Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-02
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Proceedings Of the Legislature --BOsscn
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SPECIAL DISPATCH TO MEMPHIS APPEAL.
NASHVILLE, March 1.-SeRGte.-
The following State directors for the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad
were confirmed: d. u. Edwards, Of
Weakley county, B. f. Harrison and
Y. w. Allen, of Carroll, D. H. Green
wood, of Humphreys, A. P. Hall, OF
Benton, and Moses FedWeH of Da-
wilson county.
House.-The House concurred in the
SENATE proposition to adjourn on the
9TH inst, to convene again on the 9th
Of May.
DIr. Russell made a statement in
connection with the sale Of Agricultu-
raj School Scrip. He said the com
mittee had ample testimony in their
possession to prove every assertion
and charge made against Secretary
Fletcher and Mr.. Bosom. The COM
mittee, he said, is prepared 10 show
that Secretary Fletcher Was offered
five cents more per acre than the sum
for which he secretly soldit. Not only
that, but he could have got the cash
down, when, instead, he sold it on
time.
The House bill TO pay the judicial
salary Of the late Judge Wisdom was
rejected.
The Senate bill to incorporate the
Memphis and Vicksburg Packet Com
pany passed third reading. ~
The House bill providing eompen-
sation for Parham < Williamson, of
Memphis, for certain legal services,
was rejected.
The Senate having nOn-concurred in
the House amendment incorporating
the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad,
the House refused to reeede.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH.
NASHVILLE, March LIN the
House to-day Mr.. Russell, Chairman
Of the Committee on Investigation,
reported that said committee had
proof that Secretary Fletcher was Of
tered five cents more per acre for the
Agricultural School scrip, donated by
the General Government to the State,
than he sold it for, and that he could
have realized cash, instead of selling
il on time. E
Mrs. Peggy Jarvis, eighty-seven
years Of age, was burned to death at
her residence near Sparta, Tenn, on |
gaEn al. Iar
dentaly taken fire.
At Stevenson, Ala, last night, a
negro man fired a gun into house
and WG,s arrested, but taken subse-
quently, by the Ku-Klux and carried
of, and it is supposed was killed
Soldiers from Huntsville arrived at
Stevenson to-day to investigate the
affair.
The bill introduced in the House by
Mr.. Steele, chsirman Of the Finance
Committee, is similar in its main
features to the North Carolina bill,
and provides that railroad officers
shall upon oath state the number and
series OF all bonds issued to them uu-
der the acts of the Legislature since
1868; the price received for the sale
OF the. same; and the Governor and
Comptroller shall be governed by the
price of said sale, in funding said
bonds With the new ones, and if any
railroad sold its bonds at % cents,
the interest only viii be paid
on said bonds at 80 cents, and the new
bonds will be issued for them at the
same rate, that is, one new bond for
two old ones, at their issue to the rail-
roads At pasSad tha tirsf re9diuos and
was referred to the Finance Commit
tee and ordered to be printed. The
Legislature will adjourn on the 9TH
inst, but the committee appointed to
investigate the legality of the bonds
issued 70 the railroads, viii remain in
session during tie recess.