The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-18
SOUTHERN ITEMS.

Theodore Blos, Georgia journalist, Ia dead.
DR.. George Linden, of Mobile, is dead.
ID; Hooks, M. d., Of Memphis, was found dead
n his bed on the 18th.
The Democratic executive committee of Missis-
sippi have issued an address to the freedmen of
that State.
There was a brisk fire on the hearth of the
Lynchburg tVa.) Republican Office on the 10th
instant.
The census man" thinks that Newbern has
Is 600 inhabitants. This is, probably, consider
able exsggeration.
We learn that the buildings of the University Of
Alabama, destroyed by Wilson in 1865, have
nearly all been rebuilt.
Several wealthy gentlem en- Of New York, rep
resentiDg perhaps twenty million, have made a
wick railroad.
A negro juryman in Montgomery united with
bis associates in finding prisoner guilty of muir
der; but after nights sleep he came into court
and asked TO reconsider his verdict.
Two robberies and murders recently occurred
within the bounds Of that notorious strip of coun-
try between Owensville and Sterling, Texas,
known and not inaptly designated as the " Dead
brothers. were, on the 9th inst, on the lower
place of j. E. Harrison. in Falls county, Texas,
shot and instantly killed by two other men named
Dowd and Jones.
The Valley VirginIan says Wild strawberries
can be found in abundance on Betsy Bell aud her
sister hills, near town, aud the freedmen are
making dollars picking and selling them in town
a. good prices.
hbited to the editor ofthe American, few days
since, q remarkable tusus nature. II is chicken
having four feet, four wings, two tails two neck.
bones and one head, on one body.
The Bay 81. Louis Gazette says there are now
plenty of crabs, fsh and oysters there, and they
are easily caught or otherwise obtained. The
oysters are very fat and salty just now. and fish
can be had fresh and alive every morning at the
different market stalls. .r-U ...E
- a in Gharl0atan
the wind blew down part of the pavilion OF
Amesis menagerie. The noise frightened and ex-
cited the animals into fighting, and in the morn
ing it was discovered that the panther had killed
and half eaten one Of the leopards.
The Texas Ranger says that one hundred and
fifty acres of corn, all in tassel, destroyed by
hail on the farm of DIR. d. A. Jameson, about five
miles west of Nsvssota. IL also learns that the
crops on some other places were destroyed by the
same storm.
The Raymond, Kinds county, Miss. Gazette
chronicles the death Of one of the oldest inhabi-
tsnts Of that county, which took place on the 9Th
inst. He was the founder Of Raymond descended
the Mississippi on the first boat that made the
trip from St. Louis to New Orleans. and opened
the first wagon road between Vicksburg and Big
Black river.
gentleman living Two miles west Of Calhoun Sta
ton, in Madison county. Miss, was brutally MUIR
dered by unknown parties. An investigation vas
had on Friday, when evidence was adduced i'm
rested and are committed TO await an examina-
ton.
The Charleston Courier says: "The steam
ships, particularly Of the lines between New York
and this port and between Baltimore and Charles.
| ton, take out every trip heavy cOnsignments OF
| early vegetables, including green peas, string
beans, squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes and pota-
toes. all Of which have brought handsome prices
| and large net profits to our farmers. The ex-
ports from the commencement Of the season.
| about the middle of April-to the present time
have been as follows: Green peas, string beans
| cucumbers, squsshes, l0,550 crates; potatoes,
sI46 barrels. which, after deducting all expenses,
including freight on steamers, at 70 cents per bar
rel and 80 cents per crate, drsysgs. wharfage and
| commissions, have allowed an average net price
TO the farmer OF 81 rs per crate for string beans,
peas. etc., and 81 so per barrel for potatoes, or
| peas string beans, ETC., l0,550 crates, at 81 rs
| per crate, s23,737 so; barrels OF potatoes,
s446, at 81 so per barrel, $4,000 OF. Total,
s6l,737 81"
In q convention Of the conservatives OF the
counties Of Goochlsnd, Powhstan and Fluvsns.
| held ct GoochlsDd courthouse, Va, on the Sd
inst, Gen. Charles p. Stone was unanimously
| nominated as their candidate to represent the
senatorial district composed Of these counties In
the General Assembly. Gen. Stone declined the
honor In a letter from which we make the fol
| loving extract: Ii is not TO be supposed thai
| it can have been perfectly free choice in this
case. II is not 10 be supposed that In Virginia
senatorial district, comprising three large coun-
ties free choice should set aside all the gentle
men who were born and bred in the district and
| who have lived honored In 1t from youth up, and
select one who, while yielding to no one in q sin
cere and earnest devotion to the welfare, and In
desire TO protect the rights and advance the In
terests of the people OF the district. yet has beer
q resident in il only two and half years; ont
who was born Yankee, In Yankee land, and
who LOOKS back 10 i've generations Of Yankee
ancestors, glowing In the lineage. Public dutJ
demands of q man that be shall. IL necessary fol