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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

4 MoU&TAIN OF iSALT.-A mass of
ninety million tons of pure, solid, com
pact rock-salt, located on an island one
hundred and eghty-iive feet high, which
rises from miserable sea-marsh on the
route from Erashcar TO New Iberia, up
the River Teche, in Louisiana, is one Of
the wonders OF the world. How this
/ island, containing over three hundred
acres Of excellent land, ever camc int"
existence in such locality il i matter
of conjecture. Vegetation Is profile
and the rccncry j. beautiful and varied.
Here Is an immense bed of pure rock
salt whose extent is Is yet only esti.
mated, and scientific men are puzzled To
know what produced it.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26
GOING HOME.

The damp air came chilly up from the
river Around the bend at the Wyomis-
sing, near the cave at the mill on the OPP
posite side of the Schuylkill, an aged col
ored man was sitting on a stone eating
an evening" meal that had no doubt
been begged from Il neighboring farm
house. The stranger was type of the
real, genuine southern slave. His hair
was gray, his form rather bent, his little
eyes encampea in cluster of wrinkles !;
his nose broad, and an expression of
honesty, kindness of heart, geniality
that could not be hid, but that burst re-
splendent through cloud Of sorrow that
seemed to mantle him from his old black
hat to the well-worn boots on his feet
"My name is Henry, sab, Uncle Hen
nv dey used to call me when was Twin
whar / was raised" was the reply he
made to the reporters question.
"Dat was down in Georgia, sab, a
long time ago. Use been gitten around
de norf since de war, but is gwine to try
to 60 along home agin, if can, before
desc old bones wear out and dere's muffin
left O. me-"
"Want to get back south again, do
your
&c Yes, sab. 1t kind o creeps i'll my
bones to go home again. call it home,
but it's long ways off: Was born thir-
ty miles below Savannah, and belonged
to Colonel Higgins, Colonel Archibald
Higgins, of the Pine Hill plantation.
Ever been dar?"
Uncle Henry was told "no."
Z" Pse been to many places in Gods
garden, sab, but now, in my old years,
dun no airy a place like de old home
down dar. When General Sherman done
gone away from Atlanta, massa was kill
ed and de niggars was freed. I cum
norf wild my son, but he's dead, sab, and
dars no mo- room for me heah. Use got
chiIern livin' down dar some'ers, least
dey was livin' when we cum norf"
"Can you sing Way down upon the
Suwanee River Uncle Henry?' The
old mans eyes fairly sparkled and glist-
ened in tears as he replied:
Z" dat good old toon, how could 1 ever
forgit it? No indeed, not me forgit!
Dat was writ years ago, sab, but when l
sing it now, away from old home, | mag
inc it was writ TO me right now o,
tell you, massa, dars plenty niggcrs in
de world singing dat old toon what's ies'
like dis here old uncle, got no home, and
wishin' dey was back again wild massa
and missis. Swanee ribber, far, far
away" And the aged traveller wiped
away tears with his coat-sleeve as his
memory ran back in the years that are
past to the happy days he spent among
the sugar-cane and cotton in the sunny
land of Georgia. 1t was a sad picture
and not met with often. lie spoke of
many other good old songs the darkies
used to sing, and would have continued
his history further had not the shades of
evening suggested a departure. Uncle
Henry was "helped" along, but whittier
he drifted, or whether he will ever reach
tdat good old home" he spoke of, is hard
to tell.
"Good-by, sab, dc Lord bless you's
al, l." were the last words he said as our
carriage left him far back in the twi-
light.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

UNITY OF LANGUAGE IN GERMANY.
Among the earliest measures with
which the Prussian Diet has been busted
is bill dealing with the delicate ques-
ton of " the language of administration,
in the Prussian dominions. 1t must be
remembered that II per cent. of the pop
ulation of Prussia speak habitually Ian
guages differing in their essential charac
tiers from German, not merely German
dialects. There are, first of all, $780,
OCO who talk Polish in Posen and the
neighboring provinces; $4,000 Lithua-
mans speaking the old Lettish; $4,000
Danes, chiefly in the Elbe Duchies 3d.
900 Czechs, and some 10000 other less
linguistic dissidents. These particular
lists are, of course, looked on with disfa-
vor by the new school of policy which
raises German unity to the height of a
dominant principle in modern civliza-
ton. The bill, therefore, introduced in
the Landtag proposes to make German
henceforward the exclusive language of
administrative business and judicial pro-
ccedings in every part of the Prussian
kingdom, irrespective of local circum-
stances
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as the workmen describe it as being
"smeary, like soft, black putty" but,
unfortunately, none Of this substance
was saved. No coin, implement or
weapon of any kind has yet been dis
covered. Specimens Of the hardened
white dust, of the mud mortar and Of
the rock have been sent to Cambridge
for examination
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26
THE MExIC4N BORDER TROUBLES.

General Ord, commanding the militia
ry department of Texas, was examined
before the select committee of the house
on the Texas frontier troubles, and gave
a very full and intelligent account of the
cattle raids to which the rancheros on
the American side of the Rio Grande for
five hundred miles along the river and
for one hundred and fifty miles back are
subjected. The country which is the
scene of the forays is separated from the
river by an extensive underground forest,
which form shelter for cattle thieves,
and renders it next to impossible for the
military patrols or posts to interiors with
them. There are two classes of Next
cans on the Texas side-one intelligent,
honest rancheros, as much opposed to
these rasds as the American portion of
population; and the other, consisting of
worthless fellows, most of them outlaws
or deserters from the Mexican army,
who act as spies for their .comrrdes when
they cross the river on their. cattle-steal..
ing expeditions. On their own side of
the river these bands, which sometimes
number from one hundred. to one hun
dred and fifty men, are in league with
the local authorities, their recognized
chief being Cortina, SO that all facilities
are given them for disposing of their
plumber. The national government of
Mexico is not to be blamed, in General
Orr's opinion, for this state of things,
because the system of government is to
let each state take care of its own affairs
Tee only remedy for the evil which the
general is urging on the war department
is to increase the cavalry force on the
Rio Grande, and give him authority
when his troops come the trail of these
thieving bands to let pursuit be contin-
ued to the Mexican side of the river, and
let the troops deal summary punish
ment. He says that now in one or more
northern states himself and the Mexican
commandment have Il mdtual arrangement
by which Indian expeditions are follow
ed on either side of the river, and on
some occasions American and Mexican
troops have co-operated.
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In June, 1865, he was appointed Minister
to England to succeed the Hon. Charles
Francis Adams. He negotiated treaty
for the settlement of the Alabama claims,
which did not meet the views of the
United States Senate, and it was rejected
by very large majority. He was re-
called in 1869, and has since resided in
Baltimore
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Glass in the middle of {

.-"Class in the middle Of seosraPhy,
stand up said Il sehuolmaster. What
is n pyramid?" he asked. "A pile of
men in circus, one on top Of the other
Where is Egypt" "Whcre it always
was" Where's Wales ?" "All over
the se;," Very we'll, d" said the school
master, stay there till ] show you a
species of birch that grows all over this
country"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

Nothing is calculated to make q
young man more deliberate than the
spectacle of seventeen pair of striped
stockings hanging on the clothes-line of a
house where there i, only one young lady
in the family.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

A certain colored deacon, on occa-
to shut his eyes aud sing: Fly abroad
thou mighty Gospel" with such earnest
ness and unction that he would quite
forget to see the plate as it came around.
ooh, yes said the plate bearer, "hut
just YOU give something to make it hy,'
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

al wish l might die" sighed a sen
timcntal maid rs she stood rubbing the
yet the very next time he came she let
him lay his head right in the same spot.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

As leap year has come, Il good many
young men are procuring bogus marriage
certificates to carry about their persons
As means of protection.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Notices in local columns inse-.sd for 20 cents
per line for each insertion.
No proof of publication Of legal advertise
ments will be made until orr fee is settled.
Announcing candidates for state and di-tric'
offices, $l6; and for. coi-nty Offices 41n
Marriages aud deaths pubiishei Z. .
aries charged as a1yeriieeTarr,,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26
RCSB.fNDS IND UIDES.

Inyratituae and indifference sometimes
| mar the character of men. A husband
returns from his business at evening.
During bis absence, and throughout the
live-long day, the wife has been busy with
mind and hands preparing some little
surprise, some unexpected pleasure to
make home more attractive than ever.
He enters, seemingly sees no more ofwhat
has been done to please him than if he
were blind man, and has nothing more
to say about it than if he were dumb.
Many loving wife has borne in her
heart an abiding sorrow, day after day,
from causes like this, until, in process of
time, the fire and enthusiasm of her orig
inal nature have burned out, and mutual
indifference spreads its pail over the
household.
Many women have little idea of how
greatly they shock the tastes and really
cndanger the affections of their husbands
by their Itnseemly domestic apparel.
There is not man of sense and refined
feeling anywhere who would not prefer
some simple and chastc adornment for his
wife in the morning to any extreme of
splendor at the evening ball. Let il wo-
man by all means dress brilliantly on
those occasions that render it proper; we
have no desire to abridge her privileges
nor battle her instincts in this particular;
but we claim that it is important for her,
if she value her household serenity, that
she should give equal heed To her Gus
tomary domestic attire. The female who
goes about the house untidily dressed has
no right to the title of woman. She is
without those marks and indications by
which she can be classified.
WHAT THE SOUTH HAS DONE.--The
Louisville Courier-Journal reveals the
startling fact that since the Inauguration
of the national government there has
been spent about one hundred and ninety
million dollars of pablic money on public
improvements in the northern states,
while the expenditures i'll the south
have not exceeded seventeen million dol
lars. II adds that this is the more sur
prising when VIC remember that the
southern states have at all times, eN-
cepting during the war, furnished one
half to three-fourths of the exchange
with which we have paid our foreign
debts, and that, in default of southern
productions, the supply of gold and sill
yer would be inadequate to pay the
annual interest charges OF the national
debt, and the government Of the United
States would inevitably have dishonored
its foreign obligations.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

Discovery or AN ANCIENT TOMB
On the line Of the Charles river, a,pile
or more fraal pedharl Centre, Mas i,
a rough walled passage~ay has been dis
covered, with Roman arch at the
entrance two feet high and three broad.
The passage was ten feet deep; ending
in a stone cell ten feet across and five
feet high. On the, floor was Il pile of
chalky white dust, which crumbled,
changed color and hardened on being cA-
posed to the Air. 0n the topsof the pile
was a soft, black substance, which would
appear to be pure lampblaek or carbon,
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PARTON.S. UYE.E.


The lady whom Mr., DANES Parton has
married. was Miss. Ellen Eldrcdge,
younger daughter of Mr.: PartonAs for
per wife. Fanny Fern when she
first began to-use. the nom de plume, was
a poor widow (aIrs. Hdfedge), residing
in second rate boardiug-house in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts,, with two or three
children, and no means of support save a
pen whose resources she had not vet
learned. He Fern Leaves were written
in hall bedroom in second story back,
which was the best accommodation she
and her children could command. Her
brother, n. p. Willis, was at that time in
New York, but scarcely SO prosperous as
he afterwards became. With her in
creasing success as an authoress, Mrs.
Eldredge went to New York. Mr.; Par
ton, who was somewhat her Junior, was
fascinated not less by. Der piquant per-
soDality than by. her literary accomplish
ments, and married her. Her daughter
Miss Ellen Eidredge.. was then quite a
little girl. She has now grown up to
take her mothers place and become her
step-father's. wife-the circumstances be-
ing, as is believed, almostif not absolule-
ily unique. Her elder sister married
Mortimer Thompson, -but dying the year
after: her marriage, left her infant
daugEt or to the care of her mother and
sister The child, exceptionally attrac-
tive as she is, became the pet of Mr.
Parton's household. When Mrs. Parton
died, the care of the child devolved upon
Miss Eldredge and Mr.. Parton, and their
marriage now enables them to unite
more completely in caring tor. her. Mr..
Parton is surprised and shocked at find
ing that a marriage which seemed TO
him so proper is contrary to the laws of
the state, and his appeal to the legisla-
ture to sanction the union will doubt
less receive a prompt and satisfactory re-
sponse. =. ..-.- -..--.
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THE WEEK PAST

THE brother of Gen. J. E b. Stuart
has ordered monument for the raiders
grave; consequently the headstone that
the Virginia legislature contemplated
erecting will he set up over the tomb of
Gen. Edward johnson. Elk President
Tyler, whose grave at Hollywood is I'M
marked, will also be paid the tardy
hOnoIs of Il monument.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

IL Russia ladies seem to have peculiar
facilities for entering the profession of
medicine. At the st. Petersburg medical
college there were last year III female
students, 102 of whom belonged to the
families of the nobility, the remainder
being the daughters of merchants, clergy
men, etc. \ large number of lady ply
sicians are engaged in the practice of
their profession in Russia.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

AMONG the many beautiful objects to
be exhibited by Spain at the centennial
will be building illustrating Moorish
architecture, and in it will be quartered
n detachment of soldiers from the royal
engineers, composed of a lieutenant, a
sergeant. a corporal, and twenty privates.
The soldiers will come armed and uni
formed. They will act as guards in the
Spanish department, and will take part
in parades and other occasions of cere-
mOnY.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

THE carnival to be held in Memphis,
February Goth, will be the Growing effort
of the managers of the grand spectacle.
The Memphi, the Ulks, and the Motley
Crew will exhibit additional attractions
to the spiendors of the last annual pa
geant. The Mardi Gras of Memphis
stands unrivalled. 1t is said that Lou
Leubrie, Count DeNoses." is the pro-
genitor of all these grand novelties.
Memphis should exhibit her gratitude,
and wreath the brow of Lou Leubrie
with her gayest chaplets
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

THE recent marriage of Miss Belle
Linthicum, clerk in the treasury de-
partment, to Senator Christiancy, of
Michigan, suggests that the treasury girls
have chances, after all. Miss Linthicum
is nineteen, and pretty. Senator Chris
tiancy is sixty-four years of age, and a
widower of ten months standing. 1t
makes no difference. He is a senator,
and Miss Belle will take kindly to the
sixty-four years for the honor of being
a senator's wife.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

PRoF. Tee forecasts the weather until
the 18th OF this month, as follows:
''From 18th to 14th-falling barometer,
warmer, cloudy and threatening weather,
with heavy rains and severe snow storms
in places From 18th to ISth-clear OF
clearing weather, rising to high baro-
meter, and very cold, if the high baro-
meter is an Arctic one; otherwise the
weather will be moderate"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

The peanut is said to be a native of
Africa, and was first intrpduced in North
Carolina as an article for production
about thirty-five years ago. At that
time small lot of the peas was ssnt to
Wilmington from St. Thomas in the
West Indies, by parties who purchased
Them from the effects of Spanish
rhoOner from the west coast of Africa.
which was wrecked near St. Thomas.
Mr.. Henry Mutt, of that city, bought
the entire lot, sent and disposed of them
to Messrs. n. y. Nixon, Luke Nolan
my, and some other parties on the sound,
who planted them, and found as a result
the first year, that the soil and climate
agreed with them remarkably well.
They brought the product to Whining
ton and sold them to Mr.. Mutt. who. in
turn, sold them for export. This was
the beginning of business which has
since grown to he of considerable i,npor-
lance in Sorth Carolina.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

THE London Times, in an article on
American grain expectation, shows that,
whereas nine years ago forty-four per
cent. of the grain exported to England
came from Russia, and only fourteen per
cent. from America, now forty-four per
cent comes from America and but twen-
1ty-one per cent. from Russia. To this
state of things is partly attributed the
great monetary crisis at Moscow, the con-
tinuous depreciation of the paper cur
ern Russia.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-26

The Indiana school system employs
1000 officers in lis management. 1t ed
and costs 100000 annually. The
superintendent argues in his report, that
in n great degree. the future welfare
the state depends upon the Normal
school. The greatest defect in the sys-
tenn comes as the result of the employ
mcnt of novices as misunderstood children.
The greatest need of the schools is thor
oughly trained teachers.
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eiL.on. 1nni.innn. Rrirndier General.

Gibson, Louisiana, Brigadier General.
Ellis, Louisiana, Captain.
Levy, Louisiana, Colonel. y.
Lamar, Mississippi, Colonel. I
Hooker, Mississippi, Colonel.
Franklin, Missouri, Captain.
Clark, Missouri, Brigadler General.
Yeates, North Carolina, Major.
Waddel, North Caroline, Lieutenant
Colonel.
Scales, North Carolina, Brigadisr Gem
''f Robbins, North Carolina, Colonel.
Vance, North Carolina, Brigalier Gen.
Diorell, Tennessee, Brigadier General.
Whitthorne, Tennessee, Adjutant Gen.
Atkins, Tennessee, Colonel.
Young, Tennessee, Colonel.
Culberson, Texas, Colonel.
Throckmorton, Texas, Br;gadier Gen.
eral.
Douglas, Virginia, Major.
Cabell, Virginia, Colonel. "
Tucker, Virginia, Captain:
Hunton, Virginia, Brisadier General.
Ferry, Virginia, Brigadier General.
Reagan, Texas, Brigadier General.
Goode, Virginia, Colonel
Hatcher, Missouri, Colonel.
Singleton, Mississippi, Inspector Gen
House, Tennessee, Major.
Ex.MEMpERs OF THE CONFEDERATE Gov
ERNNENT.
Stephens, Georgia, Vice President.
Reagan, Texas, Postmaster General.
Hill, Georgia, Senator.
Caperton, West Virginia, Senator.
Ashe, North Carolina, Senator.
House, Tennessee, Representative.
Goode, Virginia, Representative.
Smith, Georgia, Representative.
Hatcher, Missouri, Representative.
Singleton, Mississippi Representative.
Caldwell, Alabama, Solicitor General.
Norwood, Georgia, State Legislature.
Gambler, Georgia, State Legislature.
Tucker, Virginia, Attorney General.
Culberson, Texas, State Legislature.
Harris, Georgia, State Legislature.
Slemmons, Arkansas, State Legislature.
Gunter, Arkansas, State Legislature.
LANAI, Mississippi, Minister to Russia.
Diorell, Texas, State Legislature.
Hunton, Virginia, State Legislature.
Faulkner, West Virginia, Minister to
France.
Harris, Virginia, State Legislature.
Maxey. Texas, Superintendent Of In
dian Affairs.
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NorIcE- .
To The Owners and Holders Of Bonds or
Wheeling HInae Company.

Notice Is hereby given to all concerned Of the In
tcntlOn Of the Wheeling Hinges Company 10 redeem
on the I'd day OF September, AID. 1876, by pay
ment Of the whole amount then payable thereon
ut tho Bank Of Wheeling, In the city Of Wheeling,
West Virginia, the 90 unpaid bonds Of the Wheel
ing Hinge Company, with interest warrants there
to attached, the said bonds being dated on tho 81
day Of March, A D. 1874, and numbered from To-
10 Inclusive, and being each for the sum Of one
thousand dollars, and secured by deed Of trust 10
Daniel Lamb, Trustee, which Is duly recorded In
Clerks office Of the County Court OF Ohio county,
West Virginia, In Deed Of Trust Book No. 9, pages
40 and Al.
This notice s dated June 18th, 1876, and Is given
purIuant to an order Of the Board Of Directors Of
the wheeling Hinge Company mado.at meeting
held on the 18th day Of juno, AID. 1876.
WHEELING HINGE COMPANY.
By A. W. CAMPBELL, President
Aud GEO, r CALDWELL, Secretary. Ie29-S
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SEMI.WEEKLY.
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81 ooIslx months......,...-sl %
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TRANSFORMATION.
H1o RAu.RoADc co.

, Nos 1 and s run dally; No. daily excopt Mon
day; Nos and % daily except Sunday; No %
No. stops at al stations between Wheeling and
CumbeplAnd. Ll.r 80
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A List OF the Confederate Mem.
berS Of Congress.


A List Of the Confederate Menu
bers Of Congress.
A Washington paper gives the follow.
ing as the list OF ex. Confederate officers.
ali Democrats-who are now members Of
Congress: q, 3
SENATORS.
Goldthwaite, Alabama, Adjutant Gen.
eral. II
Jones, Florida, Brigadier General.
Gordon, Georgia, Major General.
Alcorn, Mississippi, Brigadier General.
Cockrell, Missouri, Major General.
Ransom, North Carolina, Major Gen.
eral. -s-
Key, Tennessee, Lieutenant Colonel.
Maxey, Texas, Major General.
Withers, Virginia, Colonel.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Williams, Alabama, Major.
Bradford, Alabama, Colonel.
Hays, Alabama, Brigade rGeneral.
Hewitt, Alabama, Colonel.
Forney, Alabama, Brigadier General.
Lewis, Alabama, Colonel.
Cause, Arkansas, Colonel.
slemmons, Arkansas, Bfigadier Geucr.
aunter, Arkansas, Colonel.
Smith, Georgia, Captain.
Hartridge, Georgia, Colonel.
Cook, Georgia, Major General.
Hill, Georgia, Colonel Of Recruits.
Blackburn, Kehtuckw, Lieutenant Col.
onel. ,f-
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WEEKLY.
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