Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-26
FIRST FRUITS OF THE METROPOL
TITAN POLICE.

The following appears in a Memphis pa
per of Sunday morning, which explains
itself:
CARD.
MEMPHIS, June %, lS66.-Personally APP
peared before me, JOHN Donovan, Clerk,
II. SULLIVAN, who makes oath in due form
of Jaw. that sometime during the present
month NJ. CoMBs said he would use his in
nuence 10 secure me the position Of Captain
on the NJ. +. for the sum Of five hundred
dollars, and finding that | would not give
that amount, he thereafter consented TO do it
for three hundred dollars, saying at the same
time that he would give me his receipt for
that amount, 1 refused 10 take the receipt,
remarl1ing that / did not then have the
amount about me. About the same time he
asked me how much ! would be willing to
give to obtain the position of patrolman, 10
which ] replied that | would not give a
cent. X. SULLIVAN.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, June
%, 1866. JOHN DONOVAN, Clerk
The main fact contained in the foregoing
affidavit, can be fully corroborated by res
pectable merchant Of this city, who saw
COMBS in my favor, and was asked by COINS
il ] were willing TO pay fVe hundred dollars
lhl II NdlildlliNN vi tAlf 4htAlNlibllAii lNiiANs
10 which the gentleman "jOcOSclg' replied
that would pay three hundred dollars.
To show these men in their true colors to
the citizens Of Memphis, among whom they
purpose living a. professional men, is now
my object. In their communication of the
22d instant, they use the term "onc7 r. Sui
livan, and the epithet "fdiou," in order to
cancel my evidence, and the da maging cf-
feet it would create on their prospects
The recommendations Of Generals CLEARY
and SLOVENIAN, vouching for my character
and integrity, should be more than a coun-
terbalance TO these men in thoiE little efforts
10 throw me into obscurity. They throw
themselves on the community with an inn
portancc they can never acquire.
Who are these men that claim such space
in Tennessee? Who is BEAUMONT? who 10
the head and front " of the organization
IL is said that he gained some notoriety as a
cotton dig. He has taken CoYRs into his
confidence, who grasps at the per oeHtaqc,
with the mental resolution" The cHaiHy
you teach I tCiH practice"
Who is COINS Who knows him ?
Whence is he? Where are his guarantees
10 the public that he will not take every adj
vantage Of them 10 obtain living? An
imported Claim AGENT n pretending stu.
dent of BLACKSTONE and STORY, who rents
a room over the Postofiice, hangs odt his
sign 10 evade the Udgrdnt act.
Who is SHAw-you people of Memphis
who declares upon his honor as gentle.
man2' This words.) | will inform you.
SHAwIhas beena Veterinary Surgeon, at
tached 10 the corrals of the United States
Army, in which capacity he acquired some
distinction in his knowledge Of horse dis
eases, and who now adds indignity to the
exalted profession of medicine and surgery
by suplementing his name with M. D."
ooh! that estate, degrees and offices were
not derived corruptly, and that clear honor
were purchased by the meri; Of the wearer.
How many then should cover that stand
bare; how many be commanded that COM
mand.' Were the above lines applied TO
BEAUMONT and his satellites | ask, would
they press Brussels carpet or assist TO make
np the roll OF a state prison.
No, gentleman, | refer TO the respectable
citizens of Memphis. The evil that men
do lives after them" So will it. | fear, act
ON you, the people of Memphis, unless in
deed You are ON the alert for these parties.
r. SULLIVAN