The Washington union., 1857-09-12
GENERAL NEWS.

From private letter resolved ia Memphis, tennessee,
by the editor Of the Betin, from Pontotoc county MS
ssppi dated September 2 we learn that man by tie
OF r. Abernethy living neiiand, IN that oou
ty was shot and killed one day last week while pulling
fodder IN the field AT first no suspected ana
considerable mystery hung around the foul act The eo-
duct Of man living In the neghborhood by the name
Of Jefferson Gy, at length aroused suspicion ana on oas
lodged ia jail The people in the ndghborhood where
the killing occurred became very much aroused ana
number of them assembled and proocoied m body 70
Ponotoc, took Gray out Of prison. carried HIM 70 ie
land tried condemned and executed HIM, by hanging
near the spot where the murder committed Gray
confessed the murder after the rope placed around
his neck
letter from Omaha speaks thus Of emigration and
crops in Nebraska Territory Though speculation is SUI
feing the honest laboFs Of the working man and the
faithful industry Of the husbandman find abundant
reward The writer does not seem TO be aware Thai ~
is the widespread speculaons Of the times which have
caused the high prices Of western produce and that aef
speculation has ceased for sufficient length OF time, te
prices of produce viii fall much lower level in the
agricultural districts The letter says large crops were
planted in the spring both in Nebraska and western
Iowa The wheat hay and oats all in, and the Yield
per acre is immense The crops OF and potatoes
promise be abundant and bountful Emigration con-
tiaues not large, but healthful
In travelling in railroad car which is the safest seat
in the train Many anxious mother has pondered the
point The American Enquirer, the result OF sclenfe
seat is in the middle of the last but one There are
some chances OF danger which the same everywhere
in the train but others least at the above-nned
place.
Jacob A. Dallas, cousin Of the Hon George NJ Dal-
las and artist Of great merit died IN New fork on
Wednesday He of the chief illustrators Of Har-
pers Putnam's Mrs. Stephens Frank Lesiie's, and
other popular periodicals. while many Of the larger vol
umes issued by the best publishers wholly indebted
to his pencil for the valuable engavings which they con-
taiaed
We heard last night lsays the New Orleans Picayuae
Of the 6th) that there had been sudden rise of
twenty feet in Red river above Shreveport by which the
adjacent country oveowed and much damage occa-
stoned but unable to ascertain how the report
reached here, the authority for it "
letter from the parish of Paquemaes of September
says Ihe weather has been showery for the past few
days and therefore unprotiou for rice harvesting The
cane grows most luxurantly The crop excels ia
quantity and quality any that raised in this sec
ton -
The Buffalo Courier states the number Of steam and
sailing vessels built during this in that city at a.
the tonnage at l5,s2353 and the cost Sl,os3, 600.
Most Of these vessels owned controlled there and
are to be engaged in the trade Of the upper lakes
North Carolina exchange expresses surprise at the
bacwarness of gold miners and gold discoveries, who,
appears do not forward specimens with their reports
done by the dealers in coal, copper, and other mi
ming matters
On Friday last the first locomotive in the State
of Arkansas the track of the Memphis and Little
Rock raroci for distance o three milcsas far the
road is completed from Memphis
The Boston Post perpetrates the following It is said
of Eugene Sue that though professed socialist he lived
like prince In the way some Of our people,
though proessed Christians they live like the devil
The Augusta GA Constitutionalist Of Thursday says
The thermometer in this neighborhood this morning,
9th inst down to fifty eight degrees. The weather
is unseasonaby cool "
DIR. Rey aolds Of New Orleans, a snake-fancer, was
bitten the thumb by OF his pet rattles and, not
having faith in whiskey other remedies seized a
hatchet and off that important member of the hand
The Rev. VIM. Winans, venerable and highly-es-
teemed minister Of the Methodist church. died at Nat
chez, Mississippi, few days since.
An extensive rolling mill for the manufacture Of rail
road iron is about to be erected in Atlanta Georgia IT
viii cost sI50, 900.