Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-09
The Independent Fails to Come to
Time, Throws up the Sponge,
and Takes Back his Libel
on Haynes.
Haynes Reviews the Grant Adj
ministratiOn, and Gives CO.
gent Reasons for Support
ing Greeley.
A Large Audience--All for Haynes
and acknowledgement
Nowhere in SOmerVille.
Haynes Certain of ElectiOn--ThG
People Rallying to the Liberal
and Democratic Ticket
Hurrah for Haynes.

~ anu DEAAAUNE dAlC LAAhCI"
q Hurrah for Haynes.
The discussion on Congressional aspi
ratiOns for this district has been already
prolonged over several hundred miles ol
territory. 1t has fitted across the Gun
ties from north to south and from east
{ to west, for the last five or six weeks,
Z like a meteor. The brilliancy Of intel
; lect and interesting facts developed in
: debate, have visited the minds of the
people like a new revelation. Whether
the dear people have profted by the
; revelation or not must be left to the slow
evolutions of time TO bring forth. In the
sweltering heat Of the departing summer
sun, in the midst Of autumnal storms,
in sunshine and in shower, the
candidates have labOred and talked.
They are evidently in desperate earnest
about winning this fight, and thus
causing intelligence, and truth, and
right and justice to triumph. Perhaps.
There was a cessation Of a week in the
canvass; the debates having wound up
for the time being at Whites, on Mon
day, the thirtieth of September. The
candidates then took a weeks quiet to
themselves for the purpose Of intel
lectual refreshment and bodily repOse.
Like those of old who cOntended for the
mastery at the Olympian games, they
retired for a brief space, after the first
severe russell, to oil up and rub down, so
to speak, and thus enter the arena with
renewed vigor. The debates were re-
sumed at SOmerville on Monday with
great ecJGt. The three candidates were
present, and evidently prepared for the
fray.
THE JOURNEY To SOMERvLLE.
On the same train, on Sunday, they all
left Memphis, and even travelled On the
same car. About one o'clock, while the
pious people Of the city were leaving
church and tOddling home under forests
Of umbrellas, the rain dripping down
from a darkish, leaden, humid sky with
astonishing and chilling persistency, the
candidates gathered at the Charleston
depot, looking blue and decidedly lager
ish.n Wrapped in OvercOats, and hug
ging sheltering corners, they awaited the
outgoing Of the Bonneville accOmmO-
dation." Having got fairly started
behind the snOrting iron-hOrse,
Colonel Haynes wa the first to
emerge from the thick atmosphere whose
gloom seemed to be dispelled by the
genial brightness of his smile. Pulling
two cigars out Of his breast pocket he
offered one to the reporter hereof, and
at the same time inserted the tapering
end of another between his masculine
Jaws. In a short time both were putting
away rather ~jOyOusly. Things became
pleasant. Barbour Lewis, though he
made several attempts 10 appear the
perfect chubby angel the cOlored folks
know him to be, failed to come up to
his normal standard Of geniality and
smiling suavity. He. retired to a seat
apart, opened the lock of his ~capaciOus
travelling library and larder combined,
and hauled forth his dinner. During
the three hours ridezto Somerville ne
enjoyed his frugal meal hugely, and evil
IDENTIFY felt internally refreshed by the
time the train stopped at Somerville.
His chubby, angelic exterior partially
returned. Colonel Kellar ate nothing.
He wrapped himself up in his ~Overcoat,
which is much too big for him, and
stretched himself out on the seat, where
he enjoyed a little speculative repose,
but not slumber. 1t is questionable ii
Colonel Kellar e sleeps. His dark
eye has an appearance Of n which
would make the impression that 1t was
never covered by a lid.
IN THE VILLAGE.
The train arrived through the gloom
and mist of the dark afternoon safe
enough. The party was taken in tow
by some celebrated people Of the princi- I
pal town Of the rich and populous coun- ,
ty Of Fayette-Somerville. The place :
makes a favorable impression upon J
one who does not expect too !
rnnrnh EsHmaHna IN fh. rrnsI9t -
a rolling, rich, well cultivated
district, long settled and aristocratic, a
SOmerville had the reputation of being q
q beautiful place before the war. Its i
chivalric and polished inhabitants dwelt I
in a sort of arcadia, whose attendant ge- {
were the negroes and their children. Y
Fayette county is said TO have been the o
~countyin West Tennessee, except n
Shelby. Even now it contains more 4
weQ-cultivated farms and a larger ne a
gro population than any other agricul- Il
rural county in the State. The chief J
town is a solid, respectable, brick-cOn- t
structed village. The houses are all very 81
neat, sitting in the midst Of flower gar p
lens, surrounded by shade trees, and q
reach ofthe sound Ofthree church s.
Dels. In the shivering mists Of the
evening it was pleasant, while
walking along the broad plank side
walks to our hotel, TO hear the pious
md silvery tones Of the man Of God
from the open doors Of some -,
.hurch, which wa hidden somewhere +,
y trees andfense foliage. u
The candidates and the escort quietly u
made their way to the Square, and had -
heir names quickly inscribed on the a.
register of a country hotel. The f
title Office is just the counterpart Of ~
bout three hundred others now scat II
cred over as many county towns be- n
the Atlantic and the Indian ma -
on. The usual number of countrymen a;
All professions, were congregated -
its open portals. A little fire ~
as built in the stove by the same grin M
ing, wOOlly-headed boy that BACKED - -
~ boots forty years ago, and it was the r.
anne fiery young manthat rushed in with ~
hickory switch, and, without a word 10,
warning, commenced laying it on the IN,
cad and shoulders of another young -
who stood talking with his back oT
lrned to the hOtel-keeper, across the in
esk, that startledou boyish feelingsifty n.
ears ago. 1t was the same Ough-and- ~
lmble hght-the same general rush of AZ
.uzens and "friends'' Of the parties that ~,
and separated the belicose g.
- AM HAgNgE4AAOn lUl Inc ulthOlA ] D.
witch was exactly the same. One had ~.
lbbed up against the other or thrown w.
1tton IN front Of his door, or something Va
that sort. 81
MEN AND GREAT SENTIMENTS. 10y
The hickory-switch episode helped to 70
hue away the time till supper was an a
Dunced, and, after the hurried dispatch en-
that meal, the young men of Somer- re-
lie and the Old cOngregate once more WI
the hotel Office and Teception-room al
I'd parlOr, ali in one, 10 look at each
and make stray observations on
abstract matters as the canvass and Ha
e weather. Those few of them who clio
ere exteTi0rally gotten up to kill were lie
ievously disappointed by the down tho
,ur Of rain, and the thick darkness, clio
hich prevented the usual display Of wa
1quence by the village preachers, and he
e usual gathering Of youths and maid Sc
IS in the comfortable pews Of the vii for
churches. an,
PREPARING Fol- THE FRAY, mi
Monday being court day, and the wea- on'
er having cleared up under the inhu- au-
ce Of a brisk wind that blew during Ju'
e night, the town began to fill early ey
tn people from the distant fields and lfol
, eabins tbe neighboring bamIets and ges
IF tbe conntv Tbav srTivad goI
-stTogglinS sonedrons IN soyads 81 the
corEfes Iot5 wbite and hlect nosn| con
on tai mules and xyaLbiin1 rosi iml
ntes. The twelve lawyers Of the Gro,
zee were up and shaved early-fully ne
spared for doing a fair shaving BUSH ne
IS themselves during the day. All an
nds were astir. Thecandidates Rugged
.ir chambers during the morning no
Irs, studying old constitutions. for VII
ten speeches and musty manuscripts.
lge Lewis for the twenty-seventh H
lie measured the length, breadth and the
and examined critically the Jud
It'll plank in the Liberal platform, and at \
n said to himself, in his bland way: lar
h, it is just as / want it." Many Of seeC