Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-04
STATE ITEMS.

We Gull from the Republican Banner
Of April ID, the following In Knox
vile, for few days past, We have had
occasional glimpses Of sunshine and fair
weather, compared to the four or five
weeks Of rain and gloom that preceded
them. The consequences are that every
one il more or less exhiilarated and in
better hunor with himself and the rest
Of mankind. The damages to the rail-
roads are ia g measure completed.
President Branner, of the East
Tennessee and Virginia road, will have
the bridge oyer the HolstOn, st Straw
berry Plains, finished, snd the trains
running over il by the time Jhis reaches
YOU, which will make the chain COM
piets frOm this point east. The farmers
in this section are considerably set back
in their calculations by the season, but
they are going 10 work with q determin-
alton 10 do the best they can under
surrounding circumstances. From the
examinations 1 have made recently, l
fear the peach crop is killed. We have
had three heavy freezes since the trees
blOssOmed in this vicinity, and I think
they extend throughout East Tennessee.
In the political circles there is but lit
| tie excitement. The Commercial yes
terday morning aroused spark of pub
I lie feeling by the publication of 3 petit
ton, with the names OF its signers) TO
the late legislature, asking for a change
in the law governing the corporations OF
Knoxville and East Knoxville. Hereto
fore, according 10 the charter, no one but
a property holder or renter WAs entitled
to vote 10 municipal elections. By the
new law, adopted in conformity
to the request OF the petitioners
referred %, any one, white or
black, unless disfranchised under
the late law, who has resided ten days
in the corporations, can cast vote for
city officers. The original petition Is
now in possession Of a gentleman OF this
city, snd proves that the outrage that
has been perpetrated upon this eOmmu-
nity, in the alteration Of our city charter,
is In the handwriting OF bqt two men,
neither one Of whom is known 70 OWn q
dollars worth Of taxable property within
the limits Of the corporation. The body
Of the petition is in the handwriting Of
one of these men, and all the signatures
are Ia the handwriting Of the other and
5OtE RcTiLes have been readily recog-
uized by many who nave seen the docu-
Ment
The first political meeting, without
( distinction Of race or color, " ever beld in
/ this state, assembled at the court house
I in Nashville on Monday. 1t wss largely
attended. Representatives from every
I precinct Of town and country were pres
ent, including many black men OF stand
I ing and influence among their class.
| The proceedings were harmonious.
A eoloFed man lately from Lebanon
! informs US that in Wilson county Brown
/ low is no where, and that the freedmen
OF that locality will vote against him to
/ q man.
I The Bolivar Bltlleti5Fsays: We learn
that gentleman named King, a resi-
! dent Of this county, has been commits
I stoned by the governor to raise com
pAny Of militia HonOrs are easy"
/ The Press and Times is quite enthu-
/ siastiC over day Of sunshine. The edi-
/ tor writes thusly; The weather Of yes
/ terday was lOvely-it was enchanting
! The spring Of the poets and the novelists
] was with US in all her loveliness. 1t is
! fine weather for farmers, and upon the
/ hillsides and in the valleys the plowshare
/ is az work turning up the fresh soil.