The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-14

IA SCllucliidll vi Wis NllldDC WHO has
been travelling in the South and Yves 1 the
past season, has furnished us with :'s,mc
particulars relating to this uXtraord mary
rave, which may be new and not nhoul
interest to the public generally. The
Mammoth Cave is situated IN Ed ,nonton
county near the bank Of the Gree III river.
The entrance 10 the cave is no 4, as NAV
generally be supposed, at tn ( base of a
mountain, but is in form of a pr, in tile
earth, aAd the surface of q &c country a.
round it is generally level, with nothing
to 'lrcct the footsteps of thy. traveller to
l'lc wonders contained with its depths.
The main entrance to To c cave is sew
en- miles IN l,ngth,-Iron fly to one hun
drcd lcct III wldlll,-and, arriving from six
ly To ninety feet in hegh t. At its farther
extremity i, a cataract 0 f ninety feet per
pend .cular fall.
The full extent Of ne cave has never
yet been explored. lcluding two later
llal branches, IL mcaS'l rcstwculysix miles
III icn@tl SO lar us 1t "a as yet been pen
etratch. 1t contains thirtv-onc chambers
ana avenues, varym" from one quarter to
l'ircc mn c' III lcng h, tho most rcnarka
ulc oil winch Is the L 'crslco avenue, , miles
i'll length which is described as the most
grand and bcautil j of the cave. The
sealing OF TINS room forms perfect arch.
and both the side and ceiling are as
smooth as II pIas'c. ed by IA skilIuI, work
man.
Tbs Is the prln cpal registry room and
the names OF tn )us;nds of visitcrs may
be seen upon the ceiling. The attendants
attach acandlc o the end of pole; by
means Of which the vsilcrs name is ira
ccd IN smokeul ,on the wall. Another is
called TIC wind Ing way, being passage
through Il r>ck three feet wide ,
twenty feet 'nigl and one mile aud
I Il half III lie myth At the termination
ol THIS way; "a river from ten To fifty fee,
wide, fiji cen feet deep, and three lourlhs of
mile i'll ength. Nisilers traverse this
river IN Il Eoa, aud describe the appear
ancc of tn c shores, as grand and beautiful
III the cX' rene.
BY IN !ans Of il scoop net. numbers of
fish may be taken, from two to six inches
IN lcng In, and owing to the absence of
light III cy are of course, perfectly white,
and Transparent. They are said To exhibit
no appearance Of an eve even bv the aid
OF Il powerful microscope. This state
meat, appears somcwIla, incrcdib c,-bm
the proprictors of The cave declare il To
be strictly true. These fish are the only
living things found in this vast cavern,
with the exception of thousands of bat,
which may be seen in WINTER hang.n
from the roofs of some Of the chambers
III string ncar y 20 the floor. In one
the rooms two bodies were found, as wei
preserved asa mummy from the Egypt .
ans catacombs, There is large rool
called the temple, i'll VIII ch rel giuts sci
vices are performed. The pulpit is a nu d
tural formation of saIagmilr IN the cent {
OF the room, aud various staIacrtcs civ /,
1t beautiful appearance when lighted 4 1
by the torches. The area of this chan.
Der Is more than seven acres.
The temperature Of the cavern is AWAY Il
sixty degrees, both in summer and win
ter. The current OF air sets from Il &.
mouth of the cave in summer, and into i
in winter.
The mammoth. cave contains twclN G
domcs, from twenty to three hundred lr, n
IN height, and eight pits from sixty I,
two hundred and eighty feet deep. Al. q
five cataracts, from different streams, fro a
fifty to one hundred feet pcrpcnticu! n
| fall.
We have not space 10 describe all {! II
wonders OF this remarkable cavern. O a.
informant, George EIlcut, Esq, dcscrih IS
1t us exceeding in interest all that he Z, e.
behcld, of the natural cnrioslics of It, il
country. From the Falls of st. Author y
to the Niagara, he has not witness, d
| anything 10 effect him with such powcrli j
emotions as did the grandeur, beauty, an ]
| sublimlty OF the kcntu ky cavern.
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TIE MORNING MR.-Thcrc is some :
thing in the morning air, that while it de.
Iics the penetration Of our proud and shul. =.
low philosophy, adds brightness to the
blood. freshness to life, and vigor to the
whole frame; the freshness of the lip, b,
the way, is, according to DR.. Marshall
! Hall, one OF the SllrcSt mark of health