St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-03-23
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.


child tie other day by throwing it at its
father.
They are taking steps in Macon to-
ward the erection of confederate monu-
ment.
Mobile wants steamboat line between
that city and Cedar Keys.
The exhibitions given by the Tennes-
see poultry association, in Nashville,
were attended by over five Thousand
persons.
Three colered men graduated at the
Meharrv medical school of the central
Tennessee college, and were invested with
the decree of doctor of medicine.
The report of the adiutant general of
Texas shows that there are over four
thousand tugitives> from the justice of
the Lone Star state, and forty counties
to hear from.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
rendered the important decision that a
trustee Of a stock of goods for the pay
nlent of debts is not liable to pay mer-
chants tax.
Memphis Appeal: The active working
oranges in Tennessee now nnmber 566,
with membership ranging between
twelve and fifteen thousand. Four years
ago the oranges numbered 1,107, With
membership of about thirty thousand.
OF the entire number Of oranges organ
lied. one hundred never held second
meeting Prominent grangers say that
the order is now in much better working
order than heretofore, with the prospect
OF more effectively carrying out its orig
inal object, the cultivation of social in
terconrae and the education of the farm
ing class.
General MCGOWAN at the Charleston
militia banquet to the visiting Virgin
ians: No people are fit to be free, or will
long retain their freedom, without the
enlightened patriotism which is alone
the result of education. Never forget
that the school-houss is as much an
arsenal for the maintenance OF our insti-
tutions and liberties as Old Point Com
fort, Fort Moultrie or even Sumter. We
are poor, indeed, but we are not too poor
TO provide for she education of our peo-
PIE. | remember an incident in history
which, it seems to me-, should not be
without its influence upon us in our
circumstances. r--. s. ~
The Atlanta Constitution says of the
yellow fever convention recently held in
Jacksonville, Florida This convention
was held none too soon., The proximity
of our south Atlantic coast to Havana
renders precautionary measures ex-
tremely important. There is no doubt
of the fact that all the epidemics which
have prevailed south of Norfolk since
the war can be traced direct to Havana.
The germ Of disease in each instance
came from that city, and the want of
proper sanitary precautions did the rest.
The action of the Jacksonville convention
should arouse the authorities of every
town on the coast below Norfolk to a full
appreciation of the situation.
New Orleans Democrat; New Orleans
has no reason to be ashamed of the busi>
ness she did last year. In cotton receipts
we are 1S0,023 bales ahead to date
although the total receipts at all the
ports are still behind those of 1877. From
Red river we have received 56,192 bales
more than last year from the Ouachita,
52,417 more; from the Arkansas river,
81 ,027 more, and from Mobile, 32,927
more, while our cotton seed receipts are
almost double those of 1877 Nearly 40
per cent. OF the cotton receipts of Mobile
had been shipped to New Orleans. 1t is
not IN cotton, however, but in grain, that
New Orleans makes the best showing.
The increase OF grain receipts is unpreee-
dented. These have sprung from 327,
$50 bushels of corn last year to 1880, GAL
bushels; wheat from 9s, 725 to $40, O74
bushels, and oata, rye and other cereals
in proportion. Even insugar and molas
ses, although last year crop was fail.
ure, We are fairly ahead of the receipts
last year at this time.
New Orleans Picayune a A letter
from Louisianian now residing in Mas.
sachnsetts, to q friend in New Orleans,
says that Franklin w. Smith, and other
Boston capitalistswho have resolved that
they will plant colonies of farmers and
mechanics on lands purchased by the
company in the western and southern
states, giving the colonists long time
g pay for their lands, are carrying out
their plans practically. They intend to
plant their first colony in Kansas, and
probably their second colony in east !
Tennessee or west Carolina. These can ,
itaiists have concluded, after complete
inquiry into the cause of the hard times /
that afilict the country, that the rich !
men OF the country, in selt.defanse. and
for The safety of the nation, must takeun
the industrial and land question as off
more Importance than silver bills Or party
politics. They hold that if capital will
help fill up the idle lands Of the country
with the industrious but landIess poor,
times will improve in proportion as the
unemployed are provided with lands.
The Mississippi legislature has enact