The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-07-02
MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, ,

down the river, five miles between
that place aud Napoleon twice aud |
three tunes Il day, his craft being a /
skill that nobody but himself can
pull. He is about 10 publish "a Sc
ries Of gondola melodies dedicated
to Gen. Lopez, who lately spent
two hours in his editorial sanetum,
both of them evidently in love with
each other. IL is pretty well IN.
derStOod now, that, in certain
contingency, the Pine KROt will be
transferred TO Havana, the official
organ OF tue republic of the
Antilles!
Below Napoleon stands the splen.
did mill OF Judge Wingate, IA gen.
tleman Of intelligence and capital,
who is doing much to develop the
resources of Southeastern Missis.
sippi.
The next point is Pearlington, a
place once mapped of for city,
but now, comparatively IN ruins
why, II would be difficult to say. 1t
occupies II commanding position,
very salubri0us, on Il broad aud
deep river, in sight of the ocean,
surrounded by noble forests, aud
should be an important site Tor
ship-building aud manufactures.
Capt. White, u gentleman of ener.
~ aud means, is the principal pro-
prietor. Capt. He:sey has here Il
fine mill, and in the rear, on the
Mulatto bayou, Mr.. Harper of this
city, and Mr.. Russ, a gentleman of
great enterprise, are making brick
Oh Very extensive scale.
ln the vicinity, near the deb0ach.
meat of the Pearl, where the up.
lands melt into the marshes that
fringe Lake Borgne, lies the exten.
sive plantation and picturesque
residence OF the venerable Judge
Daniel, one OF the oldest and most
enlightened citizens of that section
of the State. He cultiyates the
sea-island cotton, the orange, aud
other tropical fruits, with success.
On this estate there is a singular
tortliicatiOn, an embanbment forty
feet base, twenty feet high, the
parapet level and twelve feet wide,
and the deep ditch yet remaining
from which the earth was excava-
ted. 1t extends from point to point,
in curve of the Mulatto bayou,
and is half mile long. Live oak
trees OF gigantic dimensions grow
upon Its summit. Gun.barrels,
iiints and axes are found in and
about it, and three feet below the
surface was dug up skeleton in
chains. 1t is probable the French
had u trading post there, perhaps II
battle with the Indians, but this
Stupendous work is evidently of an
antiquity long prior to their arrival
in the country. The domains of
Judge Daniel extend TO (petite
poisJ Little Pea Island, where some
fifteen years ago, was located, by
act of the legislature, the City Of
Pearl, but which remains yet in
embryo. awaiting the Midas touch
of capital, and the advent of n rail.
road, to call it into being. Here,
until the Bonnet Carre crevasse
distilled the turbid floods of the
Mississippi through the Rigolets,
was the favortc feeding grounds OF
the red fish; and here, at twilight,
that mysterious music, called at
Pascagoula the wall of defunct ma
tions, may be often heard sweeping
over the sea, like an anthem lor the
dead. 1t proceeds from a species
of singing shell, abundant in par.
ticular localities on this coast. The
same phenomenon is observed in
Ceylon. The sounds are like the
loudest notes of the Eolian harp,
or the lowest of the acc0rdean.
There is in Corfu a species of snail,
which, when irritated, throws out
these vocal and plaintiye tones.