Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-28
OF COMMERCE.
A Lively Time Among the Merchants.
Postal elsgraphy---Litt Rock Railroad

The members of the Chamber of Com
merce who met yesterday afternoon, dis
cussed informally many questions of pub
lie interest. The APPEALS suggestions
as to the appointment of the only Rus
sian who inhabits Memphis as a delegate
to a Worlds Fair in that remote country,
was well received. Whether the money
required for the payment OF the absolute
expenses of the mission will be furnished
bv the Chamber of Commerce, Is quite
another andvery different question. Spe-
cimens of cottOn-perhaps the same eX-
hibited at the County Fair--nay be Sc
cured and forwarded to st. Petersburg TO
the great advantage of this ~unrivailed
cotton market. Every great manufacture
ing establishment of Europe will have its
agents at this Worlds Fair. The Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce was
authorized. at his discretion, to select a
representative of the city to attend the
St. Petersburg exhibition.
Messrs. T. G. Curtiss, the Empire Man
ufacturing Company, and A. ). Wolcott
we're elected members of the Chamber.
1t was agreed that the Board of Cotton
Brokers should, if they desired it, each
being a member of the Chamber, have the
rse Of the hall of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Tue Board of Mayor and Aldermen
were fcQueSltu " pay tuo sum o9oSSSCI
upon this city by the Union Merchants
Exchange of ST. Louis.
To report upon a communication from
Newark N. j. Chamber of Commerce,
touching the proposed postal-telegraph
system, Messrs. Mahan, Pickett and Pet
Ligrew were appointed a committee.
To report upon the resolution of Mr..
Pettigrew, which c~Ontemplates the estao-
Iishment of bonded warehouses in this
city, Messrs. Pettigrew, Robinson and
Phillips were appointed a committee.
Col. VIM. X. Moore suggested the pro-
priety and possibility of an adjustment OF
the Little Rock Railroad imbroglio,
through the Intervention Of a committee
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Judge n. g. Smith made an earnest APP
peal in behalf of peace measures. He
said he cared nothing for Brinkley or Ma
/ han in this contest, and that the interests
of individuals were not to be considered
when weighed against those of cities and
States.
Many gentlemen expressed much the
same honest, earnest purpose to bring
about a speedy adjustment of difficulties
to which the Little Rock Railroad enter
prise is subjected. Mr.. Mahan at first
suggested that the matter was beyond the
province of the duties peculiar to the
Chamber of Commerce, but he gave silent
assent to the proceedings of the body.
Judge II. G. Smith said that he had no
friendship or enmity to consult, and only
wanted the question OF right settled, and
then either Brinkley or Mahan must sur
render or never dare to look an honest
citizen of Memphis in the face.
Judge smith, w. NJ. Harrington, c. w.
Cover, w. a. Goodwin and J. J. Raw
lings were appointed a committee to make
the investigation and report.
One fact is fixed: If this committee in
vestigate the question at issue. as defined
bv the resolution of J. B. Robinson, Esq,
its report may give final shape to public
opinion, and thus far at least settle the
controversy which this committee is en-
powered to adjust.