The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-11-24

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himself firn shed IA with the aecouni
We publish affirming on mih NE
absolute acuiouesa n every delnil
therein given"
fmm the aeemni ihus Given n
thc public, \ appears that " g.,
when inspecting certain mineral
tracts n Brliialny, stopped one night
At little roadside Inn, n lew hun
died yards distant from a mue whlch
hc had never seen, but which he pur.
posed visiting nes, day. Having
walked many miles IN tie course cI
the day, VI. c., on rcachIng the
inn, fclt tired IIe accordingly vent
10 bed early, fell asleep at once, aud
dreamed, he asserts, the following
dream lie thought he had Iust been
appointed TO the managcrship OF the
minc In question, ahd he was busy in
experimenting the work of the
miners, when the owner Of the mine
appeared on the ground This man,
rough and ill-brcd, addressed the
new manager rudcly, rcproaching
him with his inactivity, adding;
"lnstead of standing there, with
your arms folded, seeing other men
work, you had better 20 down into
the mine aud draw the plan Of Il, as
YOU engaged TO do
81 will 20 down and begin the
drawings at once" replied the young
engineer, hurt and annoyed ut the
manner Of his employer.
Placing himself forthwith in th,
basket, he ordered the men at th,
windlsss to let him down into III,
mine. This was done; the basket
reached the bottom, and then sum.
moning couple of the workmen tC
prccede him with their lamps, he ex.
plored the various galleries Of III,
mine, and, having made a plan o
the workings, returned to the bottom
Of the shaft, got into the basket, and
gave the signal for the ascent. Al
he placed himself in the basket, b,
remarked the great thickness Of th,
rope which served to hoist il, ant
calculated that, the mine being un
usually deep, the ascent could scarcel,
be accomplished in less than a quar-
ter Of an hour.
lie had been ascending thus fo
two or three minutes when, chancinl
TO raise his eyes, he espied wha
seemed to him to be an abrasion o
the rope by which he wis beinv
drawn up. Startled by this appear
ance, he fixed his eyes ON a portion
of the rope which had attracted hi
attention. and saw distinctly that tn
rope was cut a few feet above hi
head, just out Of reach of his hand
His terror at this discovery was sncl
that he nearly tainted. RousinI
himself, by force of will, from th
stupor Of apprehension which had $
nearly overcome him, he compellc'
himself TO calmness, and set himsel
again TO examine the rope. Perhaf
he was mistaken; he would Loo
again. But no; he was not mistaken
The rope had rubbed against som
projection Of the rocky walls whicl
hcmmed him in, aud rs strands wer
untwisting slowly but visibly. A
the injured point the thickness Of III
massive cable was already reduced I
less than an inch.
The unfortunate man felt that hi
doom was sealed; the conviction q
the utter hopelessncss Of his positio
chilled him to the very marrow {
his bones. lie tried to call out, bu
his tongue seemed frozen. Moreover
he felt that, even IL he should max
himself heard, (which was totall
impossible, as he was now hali-wu
up, M human aid could reach hin
Looking upwards, he could see III
daylight at the mouth Of the shaf
z bright, but distant, like a star. Ga,
ing downwards, over the edge oi III
!, basket, at q depth that It made BIZ
dizzy and sick to look down to,
could see, like 80 many glOw-worm
the lamps Of the miners. Aud th
basket, meantime, mounted highs
: and higher every instant, the roI
! crackling sudibly under the increa
D ing strain of the ascent. The uI
fortunate engineer saw clearly th
! there was no possibility of esapir
u the horrible fate awaiting him, al
: could almost count the seconds th
! would clapse ere the breaking Of u
= rope must prccipiia,e him into q
! fearful void below. Such was d
intensity of his anguish that be W
!, tempted 10 abri,lge is duration
= throwing himself down at once, j
= !, stead of awaiting any longer the /
!" eyitable instant. As he hesitate
= longing, yet fearing to take the ten
% ful leap, the basket reached d
'e mouth of the shan. lie was save
l' With a loud cry he leape.l from d
T basket, awakening a. he felt on
, more the solid earth beneath biz fe'
D, The horrible adventure was only
ie dram; but NJ. c. was trmblin
J. exhausted, bathed In perPirstio
y y and incapable Of making moveme'
n or uttering a -oand. After . tin
h. u.x.r,d Al. sslf-~ommand