Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-05-08


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a. olhar ehanlFrs, al Of which vary In
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s,aFe, lille scenes, orchestra, RAISED seats,
az ig.vsnlar gallery, aud tie arehei dome
f.tseael agl pipluge,l, neat rises sEoand
Iul overhead. Another chamber has Ina
ilen . sides, ami from It's eeiling are long,
usnIout deposits ol oaleare0ns formations,
which glitter like siars Ia The armament,
The i'ghis flashing ON them make them
fparl !. ard shine like q Ely full Of jewels
lie air becomes very cold and damp as NC
,.ssesnl 10 nurnuring dark river In
,siAse waters eyeless fsh abound, A
whisper here hlsses and surges along the
wallis ike q load voice. A shout echoes
Hnd'reyeyherAles and stnns The car.
pisiol shot fesounis like hundred ponnier
h. tic open air, This stream VIC NAMED
flena River, Ia honor OF fair daughter
Of Memrhls, An irregular bridge Of rocks
l,erpilis = crossing 10 Le made by explorers
from this point succession OF rocky
Lodges aud rocks composed Of fragments OF
stones, are found and present q rough oh.
.t.ele 10 the pedestrian. Toiling over the
Ncarlsomc sseent to distance OF third
Of = mile, VIC reached smooth aud level
passage way. Looking back over the
range OF mountain road, we were reminded
Of like passage in the initiation ceremo-
mics Of tho Sons OF Malta, aud groaning
over The memories Of both, We named IL
The Rugged Way. .'... .....
Passing through an avenue, whose smooth
sides reach upwards into illimitablo and
uncSplornulc space, VIC entered a success
Zion OF chambers, whose outlines and con-
.qg. do not vary much in character. The
!Sj.s of these are generally smooth, occa-
siygaily they arc covered with stalngmitcs
rn,' brol.en stalactitcs, whose fantastic
.sma,lo..s glitter and shine with gorgeous
ults magnificent reflections. Ono room is
ro.like the design Of st. Peters and ST.
pads Church, that we named it after that
eacrcd ea,fcc. Mountainous paths appear,
md lhc road becomes exceedingly rugged
then another series Of chambers arc found.
One of tl,cse has an immense round Chin
ney, ascending whittier wo cannot even
conjecture. Ihc wind PUSHES through 1t
with q strong drsught, and makes a pccu-
liarIyswcet sound in the transit. This
VIC chose to call "lEolus' Bugle." II evil
dcntly communicate with an opening TO
tho outer air, somewhere near that point.
Then Of other wierl and startling chamber
CONES 10 View. -'''-
THE cATAcoMBs.
sNe passed on the route many evidences
Of sepulchre, whore the bones Of Indians
are seen, at numerous places. At this
point tloy seem TO have been more regu-
iarly arranged and carefully deposited.
Tie jaw bones and long bones especially,
arc velysspongy. They have been sub
iected to tie dissolving process Of nitric
acid, that destroyed the earthly portion of
their structure and left the fbrous por-
tions, making the bones as elastic as if
they were India rubber. Looking on the
sifhtless skulls, there in the thick dark
ness that was as black as the gloom of
which Poe wrote in his Plutonian dream of
Tho Raven, we TOO, uttered: ~ ~
" Their eyes have all the seeming J. II
tOfa doamon that is dreaming,
And the lamp light DER him strcaming,
Throws his shadow on the floor. u'uL
Leaving this Golgotha of grinning, ghast-
~ skulls, hideous skeletons and the hcca-
t9nts Of The dead, we sought other places,
whose horrors were not of SO unearthly o
character. Beautiful little chambers then
came 10 view. A ball room appeared with
gorgeously frescoed- ceilings, brackets with
burnngpoiuts 1likc gas-jets wore set in
the walls, and the smooth rock floor was
very suggestive Of dance, and was named
Gayoso. balls room. sLauras palace next
risps TO the sight, qand its gildel turrets
and domes, gates and grand panels, high
walls and glittcring windows, are like the
fapeifh inventions Of poetical dream.
The gladstone notes of o song here echoed
and returned with many mellow intona-
tions and exquisite tones. The bridal
its beautiful bed of white
rock its limitations ofgrand and luxurious
furniture,, the bridal robes, wreath of
cofohSl flowers and q toilet stand that the
Imagination easily adapts to the uses for
which tits named. Some distance farther
immense oavernous and
IN fathomable, opening occurs, The pas
sage way is easy, but the explorers are
more than eight miles from the mouth, and
the cavern still is boundless. r
Deep ir,o the darkness peering, -"''sa
Long We stood there, wondering, fearing
Reluctantly the party returned to day
light, their Curiosity unsated and the mys- |
teries of the great cavern still remain un-
d iscoyered. The chambers and side rooms
are more numerous than, in any other cave
Mosknow of, and will doubtless prove of
cxtfhofdinary sinterest when explored.