Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-21

with his gilveI, and the astonished
Mr.. Cooper was siIenced. AIr. ThOm'
as cooIIy and smilingly said, "It was
your brother, of Davidson, and moi
you, of Bedford, for whom / voted .
There could be no response. A pretty
speech, full of gratitude and mOdesty
was spoiled, and the genial jurist and
orator from Bedford was ''squelched.' ,
He will never again mistake himsel
and brother for pair Of personal ol
political Siame5e twins.
1 came from Memphis by way
of Humboldt. There We en-
countered motley crew o.
gamblers, rowdies and showmer
from st. Louis and Louisville e7E r0Ut,
to Nashville. There were but two
passenger ears after leaving Mckenzie
for Nashville. In these were slowed
away two hundred people, and two
or three travelling shows. There
were two anacondas, the Sia
mese Twins, now here a
the Fair Grounds, gianteSs
eight or ten feet high, and musicians
and women less respectabIe-a mighty
multitude. About ? O'Clock l secured
the third Of seat and perhaps slept
for twenty minutes. Twas aroused by
crashing I.oise. Looking around
saw the heed Of the gisntess striking
the esr roof her mouth ag-:oIne. heI
eyes starting from their gfsaSy sock.
sss, her hair disheveled, and volcInic
yells issued froM her cgpaciOus throat
sileneed the noise Of the rushing rail
way train. The Slamese Twins were
/ swinging to and fro and white as spec
ters. Passer gers were terrified be-
yond measure. The anacOndas, so
the story went, hsa escaped from con
| tinement and one of them, lit seem
they had been placed in the saloon)
had gone down through a hole in the
bottom of the car. His tail vas -four
iShed to and fro against the interior
walls Of the saloon to the great terror
of the giantess, IIindOo twins and
crowded passengers. The mOnstrouS
snake twined its body about the axles
and wkesls below, became veritable
brakeman, and st6PRed the train.
When l awOke the cars were In Nash
vile and the giante5s was swinging to
and fgo and 81 roring like Vesuvius, the
twins were qriet a. double e-barrelled
William IL. Seward, whom the tyips
resemble, and the dream was only q
horrible snakAstory. The conductor
on this train Is a marvel Of patience
and of quiet, yentlemanly demeanor.
He managed the riotous, card playing,
drunken crowd With wonderful skill.
While l write q band Of music,
freezing 10 the bitter cold of this
wintry night, diSeourses delightful
music beneath the windows OF the
Maxwell house.
W. G.. Rainay, Esq, will surely ae-
complish the task assigned him, and
the court Wiil he reorganized as the
law yers and good people Of Memphis
would have it.
Clay's chestnut FLY, by Australian,
dam Madeline, by Boston, made-in
the mi!e-Gash race yesterday for two
year olds-the fastest time ever made
on the Nashville course-1:45l.
a great deaI of impatience is mani
tested in some QuarteFsat the tardiness
of the Legislature in passing Con-
yention bill, 1t has been in session
over two weeks, and in this respect it
may be said nothing has been done,
Certainly the most auspiciou5 result
Of the recent election was the popular
determination; by a large majority, TO
have Convection. sc paramount a
purpose of the electors should have
ellelted more attention than the Leg
islature has paid, a. yet, to the subject.
The Senatorial election over, may We
not hope that immediate attention
will be addressed to the enactment of
a Convention bill?
The XVIII amendment can, by no
possibility, be adopted. The temper
Of the argument of Cow SenteF in its
favor, stated to the Legislature in his
recent message, was well calculated to
soothe to its support the goOd-natured
class of men who sFs disposed to be
carried away ty kindly persuasion,
to d result the very opposite of their
own best judgment; but the Legisla-
ture is of material not so easily
smiled into measures. We apprehend
that so staunel a cornerstone Of State
independence as the right of regulats
ing suffrage viii not be permitted by
them 10 be swept away In 2 moment
of generous feeling, inspired by the
logic of a clever Governor, to whose
efforts so much is felt to be due for the
promise Of an early political millen-
iUm in Tennessee. Y. Y.Z.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
The Nashville correspondent of the
Louisville CoRier-J0in1i0L says that
Johnson has his Headquarters at the
bridal chamber of the Maxwell House,
and is pulling he wires for the nomin-
alton and elei,tiOn with all the vim
and ardOr characteristic of the man.
he works night and day, and does
not depend entirely on his friends, as
do some Of the others. Not day nor
night passes but that he has a men,
Der or two up to see him, and almost
invariably the member comes down
with better impression of A. J. than
when be went up. have a case In
point: A member who did not like
johnson, who did not like his course
1861, nor his course in 1857, nor his
course any other time, and who al
ways spoke il of him, did not want
to see him, ana all that. This refrac-
tory member was one night tolled
into the magic bridal chamber, and5
for one hour held sweet communion
with the fascinating A. J. What did
he say when he came out? The
subsistence of IL was that john
son Is @ gIee man, pleasant
man, a smiling man, an Intelligent
man, and, continued the member, II
don't know but shall have to vote
for him after all. Come to think
about it, he's ts good as any Of these
fellows that are after the position, and
/ reckon I'll go for him. There Is
where gohHsqil has one great advan-
taRe. Of al bis competitors, he Is the
most WHY. polite, genteel In appear
ance, eourtIy 10 manner and impress
sive in CONVERSATION. A man can
hardly talk with him an hour without
being Impressed with the fact that he
is once the Hlpst extraordinary men
alive, and tai ahead Of any of his
competitors in point of brain and sx,
peFleEee, He has had more expe-
rienee in public lie than all his com
petitors combined, and at the same
tiRs he has put bis experience to
good use, eonieQuently he has more
tact, Talent u good thing, but tact