Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-15

There was light frost at Knoxville on
, morning Of the 9th inst.

paddle of water after rain, which was
about twelve Inches in length, and sufli-
GENTLY small to 90 through the eye Of a
common needle.-Springfsid Register, May
IAN.
BUENED.-We regret to learn that the
house occupied by the family of the late
Hon. Cave johnson, at GAINESVILLE, was
destroyed by FIRE Sunday night. Some
ashes carelessly left in the kitchen caused
the disaster. The furniture was saved.
Loss $4,000, which was partially covered
by insuranee.-Springietd Register, Nay IA.
THE WEATHER.-The weather on Fri
day night last, was sufficiently cold for
frost in several localities in this county.
The fall Of frost was very light and did no
damage 10 the fruit or growing crops. .Du-
ring the past week we have had an
abundance of rain, which has retarded
farming operations very much.-Uereiand
Bonner, May IA. .Eg
CROPS IN RHEA COUNTY.-We learned
yesterday from citizen Of Rhea county
that the farmers have grown apprehepsiye
lest their former bright prospects for good
wheat crop will not be realized. The rust
had already made its appearance, and the
continued wet weather renders it highly
probable that ii will ruin the whole crop.
The wetness Of the season is also seriously
retarding planting operations Chatta-
nOoga Republican, May IA.
CRoP NEws.-Owing to the unusually
large quantity of rain which has fallen this
spring, we hear that the farmers of East
Tennessee have generally been seriously
retarded in theirfarming operations. Many
of them are not yet through with their
corn planting. Wheat oats and grasses,
however, look. we'll. The fruit crop
promises we'll. In some places the peaches
were killed by the frost, but there are
enough left for home use. Apples, cherries,
etc, will be quite abundant-MOrristO,Cn
GGzette, May IL. fi4t55f tiits %
CRoP PRosPECFs.- the past few
days we have eonversed with intelligent
gentlemen from almost every section of
East Tennessee, and they all speak of the
growing crop of wheat AZ being badly in
iured, and in some neighborhoods quite
destroyed by the continued wet weather,
which has developed both fly and rust.
The prevailing impression is that there
will not be a half a crop harvested. The
same reason has prevented the planting of
corn, and we were told yesterday by the
most extensive farmer in East Tennessee,
that he had not planted single hill, whilst
many of his neighbors had abandoned the
attempt to plant more than half the usual
area. From Middle Georgia we learn that
the wheat is almost total failure-Knor-
Uale Press and Herald, Nay Is.
THE WEATHER AND CRoPs.-When
we were about knee high to a duck, it was
prophesied our climate would change as
the forests were cleared, and verify it il in
fair way to be fulfilled. Our winters
for several years have been losing the rigor
for which they were once distinguished I;
rain and mist have taken the place of snow,
and mud that Of ice. Our summers come
later and linger longer, and our springs
have been less agreeable, more rainy and
stormy. The present spring, however, has
been the wetest we think we have ever ex-
perienced, and is having an injurious eff
feet upon the planting interests; some of
our farmers have not planted more than
half their crop, while that which is up
cannot be worked, and tobacco is greatly
retarded for want of transplanting-the
ground being so wet it cannot be put in or
der.--SPriRgfetd Register, Nay Ia. ss.u
ATTEMPT TO Poison A YOUNG LADY
On Tuesday morning last, an attempt was
made to poison young Lady, Miss Fanny
Padgett, daughter of Elijah Padgett, on
Rocky creek, in this county. Our inform.
ant states that she was alone at her faith
er's house, (the male members all being
out ON the farm and was surprised at the
entrance Of a man, BACKED, who seized her
and compelled her to swallow poison, and
Immediately left. She was greatly fright
ene,i and unable to resist She forthwith
walked to a neighbor's house, and told of
the outrage, and DIR. T. w. Fits, who re-
sides three or four miles distant, was sent
for and administered antidotes. We learn
that she is recovering. We hear, alsO,
she has well grounded suspicious that the
william is a rejected lover, who took this
cowardly method Of revenge by attempt to
murder. The matter will be thoroughly
investigated. The young lady is about Is
years of age, and highly respectable Gal
latin ErdmiHer Nay II.
THE PILLOW SUIT FOR DAMAGFs-THE
FOURTH JURY DIsAGREE.--The argument
in the case of Jerome b. Pillow ms. the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany, for $4,000 damages, was concluded
in the Law Court last evening and slh-
United. The jury on retiring failed to
agree upon verdict, and 80 reporting were
this morning discharged. This, il may be
remembered, is the fourth time the case has
been argued before jury, besides having
once been submitted 20 arbitrators. The
protracted litigation growing out of the suit
has envelOped it with more than its original
interest, and a brief allusion to the facts
upon which the action was based may not
be out of place in this connection. On the
22d of December, 1858, Mr. Pillow, who is
3 brother of Gen. Gideon j. Pillow, left
this city by the Memphis and Charleston
road, in company with his daughter and an
old family servant, TO return 10 his home
in Many county. They arrived in safety
at Decatur, where they were TO change
cars, about daylight on the morning of the
23d, in the midst of storm of snow and
sleet, which rendered the ground as we'll
as the platforms of the cars exceedingly
slippery. Mr.. Pillow had placed his
daughter in charge of young gentleman,
10 whom he had also given the checks for
his baggage, and had gone back to the rear
carriage to get bis old servant. Having
found her, he was in the act of stepping
from the platform with her when The train
started, and he fell, catching in the railing
md being dragged some ten or twenty
Yards, having his leg severely fractured.
On recovering from the injuries thus re-
,eived, he resumed to Memphis, and at
,nce instituted snit against the road, fixing |
he damages at $4,000. The case coming
up in the courts shortly after, the evidence |
4 witnesses was conflicting a. 10 whether
be engineer on the train had blown the |
whistle, the signal for starting, before the |
rain had actually started, and the accident
o the complainant occurred, or not, and |
8 this point has never yet been definitely |
ettleG, it has been found impossible out Of |
1ur juries to find one that would agree
pom a verdict. Whether the attorneys |
Dr the complainant will make motion |
Or another Snd fifth trial We are unable
D saY.-NeBlphis Ledger, Mag / 2.
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