The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-04-18

injunction to prevent the issuance of the
State bonds granted by the Legislature
of Tennessee to the new Browulow d.
rectory into whose hands the road
has been placed. Because of this APP
plieatiap Gen. Inns. tkdSshlceiver, order
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. =. ITO cease run
ped to this place
p . :. 81 7enew our relations,
fprovid\ ibid Immediately with
draw thesett, and give him assurance
that it would not again be instituted
The. business interest Of the town de-
manded an immediate compliance with
his request, and a great pressure to this
effect was brought to bear upon the City
Council to revoke their action. The
city being only one of the party to the
suit, of course, could not order it stopped,
having no right or power Il e.
! .<rs1szssu.sss i..--s sSz--s.1
were not even citizens of tho ITO
adopt course to her dietatIon, and
hence could only agree to withdraw it
upon the part of the city. The Coun-
Gil appointed a committee of three of our
citizens, Mayor Landrum, Judge J. H.
Davis and FIR Hellner, with instructions
to proceed to Nashville and investigate
the condition of affairs, and if possible
to make arrangements for the immediate
resumption of trains.
This committee proceeded TO Nash
vile, and on Wednesday telegraphed
H@ris and Pillow, at Memphis, the
Solicitors for the city of Hickman, to
suspend proceedings until further notice
from them.
THE SUIT.
The following notice of an applica-
ton for an order restoring the posses
sion Of said railroad, equipments, etc,
to the company, and for an injunction
was served on Friday, the 10th inst,
upon Gov Brownlow, Secretary Fletcher,
and the Comptroller and Treasurer, Of
the State of Tennessee
/ NAsHvILLE, Tenn, April 10, SO.
GENTLEMEN-You are hereby notified
that the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad Company, the city of Hick
man, of the State of Kentucky, a cor
poration of said State, A. d. Kingman,
/ o. F. Young. j. H. Dodds, Thomas f.
! Gieeson, and other stockholders in the
/ Nashville and Northwestern Railroad
| Company, and citizens of the State of
of Kentucky, will, on the 10Th day of
April, instant, apply to the Honorable
Judge of the District Court, at Cham
beers, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee,
fer orders restoring the possession of
said railroad, and its equipments, prop
erty and effects, to said railroad COM
pany, of which Michael Burns is Presi-
Z lent and FOR writs Of injuncfirr, aT,i..;'l-
/ ing and restraining the Governor OF Ten
nessee, the Secretary of State, and the
, Comptroller of the State of Tennessee, /
1 from issuing any bonds of the State of
Tennessee, which may be due to said
railroad company, or authorized by law
( to be issued to the same, to William 7.
! Times. or any one Of the defendants here
/ matter named, and requiring said Innes
TO deliver the bonds already received by
/ him TO the Treasurer of said Nashville
and Northwestern Railroad Company.
The BILL upon which this application
will be made, will be fled in the United
States Circuit Court for the District of
Middle Tennessee, at Nashville, against
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nessee a. j. Fletcher, Secretary of
State G. W Black burn, Comptroller
of the State of Tennessee NJ. z. Clarke,
w. F. Innes, +. A. Otis, ID. Il. Daven-
port. Frank Hyberger, g. Jamison, FL
I'll. Thornberg o. T. Brown, b. +. Whit
ley, j. w Paramore, A. Z. Alden, J.
a. Edmundson, Clay Newland. d. b.
Clife, FL. D. Grant, " A. Steele, and ID.
G. Ogden, to whom this notice is adj
dressed. HARRIS & PILLOW.
Solicitors for compliments.
o. 80 A. d. KINGMAN,
,Te been thoughts j. H. DoDDs,
oPolists. 1t IS bgnos. e. GLEEsoN.
sb beg present .a an5i was made before
mt gates, the inc4 Memphis, on We'd
nesaayy;s the 45tsk inst, which resulted
in the demand of the petitioners being
granted. The telegram from the Hick
man committee was received by the SO
lictors after the injunction had been
granted, from which fact, and because
there were other parties to the applica-
ton, the order to suspend" could not
be recognized. The consultation of the
committee, was, therefore, barren of re-
suits. We understand Gen. Innes ex-
pressed the utmost williugpw.mtp re-
sumo running trains te--Ek aud
was taking measures to this eject, when
he received notification of the injunc-
ton being granted. Thus the case now