Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-27
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GovERSon's ROOM NASHVILLE, TEEE.,


Editors Memphis Appesl
The governor has been confined to his
room By sickness for three weeks, and
for the same length Of time the secretary
of state. Fletcher, has been iaboriousiy
fording the mountain streams Of East
Tennessee to get back here, and conse-
oueptlv / have had to receive all the
Memphis ofiiee-seekers, and read all the
letters about appointments. A right
smart lob it has been. All that came
here soiemnly assured me that they only
did so at the urgent request Of friends,
and would have TO make great personal
sacrifices in accepting, but they didn't
want their friends disappointed, noh0w.
They were afraid that might hurt the
party. Every letter assured me that tne
fellow in whose behalf 1t was writ
ten, was the incarnation OF a3ll-
itv. radicalism and influence. one
,rritar was afraid the Dutch
would bolt If his man wasn't appointed.
Another was certain the person he
recommended could control the whole
negro vote. I was going TO make out
lisfs of the persons suggested. Under
the headings 90 was q roaring rebel but u
now the most intense kind OF radical"
tsHas been after effice fifteen or more
times - sis 3 great rascal, but very useful
70 the Rarty.n But | found that | would
have to Dut most Of the fellows on all the
Lists. I guess the governor will appoint
tbe fellows agreed on at the little private
eaueus and crowded through the Office
seekers league that night when old jim
Davis was so mad because he couldn't
have RYDER or somebody else recOm-'
mended. That was the night the Dutch
cot their backs up because they We're
crowded out. Perhsps ]. w. Louis viii
get something, and thus the Duten De
pacified. Judge Lewis will get the frst
eornnnissionership, in token Of respect Tor
ais politeness. Nj. Merriman VIII be
nut in the county commission, 10
give it trespeetatlility. The governor says
that as the county commissioners are 70
handle millions OF the county money,
and Il might embarrass them il they
mad much of their own, he will only
appoint persons who are pretty much
untrammeled This strikes me as sense.
[ knew a fellow once who kept toll
gate. for q turnpike company, and he
never could distinguish between bis own
money and that Of the company when
he put it in his pockets. Perhaps II
would be we'll to give one Of the county
cOmmissiOnships to some radical banker.
It might facilitate transactions in county
scT4p.
The governor was nightly put out
this morning at learning for the first
sme that the city of Memphis has
bio nile of state money that was collected
as state taxes during the war by Mf.
Bowen and turned over to the city
treasury. "If,D says be, Beaumont
plumbers the city treasury Of the money
collected as taEes on privileges sceord-
ing to the late metropolitan law, the city
won't pay over to the state the state
money in her hands, and the result viii
be that after all 1t will be the state that
will be paying the metropolitan police,
and III have to pack that load during
the election
We all feel bad about Senator
Hall leaving Tennessee forever. he
stood right up for the roughtest kind OF
laws, especially after ne found that ne
wasn't going to have to live under them.
He has gone to live In Columbus, KY.
The bridge over Running Water has
been rebuilt, and boats at Bridgeport
carry the passengers to connecting trains,
so 1 expect his excellency viii get away
by the Chattanooga railroad in few
DAYS. His son, the colonel, who is in
the regular army, mas been ordered to
San Francisco, Cal.
[ see Senator Powell, the Chesterfield
of the senate, still in Nashville. All the
other loyal legislators are gone. Two of
them would have staid little longer,
but some disloyal policemen put them in
the workhouse several times and they
concluded it was hest 20 leave.
Times are very hard In Nashville
since the legislature adjourned. At the
sporting houses they play faro for dime
and half dime checks. 1t has been rain
ing for some days. The Decatur rail-
road is now running regularly, and It is
expected that the Clarksville railroad
will be so in few days. Richards can't
be appointed FeeeiFer Of the Dlarksville
railroad. There is a constitutional OBJ
lection to appointing a member Of the
legislature. Probably the Louisville
railroad company may pay the state
interest, and thus dissolve the receiver
ship. The supreme court to-day decided
that the franchise law is constitutional,
and Judges Hawkins and Miiligan got
new commissions.
Your truly, BOB DoDS.