The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-09-13

VIRGINIA SALT LICKS.-A letter rom CnaTte
town; Kanawha county. published 10 the Ric
which had rendered that. region so remarkab
, has bloom OUT and does not now fiow. ~
writer says-Mem Enquirer.
The L'cks, as the salt region is called, a.
divided into the upper and lower districts. i
the upper district appeared those asfonishinf
columns Of gas, 30 often noticed in the papers
So long as the gas continued TO rise, there was
no want of salt water, but when it was exhaus.
ted, the water disappeared along with il; and in
some instances the proprietors have abandoned
their furnaces. The better opinion here seems
to be that the gas appeared only when the
stratum of rock, which had hitherto furnished
the saline water, had been bored entirely
through, and the adventures had come upon
limestone formation-for pieces Of staIactite
were thrown to the surface by the column of
gas; and it is said that the water could be dis.
tinctly heard dropping--and trickling down the
sides of the rock TO great distance, possibly
finding channel in one Of those deep chasms
which are always to be found in limestone rock
However this may be, j. is certain that the sup
ply OF salt water in those gass wells was not ex.
there was no gradual d.
minution of the quantity while it continued to
flow; tit suddenly disappeared entirely, and
simultaneously with the gas. In spite Of this
failure, which extends through the upper dis.
trict, (where there has been the deepest boring,)
and which could not be anticipated and cannot
be remeded, it is thought that three millions Of
bushels Of salt will be shipped down the Kama
wha during the present year-much more than
is consumed by the whole State Of Virginia.
Notwithstanding the vast agricultural as
we'll as mineral resources Of this valley, the
reckless appropriateness which suddenly &C
quired wealth generally induces, has followed
1t here, and strange az it may seem, all the -four
consumed here is brought from Cincinnati,
three hundred miles off and, at the present
writing. with 100000 acres Of richest bottom
land in Virginia at their doors, there is not a
barrel of -four for sale in the place.
SLAVES DECLARED FREE.-The Supreme
Court Of Louisiana have recently decided case,
involving the freedom of six or seven hundred
slaves. Stephen Henderson, BY his last will,
directed that his slaves, numbering six or seven
hundred. should be sent to Africa, by the Colo
nization Society, under the following stipula-
tions:-in five years after his death, ten, selec.
ted by lot, should be sent: in ten years. twer,y
more, and the residue in twenty-five yesrs.
The heirs 10 the estate attempted r. A. axe void
the viii; but the decision of,he Cart directs
the executors 70 carry out the intention Of the
testator: He has beel dad six years New
Hamp. Pat.
ST JAcQ by the Lo1isa, at this port, we
have o.r files Of the Redactor, published at that
place, up to the 18th of July. 10 the number Of
the 18th, we find an account OF . fearful storm
Of thunder and lightning having taken place At
the neighboring town Of Holgun, on the Alb,
killing fifteen persons in the town, in and near
the public square. The greatest loss Of life was,
however. in the vicinity of the town, amounting
in some accounts. to between forty and forty
Eve! AT St. Jago, the heat had been and con.
linued intense; great numbers ofapersons had
died from The effects ofths sun. The drought