Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-08

MS BOND Tor twenty Thousand dollars.
Mrs. T.. V. Scott, administrator Of the
will Of T. ]. Scott, gave bond in the sun
of ten thousand dollars. j. w. Ander.
son, eXecutOrOf the viii of Robert Black
gave bond in the sum Of fifty THOUSAND
dollars. Mr.. Black left one Thousand
dollars to the Leath Orphan Asylum
The viii of the late Judge Smith was pro
bated. His widow, ia mes S. Smith anC
Leonidas Bills are the executors.
The first colored justice of the peace
in Shelby county is named ]. A
Thompson, and Is by trade a cooper
Hithertohe workeddiligently at his trad'
IN his shop, 33 Causey street. He is no
black, merely cOlOred. No ilfIstriou,
examples Of coopers having ros TO emf
nence in days agone occur to US now, OF
we might indulge in a few observation,
on the possibility Of this particular one
making a fine and discriminating dis.
penser Of justice.
"A correspondent writes in regard to
the Memphis and Jackson railroad a.
follows; cat Hickory Wythe, ON the
first instant, there was quite an enthu-
siastic railroad meeting. After two OF
three short practical addresses by Chas.
~ Anf 1N1IsF anu bNAtlEf Ant ClltLCiAr
present came forward and subscribed
literally, farmers, in many instances,
subscribing over five dollars per acre
on their lands. The people of Hickory
Wythe are a liberal, philosophical peo-
pie, as their fine churches and academy
abundantly testify. If the people along
the line Of the road will 90 TO work as
the people Of Hickory Withe have done,
before another beautiful hay-day morn
ing the snort Of the Jackson irOn-hOrse
will be heard in Memphis"
Mr.. Jenkins died yesterday at
twelve O'clock. He survived the fatal
shot twenty-five hours, most of the
time in what is called an unconscious
state. What he Suffered during those
long hours is known only to the Al
mighty. The spirit may have been con-
sciOus of the slender grasp it had upon
life, and may have been racked by the
fearful apprehension of immediate sep
Grafton from the body so that every mo-
ment seemed an age. On the verge of a
boundleSs and dread eternity, which for
it might be filed with unknown hor-
rOTs, the soul must experience sensations
that are understandable. The mortal re-
mains will be buried to-day.
Out in the country, not far from
here, there lived a family, and still live,
named Ransom. They were not piOus
people, rather on the reprObate order, in
fact, and they never went TO church.
Once, however, during a revival, the
were prevailed upon to attend
preaching. When they made their re-
luct3nt and tardy appearance the seryi-
ces had begun, and they had scarcely
taken their seats when the preacher
gave out the first hymn, readingit some
what thus: "Return, We ransom sinners
hOme.n "AH rightuI cried the head of
the RansOms, getting up in a rage, and
clapping his hat on his head. "COme
old woman and gals, We'll 90
home fast enough, and everybody in the
old church knows We didn't want to
In 1910, Tennessee was temporarily
without representation in the United
Senate, and Clay and Crittenden
were appealed to to represent her inter-
ests. OF late years, the whole South
has been practically without representa-
ton in either house of Congress, and
New England has held sway, govern
and controlling representation upon
all measures of practical and essential
Importance, especially suborning and
subOr3inating the representatives Of the
States to the dictd Of loyalty
IN the control of her New England IA
laticism as absolutely as the planets
the tides of old ocean. Alcorn,
Of Mississippi, and Rice, of Arkansas,
Republicans as they are, have been and
are now the resource of the South.
any measure has been intro
iUced into the Congress, involving prop
rights, or personal liberty ofSOuth-
I'm States orpeople, these Senators have
lad the moral courage and intellectual
ntrepidity to espOuse and champion it,
md thousands of TenneSSeeans and
Southern citizens can attest the invalu-
.ble service they have rendered in their
and zeal. Partyism may have
overlooked and denied the merits, ca
'acity, and devotion Of these Senators |
o Southern interests, but so certain as is
Iublic justice, 50 certain is il that a debt
{ gratitude viii be awarded to the I'M
-inehing fidelity, -earnestness, and ca
aeity of Senators Alcorn and Rice in
heir broad, national and magnanimOus
7gislatiOn.