Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-08

the United states. Inc case Wa
argued BY Judge Hughes and Gen.
Whitthorne for the bank and by NJ,
=. FrierSOn and VS.. Fleming, Esqs.,
against Reputation. This Is q very
important case, and we know that II
Is the opinion OF some very able law
vers butn ln and out Of the State thaI
the bank and the State Will eVentu'
ally be held responsible to the hold'
erS of the new issue" OF the bank.
We are glad that the matter is la pro
cess of being settled by a decision OF
the highest Judicial tribunal IN the
state, il not in the United States.
The Commissioner of Pensions
has appointed a commission to pro.
coed to Tennessee, Mississippi, and
Alabama, for the purpose OF lnvestl-
eating certain claims for pensions,
mostly of cOlOred persons, that have
remained suspended for some time
upon evidence which has reached the
Pension Office that extensive frauds
have been committed in procuring
such claims. The commission will
meet at Chattanooga Sept. 10th; Nash
vile, Oct. Sth; Memphis, Oct. Doth
Nicksburg, Nov. l4th, and Mobile,
Nov. l9th. 1t is expected that officers
OF the Freedmen's Bureau and freed
mems savings banks at these places
will cooperate with the commission
in establishing identity, and In
separating the meritorious from the
fraudulent claims.
1t is not generally known by our
-g4g-.-- tL-t Tha ~nrCnarAW of nplIn-
uuent tax payers will he sold to-day.
The sale extends for three days, and
all the city property upon which taxes
have not been paid will pass under
the hammer. 1t is to be regretted
that our city officers could not publish
the list of delinquents in such q way
as would reach the whole community,
many of whom are deeply interested
in this matter. The law compelling
its publication In an official journal,
no matter how obscure, and which
does not reach one hearthstone in a
hundred, is but a specimen of the way
the Radical party of this state has rid
den rough shOd over the rights of the
people. The next Legislature will
wipe out this disgrace TO u State,
and the day of Hoficial Journals" or
what are known as pap suckers, y
will be ended.
There viii be a meeting Of the
Confederate Relief and Historical So
eiety on Thursday next, when il Is
earnestly urged that ali members viii
attend prepared to pay their initiation
fee and dues 10 date. The lite OF the
Society now organized and from
which 80 much OF good and benefit
has already flowed 10 the widows and
orphans Of deceased soldiers, depends
the prGMtness with which it
may be sustained by its members.
We, therefore, join in urging upon 81
concerned the necessity for attend
ance on Thursday night and the
promptest liquidation of their dues.
I'VE hope to see this society main
in the highest state of efficiency
fer ali the objects had in view in its
organization. We want the widows
and orphans of our dead braves re-
and and sustained, and we want
the history u the great struggle pre-
served, that in time 70 come the South
may be Justified and her proves in
arms as well az intelligence in legislas
ton be properly acknowledged and
truthfully recorded.
We learn that a singular and very
amusing accident happened to the
chickens Of a Mrs. Hamilton, near
POrtersville, Upton county, Tonnes
see, a few days ago, Her husband
bought a bottle of brandy cherries.
AfteP eating the cherries the seed
were thrGYn out, which the chickens
ate greedily. La q short time Mrs.
Hamilton found that hes chickens
were all dead. She told an old negro
Eoman that she might pick the chick
ems and put the feathers in her bed,
which she did readily, After picking
off the feathers she carried TIE chick
ens out and threw them away. Night
came Or, MFs, Hamilton was sOrely
grieved at her loss. sleep soon swept
away her troubles. At early dawn
she was alarmed At hearing old cham
Growing loudly and the hens
cackling. Judge her surprise, when
opening the door and looking out,
she saw every hen and rooster, young
and old, grave aud gay, marching
round eyeIng each Othel With suSpl-
Zion, many Of them entirely nake4
only a few had wing and tail
feathers, The cherry seed made them
dead drunk Isn't Bill Stokes and
bis party like the chickeEs2
We have no desire to fatter one
town or city more than another, but
an honest conviction Of facts compel
Us to say that our sister city of Cor
NTH is, or ought TO be by virtue Of her
enterprise, ranked first among our
= country cousins" in point OF inn
pOrtance and enterprise. She has
risen since the war, Phoenix like,
rom her ashes, and out stripped all
other Mississippi towns in the race
lOr commercial and manufacturing SUI
premacy. This fast is due not alGp9
% the advantageous situation she Oc-
in a geographical point of view,
Jut u thai indOmitable energy and
determination eyinced by her citizens
all public undertakings. C5rinth
Is to-day the leading manufacturing
point in Mississippi, and when the
and COrinth, and the COrinth
and Hamburg Railroads are finished
;he will then become a dangerous
'iyal of our own city-Memphis. As
IN evidence Of the public spirit that
)eryades that section Of country it is
lnly necessary to neatlGH the tact
hat four newspapers are published
here, and all literally supported.
The Nelcs is the largest, the Model
Farmer is the oldest, the Republican
: the least and last born, but the Har-
the only thOrOUgh-gOing DEM
sheet, is the universal favOrite,
md enjoys the most extensive circulG-
ion OF any paper published in North
dississippi.
On Saturday evening last a little
took place at the corner Of Beal
nd Second streets, which WAS the Oc-
aston of a lengthy and somewhat
ldicFOus trial before Superintendent
at the Second District Station
'esterday. The merits Of the case, as
.raWn out with much difficulty from
he witnesses, are as follows: Some
lme since, say a month ago, a party
I men were drinking In the saloon
f Mr.. EdOuard Capdeville, at the
0rner Of Beal and Second streets, and
at the bar made some dispar-
ging remarks ia reference to the
haracter Of a young girl then en-
at a millinery shop next door
D the saloon. The remarks thus
lade were repeated by the barkeeper
Capdeville, one Luigi GiacOme Co
lonbatO. Capdeville told Judge
mith, attorney and business agent
)r the lady In whose employ the
Dung girl was, and he, in turn, hint
d to his client that if the report was
rue, she would lose business by re-
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