Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-11
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
-EX-President Johnson spoke ut
Greeneville on Monday, to about
three thousand people, from all parts
Of Upper East Tennessee.
The Banner is informed That the
mail agent Gn the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad is only seven
teen years Old. This is altogether too
young, and if we mistake not, is below
the age required by law. II is time,
when mail Irregularities are so much
complained OF, that these matters were
looked into.
The Banner of Friday received
from the house of Ried, ChadbOurnc
d Co., the first cotton bloom Of the
season, so far rs known in Middle
Tennessee. 1t came from the farm Of
DR.. HOyt, near the Hermitage (which
is rented and cultivated by two color
ed men. They have thirty-five acres
of land in cotton, and report the stand
as very fine.
AT Greeneville, Fast Tennessee, =
house was totally destroyed, together
with all the furniture, clothing and
property OF bOarders, by fire ON FRI
daylight. The fire originated by a
servant girl going into an up-stair
room and setting fire to a bed curtain.
The most deplorable part of the affair
was the death, from excessive fright,
of Miss Fritts, who lived near the
burning building. She died the morn
ing following the fire.
The Knoxville WIG heaGs5 an
article with the oabalistc characters:
"S.n az. ~ S."-i.-e. "Senter, Tip
ton; Suffrage" The latter, it claims,
IS the greatest of the three. Why? Be
cause it imparts the triumph of liber-
dlity over narrow eXclusiveness, of
Republican ideas over those of des-
potism, of confidence in right rather
Than in might. 1t imparts also the
end of cliques, rings, cOnspiracies anG
fraud, as, successful elements Of Re
publican ascenaancY in TenneSsee. 1t
imparIs peace, order, law, liberty,
educatien, civilization, progress,
The RdaHer says: 1fnothing else
comes out of the pending contest for
the gubernatorial chair, it is q relief to
know that from its inception we have
been regaled with less hobgoslin
stories of the VIOLENCE, assasgfnations,
rebel outrage and Ku-Klux atrocities,
tnan in any previous canvass since
the close of the war. Now, since the
threadbare stories manufactured for
political capitalD did infinite harm to
the immigration interests of Tennes-
see, il is gratifying to know tlat they
are no longer necessary 20 the place
hurteY5 The announcement Of UnI-
yersal Suffrage would Set them NJ rest
forever,
The Nashville Union and -4BleJi-
can of Friday says; Mr.. Luck Da-
Wis was in the city on Wednesday at
tending to business in his usual health,
and went Up On the evening train to
2I4yrha, walked out some three miles
to his home, ate supper, aud retired
rs usual. Next morning his family
thought, as he was fatigued from the
walk the previous evening, they would
let him sleep; and when breakfast
was prepared, they sent to awake him
when they found him a corpse in his
bed, having died during the night
from some unknown cause. These
particulars we gather from one Of his
neighbOrs."
-Senter is sanguine of his election
and considers it a foregone conclusion,
and this is now the universal opinion.
Senter will at least hold his own in
East Tennessee, while his majority in
the other divisions of the State viii be
hnnNvr~ fNnn 1hor.rrn ~. "a
sentiment in regard to suffrage exten-
sion has been remarkable within the
last month. The question now is,
which is the speediest method tomake
suffrage universal in the State. A
popular convention, looking to that
end, will undoubtedly be held within
the next twelve months, every ex-
rebel in the State will at once regain
his political freedom. In the mean
time registration will be conducted on
q liberal basis, and tens of thousands
will vote in the next election who
have not cast a ballot for years. The
reign of prescription, Intolerance, and
ill-feeling is fast drawing to a close in
Tennessee.
The Nashville onion and 4mefi-
can OF trluay says: An eXtraOrdl-
nary and most wonderful phenome-
non occurred at Indian Grave Gap,
Campbell county, Tenn, through
which the Knoxville and Kentucky
Railroad is being built. Sunday af-
ternoon, during a severe thunder
storm, and while it was at its hight,
the Gap was suddenly filled with
countless number of snakes, which
were seen falling for nearly ten min
utes. They were the common ringed
species, and measured from five inches
to two feet in length, and were all
dead. 1t was supposed that they were
killed by the fall. The news of this
freak Of nature soon spread among the
farmers of that region, and created
the most intense excitement among
them. By evening the vicinity of the
Gap was crowded with hundreds Of
people, drawn together to witness a
novel spectacle. Various gurmises
were indulged in by the puzzled spec
tators, but the general opinion was
that the mysterious shower was a pre-
monition Of some dreadful seourge." "
About two years ago VIM. H.
Tarley, Esq, Of McMillan's Station,