St. Landry democrat., 1878-06-01
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

The. city council of New Orleans set
out fifteen hundred shade trees, and only
seventy-fve lived. a"...+1..
The Picayune says the Irish patriots
of New Orleans ale said to be preparing
to join in an invasion of Canada as soon
as Russia grapples with England.
Columbus (Georgia) Sun: An old
negro fiddler of Cuthbert "got religion ="
q few days ago, whereupon he shivered
his fiddle ON the doorstep, saying; No
man kin hab religion an be fiddler"
Chattanooga Times: It's stated that
large fields Of wheat in Middle Tennessee
were very much benefited by the late
storm. It blew and washed the rust so
that the wheat was almost clear and the
ground covered with it, and since then
the wheat)is said to be doing we'll.
Richmond States: The failure of SO
many New England cotton mills and the
strikes in Old England among the opera
lives must lower the price of raw cotton,
and raise that OF the manufactured article.
II should admonisll the south that it is
not only her policy to grow, but to spin
and weave the. cotton also. Let us
profit by the experience p. .....
Chattanooga Dispatch: Thirteen fiat
boats, loaded with grain and meat, ar
rived at the wharf Sunday from up the
river. They brought about s 900 bushels
OF wheat, 1000 bushels Of corn and 25,-
900 pounds eft meat, principally from
Union county. Twenty, aatboat have
arrived during the week, averaging 1000
bushels of grain to the boat.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: The pros
pect for good crops in this section were
never better. We gather from many
who are engaged in agriculture, and
Others, that the stands Of cotton and corn
are all that could be asked. The cut>
worm is slightly in the cotton in some
localities, but no serious damage is ap.
pretended. The promise of the fruit
crop Is also just as good as can be-.
Raleigh IN. O. News: Operations
for this season have been discontinued at
the great fish hatchery at Avoca, on
Albemarle sound. L was not expected
that the work would stop before the 18th
inst, but owing to unprecedented good
luck of the owners of the great seines in
their catches of herrings. the nets have
been taken out for the season. The
amount of work done, the quantity of
fry placed in the streams, has been enor-
NOUS. The duty has been ably dis
charged, and it but:remains for our people
to unite in projecting the fish for our
streams to be once again filled with the
finest varieties Of fish as of yore.
Charleston News and Courier: "In
answer to the many inquiries which are
made concerning the welfare of the emf
grants who have been forced to remain
here until the return of the Azor, it may
be said that over fifty of the emigrants
with their wives and children have set
tied down and gone to work upon the.
plantation on Wandoo river purchased
by the il. e. association few weeks ago
foe their benefit. Others have secured
employment at,saveral phosphate wo. ks
near the city, and some few remain in
the city and have their wants provided
fR by the association. The emigrants, as
clss. are we'll behaved, hard working
pe1rle. and win doubtless earn a fair
living during their term Of probation. p
sansAntonio Herald There il one
thing very evident, and that Is if there
10 anything in the power Of General Ord
which viii conduce to the safety OF the
frontier and protection from Indian and |
Mexican raiders, he will do it. But his
power IL far less than sis& generally sup |
posed. When the Ee~enforcements we're |
ordered here d few months ago. the |
newspapers all stated the force III this
department g amounting to fully four
thousand troops, but the last official
returns of the troops now here show
that, While the organizations now
stationed here call for three thousand
seven hundred and iorty.nino troops,
there are only two thousand and eight
hundred and seventy .three enlisted men.
and that Of this number there are but
nineteen hundred and sixty men instead
Of four thousand.
New Orleans Pioay rune: The large and
family of which General
Wade Hampton islso brilliant q member
furnished one thousand rnen to the con.
lederates army. Among them may be
named Generals joseph E. Johnston.
Albert sydney Johnston, Edward !,
Johnston, ]. B. Floyd, John g. Breckin.
ridge, John s. and William Preston Of
Virginia, with Col. r. Z. Preston, Of the !,
'ame state. No less than five governors
u Virginia were of This family-Ge Covers
pors Mcdowell, Campbell, James Pres.
lon and the two Floyds; ex.Goyernors
Jacobs, Of Kentucky Crate Brown, of |
Missouri, and Weller, Of California.
Hons. Patrick Henry, Thomas Fl. Ben
ion, w g. Preston and Ballard Preston
vere Of them, with Professor Holmes and
9enables, Of the university Of Virginia
N r. Johnston, of Washington and Lee i
and General R. 4. Gibson, /
member of congress 81 Louisiana.
flon. George Williamson before the !