Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-13

came IN COGldCG WIFI SpOOl VI luItdu
which the lady was using and had placed
in her bosom, and cut through
the thread to the wood. After dealing
this blow the fellow ran from the house
and was not seen again. He is supposed
to be an escaped lunatic from the asylum
in this city or the poorhouse in Rome.
The lady never saw the fellow before.
The Whites Creek Turnpike.
To the Editors Of the Union and American:
1 observe an article in your paper OF
the 9th inst, headed "Ine Courts
ChanceYy Contributes Greek Turn
pike, in which you say: 'We viii give a
short history of the eass as obtained yes
terday by the UNION AND AMERICAN re-
porter from the Commissioners and from
legal gentlemen employed in the case.
And IS this short history, in my humble
judgment, nnisstates the facts in several
important particulars, l most respectfully
beg leave TO offer few corrections.
Tne resolution passed by the County
Court at is January term instead Of apply
ing exclusively TO the Whites Greek and
Brick Church Turnpihss, applied to all the
turnpike companies that had not complied
with the Law, and vas in the following
words:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Pixies are required to order the gates Of
all turnpike companies to be thrown open
that have not complied with the law"
The Road Commissioners of last year re-
ported at the January term that ''The
Whites creek road is not in as good order
In nd i IL.
we have requested the Secretary and
Treasurer OF the company to furnish us
with report Of receipts and expenditures,
bat have failed 10 got such report, etc,
! (and they also reported several other roads
In bad repaiy.) Now, Mr. Editor, with ell
| due respect TO al! parties concerned, beg
leave 20 sag that, while it is true that orc
| of the commissioners Of last year men
| toned to me Cn more occasions than one
| that the Board Of Commissioners intended
| to require full report Of receipts aud ex-
psndllures of all the turnpike companies
10 the county, yet it is equally true that no
suoh request from said board or any Of its
members IVES ever made either TO the
| President, treasurer, or to the Secretary
of the company to furnish such report by
any given time, ana hence no report was
made to thsm at the January term. And
beg leave further 20 say that the ofhcef5 OF
the Whites creek road expected such ap-
plication for report, and intended faith
| fduy to comply with it, II It had been made.
In the short history of this case furnish.
/ ed your reporter, ind the following ::
''Nevefsheless the court concluded to give
| tho Offices Of the Turnpike reasonable
time 20 make the report. The Turnpike
oficers failed 10 report, sud tho Commits
| s;oner5 then notified Tie Superintendent
and President of the Whites Greek tarn-
pike Company to put the pike in repair or
| theT, the Commissioners, would throw open
| the gates.
Now 1 beg laayo 10 say this il the first
| time have ever known thst the court
came TO any such conclusion, 10 give such
reasonable time to make the report. You
will please allow me further 70 say, that
| the officers of the road weIe net present
| at the January term of the court, and did
not know Of the action taken by the court
until It was published IN the city papers;
! and SseiHp that the court adjourned 70 the
| first Nonday IL February, as President
| of the road vent immediately to work with
! out being notified or requested % % do,
! and from the time books, cato books ana
! account books Of the company did prepare
! 2 report before the February meeting Of
! the court: and TIA: did attend the said
meeting Of tho court and informed two
| OF the ROAD Commissioners at the
| commencement of the cGCIt that ! had
made such report, AID requested them to
! present il to the court; inst remained il
the court room nearly all thu time OF The
session, from Monday TIL Friday, being
! Eve days. Gnd sepe2toGiy urged the road
commissioner t. present my report, and
they agreed to do 50 when tie court should
take up the businsss CT roa,i5. These are
facts well known 10 the justices &c well e
to the commissioners a!Inded to. IL faGt,
the report was delivered to one Of the N
missionerg, and he detained it until G!tel
the court adjourned On Friday, when
asked him what had become of the report,
and he replied he had handed it to the
Clerk Of the court, intending TO call fol
its reading il proper time had offered;
but ats 10 such tii..e offered, the report
must so over sill the April term. And
then requested him, for fear ii sloUiS L.
lost, TO withdraw it from the clerk a. & give
it hack to me, which he did, ind have il
nov. G..G : v-as seen by several justices 81
the time ana oti.Sc gentlemen.
And SIS 10 any notice lrS.z, the Commits
sioners 20 the officers of the cOHp&Ds <
nut the road in repair CT they would throE
open the gates, We beg leave to say that
we never received any such notice from
them. But that the Eho,o matter may
be fairly stated We VIII add, that certain
constable of the county did show ne (
notice from ". II. Wilkinson, Esq, stating
that a Mr.. Mcpherson and Gilbert Mar
sinai had alleged to him that the fourth
fifth and siEth miles Of said road were ou
of repair and thai Nc we're required to re
pair them in ten days.
We asked for q copy Of this notice, bu
the officer said lie lad none to give Us
hence our statement Of the contents @
this notice is from memory AID may 10
be entirely accurate. Bat this IVES in tn.
eGnv .cYt Of February, the weather being
rainy AID eeiG, nd the ground IL coz
! dItion wholly unh5 Ia s-pend the none.
d, tie company to advantage oti t.5 -oa9
And Il 10 statements in The 2QNcs Wef
true. It TeCu2.s.l 10 he done IN len day
what vas simply iDposa.I.2 at that season
Of the year.
liz conclusion, We desire to cay, VIII,
we entertain due respect fer the wo-shlpfu
County Court, and desire as all times +
c9mDly with such ordsr5 as it may iegsI
make upon Us, aud We deeply regret tina
any misunderstanding or cause Of ii;iga
tioa should ever arse between the coui
OF nny Of its members and our company
Bat feeling conscious That We have mo'
INN c9mDltCd 5rljl Tx JaT, which our X
n,rt viii show. We therefore had no othe
alternative, bat were forced to file ar b
IL cIaucciy and ask protection R5der il
iriunctiou And we deem it wholly in
,,fo2er 10 allldo 10 thSacorot m2tjoc or Il
ftuouy.. which nay havs prompted som
Of the Com...tD~i 4De1s 10 proceed IS the
, hive, especially as ti.sy ~ ,yeet Be Gale
to account fnr The damags they haze 81
! t. this company befo. = the itgaltf ou3ais'
the country. =. W =, ~ A >, =,
Prs. aui supt " Fr. ]. T. %.
AFRIL s, 1871.