The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-11-28

IS narrow and difficult 10 pass. Alter de !
scending The sleeps of time We came to a
beautiful spring of waier, called Richardson's
Spring. We then passed on. through the
Arched Woy by the Lady's Saddle pit.
which pit is about eighty feet deep; then on
10 Minerva's Dome. once the Labyrinth, to
Lousa's and Goran's Dome. we then pass
ed on by the Bo;tomIess pit into Pensico Az
enpe, and by the Wild Dome, over the Gfea
Crossings. We then came 10 Il pulpit OF {
staiagmiie with a book lying upon the pulplt.l
This is all the work of naiu e Without art
IL has received The name of the Devils pull
pit. We then passed through Pine Apple
Arch, 10 GeIeo Grotte. Ali this we saw
and passed the first day. We returned to the
Gave House about six in the evening.
The next morning we started at about
feighi o'clock, and went on through the main
Cave to The deserted Chamber, and entered
an avenue called the Humble Shoot. For a
distance of about one hundred yards, we
passed an avenue where the ceiling is,so low
tbat We were obliged TO sioop as much as
possible. We then came 10 the Winding
Way, d narrow serpeniine passage, through
which only one person could pass at a time.
This extends about fifty yards. At the end
of the Winding Way we came TO a large
chamber called the Great Relief. We then
passed through River Hall, over the Dead
Sea, along a deep cascade. We then passed
on to the River Styx; over which there is a
natural bridge. Crossing this bridge, we
soon found ourselves al the shore OF the Riv-
er Lethe. We there went ON board a boat,
and were rowed by our guide about thirty
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Travellers can pass by the head of the Jor-
dan, aud go directly into Purgatery it they
choose TO do so. We stationed Two of our
] number, whom we thought the most pious,
on The bank of the Jordan, and the rest of
4 our company went into Pqrgatory. 1t was
: somewhat muddy Oh the banks of the Ior-
dan, and the two we had stationed there be-
; gan TO pray-"There, there! you have been
Y there long enough; do, for Mercy's sake,
' come out of Purgatory, and let US pass over
Jordan!" In the course OF half an hour we
V returned, and the smell of fire was not found
n on our garments. Our whole coupany en-
e tered The large boats at the shore of the J0r-
d dan, and began 10 move slowly over its sur
b face. PaFtof The way the ceiling is quite
low, and in other places very high. The
! whole distance is more than halfa mile
Y Music never sounded SO sweetIy TO me a:
h when passing this river. The sweet tones
of the never ending echo surpassed any thing
re | bad ever heard or imagined.
After passing The river we walked Oh 70
= about Two miles through many interesting
81 scenes which cannot now describe, when W.
e arrived at The foot Of the ladder that leads t.
d. Mays Vineyard. We assembled the iadde
lie about % feet, and we came TO a large hall
ie the walls, the ceiling, the floor, covered witt
L. clusters of the finest grapes. But we foun'
L. when we touched them that they were as SO
re lid as the wall itself. We then passed Of
lie through Cleveland's Avenue through a grea
E. variety of rooms until we came TO the Snow
le ball Room. The avenue is here about eight
re feet wide, ceiling and walls covered wit
snowballs, some perfectly white and som
a saturated with water, as natural asifthrowI
ne there by school boys in their juvenile sports
a The walls and ceiling, for more than a mil
en- after passing the SNOWFALL room, are covered
en- with flowers of every name and description
ds imaginable. The only thing needed t
he make them true TO lie is color. We the
w. pissed on till we came to the Rocky mouG
ais tains. 1t is qniie difficult TO ascend lhes
re- mountains. We were obliged 10 CLIMBER oV
vi er rugged cliff; we assembled about two hui
he bred feet. We then descended the mouI
ir- tain Oh the other side. On the other side
ed he Rocky Mountains is a beautiful arbc
sre called Serena's Arbor. 1t received til
to name in honor of the wife Of Colonel CrC
in CHAN. Mrs. Croghan, was the first lady VIII
we ever entered that bower. If L mistake no
IA she was before marriage a Miss Serena Lii
he ~ingston, of New York. In The side of tn
IN beautiful ardor is a spring of The most deli'
Did ious wafer. We here found ourselves eleve
IN. miles from the mouth of The cave. We The
av relraced oar Steps and arrived at the ca'
ne house about seven O'Clock i'll the evenin
is having walked more than twenty two mile
err far, far beneath the sarface of The earth. N
the third and fourth days excursions were,
he possible. still more interesting, but | carfn
ov- describe them in this letter. The Chief ci
lar which We visited on the third day extends o
cir er an area oil more than Two acres. III
cap Black chamber is a black luoking place.
In My visit to tie Holy Sepulchre on Il
en- fourth day was the most interesting TO m
ice We passed into the Cave about six mile
Of when we came 10 the avenue leading TO Il
Igh Holy Sepulehre. None Can ascend the
eni except the most bold and fearless. On
will two of our company had courage to ascen
] We made our way up a ptecipice almost pc
npi pendicular for about e lightly feet; then crav
ear ed through a narrow opening between II
IA massive rocks: then passed on about L
one yards horizontally, and came to a row
Ite- sialactite columns, through which WI ma
far our way, and found ourselves standing at I