Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-19

been reminded by my wife since my re
turn, viz: That Just before her depart
ure from Nashville, after visit to tn
city, Gov. Senter presented her with
cedar bucket, dipper and cups, manufac
tured at the Penitentiary, which wer
purchased by him from the Warden 0
that Institution. They are specimens o
remarkable mechanical skill, and Mrs. +
will take great pleasure in exhibiting
them to any one who may desire to ex
anime Them.
LADY's WARDROBE.
wasasked whether Mrs. Fleming haC
not received valuable wardrobe from
Nashville
Hon. Bale Peyton made the inquir,
whether this referred to the article of fur
niture known as Ywardrobe" or to the
wearing apparel of Mrs. Fleming. 1t was
answered it applied to the wearing ap
parei.
l answered that l did not know what
the committee would consider a ssyaluable
wardrobe" All that knew of nv wife
having been able TO add to her wardrobe
was that she received two dresses, the
one procured by myself in November last
from L. O'Keefe-a plaid dress-the
other dress patteTn-silk poplin, I think
they call it, bought from Thompson. Son
Il Co., on Summer street. If there were
any other additions to her wardrobe ~
prior to her visit to Nashville, / cannot
call the articles to mind. During her stay
In Nashville she made some light pur-
chases, but the bills for the same W ere
very light. As an approximate estimate,
lwould say that the outlay for Mrs. F. s
wearing apparel" made by me, during
this session, did not exceed $3.50. am
satisfied it did not exceed 500 SO far as
my knowledge extends.
GRATEFUL TRIBUTE.
The next question was, whether Mrs.
Fleming had not received the present of
a gold watch.
To this answered, that on the evening
of the first adjournment of the Legisla-
ture, / called at the well known house of
Virgins & Co., on Cherry street. and
purchased with my own funds, ladys
watch, which 1 brought home as the
grateful tribute of husband to q fond
wife. No one but myself and brother
the door-keeper of the House, knew any
thing about the purchase.
THE SEWING MACHINE.
Twas asked whethera ''sewing machine"
had not been presented to my wife since /
had been member of the General AS
sembly. 4f
l answered that after / had left Knox
vile to take my seat at Nashville. Mr..
Ramage, who is my business partner in
the Office of the Press and Herald and
Press and Messenger, at the request of
his own wife and my own-an arrange
ment which l afterwards approved-took
from Messrs. Carter and Odell, local
agents for "Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing
Machine, " two machines, one of which
was passed over to Mrs. Ramage and the
other to Mrs. Fleming. The cost of the
latter is charged to me on the books of
the Office. The machines were taken in
discharge of advertising bills.
BLACK SILK DRESS.
was asked whether my wife had not
received a "black silk dress' while at
Nashville.
answered that, while Mrs. Fleming
was supplied with decent set of apparel,
It SO happened that so far as l vas in
formed she had no ''black silk dress"
could say, however, that upon the &C.
;asiOn of her recent visit TO Nashville,
)ne of her sisters who had recently sup
olied herself with a new "black silk
lress" kindly rendered the loan of her
garment to her sisters "wardrobe This
s the only "black silk" that know to
AVE been in the house or use of Mrs. F.
within five years past.
BRIBING RADICALS.
| was then asked if had not been in
.ormed by NJ. d. Bearden, President of
he Knoxville and Charleston Railroad,
hat he had bribed a certain member of
he last Legislature.
| answered that protesting against the
disclosure of private communications, l
would say that on one occasion Capt.
3earden, in my editorial room, and in the
presence of two or three other gentlemen,
tated that pending the consideration of a
abroad appropriation bill before the last
he paid or caused to be paid
o some member whom he did not name,
he sum Gas now remember) of $500.
That afterward some other parties ad-
'anced the bid on the fellow thousand
IT two dollars, when he or some friend of
lis went to the fellow and forced him to
isgorge the $500. This about all | re-
member in regard to the conversation.
ANOTHER sNUB.
was asked if it was not generally cir
,ulated and believed that Gen. ]. A.
ilabry had not fraudulently used the
unds of the K. and K. railroad, and if
uch was not my own belief.
| answered, in substance, that there was
/ circulation of such a report-to what
,xtent it was believed l cannot state.
believed it myself, but must say that this
belief was mainly superinduced by the
representations of John Baxter.
PLAIN ANSWERS.
/ was asked why l moved TO lay the
Baxter memorial against Mabry on the
able.
l answered that did so because l regard
I'd the memorial as an insidious attempt
o transfer to the Legislature from the
Jhancery Court, personal suit between
Baxter and Mabry, and, inasmuch as my
relations and that of my family, with
both parties and their families, had for
years been of friendly and cordial char
lcter, l was 10th to make myself a party
% what regarded purely personal con-
test.
THE MINERAL HOME.
was then asked why | moved to lay
upon the table that part of the memorial
which called for a Committee of Investi-
cation.
l answered that did so because it was
with the other feature of the
memorial. / said further, that l had
advocated and voted for the proposition
o raise an InvestigatiVe Committee; and
hat the General Assembly had done me
he honor to make me member of that
Committee. Notwithstanding that Com
nittee had been charged with having
oeen 'bought up" l fiattered myself that
heir researches had resulted in furnish
ng much interesting and valuable infor-
nation to the people of the State, for, it
cannot be denied that but for their inves-
legation, even the people of East Tennes-
see would have yet remained in profound
ignorance of the Whereabouts of the
funds of the mythical 'tMineral Home
Railroad Company"
DEFUNCT PUBLIC GUARDIAN.
H. g.,