, 1874-07-11

Its w01fx~srltll Eftocta on I506y and
Nliaitl-Sclcllifflc Dt1Lblerlc.

dIUf0t I'LL. II Ltd IulIuHelulA W G1aHBGIA At0 LH1
Btrangeness Of The phenomona Of tho 0avoo; but,
observing that tlloy aro 1ieither accurately nor
fully duBuribol fn tho papers, sond you Ill
ACCOUNT Of thom III observed by myseH not .
month ago. when, in cumpany with Mr. Htokes
yiritnd tho cave.
Tho cayo il in Amador County, and has long
beott known to tho peoplo OF tho ,ncighborhood
as curloHlty. The story in regard to lts diHcoy-
ory il t!Iht, In making tue surveys loar thu Bpot
the magnetic noodle was noticed to act In au un-
tllno, unaccountablo force, mud certain aonsi!tye
PERSONS wolc said to be peculiarly affected when
i'll that rogion, Whoro tho dlvining rud ot
witch.ltasel waa eyon brought into reguisi-
aourn 1 s9m' d q ooas ss odfr dot peoee 1oucs
for tho truth Of the assert,on-that tho
forkcd rod when held In tho hHnts Of "HenHi-
two " would twist and turn with tho grcatost
velocity. aud. at certain spots. bc, aH it wero,
wronoLod from the hand Of tho holder and aet aa
II, according to tho old iotlon, thcro were ruu-
ming water beneath the ground thorc. / eivo
thus for what 1t Ia worth it tnay or may not DO
true, but. having seen 10 many curious things IN
my iote ssa'fsy ao9or opo onyl9g aotn aSar
Of the magnetic needle that led to tho discovery
Of tho cavo.
Whom tic party Of which Mr. stokos ana my
aelf wcro members visited tle caye We wandered
reached tllis laboratory OF nature with ita curl
GUS magnetic appliances. The approach to it la
gloomy, and whit poets would catl romantic.
Thoro aro no stagnctttos hanging from tho roof.
as III tho Mammoth Cavo OF Kontucky, but tho
iron ore is moro rnsted than any hare
seen, tho oxidation bolug undoubtedly ao-
celebrated by tho magnetic currenss, .as the
copper bottoms Of shpH arc r,istad when
iru nils ire used aa rvott, the cooctrIo cllrrentB
offectIng the molecular ol,anges. Tho Fragments
OF ore lying In tho path, and which pfterWard
tosted, arc most highly 1nsgnotsc, and, rs tho
nssay showed, very rich III iron. Aa wo enteIea
the chamber, which is lined with . brownisll
back orc. all the party wore more or lcBs afootod
in peculiar way, which Bomo described % a
chill aloug the spinal Column, but whiun seemed
to mo MORO liko the "allra" " ono feo]s when
ho bringa hla face into oloao proximity
TO all electric naachno In vigorous action.. Thoro
waB-at leaet so 1t seemed to me-a blight odor
Of ozono tu tho alr, which. considering tho cl,r-
is,n with electrically, might hayo boon expected.
It may be true, as My. Stokes says, that III tho
nd1o Of the chamber, a hatchot carried by one
Of tho party WAS Bhateted from him by
combined strength OF four Of us was insufllcten.
to dotecll IT." but tho curious clrouna-
stance has escaped my memory. Mr.. stokes'
account is, though, OIL tho whole, Trustworthy.
j. circumstance to which he fails to a1l"do at-
tracted my attention. Polarity is Ill Essential
boreal but ropela tho a,astra1. IN ws'Sing, along
tho slippery lloor of the cavern struck with my
foot 2 email oblong rock ia such way aa COM
pietely to ovortufn it bringing its south pol,
with viii tho % noltl poIo Of ' another: "f Il
was Immediately repolod-rebnunded- a
distance of seyoraE feet with
TINT thu floor was slippery with ooze, which had
NIL the effect OF OIL do not hoaitate to pro
nounoe Mr. stoker' account Of the iron mills Of
tho boots Of one OF tue party boiug 80 strongly
attracted to tho floor IS to necesstate thoir
abandonment more canard. aud doubt much
that he eyer gave i to TIE sutlor Creek Inde-
party hud tnlop gun into tho caye,
, which, Of course. he carried with its
muzzlo towards the floor. tts ram
to tho surprise Of us ali, stood upright On the
ground. When struck oil ono side 1t would fall
over to the other, but ils.ant1v snap back but
it was eaaily taken up aud replaced IN position.
The watches of oil tho party were found, on
emerging from the cave, to have stopped whO
thoro. An experiment which, afterwards wished
had triod would have heen to feel tho pulHos Of
tho party TO SEQ what ofect if any the peculiar
ity or the situation hRl in tho human body.
There WAS With ua youag 1nnn Of peculiar
| II doicate and nervous physique, upon which
| what, for lack of bettcr torn, may call tho
pllyBco-psychologica effect Of tile cavo acted in
| Il singular mnnnor, He remarked whom in the
centro Of the magnetic clainbor that he could
aeo bohnd! him aa we'll as In tho direction
In which ho was looking: At first he was
I, laughed at, but, nj ho poraisted In his state.
mont, drow from my p5okot a letter and,
| holding 1t bohind his head, proposed that be
7ss wa 5fn 4 tho shes Hs tsaes suds and
corrected al. error in spelling which had not no
! ttced, Fur tho benefit Of those who may Boz
| Eiayo in magnetism" and "tranco and "moa-
ners1n 1 reco1d this fact, as it aoems to con
1txtr .jb
| what Ia in Tho mind Of his intcrrogator. Lord
| bacon was, hel1eve, the first to account fol
clairyoyance in this way, though Of courHo mol
| urder tue co1nlnon natne OF olairvoyailce; atld
| 1t 1lns commonly been accepted as al explains
tion Of matter 0f which wo know but yer,
! little.
! Tide young gentleman read tho papers In tht
| bame way, although previously l.o had move.
boon clniryoyant. What III equally singular i
| thnt he nctua}ly bocane magnet a''d nt1taotes
iron. This condition continued for number O
houra nfser he loft tho cages, pen-hnifo O
steel key would hang from Ills flnger-tlps al
! from magnet. Upon being brought in coutac
with tho north polo Of largo horBo,bho'
mngnot ho felt quite violent saock, while II
tho dall spark VAS po1ceptlblo whom tho twt
| touched.
All tho whilo no woro III the cave fo1t tn
AURA Of which lRvo Hpokeh; 1t folt as If my en-
tlro body WAS onyelopol In cobwebH.. I was CON
sciouH of great mental aud spirtua! esatatlon t.
| HnN iAlA uIC0AbEtVAnAN opt9VA y ~ o1tNA AZ va
nngulatlon, Of which had boon thinking TO-
several dayh-so!yea 1t. too. while thsnklng
other things md obserying tho phenomen
al tho caYo. Tho poleh. Of magnet, whe1
IN NV hand. wore reversed WHOM pacod clue
hsy returned to tSs a formo5 condition ;aa"}
Of directing tho needle to any point o
viii, viii but t'hia ho could mol DO when anotho
norson held the neo'lio. Passing near
largo fragment Of rock. ,htr. Stokes. II re
member rightly, waa pulled or drawn VIC
lontly from tho path, ns II by spirit hands
and thrown against tho rooK, whonco MO 1elnoyo
him 10 the o,,tor air. he bei.tg almost powe,losr
Ihe yoany "sonetive." naturally weak parso =,
ioayna lho cnye wo wore Ill exhausted and lau
culd. / do not brlioyo this magnotio placo to b
couduc.ye to good heath. or the iaots hay
given thero cailnot be tho slightest doub
though they seem very STRANGE, r..
A Terrific Elnil-St0r.,a Mt Milan.
| o,, aI;t,,, o,rro II, nm jnnt Df the Torf3a