The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-05-02
the PILLAR OF sAIr-LoT's WIFE.

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The following account &c The pillar or
salt. fancilulS called LOIS Wife. is lakem
firm Mr. Monlague's narrative Of the late
Expedition IL lhr nead Sea:
Wednesday. April PC. 1915 This
morning we are examining The hills Of
Usdnm. and seeking with good deal oi
curiosity The ever.famous I" Pillar or Salt, :"
whirh marks the judgment Of God upon
Lots wife. en- pulling rountl The shnres
of the sea we saw an immense column.
rounded anil ,uuetshaped, facing towards
the southeast. This. we were told by
our Arabs. was The Pillar 81 Sail in which
ism's wife was creased At fiie overthrow
~ Sudom. With some difficulty we land.
ed here. and nnr esteemed COMMANDER aud
DIR. Anderson obtained specimens from it,,
and Nh. Dale took a sketch Of il. Our
boats crew landed also, and their curiosi-
" was graiifi,tl BY their gathering speri.
mems, some from It's summit. and others
from its base. II was measured. and found
10 be sixty feet in height, and forty feel in
circumference We cannot suppose That
Lots wife was person 50 large thai her
dimensions equailed those Of this column.
Many think that The salue Of Lots wife
was equal 10 the pillar Of sai, which The
Bible speaks Of. Let that pillar be where
Il may. aud whatever be rs size, thev will
no, probably credit that this Is the pillar.
Their preconeeived notions having much
to do with the matter. they would have
every holy think lha, she was al once
Transformed into column Of very fine
grained beautifully white salt, about five
feet or few inches more III height, and in
circumference that Of A. common sized
person Of the nneieeih century. Be that
as i, nflv, M two miiftis have. perhaps,
formed exactly tile same opinion on This
matter. who have moi visited this spot.
Bul here we are. arnind this immense
column. and we find that il is really Uf
sulid rock salt. one mass Of talligali0n.
Il is in the vicinity which is pointed out
in the Bible IN relation 10 ihe matter in
question:, and i, appears 10 be the only
one of lis kind here. Aud the Arabs OF
the district 10 whom this pillar i pointed
ont declare il 10 lie that III Lots wife, the
identical pillar Of salt 10 which the Bible
has reference. tire tradition having been
lfauled down from each succeeding genre.
ration 10 tlieif children, as The Americans
viii baud down 10 succeeding generations
the lradinnns'nf Bunker's I'LL Monument.
III Boston. Ny own opinion Of Tie matter
is, thai liot's wife having fingered behind
IN disonedlcnce 10 iheexpress command Of
God given in nrder 10 ensure her safety
that while so lingering she hecame over
whelmed i'll the descending fluid. and
formed Tie model or foundalion Of This ex-
iraordinary column. II il is has been pro-
dnced BY common or natural ca,iscs, II is
bur right 10 suppose that others might be
found Of 4 similar description. One is
scarcely able 10 abandon the idea that il
Stands here is a lasting memorial Of Gnl's
Furnishing most deliberate act of disable
dienre, committed al tune when he was
about to show distinguishing regard fnr The
very person. We carefully brought away
our specimens. intending TO show them to
our friends III America, when we shall
have the good fortune ID arrive there and
talk with them on the subject. This end
Of tile sea is very shallow. and its waters
we're dense, more sail than where they
are Of greater depth; here it is from one
10 fire feet in depth. We now leave This
+. Pillar bf Salt and return to our boats
richly laden with specimens from it. We