnce. :. Here jiA, a vast hal iR one of Natures mighy sebterrapean f,pan- sions, ylI, miles from shs light of ydsy, in s0fi aaNd snlcmn silenceS stands,ihe ast0n@ ished bels0hi&r Iwsspe ia' w0ntBes<s ia ad- snifaiion. Oncvevy side, hss 'behoids na- ture in all1 1Ast nsagni6esnce and beauty 1; every n,ovemeft # the lamps presents ta tiis view hsw srefecting surfaces, that seem
 as if alive, wsleohing and enjoying. as ,witl. enrapturede ecstacien,, the rare visit of the rays ofterresirial light. ,1Wkere iS the hu-. man lbsing who eoAlbn stand uuesoaed in s~ch apIaseaii Impossible 4AdmisaGions c.,hte1iPFati"6, msditatiois, and adosationy
 will i'll his soul, and he vill,i as it qwefe.
 ipySlyHtstily, oaer 1p; u she slaighty Cre4 astSr, homage 9f aa aaanlita .a'1t Iioh l, and sho , erlbpis 0t 0tiPralsef8a14 -sdi 4tt ,aIs2 ,u.f .isi
 s' The csvs is Gopsjdered one of the most healthy plaees known, and the writer is Of opinion ahss i~iprs,esss of tine, is will bs resossed t0 for the fessosaiiOn Sf fseaItb..- Aope'soR could, without ineeonveai travel in the cave 5 or 6, hosfs q day foe { sufficient lepg,h of tine to allow the as- saosphere ,to have a powerful eject pPon bin,.l oJtl is, eyideas. fr0aa the discoveries made, that the eaye bns bsena inhabited af some very semote period. Hundreds of petsesis visit the cave anh1aIly." "A sIit@ %a
 ? iThs supply oof Ditsass of lime in the cave is inexlasstjble. The earth, after having been EIiyated. hseoa,ss rs-imprsg- "ated with the nitrate again, equally s;rone. as at first. iD about shEse ysaps. The pro-. cess sa n'aki0g saltpstre ,sas by leoching or' lixivating the ear,R in l.oppers in the same manner as Sshes are AIeeched (o make soap or pPtash--,hea evaposating the ,li- quid to ,a eertaiH eonsisisncy. and 4mixine il with esrboRa.sd slkali, and allowing is to ebrysialize. Hoppers were constructed in 'ihs cave about mile f1osa It's mouth, to, which water was tonveyed ia wooden pipes front the outside, and the liquor ob- ,ained from the hoppers was conveyed to- the moulh of the cave by the same means, where, t vas raised by pumps into the