Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-12
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
It's Correspondent at IaoksOu Mississippi
What Leading Radicals Say Of Hin.
Tae Statement Of Governor AlCoFu Sue-
tainse-WIIl the Tribune PUbllsh Thls7
We Shall See.

We Shall See.
In Governor Alcorn's letter to
the New York Tribune, dated
the 9TH inst, and published
In the APPEAL OF yesterday,
occurred the following: "Let me
now ask who is your authority for
most Ofthe scandals which have re-
Gently found utterance upon men and
things in Mississippi, in the columns
Of your journal? If you give me the
name Of your Jackson correspondent,
IthipkI can show you that the pub
lie has been cautioned against him in
the newspapers of Memphis, Little
Rock and Nicksburg, as
"A sWINDLER.
"And if that evidence as to charac-
ter should not be sufficient to con
vince You how unworthy his state
ments are Of any credence, / think /
can place you in possession Of dOcu-
ments that prove him, in his attempts
70 corrupt this Legislature, to be an
arraut sharper and knave. Though /
the statements Of such an individual
be worthy Of any notice as reflections
up0n q man of honor, the New York |
Tribune is certainly not the journal |
in which they would be looked for |
as asacCusatiOns Of q Republican admin /
isLrdtI0n."
As sustaining the character thus
given this Tribune correspondent by
Governor AlcOrn, we copy from the
LITTLE ROCK REPUBLICAN
the following extract, which, coming
from q thoroughly Radical journal, |
viii, of course, have for the New York |
Tribune additional weight. That pa
per said:
With this man Richardson We
have nothing to say, as in this cOun- /
try his reputation as a common liar |
and VsgabOnd is so well known that /
no man, either Of the Democratic or |
Republican party, regards his state |
ments as at all injurious to the char /
aCJer Of any man, no matter what his !
position or standing. This article is /
written not for the purpose Of bringing
the character of Richardson, who /
writes under the nom de plume Of |
Reno before the public; but for the |
purpose of informing the New York !
and Chicago TTi6t81eS Of the character
of the man TO whom they lend the
respectability Of their columns, to de-
fame"
S. b, BEAUMONT,
whose fidelity TO Radicaiism none in
Memphis or Shelby county can doubt, /
thus painted the portrait of this New
York Tribune correspondent:
"MElIPHIs, Septsm Der 26. 1859.
d" Ma-srs. Barton & Price, Little Rock,
Ark.
s' Geltlemel-YOur favor Of the 1st
instant is at hand and contents noted. /
James Z. Richardson was a resident
Of Memphis for about five 90 years. /
As q sutler during the war, be was
understood to have made some few
thousand dollars, which he invested
in a billiard saloon and rum shop.
Becoming involved, he turned his
establishment over to his bartender, |
who opened q resort for negro gam
blers and thieves, and for a long time
il was one Of the most disreputable
dens in Memphis. 1t was generally
understood and believed, and Rich
ardsOn so represented, that he was
the real proprietor.
"FOr year or two before he left
here, he spent his time in intrigues
against prominent Republicans, neg !
7ecting his family, and when he left |
was reduced TO the lowest extremity. /
He was looked upon by those who /
knew him as unreliable, untrUthful /
and dishonest. Some few of the re- |
spectacle Republicans tolerated him, |
others pitied him, on account Of the |
sufferings Of his very estimable wife,
and others used him on account of
his great adaptability to dirty work.
The Republican party has been cursed
svith a large number Of the lowest
not house politicians that ever cursed
q community, but / doubt il there has
ever been found among them another
so lOathsome, and so universally de-
spised as James Z. Richardson. He
obtained your confidence by fraud,
come of the letters he presented you
Living been obtained on his assurance
thar .1e wished to use them to enable
him IN ret honorable employment,
unc1nupclel9 with politics, to support
his family. Very respectfully,
ssY0ur obedient servant.
"S. B. BEAUMONT"
In. woLCeTT,
a Radical pure and simple, but man
oF unbIpmished morals, standing hlgh
"a a merchant and business man, thus
writes of this New York Tribune cor
respondent;
MEMPHIS, September 4, 1863.
" MEssRs PRICE & BARTON, Little ROCK
- G1eufleueu-James +. Richardson
is one Of the grandest villains 1t has
ever been my i'll luck to get mixed up
with.
~ don't think he has a drop Of hon
orabJe blood in his body. Yet, so far
az I know, his personal habits are
.good-dOes nOtsmOke, drink OrsWear-
6ut he swindles everybody he has any
thing to do with.
Simply aud finally, he is the most
accommodated rascal that walks the
streets of y0ur city, and no good can
rOssibly come out of him; and the
sooner YOU and your city are freed
from his presence, the better 1t Will
be for YOU and your city.
o Yours truly, L. N. WOLCOTE"
A ,-rest deal Of additional testimony
Of The s,,une sort may be had, If Mr..
GraaIav or *he managing editor Of the
Nau Work -ibBGqe desires it. We are,
Of course, out Of tbis fight. We care
neither for AlcOrn nor the tribune
butss AIcorn has, in the letter Of his
We yesterday published, shown a dis
pOsiti0n TO stand up for Mississippi,
and in doing 80 has found it necessary
10 show up the character Of the Ira-
Btgqe's reliable correspondent, we feel
il incumbent upon Us as the friends
of the people Of Mississippi to. sup
r,o-f him in that effort with such te5-
fimony as the above from extreme
Radicals. Since we published In the
APPEAL. from the New York Iri-
6lrqs. the letter Of its cor
respondent at. Jackson, who Is so
severely and justly denounced. by
Governor AlcOrn, we ask the Tribune
TO publish the above. We understand
that MIR. Greeley is a man VINO
believes in fair play, and that MS CO.
editors are men Of like minds let them
prove themselves such by the promp1
publication Of this and the prompt dls-
charge Of a man who is a disgrace 10
them aud TO journalism.
Wprkingmsa's heyfmsHls.
ArvU DIRK, April ia meeting
I'D :, might, on call from the