The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-11-30

Chic, Potassium ............"".l0.0l
Blcarb Sodh...........,.........2i.01
Sulph. Soda..".....,.,......,." 4.7S
liicarb Iime.............."..,."2
Bicarb MagneSia.."............,. $50
Bcab lruna........,.......,.,-----
There are numbers Of others be-
sides The t5oda Bpr'ng, md one Iron.
These springs nre owned by the Rio
Gnndc Railway company, and they
are improving them finely, having
already built magnificent hotel and
other improvements. The garden
of tho Gods, with It's huge and fan
tastio rocks, all seem TO bc ofa diff
ierens color; Glen hyry, rich In the
most romantic beauty, and hero
Gen, W. ]. Palmer, OF the North,
has builthm magnificent residence
for summer'resort. But ola the
curiosities, | think Monument Park
surpasses them all. Hero one can
well imagine himself in come vast
country filled With monuments Of .
departed race. Distributed rrinci-
pally upon one Of tho bluffs enclo-
sing the Park, the mimic Hspulchrsl
sculpture stands up amongst tbs
sombre pines in almost every con
ceiyable variety OF form. Aud high
above all tho objects stands the greas
range OF tho Rocky Mountains.
There is nn air Of grandeur and sub
Unity abou. these mountains that
seem to strike one with awe, and in
the language Of another who can do
the subject more justice than myself,
discourrss upon this topic In this
styh:
mighty and interminable plains
which look Ike a vast ocean asleep;
h!gb towering and innnmerable
mountains, where from one stupen,
dous summit We count in the same
sweep OF vision some revontJ otbers,
and which appear As another ocean
Of rock, where every peak and CHI
10 a wave, and which 10 still. sea
without motiou--these and . thous-
and and one surprises and sensations
feast upon the spirits as II from .
new eaven and new earth.
Words cannot paint, tongue cannot
tell, Imagination even fails in ito
highest flight to depic. in fitting
terms the glory, the sublimisy, tbs
sondrous magniiicsuce Of wales, bills,
canops, dells, torrents and cascades
that multiply upon the vision a.
waves multiply upon the oceans
bosom, ss, bewildersd by the beauty
abou, us and above US, we take 10
the iuelfable splendor Of the scenery
| Of tNe heart Of the continent"
For fear you may become dis
gustod, will quit and tell you
where | am upon the continent. lat
itude 3S' AZ, longitude 1852 4V, and
the altitude being about 540O feet
aboro the level Of the sea. am
anxious to be doing something. l
think if could get my mind on
something | would improve faster
than | am doing. have no meana
to 60 into business with. II l had |
should certainly do 70, and risk tho
consequences. | have experienced
some cold weather here this week.
One morning The plsius we're covered
with snow, but before night It had
all disappeared.
The community whore lam stor
ping Of this time are oil ranckenea,
aheep aud cattle. Sheep seem to do
we'll here, and The wool commands {
good price BY iss taing tree from
burs and dirt. Farming 10 : good
business here, and ths farmers find
ready sale for anything they raise
for market. For the ssinsrs 10 the
mountains depend upon the plains
for everything they consume in ths
way OF provisions.
| lett Denver to get away from
being annoyed ~ the way they (ths
Eastern people generally look upon
q Southern man, snd when ! atoppesi
at this l.tls place | thought that !
was free, but ! was sadly mistaken,
for on the same train also stopped
/ a man who was seeking his health,
aud be told me that hs was from the
South. So l thought | had iosnd !
eongenial friend At last, but he had
not been III the house more than ten
minutes, when he told the ladY 81
the house his nam. was Croxton,
and that he was the General who
detailed the guard that captured Da-
Wis Oft Confederacy-