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THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
bY ADAIR & SMITH.
Southern €mU&tutt>
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1862.
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BT WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at 4.15 p.M
j Closes, dally, at 9.00 p. M.
BY ATLANTA * WEFT-POINT RAILROAD
i Due, dally, af R1S P. M.
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BY MACON A WESTERN RAILROAD.
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OFFICE HOURS.
r; S Off,'e will be kept open aa foliove:
1 Open a> 1% A.M. Close at 1P.M.
: Op.-n at %% pji. Closest.... 6P.M.
SUNDAY.
format 8 A.M. Close a! 9M AM.
I Open at 6 P.M. Close at 5 P.M.
! e office wilt be closed on the arrival of each mall
; ur.Ml th» futm“ Is distribute.-!.
THO:- 1 . 0. HOWARD,
Post-Maater.
tltiifiia, March 11, iooi.
I HOWTO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OP ail.TPF- j 81111 S l‘ r,n K 8 R* G«orgi». and How to
Find Them.
The salt springs of Europe and of the
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als In either of the papers, will
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: for Sta'e, C-out.ty, and Muni-
0 be paid hi advance la every
Oliaritable Instltutioua, Milita-
Ward, Towu aud other Public
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JAMES R. POWELL,
GENERAL COMMISSION
AND
fohwakdinb mbhohasit,
Tlonfgonirry, Alabama.
\\ ILL attend strictly to the selling of every
» » description of Merchandize, and to the
Receiving and Forwarding 01 all Freights by
Steamboats, Railroads, or otherwise.
As the Railroads have discontinued thoBjs-
te o of through freights, the funds necessary
to pey expenses at this place must be for
warded with every shipment.
23&- Office in the Montgomery insurance
Building.
REFERENCES—Auderer.n, Adair A Co.,
Wui. L. High, John T. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.’
Ross i 3eymour, Carhart i Brother, Ma
con, Ga.
Wm. I; Phillips 1 Co., Peter Farrar, Grif-
n n, Ga.
f E. Morgan, LaGrange, Ga
f’ituor, England A Doyle, Athens, Ga
ap2fl-ti
DRUGS7&c“
BLUE MASS,
EPSOM 3 ALUs
stilMWinr aptu
ARROW ROOT,
WINE CORKS,
CREAM TARTAR,
NO. 2 EMERY,
GUM ALOES,
300 LBS. BEST INDIGO,
*>00 LBS. BES'FMADPER,
black pepper,
bOO LBS. COPPERAS,
ALSO,
1; uBLtf OF NO. I REFINED TANNERY
OIL.
AxND m BSLS. TANNER’S OIL, AT
It EDUCED KATES.
Hamilton, markley a joyner.
mar-&-t27jiy’6t.
^Tm. EDWARDY,
Family Groceries,
—and—
COMMISSION MERCHANT
at GKO. a DANIEL'S OLD STAND,
\% lillcltall Street, Atlanta, («»•
' t g~ Particular attention given to all order*,
mard-ly
TEE IN EARTH,
Take the earth that you may wish to test,
and pass water through it; then add lye—
made of common wcod ashes—to the water
until the clouding ceases; afterwards boil
down the water until it is thick, then immerse
s slip of paper in the water, which, when
thoroughly dried, apply to a live coal of fire
—if it burns with a cracking noise th6 earth
has more or less saltpetre in it. Nearlj ell
the limestone caves in East Tennessee and
Western Virginia, that are free from running
wster or drips, contain more or less saltpetre.
how to make saltpetre.
Pui up four hoppers, such as are used in
making lye, fill them with pulverised salt's
ire earth, pass the same water through No
twice, and once—It being the third iltie
passed through saltpetre earth—through So.
r i. After the beer, aa it is called by saltpetre
makers, has settled, draw it off into another
vessel and sdd common ley to it until it ceases
to curdle or cloud, then it may be boiled until
it thickens, or until a drop of the beer thrown
on a cold surface crystaliam. The beer should
then be suffered to cool, when the saltpetre
will form in beautiful white crystals. The
saltpetre should then be dried in the sun, and
afterwards put up in bags or boxes for ship
ment.
The mother beer—after the erystalised salt
petre has been taken out—should be put back
in the boiler again, for it contains considera
ble saltpetre not erystaliaed. Should the salt
petre have a dingy color, it is because too
much ley baa been put in it. The petre may
be purified by Boaking ii in a tub of clear water,
and in that caas the water should afterwards
be put into the boiler, because it contains a
great deal of the saltpetre in solution.
It will be remembered that the beer, follow
ed through the entire process of manufacture,
was first passed through hopper No. 1 twice,
and then once through hopper No. 2. This
was done to give a beer holding a large quan
tity of saltpetre In solution, and thereby ma
king the boiling process that much less. Now,
to keep this up, pass the water through No. 1,
then through No. 2, and afterwards through
filled with new earth. While this is being
done to No. 1, pass water through No. 2, then
through No. 3, and lastly through No. 4, and
then to the boiler. No. 2 may now be re
filled, and while it is being done, pass water
through No. S, then through No. 4, then
4, then through No I, and then to the
boiler. By this mode you always have one
hopper being refilled with new earth, and ma
king the beer for the boiler without a stop.
You can increase the number of hoppers to
twelve if you have three hands, and then you
can make a proper division of the work—one
engaged in boiling, one refilling the hoppers,
and the third making lye. When the earth
contains an average amount of saltpetre,
three hands can make about one hundred lbs.
per day.
The government is giving 50 cents per po’d
for all saltpetre delivered at any depot on a
railroad, in good condition for transportation
on the cars, until the first day of January,
1863, and payment will be made on the re
ceipt of the depot agent, by any quartermas
ter in the Confederate service.
P. S.—Common alum may be used to erys-
tali&e the aaltpetre instead of lye, but the
writer ia not familiar with the use of alum in
making saltpetre, and therefore cannot give
the quantity to be ured. The manufacturer
can experiment until he gets the proper pro
portion.
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Road at Woat-1
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A1LROAD.
.--Fare,,... 65
Direct from Ireland!
Blockade, Sterne Fleet and the Fail Split
ter *n the Contrary Xoftoithstanding.
J UST received from three to five hundred
barrels ol’
IRISH POTATOES,
larse, sound, and of Mtrctr descent, suitable
for the table or for P 1 » ntiQ ^* n ^J a ? y ^, s 0Ufld
FOSTER, QUEEN A CO. 8,
I2-i5uiy’02
Marietta Street
jAB'
CLsuvaoo K :
at Atlanta,
f ii a * o a 1, 5
Atlanta, da
wt Cb attain
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at Atlanta
daily, at..
Purchases ot‘ Flour.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,)
Richmond, May 13, 1862 >
• P U. lv ROPOSALS will be received for theimme-
“luo A M. i d loW sale and delivery of 50,000 Barrels
• i\ M. I or Wheat Flour, in parcels of not leae than 50
, ■. M. i bsrv.s, 10 be delivered along any hue ol Ra.i-
" : „ I roed a the occupation of this Government,
;K5 ‘ fcn r ^' comm,nicating with Corinth, MiMiaeippi,
1 paymt t of the purchase money to be
- at the t -ae of delivery, in 3 per cent. Confeff-
erate be j 8 . The proposal* will be addressed
...4.06 A. M.
...S-40, 1*. M,
...4.40, A M.
- -' I > i • I to the S--rotary of the Treasury
ad at K
jrtria Ria
lgjton, ta*
oad at Dal
. st3te the m e and place at which it is pror
I a { posed to t : £0 delivery, and the price 01 e
. , and the Flour in b ,ds rated at par- c .
.. , c. G. MEMMINGER,
mav22-ln.
Secretary ot ireasuy
MACON
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TERN RAIl»RA)Al)-
.p*re, fit >(
J. E. HERTZ,
f the lai- jjrm of Mordecai A Co.,
Confederate Insurance Compa
ny, of Atlanta.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
Profits to be divided betwenn the Iusu.
rers and Insured.
H AVING complied with the provisions of
the charter, this Company is ready to
receive applications for insurance and issue
policies, at their office in Bawson, Gilbert A
Barr’s Store, corner of Whitehall and Hunter
streets, agsinst loss by fire, and on the lives
of slaves and of white persons.
Insurance is now offered to the citizens of
Atlanta in a home office, combining the secu
rity of a Stock Capital with the advantages of
a Mutual Company.
C. F. McCAY, President
Pxaixo Baowx, Secretary. may6-ly
HOES AND CHAINS.
n CASES WEEDING HOES:
6 casks Trace Chains;
t cask Wsgon Chains;
2 casks Sad Irons.
On consignment and for sale by
ap29-if ANDERSON, ADAIR A CO.
NOTICE TO CAPITALISTS,
till AILS WOOL HAT FACTOBY
for sals.
sou, ocorg.
,r Sunday,
»nd Mail
M-
aiiivo at Atlanta
Leaves Atlanta. ..
amvoe at Mac
July 30, 1861- j
Lh A-ugufiL the
iiii wili ran as tol-
..lu A M.
4 p. m.
6 U0 A. M.
„..12.*i5 M.
mis Train ccnnwb> wnn * 0 tear tfc« Medical
asurn and Muac-;oe Railr^da s» Maoon ^
Commission Merchant rpHE largest Hat Manafac^ry in the Ocnf«d;
a '1 erate Stetes, capaDle of maxing FOUR
CUAKL^STOh, »• L. ! HUNDRED HATS per day. The machinery .s '
•^'trucxh : ! all in complete running order, end of the la
test patterns, and can compete with Northern
Factories at all times. The services of a ea-
pft b’e Superintendent, and an entire set of
binds can be engaged on the premises. This
is the best chance to make money ever offered
to the public, as there is always sale for Wool
For particulars apply on the premises
M. 0. Mordecai, L ^
Cohen A Hertz
M S. Cohen, Esq.,...
Clarke A Alexander,
May 24-lui
..Chsrlest-,k.
..Savannah.
Atlanta.
...Savannah
|)R. H. W. 6ROW1.
r ^iOE—A« LU resida-^ Ciihoun street.
aisjek Si:
statee.and Territories west of the Mississip
pi, originate in the Oolitic and Cretaceous for
mations, whioh are not known in Georgia, or
are not very promising. The springs east of
the Mississippi occur in the following forma
tions :
The first class of springs, including the
Great Kanawha of Virginia, those of Western
Pennsylvania, Muskingum, Ohio, Kentucky
aud Middle Tennessee, is found just below
the coal in large basins or depressions in the
coalfields or towards their western border.
As the coal in Georgia is small in extent and
confined to the tops of the mountains, large
basins cannot be expected, and this class of
springs may not be looked for with much cer
tainty. Still, as salt is found in immense
quantities in this formation, diligent search
may lead to the discovery of springs along
the bases of Pigeon, Lookout and Raccoon
mountains, and possibly in the valleys be~
tween these mountains. Rev. George White,
in his Statistics of Georgia, reports a pure
variety of plaster ou the plantation of Col.
Robert H. Tatum, in Dade county. This is
a good indication, as will be seen below.
The second class of springs is found con*
siderably below the coal, but in the coal for
mation. The only instance known to me is
the Hoteton Springs, near Abingdon, Va.
Here occurs a bed of rock salt; and the wells
sunk near it y<eld an almost saturated brine.
Eighteen gallons of the water afford one
bnohel of salt, whereas the best brines of
Onondaga, N. Y., yield one bushel to 30 or
35 gallons, and sea water one bushel to 350
gallons. The formation of the
Springs, as traced out on Prof. ®Sbiy enters
oiogio&l Map of Tenne»aee I(i g e _ Mr. White
Georgia about Ta^psum near Ringgold,
reports a y bg£ the west, between this and
. The valle^gea 0 f hills within a few miles as
•tew* uTtfe* main ridge in Catoosa, Walk-
^er an d Chattooga counties are promising lo-
'■.aluiei$£2..« o» , ,n -r»—w-- uur
older formation, near the Silurian rocks. In
this are found the Onondaga Salt Spriugs of
New York, which have yielded over six mil
lions of bushels in a year. The Hon. James
Hamilton Couper, in his Sketch of the Geol
ogy of Georgia, considers this formation to
commence at the Chattoogatta range of moun
tains, and mentions a bed of anhydrous
limestone, which is a member of the Onon
daga salt group, near the Red Sulphur or
Catoosa Springs. This neighborhood and
the valleys at the base of Chattoogatta and
John’s Ridges, and the valleys between
John’s and Taylor’s Ridges deserved special
search. In his notice of Floyd oounty, Mr.
White says—“ There is in this county a tract
of land, commencing on the west of the Oos-
tanaula and Coosa rivers, extending to Tur
nip mountain, the surface of which is almost
a perfect plain, resembling the flat lands of
Houston county, badly watered. Marl is
found in several places, and many salt lakes. ’
The Iasi sentence—certainly a remarkable
one—seem to refer to this tract of country,
but from the subsequent context, may be in
tended to apply to other parts of Floyd.
Citizens of the county, who furnished this
information to the author, know the facts in
the case, *nd if there is any evidence of salt
lakes or salt springs, will certainly bring it
to light in a more full and satisfactory form.
The fourth class of springs occurs in a still
older formation, near the base of the Siluri
an, known in New York as the medina sand*
stone. This rock is a sandstone, sometimes
red and sometimes grey, and affords brine
springs throughout its whole extent. The
wells are usually shallow, and not furnishing
large supplies of water like the onondaga
rocks, have not been much worked. This
sandstone may be found east of tbe Cattoo*
gatta Ridge.
From the above it will be seen that some
members of the formations containing salt
occur in the northwestern counties. The ex
act salt groups may be absent; but when we
remember that no geological survey of that
portion of the State has been made, and that
the examinations of Eastern Tennessee and
Western North Carolina, which correspond
in geological position, have been cursory and
incomplete, it would be unreasonable to say
that these groups are absent, because they
have not been found. They do not necessa
rily extend continuously across with the
mountain ranges, but may be absent in many
places and"occur only in local patches. A
geologist might make a pretty complete sur*
vey of the whole region, and yet not discover
in isolated group, which would furnish
suffioient salt for the whole State. If
in times of peaoe a oompany were about to
embark in the manufacture of salt for profit,
they might require more certain data before
they expended capital in sinking wells uz
prospecting for salt. But now, when salt ie
necessary to our national existence, a inert
probability should be sufficient to authorise a
search, and this probability is furnished by
irhat has been said.
This search require* no geologist
most valuable salt springs in the world have
been discovered by persons with no scien
tific attainments. A geologist, from the great
extent of country might spend two months
with no good result. Whereas, if the citi
zens of that region were put on the alert, the
question might be settled, aud without ex
pense, in two weeks. With salt selling at
fabulous prices, the small supply in the Con
federacy being rapidly exhausted, and our
coast so invested as to make the boiling of
sea water difficult and dangerous, the citi
zens of Northwestern Georgia need no argu
ment nor »nr>oal tn ollmnLl. Ih.n t* -— r 1
the whole region thoroughly.
In prosecuting a search for salt, the fol
lowing indications or signs may be valuable:
1. Springs, ponds, marshes or bogs, whioh
have the taste of salt. The water need not
be strongly satined. Strong brine seldom
rises unaided to the surface. The slightest
taste of salt in a natural water will authorise
further operations, and may lead to to dis
covery of a saturated brine or a bed of rock
salt, as surely as a much stronger water.
2. Deer licks near creeks rivers or ponds.
AU “ lioks ” are not induced by salt. Wild
animals may be attracted by coperas, alum or
other saline substances, and such places of
resort are common in many parts of Middle
Georgia. But if “licks” be found near bodies
of water in upper Georgia, iu the belts of
country above named, they should receive
attention. The Great Kanawha and Salina
Springs were originally - buffalo and deer
‘licks.” “Licks” distant from water an*’"’
so promising, unlessths^-^iaster-of-Paris.
3. Beds .A&fiaSlecompanion of salt, tho’
v *mfalilbl indication, for gypsum may
oocur without salt. But, as salt never ap»
pears without gysum, beds of gypsum in any
formation, which by the barest possibility
may contain salt, should be examined.—
Should “lioks” be found in or near gypsum,
tbe indication of salt is very strong. It is
not ceart&iu that the beds reported above
really exist, but citizens of Dade county and
4. Springs or other waters from whioh rise
bubbles of inflamable gas. Many springs
yield gas which is not inflamable, and pools
or branches give off inflamable gas from de
caying leaves, &c.; these are not intended.
Bat if springs without decaying vegetable
matter give off bubbles which inflame on be
ing touched with a torch, they may indicate
salt. Such springs, called burning springs,
are common in Kentucky.
Should a pond, spring, marBh or lick hav
ing the taste of salt, pres ent itself, the next
thing will be to sink a well 15 to 20 feet
deep, to see if the water increases in strentgh.
If fresh water from above run in, a hollow
log or square trunk made by nailing four inch
planks together, may be placed in the well
and the earth thrown in and rammed down
tightly. The salt water will rise in the log
to the top of the well. If the water increases
in saltness, the problem of salt springs is
solved, but further operations may require
capital and an outfit for boring.
Should this result be attained, 1 would
suggest that a full statement of all the facts
be furnished to Gov. Brown, or to the Presi
dent of the Georgia Salt Manufacturing Co.,
Augusta, Ga. Means may thus be obtained
for a full investigation. The finder of a pro
ductive salt spring will be rewarded not only
with the Governor’s bounty, but with the
satisfaction of having done more for the sal
vation of the State than many regiments of
soldiers. JOSEPH E. WILLET
Mercer University, May 2,1862.
WM. H. DeSHONG.
BEAL ESTATE AGENT
IU>
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
j haVK opened a houzeon Whitehallasrast,
_ near Mitchell, for the purpose
GROCERY AND COMMISSION B
of doini
C8INEB3:
All'kinds of Country Produce bought and sold
and a well-assorted »tock*of Groceries kept on
hand, which will be sold cheap for cash. A
reasonable share ot patronage solicited.
feb6-tf
VOLUME H—NO.
HEADQUARTERS,
Militart Post Atlanta,
! _ . _ May 14, 1882
General Order No. 1.
In obedience to orders received from Brig
Gen. A. It Lawton, commanding Military Di
vision of Georgia, in assuming command of
this Post for the purpose of guarding the got
ernment stores, to preserve order in and
around Atlanta, and for the protection of ail
loyal citizens, and the punishment of all dis
orderly conduct, the following regulation*
will be strictly observed :
1. Details will be made daily to proteot the
6 UTW C^^srt wwmw »■ —* | j - -j , ,i
will be posted at different points in the city
for that purpose; also a scouting guard day
and night to preserve order, acting in concert
wsth the city authorities.
2. Sentinels will be posted on each railroad
train toexaAne and arrest all suspicions per
sons pointed out to them, and to make this
order effective, Superintendents of Railroad*
are requested to instruct Conductors to co-op
erate with the sentinels for that purpose.
3. Owners of all Coth.n, Hay, or other com-
bustible material, are required, without delay
to remove the same to such points of safety-
distant fram government stores—as may be
designated by the commanding officer of this
post.
4. Any grocer or other person selling to, or
furnishing any officer or soldier with spirits
or wine, which is prohibited, unless upon tbe
order of an army Surgeon, will be arrested
and dealt with by the proper n»i***-
„u»uiers or citisena found
at un)t, or otherwise disorderly in the streets,
will be taken in charge by the guard and
sent to these headquarters.
6. No officers or soldiers will be allowed lo
remain in and around Atlanta, unless aoch
officers or Boldiera be furnished with a permit
from their respective commanders. And all
commanders of troops stopping over In At
lanta, will report the fact to the officer com
manding this post
7. No slave or free person of color will be
allowed to walk the streets after the hour of
nine o’clock, P. M., either with or without^*
the
Mayor, and City Authorities, and all citizens,
in preserving good order and sobriety in the
city, and specially requests of all persons to
report to him any improper conduct on the
part of any of the officers or soldiers under
his command.
By order of G. W. LEE,
Colonel Commanding.
Lieut. John C. Hkxdbix, A. Adjutant.
HEADQUARTER8, )
Military Post, Atlanta, Ga., >
May 22, 1862. j
In consequence of a Military Police being
established, and a Provost Marshal having
been appointed, it beoomes necessary for all
citizens to secure for their accommodation,
a pass or permit. To residents of the
country, to avoid trouble, it would be of
advantage to them to secure a permit from
their county officers, as it will facilitate time
and save the troubling of their friends to
identify them.
All citizens of Atlanta will be furniahed
with permits by application at the Provost
Marshal’s office, which permit will pass them
at any time; otherwise, they may be trou
bled by tbe Police at late hours of the night.
Sentinels will recognize permits from tbe
Judges or Clerks of the Superior or Inferior
Courts; also from the Mayor of the city.
By order
G. W. LEE, Col. Commanding.
J. C. Hendbix, A. Adjutant. dtf
The
hehdebson, terry a CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. W, CARONDELET STREET,
SEW ORLEANS, LA.
Particular attention given to the purchase of
SUGAR and MOLASSES.
Refer to Messrs Salmons A Simmons, Atlan
ta, Georgia. janW-6m
To Ifanufactorers and Railroad
road Companies 4c Tanneries.
BBLS. COAL SPINDLE OIL—a substi-
DU for Sperm in the finest machinery.
166 bbls. superior Machine Oil—suitsbl
for factories.
6i bbls. Pea Nat Oil.
II bbls. Machina Sperm OiL
’ IM bbls. Tanner's Oil, of various grade
We offer the above cheap to close the lot.
ipl9-2m MASSEY * LAN8DELL
Headuuabtebs Militabt Post, >
Atlanta, Ga., May 20, 1862. /
In obedience to orders received from th«
Secretary of War, directing me to aseoma
command over all the troops in and around
Atlanta, to appoint a Provost Marshal,
&o M I have this day appointed Capt
William H. Batty Marshall of this Post,
will grant all permits to persons passing oat
of the city, and to perform all other duties
required of a Provost Marshal, of a Military
Post. G. W. LEE, Col. Com’g.
J. C. Hknpbix, A. Adjutant.
WANTBDi
AT THE *
Atlanta Steam Tanner?
FOR GASH.
5,000 Cords Bark.
R. T. HENDERSON, Agent.
Janaary 17-dtt
Floor.
'‘Etowah
£ BBLS. Superfine Floor,
SOI Sacks Extra Family Flour, “Header-
son's Mills." For sale by
Aprill6-tf ANDERSON, ADAIR A CO.
NOTICE.
F ROM this date freight will be reoeived at
the office of the Southern Express Compe
ny from 8 o'clock A. M., until 4 o'clock F. M,
only. FRED. CuOl/fBL
Marsh 11-dtt AgasA
$
IVNlAMINl