Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-03

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Captain Brown, of Jackson. Tenn,
recently robbed three hives, and DR.. West,
a neighbor, robbed four. The bees thus
deprived of the fruits of their labor be-
bame furious; and uniting, making an
army of seven hives, they invaded the
premises of Mr.. Horace Bledsoe, and mace
a fierce attack on Eve of his hives. Bled-
soe's bees were taken by surprise, n al
though Outnumbered, fought for their
homes with desperation. The bsttle lasted
several hours, snd four OF Bledsoe's hives
were literally destroyed. The invaders
were finally repulsed, after being slmost
anDihilated. The ground for yards around
was black with dead bees. Mr.. Bledsoe,
although a serious loser, buried the dead
warriors with the honors OF war. Few of
ths invaders survived the battle, and from
out Olive of the invaded hives, four were
destroyed. It was the blcodiest bee battle
on record, and deserves to be handed
down to posserity.
At the recent term of the Circuit
Court of McMinn county, in the case of
Alfred Hanks VS.. Calvin Denton, the de-
PENDANT plead the statute of limitations
that Is, thst the note susd on vas barred
by reason of having been executed six
years, after counting q The time that
the statute was suspended by the amend
cd Constitution of the State. To this
plea the plaintiff demurred. alleging that
the war itself suspended the statute from
April, 1854, to May, 1865; and the court
sustained the demurrer. The decision,
we are told, lift should be sustained by
our Supreme Ceurt-snd it is q point upon
which we rave 10 edjudicstiOn-wifl re-
vive many an old but just debt. We learn
the discussion was participated In by al
most all the bar present, from which it
was ELECTED that the doctrine sustained in
the decision Of b court is the doctrine Of
the common law, and the doctrine as now
held by the Supreme Court Of the United
States. We learn, also, thst a large ma
jority of the members of the bar in at
tendance on the court sustain the decis-
ion.
An exchange very truthfully remarks
that some people have an idea that it is
the business Of newspapers to lie, and are
50 wise as only to believe a newspaper re-
port when they think it would be easier
for the paper to tell the truth than il is to
tell e lie, and they think it an evidence of
wit to reject all evidence for authority
thai from newspapers. A few
minutes thought would convince any
person Of common judgment that such q
course is a great mistake, The editor
gathers his news from q thousand sources,
from s-cqusintsnces and strangers, from
letters and papers. he Sits, culls, hunts,
~con6enses, and endeavors TO get the
straight facts of every story he
publishes, for it goes TO the public
OYer his name, and he knows that IN a
a great measure be will be held response
bile for it. The private individual hears q
piece of gossip csrelessly, and repeats it
with equal c~srlessness, and if called upon
for details, nine cases out of ten cannot
furnish enough of them to make an intel
ligent item for a paper. It Is to the ad-
vantage of the newspaper to furnish facts,
but where there is so much fire there must
be some smoke. How many men can
show a record for correctness, accuracy
and tr~uthfullness that will compare with
the sversge newspaper The wonder,
instead OF being that the newspaper
should contain occasional Inaccuracies
and misstatements, is that they contain 50
few of them, considering the sources
from which the editor derives his informs-
ton.
LEDDIN's Business College, night ses-
sion begin Monday, September 4th.
NEW French prints,
NEw silk scarfs,
NEW collars and sleeves,
NEW d~ressgoods and 3
LARGE STOCK OF FLANHELS,
Just opened and offered st very low
prices at HERZoe & Bios.
NIGHT LEssoNs.-Robertson's Business
College win be resumed Monday, Septem-
Der 4 1871.
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