Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-30
SOUTHERN NEWS.

and Enfauias Alabama railroad mas ar>
rived at Mobile.
The Edskaloosa (Ala.) Monitor reports
coed deal Of sickness in that city,
though none of . serious character.
A tax bill has been passed by the
| Florida Legislature which imposes total
tax Of seventy cents on the hundred dol
lars. fe .4#kf
The New Orleans Picayune, says the
iron-clads across the river are going to
decay, and it is everybody's opinion they
ought to be sold, if only for the old
iron and copper. s. 5.s ~
The Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate learns
that a desperate affray took place in
Woodvilie, jackson county, Ala, june
"a, in which two persons named White
cotton were killed and three others
wounded.
Two children of Mrs. Calder were
burned to death in Charleston on Mon
day night, June 81. A lamp had been
placed under the bed on which they
were sleeping, by an unknowa incendi-
airy, which set the bed on fire and burned
the children so badly before it was dis
covered, that they died in short time
from the injuries. ~
The Charleston Courier reports that q
vessel cleared from the Charleston
Mining and Manufacturing Gompany's
works, with a cargo of the South Caro-
lima phosphate rock, one thousand tons,
for New Castle, England. The Courier
says it is the largest cargo Of this mates
rial ever shipped from Charleston, and is
amongst the many that have been cleared
during the last month for different points.
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph has been
informed that a negotiation is now pend
ing between the Central and Southwest
ern railways to consolidate these two
gigantic interests under the exclusive
control and direction Of the Central road.
1t is whispered that the Central road
offers to take long lease of the South
western and guarantee the stockholders
eight per cent. per annum on the capital
stoch of the road. ea-ai
The Charleston News learns that the
contractors are pushing forward with
commendable Vigor the work on the
Savannah and Charleston railroad, and that
the line will be open to Grahamville-ten
miles beyond the present terminus--be~
tween the 9th and 10th of July. 1t is
expected that the whole road will be
completed by December l, when the cars
may run through from Charleston to
Savannah. rt
The Albany (Ga.) News reports that
terrible storm passed round east of
Albany, on the 22d of June, damaging
crops seriously, and in some places
destroying them. Mrs. Ran Towns had
about one hundred and twenty-five acres
of cotton destroyed. Mr.. Walker suf-
fered to the same extsnt in cotton, and q
like number Of acres Of corn. The Will
linghsms, Mrs. Baker, and many others,
were more or less injured.
A house in the suburbs OF Mobile was
struck by lightning June "a, wEich vas
occupied by negroes, and the woman
who was killed was sitting at the time
by the fire place. The building was torn
up considerably and one of the chimneys
knocked down. The other inmates of
the house were stunned, and a negro
man, standing within two feet of the
woman, was knocked senSeless, and for
some time after was completely dead.
On Saturday evening, june l9, train
of fourteen cars, loaded with railroad
iron, left the Genital railroad depot,
Savannah, Ga, for Montgomery, Ala.
These rails are intended for the railroad
between Montgomery and Selma, which
when completed will give unbroken
line of track between the Atlantic Ocean
and the Mississippi river, with terminal
points at Savannah city and Vicksburg.
This company are pushing their road
with all possible speed and it will not
be many weeks before we shall have the
pleasure of chronicling the driving of
"the last nail"
A Frenchman at Natchitoches, La,
intends to raise poppies this year on
several acres of ground and to make
opium. He says that an acre Of poppies
will make fifty pounds OF opium, worth
fifteen to twenty dollars pound, and
that the cost of manufacturing is less
than four dollars a pound. His crop
would amount to SIX hundred and nine-
ty dollars an acre by this estimate. from
which the cost of cultivation is to be
substracted. Ten acres would accord
ingly crop about seven thousand dollars
gross.
Daniel Sayre, Grand Secretary, cau-
tions the Masonic Fraternity against the
impositions of scoundrel who is travels
ing through Alabama, and who has at
various times assumed the names Of G.
C. Roltes, James 7. Eslinger, -
Bowen, A. L. C1!nter, - McLaureB,
DR.. Clarke, - Whitefeld, and several
others, and claiming to hail from several
Lodges in Alabama, South Carolina, and
elsewhere, and giving various reasons
why he had to leave home. He is >ix
feet high, dark hair and complexion, has
swinging limp in his walk, wound in
his side and chest and on his foot, and
large scar on his head, and pretends TO
be doctor, lawyer, druggist, planter or
anything else that may suit his purpose.