Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-27
STATE NEWS.

The Bolivar Bulletin contains an
account OF the killing Of Mr.. William
Switzerland, a lawful constable, in La
/ Grange, Fayette county, on the lslh
inst, by young man named Itlll, ABOUT
I f-ran4v years old, because the officer had
arrested some friend Of the assassin for
| a breach Of the corporate law. The
murderer has been placed in jail at
( Somerville.
We CLEAN the following from the
/ Press and Times Of the 25th inst. " The
( Murfreesboro Monitor Of the 23d says
{ We are glad to observe the enterprise
which is exhibited in our city. Within
] the mast week several new stores have
/ heen opened for the reception Of
goods. and the streets present quite a
/ business-Iike appearance for the dull
] times"
-Thos. B. Laird, sen, publisher OF the
/ WFeE7y american Union, at Shelbyville,
l died at his residence in that place last
/ Thursday.
The Shelbyville Union says: In this
section reports agree in the general
l blight Gt fruit by the late cold snap and
many are disposed TO give up all hopes
! Of any exception.
Prof. Tatum is teaching vocal music
/ at Somerville.
-sbarsers frequent Grand Junction.
! One recently sWindled s. cOuutryman Of
$3.50.
At Nashville, on the morning Of the
| o2J. a party of some twenty federal sol
/ diers foreibbly entered the city work.
house and released n number OF soldiers
and Others confined by the city recorder
for various offenses under the municipal
code. An application to Gen. A. V
Kautz. lieutsnert colonel Of the thirty
fourth United states infantry command
inc the garrison at Nashville, was
pr0mutlv responded TO by the surrender
Of the offenders and a courteous message
TO the mayor 10y his adjutant- The Ban
uer. containing the correspondence lauds
1 the course Of Gen. kautZ highly.
The safae paper contains high eHlo-
GUM on the musical tanateurl solree
recently given in Nashville at the Shelly
1 Institute. From the extremely iauds-
/ torv article OF the local" it is evident
! q vast deal of ameteur musical talent Of
tbe highest order exists in Nashville, or
tbe editor Is not a first rat4i Judge Of mu-
sical proficiency. OF coufse, we prefer
thinking the first proposition the case.
From the efficient collector OF taxes
in the district, we learn that from the
2ltb day OF November, 1866, TO the 4th
day of March, 1867, Msury county has
maid tax at this place upon 7447 bales Of
cotton. When il Is considered that cot
ton had been going to market for two
months previous to this time, and that,
! the price being better in the early part
! Of the season, cotton was sent IN more
rapidly theu-we may safely estimate
Z the number of bales sent from this place
at II eco. Granting 1000 OF these to
have been brought in from Giles, Hlck-
c g.nrr lnFNHH mt fTv
has 20 her credit 10000 bales.
/ Those NAV be averaged at 500 pound
bales: which gives 5000 0JG pounds,
which sold at an average of twenty-five
cents. gives the handsome sum Of
/ 81 .0O0. 900 dug out Of the soil Of Maury
county during the year 1865. This sum,
I if il could have been retained in the
county, would have relieved its entire
/ Indebtedness. But instead Of remaining
/ here. at least three fpurths OF IL has
already gone north never 10 return.
/ And gone, too, for thiugs that ought TO
/ be raised in the county. For meat and
I bread and ploughs and farm supplies OF
one sort or another COtuUtJtd Herald
| and Gazette.
The Greenville Ulti0H Of the l4th
saws: Never within the memory Of the
Oldest inhabitants, have the tioodgates OF
Lue heavens htth 81 NlCLtCu - mA.Cf e-1''
the rain decended so continually and
| with so much damage to property as
| within the last ten days We have had
no opportunity as yet of determining the
area 6g the catastrophe, but within our
own county of Greene, the damage has
been wide spread. On Chucky river
every bridge-Ernests, Birds, Gourley s
and Alieu's-were swept away.
Similar statements occur M all our
/ East Tennessee exchanges ges.-DGHy Amer
lean Union.