Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-22

E5 The citizens Of Williamson county
met on Saturday, with q view of insti,
eating some organized effort to complete
the removal Of the remains Of the South
ern soldiers which still lie scattered over
the battlefield, to the grounds generously
donated for that purpose by Col. Ne.
Gavock.
B There were two sensations at the
Chicago board Of trade on the 18th, one
being the sudden disappearance Of a
grain dealer, who has swindled a Mil
waukie firm out of $500 worth of wheat,
and the other the discovery Of heavy
warehouse receipts which have proved
TO be f0rgeries.
p An amendment Of the State Con-
s]titution Of Louisiana, to be submitted to
the people for approval, empowers the
Governor, by and with the consent Of
the Senate, to appoint the judges Of the
supreme court for the term of ten years,
and the judges of the inferior courts for
a term Of seven years.
B- Those who r~eioiced with such ma
lignant glee over the decline in Tennes-
see bonds in New York, says the Nash
vile Dispatch, were destined 10 q short
enjoyment Of the pleasure it afforded
them. On the 18th instant bonds
sold at Sic. The next day they bounded
VI TO Soc, an advance Of five cents. Or
the 18th our bonds sold at sole, being
another advance, and within three cents
Of the highest price u bonds have COM
mauded since the war. If the reSigna-
ton OF t~weuty-one members Of the Leg
islature caused the decline, what has
caused the sudden and heavy advance ?
To- Late news regarding the river
Platte war does not record any new
movements Of Importance. The general
attempt at an advance by the allies had
not yet taken place, and the hostile ar
mics still confronted each other on the
opposite sides of the Parana. A small
force Of about coo Paraguayanshad made
q dash across the river, with a loss Of
eight or ten men on each side, but the ex-
plot does not appear TO have resulted in
any advantage TO either. Brazilian gun
boats and ironclads We're on their way to
the seat Of war, and several vessels with
munitions of Wal for the allied troops.
Rsinforcements 10 the amount Of 4)50
men had Joined the allies.
Ia President johnson has received a
dispatch from A. J. Hamilton, Provis-
ionaI Governor Of Texas, giving q more
hopeful account Of the doings OF the state
Convention than any thathaye yetfound
their way into print. Gov. Hamilton
sums up by saying: Although the Con-
ventioE had been in session one month,
without apparently accomplishing any
thing, there win be 10 trouble whatever
concerning the repudiatiSa Of the rebel
war debt, and that the freedmen vii he
treated more satisfactorily than in most
of the other States. The principal differ
ence Of opinion was whether the ordi-
nance of secession should be merely re-
pealed, or declared absolutely hull from
the beginning.
Dzg The difficulty between the mer-
chants Of Nashville and The Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad Company has
not yet been satisfactorily settled. The
Chamber OF Commerce Of the Rock City,
at a meeting on Monday, adopted the
following resolution, submitted in on
nection with the report Of a special eoI1-
mlttee appointed to investigate the
" freight blockade %
Esf3'red, Thai We demand q The Nashville
and Chattanooga EItluyaQ 70 lIEDtSN o. MS here
after the same turousl rates % all southern
marked s contained ~ A-aI accepted bills Of
lalIug from 81 Louis, drauHsiHE the ro>l nom
Louis % Nashville. thereby patusE uE on an
equal footing with ~. Louis mereRs[tz, and
~ t.- resolution 20 the officers Of the
a-a Chattanooga Railroad as a mott
ncatQp Of our ceI~2d.
The following resolutions, presented
Mr.. Parks. ware also adopted
WHEREAS, The Louisville and NsshvlsIe RAIL
road Company, through Jae.F aEezf. Tr Brtns-
ford, having ACKNOWLEDGED that shey are trans
IerrEug frriEuUs through, without Uhausa OF ears.
gOfs louisville, KY 10 Atlanta. Ca, thtteisre.
Res9rs5. g. Faat ths Nashville Chamber Of
owl fhe uuiu0uS effect that
as s-rTaugement wia Eeye ON the uaercau-
equally dL,aasllra4-ggr To 90. E~ ale present
management OF the Nashville and CharnyoEA
and Nashville and ApTtlg yaterr roads
g. That tue President b. requested 70 oppoint
g aMuittra Of three % petition tha mayor.
board 90 aldermen aud City council T. gas 80
BET sefulrl. h 20 an railroads whose te.nlaEs
aHLM NE #n H.a NV LH AL-HA.#L. To- deliver
fsotelts for points 5ayS.-t 20 .3mo commission
c-ys.ns North GJIega erect, Thereby 5rs-kfn-
the couueclon 5etoe .u re roads
81 We agree with the Sew Orleans
Togles l1st "to have an elIeoGye
police something 6 military discipline
must be Hai42lncd. W. have in this
country tried The plan 81 ~allyFtAs 2olice
officers 10 be their own authority in mat
ters aiise Of law and duty, ana il has
most emphatGally failed. Though
Representing the ciyh s-m, thepolice are,
in reality, a subordinate hranel Of the
military power Of a people, and if their
personnel be not seea cpd their duties
we'll defined, they may easily degenerate
into an engine Of oppression, Instead Of
being, as they should be, a terror to evil
doers The police Of London, Paris, and
other large European cities, are ser9wl-
edged to be superior to those Of our large
cities and there are good reasons for the
difference. - Europe the police Ectain
their situations during good behavior
they Do not receive their appointments
as 3 reward for Partiz2n services; tas!r
discipline is Of the military TYNE. and
from long experience ana direot respon-
sibility to tilaiF superiors ia command.
they become thoroughly acquainted with
their business, and perform their duties
with elock-lEe regularity. In Uts
country we have had, on the contrary,
for the most part, an Unauthorized, IN
disciplined, party police, whose tenure
Of Office depended on the success Of local
political administrations, rarhes than on