The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04
Examiner Correspondence.


Examiner Correspondence.
a, Editors Of fhe ErdmineT:
.r,r,Fx-On the frs; appearance oil your
c,ileI At your office TO procure copy
s-,o,,iysly remarked that il was my inien-
10 ,rgrrins the Examiner.
=, comics of the Examiner have beeh re-
-. III of>xhich have read win great IN
and greater profit ] nave maui '"
.,on' and 10 say | have deriveg .-.l--
-, .ud instruction from the matter,
go and delighted with the manner,
.r,.,,,nsra perysics the Examiner, is but
.,,ress the high satisfaction have
ured on its peruSal
.'',,,su,en' have taken hold TO examine
sn,iop of slavery az the right spirif, ana
Reasonable time; and | must be per-
H.. that you handle the subject ia
nnexceptionabie, honorable, persuasive
led. ana mastery manner.
oeod people Of Kentucky have Just re-
- s,rorgblE on the Convention question:
"a IN f,'ly persuaded. that they are ready
80 willing 10 hear the evidence and examine
ar nroofs by which you 50 clearly demonstrate
,bs Evil influence Of slavery, as manifested oy
I ;,s nsraicions effects in retarding the growth,
.-,slyying the Industry, and hlighting the pros
n.rity Of the Commonwealth.
pod, sautluenl seems 10 be propitious 10
a., and candid investigation of this SUBJECT
,ndit cannot - doubted, that the generous sons
ofEsn,ueky will decide this important question
u,on iis real merits, and render verdict IN &C
caniapce with truth ans justice.
r. cemuaring, or rather contrasting, the
-, Win ths present condition and future
.,osnscts Of cont guous Stsies, you have clear
T. sboWa t-ss uts, that population, enterprise,
w.,fb ana POLITICAL influence, ssE on TIE WA>E
:, "a, sisrs S,gtes; and that they exhibit I'M
.ble -yl fences of premature decay. How
- i,s,snt.bs Is their condition. Their sd-
rspc, /, ssrsisqrds' Their Progress-TeiTo-
grade. .:n,
baf. On directing our attention 10 the adjacent
FREE >fstes--how changed the scene. how bright
The prospect, There the most gratifying evi-
Ss,ees Of thrift. prosperity, and rapid advance
nent in ali that contributes 10 the comfort and
b,p.iaess Of man. eyerywhsre greet our admir-
s,e. Why this vast difference in the con-
800 Of contiguous Stat-sl The solution Is
.-sv II consists simply in the fact, that the
a. EMPLOYS stare labor al the ruinous cisad-
,-,.,,rs Il certain and tUer-inere0siRg loss;
b.-fs. other wakes richer and more powerful
49, tte happy auspices of prOdEctre FREE
T,g,S TIE inevitable tendency of these two
.,.-ie, oil Labor. the one voluntary, and the
,b.r an .,- the ban Of cOnstraint, " TO produce
s-,.s.,s r.sgIs. This principle is fully estsb-
lished in % Of the Examiner under the
head Of Our -s-la The, " value. ,bs commonwealth
c,ulg So aos reaa the Examiner; for then with
ss.g-sd confidence would / look forward to the
certain and speedy purgstion of our soil from
a. biybtiur effects and ruinous influence OF
.arery; ana as necessary consequence, the
oyou. resurrection 70 aei.re life, Of the now dor
mani an. palsiea energies of our people, would
Immediately eAsAt-
Nay f.q, suspicious day soon dawn upon
heB;acky's soil, lrssn, IN the language Of truth,
We snail hai, her '-fts taBG Of the JTee,' a. she
nov - .'lt, a5m, Of Tie braUs"
That you. gentlemen, may have ample en-
roursg-usut 10 proceed in your laudab.e enieE-
prise. /, rly most earnest wish. That complete
Al. tr.rm91aa, success may crown your noble
EFFORTS. M i0Hdoai hope
Respectfully, yours. /. ]. b
LOUISVILLE August p, l-i..
Tns following extract Is from the letter of a
Young f!isn5. written with no view TO pubiica-
toa, bu, So graphic in it, description of Por-
uoa Of tue Mammoth Cave hitherto nexplored,
-gs' We cannot resist the temptation TO Law it
before cur rsalers:
About week ago. the Dr., j., Stephen, and
nysrf SET of on an exploring expedition into
me Cave, taxing with Us five men from the
aeigh5ora0o- 10 tote our boat 10 the Roar
Iag River" This, however, We soon fount re-
Cu.fe- our whole fOrce--even 10 the Doctor.
whose anxiety 10 seem to be doing and read wish
10 co nothing luseI ne very much. We gave
him the prOys.0a basket, however, and the
amps 10 earn, and for ourselves hucked to the
vors iiae good men and true.
Il Was the hardest days work ! ever did in
nv li., nov pulling, nov pushing, now lifting,
nov Dragging through Tire sand, over the rocks,
through the MAJ and water too, fer a mile ana
three quarters. until we finally launched cur
boat on the long talked Of "Roaring River"
Bot our labors were not TO cease here, convey
ing the party bv RELAYS for the boat " ould hold
5Ul three; over the FIRST pool, we found another
shore. and were obliged 10 carry the boat over
that. Then came another, over which all pass
e. On the same way, and then another shore, we
crossed this too with the boat on our shoulders
AMI cam. 10 another river still. Here a consul
talon Was held whether we should go on or not,
and finally, The Dr., C., Stephen, and 1, went over
Ibis and landed again. We rambled about ex-
p.0rHg divers little branches of the Cave al a
distance Of more than half a mile from the re-
meia-er Of our party, and yet could hear dis
unctly every word they uttered. The echo in
thi- part Of the Cave surpasses anything imagi-
nation can conceive; when we spoke in an or
oinary t0ue OF voice, words were undistingUlsh-
sb.e from the magnificent reverbcf ration, at
hundred yaras whispers came az plainly a:
though uttered ia the ear. A shout ROLLED
rOuau ike thunder, and died off at an immeasur.
abe distance with a sweetness and musical sad
ness most magical and note whistled by Steph.
en-, from "OiI in the Silly night" moved M
almost 10 tears, 30 eXquisilely gentle and sad wa
me GIVING fall Of It's echo. We found an
other rIver mere larger than any had ye
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but over which We did not pass. There vet re
mains behind, beyond this, a world Of fair,
beauty and loneliness unknown to mortals; a ii
aooae this for spirits who love the dark ness
SOUNDS not more than half heard seem foatin,
IN lie ar, aud hooking the ear in its vain at
empts 10 catch their meaning voices, linger a
loth to depart, and strange wild shadows I'll
aong the walls assuming a thousand fantasti
shapes and attitudes as We swing our lamp
around Us. The gloom s terrible, and the wins
PeFel syllables We hear remind one forciby 0
The lines Of Moore,
The goblin echoes Of the cave
Nuliered it DER the long black wave,
As twere some secret of the grave"
Every now and then, away on the upturne
summit Of some distant ripple Of the waters, "
eslch the reflection Of the light, seeming q
'aough star had fallen there and died We
s-'- Inc poet, Truth is strange, stranger tina
hctioa.'
yellow Fever In New Orleans.
lie Epidemic RACES. No such mortality h,
O'eh known FOR years. The oldest inhabitan
were re'rea'ing from the scene of It's fearf,
raysges
CALL FOR vOa.UNTEERs.
DEFAMATION ny THE GOVERNOR.
lillian OWsLEY, Gorernor and Con