Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-06-10

WONDERFUL CAvE.-A mos, extraordi-
nary cave was recently discovered in How
ard county, between Glasgow and Cooper's
bottom, in Missouri. One of the farmers
of the neighborhood, wanting rock to build
we believe chimney, went 10 an adjacent
hillside for the purpose Of quarrying them.
In striking tho earth with a hoe. or some i'm
plement, sound was emitted plainly indi-
eating that the hillside was hollow beneath,
ane proceeding 10 remove the dirt covering
the surface, he discovered wall bull, OF
stone, and built evidently by human hand,
This wall he displaced, and it gave him en-
trance 10 the mouth Of cave. which upon
Subsequent examination, he found most
extraordinary natural curiosity. The cave
has been explored TO the distance of 800
ya,dS. twenty-five or thirty yards from the
entrance is a sort of room, the sides OF
which, according 10 an account we see in
the Glasgow Pilot, present most brilian,
and weadtr.ul appearance. The writer,
who entered the cave with a lantern, says
Il had net proceeded far, before entered
the principal chamber, that, by single light.
presented the most magnificent sceao that
| ever beheld. The ceiling of this splendid
cavern, is some eighteen or twenty feet high
and Of hexagon form, the whole ceiling
presenting a shining surface as though twas
set with diamonds.
Very near the mouth. another writer saws,
there is stone shaped like horse, but no.
so large, being only about three feet high
1.-The head, neck, and the body are GU
trely finished, and part of one hind leg,
and all the rest is solid stone. The neck is
made Of three pieces, and stuck or fasten-
ed together, something like cabinet makers
put the corners Of drawers together, (doye-
tailed, the rest is all solid"
In another part Of the cave, the walls on
one side are very smooth. On these walls
numerous letters, figures, and hierogIyph
les appear, most Of which however, are
SO delaced as TO render :hem unintelligible.
Nevertheless, the figures l, ?, 6 and are
quite plain. Just above these figures, the
letters Don & CARLO are legib!e Further
on, the letters J H appear on the wall.
An arm OF the main cavern has also been
discovered, and has been explored some
200 yards. A writer says:
THE walls and ceiling Of this ex,raor.
binary cave, are pretty much the same as
in the other rooms. The walls have a Pc
culiarly and extraordinary brilliancy, &C.
casioned asl discovered, from the fact that
instead Of stone rs we first believed, we
found them TO be of metal, very much
resembling sulpha,e Of Iron, but Of more
silvery appearance. We had not proceed.
ed very far, before we heard rumbing
noise, that broke upon my ears in notes
The most thrilling and melod.ous ever
heard. We stood for moment in breath
less silence, TO catch the most enchanting
sounds that ever greeted the ear Of man
and it was only at an interval that we
could summon courage TO explore its
source, which we did, and we're much sur
prised 10 find it proceeded from a gushing
spring in the side Of the wall. The
sounds we found to be produced by the fal
of The water. and varied by the current oil
air before alluded to, which we then founc
to lie very strong. We each took hearty
draught Of Impid water of this gushing
spring, and, after surveying the diamond
walls of the greatest natural curiosity il
The world, we commenced relracing oul
steps TO its mouth, when we found il TO be
quite dark, and eight o'clock at night. =
Missouri Statesman.