The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

! SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
| Mississippi is to have no less tina
forty agricultural fairs during the con
Ing autumn.
/ Hon. Robert Ridgway, of Virgini;
has suffered relapse, and is now i'm ;
critical condition. ..I .n..
| The first red fox ever seen i'm Talla.
dega county, Alabama, was caught
there the other day.
! Chesapeake, College, Virginia, has
been purchased by the Government as
q home fOrindigent soldiers. .-
Mr.. ]. c. Stanton, who hired LOO,
Chinese labOrers to work on the Alaba
ma and Chattanooga railroad, is very
well satisfied with his bargain. -
The Siamese Twins passed through
Portsmouth the other day, en- route tc
their home in North Carolina. Chang.
paralysis is somewhat better. =.
In Texas the corn, cotton and oats
have never been better. Corn is SELL
ing i'm the field at 1Si cents per bushel
\ uC ifCW Itulute5I outS, IL fS sdiu, btstt
the old citizens farming. 81
| The Alabama Immigration Associa-
ton, chartered under the laws of the
State, will shortly commence opera
tions by giving grand entertainment
at Montgomery. A lottery is announ-
ced as part of the programme.
The census of Norfolk shows a popu-
lation of ten thousand three hundred
and sixty. The Virginian says: The
census taker must have made a mistake
in the negro portion of the population,
for last May they voted over two hun
dred more than he returned"
The people of Richmond, Norfolk
and other Virginia cities, it is said, are
anxiOusly hoping that some enterpris-
ing capitalist will buy one of the pretty
locations on the north side of Hamp--
ton Roads, and erect spacious buildings
suitable for a summer resort, salt wa
ter bathing, &c.
1t is said that up near Goose creek, i'm
Norfolk County Virginia, there is a
damsel whose hair is so red that she
has to wear fy-nets over her ears to
keep candle-moths from straying into
that part of her anatomy, while she
sits pensive in the summer twilight.
An Atlanta Stove dealer offers SO
stove to the young lady between thir-
teen and eighteen years, of age who
shall during the Georgia State Fair sest
illustrate her knowledge of the Use of
such articles by cooking dinner for
six persons on the fair grounds.
1t may not generally be known that
the last sale of a slave in the South oc-
CURED in Virginia. News had just
reached the Valley of the retreat of
Lees army from Petersburg, when a
gentleman offered slave to a farmer
of Augusta county. After some hig-
Cling, the bargain was closed by bar
tering the negro off for one hundred
cabbage plants.
An amusing episode occurred at the
trial of the lost child case i'm New Or
leans, on Saturday. Mr.. Reynolds, a
well-knOwn gentleman, wanted to see
the child, and he took the little Mollie
in his arms. She picked up consider
able friendship for bim. 1t was love at
first sight, and she refused to leave him;
she would neither go to her mother nor
any of the family, but compelled Mr..
Reynolds to carry her around i'm his
arms for half an hour, until she be-
came sleepy. He proved him self an
excellent nurse. -..-.l
A negro woman attacked another in
Nashville on Saturday with a huge
butcher knife, and stabbed her in nine
different places, cutting her clothes in
to shretis. The affair occurred on the
sidewalk in front of the "Martin bull
ding" at 8 o'clock i'm the morning, and
nobody interfered to stop the enraged
virago. The wounded woman will
probably die. Jealousy was the cause.
A pairof precious little damsels were
overheard the other night, on Nash.
vile sidewalk, exchanging notes on
the Franco Prussian was. ~ know"
said No. l., that France will beat, be-
cause the little Prince is with him. ~
" Go away with you," chimed in No.
2, 81 know mighty sight better. The
Dutch will whip; for my pa is a
Frenchman and my ma is Dutch
man. They fight every night, and ma
always licks.D .aa h,- - '1i'a. p.
Crop reports from the South are gem
orally encouraging, though the late
rains have caused some shedding of
cotton. A reliable merchant from Pa
nola county, Miss, states that the cot
ton crop of that section will show an
increase of twenty-five per cent, and
the corn crop an increase of fifty per
cent. over last year. The unfavOrable
reports given by some of the country
papers, he says, are put out with the
idea that they will influence higher
prices for cotton, which is call vani-
ty." ... .st .-I sla.
The long-lOst child of New Orleans
has been returned, or rather returned
himself This is one Walter G. Heart,
who, when nine years of age, was at
tracted away by the glare and glitter of
a regiment of soldiers, which he hap
pened tosee passing through the streets. /
The recent lOst-child sensation revived
his mothers memory, and, by adver-
tising in the papers, she has brought
him home, q boy of seventeen.
An accident occurred near Lithonia,
Georgia, Friday morning, which resul-
ted in one horse being Killed, buggy
knocked TO flinders, and q basket of
cakes captured. 1t seems gentleman
and lady were driving in a buggy, and
hearing the train approach, both got
out and the gentleman attempted to
hold the horse which he was unable to
do. The horse bounded forward Just as
the train came up, and was Instantly
killed, the buggy was smashed, and a
basket of cakes which it contained |
was landed on the engine.
On Tuesday evening last; says the
Norfolk Day-Book of the 18th inst,
Sidney Johnson, a small boy ten years |
old, while bathing near the mouth of !
Jones' creek, accidentally went out be- |
yOnd his depth, and whilst struggling |
for his life, was discovered by his fa- |
ther, Mr.. William johnson, who has
tened to his rescue by attempting to |
wade to him. Mr.. johnson succeeded !
in getting within about two feet of him
when he also got beyond his depth, !
and, being unable to swim, called q |
boat to his assistance, which was near
at hand. The boat was at once MANN /
ed and started to his relief, but before it !
could reach him he had disappeared to |
rise no more. His little son was reach |
Ell just in time to be rescued from the :
horror of a. watery grave, as he was
sinking the third time, and was about
two feet under the surface of the water .
when he was caught. ..f So
The Norfolk Virginian tells the fol-
owing: A few days since a resident in
.he neighbOrhOod of what Is known as
Fort Barbour, paid visit to the Gypsy
amp, near the Catholic cemetery, for
he purpose of having his i" fortune
Old.n The crOne who examined his
,alm told him, among other thing,