The Russellville Democrat., 1881-06-16
South.

SPENeLER's blaming mill at vicksburg was burned; loss $50,000.
 FREIGHT train ran off the track on the Texas < St. Louis railroad, and the brake man was killed.
 AsocIETY of ex-Confederate soldiers has been formed at Chattanooga to welcome the Army of the Cumberland.
 THE Directors of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad have decided to issue scrip dividend, 100 per cent interest. Ar Knoxville, Ten, the Southern Car Works organized; capital stock, $l00, GOO The works will be in operation in sixty days, and will employ about 200 mechanics The company already has orders for years work.
 ELBERT WILLIAMS, colored convicted of the murder of Maj Hutchins, was executed at Livingston, Ala. He admitted the kill. ing. expressed his sorrow and readiness to suffer the penalty. He was composed and died without a struggle
 THE Chancery court at Greenville, Tenn, has rendered final decree in the case of the widow of Andrew Johnson, Jr., ys. the administrators and heirs of the estate of the late ex President and R. w. Johnson. The net estate fer distribution will amount to at least $100,000.
 THE jetties seem to have good backing. Capt Leathers having objected to the proffer of a $l0, 900 bet by the New Orleans Demo crat, that he meant a vessel loaded to twenty five feet not twenty-four feet could not go through the jetties, the Democrat obligingly permits the change to suit his views Capt, Eads has also agreed to take half the bet and donate his winnings to some Louisiana charity
 PRESIDENT HALL and Attorney Simpson of the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railroad have returned from Galveston to Dallas where they went to confer with the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Road with a view of securing a running arrangement, whereby the latter will come to Dallas. They are entirely successful in their nego- tiations. This combination is strictly anti Gould, and it is contemplated to form con- nection with the St. Louis and San Fran cisco, thus having another outlet from St. Louis to the Gulf Property holders and business men of Dallas are very much elat- ed over the result of this conference.
 THE New Orleans Picauine points outthat the difference in ocean freights from New York and New Orleans to Liverpool and the Continent is now not greater than the difference in distance between the respective ports justifies. It is 21d per bushel by steamer from New York to Liverpool, while for other leading British ports or the Conti- nent 4d and 5d is obtained, and the tendency is upward That paper of Tuesday says These rates are but little below those cur. rent from New Orleans. Exporters here can now get room at Sd for Liverpool and 5d for the Continent. A considerable num- Der of vessels have been headed this way of late and we now have nearly twice as large fleet in port as at this date last year. On Saturday there were twenty-eight steam ships at our wharyes, of which twenty ranging from 300 to 5 800 tons burden, are chartered or on the berth for European ports."
 THE State Supreme Court of Tenn, at Jackson, has rendered a decision holding that when a charter of municipal corpora ton is repealed, and the same people and the same territory are reincorporated as municipality under a new name, although with different powers and different officers, suit pending against the old corporation at the date of the repeal may be revived against tbe new corporation and that the present taxing district, being successor and continuation of the City of Memphis. as such is liable to suits on the old debts of the city. A newspaper correspondent in- terviewed one of the attorneys in the case which was pending in the Supreme Court and inquired what the decision meant He replied that the indebtedness of the old City of Memphis, amounting 10 over $5,000, GOO, can be collected through the Federal Courts by means of mandamns, etc. This decision has created no little excitement, and further proceedings will be watched with interest, especially by taxpayers. who were congrat- ulating themseues when the old charter was repealed and the present taxing dis trict government established that they had freed themselves from an incumbus of debt