Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-09
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The Chinese in Texas are working in
dustriously and give general satisfac-
ton.
The ''Cott0n States Mechanica. and
Agricultural Fair Association" has been
organized at Augusta, Ga.
Washington county, Texas. has i'm
ported some Durham and DeyOnshire cat
tie from Kentucky.
Little Rock is manufacturing and ship
ping largely of sash, doors and window
frames, up the Arkansas river.
The loyal Memphis Post is defunct, and
Gen. Eaton becomes commissioner Of the
bureau of education.
a Georgian, who has recently located
at jefferson, Texas, intends to take two
hundred negro hands with him.
a new hotel is to be erected in Calves
ton, Texas, on the site of the old Pal
metto House. Il viii cost about $780,,
900.
The Memphis spring races viii com
mence on the 18th of April, and the Me-
tarie club races at New Orleans on the
9th.
The Baptists have a college at Harper's
Ferry, whose chapel bell is heard in Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Masonic fraternity of Mississippi
propose TO erect grand Masonic temple,
to cost not less than half a million dollars.
Two very fine immortclle wreaths, i'm
ported from Paris, adOm the Confederate
graves in the cemetery, at Augusta, Ga
The Paducah Furniture Factory Com
pany has been Teorganized, and viii be-
gin the building Of q factory about the LIST
Of June.
The Jockey Club Of San Antonio, Tex
as, announces that their spring meeting
will take place in the latter part of May.
The mule trade in Georgia is improv-
ing. One hundred were sold in Atlanta
on Thursday last at prices ranging from
$lS5 to $500.
Jim Madison, the cavalry soldier, who
murdered young Boley in Lynchburg, Va,
last December, and who afterwards made
his escape, has been recaptured.
A military commission convened in
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins county, Texas,
on the 10th ult., for the trial of offenders,
Col. Whiting, President of the commits
sion.
The Agricultural, Mechanical and Blood
Stock Association of Texas have de-
termined definitely to hold grand State
Fair at Houston in May next.
No ice has been gathered around Rich
mond this winter. An enterprising gentle
man of Lynchburg is making arrange
ments to manufacture a supply by artificial
process.
The Navasoto CTexas) Tablet of the
9th ult. says: The wild fowl from be-
low are beginning to fly northward, and
the whole country is studded with small
flowers.
Mr.. Whitfield Moss, an old and respected
citizen of NatchitOches, La, was shot and
killed while blowing in his field on the
2lst ult., by James K. Peters. The
murderer has left the parish.
Dir. Buck Farquhar, who lived ten
miles south of Bryan, Texas, was shot one
night last week while quietly sitting with
his family by his own fireside There is
no clue to the assassin or his motives.
The ninth regiment of cavalry are con-
centrating at Fort Davis, Texas; from
thence they viii 60 on a scout to the
Guadalupe mountains, and hope to render
o good account Of the ssyages who harbOr
in those hills.
The members of the Galveston CTexas)
bar are making arrangements to purchase
the library belonging to the Supreme
Court in Galveston. After the new Con-
stitutiOn goes into effect the sessions of
the Supreme Court viii be confined to
the State capital
Calvin Rogers, who murdered Miss
Maggie Mcclellan on the night of the iirst
Of October last in Mariana, Florida, was
arrested at the residence of Andrew Wat
son, cOlored, one night last week, and in
attempting to break arrest, was killed by
the constable and posse.
Another death by bydrophobia occur
red near Bayou Sara, La, at Col Rich
ard Haile's last week. 1t was a negro
boy, fifteen years of age, who was bitten
several months ago by mad dog. The
bite was cauterized at the time, bU. with
out avail, the awful disease developing
itself IN the poor fellow and killing him
in less than twenty-fOur hours.
The prisoners confined in jail, at Char
lOtte. n. c., on Saturday night last, above
the debtors room, assisted by those in
that room, succeeded in cutting and burn
ing hole through the floor, and were in
fair way to escape, when they were dis
covered by the jailer, Mr.. HOOey, who
fred upon them, the shot taking effect in
the foot of a colOred prisoner, inhicting 4
slight wound.
Says the LynChburg (Ya.) Repubi-
can; ''It is asserted that nearly ever
man in this part of Virginia is either
running for some Office, or is plaintiff in
some suit to strip some luckless debtor of
the last shred he wears; If is defendant in
some other suit to protect himself from
being Invested of his own last shred by
some impOrtunaie creditor. Which
doesn't convey to our mind any very en-
idea of the business situation
The number of custom house entries
for foreign merchandise made at New
Orleans for the month of January past,
counts up five hundred and ninety-five,
and the merchandise imported amounts in
value to the sum of 81, 494, 769. During
the same month last year the imports
amounted only 10 the sum of $yS7, 3S1:
thus showing an increase of over half a
million of dollars on the value of imports
during the same month last year.