The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-05-18
THE wi SPRINGS:

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some dense undel, and all at once
stood on the ban khe Wakulla spring.
There was basf sfwater one hundred
yards in diametdh host circular. The
thick bushes weriost growing to the
waters edge, andhg their heads under
the unrippled SUI stepped into a
skill and pushed Some immense fishes
attracted my atte land seized spear
10 strike them. 1oa,man laughed and
asked me how fAeath the surface
supposed they WI | answered about
three feet. He az me that they were
at least twenty flhe, and it was so.
The water is Of thlt marvellous trans
Parency. | dropA ordinary pin in the
water, forty feet and saw its head
with perfect distfss as it lay on the
bottom. As we 3ached the centre |
noticed a jagged ,ksh limestone rock
beneath US pierc}ith holes; through
these holes one SCI TO lock into unfa-
thomable depths. boat moved slowly
on. and now we hltrembling over the
edge Of the sunkeIf, and far below it
lly dark, yawnilnfathomable abyss.
From its gorge col pouring forth, with
immense velocity, ing river.
Pushing on just hdits month | drop
ped ten cent piefo the water, which
IS there 100 feet kpth, and ! clearly
saw il shining on 4otom. This seems
incredible. think water possessed
magnifying power. Jam confident that
the piece could moi SO distinctly seen
from tower 100 fash. We rowed on
toward the north and suddenly we
perceived in the WI which were dart
ing hther and thil, the long aexible
roots and the wide ltiant grasses on the
bottom, all arrayed the most beautiful
prismatic hues. TItentle swell occa-
stoned BY the boat Ie to the whole an
undulaung motion. Deathlike stiffness
reigned around, andmure fairy scene
never beheld.
So great is the qkity Of water here
poured forth that Irms a river itself,
large enough TO float ttboats with cotton.
The planter who liysere has thus trans
ported his cotton TO MARKS. Near th
fountain we saw song the remains of q
mastodon. which haSeen taken from it
The triangular bone ow the knee mea-
sured six inches on el side. Almost IN
entire skeleton has b cent to Rarnum'
Museum.
The Indian name dle fountain is beau
tifully significant. tkulla means Tn
Mystery" Il is said at the Spanish dis
coserers sprang into with almost frantic
JOY, suppo.ing they h discovered the lon
sought :" Fons JuUen9s," or the fountain
Of youth, which shoulre;uyenate them al
ter their exhausting trches and battles.
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Points on Red Rive From Ii. Angus
IA Chronicle aud Seinel we learn III
following: Shreyeporthe capital Of Cad
do parish, Louisianais situated in II
northern part Of the hte, on Red Rive
$50 miles from ITS moih. II is surrount
ed by an exceeding fefle planting regloi
Since the war Shrevetrt has been an 9.
tensiye depot fpr Conf fsrate supplies, va
quantities OF cornmiSry stores hayiE
been collected there. khe military prise
has At times. contain many Yankee
Alexandria, 100 mileslo the moath.
We believe, the highes point on Bed Riy
visited by the enemTbefOre the presei
expedition. Naichitodes, an old Frent
tCwr, settled in lis, iihirty miles aboy
Il wGs formerly situate, on Rel River. b
that stream By pursuin new channel
thirty miles, leaves itIfour miles TO I
right. During high w3er the old cham
is navigable. Natehitdhes is a very j
signifcan, place.
From Shreveport to Texas is q fine "
gon road. Work on dc railroad leadi
to Marshall, Texas, WI stopped by
war. Arailroad was completed from Wick
burg TO as far west as tie 0nachita ris,
and would have extended to Shrevepo
but it was destroyed BY our forces, wh