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CITATIONS}
OfATE OF GEORGIA, Tattnall County.
O Whereas Surah Coursey, guardian for Sarah
E.Coursey, has petitioned the Court of Ordinary
of said county to be dismissed from her said guar
dianship—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all in
terested to file their objections, if any they have,
j B my office within the time prescribed bylaw,
otherwise letters of dismission will be granted to
the applicant after the lawful publication of this
citation.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 7th Jane, 1864.
J. P. R. SIKES, Ordinary.
June 25,1864 26 5t
/GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
vJ Whereas Thomas Brookins has made appli-
cition for letters of administration on the estate of
Benjamin Brookins, late of said county, dec.’d—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons adversely concerned, to fileetheir objec
tions on or before the first Monday w&ngust next.
Given under my official signj^re, this 16th
Jay of June, iftG4. i
JOHN HAMMflFfsD, Ordinary.
June 21,18G4 M, 25 5t
CTATE OF GEORGIAyCoiewrfrs County.
•5 Whereas it has beenjjepreseftted to this Court
that the minor heirs of' Leonard F. Dasher have
no guardian—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
concerned, that if no legal objection be filed at
the August term of said Court, some fit and prop
er person will be appointed guardian for said mi
nors. WILLIAM SMITH, Ordinary.
July 4.1864 .28 5t
flEOKGIA, COLQUITT COUNTY.
vT Court of Ordinary, July 4th, 1864.
Whereas James Roberson having applied by pe
tition to this Court for letters of guardianship for
the person and property of Martha Roberson, mi
nor child of James J. Roberson, lato of said coun
ty, dt-ceased—
ill persons concerned,
Jourt, fcthenvine letters
said apffiicant at she
Notice is hereby given
tofile their objections in
"ill be granted and issu
regular term ef said C
September next.
PET
July 12,
st Monday in
VOTiCE.—All persoiA indebted to the estate
-1 of Washington W imams, late of Hancock!
i-tea to make immedi-1
without distinction of
color, and the encouragement of foteign
immigration. The following resolutions
were reported by Raymond of New York,
trotn the committee on resolutions aud were
adopted by acclamation.
Resolved, I hat it i£ the highest duty of
every Ainericau citizen to maintain,against
all their enemies, the integrity of the Union
and the paiamout authority of the Con
stitution and laws of the United States,
and that, laying aside all difference* and
political opinious, we pledge ourselves as
Union men animated by a common seoti-
rnent and aiming at a common object, to
do everything in our power to aid the
government in quelling, by force of arms,
the rebellion now raging against its author
it}’, and in bringing to the punishment
due to their crimes the rebels and traitors
arrayed agaiust it.
Resolved, That wo approve the deter
mination of the government of the United
States not to compromise with rebels, or
to offer any terms of peace except such as
may be based upon an “unconditional sur
render” of their hostility, and a return of
their just allegiance to the Constitution
and laws of the United States; and that
we call upon the government to maintain
this position, and to prosecute the war
with the utmost possible vigor, to the com
plete suppression of the rebellion, iu full
reliance upon the self sacrifice, the patri
otism, the heroic valor, aud the undying
devotion of the American people to their
country and its free institutions.
county, deceased, are »eql
payment, and those fiavirg den-ainis ?g.air,stj
aid estate are requested to p«ww?ct Them in terms j
ci tbeilwto W. H. BRANTLEY, Adin’i. j
Sparta, July 12, 1 ^64 [tha] 2d tit j
\OTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
All persons inde bted to the estate ofBenja
mmlordbam, aie of YYiihiuMm county, dec'd.,
w requested to make iflinaedtate payment, and
*ii persons having demands against said estate,
"ill plea*.-hand them in. properly authenticated,
18 ike law directs
H F. D. FOR.. hAM, l r ,
WILEY FORDHAM, $ *** rs? '
•hilv 1864 27 (it
| P IIIK Filial Tcesday in September next,
^ I will apply to the Uouit of Ordinary t De-
8 >tur county Tor leave to sell at. piivate sale lot of
1'Hid 3.^ j n { ] ie j .Jistvict of Mitchell conn*
die san;e belonging to the estate of W. 8.
Tack ley, and being wild and unnnr.roved.
. J. B. BUTLER, Ex’r.
June 21,1864 Lumb] 2G td
A hh PERSONS indebted to the estate of Wi-
f ley H. Barber, late of Decatur county , deceits-
•are hereby requested to make immediate pay-
® ei| t, and those having claims against said d»*-
/'“Y will present them, properly authenticated,
“Hit the time prescribed by law.
A. I. BARBER, Ex’rx.
[hmb] 26 tf
fitne2l, 1864
Jk-IXTY DAYS after date application will be
i Btade to the Ordinary of Laurens county for
,F* * e D a H the land and negroes belonging to
•••e estate of William F. Linder, deceased.
u „ JOHN T. DUNCAN, Adm'r.
**7 24,1864 22 9t
Resolved, That as slavery was the cause
and now constitutes the strength of this
rebellion, and as it must bo always and
everywhere hostile to the principles of rea
publican government, justice and the na
tional safety demand its utter aud com
plete extirpation from the soil of the re
public ; and that we uphold and maintain
the acts and proclamations hy which the
government in its own defence has aimed
a deathblow at this gigantic evil. We
are in favor fnrthermore of such au amend
ment to the Constitution/to be made by
the people in conformity ( witRfjts provis
ions, as shall terminate jai^^orever pro
hibit the exigence Wty within the
limits or the of the United
States.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Amer
ican people are due to the soldiers and
sailors of the army and navy, who have
perilled their lives in defense of their
country and in vindication of the honor of
the flag; that the nation owes to them
some permanent recognition of their patri
otism and their valor, and ample and per
manent provision for those of their survi
vors who have received disabling and hon
orable wounds in the service of their coun
try ; and that the memories of those who
have fallen in its defense shall be held in
grateful and everlasting remembrance.
Resolved, That we approve and applaud
the practical wisdom, the unselfish patri
otism and unswerving fidelity to the Con
stitution ami the principles of Ameiican
liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln has
discharged, under circumstances of ir.ipar
alleled difficulties, the great duties aud
responsibilities of the Presidential office ;
that vve approve and indorse, as demand
ed by the emergency and essential to the
preservation of the nation, and is within
the Constitution, the measures and act®
whioh he has a ’opted to defend the nation
against, its open and secret foes; that we,
approve especially the Proclamation ot
Emancipation and the employment as
Union soldiers of men heretofore held in
slavery, and that we have full confidence
in his determination to carry these and all
other Constitutional measures, essential to
the salvation of the country, iuto full and
comp’- e effect.
Resolved, That we deem it essential to
the general welfare that harmony should
prevail in the national councils, and we
regard as worthy cfVublic confidence and
official trust those vfcho cordially endorse
the principles Droclaprfed in these resolu
tions, and w hich sh
administration of tli
Resolved, That tl
all men employed
regard to distinction
tretioM of the ’ "
violnt
civilized nations
the rebels now in ajr
the
i L h
PERSONS indebted to the estate of Hen-
r J P. Bush, late of Laurens county, deceased,
rf 2 ue _«ted to make immediate payment, and
'' se bavino- denmndn against said estate are re
lasted to present them in terms of the law.
» WILLIAM BUSH, Adm’r.
j’ Une 7,1 SC>4 28 6t
\
^^C6E.—All persons indebted to the estate
tr d °' F. Linder, late cf Laurens coun-
1 e c«ased, are requested to make immediate
*"d all persons having demands against
estate will present them in terms of the law.
u „ JOHN T. DUNCAN, Adm’r.
0**31,1864 22 fit
T ')'° MONTHS "after date, I will apply to the
j b'onrt of Ordinary of Tattnall county tor
1)1?! a S '?U the lands belonging to the estate of
ViM ir ll th * hlnds helongii*^, - --
Ueleson late of said county, deceased.
° ul J tor distribution.
Jm
ne 28.1864
BENJ. M. COLESON, Ad mi
26 9t
P^O MONTHS after date application will be
t° the honorable Court of Ordinary ot
le„ . VU| county for leave to sell a negro man
» U1 S to R. O. McDonald, a minor.
% 10, 18fi4
W. G. McA-DOO, Guardian.
19 9t
PERSONS having claims against the es-
|, rr ; ’ to °f Richard T. Roberts, are requested to
**iil ", , 601 duly proven, and those indebted to
’’•tate will please make early payment to
j nU . WILLIAM ZEIGLER, Adm’r.
“ u *7 4,1864 28 Ct
Id characterize
govern ment.
Government owes to
armies, without
e full pro-
ar, and that any
s, or the usages of
je time of war, by
ms, should be made
the subject of full a*d prompt redress.
Resolved, That tile foreign immigration
which in the past hits added so mnch t to
the wealth and development of rescources
and increase of power'of this nation, the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations,
should be fostered aud encouraged by a
liberal and just policy.'
Resolved, That w e are in favor of the
speedy construction of the railroad to the
Pacific.
Resolved, That the national faith, pledg
ed for the redemtion of the public debt,
must bo kept inviolate, and for this pur
pose we recommend economy and rigid
responsibility in the public expenditures,
and a vigorous and just system of taxation;
that it is the duty of every loyal State to
sustain the credit and promote the use of
the national currency.
Resolved, That we approve the position
taken by the Government, that the people
of the United States can never regard
with indifference the attempt of any Eu
ropean power to overthrow by force, or to
supplant by fraud, the institutions of any
republican government on the Western
continent, and that they will view with
extreme jealousy as menacing to the peace
and independence of this our country the
efforts of any such power to obtain new
footholds of monarchical government, *u«
tained by a foreign military force, in near
proximity to the United State*,
HON. J. C. ROBINSON’S ILLINOIS LETTER.
To my Constituents :
You will very soon bo called upon to
discharge the duty of electing a represen
tative to the ensuing Congress, from the
11th district of Illinois. Preliminary to
this, however, that political party with
whose confidence I have long been honor
ed will no doubt, in convention designate
a chosen standard bearer. I desire to say
to you that I am not a candidate for re
flection. This announcement I make
thus early and publicly in justice to the
people ot the district on whom will devolve
ih« choice of iny successor, and especially
to those distinguished gentlemen whose
names have been meutioued iu connection
with the place, whose confidence I have so
long shared, and whose eminent fitness
for high public station the people are nor
too prompt to perceive aud to appreciate.
Next to my estimation ot that popular cou
fidence which luis been manifested iu re
peated elections, by regularly increased
majorities, do I regard that earnest and
unselfish counsel which I have receiv
•d from those eminent meu »f the district
to whom the people instinctively turn in
Dims of public peril.
Aim here I might close this communica
tion, but I will not do so without a few
words of counsel to those whose good opin
ion I prize second only to the preservation
of the country. Soon to become a private
citizen, the evil-ininded will have fewer
pretexts to impute to me a motive to ad
vance my own preferment, or gratify the
cravings of a mean ambition.
Wbat I have evor believed are the mo
tives of your rulers, in the conduct of the
war, of the inevitable tendency of tbo civil
and military policy of the government, aud
the final results which that policy would
certainly produce I need not now repeat.
My opinious are well known to you, to
whom they have been often and fully ex
pressed, and they are still unchanged.—
Time, and these great events which are
now passing into history are indica
ting my judgment and confirming my
fears, I, therefore, dismiss the past.—
It is of the future—that immediate future
ia which is involved the life of onr country,
and the preservation of public liberty, that
I would speak.
The administration has resulted iu much
more thau a failure. To denounce it as
infamous, might be regarded as the lan
guage of mere passion ; to characterise it
as imbecile is only repeating the animad
versions of its partisan friends; to stigma
tize it as corrupt is only reiterating the
sworn statements of unwilling witnesses
who have deposed to the truth only that
they might escape the pains of perjury.
History cannot render it more odious than
it is now, among honorable men who are
cognizant of its crimes; but time will
leave it neither apologists nor defenders.
Its guilt will be confessed by posterity,and,
should it be retained iu power, the evi
dences of its criminality will be manifest
iu tbe broken fragments of a dismembered
Uuiou. I frankly tell you, there is but
one hope for our country—a feeble hope,
it is true—still a hope. It is expressed in
those brief words—a change of admiuistra
tion. Re-elect Mr. Lincoln, or fill bis place
with auy mau, 1 care not how eminent he
may be. who indorses tbe policy of tbe ad
ministration, and a restoration of tbe Unt.
iou of the States becomes that instant im
possible. I repet, a change of rulers, auu
a total change of policy, civil and military,
must precede tbe remotest possibility of
saving tbo country.
Every dollar being expended by the
President, is treasure thrown away ; ever}
soldier who falls beneath our country’
flag, from this time forward, dies in vain.
Every step which the government has ta-
.iTr tor nearly two years past, has hut ii>»
ci.‘«»e.d the obstacles to Union and peace.
Ant; why? Because the civil and niiits
ry j olicy of J. u Administration is now
din-cted,"not to tbe suppression ot .the re
bellion aud the restoration of the Unit n,
but to its subversion and overthrow.—
This is not the language of mere infer
euce. 1 but repeat tbe avowela of the
dominant party in Congress, and the offi
cial and other dechuati »ns of the Presi
dent. Your rulers are tending t » dis
union with as inu ■■ -■ v.n f y as the lea
tiers of the rebellion. Tue only difference
is, that one party has drawn tbe sword of
open rebellion, and marches straight for-
vrmd to the unholy work of overthrowing
the Constitution—the other falsely pre<
tend in to be tbe defenders of the Consti
tution, ue now meanly intent upon subver
ting i's plainest and most fundamental pro
vision*, and erecting by military power, a
totally different government upon the ru
ins of the old. What signifies the passage
of congressional laws for dividing tbe lands
of the people of the South among their
own slaves, or tbe slavish adherents of tbe
President? What is the effect, in the re
bellious States of presidential edicts, abol
ishing slavery, arming the slaves aud plac
ing them as guards over teuifieu women
and children /
Wbat, I a»k, ia the significance of these
things to the thoughtful student of histo
ry ? What the effect upon the great body’
of the people of the Southern States!
Let our recent disafters in the South give
an aniwer ; or, if you prefer it, inquire of
those who fought at Murfreesboro, at
Cbickamauga and Olustee. And, if the
voice which comes up from the ensanguin
ed battled fields leaves you still in doubt,
act for a while the part of the good Sa
maritau at some one of our overcrowded
hospitals and ask our sick, wounded and
dying tu account the murderous conflict of
the last few days. These terrible battles
have left a defiant foe in our front^—a
foa yet unconquei ed, in my judgement, un
conquerable, while folly, fanaticism and
cupidity rule our councils. I repeat the
war is no longer waged to put down rebell
ion and restore the authorities of the Fed
eral government over the rebellious
States.' Had it been continuously the
sole purpose of the Administration, and
means justly commensurate with such an
end been adopted and continued, the war
would long »iucebave been over.
Bnt a directly opposite course ha* been
pursued—a course calculated, if not de
signed, to unite the great body of the
Soutberu people in resisting a policy in
which they behold their total subjugation
and enslavement. By this means thou
sands of tbe Union men of the South have
been driven into rebellion, while those who
are still out of the rebel armies execrate
the very names of those by whose orders
aud couuivauce they are robbed aud de
graded under their country’* flag. All
classes are united in resisting wb*t they
regard as degradation aud enslavement.—
Every heart is stirred by vengeance aud
hale. The old and the young have rush
ed indiscriminately into the front ranks
of rebellion. Within the past few days
I have seen among the prisoners w« have
captured more striplings aud aged gray-
haired men, walking side by side to the
prison bouse. I read in their features none
of tbatsuflenug and despowdency of which
we have heard so much. Mingled scorn
and defiance obscured the traces of those
privations aud sufferings which would ap
pal the hearts of meu less brave and siu-
cere than they. They believe themselves
right, and in this is the secret of their
power. In number* they are a mighty
nation ; iu area they are an empire.—
They are united as no revolutionary or
rebellious people have ever been united be
fore. The President aud his friends, his
policy and theirs have‘thus far united
them. And now I ask you to a page iu
all history which records the subjugation
of a people thus numerous, thus sincere,
thus united and brave.
Again, I say, it is net now, a* in the
begiuuiug, a question of subduing a re
bellious factioa—that was first rendered
impossible, and then the purpese abandon
ed. It is now a war tf subjugation, in
which the Southern States are to bo sub"
verted, overthrown, and if need be, erased
from the map ef the werld ; a war in which,
if one tenth of the people in particular lo
calities—the meanest tenth—will swear
fealty to the President or some of bis
satraps, like Andy Johnson, of Tennessee,
falsely swear that they “ardently desire”
the freedom of their own slaves, then, and
in that event, this “one tenth,” (though
heretofore the worst of rebels) are to gov
ern the remainder of the people. And
those who advocate such insane policy,
and require our soldiers to fight and. die
for its enforcement, to tell u£ they desire
peace. The people of the South, I repeat,
will suffer extermination before they sub
mit to such degrading terms. They will
fight with more than human courage be
fore they quietly submit to the occupation
of tbeir homes by their own slaves, or tbe
hungry jackal* who are proposing te mi
grate from the North. But suppose we so
tar succeed as to disperse their armies, oc
cupy tbeir chief cities, apportion their
lands aud people their habitations, will
these things bring peace ?
Will we then have a restoration of that
Union whose firmest and indispensable
support rested in mutual memories, forbear
ance and respect ? Tbe voice of all his
tory, tbe lesson of all experience, the plain
est dictates ol common sense, answer with
au emphatic no iu every mountain gorge,
on every hill-top, in every valley, in every
city aud hamlet, the fires of hate will burn
ever, while a badge of social or political
inequality remains. Each and every neigb-
boiiiood w ill team with invisible clansmen,
iviiu wiil teach their descendants the relig
ion of undying hate for those they will re-
garU asoppieosors and toes. Every road
side wili bo the theatre of murders and
assassination ; every cavern will echo the
bloody tradition of the past, and ever}
occupant of an abandonee farm or a se
quest erect home will die the moment a
Federal guard is uu longer at the door.
B. 1 wdi not further enlarge upon a theme
o<> buggebtive of crime au?i l>lo' i. It shows,
uowever, that when such terrible scene.-
ue bo aisMnctly visible in the immediate
ifiture ve j-i 'ufd nou disregard the warn
ings wl' ill precede such calamities to
public iint-rt}, to civilization, humanity
aud religion .hroughout the world.
The danger, I repeat, i s imminent.—
The clouds which piecede the tempests of
destruction are visiolo to us all—their
thunders are distinctly acdibletor.il those
who are willing to hear. We all admit
that safety is above party, the preserva
tion of our country above all price. Our
only reliance is upon the people; and
when such momectoas issues are involved,
surely we cannot appeal to them in vain.
Do not delude yourself with the belief that
the taking of Richmond will end the war
or faciliate p^eace. There was a time when
such a result was of the first importance,
but that time has passed. Our occupation
of New Orleans, Newbern, Norfolk. Nash
ville, Memphis, Vicksburg, and little Rock,
has demonstrated the little importance of
such surrenders in a war of such gi
gautic proportions. I do not fully share
the general confidence so loudly express
ed in the ability of Gen. Graut to take
Richmond, but should he do so, the begin
ning ol the end will, I fear, be as far off
as before. But should he fail to take
Richmond, and be driven north of the Rap
pahannock, what then ? I repeat, wliat
then ? 1 have put tbe question, and will
not shrink from the responsibility of e*
saying an answer. 1 doubt not, in that
event, the President and the great body of
bis partisan supporters will become in
stantly the loud mouthed advocates of
peace.
Their party cry will then be peace and
separation.” Even “miscegenation” will
lose for the time its significance; aud
throughout the entire army of Abolition
ists, contractors, aud loyal leaguers the
cry of peace and separation will be beard.
The whole Government, I doubt not,
will be exerted to this end, upon the idea
that having failed to subjugate or extermi
nate tbe barbarous slave-holders of the
South, it will be anti-puritanical and sin
ful longer to live with them as equals aud
friends. You may believe me extravagant
iu my views. I assure you I but Rpeak
w hat 1 believe—they are the words of so
berness aud truth—opinion* deliberately
formed, and expressed with all the serious
ness which so grave a subject cannot fail
to inspire.
Nor is tbe military situation the only
thing which arouses my apprehension* and
fears. Financially, we are on the verge of
ruin. Our public debt has reached a fig
uie which almost baffles our powers of
calculation. Four thousand million* ! !!
History in vain attempts to unfold a page
on which to trace its parallel. And it is
increasing at the rate of three millions per
day ! The hour of settlement must come.
1 o think of payment pre-supposes au im
poverished people in all coining time.—■
Repudiation, though sustained by nmner
ous precedents, will leave a blot upon our
»Hti»>nal escutcheon which no necessity
can justify, which the roll of years can
never erase. Bankruptcy ! repudiation !
terrible words, and of wbat fearful import,
when, as alternatives, they are presented
to tbe honest child of toil. Before him
lies the domain of poverty ; behind, the
footstep of the tax gatherer is heard. But
I forbear the attempt farther to lift the
veil of that future which lies beyond.
Again I say, our last earthly reliance is
upon you—upon tbe people. Let good
men of all parties join in one united effort
to rescue our country from impending ruin
Believe not, that because I gladly return
to that private life which, “when vice pre
vails aud impious meu bear sway,” is tbe
the post of honor, I shall be indifferent or
inactive in the approaching conflict. In
becoming agaia a private in tbe rank* of
the party ol tbe Constitution, I have lost
none of my former ardor and zeal. The
magnitude of the price for which we strug
gle—the preservation of constitutional lib
erty—is enough to inspire us all with re
newed energy, and with that courage
which increases with the dangers to be
encountered. Let us all be true to tbe
Constitution of our country.^ Let its en
tire preservation be our sole motto. We
will then deserve success, and to deserve
is to be assured of victory.
Your fellow citizen,
J. C. ROBINSON.
Washington, June 1, 1864.
GREAT SALT LAKE.
Among the great natural curiostiea of
North America, the great saline body of
water in Utah Territory, known as Great
Salt Lake, stand* in the first order. The
lake itself is not so great a curiosity as
when viewed iu connection with surrouud-
ing correlative indications, which give us
a combination of natural wonders truly
astonishing. The water marks show, that
the lake is now a mere remnant of what
was one of the mighty water collections
of the earth— perhaps of a body of water
that spread itself throughout tbe whole
Utah basin. Provo Lake, a body of wa
ter, distant perhaps 75 miles from the
great lake, is surrounded by indications
of a like character, that directly point to
au early period when its individuality was
lost within the limits of a mighty sea, that
absordod both itself and Salt Lake.
Along the base of the mountain walls
of the valley, if we may so term the lim
its of the basin, are distiuct water marks
of various elevations. They are clearly
discernible at a distance of 25 miles, the
more elevated order from 70 to 100 feet
above tbe level of tbe valley, whose break
ers have left tbe mark of their power it,
dented upon the rocky front of mountain
confines as a monument of their power.
Tbe different elevations ot the water marks
show the gradual declination oftius sea lrom
a body ot water covering, may ue, tens ot
tin asand square miles, io the prese-t saj
nous body cf about 60 miles iu length ana
aoout 40 or 50 miles in width. The pre
sumption is strengthened by the exisleuce
throughout the valley, ot aquatic depos
its, such as shells, petrified ffshes, ivater-
vvuru rocks, &c. Upon this theory, tbe
inference may be drawn that Great Salt
L ike, is gradually diminishing, but such
is no*, the case; i* is now reduced to a ba
sis ol 1 ;.. 'd causes which will give it per
petuity .u its present extent,
The moisture oi the atmosphere of
those latitudes is sufficient to alwajs keep
itsU'ouied with a uniftnin quantity of wa
ter. The inciting snows of the mountains
swell the river in the Spring and Bummer
that empt". iuto it, and when this melting
is prevented by tbe cooluess of tbe -Fall
aud Winter those livers fall, and by evap
oration the lake rapidly declines—tbe
evaporation carrying off more then the
streams deposit. It is iu this declining
condition that coarse salt is obtained from
tbe beach ol the lake in quantities ud in-
finitum. Now, so iong as the meteorologi
ca! system prevails, the lake must contin
ue the same as now.
No theory is settled upon by scientific
men as to the eause of the salty nature of
the lake. W« have an opinion of our own,
which we believe to be ratioual. The
rivers emptying iuto it—Canaan, Jordan,
Webber, Malade, aud numerous smaller
streams—bead iu the mouutaius, where
hey are supplied by myriads of mountain
brooks, some of which have their sources in
salt springs. The brook impregnate the
water carriers of the lake with salt—to 6o
small an extent, though it be, that it is
uot perceptible to the taste—and they
carry it into the lake, where it must for
ever remain and accumulate, as evapora
tion increases the proportion of the salt
to the water. The salt may have been
carried to the lake over a hundredmiles.and
it has perhaps been accuinlatiug there for
thousands of years—and thus it must con
tinue to accumulate through all tiuu*. if the
supply shoul J be inexhaustible.
The volcanic indications surrounding the
lake are peculiarly impressive, and could
well be made the subject of the natural
philosopher’s study. The whole (ace of
the country appears to have passed
through caloric influence* of the intesest
character. Enormous rocks fringe its mar
gin, which are. charred as black as ebony
from the operation of heat, and their frag*
mentary condition bespeaks the mighty
convulsion which they passed through.—
Near the lake’s centie there is quite a
large island, npou which these voleanic
indication* are eanally emphatic.. This
island i» very fertile, and i* owned hy As
Chnrcb, which institntien held* it fee the
exclnsive purpose ef gening. the
stock which comes into tho tithing eflee—
all Mormon* are compelled te per eee
tenth of everythiug that they make er
raise to the Cbureh—are takea te ihhi In
land, and tbe.re must he thoaeeeda ef heed
upon it. It i* reached by smell -ceiling
U i* the water ef
vessels. So extremely set
Salt Lake, that piscatory fife it lepKills.
its average depth is fifty feet.
(Portland (Chngoa) Ntwt.)
Fr»a Uie.
Little Master Jones came inte tw •Am
Friday looking sunburned, aed metlr
worn down with fatigue. He reefdee tt
Rome, Go., aad left tea day* age. He
walked to the Atlanta and West Tele*
Railroad, a distance ef eighty miles, alee®
and unattended, carrying a little seek ef
clothing and several lettars far vefegeea
from their homes, all of which he had
faithfully delivered or was makieg sax-
ious enquiries as to where they •hem!! he
sent.
He gives a sad. sad picture of the e|ty
and country aronnd Rome. The Yeeheec
had indiscriminately foread evere eagre
man iuto their armies aad seat ell Ike aet
gro women and children Nerth. They
bad literally and cemplstely robbed the
citizens of ell their provisions, their here##,
their hogs, their eattlc, their cheep, end
destroyed tbeir crops, Us told la hie
simple style the tale of hi* uafftring cone-
trymen.
Tbe Yankees having consumed the feed
of tho people, were aew suffering alike
for food, but the ravenous wolves were
constantly prowling through the seuetiy
looking for every article of sabeteaaece that
might be by mere chance left. They had
no respect whatever for the feelings sr
virtue of women, but outraged them every
where, and instead of the brutal wratehee
being restrained by their officers, the effi*
cars led them in their horrid crime* aet
heartily joined the langh in the fieedtfh
carnival.
No one had taken the oath of aey stea
ding, and tbe great body of tha people ha
ted the enemy now with seven fold mere
bitterness thau man fever hated his fsllstr
befoie. They confidently believed that
eur army will drive the enemy bask end
will once more welcome the sight *f ear
soldiers.—Macon Confederate.
Negroes Returning to tksir Hie-
ter*.—Mr. H. J. Smith of NY ay no eonnty,
Miss., in a late letter to his son in this
place, says that one of his negross namsd
(Jhailes, who left him and joinod Sherman,
when that General made his notorious
raid, has returned home thoroughly dis
gusted with Yankee role and soldiering.
This uegro carried with him when he
left, eight of Mr. Smith’s best sieves, all
of whom joined the Yankeearmy. Charles
was place ia an infantry regimoat end
went through all the battles thet •coerred
during Banks' Red River expedition.—
YVlieu he return to Vicksburg he was placed
in a cavalry company and being very
tired of the knocks and blows he reeaived,
be deserted at the first opportunity. He
was plaeed on picket duty on outpost, and
iMf, arriving at home after many days
•<i suffering and trouble. He says that the
niggers wfioaretakuu by tht Yankees er
who join tbeir army are made to undergo
great hardships and obliged to be soldier*
under penalty oi death. YVuen they desert
aud are ca ;glit ; or it v.heu they are first
taken they refuse to do uuty, thsy ar««
made tu dig aiiule aud as soon as it is pre
pared they are placed over it and shot
aud hurieu in it.
He earnestly advises tbe niggers ol tbs
country to keep away Lorn the Yankees,
tor the work ol a soldier is not qoi> as
easy ssthat alarm band does on a plan*
tatiou. Mr. Smith also states that a Urge
number of tbe negroep nhoit-ft that origh
borhood aud joined tbe Y'ankees had es
caped and returned to tneir masters,
Ltartly tired of tbeir unhappy expentccs,
aud delighted to getbiek. They are be-
having themselvi. s remarkably well, too.
(Atlanta Intelligencer,’)
Our Departure thom the Worio.—
Our dsparture from this world, however,
active our lives or influential onr positions
will not awaken nvuch attention among
the men we leave behind. “We perish
forever without any regarding it.” My
proud friend, whatever thou mayest think
about tbe wondrous esteem in which thou
art held by they compeers, and of tha im
portance of thy life to society, though thou
art a mercliaut whose vast transactions
influence the markets of ths world, or a
statesman who controls ths doings and
destinies of cabinets, or what is groats?
still, a writer moviug the minds, sf mill
ions, but few of tbs men that knows tbes
will pause in their business to think sf
tby death, and few still will drsp a tear
on tky grave. The sorrow ef theta
that love thee most will be hut as a sload
upon the sky, however dark for ths ms-
ment, soon dispersed. In a few short days
after the earth has closed an tby remains,
thy very children shall gambel on the
hearth with their little hearts as glad
some as ever , aud the convivial leagli
aud jest of domestic joy will be heard as
usual iu thy dweliiug. The world eaa da
without thee, lay friend ; everything will
progress as ussual when thou art ia thy
grave. Thy death wiil be a blade with
ered in the fields ; tha landscape eaa spare
the*—a dtep ex bailed from the octant
the mountain billows wiil cot mite thee.
TiirsB is Coais in the Old Lana Yar.—
A correspondent, writing to tbe Mobile
Register, says : “I have passed through
the biggest cornfield to-day I ever jmw.
It stietebes from Demopoli* to 8elma» eed
for miles it really does seem te be eee
vast cornfield. There is yet an •baa-
dace of old eorn all throngb tbe ee^nfery,
end I doubt if it eaa all be gotten away
in time to make room fer tbe new «ren. n
