Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-24
SOUTHERN NEWS.

4 The Macon and Western Railroad Com
pany have declared q dividend, of 81 per
per share. rsa ,s..-
4 A lawyer in Charleston, s. O., recent
Il ly received fee from grateful client
amounting to Sl0-all in coppers.
4 Thos.. s. King, of Atlanta, has been
appointed postal clerk on the cars be-
tween Atlanta, Ca, and Chattanooga,
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This years wheat crop in Missouri is
estimated at 100000 bushels and
three times larger than any previous
crop. a h lfsC f,4
/ Mr. Millen, of Lowndes county, Ga,
died on board the cars on the Gulf rail-
road, few days ago, from dropsy of
the heart, tl.at
4 A number Of Custom House officers in
Charleston, s. c., we're discharged on
the 18th inst, and colored men appointed
in their places. siI
/ Fourteen platform cars loaded with
railroad iron, for the road between Mont
| gomery and Selma, Ala, left Savannah
a few days since.
Two negroes got to fighting in a we'll
recently in Thomas comfy, Ga, and one
stabbed the other SO severely that he
died. The murderer was arrested and
lodged in Jail.
A negro named Joe Clements recently
attacked two white boys in Tuscaloosa.
county, cutting them both severely with
knife. 1t is thought one Of them will
not recover.
Robert Banks, of Chattanooga, a few
days since, fired pistol at the head Of
Stekely Towles. The bullet hit him
square in the forehead-doing no other
damage than tlsttening the bullet.
The Bureau Of Internal Revenue has
received authority from the War Del
partment to use the United States
troops in North Carolina when necessary
to carry out the internal revenue laws.
The wheat crop in Newton county, Gal
is now mostly harvested, and the yield
has been generally above an average. Inc
deed, some farmers think it the best
crop which has been gathered in ten
years.
The first sun stroke Of the season oc>
CURED at Charleston S. @, on the 18th
inst. The victim was a negro woman,
at work in yard. She died within one
hour. We advise our readers to exer,
else great care over themselves in ex-
posture to the rays of the sun. =.
Over three hundred coIored persons
have recently left Southwestern Virginia
for the more Southern States. From al>
most every other section of Virginia it is
stated that they are taking up the line Of
march southwark. An exchange, in view
Of these facts, asks how long will it be
before the cOlored people cease to be a
political power in Virginia
Washington accounts state that Tur-
ner, the colored postmaster at Macon,
Ga, over whom the white Republicans
Of Georgia are making such fuss, has
not entered on his duties. He declares
that he will not have any white men on
his bonds, and has failed to secure black
men worth sufficient property to be his
bondsmen. The white people of Macon
hope to secure the final revocation of
Turner's appointment. i
Twelve miles of the rails for the
Townsville and Albany Railroad in
Georgia, have been delivered at Thomas
vile, and track laying will soon CON-
mence from that point. They hope to
be running on eleven miles Of the
road in thirty days, and to get as far with
the track as Camilla (thirty-one miles)
by the LIST of November.
The Atlanta Constitution says "The
work of impeachment goes bravely on.
Sufficient information has been received
by the committee to warrant the state
ment that successful impeachment of
Gov. Bullock, is foregone conclusion"
In another paragraph the Constitution
says: Gov. Bullock will, We learn, call
the legislature together on the 7th of
July. By that time the impeachers will
be ready to prefer charges against him."
While Maj. P. C. Pendleton, editor Of
the Valdosta GA Times, was returning
home in his buggy, his horse took fright,
ran away and threw him out against a
stump by the roadside, giving his head
blow which produced inconsistencies.
His little son, who was with him at the
time, was thrownsOme fifty yards further
on, but received no serious injury. Med
ical and other aid was very soon pro-
cured. The Major was well cared for,
and strong hopes are entertained Of
speedy recovery.
Georgia mining operations are said 10
be in a more healthy condition than ever
/ boco.a Tha Hano,ltou mill "a or,sbs,c.
about rs tons of ore daily, with "a
stamps, at a cost of so % cents per
ton. The Yahoola Company are building
a stupendous aqueduct at Dahlonega, and
expect to raise and mill ore at Is cents
| per ton. A new mill is going up on the
Etowah, below Aurslia, and all the mills
are doing well. .
The Rome Courier says: Mr.. VIM.
| Peck, living two miles from CedartOwn,
in Polk county, Ga has sold two hun
dred and fifty acres of his home tract,
with very Indifferent improvements on
it, for twenty five thousand dollars, or
one hundred dollars per acre, and that be
was negotiating with another party for
the sale of an additional two hundred
and fifty acres, of the same place, withs
out improvements, at eighty dollars per
acre. .
The Augusta COnstitutiOnalist tells us
an interesting incident that occurred in
the Superior Court of Richmond county.
Suit was brought by Vason, executor of
the Turner Clanton estate, against an old
colored servant Of Claaton'S for 800.
The proof showed that the servant had
been kind to his old mistress in her
troubles. The jury had to give verdict
against the negro, but they contributed
$3l to help him pay the debt. Judge
Hook RENTED his fee, and Col. Sneed,
the plaintiffs counsel, deducted $3l
from the verdict Would Radicalism
have been thus generous?
The New York World says: A South
ern gentleman Of much experience, who
is now in this city, thinks that the liberia
ton oil Cuba would be the making OF
Louisiana and some Of the other South
ern States Liberation from Spanish
rule would be followed by emancipation
of the blacks. Well, the climate of our
Southern States is not exactly tropical.
Niggers can not live there by lying on
the ground and gorging themselves on
the succulent fruits that crop out of it
close to their lazy mouths. And yet our
niggers, now that they have been enfran>
chised, can hardly be got to work. In
tropical, indolent Cuba, as sure as the