Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-06-08
General Mabry as a State Director.

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In the list of nominations for State Di-
rectors of the Knoxville aud Kentucky
railroad, submitted by the Governor, last
Tuesday, for the approval of the Senate,
appeared the name of General Joseph A.
Mabry, of Knoxville. On the following
day all of these nominations were confirm
ed, in executive session, save that of the
gentleman mentioned. 1t was generally
intimated in well-informed Legislative
circles that action had been deferred until
after the Railroad Investigating Commit
tee should have made their report with
regard to the management of the Knox
vile and Kentucky railroad, of which
General Mabry has been President, with
one brief interval for several years The
report in question was laid before both
houses yesterday, and a synopsis of it is
printed in this mornings issue. Certain
ly no fair-minded, honest man can do 9TH
erwise than command the Senate for its
course in this somewhat delicate matter.
General Mabry was so prominently iden-
titled with the policy which led to the po-
litical regeneration of Tennessee last Au-
gust, that he was regarded as having claims
of more than ordinary weight upon the
sympathy and recognition ofthe Conserva-
tive masses. But the Senate had to deal
with facts alone-hard, stubborn facts,
which could not, in justice either to that
body or to the taX-paying constituents who
had elected them, be ignored or palliatted.
Should partisan or personal considerations
suggest the inquiry why the Senate made
an exception in the case of General Ma
bry, let the concluding portion of the re-
port stand as their justification. In view
of the revelations thus made, the proper
course to be pursued with regard to his
nomination can no longer be 4 matter of
doubt. Unless the Governor should with
draw his name, its rejection appears inc
vitable.
REPORTED EXTENSIVE FoRGERIES IN
SAvANNAH.--The fact that Epstein Il
Einstein have been, for some time, raising
large sums of money by means of forged
documents, was accidently disclosed yes
terday morning. 1t appears that the
names of Meinhard Brothers u Co. have
been forged to the amount of about ST 900,
that of Blum a. Meyer to the amount of
some So, 600 George Gemenden for some
$1,000 or IS 900, and A. A. Solomons for
$4,000
When the discovery was made war
rant, charging Epstein d Einstein with
the offense of forging the endorsement OF
Meinhard Brothers d Co. upon note
for $1,000, was issued by Justice Wade,
upon which Mr.. Einstein was arrested
and gave bonds for his appearance for trial
at the next term of the City Court, but
Epstein could not be found. Upon the arrest
ofEpstein it transpired that he was not the
partner of Epstein, but that his son, who
resides in New York, was his partner,
whereupon eight attachments, amounting
| in the aggregate to the sum of S25, 794,
were issued and placed in the hands of
| Sheriff Dooner, who proceeded forthwith
to take possession of their dry-goods store
on Congress street.
We are also told that Mr.. Epstein hor-
rowed $500 from Mr.. Gemenden, $500
/ from A. A. SOlOmOnS, and $500 from Mr..
q. I. Taggart on Monday.
We learn that the Merchants National
Bank of Savannah is the heaviest sufferer
| by these forgeries, but their are other vic
! tins whose names we could not learn.-
| Savannah Republican, May 18th.