Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-04-17
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NoMtNATIoN FoR DIsTRIcr ATTORNEY IN
D strict Convention, which assembled :
! G 'oaman, on the s.h inst, nominated JoH
VI CLARK, Of Yszoo county. for District Al
torney, to IN the place Of J. B HFNPHrLL
THE REItsrous Aw.KEsrSes - The rsligiou
movement which has attracted sa much atten
tio7 In other cities. has reached Vi~kshurg, an
'uring the past week daily PRAYER meeting
have been held At the Methodist and Preshvie
. ian churches in this city. These meetiEg
have been largely attended, and we learn that
varv livele feeling has been awakened on al
hRnds We trust that great good mas grow on
IT them, and that many persons may see the er
ror ~ their we've, and isarn 70 do their Mas
sr's TIeksbErs S'StAroH.
The same paper has the following Of nsgr'
case. which has attracted considerable atten
tiDn:
THE NEeRo CASE This case has beer
much spoken Of for a week mast. and as goo'
iral Of interest has been felt IN the result oi
be investigation, we vii make plain state
nent Of the facts - uppesred Of svitsnee
Mr.. Hugh Riley. Of the hrm Of Riiev & B'iiv
vas arrsigned It the instance Of J. n John
ston, upon charge OF illegally whipping and
Otherwise msltreating negro boy, David. tbs
property q the firm. The defense plead that
he was justifahle in the course be bad pur-
sued 10 ehsstising the negro upon these grounds
Il appears that the negro had a wife a. ihe
house Of the defendant, end was in the habit
Of going there at late and unseasonahle hours.
For this reason be had prohibited him coming
70 his house, and bad advised the book keeper
in the house who has control OF the boy, to
that effect. The boy continued to Visit the
house, greatly 20 the annoyance OF the defen-
dant Mr.. Johnston was then appealed 10,
I Who directed the boy to keep away. Mr. Ri
] - ~ ~ the and until
week or two ago, when the boy began goisg to
ne house in the day time. This was even more
! Objectionable to Mr.. Riley than he other. He
/ then directed him 10 keep away altogether
/ The bov persisted in going until last Saturday,
when Mr. Riley found him in bis yard, and at
tempted to chastise him. The boy resisted snd
threw the defendant in a gutter, inJuring him
materially, and then fed.
Mr. Riley afterwards met him on the streets
and agsia attempted 70 chsstise him when the
boy again resisted, but a third party coming to
the rescue of defendant, knocked down and
whipped him. The negro's head was pretty
severely cut by the blow, and his knee was in
iured by the fall. These are substantially the
facts in the case. The decision Of the court
was, that as there was law governing such
cases, the defendant was wrong IN acting IN
contravention OF that law, By taking the mat
ter into bis own hands, and would therefore be
fined The sum Of twelve dollars and cost OF pro-
secution.
With entire Difference to the court, we sub
nit that the precedent In the case is bad, and
one that viii be likely to lead to unpleasant
and disastrous consequences. II man may
not protect bis own pTsuIsss, aud order whom
be will to keep of, we hardly think that the
privilege of the ownership OF house m thls
city viii prove a sinecure. The truth ~, there
are large number Of id.e negroes in the city,
some Of hon are free, some Of whom are qgosi
free, with a worthless white man to stand as
sponsor for them, and the whole pack shouts
Be driven from the city ct once. IL there are
no laws that can reach the nuisance, the peo-
Die have remedy at hand. and if We are driven
TO that we shall be ia favor Of sending snndTy
white men OF to keep company with their negro
prof0Eess. Men who preteaf 70 own negroes
nctorIouslT free, should be made an example Of
VIcKssURs AND SHREVEFoRr RAILROAD
On Saturday morning las, we learn about
thirty passengers came to VicksAurg on the
above railroad Tae road Is finished only
about s milss-ths cars come In every other
day. and always bring more or less passengers
This certainly sholli be very stroTg induce
msut for our citizens TO nay uB their stock aad
extend the road -YilksbHrg Hhig.
A. @ RAowS -This faithful representative
OF the people % Mississippi l. the Senate Of
the United States, is must remsrk@ble for his
attention to his constituency. When Con |
gressman. representing but a district Of the |
) ate. be received iunumcrable letters from tb. |
people Of bis Dis'r CT, and invariably answered |
them immedia ely on their receipt. Now thai |
be is in the S nate, his correspondence must |
have increased -four Indred per cent, aud yet, /
no man can say. have written TO t5oy
Brown. aud - (sufhcieat time having elapsed /
=. have received no answer" Hts attention /
in This respect is remarked bv all who have /
0ccs sion to correspond with him
We Psrs 7naIly know that the compliment |
above paid to Senator BRowE's fsithfulness
and attention to the interests OF his eonstitu- |
ents is richly merited-
sHEErFFs' SALES IN Mississippi We OBJ |
serve by our exchanges that the Sheriff. sales
Of lands for taxes are on Monday, the 3rd day |
Of Nay. Delinquent taxpayers should take
notice.
LAFAYETTE CIRcUIT CoURT.-The Circuit /
Court commences its session at Oxford, On |
Monisy next.
We clip the following paragraphs from the |
Oxford Hsrcury, Of the IS inst
: strenuous effort was made, on las, Satur- /
dsy night, by some thief OF thieves, to break |
omen the strre OF Wendell < Nelson. The /
hinges w7re broken of the back window AID /
the arc over the back door was cracked, appa- |
rrntly wi-h large bar Of iron. No clue has |
as vet been obtained to the perpetrators.
DIABoLIcAL.-On Sunday last bar of rail- |
rosd irOn was thrown across the track above
our depot. It was placed there by some heart
less scognirel with the evident intention Of
throwing the train of the track. and killing ev-
srv one L at might be on It. This is the seco'd
attempt Of this kind lately, AID they were ihe
acts Of some william so low in degredsti0n that
10 pen could describe the depth to which be
has sank.