The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-09
OTHER ANuTHERN STATES.

Fine contemplating weather prueaila all
aver the South, and the crop Ia being rapidly
gathered
III lii a,ggeated that. II tho Supreme Court Of
Tennessee decide that Memphis muat pay tho
i've milliuna ot naat-aue debt, tho huainenn
ssaan nurohaae Fort Pickering and move their
nianess heustM there.
rho Albany ttsa,l CITY council have levied u
Ian thia year of only a.1N nf ! per cent. or s4
NH tha $1,000. In 1877 the tax rata waA j,,at
double this amount, good showing for
Albany.
Albany ttaa,l Netes. Tho catarnillara have
about uivgn up the task ot total destruction,
assi seem 10 have lett many plaoes. Crops
are not cut 40 short Ia thia county as plant
ars had reason To believe they would IL. llolla
ase opening slowly. but q little mere sunshine
Y will heing them out.
The encounter which occurred near Albany,
TIA, on Saturday Last between Mr, =. y. VIII
sun and MIR. Leuia Barber. and In which tho
farnler WAS killed and tho latter badly wound-
~. was desperate and denierabe affair, lt
arese from u quarrel about = debt which was
due by barber To Wilson. The jury brought
I'LL i verdict of iast.stahle homicide.
Hwinnet, Ga, Herald. "on Last Saturday
Jack Froat paid us his first Walt this fall. II
waa only percentthle In the low lanus ANA
along streams, and On account Of the atmns-
ntasra did but little harm. This Ia earlier
than we have been having frt@e fer several
years. but the cold nights and mornings have
xxluStN eatlsueTfllfe apprehension oi III early
frust that would be very damaging to tho
cotton prospect In this county"
Richmond, Va, letter: According "a the
hoaks III the frat auditor ut this time tho
number Of the white voters IN the State as
sssssed for capitatton tax Ia lii 900. or these
az 900 are delinauents. The number Of coli
osed voters assessed is 10000. or this num
ner 1900 have not qualified u vote by
naylnR the poll.taS, One hundred and forty
seven thousand white voters are eligible
Against this number we have $4,000 blacks
WHO can vote, The total assessed vote Of the
State, of both races IL as4. 600. Of this Num-
her 10 600 have not made themselves eligible
The decision recently rendered By tho SUI
irene Court of South Carolina III the Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad bond case. the
noint whether or not present bona ftde hold
ars of the q per cent bonds OF that road lose
their lien by previous skies having been re-
funded, was not settled To the satisfaction OF
lie parties Interested. The Augusta Ne,rs
tsaesraphed the Columbia Re0is'er Tor infor-
nation on the subject. and received the fol-
lowing reply: THAT question docs not APP
near to have been raised In the case Holders
will have u farm their own conclusion as 10
tlls effect Of the decision on their securities"
Nashville American: The freight traffic on
the Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway Ia now SO heavy that clerks are kept
=ssIn to an unusually late hour. One hundred
and twenty cars are daily received here of
that read, and about one hundred and fifty
I Charles Saunders, general freight agent at
the Louisville depot. are also. doing hard
work Oh business vi the Louisville and NASH
VILE and Great Southern Railroad, sitting up5
as late as IL o'clock at night There has not
been w large Il rush OIL freight Id all uirec-
items sinJA the panic of 1873. Everything
sens to be booming about the railroads.