Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-14
Wyandotte Gave.

lted tho great wonder Of tho world, tho Nam.
moth Cavo Of kentucky Still fewor are they
who have visited a cavo Of equal interest far
more easy Of access from Louisville
dotto Cave, Crawford county Ind. Tho on
tronoo is situated about third down tho slopo
ofa hill, and for somo distance, che descent
is rapid, thon more gradual, until at the on.
trance to the "new cave" (so oallod) we
!smust have attained tho depth Of the yalloy
| Wyandotte Cave has been known since tho
earliest settlement Of tho county, but it was
only in 1850 that those avenues we're dsooy.
cred in which center tho attractions Of the
plaoo.
Asmy object Is merely 10 draw attention 10
! this wonder Of nature SO accessible TO Louis.
vile, l shall avoid heightened descriptions,
and merely attend to the principal objects Of
interest; and incomparably first, {" Mammoth
Mountain" in "Mammoth Hall" Indeed,
thoro is no single sight in Mammoth Cavo
that compares with it for extent, grandeur,
sublimity and variety. The entrance is by
tho Chill Of Difficulty" 10 Arrowtrap through
tho vast rocks, at tho summit Of which tho
guido leaves you and asoends tke mountain,
his cleaning light marking hiswinding way
| amid tho masses Of detached rook that form
tho mountain; on reaohing the summit he
lights brilliant red light, and tho fairy en-
chantmont of tho soonc bursts upon tho vision ;
you arc standing at tho edge of vast rotunda
ovor one thousand feet in circumference, in
tho centre of which rises oonnioal hill ono
hundred and scventy-iyc feet high, formed
OF immense rocks in every conceivable variety
of shape, size and position, and crowned by
vast stalagmitc rising in three points, while
scvcnty-ivc feet above an almost perfect dome
hangs fretted with beautiful dropping stalao-
titcs; this, with tho weird light of red fire,
gives on effect before which the renowned
"Star Chamber and Gorin's Dpmo" of the
Mammoth "palc their Intellectual fircs," and
the fine theatrical spectacle is Jews harp to
full band. Viewed from the summit, tho
Wow is equally grand, and indeed, the vast
ness of the hall is moro fully realized
Next in beauty, though of different kind
is Pillarcd Palace; low, hat.cciling room
some 50 feet wide and several hundred yards
in length; tho stalacttes arc Of the most ex-
traordinary variety and ntricacy, and in many
cases join the stalagmitcs, and from whence
the room derives its namo. Most fauoiful are
the shapes of this fretwork of Nature. MANY
OF tho stalactitcs arc very translucent, and re-
sound like bell to tho tap of hammer.
The Throne and Cascade arc also places Of
great beauty, but the Senate ChaiAber, at tho
termination Of tho old cave, is one Of he most
wonderful features of this most wonderful
work of nature, containing as it does, perhaps,
the largest stalagmite in the world=-a column
extending from floor to ceiling, Is fcts in oir-
cumferanco. This immense t1'ilIar of the
Constitution" has ceased forming, but at
points where tho water still drops, the dcpo.
sition of lime is worry rapid, as proved by a
tumblcr, which has been there but a few years,
being completely imbcdded
WE'LL Pur.-Tho New York Courier"
gives utteranco in the following pointed re-.
marks, to certain truths. which VIC of tho
South know to bo 50 from tho sad lessons
taught by military dcspotism and Radical
misrulc
PEACE PEACE !-Gencral Grant in his
letter of acceptance says, eliot us havo
peace Cortainly-by all means Why
don't wo2 Wo don't ask for the military 50.
trap and Frocdmen's Bureau dcsposism. In
stoad of them-lot us have poaco Wo don't
ask to have two millions of whitos lisfranohised
that five hundred thousand blacks may rulo.
Lot us have peaoe. We don't ask 60 have
New England rule tho whole country, at tho
cost no matter what expense Of money or
blood. Let us have peace. We don't ask
Tor large standing army, that home guard
political Major Generals may woar two stars
on their shoulders. Let us hayo peace. We
don't ask to have tho national faith, plcdrcd
to our brave foes at Loo's surrender, turned
into base and cowardly lie. Lot us have
peace. Wo don't ask for Jacobinism, Red
Republioanism, and saturnalia of stealing and
debauohery. Let us have poaoe We don't
ask sectional faction to soizo the whole now.
or of tho Republic aud to use il to rule or ru.
In. Let us have peaoo. Wehon't ask for
new and accumulated taxes; q monthly in.
creasing public debt; Congress of imbcoilo,
one idea, raving lunatics; deprooiatod cur.
/ lnns, L.