Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-08
SOUTHERN NEWS.


SOUTHERN NEWS.
About twenty-five thousand white citi-
zens Of West Virginia are DISTINGUISHED
by the fourteenth amendment.
John Morton, who murdered Judge
Briee, of Louisville, KY, has been IN
dicted by the Grand Jury, but admitted
to bail in $4,000 bonds.
A Young man named Nettles, who killed
a man named Mooney, at Rome, Ca IN
the latter part of last year, was arrested
at Gainesville last Tuesday and sent to
Jail at Rome. He was driving a wagon
for Robinson's circus, and was Identified
by a young man from Rome.
In the light soil farms in the vicinity of
Augusta, Ga. cotton IL coming up and
growing hhely. This plant had attained
4 growth of two inches, and exhibited a
fne. healthy complexion. The plant IS
more tardv in the sitter lands. and needs
a few gentle showers to bring 1t u
General d. H. Hill authori-
~tatively that the report that Mrs stone
wall < is about to be married again
is false. and that no one has dared even
I'd address the widow of our great and
good soldier. and that she had rather re-
main his widow than marry any living
man."
The Huntington CTenn.l Courier of the
5th inst. saws: On last SaSrday nignt
l2Oth ult.) in the. vicinity ofN~laceaonlar
IN this county, a negro man h4nled hoss
SHARKS was killed by unknown parties
His wife saws she heard the shooting
that three shots were fired. No clue as
vet has been found pointing to any one.
Near Raleigh, n. c., on Thursday, an
Woman named Mary Ann
Dalton dressed herself in mans clothes
and went to the residence of Mr.. Jarvis
Wood. with the object Of lighting HIM.
Supposing her TO be q man, ana that she
intended to % him bodily harn, MI
Wood shot and killed her.
This Major Delaney seems to be high
" sensible colOred man. In a speech at
Columbus. s. c., on Thursday, he said:
.fKeep vour Ku-KluXes AVA from me,
and / am willing TO strike hands With you
in maintaining a free, honest and pure
government in South Carolina"
disp. tcb from Tuscaloosa, Ala, to the
MONTGOMERY MaI dated the 9th, an
nounce tina cadet Smith, who was con-
lined in Jail for murder in the kllnng OF
Mr.. Bird in a difficulty with Ryland a
dolph. in that place some time since, had
made his escape from prison the night
previous. The Jail was guarded py FED
eral soldiers.
train on the Georgia state road, con-
tanning an excursion party, cOIilded with
a lumber train while returning nom hen
nesaS mountain to Atlanta on Saturday
last. Both engines were smashed Ben
iamin Kimball, conductor, and Green
Turner, fremen, were injured. The eN-
eursi0n party escaped unhurt.
II is stated that w. J. Whipper, colored
representative from Beaufort county, ,.
nnnAnhnFa for Inn
gress. has been appointed Brigadier Cen
eral Of militia for Charleston district. IL
Is further stated that there will at once be
organized a regiment of militia IN eacn
county. which shall parade on the Atm OF
July next.
Under the head of Mistaken Policy"
The Montgomery Advertiser says; Corn
and bacon are both advancing, and YET
PLANTERS are devoting the greater part OF
their space to cotton. During a recent
triD over portions Of three states, the
writer OF this paragraph did not see q
dozen fields of corn. Any planter VINO
will plow up his cotton and substitute
corn will make money by the operation
The bin reported BY the COMMITTEES on
Disabilities IN Congress, removing the
disabilities of two or three thousand
Southern gentlemen, is likely 70 pass
AmOug those who are to be benenteu by
the bill are the lDlLDWluk uAstAhE AA'-CN
Tennszseeans Hon. A. p. Nicholson,
OF Columbia; General John /. T. Sneed,
or Somerville: Hon. J. ID. q. Atkins, OF
Paris; and Judge r. X. lie II, Of Men,
phis.
Vbara ara in Dawson, ga, bur AlbinOs,
aged respectively rom abOutk four 10 ten
wears. The parents OF these khildren are
very black, especially the ffather-the
mother being a little The brightest of the
fyrn The her has given IL 20 sever
children: the three drst-bJrI are as BLACK
a. their parents, while the last Tour are
uunaturalIy white, with long naxen halr
as soft as down.
Senator Sho9p.Of Mississippi, proposes,
If he shall receive proper encouragement,
TO make the ship Island harhOr and rail-
road a grand State work and he believes
the net profits of the whole will, 10 a lew
wears, 10 very far in defrayingt ex-
ueuess II theAslet~GOvernment. he
Tins would be a. profitable as me
Georgia SKATE Road, which has PAID into
The Treasury hsmuch as S3O,OO0 per month
lie proposes TO DO the labor with the Pen
itentiary ~oonvicts.
A poor girl named Catherine Mcneil,
recently arrived from Ireland, was thrown
from the track Oft d Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, opposite st. Louis, on Thursday
and instantly killed. Her uncle was lead
ing her along the track, il being quite
dark, when a locomotive came along Al q
rapid rate, giving no sign by whistle or
bell Of its approach, and, a. above, killed
the girl. The man escaped with a few
slight bruises. The engineer, named Ste
ahens, has been arrested.
&Ths following Is a list Of the living
Bishops in the order Of their election, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
with their places Of residence: Bishop J.
o. Andrews, Summerield, Ala; Bishop
RobsTt Paine, Aberdeen, Miss: Bishop
G. Z. Pierce, Sparta, Ga. Blshop II. n.
Kaysnsugh, Lexington, Ky; Bishop w. |
N. Wightman, Charleston, S. CT Bishop
r. NJ. Marvin, st. Louis. No bishop ID. |
Z. Dogges, Richmond, Va; Bishop II. N.
McTyeire, Nashville. Tenn.
On sunday, the 24th ultimo. the citizens
Of New Atlanta, in VIM Parish La, ar
rested and shot John r. West, David
Frame, Grow Thompson, a man by the
name Of Collins and one named Ingram.
The well known LawsOn Kimbrel broth
er TO VIM. Kimbrel, killed by General
McGlathan) was hot down for dead, but
the ball only scaiped him, and he made
his escape. These men are represented
TO be Of the most des perate character, and
had boen engagediua netarious tIaude. and
had been ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and aicted
by the grand jury Of the parish.
The Mississippi Legislature has come
out at the small end Of the hora ID she
proposition 10 remove Judge shackleford
for ordering the release Of r. NJ. Ysreer.
The committee have in the progress Of
researches discovered that Judge
Shackleford is not in Office at an and was
When the writ wa granted! Is 1t not
that this idea did not penetrate
their minds when the resolution was
This is certain, however,
whether the Judge was In Office or not,
the prisoner was restored TO bis Liberty by
his mandate, and it isnot in the " Of
all the d~iscons0lste RAIDS in the Legisla-
to take il from him.
The construction Of the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chattanooga railroad viii
the seashore of Mississippi one Of
he most Interesting, as well a. most val
lable. portions of the South. IN fact,
here is no such extent OF sea-cosst upon
he whole Gulf Of Mexico, Consisting as
[ does, almost entirely uLhigh, dry and
banks. for q distaSee Of about
o miles. This railroad PssAS directly
the towns Of SbieldsbOros[Ds
christian, Mississippi City, Biloxi, ocean
West Pascagoula and East Pas
All Of them well known water
This road VIII put all Ofthese
OWES in daily communication with New
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