Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-01

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-Ex-Gov. Brownlow left for Washing
ton on Friday.
Capt. w. E. Murrell, former Sheriff
OF Franklin county, died in Winchester
on the oath ult.
BY the careless handling of firearms
two Of Capt. Kinks company were
wounded yesterday, OF them badly.
The General Assembly, Friday, su-
thOrized Comptroller Blackburn to b0r-
row, on the best terms practicable, money
to meet the present enormous deficiency
in the Treasury.
"A petition was in circulation at the
Capitol Friday evening for the sigma
lures OF Senator'S names to petition the
Governor to disband or furlough the mi
litia, and to rescind the proclamation
declaring martial law.
Gen. Cooper has besn instructed by
q House resolution to make q thorough
investigation into the Barmore murder,
and, if possible, to bring the perpetrators
to justice. BsrmoTe had some very Bit
ter enemies among the Radicals Of Nash
vile. As suggested by the report OF the
Coroner, after a labOred investigation,
the murdereEs may ba 10 this locality.
The Jackson Tribune, of Saturday,
says Four companies OF militia have
already been sent to this Inflated coun-
ty. This move leaves G sn. Cooper with
1900 troops, still at his disposal, and indi.
Gates that the other eight counties, en-
! braCsd in the proclamation, are not
quite so rebeliiOgs as Giles. The ku
Klux, it is said, had their origin in that
psFt Of the State, ana this is Why the
mailed hand Of the warrlog is laid 50
heavily on them. We do not behave
there ever was, or ever will be, Q hu-
Klux in Madison county. The idea o.
their existence here is = myth, & will
o'-the-wisp,u unless we are very much
deceived. Our statement is not worth
much, and we give it gratuitously. Oar
authorities can make the most of it,
John Brownlow publishes a card in
the Banner and the Union and AmsTj-
can, in which he is particularly heavy
on Fletcher. Listen to him ar spect-
fully to all men save Mr.. Fletcher, l
point to this esr-msrk OF suspicion upon
his testimony. TO twO-himself and
myself-they are wholly unneeded for
correct information, for both he and /
well know that neither such converse
ton or the substance OF it ave occurred;
and, Convinced SIS / am, that the whole
pun - NEEAAO " MI 4ACkCAEE II |
this matter has been my personal wrong
and injury, bY the base and cowardly
effort to cast upon nay ehara6ter the
shadow Of this school fund odium-
though l stood far beyond the fe&eh of
its substance, l must say, that in testify
ing to the truth of the ADORE converse
ton with me, he took upon himself the
guilt OF a malicious, 1Oidtua and deti6sr-
ate peTJuFeT."
The Banner Of Saturday says: We
heard it reported in the city yesterday, |
that the Militia sent to Pulaski several
days since were already beginning to
give the people in that section some
trouble. RumOr says that several OF
these fellows went into the store OF Ezell
& Co. and took possession of two bags OF
coffee, giving sn order GA the county
trustee for the payment OF the same.
Another party stopped some wagons
loaded with cotton, and made the teams
tiers unload and then took possession OF
the teams, to go as they said on q fOrag- |
ing expedition TO the country. Il was
also stated that the militia stationed
there had ordsrs TO arrest forty promi-
nent citissns TO hold as hostages for the
good behavior Of the people generally,
and that four citizens Of the county
would be arrested shortly, tried by drum
head court martial, and ordered to be
shot.
"A correspondent of the Banner, of FRI
dsy, writing from Huntingdon, Carol
county, uader date of>23i inst, says:
S)me time since 3 man by the name Of
Fippin, of Gibson county, laid claim to |
g mule in the possession OF Fred. H. Hen
derson. Fiippin instituted some sort of
suit, (perhaps replevin) before q justice
OF the peace, to recover the mule. From
some cause nothing was doae, and per-
haps another suit instiJUted-whst has
been done with that 1 have not heard. l
know, however, Henderson's idea was
that Flippin wished to get possession OF
the mule without giving responsible Sc
curity, as required by law in actions OF
replevin. Ihear that Flippin was a Con-
federste soldier about three years, and
was afterwards a Federal soldier about
one year, and that he was leader OF the
crowd who sometime sinee released some
men from u Jail, and is supposed to be
associated with them.
On yesterday FIippin, his brother and
some one else, went to Henders0n's snd
took the mule and started OFF. HeDdsr-
con gathered a crowd of friends, Hu.
Swsyne, Jim. CoviDgton and several
others, and started in pursuit, overta-
king Flippin and his friends somewhere
about old Joe. Kings, commanded them
to surrender whereupon Fiippin and his
friends turned sside into the woods, dis
mounted and opened fire upon the pur-
suing party, which vas returned. Flip
pin was killed-his brother and some
n else with them were wounded. None
OF Henderson's crowd got hurt. About
q hour since Henderson and his crowd
rode into town (all armed) for the pur-
pose Of giving themselves up, and l be-
lieve they sre o doing something with
the matter at the courthouse. a lew
minutes after they rode into town Il teie-
gram was received here saying! "Tell
Henderson to keep 3 sharp lookout for
Skullbone." I learn that 8 crowd Of
Flippin's friends was in MeLsmoresviile
this morning, What will be the result !
cannot tell, but l fear tits not all over
yet. l know nothing Of the facts, and
have nOt cOnversed with any OF the par
ties, but have given you merely what
Madam Rumor says upon the subject,
surprising she will reach you in some
form.