The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-06
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Real estate in New Orleans Is said to
be looking up,
The frost has been Furnishing vegeta-
tion in Virginia,
Brown Bowen, who was hung in Texas,
maintained his innocence to the last,
There were only forty deaths in Char
lotte, N. c., during the year ending May !.
A Benedictine monastery will soon be
dedicated on Skidawsy island, near savan'
nah, Georgia.
The cool weather has seriously dam
aged the sea island cotton plants on the
South Carolina coast
Governor Hampton says that no more
bachelors should be sent TO the general as
sembly Of South Carolina
The execution OF Brown Bowen, in
Texas, the l7th inst, was the first legal hang
ing that has taken place in the state ior over
a year,
One hundred and sixty>nine newspa-
pers and periodicals are now published in
Texas, and yet there Is not paper mill IN
the State.
Peter Cooper proposes that his school
at Limestone Sf rings, South Carolina, shall
be made seli.sustaning through the revenue
to be derived from lime kilns.
The San Antonio Herald plaintively
remarks In their summer and fall cam.
paigns all circus companits Ignore Texas.
| It is utterly impossible for them TO make the
taxation and clear expenses Our tax law
upon them amounts to prohibition.
The mining and manufacturing of the
phosphate rock in South Carolina have be-
come one OF its leading and most important
interests, From small beginnings the snip
ment and manufacture OF phosphate rock
have risen in nlne years to the large amount
of 199,Ue6 tons in 1877 49, OF which ll5, %
tons were shipped to 'oreign ports, 6i,4S6
tons coastwise, and 16, ,635 tons consumed by
our manufacturers.
Lexington (Va.) GaSAtte: On Friday
last the grave Of General StOnewall jackson
was handsomely decorated. This sods and
evergreens were neatly trimmed, and bou-
ouets and wreaths OF beautiful flowers and
immortelles were placed upon the mound
The grave is under the special charge OK Mrs
DR.. Waddell, who each year, with the assist
ance of others, pays this tribute OF love ano
admiration to the fallen hero OF the ConIed'
eracy.
Galveston German Post 1t is known
to our readers that the last resting place o.
General Sam. Houston is in Huntsville. Th'
grave is marked by O marble monument VIII
the following inscription: General sam
Houston, born March 2, 1898, died July ~
1858" The grave Is inclOsed by ahght picke
Ience, vi hich is fast falling to decay. Vislto
has truthfully written, on beholding the con
dition of the grave, " 1t 10 shame ior In
, state of Teas
Beaufort, S, c., correspondence Savan
nah News: Before the wa. Beaufort was tn
| summer residence OF the planters OF III
adjoining sea islands At The fall OF Por
Royal in 1851, the town was abandoned by II
inhabitants to the mercy of the invading 'o'
Shortly after this the United States govern
T ment levied a direct tax act" upon all IN
s states, and the property OF the inhabitan
was sold under its operations, winch was,
fact, nothing more than virtual confuse
9 ton. The whole town OF Beaufort and parls
|, of st. Helena were put up and sold at publ
outery, while the rightful owners OF the Ian
IS and houses were away serving in the COME
n crate army. OF course they could not
present at the sale, and thus their love
10 homesteads and broad acres passed into u
ia mcrciless hands of those who bought the
Tor q mere song. A large number OF Il
Ee handsomest and most imposing family ma
N siops in Beaufort are still held by the feder
authorities, while their rightful owners
homeless eXiles,