The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
SOUTnLRN NEWS ITEMS.

Real estate in New Orleans is said tc
| be looking up.
The frost has been Furnishing vegets,
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 BeDedictine monastery will soon be
dedicated on skidsway island, near Ssyan.
nab, Georgia.
The cool weather bss seriously dam.
aged the sea island cotton plants on the
South Carolina coast.
Governor Hampton says that no more
bachelors should be sent 60 the general rs.
sembly OF South Carolina.
The execution OF Brown Bowen, in
Texas, the i7th inst, was the first legal hang.
ing that has taken place in the state for over
n year
One hundred and sixty>nine neWspa.
pers and periodicals are now published in
Texas, and yet there is no, a paper mill in
the State.
Peter Cooper proposes that his school
at Llmcstope Strings, South Carolina, sball
be made seli-sustaining through the revenue
to be derived from lime kilns.
The San Antonio Herald plaintively
remarks In their summer and fall cam.
palgns al! circus compani's ignore Texas
Ii is utterly impossible Tor them to make the
taxation and clear expense. Our tax Law
upon them amounts TO prohibition,
The mining and manu- featuring of the
phosphate rock in South Carolina have be.
come one OF its leading and most important
interests, From small beginnings the ship
msnt and manufacture OF phosphate rock
have risen in nlne years 10 TIE large amount
of le9, ,0eS tons IN 1877 IS, OF which ll5, 65
tous were shipped to 'oreign ports, 6i,<S6
tons cosstvise, and IL, oS5 tons consumed by
our manufacturers.
Lexington (Va,) Gasatte: On Friday
last the grave Of General StoDewall Jackson
was handsomely decorated. The sods and
eveTgreens were neatly trimmed, aud bou-
quets and wresths OF beautiful flowers and
lmmortelles were placed upon the mound.
The grave is under the special charge Of Mrs,
DIR. Waddell, who each year, with the assist
ance OF others, pays this tribute of love and
admiration TO the fallen hero Of the Couied>
eracy.
Galveston German Post 1t is known
to our readers that the last resting place of
General Sam. Houston is in Huntsville. The
grave is marked by n marble monument, with
the following INSCRIPTION; General Gam
Houston, born March 2, 1898, died July %,
1858 The grave Is inclosed by a light picket
fence, which is fast falling to decay. A visitor
has uuihfully written, on beholdIng the con.
dition Of the grave. " 1t is a shame for tue
state Of IeAas.'
Beaufort, :, c., correspondence Savan>
nah News Before the war Beaufort was the
summer residence OF the planters OF the
adjoining SEA Islands. At The fall Of Port
Royal in 1861, the town was sbandonsi by It's
Inhabitants to the mercy of the invading oe.
Shortly after this the United States govern.
ment levied direct tax act" upon all the
states, and the properly Of the inhabitants
was sold under It's operations, which was In
fact, nothing more than virtual oOnbsca'
ton. The whole town oi Beaufort and parish
Of St Helena were put up and sold at public
outsry, while the rightful owners OF the land
and houses were away serving ia the cOnied.
crate army. OF course they could not be
present AT the sale, and thus their loved
homesteads and broad acres passed INTO the
msrcile,s hands OF those who bought them
for mere song. \ large number Of the
handsomest and most imposing family man.
sions in Beaufort are still held by the federal
authorities, while their rightful owners are
homeless exiles,