The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-01
SOUTHERN NEWS.


The weather in the country is quite
moist, interfering to some extent with
fodder pulling.
| Crops In the rear portion of Tensas
parish are not as promising as those or
the river.
Mace Williams, on Gordon IL Smiths
place, West Feliciana, quarrelled with
his wife and filled her head with slugs.
He has since left for other parts.
The bondsn1en of James II. Stephens,
the new colored postmaster Of st. Fran.
cisville. are all white men, and
Democrats. 1t was over this very Office
that the bloody shirt journals recently
raised the cry of intolerance.
A number CT negro boys chariyaried a
| friend in st. Joseph Tensas parish. Not
content with this, they marched around
town, disturbing everyhody's slumbers,
The parish judge accordingly interfered
and the ringleaders were locked up.
At Mr.. Duncan's place, four miles be-
low Covington, the army worms have
made their advent, and are cleaning out
sugar cane, cotton, and, indeed, all
other green stuff, leaving no spire OF
grass or vestige Of vegetation in their
desolating march.
The assessor Of st. Landry is greatly
increasing the assessment OF that par
| ish. Formerly, property was assessed
at mere nominal value. Now 1t Is as
sessed at its true market value. or
course some complaints were made. but
the compliments soon saw the sense
and justice of this proceeding.
The schools in st. Landry cannot
open, In consequence OF the fact that
the school board cannot compel Tom
Anderson, treasurer of the late school
board Ito settle up. The Courier insists
on criminal prosecution or some pro-
ceeding to compel him to account for
these funds.
There seems to be some trouble about
the West Baton Rouge road law
Whether it does not suit the times or
the people, no one seems to know. Ger
tain 1t Is, no one wants to accept the
honorable position OF road and bridge
overseer, nearly every one Of the COM
missions issued by the police jury hay,
ing been returned to the president.
On Saturday night last. at about 8
o'clock, Alcide Mouton, young mu-
latto, aged about 20 years, q laborer on
the plantation of Mr.. @. W. Hazard, at
Big Cane, st. Landry parish, murdered
his wife. The news spread like wild
fire, and in short time about q hun
dred blacks assembled, seized the MUIR
derer. and, in the presence Of some
thirty whites, hung him to tree a few
hours after the preparation OF the muir
der. The sheriff left on Wednesday to
arrest the prime movers in the hang
ing, and on Thursday night returned
with some fifteen darkies, whom he
lodged in Jail.
One Newsham, an exRadical of West
Feliciana, has been making speeches in
Donaldsonyille, charging that sit is we'll
known in West Feliciana that j. j.
Barrow, sheriff of the parish, killed ..
A. Weber there" While in West Fell
ciana Newsham testified that he knew
nothing Of the matter, and Gov. Wick
life swore that Barrow was in his Office
when the shots were fired.
The citizens Of Red River Landing,
Pointe Coupee parish, held q meeting
July 90, at which disapprobation was
expressed with the police jury, and a pro-
test entered against any increase OF
salariesl and the redistricting Of the
parish. A suggestion was made that q
poll tax and tax on dogs be levied for
the benefit Of the school fund. Gov.
Nichols was requested to appoint J. l..
Kingsbury to the vacant police jury
ship.
MhSSlsShvps
Yazoo proposes to have q grange fair
soon.
The Adams county delegation. is for
Hamilton for Auditor.
Considerable hog stealing is going on
at Pine Ridge, Adams county.
The Republican executive committee
Of Adams county met in Natchez Thurs
day morning and reorganized. They
will put ticket In the field.
Yallobusha county had her conven-
ton Saturday, and instructed for Wal
thall for Governor, McCullum for Secre-
tary Of State, III. M. Street for Auditor,
and @. M. Walden for Treasurer.
A few days ago, on the Holly planta-
ton, in franklin county. negro named
Allen Foster loudly threatened the life
Of Mr.. Simpson Holly; when the latter
took up his gun and shot the negro.
In the Wilkinson County Democratic
Convention some debate arose whether
delegates elected by colored voters
should be entitled to seats. It was
finally decided that they were proper
delegates. A full county ticket was
nominated.
The committee Of engineers at Vicks-
burg have presented a supplemental
report, in which they hold that the fur
Their caving Of Delta Peninsula should
be prevented at once. The committee
also advises the citizens Of Vicksburg
not to depend solely upon government
aid.
The Port Gibson Reveille has found a
bonanza. 1t says: We have in our office
a specimen Of coal, found on the plan
tation of Hon. E. H. Stiles, in this
county, embedded several feet below
the surface. It resembles in every par
ticular the celebrated camel coal, and
we learn that the State geologist is Of
the opinion that it will be found, on
digging, in great abundance. We trust
1t may prove the forerunner Of rich de-
velopments of coal, and scarcely any
greater material blessing could be
bestowed on us.
Texas.
The State Pathological Association
convenes in Houston on the 10th prox.
The stock meeting at Corpus Christi
was small one. The members will