Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-14


Orleans will be glad to learn that he
is " in clover /" up to his eyes among
the Arkansians.
MFR. j. H. Swan, who was re-
Gently elected Magistrate of the Four
teenth Civil District, yesterday re-
ceived mis- commission. This is quick
work. The election was held on the
9Th. the returns were made in full on
the 9TH, and the certificates issued to
all who applied to the Registrar by
the 9th. What a difference between
this style of motion and that of the
late lamented Williamsl Judge FOute
was nearly three months getting his
certificate.
Some weeks ago the negro Archie
Hughes, who murdered Ryan in a
skitf on the river, was, by a fiction OF
the law, a miserable trick and a sub
terfuge, cleared of the charge in the
Criminal Court, and allowed to go
Scott free. AS soon as he was released
his counsel advised him to "get," and
he did so. Yesterday we learned that
there was a man in the city who says
! that Hughes made a full and elaborate
confession to him, acknowledging not
only that, but another murder. To
our mind, having heard the testimony
/ given at the preliminary examination,
the discharge of the man Hughes was
and is perfectly unaecountable.
The Rev. Africa Baily %(colored)
day before yesterday baptized Moody
in his cell in Jail. Moody seems per-
fectly resigned TO his fate but AYERS In
the most solemn manner to his Spir-
itual adviser that he is not guilty OF
the crime for which he is condemned
to suffer. He declares that he will
protest his innocence upon the scat
fold. We have no doubt of the truth
of what he says, and believe that it
would not require much trouble to
fix the guilt on Kagy Bedford, whose
testimony as States evidence sends
him to the galloWs, while he BED
ford) goes to the penitentiary for ten
years. A priest is visiting Calvin
regularly.
Col. A. j. Kellar, Though never
announced as SUCH n of the prOpri-
et0rs and also one of the editors
of the AUaLanche, returned to the
city Yesterday from a brief visit to
Nashville. lie regrets with US the
recent interruption of the entente cor
dale that has always existed between
the APPEAL and AUdl0Rche, end in
sists. as we agree that bygones snail
| be bygones, and that hereafter we
| shall be characterized by dignity and
| discretion towards each other. We
have the highest PSTaonal regard Tor
| Col. Kellar, esteem him 2 gentleman
and a friend, a gallant soldier and a
writer whose pen has often been dt-
rected, and we hope will be in the fa-
ture, for the good of our noble State.
"A Mississippi correspondent writes
us that in the poorer counties along
the railway lines the crops are excel
lent, fields well cultivated and the
whole country wears an attractive
aspect. 1t is here that freedmen are
fewest and here white men till thE
fields. In the prairies, along the
| Mobile and Ohio Road, in the richest
cotton grOEing lands of the South,
1 except the river i0Elands of the Mis-
sissippi, the fields are badly eultiva-
ted, the growing crop is shrivelled ana
| yellow, often the weeds and grass
flourish till corn and cotton stalks are
invisible. Here the negro population
is dense and the white sparse. The
number of acres in cultivation y less,
and this narrow area is in worse cos
ditiOn, because of imperfect tillage,
than ever before.
AT the meeting Of the Board OF
| County Commissioners, dei& gester-
day, the following important order
was adopted, having been offered by
President Lewis Whereas, The
question has been raised
whether the present metnod
of paying the guards and en-
ployees at the Jail is the correct one,
and whereas, ii would not be just or
right to refuse to pay them for the
present month; therefore ReSOired,
That this Board will not pay the
jaiiOr or any person employed at the
jail after the expiration Gf this month,
unless in obedience TO the judgmeHt
or decision of a Court having iurisdic-
ton over the case, and that the clerk
give due nQtice to the Sheriff and the
Tailor without delay. This was passed
by an unanimous vote of the Commits
sioners present-the whole Board eX-
Gept Shaw being present. The effect
iGfthis order will be that in future the
Sheriff viii haze tG p2y q! guards or
assistants employed at the county jail.
Heretofore he did not collect his turn
key and other fees of like character,
in consideration Of which the county
paid the jailor and other guards.
"A letter was received this morn
ing by a member of the Committee on
| Entertainment from Gen. John l.. T..
! Sneed, Of SOmC-ViMe, in which he
says 81 deeply regret that mybuSi-
ness engagements for the looming
YeeE forbid my making any positive
promise to be with you an inst inter
eSting occasion, The Confederate
picnic" August 2lst Solicit someone
for the regular TatSs, and II l can
possibly be there / will add some
lflet but rabble-rousiAg words as to
the high and h6fy pafposes of your
organization, If desirable. Ny Wifeis
at present i'll, but I trust it may soon
pass away. My business entangle-
ments extend far into next week, with
2 Chancery Court now in session. l
am mucn inclined to he with you, but
| under these S~reErstanceS 40 net ev-
peet me-" Phe Confederate Commit
tee on Picnic meets this afternoon, at
3 o'clock, at the Office Of c., NOuFse, on
Jefferson street, when IL Will be nee
essary to take some action on this
matter.
An old country darky came to
town EesteTGsy e buy some meat.
He fortunately, as he tnougiit, feii CT
the very man to sell him a prime Tot
cheap. This man was Thomas Jeffer-
son, the sharp darby confidence man,
and the bosom lrie1dGf George Wash
ington, who was " sent up7 Q few
| days ago. Thomas had some bully
meat, sides and hams, and at a figure
so small that 1t made Old gresny's
heart leap. 1t was right "arOund the
corner at my house." said Tom, and
thither the pair repaired and entered.
AS soon as Tom got his victim well in
the : mansion Re possessed himself
of all the cash the ola feiiOW lad and
sloped ont tie back door, leaving bis
dapa to wait Tor the meat. 1t is need
less TO say he didn't find it there, at
that time any way, and after waiting
an hour or two he reported the affair
to the police, who went for Thomas
Jefferson and soon had him in arrest.
The last we saw of him ne was going
iail-Ward With 3 pair of darbies on his
wrists, and NAYS six pointed at him.
On or about the 9th Of Septem-
Der, 1868, a negro named George Rey-
nolds, living on Browns avenue, near
the corner of Causey, for some trihing