Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-04-28

with golden hue. The cry OF the night
raven, The muriner Of the wind among the
leaves, the noise Of the adder concealed In
the thick grass, the distant bowling Of the
wolves, all carried fear 10 the breasts Of
the Inhabitants, when they were obliged
TO leave their cabins. The woodman,
when these sinister warnings met his ear,
would bring down his axe with greater vigor
and would work on in silence, kaiiting bis
brows, and ever anon casting troubled
glances around him. The mother colec-
led her children about her, as if she feared
that the cold hand Of Peter was going TO
descend from above and harm her limo
cents.
Peter was every where. The terrified
Imagination Of the poor peasants led them
to look upon him as ever plotting them
harm, who during h.s short career, had no
other desire but to do good to those about
him.
At last it happened that, all the veins of
the mines were exhausted, and it was nec-
essary 10 commence upon new ones. The
master came for this purpose, and he was
man beloved by all the miners. He as.
sembled them together,the engineers made
the plans, drew the lines. the picks sound,
ed, the barrows rumbled, The work had
commenced, it was prosecuted with speed
till all were anxiously looking for its ac-
complishment.
Suddenly an unusual noise was heard.
1t was dull murmur, like the distant war
ming of storm. 1t increases! Cries are
heard, painful cries! The earth trembles!
The master is soon at the mouth of the
mine. The bell il rung with all has,e!--
All the The ropes are put in motion. He
wishes TO leap into one of the baskets to GO
to the aid Of the unfortunate miners. whose
death, he thinks is inevitable. All come
up. The miners have escaped. They are
pale, trembling, and the sweat rolls down
their faces.
"What is the maiter?' cries the master
as pale and as ,remulous as the living spec.
tres before him.
ga man !-death!-a miracle IAN appa.
ration!'' Such were the words, the excla.
nation, which escaped from their mouths,
which were cold through fear. Soon,
however, the master was able TO collect
SOUlGtHlU8 Oh tuelf story.
While engaged in opening a commune
cation between the new mine and the an.
cient ones, the workmen had discovered 0
stratum less hard before met with. Stones
and earth were not its only ingredients, bu
the foreign substances, which they foune
| in greal abundance, seemed to indicate tina
in times gone by, an immense sinking hae
lx,h cd IN hot Al
| The work was not difficult. A minel
loosened large masses Of earth and stone:
by single blow of his pick. All of a sud
den, very large mass, which had nothing
TO support it, slid down, gas escaped from
the aperture which it left, it took fire, ant
while it was burning, what was the aston
ishment of the miners to see descending BY
its light young man to all appearance a
sleep.
His brow is smooth, his cheegs fresk
even retaining the color. of life; but his
eyes, mouth, ARE molionless. Instead of going
to him, or endeavoring to recognize hi.
features or aiding him, for per haps he ha.
need of aid, overseers and miners, all, fly
with the utmost precipitation from this nn
expected apparaton. Fear, in the shor
distance they have TO pass through TO NEE
their comrades supplied their Imagination
with enough for a tale.
1t is no longer man, it is an internal
spirit, who has come TO show himself &c
them,in the midst Of lightning and thunder
1t is that divinity who has his home in the
mines and who often appears 10 interrupt
the miners in their labor. His form is
colossal.
They saw him move, rise up, stretch out
his powerful arm. 1t must be that he is
now walking through the gloomy cham
bers Of the new mine, thfeatning TO burn
the props Of the new vaults, TO destroy ev
cry thing, TO bury all
The master listened carefully 20 the ex
aggeraied recitals OF the terrified work
men, bu, remained calm. He cast glance
around him, the eyes of all are fixed upon
him, al with looks Of terror, seem TO wal
for him 10 decide, 10 give command fer &c.
| ton.
'sTo the m:ner' he cried, after speak in !
few words in an undertone to his friends
and the engineers about him, and then de-
scended with the rest.
The truth was soon known, and broad
daylight disclosed the cause of their fer.
ror. They brought out of the nine and
laid upon the ground the cold and damp DO
dy of young man: f.aE
His dress indicated other times, OF her
fashions I,was neat, andit was easy to
believe that he was arrayed for a holiday.
A Golfer was buried near him; it was open
ed. and was found to contain some jewels, a
golden cross, Il chain, and mediiiion up
on which a cvpher was englaved; but time
had bad barely injured these pledges of love
intended perhaps for some adored mis-
tress.
The whole village assembled, and while
The engineers were making their examina-
lions, while the authorities we're lost in
cou lecture, each inbabitani sought, but IN
vain in his memory, for some means of
ascertalning who the youns man was; but
all was in vain.
"Margaretw cried a young woman, and
with a lone which spoke a,tonishmeut. ut
the sight of good old dame who was COM
ing up with painful efiat, toward the
immense crowd which was anxiously
waiting for an explanation Of this myste-
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snake room for Margaretf. cried many
Of The young people al The same time.