Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-10-19
From ihe l.ou'-y.lo Courier.
RICHARDSON CAy,1
ny PROFESSOR c, w, WRIGHT.
IOIArIuS

II son Cave to Mammoth is five miles, anil fra
= Bel! 2 station a miln aud half This cays
p. PROVIDED with spacious stGirwayg and w0nly
10 Prominatcs, ENCLOSED with substantial rniing
so that every pfrt of it can ba visited hy mdl,
ana gentlemen in travelling costume, Arrang,
menls have been made b. which persons can via
t Richardson Cave from tho Mammoth Cave q
y Bell 5 Station NJ all times, by means OF hack
i which have been constructed for that purpose. -
Travellers on the Louisville and Nashville Raj
road will have ample time to visit this Clva h
stopping at Bells Station from one train of cul
to the neSi, either morning or evening. The pr,
mCnndes, swings drives, saloons, etc, attachc
to the cave, conspirc to render visit peouarl
attractive.
Richardson cave is the property of Mr.. Notle
/, Il, Proctor, who has personal supervision of i
and whose courteous demeanor to company con
'rioates largely to the pleasure OF II visit.
ENTRANCE.
The entrance to Richardson Cave is effected h
means Oft stairway through natural rotumdl
the ceiling Of which is fifteen feet below the nu0
OF tho cave. \ Apayiion has been erected owe
the mouth of the cave, around which seats uut
other cOnvcnjonces are arranged
The first exploration Of Richardson Cave wa.
made bY Dr. j. L. Andrew, of Montgomery Ala
hama; Prof. Z. &. Richardson, Of New Orleans;
Mr. John II. Low, of Louisville; John Bell and J
Contrs, OF Edmonson; Geo. Bliss of New York,
ai'i io. ~ W i'snV' VI i''u'S'iio me eS-
were eo'l'nc"ceu on tne lSth Oh July'
ioo!' anu al, Zen entrance was eIectea through
of ropes and Ind IN ladders.
20 TnERorrNbA.
The Rotunda - seventy feet in diameter, ard
thirty feet in height. Like most other 'norts Of
the cave, it is remarkable for the beauty and va
riety of stalactites and stalarmites which nre
Connd in it. The following ure the nrincinoI oh
iects of interest in The RntiInda
| /. Cleopatra's Needle is II stnlagmite five
feet in hight and six inches in diameter Isis Of
uniform diameter from tho base to the summit,
anu Is compose! Oh crEst'iune nHrm;' ehcr"StcG
", M'tn pFoWh oN'uo oI IRON DiFGc"y over 'he
,ue"'' S,'''s,I'ltG pI''v.'"S oi '''c S''9 S'fu"
V"to "'rr NV vIui m os.''r', ,"'y W E'''i':
=. 10 tne ieit OF lIeorttr& Needle, the Ser
pents Head may ho observed. 1t is sta'actitic
iormaton' aepcnahG from the celi'ng,, which
pears Il most striK1nS resemblance to the head OF
= rattlesnake with the mouth open. and three
enormous ianSs projecting from either sides Of
tho upper jaW. The Scqcnts Head is five feet
'rg5r-tIruni g-t-,r t'F? igtt ln'"idti!.
3. The Closed Lilly ~ ten feet IN length and
lour leet In diameter. l6 q st&!actlte, suspended
from the ceiling, and closely resembles the lower
alter which Ii ID named
4. Fifteen feet above the floor o! the Rotunda
is an alcove, the entrance and whole interior of
which are orhamented WIN beautiful stalactites
ana sta!AGmItGs. 1t IS called tho Etln Grotto.
8. Mammoth StoaSmltc Is situated immedia'
ely below Elm Grotto 1t Is sevcnty-tivo feet in
circumference at it's base, and fifteen feet IN hight
me cOhect,oh Oh SenihS'hi''c coFn!eeS, oSses'
'I' n,"y "e sae,' ns' n'nl;tm y
o SIa'nn,o Sialn';+n "'
s faot !, 'higLt and tcn f,ot in 7cnrtb
w.. Iuy -. t,,a, ,,oii aa thasa
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| L'" VENUE
@w's Avenue extends from the Armadi!l) to
'to" N"S,'"e. ~ 'f'cs rom s'A !? ,u''y n n,GV
r o ,os4 +,on'snos m
foiEv;nc order
] Thc Vcrmiculotea CeiI;nc may he observed
hy scending n ,,air of stems. siy fcet in bi,,hk -
II idotted with ,nnumerabe perfora Sons, which
look as tbouch thew had been eaten into the
roclbv worms These points arc the commence
men Of stolnctitcs. which nre in most instances
deye,ned bv circumference evanorotion. In som,
n1ac, +ha Vor,,,o,,o+o +od Coi,;noi rosor,Llo, rro
4 Site ,ral
. st;lIo c-o++o o,;sos - tho WIGHT ,vo1I or tbo
Aro,o at',t c,,,n c,o4 rno,, &C. A. ;stno
n fa,t ;I,.tI, ce. e,ot :, h;aht o,I a.. -
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nc P'irs ao inc terminus Vi 70" a'e,iue'
i'ou' Hs'',"o ''"i' '"' NANNY " t''
MAJ gu" IL LOW.
ANDREW CASCADE N
Ihiscascade which has received the namo Of
his dispverer, DR.. j. I. Andrew, is, without
Doubt he most singular and beautiful stalagm-
tic forn,tion ever described. 1t is representa-
ton, instalactte and stasgmite, of waterfall.
eighteerteet il hight and twenty feet in width,
which, then viewed from its base, presents
completresembance to the object after which
it is nai cd Itnceds but the rearing of water
10 makethe illusion compoce.
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| WHICH. AVpnup. unOn which the name Oh Cilc