New-York tribune., 1842-02-04

the bed of the lake It was perfectly dry, but IT was
easT TO tell from the appearance OF the SAND "nlch
way the waters had run; and walking GO" u ., iA
perceptible slope, few hundred PAGES ploa -.
to kind of basin, in the farther s,oe u
the subserancan opening -, ~. con.
,,,,,.;on of human brain BY looking into the OH
- .he ..,er11al ear In about a foot there was
49, of sand mixed with rich loan but then
co,,e ,he rough and Jagged edges OF crlInb!lng
l;n,e-,one; and these irregular and were 50
Iapped one above another that nothing more could
! be seen than six or feet below the surface
The irregular shape OF this aperture suggested 10
my mind the reason why the waters a= mentioned
above suddenly ceased 10 now. The FISH and rub
bish Of ali kinds which were carried down might
casil: have choked mp the entrance and, for time
at least, have obstructcd the passage altogether.
But why the waters should run ;lway AT all, where
they ran to, found nothing to help me decide
has any one whom have asked been able TO tell II
is the general opinion here that the lake has
mittrd this same freak least once before, although
none Of this present generation remember any nlng
aboutit. a stump Of apinc tree, which must fave
taken at least forty 10 grow found IN one OF
rhe loves, parts of the bed OF the lake; and it is
for 50 long period !, grca, while ago, the place
bare os wafer Beside this, have been told that
some Indian pans were found near Of the ctaSs,
as if il had in old times been caInpaigl-ground
spring. Put il Is probable enough without an,
proof except what found in the nature Of the strata
of which this par, Of the Garth is composed After
we got below the soil we came to a bed Of 'rotton
limestone which goes down nobody knows how
deep We have tried TO pct through ii twice.
in the attempts VIC have made at irte-inn wells;
ana at leas, in the capol-yard We got down
several hundred feet; but it was hopeless under
taking. We broke augcrs, md our wise lcgisn-
tors have 10 content themselves with surface water
instead of drinking it fresh from the antipodes.
Well, this vast body Of limestone Is nothing but
a pctriicd honey-comb, and there chambers
enough in it to hold all the water tina, was
drunk in by The deserts Of Zahara of course,
therefore, the only thing tina, Is csSarvzwhcn
we desire to empty our lakes is to cut a hole in
the bottom, and they sink. This un>oundncss III
our physical construction had tin. effect Of trigItcn-
ing from among Us worthy immigrant from either
the Granite or the kcv->tonc State. Finding no
spring III hi, immediate .hborliooo, his first care,
after >quattins upon desirable piece of the
public domain, TO dig well. flc aud his son
John and his boy Jim in Il cw days got pretty well
down into the bowels Of the earth, and hoped that
one ,Iay'. labor more would furnish ll.em with a
nurer and cooler drn,glt than thew could get from
,bc pra,eb# n.,, half . mile G,y,v. Sucb we're
,.ir nt,cmp,, =, night; for tlcy had heard the.
sound of wafer and ;. few NOR. strokes tL.v wcr,
r.r,,,;,, ,,oul1 emf rho vim ,J br;no il yolum
into their well. But to their ii>may they found
next mop;py thar the bottom Of ,hcjr wen had
c,ll,n nm, and ;, heavy currcn, VA, moving jazv
along and gradually undermining the ground
which ,hcv ston1 I, did uot rake Them long In
harness NO their oxen, to throw their skins and
kettles into their carts, and 10 :: be movin''
They were a. +>,.rrA that hundreds Of years might
cap<c before the car, would cave, bu, it was to
no purpose: and should no, ,c surprised to uc;r
that they are planting corn and rousting potatoes
very near the place from which they originally
came. Bu, am running away from my lake
Aftcr s,,;.c.ino nv curiosity Lc,bmgh, nv.
self of rcuroiny r. tLc Gallant Cap,n;u and =,
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ch"usn' p'' "i,'" c''''' 10 ,''' p'a''; "i''f'
labor. All around me and TWO feet above me
saw lhterlninahlc =hclds OF grass, and my passage
through mad lett II" more trace tilAn 'il;'t 'i the
n'fnS m D',h sG'hlhs M" uo'e '''" ''ie ''ir
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