Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-01-22

, deep assures extending upwards for grea
: distance, showing evident signs of bein!
worn down by the action of water at SOM
remote period when the rock was much soft
er than now. Here we turned to the RICH
, into long and narrow passage called tn
road that leads to the Heavenly Rest
this road is typical of the true road, bein!
rough, passing over lodges of rocks, as
cending up this narrow and difficult pass
age, the sides of which were pitted, anC
with sharp and jaggy rocks projecting, w
at last arrived at spacious and beautiful
room, with a beautiful ceiling with her
and there beautiful crystals like gem:
sparkling in the dim light of our tapers
The roof is of light drab, on which il
recorded by the light of the candles, many
names of officers and men of the 18th Reg
Descending over the same road, we agaiI
found ourselves at the stream which We
traced up a narrow defle for some thirty
yards, where our guides came to malt
here we ascended some twenty feet, climb.
ing up narrow erevice, clinging to pro-
jecting rocks which served as steps, here
We found ourselves in long low passage,
with deep and narrow crevice from which
We had just emerged, along which We crawl
ed for some distance, occasionally throwing
down worn stone into the stream below,
one miss-step of ours would have been our
certain destruction; after thus passing some
thirty yards, We came to long and spa
cious hall called the Slaughter House. -
This room was some fifteen yards wide and
some fifty yards long, the roof of solid
limestone with numerous muddy colored
stalactites hanging like icicles from its cell
ing, with huge pillars of the same forma
ton, extending from the ceiling to the floor.
In the central part of this spacious room
is the scaldIng tub, being fine spring of
water as pure as crystal being elevated like
a trough above the surface of the floor by
a rim of ealcareOus substance rising to the
height of several inches Near one of the
huge pillars is the wash bowl, fine spring
of similar formation being only about three
feet wide and five or six long; near this is
the meat house, the floor of which is sunk
some six feet below the floor of the 1e.n
like pit some eight feet ia diameter, a
bove this pit is circular dome of similar
extending upwards some tweu-
ty feet, the roof of which is hung with a
striking resemblance to hams and should
ers, formed Of the same stalactical forma-
ton, while the sides of the same represent
midlings, a striking resemblance to a smoke
house. At the west end of this spacious
hall is striking resemblance of a thunder
cloud, and so called by our guides. The
rocky ceiling lies in feecy folds of variega-
ted hues, bringing to ones mind vivid rec
objections Of the elements when in commo-
ton, the glistenipg Of the more distant
as We turned our dim lights, and
the distant rumbling of rushing waters.
with the puttering noise of tee stream be-
meath Us, sounded like falling rain, and
the hoarse murmur Of a storm. We next
passed into a room called Caracas de-
strOyed by an earthquake" This room
was full Of worn rocks laying in eveyy con-
,eivable position, over which We Chamber
ID with difficulty. We next came to
spacious apartment styled John the Bap- /
ist preaching to the Philistines;" at one
nd Of which was a rude representation Of
pulpit, formed by huge stalagnite some
TX feet in height; the ceiling of this room
s some 80 feet in height above the pulpit,
he ceiling is covered with spray incrus
alton as white as alabaster Turning 70
he right we descended through a narrow
,assage to the "Tannery," this is one Of
he most singular curiosities in the whole ;
avern, the rooms twenty feet IA diameter,
he ceiling forty feet in height, rising in ,
he centre forming a beautiful amphithea-
re, on one of the sides large pillar exten- ,
ing from the ceiling to the floor, being
triking represent ton of a column in some. !
ncient temple. From the centre of the :
ONE hangs suspended like bell, large
talactical formation hanging down for
Tenty feet in thin and deep folds, forming
striking resemblance to hides, from which
he G9me tannery was given, beneath which ,
huge stalaamite fifteen feet in height.
large for two men to stand up I
D; upon striking upon the thin folds Of I
le so-called hides. the noise produced is q
most deafening, sounds like large gong. :
Leaving this curious, and 1 might say /
work of nature, cur guides re-
inded US that we were to pass through i
Iartmcnts to which names had been Civ Z
], symbolical of events that should COM /,
and our gravest attention. Entering il
rough narrow aperture into a spacious e.
ON called the "Sepulchre of Christ" in q
e middle of which vas singular repre- a
ntatiOn of the tOmb-the head was form Y
Of pure white stalactieal formation, ex- h
nding from the roof above, about six feet P
width, forming beautiful hcad-piece to II
ie sO-called grave, above which the rock h
as covered with an incrustation of the o,
me white substance, radiating, forming a h
sautlful halo above; at the foot of which q
n haaut;c,I