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r ■- o.l th )i* j, ILY. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1864. DUMBER 29. yl' ORME & SON, cap EDITORS and proprietors. ,-rBPHEN F. MILLER, b ASSOCIATE editor. Iff® * 1 39 for Six Months, in Advance. TRANSIENT AD V ERTISING . Hftr a often lines, each insertion, F,r< LEUAL advertising. $2 00 ; of Dismission L ; tter3 of A^inistr^tionby L trntors, Executors, guardians,&c., ^italic* 1 ' 0 * for LettSrS r ' 5 cation f* r Letters fbf Djpniission ^'irdianship, ‘ v ,„licati£.a f«r leave te Si«ee* * Notice to Debtors an* J , 0 f psrson^i or ^ o.c property, J^art uft.cn iinef. Sales of Land and Ijegroe^ ‘" $ Ster‘f s ~~ . g, c hlevy often lines, or l Jlurt£age gales often lines, ill ilrcrtisements of sales by Sheriffs ex- ten lints, will be charged in pro- portion- Tux Collector's Sales, per square 5 00 8 00 8 00 Platform cf the Baltimore Convention. . Iftfi I latform of the Baltimore Convene Don which we find in the Nashville Press has still for the burden of its song the un conditional surrender of the Southern States and the subjugation of the Southern people. It breathes the spirit of war, pun ishment to all “Rebels,” “unconditional surrender,” abolition of slavery, gratitude to 1 ankee soldiers without d;«titw.ii..« „ 2 00 (egroesf;;cr square oj 8 00 5 00 less, 10 00 00 8 00 Clerk’s— foreclosure of Mortgage and other monlh- , advertisements, $2'00 per square ef ten for each insertion. Establishing lost papers, per square of tin lines, . pora man advertising his wife, in advance, 10 00 Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by So- eieties, Obituaries,&e., exceeding six lines, t0 i,e charged as transient adrertising. Xo deviation from the above scale of prices un der »nv pretence. rf Remittances by mail at our risk. 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