Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-13
DOWN SOUTH.

1t is said that 2OO,OOO,OOO feet of pine
lumber were exported from Georgia IN
1873.
The Marietta (Gd.) Journal says the
planters are now engaged in harvesting the
finest wheat crop ever matured IN North
Georgia.
In Jackson county, Florida, corn was
laid by sometime ago. The prospect for a
large Weld was not the most inSplritlng.
The cotton fields are reported as presenting
a most luxIIriant spectacle.
The Jacksonville, Fla, NeIe South
speaks very encOuragingIy Of the work Of
building the Great Southern Railroad,
which is being constructed steadily and
rapidly.
Ceres has taken the Flower State under
her tulelage. The Tallahassee Sentinel
states that the corn prospects in that see
ton are excellent and give promise OF IN
abundant harvest. The area planted IN
corn is very large, and if no disaster hap
pens to it, the supply from this crop will be
sufficient to last the people for three years
The cotton crop IS not so large, but is very
promising.
The AIab0ad Herald says: The store
house a b. Z. Ladd, Jr., at Carpenters
Station. on the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, in this county, was burned down
a few nights ago. The fire was sindled by
a spark from an engine or the railroad.
about 10 or IL O'Clock, and the loss is about
5000. -,
In regard to the operation Of the Civil
Riohts bill in Georgia, Gov. Smith informs
a correspondent of the Macon Telegraph,
that should this OdiOus measure become q
law. after patiently waiting for the negroes
10 take action in the premises, if they at
tempt 10 intrude their children into the
white schools, he would not hesitate TO
;ssne his official proclamation suspending
ali nayments to teachers from the school
fnnd. and thus practically abOlishing tie
system. In this position, remarks the
S1rGnndh Nelrs, he would be sustained by
the unanimous verdict of the white people
and the General Assembly, the only Oppo-
sition emanating from the miserable scala
wag element. a.,
Hubbard COzart, recently tried in Allan
IA for firing a pistol in a car crowded with
ladies was acquitted. When the verdict
was rendered the Judge made the following
most Dertinent remarks to the prisoner:
.sThe iury have acquitted you Of this charge
Entrusted as am TO some extent with the
administration of the law in this county,
/ cannot allow YOU to be discharged from
custOGy without a word about this vrdict.
If this verdict goes ont to the public with
ont explanation, ii will operate as license
10 crime. do not hesitate to say that in
my opiniOn it is unwarranted by any prin-
ciple of law, or by any fact known to me.
| do not question the motives Of the jWy;
have nothing to say to that. l wish TO
protect the public interest the best that l
can. and it must not be thought that a man
can get into a drunken row and go into a
railway car crowded with men, women and
children, and, without provocatIon or suffi-
Gent cause, drGtc a mlTderOus lredpon and
shoot at will among them. That IS what
-ras done in this case, and the verdict vim
dictates the conduct, but it is not the tG'1-
This evidence diseloses the most complete
case of rowdyism and utter disregard OF
human life that has ever come under my
observation. 1t richly merited the utmost
penalty authorized by law. The verdict is
final and conclusive, and an outraged law
must submit to it. You are discharged
from custody"