Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-22
An Abduction Indeed.

.l W6 CODY pd6Sh88 tfotkl e pApef ttitu
 before the American Geographical Socil
 ety by Captain Gibson, lately returned from the East Indies, and bringing witli
 him some new facts as Go tho tribes OI
 Ourang outangs inhabiting the deserts oI
 that part of the world. He says4
 My statement of the extraordinary pe- Eculiari.ies If these apparently semi-hu
 man beings has led to the expression ol
 SD much curiosity 10 know more of them
 hy some aud of skepticism as to the facl
 of their existence on tho part of oebcrs I that hays deemed t due to myself ant
 10 public curiosity to give some addition
 al fncis along with all the c0rroberativ,
 evidence that has fallen under my obsefvl lation.
 While at Mintok, PAlemburgh and Ba. tayia, heard many remarkable stories of the agility, andacity and especially of the super human strength of the ourang. outang. l will trespass upon your al~
 tention bt relating one the most extra> ordinary at tue same time one of the best attested, which I heard while at Baia~ |via; Lieut.. Ehoch, of the Dutch East India army, was Oh q march with small detachment oE troops and coolies on the southeastern coast of Borneo: he had encamped. on one occasion during the Isnoon- day heat, on tho banks of one of the small tributsries ofthe Bangarmassin. The lieutenant had with him his dornes~ tic establishment, which included q plays ful and interesting little girlabout the age lof thirteen.
 One day, while wandering in tho jun gle beyond the prescribed limits of the camp and having. from the oppressive heat locsened her garments. and thrown them of almost ts nudity, the beauty of herperson excited tbe notice of sn ourang outang. who spfang upon her and carried her off. Her piercing screams ran thro, the forest to the ears of her dozen pioe tectors, and reused every man in tho camp. Inc swift, bare.footed ccolies were foremost in pursuit; and now. lhe |cry rings in the agonized fathea's ears that his daughter is devoured by bini.. l ting again. that an ourang soMtang has carried her OIf He rushes half<fienzied, ;, with the whole company, 10 tlie tbickst from whence the screams proceeded. and Iihera among the toplnost limbs of an enormous banyan, the father beholds his daughter, naked, bleeding and struggling in che graspsof a powerful ourang ou-a
 tang. who held her tightly yet easily with
 one arm. while he spfang lightly from limb to limb as if wholly unconcefned. It was in vain 10 think of shooting tho
 monster, So agile was he. The Dyak
 coolies, knowing the habits of the ourang
 ontang. and knowing that ie will always
 plunge in the nearest stream when hard
 pressed, began q system of operations to drive him 10 the water; they set up q
 great ahout, throwing missiles of all kinds
 and agitating the anderbfash, while some
 proceeded to ascend tho tree. By the redonbled exertions of tlie whole cons
 pany the monster was gradually driven
 towards the water, yet still holding tight@
 Iy the poor gill. Atlast. the monster and
 his victim were seeh on an ontstretching Ilimb overhanging the stlearn the cool- lies, who are among the experteat swim
 mers in the world immediately lined the
 hapks Che soldiers continued their ous~
 cries and ibrowing of missiles. HE clasp-
 ed his prize more tightly, took survey Iof tho water and of his upward gazing enemies, and then Ieaped into tho flood lsbelow. He had hardly touched tho water ere fifty resoIute swimmets plunged inl pursuit Us he rises q dozen human arms arc reached out towards him; he is grasp. ga others lay hold upon tle insensibIe girl the oiIfang-ouiang used both arms; to defend, and aftef lacerating the body Of some of the coolies witIi iEs powerful nervous claws, fnaIl succeeded in diving beyond the reach of his pursners, and in escaping down the stream, while the bleeding, insensible Ledah was restored
 10 the arms of her lalher and nurses, in whose hands she was ultimately restored 10 consciousness, health. and strength once more. This savage version of lhel claasic story of Pluto and Proserpine is we'll authenticated. and the girl. now grown np womap. is living at Ambenya. Ein the Moluccas. \
 A GE0fooIcAE PEcuIrARtrr An Ohio paper says lhat beneath lhe town of Bryan. n Williams county. Ohio. there is subtefsancan lake. at | depth of from forty 70 fifty feet. from which tIe inhabi> tants for miles around procure tlieir Water. The wells ate bored with asRers, nptil tho wofkmeis srsiye # q bed of acIid blue clay. two ~ ih,es feet n shickness tliis clay is psnelsated b} naaans of driIl Whereupon fhs NaseF iminediately rushs Ees upward, shfQnsh the ap@ftule, and forms q founlain With \ slream one or two inches n circumstances. tising to { height of lron eight t0 lifleen feet above tho surlace ol the ground Generally. for several days after tho wai8s begins 10 flow, large quantities of lins white sand