Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-06
THE CITY.
COUNTY, COURT.
Proceedings OF shc July Quarterly
rE'Prua.

Proceedings OF thc July Quarterly
Term.
4 County Court met yesterday in the Con-
vention room Of the Courthouse. The
following Justices were present: John Fl
| Baskette, w d Baker, p w Brien, George
Burch, John w Bush, I ID Cassetty, B
| Garfield, James III Campbell, w j
Ohandlis, z II Childress, VIM. Curtis, E
M Cullum, n Campbell, Sam B Davidson,
B n Dodd, Nat Z Dortch, S DiIlahunty,
| Jos. T Eliiston, VIM. B Ewing, Esquire
Galbreath, Michael Gray, S Graves,
James Haynes, Hsllis Hagar, Zsck I
| Hayes James NJ Hinton, Henry Holt, T
G Hardy, Ashley Kennedy, Martin
| (col. Joseph Lea, (col. Esquire Meacham,
w A Mathews. p W Maxey, Patrick, Mo
| Tigue, Henry Mcneil, James Norvell,
Esquire Phelan, James T Patterson,
Isaac Paul, w G Parrish, John w Rucker,
Esquire Shivers, George W Spain, Horace
Scales, Thomas Saunders, james II
Stiles, John Taylor, H Townes, Esquire
Wherry, Pat Walsh, James Williams, w
Wyatt, Nelson Walker, (col
u 4uC EcDOEtGA IhNNE
ably as to the condition Of certain roads.
Received and fled
The report of the Jail COMMITTEES set
forth certain repairs which had been found
absolutely necessary, and which had been
made ct the jail. The report was re-
ceived and fled
Sundry appropriations tor the relief OF
paupers in the several wards were recon-
mendsd and allowed. Similar recommend
| ations and appropriations were made and
| allowed to various parties in the several
! districts Of the county.
On motion, Sarah Earhart, lunatic In
the oath district, and the two lunatics in
| the jail be sent to the Lunatic Asylum for
six months as inmates Of the pay wards at
the expense Of the county, until such
time as permanent arrangements are
made for this unfortunate class Of county
paupers. --.-H.. ..--. - r..
Col. Ed. Baxter presented a communics-
ton stating that Col. Bevier, of RUSSELL
vile, was present, and that he desired to
address the court a. any convenient hour
| upon the subject of the Russellville and
Owensboro Railroad Col. Baxter stated
the object had in view by Col. Bevier, and
said the speaker would enlighten the court
upon many points OF interest.
Squire Townes, bypermission, addressed
the court in some length in opposition to
| any interference with the interests Of the
Davidson county bonds in the Louisville
/ and Nashville railroad.
On motion permission was given to Col.
| Bevier to address the meeting at o'clock.
On motion of Esquire Fownes Judge
Whitworth was requested to be present
and participate in the discussion
Court adjourned till O'Clock P. NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
P L Nichol presented petition asking
| an allowance by the court for extra service
performed while Clerk Of the county as
1 custodian of county bonds issued to the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad Company,
being responsible for the safe keeping Of
| the same. The petitioneriasked that mas
much as he had to perform certain duties
| and affix his official signature 10 bonds, an
| allowance equal TO amount allowed the
/ Clerk of the Circuit Court for affixing his
official signature to licenses and similar
documents. The petition was laid on the
| table.
A petition was presented by n Dodson
asking allowance Of taxes for sprinkiing
Public Square. Rejected.
Esquire Maxey offered the following res
| olutions:
Resolved, That the court order the ap-
pointment of a standing committee Of five
| members, two from the north side Of the
| river and two from the south side Of the
| river, and one from the city, as Commit
tee on Common Schools, to whom all ques-
| tions that may arise in reference to COM
mon schools shall be referred. They shall
also, with the Judge of the Court, dis
tribute the school fund of the county as
the law directs, and report the same to this
court.
The resolution ELECTED lengthy and dis
cussion, Esquires Maxey, Msacham, Ewing
and others participating. Esquire Meach-
am strongly opposed the resolution as i'm
pugning the competency and correctness
of the County School Commissioners. 1t
was suggested by Justice Ewing that Mr..
Meacham did not understand the import
of the resolution. Esquire Maxey explained
/ pending the discussion, Col. r s Be-
vier, of Russellville, Ky., entered the Hall
and was introduced by Judge Glenn, and
proceeded to address the Court upon the
subject of the Owensboro and Russellvilie
Railroad. ...
II 4nC SpcdhcI 5ftlAl hIdI Lc hOlAu DS OAACA
and asked a patient hearing. In regard
| to the remarks of Esquire Tovnes oppos-
/ ing the measure before a hearing, he said
1 that he could but think OF the many enter
/ prizes of Tennessee that unaided she had
| failed to complete, when Kentucky was
| told to complete her own roads. He came
as the representative of the Owensboro
and RussellviIle Railroad, and also as q
commissioner from Logan county. The
road had been chartered but two years and
was being repidly pushed forward to
completion.
The speaker here gave lucid statement
of the condition of the road, its locaaon,
termini, connections, resources, liabilities,
etc. Enough money had been subscribed
MCLEAN, KY, to run the road through
those counties. Muhlenberg county, KY,
was apoor county, and could not subscribe
the money to build it through
that county. The deficit to the
completion of the road was near
5000, 900. Two hundred thousand
dollars of this would be raised in Logan
county and along the line. They did not
wish to mortgage the road for four hun
dred thousend dollars and be thus enc1m-
1 Oer6O WIFI leaNy lHJeEeSt lIOLH tue bt8Lt-
The speaker stated that the road would be
built, and argued that it would be vastly
to the interest of Nashville from her
geographical situation and railroad conneo-
tions, to help them to build the road and
become interested in the early COM
pletion of the same. 1t would give
immediate connection with Cincinnati, in
dependent of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. Its construction would place
Nashville Immediately on an air line rail.
road from Chicago to Montgomery, and
make her the prosperous center of the
great system of Southern railroads. Il
would make our city great commercial
entrepot on an air line road from the
Northern lakes to the Southern gulf There
was nothing to prevent Nashville from
being the great railroad center OF tht
South. We had finer country than st
Louis or Chicago in climate, productions
and all the primary elements Of prosperity
These connections North and South, Of &
railroad destined to be second to none in
importance in the country, should receive
l grave and earnest consideration before tbs