The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-12-24
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There is much talk of increasing the
production of the banana at the South The
/ plants grow well in the worn-out cotton field,
OF the Gulf States; they ave Of rapid growth
they do Not require much cultivation, and
there is always good market for the fruit
In Putnam county, Tennessee, feN
nights since, four disguised inea went to the
house of Russell Allison, and shot and killed
him, An officer and posse went to arrest two
of the supposed nnurderefs, two brothers
named Braswell, when one of the latter shot
dead ). J, Allisun, brother of. the murdered
man, and one of the posse. The Braswells
! were arrested.
n The sugar-house boiler ON Fairfax plan
! "a ton, nine miles below fiaAkiin, La, ex-
| ploded last week, Instantly killing three men,
/ rhortally wounding two and scalding good
many others, besides doing great damage to
| buildings. No particular reason is assigned
for the accident The killed aud mortally
wounded are all colufed MeIi, esIeBt one,
the Sugar boiler a white French Creole from
Lafourehe, name unknown. r Fairfax planta-
ton is owned by Sturges, of New York.
A tract of land was recently purchased
in Virginia, on which was to Be tried the 6al-
'tNatioh of Cuba or Havana tobacco The
party making tsis purchase and experiment,
it is saiti has succeeded in raising double crop
-of very fine quality. The product is being
made up into cigars ct = factory in Caroline
county, W., which are selling as rapidly as
they can be manufactured at $50 per 1000.
He asserts that the genuine Cuba tobacco can
be raised in Virginia, and equal In every re-
spect to the original product. Farming lands
are said TO be offering at very low prices, and it
would not be surprising ere long to SEE real
Havana" Of Virginia tobacco and make in
the Itarket. --n ..-. .r .
1t sshown by the state census of south
Carolina, recently taken, that her total pop
ulation has increased during the bast FIVE
years from 7O5, 500 to p29. .447-of 80 ser cent.
This is a startling result, inasrhuch as from
iseolto 1870 (including, of course, INC War
period) the increase was less TRAN one per
cent and ftota 1850 to 1860 only 5.27 per
cent The conclusion to which the Charles
ton News and Courier comes is, either that
the United States census of 1870 was radi-
cally wrong and underestimate the popt-
lation, or that the poptlatien shown in 1875
is determined rather by the five cents per
capita raid to'the census takers, than by the
actual population. The truth probably lies
between the two alternatives.
The report prepared by the Galveston
chamber of commerce sums up with startling
effect general presentation OF the great de-
vastation wrought by the late cyclone in
Texas From this statement, which was
made for transmission to London CONNER
cial association, we learn that the total loss
of life from the inundations and geles was
three hundred aud twenty-ohe. OF this the
largest nnfnbef was reported from Indianola,
where more than two hundred persons lost
their lives. Property to the amount of three
million dollars was destroyed. Indianola
was the chief sufferer. This unfortunate town.
which formerly had population OF fifteen
hundred, IS now reduced to about six hun
dred inhabitants. 1t is proposed to rebuild
the place, as the situation is considered
good one, except in cases of storms of un-
usual severity. .- -r.s Az !
Governor Smith, of Georgia, has adj
dressed letter to the people of that State,
urging them to send delegates to the conven-
ton which will meet in Chicago on the 10Th.
He says: "TO restore our prosperity we must
look to our great national highways of trade,
to the river and water lines of the West,
while the other means of transportation
should not be neglected. The government
of the United States is the only competent
power to improve and control these, and
they should be maintained as free public
highways for the use of everybody. We must
look to the, United States government for
those improvements. The opening of these
lines will go far toward solving the question
of transportation by Legitimate competition,
which will benefit the railroads with other
interests. Hence there should be false
antagonIsm besween them" He strongly
deprecates the fight which is constantly going
on between the great industries of the coun-
try These industries are not naturally an
tagonistic. He says: "We OF the cotton
States. have no warfare TO make upon any
other industry but on the contrary, we should
labor for the advancement of all. Georgia
has no war to make on the manufacturer or
the miner of other sections, but on the con-
traIy, her true interest will be found in aiding
the advancement of all, and to this end she
should labor" He urges all the different
interests of the country to send representa-
tives to Chicago to consult upon these ques-
tions, and say if the same sound good sense
which characterizes the ordinary business
transactions of our people be brought to bear
on these questions, it will do more towards
solution than all the fine spun theories of the
present generation. ---