Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-12-25
Another Mammoth Cave.

A very remarkable cave, recently discover
cd in Missouri, IS thus described by the
BoonyilIe (Mo.) Statesman. We fear the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, will have to
look out for its %laurels. N%eighbor Built, of
the Picoyune, what have you TO say in the
premisesl
A most extraordinary cave was recently
discovered in Howard county, between Glas-
gov and Cooper's bottom. One Of the far
mers Of the neighborhood, wanting rock to
build, we believe, a chimney, went TO an adj
joining hillside for the purpose of quarrying
there. In striking the earth with a hoe, or
some similar implement, "A sound was emit
ted. plainly indicating that the hillside was
hollow beneath, and, proceeding to remove
the dirt covering the surface. he discovered
a wall built Of stone, and built evidently by
human hands. This wall he displaced, and
it gave him entrance to the mouth Of a cave,
which, upon subsequent examination, he
found a most extraordinary natural curiosity.
The cave has been explored TO the distance
of three hundred yards. Twenty-Five or thir-
ty yards FROM the entrance is a sort Of room,
the sides Of which, according to an account
in the 'Glasrow Pilot present a most bril-
liant and wonderful appearance. The wri-
ter, who entered the cave with a lantern,
says:
II had not proceeded FAR before | entered
the principal chamber that by a single light
presented the most magnificent scene that
ever bchpld. The ceiling of this most splen-
did cavern is some eighteen or twenty feet
high, and of a hectagon form, the whole cei-
ling presenting a shining surface as though
it was set with diamonds"
Very near the mouth, another writer says,
there is a stone shaped like a horse, but not
so large, being only about three feet high.
"The head. neck, and the body are entire
" finished, and part Of one hind leC, and all
the rest is solid stone. The neck is made
Of three pieces, and stuck or fastened togeth-
er something like cabinet makers put the cor
ners 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 hierogiyphics
appear, most of which, however, are SO deta-
ced as 10 render them unintelIigible. New
crtheless the figures ], 2, G, and :, are quite
plain. lust above these figures the letters
DON g. CARLO ase .eg,6le. Further
on, the letters j.. II. S. appear on the wall.
IN arm CT the main cavern has also been
discovered, and has been explored some two
bundled yards. \ writer says:
"Ihe walls and ceiling OF this eXtr1ordln-
airy cave are pretty much The SAINT as in the
other ROOMS. The walls have a peculiar and
extraordinary briliiaucy, occa8ioned, | dis
covered. from the fact that instead Of stone,
as we fire, believed, we found them to be of
metal very much resembling suIphata of iron,
but Of a siivsry appearance. We had not
proceeded very far before we heard a rum
bling noise that occasionally broke upon our
ears in notes the most ia riliIug and melodious
| ever heard. We stood for a considerable
time in breathless silence to catch The most
enchanting sound that ever greeted the ear
Of man, ard it was only at an interval that
we could summon courage to explore its
source, which we did, and were much surpri.
sed TO find it proceeded from a gushing spring
in the side Of the wall. The sounds we heard
we found to be produced by the fall of water
and varied by the current OF air before allu-
dCd to, which we then found to be very
strong. We each took a heavy draught o
the limpid water Of tbs gushing spring, and
after Surveying the diamond walls Of the
greatest na;lral curiosity in the world, We
commenced rotraci2g our steps to its mouth
when We found it to be quite dark and eigh
o'clock at night.