Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-21
Extraordinary Escape.

O. nnlnn IL VIC Ia r. IN ~ Intn nFN llrA In 81 mir
cuns,ance which has occnrrod in Ioyennas
A restanr,tur named pny bos cor sarno yoars
ro,,ad i, mart Of soroe v,st al. nIonad nnarios
which exist in the commune and had as,sb.
lished there some m6sbroon beds. He late- I
10 evpressed an intention to rent some far
thor norton of the onarries. and IN Monday
cot ont IN rvanine wLat mart ,vould host chi,
his nnrnosa. Several bonrs bavjnr elansed
witbout ANYTHING heinz seen of bino. npeasi-
ness benan TO he fell. and at last five of inc
! Inhabitants. furnished with lights. entered
The excavations TO search for him. As these
nersous in their turn were several bonrs alb.
sent, the greatest CONSERVATION was excited;
hut the next morning they made their appear
ance separately, having owed their safety 10
the precaution of dropping bits Of straw as
thew went alonr. They all, il appeared had
lost their way in the vaults, and would have
perished but for the precaution which they
had thought of. They were, however, taken
so exceedingly i'll on their return as TO be
obIjped to 90 to bed; and one of them did not
recover for two days.
Nothing had been discovered of NJ, Puy.
two ompa MES of the 63d regiment, a mum
her Of unarrymen, and other persons, divided
themselves into different %parties. each party
roinr to explore a distinct section vi the
99narTies. Under the direction of the mining
enuiueers the quarries were marked out into
certain great divisions, and ARRANGEMENTS
were made for expIorinu every nook and cor
per of each division. Each party carried bla-
Zinc torches and made as much noise as pos
sibfe. in the hone of heinz seen or heard bv
the MISSING man. Throuphout the NIGHT Of
Monday not the slightest trace of him could
he discovered. On7Tuesdavi the search was
kent nm with renewed yigor. but without
success. All Tuesday nioht these kind hear
ted bands were occupiJ in their task, but dis
tappointment aoain awaited Them. The whole
Of W Wednesday was spent in like manner, un-
fortunately with the like ilI-success.
Wednesday NIGHT too, wore away in spite
Of all the charitable efforts Of the seekers.
thev could discover uolhinp of the lost man.
Bv' that time their anxiety and that of the
public BECAME wrought up to the biphest
hitch.
On Thursday morning the search was con-
tinucd; at half past s on the evening Of that
day one of the bands directed by Nj. Walter,
came To the spot where NJ. Puv was. As
soon as he saw them he seized hold of the
nerson nrarest TO him. and cried i~oyfully,
,ssaved-saved'; He then clasped the man
in his arms, and thinking it was his own SER
want. kissed him passioDately exclaimipp,
ais il YOU Lewis? is il youl" NJ. Puy was
Immediately conducted 10 the entrance of the
quarries. He was in good health but suf-
fer51 dreadfully from thirst. A little soup
having been given 10 him, he soon recovered,
and walked TO his own house. NJ. Puy states
that he lost himself when he had advanced "a
bout thirty metres beyond his own patch of
ground, and the farther he went the greater
his Embarrassment became. He walked a.
bout for d long time, until he saw his lantern
was about to go ont, when knowing that Ii
the dark he could not advance ten steps with
out hurting himself, he chose an open place
and sal down. Though far from strong, Nj.
Pus possesses great moral courage, and hay-
do without food Tor some time and at the
worst ne would be found before the lapse OF
three Gays rms beiiet gave MN courage.
on lnesday morning ne i2uhd some iuCi-
Ter matches IN mis- pockets put inc huinIul-
i, ty having spolied them ne placed them mex
ms SIKH; ana When llFy were suihelenty ofy
he used one from time TO Tune to geta glimpse
I oil ight' "hlch was a rei'ei TO We terrible
nonotony oil darkness lie ifIed 10 go 10 sleep
, but could not succeed. It. appears, however
that he must have dreamed or mad halluclna-
tons Tor he said that ne frequently heard .
bell rlng' ana when he cried out u ilnmeui,
ately ceased. On Thursday morning he usec
his last match, and burnt up the remains o
4 the wick in his lantern. Thinking that al
hope was now at an end, he prayed IsrventlJ
to God, and continued on his knees soliciting
mercy and pardon until he heard the voice o
his deliverers. AT first his emotion was 81
q great that he could not speak, but he sool
recovered himself and accoSied them in tn
' ers had not followed the same path as he had
for they had in several places to force thel
+, way through almost impossible places, Will
: he had passed along large galleries. The to