Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-09
SOUTHERN NEWS.

S. c., November l, 1870.
A negro woman was bitten by
rattlesnake near Savannah, Ga, sat
urdav. the 25th ult., and the snake
died in ten minutes.
Rev. J. Wilkins Tay, a New Eng
land importation into Texas, says he
is ready TO perform the marriage cere-
mOny between black and white.
A MilledgeviIle papersays the num-
Der of cOnYicts, as registered in the
penitentiary convict-boOk, is AZ;
whites, 20; blacks, 357; Of which num-
Der fourteen are females
In Sparta, Ga, among the effects Of
the thunder storm last week was the
striking of the railroad track in sew
eral places by lightning and also the
burning Of the Clubhouse of Mrs. ThOs.
j. Dickson.
A maltreated mule committed sui
eide in Nicksburg last week by east
ing himself into the Mississippi. He
was not an editor of the Republican,
though his funeral notice appears in
that paper.
The severest thing said against
Ewes daughters was by Lady Mary
W DAAACN l4onLlASAs AAAE OAAAN olAAAo-
faction / have in being a woman is
one Of my ON 4 sex"
An oId-fashioned camp-meeting is
advertised TO be held at Pleasant Hill,
four miles above Hickory Flats, Cher
okee county, Georgia, beginning on
Thursday, August llth, and holding
over the second Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, wife of Rev.
Cary Cox, OF Monroe county, Georgia,
died on the 2lst instant, aged seventy
five wears. She only lacked q few
weeks OF reaching the fiftieth ami
Versary Of her marriage.
The Briarfield Iron Works at Mont
gOmery, Ala, are turning out the
finest brands Of cold blast charcoal pig
iron and merchants iron OF all sizes,
and iron cotton ties. The sales OF this
iron are principally made in the
North and West.
The corn crop Of all the counties OF
Southwest Georgia Is vigorous ana
healthy, and the common remark Is
that if the crop realizes its present
promise, corn enough viii be made on
the average to meet the wants Of
planters.
A terrific storm passed over Gray
son county, Texas, on the 18th ult.
In its course the storm crossed Red
river at Colonel Massie's farm, from
the direction of Fort Washita, literal
" leveling houses, etc, and destroy
ing the crops in its track. Twelve
houses at GreenYille were blown
down.
A letter from Governor Allen
Wright, dated Boggy Depot, Indian
Nation, June p, 1870, repOrtsa severe
shock of earthquake on the 10Th. 1t
was sensibly felt, houses and trees
shook, and white men and Indians
were alarmed, and several tender
hearted pale-faces took to the woods.
Mr.. Stanton informed the editor Of
the Gadsden Times that be will have
the Alabama and Chattanooga rail-
way completed and running from
Chattanooga to Meridian, within
seven months-say by the first of
January, 1871. He is now progressing
the work at the rate Of one mile per
day.
Saturday afternoon, in Knoxville,
Tenn, Alex. Mcmillan, a very inter-
esting and promising step-sOn OF DR..
Jas. {. Mcintosh, aged about eleven
years, in q bOyish encounter with
youth Of sbOut his own age, on Cum
berland street east, was thrown upon
the pavement with such violence As
10 break an arm.
One thousand dollars is offered in
New Orleans for the recovery Of
lost child. An hundred or more la
dies Of the city signed petition and
Governor Yarmouth issued a prOcla-
nation accordingly. The little girl,
seventeen months old, was stolen in
daytime from The front yard, two
weeks ago, and has never been heard
from.
A horrible affair took place two
weeks ago in Randolph county, Va,
some fifteen or twenty miles from
Beverly. Two little boys, aged ten
and six years, sons Of Mr.. Saml. Cur
renee, went out IN the evening to
drive home the cows. When but a
short distance from the house they
We're attacked by a very large pan
fher. The elder boy Immediately
gathered up the younger one in his
arms, but the panther seiZe1 him and
tore him loose. The boy seeing that
he could not save his little brother,
ran TO the house. The father hastened
back with him, and when he got to
the spot found his child almost en-
tirely deYOured.
A short time ago the assistant asses
sOr Of internal revenue made the fol-
lowing seizures Of tobacco for violation
of the law, in Henry county, TeRRes-
see: ROseberry d Dillahunty, tobacco
factory, valued at 800. William ID.
Roberts, factory and tools, 400 lbs
manufactured tobacco and 25O0 leaf
tobacco, valued at 500. John Q.
McCOrd, tobacco factory, valued $50
w. p. EdmOnds, factory and tools,
2SGO lbs manufactured tobacco, and
1900 lbs leaf tobacco. L. B. Wade,
factory and tools, 1850 lbs manuiac
tured tobacco, 1900 lbs leaf John
NJ. Henderson, 335 packages manuiac-
tured tobacco q, 600 lbs) and 1000 lbs
leaf tobacco. NJ. A. Robinson, factory
and tools. 1909 lbs manufactured to-
baeco, 2OO0 lbs leaf tobacco. Amount
ing in the aggregate to $40, $50. Hen
dersOn's tobacco, amounting to q
wagon loads, was hauled to Paris and
shipped to Memphis.