Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-04
NO. 10

a vale before this time, I could not believe /
that this vale sunk and was formed at the
time of the destruction of the four cities, |
for one of the FIVE cities, Zoar, was not dis
turbed by the overthrow. and was Inhabited
safely for many years afterward. We have
had instances where portions of the earth
have slowly subsded few feet without dis
turbing the buildings standing upon them as
in the case of the western shore of Italy,
where the temple of Jupiter Scraps stands.
Bat no instance has ever been mentioned
where any portion of the earth has suddenly
sunk $500 feet without producing a com
plete overthrow of everything built upon It,
. - thinks we have not read late authors
7Ee have Lieut.. Lynch's survey, but have
ittie ,aith to believe that his statements are
BASED upon minute survey, for Capt. WI
son states i =, hat :. Nearly midw
between the peninsula which projects from
the east side and the north end of the sea,
we found a section nearly two miles square
where our s0undings found no bottom, though
our line was 2,O32 feet in length" Messrs.
rristram and Cove, each make similar
statement. the only difference being in the
length of the line.
- docs not say what becomes of the
water of the Dead Sea, only insnuates that
it cannot all cvaporste. In regard 70 his
whirlpool we would say, that we do not
think it woald make whirlpool if the wa er
passed out at the bottom, at depth Of , 0o
feet through yawning passage; but .hli
we do not think the waters thus escape. We
do not think that it has connection n the
Mediterranean or the Red Sea. .-aov
we'll that the topography of the ~ or-
bids it, according to the testim all. II
it poured out its waters Z %, -sich an
opening into some other be3v 'rr. it
would carry off the salt it l5a- a Tuition.
and in time would dePlete those salts wi.irh
cre contained in the soil about most Of the
ga. We never for n moment thought it had
and rground connection with the Ne &, ia
netn IF Red Sea, fer it lie below them
there are mighty watere aurses passing
through the crust Of the earth, thousands Of
feet below tie surface
IN t,-c Sahara Desert, by means Of Artes m
wells bored down u the depth of 1000 feet.
large quantities Of water are found In the
Valley of the Muskingum and the Kenawha
rivers vast currents of salt water are found
bv boring through the sand 70 from 600 t.
llO0 feet In Mann ia O.He sc End re-
spectacle rivers and lakes: tie lakee have
inlets and outlets. ond the rivers have rapid
currents In tie GREEN MOUNTAIN FREE
NAN of january I. we find an account of an
ludel -rpuud n .er. At all depths that man
hus poncteatcd the earth he finds vast water
courses
Now our ideas about the disappearance ot
the waters Of the Dead Sea are these Tho
mercury in the thermometer rises TO l06-
above zero in this locality, 1t stands at o.
ab1ve zero at midnight, and the temperature
of the water is 90 one foot below the sur
face. Hence We see that a vast quantity q
water mast lie evaroratcd from its surface
Van Ecmout. Hevman, Wertemberg, Ire
r:eus. Custi-au and Fournel all state that the
southern bed of the sea Is composed of loose
gravel and sand Through this, | suppose The
surplus waters filter and are either lost il
the vast LAYERS Of sand below. as the sands q
the Persian Desert swallow up the river
mentioned in our first article, or that after
Offering through these layers Of sand it form,
Il current down deep in the earth, whose ofle,
and cgress we know as little about as we dc
about the other mighty currents mentioned
above.
The Dead Sea rises in the rainy season