The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-18
IXTRAORDIN kRY ESCAFE.

IXTRAORDIN AIRY ESCAFE.
We find IN the Iast Abingdon Virg man the
following record Of one OF he most ffn,aikA.
be escapes on record. | was almost nirac.
uous:
The children Of Mr. Ge"rgr HEX 1t cr
I'm n' Scot county were pia g"a.E
- lu ana rt1rt. u#soit ~ r.u -,
snk hole Ia heu sonibui, us0,
boy boul ght az TN S.at- al ~. pushed
tis aitle brether, about tpur yeat- %, tesd.
long over he edge, gsd d, "n rto ,ho dnik
deep pn below. II was some Tine alter The
chid vas missed before any certain lnfor ma.
lion could te dawn frcm the Others us to
what had become oi him and IL was Only by
threats Of severe punishment, that finally
overcome their feur and ex;ot,od from the
boy who did the ceed, confession Of What
had happened. 40 effort was made lmmedi
a'eIy 10 assertion The situation Of the little
fellow, and etiord him relief If he was not be-
yond Its power. Ropes we're tied together
with stone attached to one end and an at.
tempt was made TO faihom the depth hrnea h
bot more than sixty feet OF rope were employ.
ed IN vain; no bottom could he reached
A lighted candle was then ler do~n, but ils
igh' gave no hopeiul indie dtluu, except that
the PIT was free from choke damp or impure
ar as far dawn as the rardie te> cef ded -
Night came md ber eff1tls had to
be iet the me ahardcred. Or he next dav
luItuer tfial, aefe msce oi he depth Of The
pit, with no hetler success. la disP8Ir tho
irantic parents were about to give up all hope
Of recovery o. relieving their Ilre innocent.
and preparations were heing made 10 close Up
the meuln Of the pit, to tis,en, like occur.
renee 10 the future, when II was suggested
and agreed upon that another ond final ef.
fort should be made BY letting some lndIvid
ual down BY ropes 10 examine The nature OF
the abyss and ascertain # there was any en-
coursgemeni for further eforta to be found
below. A brother OF the lost { hid ndertooi
The fearful task. Cords were fastened
around bis waist and limbs, and one TO his
wrist, by which he might indicate to those
above his wishes either To descend or 10 be
drawn up. He was slowly swung eff and
slowly lowered until having gone to the
depth of abont fifty feet, he looked be ow him,
and there shone through the ,b,ck darkness.
100 glisten,ng eyes intentiy iook,pg upward
ln anather moment he was standing on a
she'll or argle in the shaft With the chile
casped to his bosom.
He fastened the little fellow securely II
his own body, and bidding hun take the rope
firmly IN his hands the sigma vas given to
draw up. The child hung con,usiyely to
tie rope and 10 a few minutes, they arose
within view Of the hundred anxious spectators
who had assembled TO witness the result
and when the first glimpse Of he little fellow
alive caught their eager gaze, screams and
shouts Of Joy from the excited Multitude filled
the air, and big tears of sympathy started
from The eyes of every behodsr. Afer the
first paroxysms Of deligh, had subsidized, the
child was examined to see if il had sustained
any injury, and extra ordinary TO tell with
the exception Of little brulse on the back of
its head, 1t was perfectly sound and unhurt.
The only complain, it made was tha, i, was
hungry, being nearly twenty seven hours un
der the gronnd. To inquiries made Of it, it
replied that it saw light and heard it thun.
der. From the nature Of the pit, ii appear.
ed that the little fellow had fallen perpen.
dicular distance Of forty feet, upon slope or
bend in the shaft, and from that place had
sided down twenty feet farther to the spot
where he was found, leaning against sort
OF pillar or wall, and gazing upward. How
he escaped instant destruction is hey ond all
account.