The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-13
THE SOUTH.
Interesting Items of News.

We have selected, with considera-
BILE care, from large file Of Southern
exchanges, the following news items,
giving, in brief; the -conditien-ef -af-
fairs in that sections 4 T ~ q 80 G
Ristori has recently closed an en-
Ragement in Memphis, where she
played with her usual success. Tat
The Texas editors are shortly to as
semble in convention. q" i''au
EkThe penal law of. zAlabapas which
Furnishes horse and mule stealing with
death, took effect on the hrstEof the
year. - ~ ~
A newly created county, in Ala
bama, by a. unanimous vote Of Che
Legislature, has been named Dixie. "
One hundred German families are
now on their way to Morgan County,
Tennessee, I'd settle as far1nersA AZ
company has purchased 100000 acres
of land there for such settlers Ion ~
A Louisiana, correspondent of the
New Orleans Crescent advises the peoL
pie of the South to abandon cotton.
cultivation and go to raising the ce-.
reals. dt!8 , 4, 4. 81 q 991 s'sfs
The body of a murdered man was
found, recently, about one mile from
Knoxville, Tenn, on the sTazeweH
road, with his throat cut from ear to
ear. '4AA'iof f@i'tf #
VAGRANTstA-We learn that eight
negroes were hired out for vagrancy,
at Higdon's Shop Coneeuh County, J
Jan. 18th, for the term of, six months.
The highest bid was $50 Wilcor
Times. ..l9 II EFIF2 UTaq,
The Louisiana House of sRepresen-
tatives has passed bill submitting to
the people the question of holding
Constitutional Convention. If the
decision is in favor of a Convention,
it is to be assembled ON the first Mon
day in May. iva, ad., p,,y,,sag Ms NJ
Capt. w. III. WILLIAMSBURG of Mobile
Ala, has purchased the race horse
Harry of the YWest, . and challenges
any horse in the United States to
meet him in the spring races, for any
sum betweenE$l0,0O0 and $25, 600.
Among the nominations rejected
by the Senate on Monday, were Mar
land s. Perkins, U. s. Attorney for
the Western District of Tennessee,
and A. A. Steele, Assessor Of Inter
nal Revenuesfor the Fourth District
of Tennessee .,o,,..oas,, ,safsna +,
The Hon. S..TR Mallory, late Score. {.
tary of the Confederate Navy, and the |
Hon. A. 3. Maxwell, late Confederate
Senator from Florida and more re-
Gently Judge of the Supreme Court OF.
that State, have formed a partnership
for the practice Of law in aPensacola.
The citizens of Alabama are dis
cussing the Question to- the pro-
priety of removing the State Capital
from Montgomery TO Mobile. = : = :
A bill has passed the Virginia
House of Delegates to increase the
capital stockseffhe fredericksburg q |
Gordonsville Railroad, in the sum of
81 100000 to- borrow the same OF a
rate of interest not exceeding ten per
cent, to construct and extend the
road from Orange Courthouse to
Cnarl0LteSVllle.
The markets of this city were we'll
supplied with vegetables of all kinds |
on Saturday morning, also with fish |
and game. The supply Of these arti-
cles has been somewhat limited for |
sometime past, owing to the extreme
cold weather. Butlnowathat the icet
king has released his hold upon the |
earth, the suburban. gardeners siare
bringing in large supplies Richmond |
va, Enquirer, An.
The colored SCHOOLS Of Memphis
have total of 4 667 col6red children
in attendance. The average attend.
ance is l, 328,lwhich, considering the
changable character Of this portion
of population, is very satisfactory.
Of these schools two are private, two
are independent, two under the aus
pices of the American Missionary
Association and Western .Ereedmen''s-
Aid Commission, two under that i6f
the Methodist Episcopal T.. A. s.. one
under the African M z. Church, two
under that of the First Colored Bap-
list Church, anbaus sander the Bapl
list Episcopal Church Memphis
Post. --=zs-.-ss-srs=-7
Tho Brandon miss. Il RAa,,lb zi.lyraa