Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-01-28
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

"A hIuklE bhilu vi AilAlidHbt Vtl y Ehtu
In Texas, carried of 300 head Of horses.
Adams county, Mississippi, has vo.
ted $500, 900 toad In building tbs Jack
son and Natchez railroad.
In Boston il :s now the style for
young ladies to be accompanied on the
streets by their maids, q Ia Paris,
The census shows that North Carol.
ma has gained 70,O05 Inhabitants during
the last ten years, and now has pop
ulation Of l ro72, 900.
One day last week, Mr.. Cornelius
Gleason, Il brakeman on the Philsdel-
phis, Wilmington and Baltimore rail
road, was run over BY o passenger train
near Chester, Maryland, and instantly
killed.
The labOrers on the ruins OF the
Spothwood Hotel have discovered the
remains Of Captain Hines, who, after
rescuing two persona from the burning
building, lost his own life in the attempt
10 rescue third
Col. Walter Harrison, late chief Of
staff Of Pickett's celebrated division Of
the Confederate army, died In Rich
mond, or Thursday from the dropsy
of the chest. He as VII known
throughout the army Northern Vir-
ginia and in the Stat generally, and
the announcement OF his death will
cause deep regret in til heart Of many
a soTowing comrade in arms. .
Tie bill before the Virginia House Of
Delegates to authorize the people o'
! Augusta county (Outside Of the town Of
! Stantopl, to vote Oh the question Of a
subscription Of 100000 to the Valley
railroad was defeated one day last
week, but it was 70 be rec siderai,
with the hope and lief tha Il pass.
II would be strange hing, il ed, to
deny people the right 70 vote on an
appropriation Of their own means FOR
their own benefit. r
One Of the favorite modes thus far is
Gor planters to make contracts which
provide that the farmer shall furnish
land, stock and utensils, give tho negro
one-half the crop, md the freedman
to agree to share ilah the current eX-
penses Of the plantation. 1t is reported
that this plan has been generally adop-
ted. ........
Miss Ada Mosby, sister OF Col.
John 4. Mosby, died at the residence Of
her father, in Bedford county, recently.
1t is said that Georgia has has recu.
perated more rapidly since the close Of
the war than any Southern State, and
her planters are in better condition than
those OF any other State. She has con.
q sumed more commercial manure in the
last four years than all the rest Of the
, cotton States combined.
4 Miss Lizzie Van Lew, POstmIstress Of
= Richmond Va, has decided that the
q frank Of q Congressman will not carry
I. o letter mailed al that Off g, when che
.. has reason to believe thai the Congress.
man il not 10 the city. That il, she
means to stop the bad practice indul.
ged in by some Radical COugressmen,
Q who furnish frankcd envelopes to their
y friends there-tl order TO cheat tie
u Government and ave heir posta2,
e A gentlemon Of Richmond, Va, well
known a, skilllll draughtsman, hW
made u p, n for Acity III the sea. IT.
, = ono Of biz hobtie- that the scheme Is
u entirely t'sibls NJ practicable, and
that such city wou have many ad,
r ysntages, NJ only l0r the prosecu.
t ton OF com lercial pL iuits, but for all
{ the business Of life. L, has laid it OF
Y into stree :, squares amt parks, aud sur
. rounded II with rows Of OeauifI and
, stately trees. His idea as 10 nov can
. be protected frolh the violence OF storms
, and the action Of waves 20 novel in the
T, extreme, and al least merits the atten.
ton Of Cyrus w. Field, who Il pr0pos.
ing stations in md sea for the support
: of his cable.
Financial affairs in Virginia are rep.
resented to be in adepl0rable condition.
Asa general thing, business is PROSTATE,
i and the people are very gloomy, being
very desirous Of emigrating West.
Many landhoIderse express 8 willingness
to sell their estates at any price to raise
money for this purpose. Those who
: have attempted to locate in the State
claim that this is but the natural result
of the policy pursued by many people
who have discouraged Northern emf
grafton in every possible manner. At
the close of the war there was q shong
movement Of small farmers Of Penn.
sylvanis and other Northern States 10
Northern and Central Virginia, who
purchased lands in those localities I'm
considerable quantities. That moyo.
ment has now been thoroughly check
ed, and those who bought with the in
tention Of permanent settlement are
now most anxious to sell. In many in
stances land within few miles OF
Washington are offered al much lower
rates than in the Western States. II
is predicted that both from North Car.
olina and Virginia there will be large
migration westward when the season
opens. The localities which will secure
the most Of this population will be
Southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas,
ONE Of those mysterious phenomena
known as "a shower Of bloodD occur.
red on the III inst, about six mile.
south ofSuiphur Springs, ia Texas. A
gentleman named Busy wak seated
with his family around the breakfast
table In the yard Of bis residence
Not cloud was to BE- seen in the blua
vault above, whom suddenly upon the
0oeVhisAsSu party ISll WOA can bo
termed a rain or q shower OF blood.
which lasted some eight Orteri seconds
The drops OF blood-7about the size ,oP
squirrel shot pAttered upon the dishes.
food and All around. For one hour thS
leaves, grass and the table ut wlfch
the, family had been seated, as also The
clothing Of the family bore distinetlv
the visible mark OF blood. A similar
event happened In Tsnnessee about
twenty years ago, and since thai tIme
snakes and fFega have fallen IN various
ocalitles, r'... - '''~''
|, 'FAE VENOM OF ScoRPtoysLn,
tousset gIvesla tile "Uofnptebn Ran.
dus,r detailed account OF his exneri.
fAents on the venom Of the Scor1,h,c;.
tdnts, frequently f0und In Eo,,tbs,r