Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-29
IL AND Amour rnE srATE cApITAL.

IN AND ABOUT THE STATE CAPITAL.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January z, 1858.
Y litors Memphis Appeal;
The passage Of Homestead Exemp-
ton bill is now before the Legislature
1t was first proposed by Representative
! M il. eagle, from Dixon county, an
able. clear. but not an educated man,
who has long agitated fOrit. His plan ex.
enpts from execution for debt thousand
dollars, worth of either real or personal
| property. selected by the debtor, and
also hundred dollars worth OF property
| for each infant or dependant member oil
| the family. This is emphaticaily poor
mans bill. II not only protects land
! o wners but all other classes. Inc splfleed
/ debate over 1t has not been in relation TO
| its PRINCIPLES, but rather from the WISH
of other gentlemen to have some pili
passed, of which they are the iatner'
There are two measures sugSesS,eSu IN
relation to the State Penitentlaiy; A.eIe
are between Ave and six hundred in-
mates of tbat institution, and there must
be either large appropriation TO enlarge
II nv the erection of new buildings or
measures taken to relieve it Of It's supera'
bundant inmates. This may be done by
the course proposed in the Senate, to only
send 10 IL prisoners guilty OF tarcenies or
robberies of property worth say over
twenfy dollars. BetWten two and thFee
hundred OF the prisoners have been sent
to the Psniteutiary, for stealing less 'uAh
five dollars worth OF property, each
The necessity Of some refJrm is ohvi-
ons fror, the fact dat inciuding iadict-
ment, sheriff's fees, prosecutors iees, Ju-
rors' ss.isilOI's fees, cost OF transporta-
tion, and other expenses, each Inmate oI
the Pepitentiary cos theState on an ave-
rage overtiree hundred doilafstO get him
there. and IL pardoned out, or AT tLe
expiration of his term each mas 10 get Ten
dollars in money and good sun Oh
clothes. There were over hundfed par
doned last year, and on leaving eSch cos'
the State about thirty dollars.
Court sitfipgs from Jackson, causes some
fesIing. Carroll county and that section
ia anxious to have it at Huntington, an
old one. horse town on the Northwestern
Railroad, or ut Paris. Part OF the west
Tennessee people strongly urge tne
transfer to Brownsville, and others stll
to Memphis. Brownsville would te ln-
finitejy preferable to Huntington but
Memphis is the proper place. II our
LAWYERS have to 90 10 Huntington To try
cases before the Supreme Curt, lnsuf-
Rnee Companies should put an extra
premium on their lives.
bill ia proposed to aid internal i'm
provements by loan TO a private cor
poration and as this Is something new
In legislation, it merits attention. A
company owns sixty thousand acres OF
mineral land in Washington and olher
sdiaoent counties in the upper part OF the
Knoxville valley. On thls lanu Is iron
ore OF the best quality and IN unlimited
amount. The company lack capital to
deveiot @ the mineral wealth, audIJ oilers
TO give to the State a mortgage on the
sixiy thousand acres of iaad, II It gets
forty thousand dollars worth OF STATE
bonds as loan. The company Will give
security and obligate itself under pen
alty to produce four thousand tons Of
iron a year. It's head is the worthy gen
tiemall and distinguished practical geol'
ogist, Mr.. JOhu Caldwell, the discoyerer
of the Ducktown copper mines, which
in four years produced twenty seven
thousand tons OF copper ore. The com
pany now asking State aid claims that
the loan they ask will be better secured,
and tend more TO devslOps the wealth OF
the State than loans to railroads, which
are all the Internal improvements that
have here tOfOre been regarded by the
State.
An immense deposit OF magnetic iron
ore has been discovered in Carter aBd |
johnson counties, and specimens are
now here on exhibition. j. will further |
the building Of the French B.la1 Geek |
and other railroads IN that section.
4 vast deposit OF red f5ssiiiferous iron |
Gre has been found in Franklin county. |
Ore can be furnished at Chattanooga for |
- 50 tor uaaaglrzff aagll fa2t a2sttlyraE ,te2 cents g .