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"r-V .... rr " -wM ' i ' ITU" -.?., Y.I i - ' r-r. . 'A ..J, . I t ... . . rs - . ' TJA i.JF ja... - . " I C . IT . B . SVAXTS, Proprittor and JWArr. I1T ADT-AITCE, Or TArr Dollar if not paid in three mumtki VOL ! REENSBOBOUGII;N. . WEPfES0AY, OCTOBER 12, MM. KO-28 -t i I'llHiONMAS. Lyceum. The Hodon is one oi the most beauti fu mrr. m U.e world. I. nee. in m.,.j .rl.ei.n he mounta.nou region., on . ai,d emuiie- into the Aihh- TDIV t'ui . H bting about tnne nui.ureo ...... ... ' tl, Fron iU mouth to Hudson it is K'" . . ... iKh lamebt bl.ius and sloops 11 imlWii HUU1C - to 1 roj i... nir rsi iiiB idw " eideiable difficulty, I tquerzed aiyself, would onfy have slipped it on pne side ?' hissin?, RolfeVyou never bear, and was rewarded wiib a view of quite' Enb, what do they torn the.n over . y,pr 0B? 9fO0( hi9 ground like w r terestine room 0 leet in lengiu aim 10 r : n. " nplete 'coating of mud. Returning k 'llolle, you ax too many questions. aboutjhim and when fh old brown he ,.T,.. 1 uu 1 k,,- cr. 'ThPv tuin them over to get the bugs ana to liine ooenpd hl moatrfunfil I UilU lino llilimn ll'Jic A v,u . . " i j . i j i- . t , nletely wedged between the rocks nd insects wh.cti are generally under Uiein. . j thought he WiwaHaw himcelf, and ; so deeply in the" clay and look ' I hen go on, Earth.1 the way he did blow w ;M nothintr to no. The of quite ! 'Erih, what do uey turn mc ( y;,Hpr 0ne sfood rns grouni Mite n man, an interesting room 87 feet in length and for?' . there didn. iee-n to be any nacic, out a com thro i) com 1- - .J - I . . ... lit suitit so ueeuiy hi 1 uc l i.i r "u iu e .. - 1 f j, ty bad, I hart no gun olfl-Jupe wao'4 I neirerhd been known to .VI. II.VJ .- I pe stones, that had it not been for he aio tance of my young friend, 1 perhaps would have remained there till tins mo ment. We nuw reached the central room of the cavern, and an interesting one it. 1?. Its lengtti 80 leet, breadih Irom 40 'o 60, & its heiiiht Irom 15 to 30 feel". The roof and vvrfiU of this room are encrusted with that it hnAv. 1 thought there w;j n hurricane coniniuo. TVell, now their dinifef was so hifjh.ihey could'nt 4and it any lffngr: . .1 4 nri ' ' t?j-J -fT bear in thai way, without taking 0 at it tnev Went. Th?v glided off their .,rti.re at all oi him: so. 1 considered an - ny knife 'waa ni my belt, sharp as 1 ronid wish it : I look it out and drew the iTie root edge across my- tlmmb ; I felt saiished wouid do me ooa service, aim head and taiU were both up, then win't more than about thren f.-ot of 'heir bodies on the gr vind, and th v bgan to encircle eirh other like a roupte nf rhick- ens. ney nan now i m t, minK tide i una v.- -tvil't nailint! .k.. , , ..A .. .ih ihree started off determiutd in my own nimd, .nuatiinpr. an(I onlv nttled once in a while i. i'cS all II"". o f sua US u miuui ii uii,pi.i.u ..I.-. .... - . - il.nL.s riii.niiri tik-arlv lit vvholo leilUUl. IU tluod with tlie sanie The Ude at Wew York rises . .......tv : ve leU-Ne, York at young ...J run-through to Albany j. The tide at IN rjjouunc. . AlK-.nv mm generally about fix itei, ai v S" o lio feet, and at Tro, m t ma, e said to terminate in a tentle swell. " Theouly thuigs, ol conqueuce that ruct the, navigation below A baitf, obslruci me o . . n -h (he sand bars, caueu u.c o-t ies bt.ow.and W.une-Vbar 8 nulej "ro i i k...-a org fnfflPn below Albany. tnrw u... - - U the alluvial matter continually washed are 3 miies which seem placed there lor ornament. In the centre a larg! mass of rock ha9 fal len from the roof, through which runs a noble vein of this fine calcareous spar. The same vein is seen traversing the ceil -I i;g above it, The southern extremity of this room divides into two prongs The wes'ern be iiiii 180 and the eastern 103 feet in length. it 1 would at I :asi lake a look at him ; ; i00iin? P,rh Uer trat jht trHbfMare ill and. il I could'nt d any thing, tliat then ; (! , Every time thev went roun 1 I would go hoina. Keeping a sharp look ; 81W ,,Py werc getting closer and clo out. I no. uoon his i racks, and followed : nd ,j mheA t0 me i,, like two on ; i kept Seeing where he had been f(,ows 0f ,he true spunk, who hnd ftrin- feediiig, and atter going along wr i.tany (j an(j wprfi eypin pacn other befnn a mite, in a thuk place jui anead ut me, . i.:nL, . r0()r j Thev were goin at its" ie upon him. lie didn't notice me ouriy, it nafurall)' made mv hai I come upc hair rise The walls in these extremities, in some down by the water. . ... , . There is no g.eat variety of fih in the Hudion. but sturgeon, slvid and herring ascend in the spring and are caught in great abundance. fc .... i iPti miles west o! 1 he SOU ior auvuv -- Albany, is sandy, producing little else than coarse wd grass, shrubs and pine The Iltldernerg mountain lies about P miles west ol Alban); it is 500 leet high, composed ol greycke aud Jtme- atone, "hicn coniam gick -n tntacttons. This mountain contains many natural caverns. 1 he, most inter esl.i g one- with which I am -cqdajnted i. Knox cave, about one and a tiall mile, Irom-a village ojrjhe same pa.nc. One ol the membVrs ol yur ?ocuty asuwd n t .uexj.ioin.fe .t a..d 1 will give jou a sketch ot our uistoVLiieS. This drawu.4 is a ground plan of the. cavei u. 'I he ui st opening in u.e ground is laige and aoout toriy 4eet deep. 1 he almotiptntndituUr walls cx.end near I, around 'the aperture and a we were atquaiitted vvuu iie piacc . - n i ill ...Ik .m . .I;u (i atfirst-.so I siood dnd looked athim, nnd;, ti,v WPre nv (hgseivosthere raised my arms and loot sigV. ol m hn-j w.,s no other "mke present, to cry hum ger, just as if 1 had a. gun. I could have ror nnp or wpj jone for other, a thing nbi e are verv hi"h. and in other? the blowed mm 10 piece-. . you know, which helps mightily some .onfneailv reaches the floor. Sparry in- But wa.a nothing, oh! 1 d.d hate it. , ,,im hllt (h(;y WOre gaing to try it crummioiui. abound in ihe pa.i m and aaymg so, fc. mh t.k oil- nib nat, a..a -tuirt.i. a.aa-m.teB.and alabaster meet rubbed ftia hair. 'H ; was a jn ele ihp pvp al'everv steo. ""7 ,,ude The rocks in 6ome harts of the cave hi.n. appear to have been torn asunder, and there; po . i i .1.. i. ik.irlir Irni! it)'' rT run 'h, roil and tumble for life. Well, now I was jut as much interest ed a if I hid cnm? ncri n couple of men who were going to take a bruvh. I clean forgot the bear, and if the nakes had " -i ijrht of it, 1 should f like to know wh would make you serious? You mistake, me arh.V I do not: it is a good story, and, I merely asked for in formation, come, go on. AYelUgaiiT Earth. s!mce J tee. you, be lieve in what I told you; anif' know how to appreciate the.inakes, I will; "'t T Afier I left the oli -brown spinning ai riundas I was saying, I took the nearest' direction and started off for home I walk. d, along, J sujp se, for that is as near at ivn tome at k, aDOUl iwo mue, wueu i' here t was again. What ? slid Ro!f. Wny the same bear that I had gin sich race in the morning. He tfas selling ap in a tree eating acorns. : . How do you know it was the same io quired Kolt, gk,,.. . Do you know your horse? said Earth.. Well then, 1 know my bear. And as was saying he was settihg up in j.ree! '! looked at rum for a &while, and Tie JookeAX1 rt at me. He knowed 1 hadVit a eun for ht r51 1 A enta little higher, and getting out tfpon 4 I it mouiii watur io look at flut there was no use in slaying 1 oegau to talk to him, and i j ...... . vtn - :lis tilrrmt niirtlt. 'hi r ... i i I 4 '. ,ti the openings extending to me top.meeiaj, iim. -:---; -iouim mi buum.-i, i ihciih i - -r .... band and pebbles are seen pressing thio' butkkaofl, and bt gui to let hnn.elf out. ; arrl em all the falr phv I kriew how. quite to the bottom of the cavern. a nnk al a lime. I wan l much pleased at jcft tIll;m yoi, rnw circlinc: ro'.incT : they 'i-h. ..(...(.ml miirsp. ol the cave is 0 om hi conduct, out. I knowed it he would W(,nt IOmv1, I think, as much as three northwest to southeast, ml it measure .w ylt.iLLVcould a cueci line 300 leet, but from its en run nun on u.e g..u. , . a.iu-u irance to its txtremiiy, including all its nmi . uc aw u g, -- -j iKu no fi almost that he and 1 did curl it, lor about half an ,. . r , hlll the one ultn of a nine. euide, we had no mall (hthcutty m m.Uii.g X decent. Alter reachu.g the second passage and lighting our cables we pro ceeded down a ladder llnnj tight tee hour, wii toriooi. I tell you what, w T.,e rocks in mnry places appear to made every thing clear the track as we n" soloo-ely, 'bat the test motron m the wem aiMiS. - - - -"r -Ioutu pe,cimtate them on the heads of:: 'We wcrgowg up,a biir.and las times, when the firt ihirt I knowed, thpy were hoth ia a knot and 'sich fqueezinu and swelling, and rauhrig-and "creeping through one another, I nejfe'r t-d beforp in all my hnrn d;iys. Tlitv w.Mitd lock fh- ir bodies togefh'er .Hid iwiisl 'em j1?' fiRe fhft working of a orm into a screw. rand all the thf ir m"urtH were so wide open tint 1 thou ;ht each was a trying to s callow the nth sr. Rolfe, I don't care what people say, I won't he'ive thai makes hive h ined Jn . r 11,1 .1. 4 en. lor yoi couiu a u ive iiu u inreao hajri the subterautan trau her nd bury h.m gaining on tilm ni last, when all at Once, lorever in the bowels of the earth. tui Maw- mm jump, a .. -umCu.. .e. ,hese rocks do not fall so easily as one is ana cnange m. u.recu,, ( dUU h.u -u,. apt to imagine, and a person accustomed rattling 1 n-ver Ord near. I tl.o't there i... c.irK i.tnre. ROOU WalKB Wre at tqaai u. i ruaacs an u . in u iu. u. with a teb-le step hi re alhrst he scarce- Ao I got thu bear, aud Hopped lo- lorn inn ,0,e knots than I s-rv theni.ftt:jnri ,v VLntun d uni.blii.uiy to crtt p. A. at V.n ; aud as ,ung as I had been in me j (hal d-lV They may be filled will, small 3 " wo(ds, I had never seen any thing like it rii!es. From lksuvatawa,or the Frojihci oJJhc fVeit nelore. As I 'stopped they separated" (; with yeur story, Ivirtbr-ad .;,.....,;. ; , ", V7"": ' and 1 saw there vvere ouiy twothat tin ) n ",, ' were leal lattle. lat.tug a regular light A light, llo.le, )ou know I alwas tee, if ... i..ih Thh walls ol th s pagihge are III itntui- .III., ouite regular. It is soaped nearly like a triangle, and at the top be a .tone la len Irom the rocks above which nearly -overs the entraice, the third descent which runs in a southeasterly direction to the bottom of the cavern, i quite gradual. It is 150 feet in length, but is not remark- ki fnr.manv iniereaiu.g lormatious. At the end of this passage ve . stood for a few moments and d seemed that we could proceed no farther; out we soon found a . fmall hole to the southeast ol us, through 7i..k mo -muled iinon our bodies SIX r-vT. iivii i feetvhen we reached a wider opening, j T his wall is formed ol very solid rock, so that the wonders ot the cavtru would riave been hid tram the world, bad not the water kindly dissolved the rock and formed this passage. The dissolving el ement geems, hawever, to have been par trat to the su.allei portion of mankind, lor a large pmon i? forever barred out Iron, the inner temple, by the sroallness of the SNAKE FIGHT AND 1EAK CHASE. Rolfe, said Earth, I never saw a good reason lor a man being serious when he eould be cheerlul. Now, ll you want to n .prioua I'll tell you a story ; I'd tell you one that made me serious once tor a whole day.1 ''Ihen give it to us,' said Rolfe. Very well,' said Earth, 'be all atteo tionvand you shall hear it.' M am,' said Kotie. Well,' began E.rth, 'I w&s living, when il happened, upon that piece ol I t..un.hi ol ihe Vouire, and a hard Well 1 left Vm kinked up they were t ingled for nearlv h ilf an hour, and what theie is any chance so 1 jeK planted vo eppose I was doing then ? int-etl, deteimined to look on, and seel A, , (;0(J jn0.rf S3j(j Rolf, it is more l.iat ihey had lair play. Both ol Vm,., , f .,, weieaiger lhan the biggest part oi u.y arm, and as ner a? 1 touid gutt, about six leet long. Wnt.iuity ltr.-t st parated, thev cra w ied oil in dillcrent dnections a tew" yard, and then stopping, -began to iictt tlicuelve?,, just it wiey were cou ple of dogs. While they were douig ihi?, they wuuid occasional!) raise their heads, aud look aoout 'em for a time, and then cc- gm licking again, ihey were so long at Why, ist looking at 'err, and strain ing and twisting evpry join? almost out aperture. The hlth passage is a nobler one. The bargain it was-1 ihmk he gouged me in ; , n Q ufink lfa were nu( i . ? . j u.. iKui'a neitiier here nor . that, iraue, -r . the gtnuiue diuck, dui mai tuey were get there f 1 said before, I was living on it. ; (jJ a,,d wt,uleQ to craw ofj. had been hard al work tot several weeks, UyWtVer t begtd. ibeu pardons tor killing a parcel of trees, and trying Jo get thIikmg su lurQ oi cm, lor alter resting ready a small, clearing lor my next year s wj;, ., enough lo cool oil a Ut- crop, when 1 Uiougi.t i wuu,u Dltf lk) uue ol m roared he made a noie to one of my neighoor, swap a lie in two, , a fiance, and 1 tell you and hear what was going on. He lived t tlllllbtd all over, 1 theu noticed A L. in M ft 4 f Ih 1- - 1V III I about ten miles on, o) me w .;, u.. d(iain, W)d saw thai they were about much lurther io go rouuu u ,. r, bo taking ihe near path, I went over one evening, and, what I hardly ever did be- fore, I iorgot lo lake my guu Tnt 1 and the breadth 5 feet. We 1 a8 , ot eeated, 1 went hard to work and talUH him lull. Atter a wiiiie ucgui- . vy , . , . followed the opening to the normal fitly leet, but found it at this distance choaked ep with clay, which had teen washed dc n Irom above; the other ex tremity however terminates in a beautitu j Thu rnlnmna are lormed ol COIOinur. chance and corneal me, and - he made up r lost time; be talked me an ovt bout in spots until I was tired, 0 inst petting under way, so 1 the same o.ze that one was of a daik, dingy, broucoior, while the other was a bright yalier, coverea w:n dark spots. Jl wa the yher looking one, that first roared, and as 60on as be bnished, he raised his head about a foot and a hall high, curved his neck jist like a horse, aud then bunting his tail over his head, turn- he was iust getting under way ed in, and the next morning rising up ve calcareous spar, and are .u... , ry eany - - ---- uuurcu Well, 1 lUiii VVJb tdlvOn w - - - twenty leet high ai.c from six to fourteen it. diameter. UU uie caoi ntiie umns are regular, on the west a mass of i7 irnr.H under them, which when the cavern was first discovered, about a year since, was bcatit.lullv decorated wUh .talactical formations. 'I Ht rol of tin room was much lower lhan that of the 5th, but "the singular formations with which it is filled, fully make up the deficiency. ,s ih.ry five leet wide and hfly two long ad narrows mio smauer p-. feet long 15 feel wide and 30 high. It vcar there were found in this opening, in 1 crev.ee in the wall, a curious stalactic ,eembhng a large lamp the bottom being clntly adorned with - small flat sUlac, tics. To the east of this is a tery narrow inclined passage, through which with con- for lost time ; he laiKeu " " . 1 list as it he had been nicked, he began to i lieu f L ..... , . wave H nonzoiuaiiy. i uere was a siring ot rattles to it, about as long as my hand, and he shook 'em occasionally. Ii made the chills creep over me to look at him, he seemed to do it so boldly, and 1 thought he merely did it, to have some mu?ic lo begin the war with. Well, when Ihe yalier one roared, il was just like put'.ing a shovel of hot coals on ihe old brown ; he fairly squalled. He corlnni.' said Rolte, Earth was a little confused at Rolfe's remark, but replied .frtm Rolte. don't judge a man so hard vou won't hear me through-1 was just greasing a little, before starting out. p ,L 1 WaO DU lliau illl tl au lliaiail SIX, BCIICU "v ell 'a 1 SdT IU "arted tack. ..d ' h,. bod, ha.lh ., he , w., lonc, in en, as a 8m d b l0 j,et p ftbout him . at the same had got alO, some Vwo . his tail up about six inches, the sun was r. when and ratli.ng as - if he would shake every hign, ana every iuu ' . , DOne out ol his skin. He was proper mad. t saw aiong-KT-v-r; " - tell yod, and tumbled like he had an bear had turned over a ig. a.a bnnw that a large w. -b turned it over ?' said Rolf- But he want satisfied with merely f quall- .t, rnh,theJoe was a. ine and rattling , for he quit that-and neiur, OOIU. . " . ,u k... ..k verv laive one and it was rolled over aim opening m u.vuu. Uuui cuuugu A , jic-tuniipft small bear me to get my fist in, began to stretch his could hardly have moved it, and then he head out, and draw it back; and then such of place, foM-uving t Item in their motions. I did Ibis without knowing it, ad I nev er should have found it out if I hadn't begun to feel sore ail over. ..., Well, to go back to the snakes! I now that the old brown lud kch li ed a (iouble cn the bright yalier, and w is spinning his neck out 'o about the siz ofmv thumb. His body now beg'ni ' ttnkink, his tongue came out several inch-. e, and oon sf'er, poor fellow, the o! hrown had laid him ou' as straigt.t as a fishhook. However, it had been a fait fight, snd a hard one, and af;er it wn- over, fhe old brown hlowed jist iiKe tie UiA pn nn frnm a nond of water, white MUM I AJ wr v - i - - - - -r- he had bren under longer man ne wani cd (o.and crawling off to some distance, stretched out and began to lick himself. Well 1 was right sorry, and I looked on for some time, and hardly knowed whit to do - but I thonght "'twas till over; o drawini? mv knife, I walked up to tUa Knerhl valler . nild lifting up his tail frtchrd a whin, and took ot his rauie? thought thev belonged to me lor seeing air play. But to my surprise, a i om . rt. i . 'i .U.nA..,.l. . r. fiiifri.ra so, l ten nis tan sup uun... '&'. and saw that the poor fellow had com too and was crawling oil. but, Koiie, in cutting them off, I made 'em rattle, and sich another squall as the oiu Drown did set ip. Here hirtn whistled. He had'nt been mad colore : ne now doubled himself up in ;Soop, r.nd ird.- after me. 1 streaked it the laster I run, e more noe I made, and looking te. ind, I saw him rolling on ; tvery hm he turned over his eyes came 1 7 uwe two coals of lire in a dark night. II giined upon me, so I dropped the rat tles, and as l did so he settled down up-on-Jem a.id pun round just like a top. I thought it was a good time to get clear. so I slipped otr and conliuued my way home.' A ttd ;that was w ha t made y on ee riu. said Rolf. No.itaint, said Earth, it mighJiive made me-seriDus, 'but --since you -think so a limb began to eat as if I warnt there. ' Twa a mighty trving thing to me, to seo- mrvt J 2. l.ir it iVai r'riniirt V tsraVit -of tilts uu iit 9 " no vvuu u ft. m a b ) Wv used to so I scratched my head awhile, begun to think and a notion struck me. What was it? said Rolfe. t Why, 1 saw in the first place, that he ; .7'r was a fre-neiidoua fellow, ard that the trl limb was so far from any other, that he ; V. could'at jump oil it, without comeiujg,VT'?lj iz. ir t. 11 n .it 1 l a rrrrxti n uuti 11 uij ine 1 uuiiU a iu a a tJu um " m jf that, he was so heavy I was pretty sure he would area k flome of his drawed my knife once or twice' acrosi'l my ihoe and farted up-e?ery .lhinjit went well: the higher I got upthe fuith'erC? v :M hewent out upon ttIimbhia-'hesdiasi' from me and the limb was so small 1 v-1 Kti jw'd he could'nt. lurnTrdih era wied right at once to'-wW'ftitaiatt"l"' e l off from the tree, and determined, if be ' It ft that limb, he' should jump oQ. He now began 10 think how ticklish hf.aA. siluited, and he was mightily scared be trimbled all all oyer, and kept squat ting as it he wouMjunjp, but he couldilt 1 his'courage up h; tned to turn rounds and would have come atyneLbp4 fojev . noit buyhe limrt was so small he could ivtt rtl he 4!tUed do wn aiifdvcred Itke-- a child. He thought he could make me f rive him but I'want nothing". I began o rhake and he clipped but he caught and r-wung with ht body under the limb, he .ade i mighty pittilul crand scrambled up agin. He knew it would'nt do to stay i) f ir out that 1 would shake him oft, so .ie began to back right to where I was, ' thinking lit could back by mo. I was lay i ig Oil tlieliinb, and he run upon me so fast thai lie IiKe to hive knocked inetifT;!ie pres sed igin "tne mighty hard, and I lud'nt fair p'ay. but I got at my knife and making over h.-rid licks I popped it into him every lime. I had'nt a good purchase, and he stood i' o lung, lhat I begun to ihmk there was no pint to my knile. But alter a while the iret ItHoJdrnnd lie hacked outand crawled' iiw&nl.4, the end of the lnnb agin, I keot seeing him turn his head towarda his " rump, mil I knew then I bad been triTo liim. Bat I lud done no good, for there he seemed re solved to stayt :J hallowed and uliook' arid did every thing I could, but he would'nt budge nn inch. So I resolved to crawl al ter hifh knowing if I -could only gel one more lick he would be sure to in am off. It .,1 4' V- . 1. was" a mighty ticklish businese.but I stretchM ,M out and began to pull my sell along l teii ihe limb bend, bu 1 saw . if could, only , get . ono foot further, 1 could reach him. So 1 drawed myself up and reached ouU I bjard l a miehty crash and the fiist thing I know fed, I waked up about sunset, jist as il l had rism from a sound sleep. . I did'nt know where I was, until I looked about and saw the limb which had been broke olT, I saw the print where he fell, and that was all he left me, 90 I. made tracks , for home, determining that I would'nt get , into another 9crapc that day. Now R lf, that's ihe time wlieu I was serious, when was lying under the tree. The Stream of Life The following beautiful passage is from a sermon preached by liisno Heber to his parishoners, a sliort iime before his departuie for India, in 1 13 1 2 : . Life bears us on like the current of a ini;;lny river. Our boat at firM glides down tiie n-irrow channel, through the pUyful iniirniuringg of the tittle brook and the wind' n r ot its gr-is3y borders. The tree3 hed rhetr nlos'soms over our young heads, the - .11-1- ... ..r.. it.Am..ni..AT" llwers on ine oritiK seem 10 one. imeiusohc . 40 our.ypung hands.4- we. are:happy in hope fin - Wc grisp eagerly at the 4eaunes around" ,,S( 1 be stream burr.ea on, and stdl our 'bands are empty. v .,-.- iCMU'WrcS.ilMW 1