Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-07


The stockholders OF the East Tennessee and virginia Railroad
Company held their annual convention Athens the Isins
which over six thousand repreoHte including the
stock subscribed by Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany Athens says earnings for te last 1884,
$50 80 expenditures SIO64 3Gett earnings Sl55,l95 o. On
Cleveland Branch s59 30 have been expended and S7
O94 IS for completion yet required By he estimates Twelve
miles a half the best possible running order from Ceve-
land Chattanooga Nc superior superstruce can be
South. The increase in receipts S57596 a, and
The increase of unnng expenses Sl366 81 as compared with
last year-making increased nett earnings S5lsb3 as
The following gentlemen elected Directors for the next
twelve months WALLACE THos. C. LYaN, " Z. R TEos.
IT, GALWAY RoBET sEED W. s CALLEvAY, &. WAIEEHOUs,
THOMAS BARRETT, Of Augusta, Ga and Y. X sTESsoS OF
Nashville.
The Post says Col W H. sNED, of Knoxville entered pro.
against the stock owned by the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad Company being votegueonig the ,gEt to vote it,
denying the policy Of the stockholders a It to be voted
all The Post loss to understand Col SNEED position,
and adds
Nov inquire what ae'5 light has te
gentleman suddenly upon this question: We have heard it
of tat road asking t to confer the proxy upon him personal
y, that Re would in certain way, crit hey declined
sending , bengm not TO send it at all to one II
such be the fact cannot understand through what process the
gentenan's mind had travelled TO satisfy himself then
all right and proper TO vote H. provided 10 could get toe
proxy while at later day when the proxy was in the hands Of
on could be decided whether the Company had right to vote it,
and he dssled in the opinion that It rsy t1d policy
TO allow it to be voted at all
FrRruR PARTICULARS o. TIKI MURDER IN sHBy COUNTY BY
Runaway NEsEors-The Memphis Buetf Of the Sd inst
tan.te following additional particulars regard to the murder
perpetraed in that county runaway negroes the 3lst u
Mr. james Mack Lnraucs, the person who
on Tuesday morning When Mr. Mack met the negro thought
Of Ansle and called TO him to know what he was
doing ont the woods The negro turned and answered that he
attending tos business, uudeut and then
Mr.. Mack discovered that he strange negro and concluded
al once that he was might've ne hereupoh toa MN 5 ne
VITA him, and commanded him 10 walk on ahead They
had proceeded distance through tine woods when they
% narrow path and Just al thus moue3 the negro turned SUD
denly around and presented pistol at Mack and attempted to
discharge it. The cap fortunately exploded without producing
discharge Mack being in reach Of the negro, seized the
pistol aud held firmly with hand whe at The time,
IN Ss-is when NaeE feiBe near a field in which some
Of hands working called loudly orhelp As soon
S ~ y ne - wa rsspopJed to inssatiya large negro
man SDg forth from cump bushes hard by, armed with
fue rifle boldly up 20 the spot where
the other parties standing, holding each others arms See
operations and opened paey with his enemies Ley old nm
ie before they would he captured He then proposed that if they
would take the caps Of their guns he would do The anu y
would all leave lie spot without moieagon Lusy 5.f
cede TO this proposal and informed him that the only condition
on which he would allowed leave would lie TO de liver to them
Dis gun This Mr. Mack agreed 70 ag oa,ns ~ 49,. -
most earnest assurance tt they would not attempt 10 nae OF
Tog to come and assist capturing the negroes He found
Bowden they with others repaired to the pace ~nere
the rencounter had taken places bat me ltsoes n4a 2
were followed up however by means OF dogs and were soon
tracked small but dense th,ket While beating around
tr pla al refuge Bowden caught glimpse Of OF the ne
~ tbroucI the trees and called him out or ne
would Shoot him. Just moment the Of gun was
heard Bowden fell dead, Urge load oil bucks'i EASING G
feet on penetrating through the skull to he n
judging the size and appearance OF the shot II Is lnesn
9t the gun with which BoEe the taken
from MACK IN the morning
The chase Of negroes given for short time but vas
resumed until after dark on Tuesday night '
il was found impossible capture them. One o. theneroe vas
arrested on the same night early next morning and brought
here Wednesday morning and committed 10 jail as
When apprehended he had in lis possession double ae gun
large bowie knife Mr. Mack came to the ei yesterday,
and to see the negro when he at once nun as S
rf the fellows disamed him Tuesday morning M
Mack at once procured charging him with the murder
of Bowden ander committed TO await an eNani
nation 1t thought there three negroes in the gang
The other two are still at large.