Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-06

Is now becousing so fuI as to make It's
support a burden 70 the State.
Ten millions, one hundred and one
thoaeand, eight hundred and fOrty-seven
pounds of tobacco were sold IN Danville.
Va, daring tie last six months, aud
brought upwards OF million 81 dollars.
san Antonio CTexas) Herald: The
number of murders and robberies in this
part OF the State Is Increasing so rspidly
that prisoner in the county Jail with
two bits ia his pocket viii hardly feel
safe any more
The Richmond (Va) Dispatch saJss- -
There arc now within the iuclOsure OF
the penitentiary 755 coRvicts, In addi-
ton 10 the prisoners In the penitentiary
a large nnuiher are hired out on works 81
interuat improvements
The Committee on War Claims has a
greed TO give 5000 70 Chas. q. Campbell,
of Saltville, Washington county, Va,
for certain personal properly taken in
1864 by gems. Burbridge and StOneman,
for the use Of the Union army.
Belle Plain, Iowa, claims the smallest
woman in the WOTld-aiaggio Minot.-
She is ighteen years old, twenty-six
inches high, and weighs 81 pounds. Tom
Thumb is six inches taller.
Col. Coolbaugh, who, during the siege
of Vieksburg in 1868 was for time at.
tachcd to the staff Of Major General Nc
Pherson, Is now in the penitentiary of
Arkansas, under n sentence Of fifteen
years for stealing letter from the mail.
An.English Judge has decided that a
woman can keep her wedding ring, and
wear IL when she pleases, but she cannot
give. It away without her husbands con-
sent.
Decoration Day was generally observ-
Ell throughout Georgia and Alabama on
Wednesday last. In Atlanta aud other
Georgia cities, stores were closed and
business suspended, while the entire pop
ulatiOn Joined in the observance Of the
day.
A collection OF manuserlpts and auto
graph letters left by Thomas Moore will
be sold In London shortly. II includes
the original manuscripts OF the "Epicu-
rean" and sI4alla ROOkh," and the last
letter written by Byron TO Moore fIom
AissOlOnghi, about month be.evs his
death.
A committee of the Cincinnati Bar As
ISOLATION has applied for the disbarment
of Jerome b. Conklyn for advertising to
procure divorces illegally and quietly"
for ineOmpatibility, etc., without any
change Of residence being necessary. As
no divorce can be obtained In the courts
of Ohio without publicity, as inoompati-
biIity is not lawful cause for divorce,
and as residence Of one year Is necessa-
ry before sling petition, Conklyn, it is
claimed, Is fraud.
Gonzales CTexas) Inquirer-Index: The
cattle exodus from this county seems to
have amounted to 1900 head, and we
learn that about double that number has
been crossed over the Guadalupe at this
place from other counties, making in all
about SO, 900 head that have passed thrO'
this place for the West since the first of
January. At this rate it would seem the
country would soon become depleted Of
cattle.
vicksburg CAIiss.) Herald: Mr.. Haehl,
Of the Vickshurg and Shreveport rail-
road, informs US that the baclwater is
falling between Delta and Monroe, and
the prospects are that travel can be re-
sumed on that road in a week or two, If
there are no further swells from above
The planters arc taking heart, and will
make big crops yet. The high water will
soon run out, from present appearances,
and the land now under water will soon
be high and dry.
San Antonio (Texas) Herald: One Of
our late county officials was Of the Opil-
ion that ais friends would have no more
use for him after he was out Of Office
But such Is not the ease. Men who would
never speak to him before, while in Of
flee, come up and take him by the hand,
and say, cOniidingiy, $50 you have got
TO start in now and lrorf for living, af-
ter this, like the rest of us, who ara every
bit as good rs yOu ever were. So you
have got 10 come down to it, have youg"
The Mississippi Democrats continue
their oppression and prosecution Of the
late Radical officials Of that State. just
think of it, now they are about TO send
two Of them to the penitentiary for only
stealing mule. The Canton Nail says:
Last Thursday morning Edward Dicker-
son, colOred, and late member of the
Board Of Supervisors Of Canton district,
and Edward Grant, colored, and for two
/ years past jailer Of our county, were ar
/ raigned before his honor, Mayor Powell,
on the affidavit of Mr.. Hamilton, of
Holmes county, charging them with steal
/ ing a mule. They were committed 70
Jail in default Of bail.
Foreign journals publish romantic
story Of an Arab girl who has been the
leader in their combats with the Turks.
The girl was the daughter of a chief, and
was married TO a warrior of her tribe,
who was murdered by the Turks. The
young widow made n vow 70 avenge his
death upon the soldiers Of the Padishah.
The Emir, touched by the prayers and
tears of his child, called upon the tribe
the whole of the Bedonin hOrsemen of
the Beni Kawas rising in consequence a
gainst the domination OF the Panishah.
The daughter of the Emir, armed like
the men, and carrying their banner, like
Joan Of Arc, was always foremost in
their attacks upon the enemy, closely fol-
lowed by her father, the Emir, her broth
ers, and the remainder Of the hOrsemen.
The Turkish Government has set price
on her head, in order 10 capture her and
to stop the slaughter of the soldiers. The
Arabian poets have made the heroine the
subject OF their songs, and she is now the
most famous parsonage In the district Of
Beder.
A jury at Hobart Town, Australia, be-
ing unable 10 agree on criminal case,
were locked up. Wearied with a fruit
less discussion on the merits Of the case
under their consideration, some of the
jurors produced pipes and cigars, and at
tempted to relieve the tedium Of THAR
position by smoking. The other jurors,
TO whom tobacco was an annoyance in
stead of sOlace, objected TO this. 4
frightful row was the result. From words
the jurymen came TO violence. The win
dOws of the room in which they were
confined were smashed TO atoms, and 20
the alarm Of the passers-by a chair was
hurled out of the window, but happily
with no one in IL. This, It is alleged,
was done by the nOn-smokers, who iusti-
~ themselves on the ground that the
fumes of tobacco had rendered the atmos-
phere of the room so unbearable as to
make large and Immediate supply, of
fresh air absolutely necessary for exis-
tence- The jury did not better their pO-
sition by the quarrel, for the Chief JUS
1 tice kept them locked up all night and
/ till next midday, when he discharged
/ them with a equitable admonitiOn" on
the subject of their misbehaviOr.
New Orleans Picayune: We learn from
the treasurer of the Louisiana Jockey
I Club that the clear profits Of that institu-
l tioa for the meeting just closed, after
/ paving purses and all expenses, will a
I mount TO over seven thousand dollars
I This, for the reputed hard times, speaks
well for the thorough and efficient man
agement of the club, and the people at
| large should congratulate themselves on
! having 4 set Of gentlemen who have af-
] forded them such healtiIful and delight
4 ful recreation, as well as adding so large
/ a sum 10 the exchequer of so lOurighinV
/ an institution as the Jockey Club now is,
/ Nay, further, it shows that the efforts on
the part Of these gentlemen have been an
/ preciated by the public, the liberal sun
/ port and announcement given TO the tlrf
/ az the last meeting by our people being
an evidence of their determination to
stand by the club in its efforts for the
good OF our city.