Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-02-25
MEMPHIS.
Sensational if AnythIBg-AleXIs, MRrdi
Gras, 6c.-Burch COOke-TOm Scott.

Ur0S, Nc.-burcn COOke-IOm Scott.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. odd, 1872.
Memphis has been enjoying a run OF
sensations for some time past, which has
served to preserve the equilibrium of her
mercurial population in such a way as to
make murder cases less frequent, than
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, display ed
from the show windows of enterprising
merchants, and the alexis Moustache T"
or the alexis cut of the hair" with
which wide awake BARRIERS are adjoining
aspiring young men. The Memphians
have hardly recovered from Mardi Gras
yet. 1t is a question of very grave UNI
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 gen.
uine zest with which all enjoyed it.
Lolita" is here, and Notwithstanding
drenching showers of rain and supera-
bundance of mud, she is greeted nightly
with large and 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
Al, -
amuse themselves by innOcently shooting
and stabbing each other.
Eastern Tennessee is well represented
here in the halls of justic, both on the
bench and at the bar. Judge G. w.
Heiskell, late of Hawkins, county, worth
lily fills the position of Circuit Judge,
while the affable Will l.. Scott, once a res
ident of your city, is winning laurels as
Chancellor. LandOn G. 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 Il position
OH 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.
The 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
a 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 lone
Southern man can't whip ten Yankees
in financial tranactiOn, 10 more than
they did OH a different field, of which his
tory not very remote gives an account.