Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-25

| sky. Mr.. Meals motion prevailed,
| but only over a negative vote Of tWen-
| ty-eight members. But il was the
| entering wedge Of decentralization and
! DISCRIMINATION. The faithful and un-
! terrified
! OPPONENTS OF CLAYTON'S ADMINS
TRATIONs
| soon after made an effort to rally. 1t
! was agreed to carry out the policy we
/ had recommended Of further purging
! and cleansing out the house when an
! other thunderbOlt was hurled from a
! prOfessedIy friendly hand, in the resO-
/ luton offered by Nh. y cal of Sebastian,
| for q ten days GrnliStjce, or cessation
Of all further attempts to purge and
purity the House. This was Just eX-
/ aCtly what Clayton wanted and most
| earnestly desired and prayed for. 1t
| gave him all he Wanted-time to cor
rupt few members Of the opposition
| majority with bribes of money and
promises of Offices, and reduce our
| majority to a minority. That
TEN DAYS ARNusTICE,
! subsequently, extended to fifteen, gave
| CLAYTON and his friends time and
/ opportunity to rally and recUperate;
/ and they made the most Of it. The
result was that Clayton was soon re-
! instated in power and influence; and
/ the anti-administratiOn majority, so
| recently pressing forward with flying
| banners and victorious shouts, were
/ driven back, scattered, ,demOTaliZed and
/ finally disOrganiZed. Seeing the bat
| tie lost and Clayton again triumphant,
! Johnson made terms by selling out
! the Lieutenant GOvernOrship, and
! Clayton, again master Of the situation,
put one Of his tools at the head Of the
] government, and accepted an election
| to the United States Senate.
GOOD BYE.
It will be a source Of infinite Joy and
satisfaction, to the oppressed and long
/ suffering people Of Arkansas, says the
| Little Rock Gazette, to learn that, on
/ Yesterday, the tyrant, despOt and
] usurper, Powell Clayton, late Of Kan
| sas, but more recently Governor Of
Arkansas, took his departure from the
| city and took his hateful presence out
Of our State, it is to be hoped, forever
/ and ever. There is only one regret
| attending his departure from among
US, which will be shared by every
| man who feels an honest pride in the
psst, present or future OF the State,
and that Is that he goes to Washing
| ton city, to misrepresent the people,
and degrade the honor and dignity Of
/ Arkansas in the United States Senate.
THE GOVERNOR OF ARKANsAs-WHO
IsHE?
The new Governor Of Arkansas,
! Hon. 0. A. Hadley, says the Little
| Rock Gazette, came to the State about
/ five wears ago, and engaged In mer-
chandizing in this city. His career as
| a merchant, however, was shOrt-ived.
He soon found himself so embarrassed
that he had to take the benefit Of the
| baDkrUpt law. This was about the
/ time the reconstruction measures were
passed by Congress. Mr.. Hadley at
/ once quit the peaceful pursuits Of life,
| and entered into the reconstruction
/ business, thinking no doubt that
/ promised better field for the aCcu-
/ mutation of wealth and fame, than the
! slow business Of barter and trade.
! He is about six feet high, rather in
/ clined to cOrpulency, weighs about
] 200 pounds, and, altogether, is rather
/ fne-lUOking and prepOssessing IN ap.
! pearance. He is a ready and fluent
speaker. His language is always
/ chaste, and his address dignitied.
With these qualities he had little
\ trouble in getting pOsitiOn-e5pecially
/ where there was 50 much poor mate
rial out of which to build up party.
| He was elected at the general election
| in 1853 one Of the senators from the
| Tenth district, composed Of Pulaski
and White counties, which position
he still holds.
During the sessions of the legisla-
ture Of '68 and 80, Mr.. Hadley took
| conspicuous part. He always was in
harmony with Clayton in all schemes
| and measures advanced by that IN
| scrupuIOus leader, In the Senate, Mr..
HsdIev did as much OF more than any
/ other Senator toward the passage of
| the funding bill, and after that body
adjourned he was made the private
agent Of the Governor to 60 North
and superintend the funding of the
public debt. This duty he performed.
He knows more about the funding Op.
eratiOng under that law than any
other man-perhaps even more than
the late Governor.
During the present session Of the
Legislature Mr. Hadley has been chair
man Of the committee on elections of
the Senate, and as such reported in
| favor Of retaining the fraudulent Hot
Spring Senator (Belden) in his pres
| ent seat. Mr.. Brooks, in his celebra-
/ ted parting speech in the Senate,
| charged that Messrs. Hadley and Bel
| den, even before the election, had
/ stated that they intended to blister
] Hot Spring all over with frauds-and
/ they did 1t.
! We presume Of course that the new
! Governor will endeavOr to carry out
/ the programme Of the late Governor
to hold on to Arkansas as long as
/ possible as conquered territory, al
] though we are free TO say that we had
rather risk the destinies Of the State
1 in the hands of Hadley than in those
Of Clayton.
ASSASSINATION.
Saws the BentOnville Democrat, of
/ the Ilth: CDR. James WOrthingtOn,
/ vbO lived some four miles Of Benton
willie, on Sugar Creek, was shot and
| almost instantly killed on last Thurs
dav morning. At the time the shot
vas fred, he was under the tioor OF
his mill oiIing some Of the machinery.
There were several persons in the mill
at the time, The shot was fired from
the outside, supposed TO have been by
a young man by the name OF james
Abner. This young man had Deen
around the mill for two or three hOuTs,
and had a rifle gun ia his hand. lie
was seen in conversation, apparently
/ friendly, with WOrthingtOn, near the
mill door a short time before the
shooting. When the persons in the
mill heard thesshOt and the screams
OF WorthingtOn, they at once set about
to get him up on the floor. He was
dead, however, before they reached
the place where he lay, and the young
man with the gun had disappeared.
| IL is reported that Abner had worked
for WorthingtOn, on his farm, about
two years ago, and that after the crop
was made, WOrthingtOn refused to
pay him anything, and finally hick-
ory-whipped him and drove him of.
The suppOsitiOn is that this was the
cause Of the killing, as there Is no
/ other cause suggested. Abner told
| one Of the witnesses, a short time BE-
fore the shooting, that he had come 70
! have a settlement with WOrthingtOn,
| and be intended TO settle with him
] before he left.