The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11
SOUTH.

The entire business portion of Green
vile, Miss, was destroyed by fire last week.
Gen. Jno. @. Breckinridge has re-
turned to Kentucky in somewhat improved
health.
Admiral Semmes is a candidate for
congress in the Mobile (Ala district His dis
abilities were removed by congress last winter.
A dry, hot wind passed over a por-
ton of Marion county, Georgia, lately, parch-
ing up most of the vegetation in less than en-
hour.
At Cherokee, Ala, last week, young
Rodgers, a son of the town marshal, was shot
and instantly killed in a saloon by John Nc
Closky, son of the circuit court clerk at Tus-
cumbia-
The Arkansas convention has decided,
by more decisive vote than heretofore, to
leave the question of the legality of the Hal
ford bonds to the legislature. The motion to
repudiate them outright received few sup
porters-
Since the murd& of Ivey, mail
route agent on the Ala ma and Chattanooga
railroad, several ROUTE agents in the south
have shown considerable alarm, and are ask
ing leaves Of absence from the post.ofice de-
partment, and some decline to run any longer
on their routes.
The first experiment is now being
made to utilize Chinese labor on the rice plan
tations of Georgia. Some thirty of the celes-
tials have been at work since March last on
Barnwelrs plantation, on the Altamaha, oppo-
site Darien. They appear well satisfied them
selves, and give their employer entire satis-
faction
The governor of Louisiana has called
out extra regiment of state militia, to be
composed Of picked white men. The orders
were Issued some days ago in view Of appre-
hended white leatue disturbances and the en-
tire absence of United States troops from the
state. Recruiting has been quietly going ON,
and it is stated that a number of ex-soldiers
of both armies have volunteered The regi-
ment win be added to Longstreet's brigade,
and will be used mainly to keep down disturb
ances in and around the city of New Orleans
The IRE at Greenville, Miss, last
week. which is supposed to be incendisry,
originated in the grocery store of Morgan d
Plat. then crossed Mulberry, going east, and
Main west, destroying the entire portion of
the town from Mulberry street to the river.
embracing nearly all the business houses OF
the piaCc-lQ All- scfchSS hSHoSS.
at over a quarter of a million dollars, with
about hundred and fifty thousand insurance,
on which the Planers' of Mississippi and
Planters of Mempl had large amount,
There viii be conslde ble suffering as nearly
all the provisions in town were destroyed
The house in which the fire originated had
been previously set on fire four different times
man named Mai Thompson has been ar
rested on suspicion of being concerned in the
incendiary work.
The following is condensed from the
national cotton exchange crop report for Au-
gust In Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkarsas
and Tennessee the crops are generally suffer
ing from drouth The prospects areless favor
able than at this time last year, and, though s
month ago they were generally later, the pick
ing commenced quite early. the droutt
causing premature opening. In Alabama
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolins
the condition is as good as last year. II
Georgia and Florida the crop is injured BY
drouth The conditions are now less favor
able than last year. In Missouri the prospects
are rulfavorable, and picking will be com
menced ten or twelve days earlier than las
year In Indian territory the plant is suffer
ing from drouth and picking is ten or ffteel
days earlier than last year.