Year: 1872

Major John B. Steward, who lives on mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, thought he heard the voice of man in distress on the steep side of the mountain. Upon looking up, he saw the head of man, and saw him waving his hands for succor. The man called to the major for succor. of water, and said that he had but little money, but he would give it all to be ta- ken from the place he was. The major asked him if he was not hoaxipg him The man replied that he was in earnest. Cautioning the man to keep quiet, the gentleman proceeded at once to town and obtained assistance.

 The news spread like wild fire over town, and every heart ran out in anguish for the condition of the unfortunate one. Those who went to the rescue made "quick time 7" to get there. Men were stationed at the base on the north side to signal the party on top at what point to descend.

 Securing the rope to cedar tree firm | ly imbedded between two massive rocks, two gentlemen made the perilous descent | to secure the man. About three hundred | feet frozl the top of the mountain they came to him. He was lying in gulch or water course, furrowed out of the rock by rains One foot was damned into 8 crevice, and the other bent under his body. He was plugging the rock closely, while one hand was grasped ir the strap on the collar of his coat. A small tablet of rock, two or three feet long and foot or so wide, was all that was between him and fall of some twelve hundred feet to the ground Had he moved two or three feet, either to the right or left. he would have beer precipitated to the bottom, twelve hun dred feet, and only & horrible mass would have been found to tell the tale.

 He had lain there twenty-four hours His anxieties and sufferings were in tense. His feet were swollen, laceratec and blistered by the hot rocks; the sur poured upon him its fiercest rays, caus ing the most excruciating thirst and pro ducing almost entire blindness. Deatt seemed to stare him In the face on al sides. Return without friendly aid ht could not He was afraid to move either to the right or to the left, or get up fol that terrible fall was beneath him Without succor he must die lingering torturing death of thirst and starvation

 In adjusting the rope several rocks were in the way, and fearing that tho rope might displase them and bring them down upon the unfortunate man, they were removed and thrown of il such a direction as not to strike on thu spot occupied by the unfortunate man With crashing noise they rolled to the brow of the precipice on line with him and then plunged down that terrible dis tance, burying themselves in the eartl at the base.

 Reaching the place the rope was tiet around the man and he was conducted to place of safety. Upon reaching th' summit, the rescued man was so thirsty that he would have emptied bucket O water at one or two draughts had h. been permitted to do so. He was carri ed to neighboring store and cared for

 On the evening previous to which ht was found, the man alluded to, reputet to be MT. McCarty of Villa Rica, Car roll County, went to the top of Stont Mountain, taking with him a bottle O whisky. He drank rather freely, ant perhaps, was light-headed. He started down in search of the sDevil's eros | fOauS, anu, uuuluS G1e OeSceut pecou ing abrupt, he pulled off his boots. H had not gone far when he recollects fall ing and scrambling. His boots wer found with an empty bottle, at the foo of cedar tree, some 100 feet abov where he was found. Hence it is suppos ed that he fell and scrambled together some forty or fifty feet. He recohect having his boots there. The acciden occurred about nightfall.

 It is doubtless one of the most mirac ulous escapes from death, on record.