The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-28
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

The Mobile board of trade is consider.
ing the subject OF steamship line from
Mobile to Aspinwall, the mouth OF Magda>
lena river, BarbadOes, Demarara and Trini.
dad.
A Putnam county, Tenn, moonshiner
told a reporter of the Nashville American
that there were two hundred Illicit dstiller-
les in that county alone, and that he had
made twenty-five dollars week at the busi.
ness.
Sumter (Fla.) Advance: Never before
in the memory of the oldest inhapitant has
there been so much rain during the winter
as in the past one. The prairies and fat
woods are Overiowed, and cattle are suffer.
| ing terribly, being driven from the grazing
grounds. We learn many are dying OF star.
| vation.
The grand jury of Brazos county,
| Texas, in its report says: "While il may be
out of place for our body to suggest any
change in the criminal laws of this state. we
would state for the smaller oilenses that
| whppiDg-post he established in each county,
giving to each criminal quick and certain
punishment for his ohense."
An essay was read before the Georgia
! agricultural society on tea culture in that
| SlUte, Ing Alluntd feIluIhs
| thereon: The tea raised here and carefully
prepared is superior to any imported. There
were others present who confirmed all that
the doctor said in reference to the excellence
of the tea raised here. The essay concluded
with the assertion that tea could be raised
proftably in this climate. The commissioner
Of agriculture has recently purchased from
Mrs. Screven, OF Liberty county, $4,000 young
tea plants for gratuitous distribution in the
United States.
Galveston News: Another consign-
ment of bet manure from one of the caves in
Llano county reached this city this morning
and was shipped per one of the Morgan
steamers. So far there has been received
about forty tons of this manure, which is
pronounced by those who have chemically
examined its properties to be the equal of
the best guanO ever imported into this cOun.
try. In appearance it looks somewhat like
coffee grounds, mtemingled with steel ill,
ings and parched rich beans. 1t comes to
this place in barrels, and is beginning to
form feature in the commerce of the port.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: Several large
and important colonies from the northern
and eastern states have recently fixed them
selves in the northwestern counties of Texas
They are from Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA, New
Jersey and Illinois, and are remarkable as
intelligent, thrifty people, with abundant
means In hand to make good their foothold
in our young empire. They come banded
together to secure the advantages OF schools,
churches, stores, ETC., and indeed possess the
germ of complete community in and Of
themselves. The great advantage is that
they fling themselves with impunity beyond
the line of our uttermost settlements, and
wrest new territory from the clutch of nature
and the savage.
A Texas camel breeder, speaking of
the rearing of the "ships of the desert"
says; They are no more troubetO raise than
horses or cattle. The colts for the first three
or four days are rather tender and require
close attention, but after that take their
chances with the herd. They feed on cactus
and brush, eschewing all grasses that cattle
and horses eat ii the favorite cactus can be
had. The females, with proper care, give a
colt every year, and the price at which they
are sold, the ease with which they are raised,
their extreme docility, and the aaaptabiity
OF our climate to their nature, would seem
to indicate that camei-rasing is a profitable
business in Texas. Mr.. Lanfear says there is
, one camel in the herd that has travelled l50
miles between sun aud sun, aud that most
!, any well broke camel is good for more than
100 miles in a day.
The Atlanta Constitution says of the
, Cherokee Indians IN Georgia: Our inform
= ant stated that both the Cherokees and half
breed relations worship in the Baptis
l church that no other church is known t.
them, but that the Cherokee people are no
very strict attendants upon church, cOnse
= uuenty the churches are ample for the de
mand. The ceremonies of marriage and til,
form of burial services are the same as usel
by our people and are frequently celebrated
| in most enjoyable style with large Dime
parties. They live in log cabins and houses
built by their sires, and their articles OF fur
niture are manufactured by themselves. Th,
people are fond of the same roaming life lee
by their fathers in days gone by, and yer,
seldom, if ever, 90 10 the town in the cOun
: ties in which they reside. They don't car,
r anything about the silver bill or Ben Hill, a
! they have no money nor do they ever expec
: to have any, making everything that the,
have any use for, and thus purchasing yer,
little of anything. What trading is done i
8 carried on by way Of bartering furs ant
8 hides Tor necessary articles
Richmond (Va) Dispatch: At tn,
:, request of the auditor, Joint meeting Of th
i house senate and finance committees wa
- called yesterday morning to take into con
. sideration the alarming condition of th
:. treasury. Auditor Tayler appeared befor
a the committee and stated: First-There i
:, only $103 in the treasury. SeGOnd-Th
J banks refuse to make further loans. Thr,
:, The state owes banks $4,000. Fourth
n The state owes asylums and colleges the sun
l. of Sl2l,00O on last years appropriations
|. Fiith-That there is ABOUT Sl,000,0G0 of las
| Ial; 10 II,
4 cluded. Sixth-That there is $S50,OO0 o
outstanding coupons. Seventh-This leave
= only $l5O,O00 of uncollected revenue to RAJ
n the government to the end Of this fiscal year
:. and delinquent taxes are included in this
7. Eighth--That il will require 100000 to rul
O the government to the end of the fiscal year
and pay the banks and asylums' arrears
:, Ninth-That the government could not rul
. , longer than II m. yesterday. Tenth -Sug
=, gests, as the only means of running the gov
K ernment, to make all license taxes payabl
|, in money-that such an act would rcliev
.e the government in May. If this cannot b
e done he sees ne hope for the government.
e Nashville American: The commits
d sioner of patents at Washington has signife
n his willingness to furnish to the variOu
a states drawings and specifications of pater
y inventions. In view OF this fact, steps shOul
70 at once be taken by our mechanics to hay
e these designs sent here, that they may M
'e only be accessible to them in their ever,
e. day labors, but also be consulted by a
d interested in new inventions. An arrang
n ment could be made by which an apartmeI
=, at the capitol might be secured for til
~ proper keeping Of the designs, as well as
10 he used as a museum for the exhibition
Tennessee patents. This might finally giy
e, rise to schools Of design, which have done
s. much for the eastern states. Before the va
a- it was believed that no one but regul,
20 Yankee OF the New England States po
he sessed inventive genius. But the south hs
er no manufactures, and there was no seemr
d, necessity for any southerner to bother h
head about anything less than plantatic
and statesmanship. They were conten
therefore, to let Massachusetts, and her sist
ed New England states do the manufacturin
i'd while they planted the cotton and talk'
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