The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
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fcorre.pondoncc Of tile Cincinnati Chfon'e'c''
Snow HILL SALT WORKS.
CAMP PTATT. .., T..

CAMP PTATT. .~,..,.-
There is no helping, 70 + The life o
nc inc q stray glimpse after human "a'
ture ,now-and then, to.be foaad,"''"o's
anywhere, in .uen' and. women. not,
outstanding the wcishlicr matters OF u
salt, oil, coal, iron, specially cnJolnHetd'
Coming IA down, the Kanawhaa; fro from
Codlb;urg this morning, the SIC. steamer
Mountain Boy rounded to ut u . thri J,
Ing little place. Camp Plat, on! on y the
river, bank, still called long after Tue
great. war, and gentle peace s7returh
from the military chieftam'who occt-
pied this point Us his ,scat ofwar- {; J.
A. S. Piatt: In l..e 49,. ~. I"n,
CoalburY Isl sevcntccni miles aoove
Charleston md seven miles below ~
Camp Putt. Halfa dozen miles above So,
Charleston is the more ancient town OF
Maiden. Now ut MaIdcnS lower edge,
above Georges creek, is tho site made
famous by one Of the heroes OF
MAIDEN.
But yondcr, near Maiden, arc point
cd out (and twenty persons, men ana
women, have verified iD some trees
among which are some sycamorcS !;
under " hich respectable lctter-writer,
an old man leaning upon that broken
staff. the MtcitigcmccT, when lie was
Young and in his prime went account
ing the tender maze Of law-Thomas
Ewing. The books arc still cXtant IN
which accounts arc entered Of salt
boilers supplies, such rs 81 pint whlS-
Ky, pound tobacco." etc, and, To-!
this man heads his page in'turn. Il man
like all his fellows. Thomas Ewing,
while laying deep. the, pillar OF his
jurisi's fame, tended the d.iasIioncd
salt kettles, with helpers-six hours OIL
and six hours on; and it is q striking
proof Of this old mans strength that
when his back would be nearly brok-
en- over the kettles during his "towcrf
of duty he would lie down under
sycamore and cndcavor 10 break his
skull with the dried roots Of juriSpru-
dcncc. But his head broke the law
and great was his triumph. Alas that
many 4 youn. skull has been stove in
with Coke upon Liltlcton. Atlas, how
many Il heart has been broken in the
laws dcEaYs and chanccry's Sripc!
IMMERSION. ..'..
But. besides Ewing. Of the Intelligent
Ger. the Chronicle has Il lcticr-wrItcr.
Of bigger cnIibcr Cor b0rc). up the KAT
nnwlla likewise. was informed this
morning that last night, about eleven
O clock, your cIronirIcr, admirin" the
linIpid. swift, green waters OF this
mountain river, walked of the wharf
boat at CoaIburS in the dark, and find
ing himself Immersed hip deep. struck
out ~ swim ashore. when lie struck
bottom. And. do believe, 81 wcller.
but Il wiser man, he rose the morrow
morn '.'..
THE OLD WAY or SALT.
Before the present system Of steam
evaporation, the kettles and ii:cs Of
wood produced the sllt OF kanaw liza
SalincS. Before the present improved
way WIS travelled by steam, the anc;cmt
kcllIr.bottUlns were the only craft
which brought the snowy mineral
from the briny depths. Great mum.
bcrs OF men now rich aud curiC hing
many around them, began their life ut.
these works, that is. ~ soon rs able to
work. Strange il is, that right above
this coal region the old fires to heat
the kettles were made OF wood, Eight
furnaces, or salt works. Produced Tho
following amounts in bushels, oxuct TO
the pound: ..., "a ."...4.y
1867 ,3S3,O23 bush.
1868 ................... ,536,G1l g.
The average III five years. in ''.s"'. go. ~,
elusive OF one year Of great ';..nn t1f"g
interruptions by floods, &c ,243,O62 g.
I found out to-day that the &c"
means. in plainer. English, war and the
id Yanks. On askin. what those
latte" are, he replied: First one side
and then the other This was conf.
dentialIy impaired TO INC rs n sad, sad
fact. a..1 l'H DID,. a. ...' t.n ''"'. -
CORRECTION. '''.. 80
a canal proposed. WAS yesterday
mndo by the types little more than H.
thousand timestO0 long. Craig Grcek,
Virginia. in tho county Of CrniX:is but
one hundred yaIvls from the New rlY..
CT, und flows into tho JuunGE nbo W the
canal. New river must square her
yards, lest they become miles. New
river, by Gaulcy, forms the Kanawhn.
....... ..w T. 5. &:
Some time last year, in n CONVERSE
ton with other parties, concerning
politics then ayitated by tho approach
ing Presidential contest, Second Assis-
mnt Engineer, George F. Sawyer, or
the navy, in reply to some dispara2ing
remarks made about Congress-, ,,cx,
pressed the opinion that Andrew joint
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