Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-02-28
MEMPHIS.
Sensational if Anything-Al. Sis. Mardi
GrRs, tSc.-Burch COoke-TOnN scott.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb, 2a'd, 1872.


MEMPHIS, TENN, Feb. 24'd, 1872.
Memphis has been enjoying run OF
sensations for some time past, whiL IN has
served to preserve the equilibrium o her
mercurial population in such way a. to
make murder cases less frequent, thar
usual. The Grand Duke Alexis has COME
and gone, and the only relics of that sensa-
ton are the Alexis collars "AleXis
hats, - alexis gloves" etc, displayed
from the show windows of cnterprising
merchants and the Alexis Moustache"
or the Alexis cut of the hair" with
which wide awake BARRIERS are adorning
aspiring young men. The Memphians
have hardly recovered from NTardi Gras
yet. 1t Is a question of very grave un-
certainty, whether they have ever achiev-
ed anything in the part to which they
point with as much real pride, as to the
success of that carnival. They talk of the
matter yet with great gusto, and grave
old gentlemen shake their sides with
laughter as they speak of the grotesque
figures which appeared on the streets ON
that memorable occasion, and of the gem
uine zest with which all enjoyed it.
"Lottan is here, and notwithstanding
drenching showers of rain and q supera-
bundance of mud, she Is greeted nightly
with large aud paying houses. Memphis
appreciates her and she, no doubt, appre-
ciates Memphis. Joe Jefferson with his
Rip Van Wrinkle, gathered bountiful
harvest from the inhabitants of the Bluff
City, and Olive Logan ditto. There is no
city in the South except, perhaps, New
Orleans, where the people are fonder of
| amusements than in Memphis, and we
presume there Is no city in the country
whose inhabitants are more benefited
thereby. When they have something to
amuse them, they have less occasion to
amuse themselves by innocently shooting
and stabbing each other.
Eastern Tennessee is we'll represented
IN, f1n hol1 ,f ia hot IN a
bench and at the bar. Judge c. w.
Heiskell, late of Hawkins county, worth
| lily fills the position of Circuit Judge,
while the aflable Will l.. Scott, once res
| ident of your city, is winning laurels as
| Chancellor. Landon c. Haynes, w. y.
c. Humes and Nose White, once of the
| Knoxville bar, are practicing law here,
and stand at the head of the profession.
The presence of Burch Cooke here for
a few days past, with clean shirt on,
( leads those who know him to suspect that
he is looking after the race for a position
on the Supreme Bench, made vacant by
the resignation of Judge Nelson. The
radical change in his personal habits
above alluded to, is evidence sufficient
that this is not a violent presumption by
any means
f'he meeting of the Stockholders of the
| Memphis and Charleston Road, held on
yesterday, has attracted large number of
people here. The object of the meeting,
as you are aware, was to consider whether
or not the road should be turned over to
Tom Scott. 1t was agreed last night by
n large majority, that the lease should be
made modified, so as to meet the views of
this great railroad king of the nineteenth
century. In this case it has been again
pretty thoroughly developed that tone
Southern man can't whip ten Yankees
in financial tranaction, no more than
they did on a different field, of which his
tory not very remote gives an account.
| w. r.