The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-06

One OF our party proposed visit to the huge
chimney which is still standing.
1t stands, lofty, massive cylinder, upon a
solid ledge of the Roxbury pudding stone, and
i has greater distance from base to SUNNI
than even Bunker Hill monument There art
TWO narrow arched entrances through which
we passed inside. Laughing and chatterine
as we entered, thought heard a.noisier and
larger party approaching from the other side
Max remained outside studying the geolog
ical formation Of the pudding-stone, and War
renton shouted Halo, come in here" g
"Hallol come in here-come in here-comt
in here--eome in herr, "ws8 repeated in lout
hooking tones far up the cl inney, as though
an army of weird hobgobl.ns had taken VI
their abode here and were la hing us to scorn
The effect was startling. We found that W.
had discovered the dwelling place of a won
derful echo; and what had at first mistaken
for another party of visitors approaching, wa
only the echoes of our own voices. Every Lii
| tie laugh or even whisper was repeated wit
marked emphasis, much louder than it was ut
tered. There were four distinct echoes, tina
repeated our words clearly-the first echo be
ing very much louder than the sound thai
produced it, and then they died into frenzied
chorus of mutterings, groanings and mum
bings, far up toward the blue spot ofsky above.
JessiIna sang few staccato notes, which wer,
repeated in an Indifferent manner, as tie
echoes followed each other in such quicksuc
cession that staccato became legato. Warren
ION cfor a h lie In nd
and produced very respectable thunder, which
Max improved upon by throwing rocks heay-
lily on the ground 1t is indeed a very re-
markable echo, and wonder that the wonder
loving people of the metropolis have not found
it out long ere this, and gone frantic about il
i'm the papers.
When we had sought shelter from the
! scorching sun under friendly oak, Warren
ton added new and fearful interest to this
huge pile.
IoxI thought would not tell you Of it in there
with those horrid fends mocking me-" he
said, as we gathered round him to hear the
story. =
Then he tod us how, when this chimney
was nearly completed, the staging inside upol
which two men were at work suddenly fell,
and one of the men was precipitated to the
ground, and instantly killed, while the other
clinging to the masonry, was left suspended
thus between heaven and earth, with no mean,
of descent, and it was many hours before h,
could be removed from his perilous situation
1t was the opinion of some medical men tina.
the man who fell was killed before he reached
the bottom, by the ferceness of the descent
After hearing this story, we looked upoi
the isolated monument with other feelings
and none of us cared to hold idle converse
with its ghostly tenants again. g iatl ga Fo,
|. 1t has a look of substantial solidity, as
though it would stand until some shock of ma,
ture, or slow decay, tlsinteyated it. - - ( = :
The pudding-stone, mentioned above, lies
about III such protusion, that it is question
whether the name of this town should not be
spelled, ROckS-bury. aa.l l ia6 ns
1t is called pudding-stone from its fancied
resemblance to plum-pudding, the stone bein.
filed with pebbles small and large, like pud
ding with plums. Huge boulders lie on thu
surface, and houses are bnilt upon sunker
d.
though some fierce convulsion of nature hac
parted them-in some instances the pebble.
are smoothly cleft, in some places they come
out of the rock leaving an indenture. We walk
ed through several of these notches, which
were deliciously cool and cell Try.
This stone is much used for building. The
fremont Street Methodist Church is built OF
it, and is one of the handsomest churches il
the city-cathedral style, with woodbine train
ed over its walls, which in a few years vii.
quite cover it.
The 54th Mass. Regiment (colored) arrived
on Saturday, and were well received by the
government and citizens, as they richly desery-
ed to be. s-somrt9 toa bai sIs3inJ ygaN Pei
The escort consisted of 8 colored military
company, Gillmore's band, and long and re-
spectacle procession of colored citizens. rThei,
street reception may not have been SO LOUD
and demoHstratiye as that which has greeted
other regiments, but as they passed under the
mammoth flag in front of our Office, the woody
heads were reverently uncovered, and the
StarSpangled Banner received an ovation OF
I cheers from these dusky heroes, more enthu-
Il
Siastic than our less demonstrative yankee
boys" were accustomed to give, while then
own tattered colors bore witness to the strue-
gle for Their countrys life
This regiment which went into service when
North and South agreed that negroes cond
not fight, has won name and fame, which
history will honor.
Yet it is quite doubtful if they are quite In
telligent enough to be trusted with the ballot
lobe sure they fought wen, and died for our
cause, it is true! They march well, and go
through the manual Of arms, and many mill
tary eyolutions with wonderful precision; they
nave been uniformly loyal and true to the gov
sanment-but it is Questionable policy to al
AoW Them the elective franchise. Do you ask
wnyf Don't you know, dear sir, that the reb-
CHS nave all been pardoned and taken the oath
u ansslanes, and promised to be good citizens;
and don't you see that since they consider ne
sroes, simply cattle, it would provoke them
if their cattle were allowed to vote and tley
might hurt sonebodyl If you don't see il. /
do. And that is reason enough wby tDev
should not be allowed the ballot.
ien4 LAB.
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