Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-29
The Supreme Court at JacksOn-Emi
nent Representatives Of the Bar
Present.
The Question OF Taxes - How the
"Rings" are TO be Made to Dis
gorge.
Correspondence between the Governor
and Auditor Relative to those
Forged Warrants.


' upon the life and gaiety of this his
tollc city Tor month, relieved
partially, by the presence OF mem
oefs OF the bar from almost every part
OF the State, and some, also, nom YOU
tair city Of the APPEAL, in attendance
upon the supreme court, the present
term Of which will not adjourn till about
the first Of July. Colonel L. Q. G.
Lamar, congressman elect from this dis.
trict, one Of the few gifted men of the
oiden times who providentially remain
and assert the right Of a once free and
powerful class to be heard In the hall:
OF legislation, and that noblest of the
old guard, General Winfield Scott
teAtherst0n, and that venerable and
distinguished jurist, j. w. c.
Watson, and Mr.. H. W. Wal.
Vers, Governor Powers appointee
As commissioners to the convention OF
governors at Atlanta, Georgia-all oi
them from North Mississippi, were all al
the bar and pitted, two and two on 9
SIDE, against each other, few DAYS ago
IL was IN a case of extraordinary interest,
"ut L did not "get the hang of it, well
enough 10 state its merits satisfactorily
TO the large auditory Of lawyers who get
lhelr law-news 10 so large an extent
rom the columns of the APPEAL. But
there was evidently "much feeling'' be-
tween the clients, and though the shock
OF Intelleets at the bar Of the court par
took Of but little o! this, there was really
a grand display Of forensic logic, learn
lng, Latin and law, finged occasionally
by flashes Of Wit, repartee and elOquence,
such as Is rarely seen at the bar in these
degenerate days. The "dOingsn Of the
IL.
Is yet, for the most part, 1 regret
70 learn, concealed in the Office of the
secretary OF state, partly, it is rumored,
70 keep the negroes from finding out
how their carpetbag representatives
have, 10y many Of the acts which were
passed and worked through by that ele-
meut, aud approved by his so-caIIed ex-
cellency, robbed, plundered and out
ragged both the labOring classes and prop
erty-hOlders, for the sake of enriching
the authors and apprOvers of these
measures; and, partly, to compel all the
people who may have or feel an interest
IN knowing what has been done, to pay
somebody fee Of five dollars, or ten dol
lars, or more in each case for a "certi-
fled copy
L have not had a "peep behind the
scenes and know nothing of the facts
upon which these rumOrs are predi-
Gated, but that they are whispered
around and believed TO have a tangible
foundation, l do know. Besides, have
heard intelligent negroes themselves say
that they are determined to have
an eXhibit-that they pay some taxes as
well as other people, and that their mite, /
as well as the larger sum paid by the I
whites, goes 10 defray the appalling eI-
penss of not only making, but also Of 1
prOMWg0tiRg these oppressive laws /
There is a day of reckoning ultimately /
certain; but the signs are encouraging 1
the belief that the negroes will not wait .
for that. The white people might have .
10 wait, but the more honest and intel |
ligent OF the native negroes are anxious /
and seem resolved to know by p shorter 4
route. COuusel-intelligent, quick and /
impartial am told. are already re-
tanned to force from the reluctant hands /
Of the carpetbag governor and his car K
petbag ring the foul secrets which they /
are said to hold from public inspection. /
So you see, that the famous printing /
ring' may as well come out from their /
conspiracy with the other conspirators
Of the Jackson cliguen and publish the 4
laws, and also the journals OF tie senate
and house, for the people viii either
have them made public, or they will |
know the reason JChy. By the way, l 1
see from a placard on the capitol |
gate, that the Pilot establishment is
''fOr sale" at a trustees sale.
1t is believed that this also is sham,
and only part Of the programme to
conceal the aforesaid legislative doings:
and that the secret Of the proposed sale
Is 70 furnish a sort of preteXt for the
''ring" not printing the laws and jour
mails. Though, l expect, there is an
other secret reason for it, TO be found in
the fact that one of the "ringn is one of
the pretended "suretiesn on the official
bond Of a carpetbag sheriff and taX-cOl-
lectOr who, not long since, abscOnded
from the State with Sl4, 43l 2S of the
peoples money in his pocket. 1t is said
that the ''suretyn mas "no property
except his interest in the "ring." The
sheriff referred TO is one ]. +. johnson,
who collected this tax money in LAHORE
county. 1t is now very evident that if
rarpetbaggery, unmixed with any ident-
ity with the interests of either this State
or any other State, shall prevail ia the
selection Of a governor, it will be either
Ames or Powers. Both are so exceed
.ngly Objectionable that il is difficult to
say which would be the less 50; but,
were / compelled to choice, guess
should take Beast Buffers son-in-law.
is true, he is an alien to this people, !
and, outside of his hopes Of Office, absO-
.utely has not, and never had, | am
old, a shadow of interest, business or '
within the limits OF Missis-
,ippi, or any southern State. 1t is also
rue, that whatever Of unfriendly feel
ug, malice or ill-will the people of the .
state may owe him, is most cordially .
for ne ardently hates them
rs the Devil hates holy water. And, il
IS also true, that as Ames is the young
81, so he is, Intellectually, the feeblest
IenatOr l?l in congress. All this is IN :
luestiOnably true. Indeed, Ames has
rot an honest and intelligent friend,
north or south, ! verify believe, who
would not cheeTfully file an affidavit to
he Impartial trHth Of what is above
Itated Of him. And yet, per contra, +,
Ames Is said 70 be Of very respectable
amily, and is somewhat cultivated in
mind, and comparatively refined in his
habits. Powers possesses, in an eminent (
iegree, all of Ames's failings and not I
,ue OF the better qualities have named. L
As q specimen Of his want Of acquaint- I
lnce with some OF the ordinary s
.menities, / submit the follow l
ng official correspondence between "his !
.Xcellency" the governor aud the audi I
or Of public accounts. The governors
etter, including its grammatical con- 4
.truction and its sorthOgraphy,is UerbGtiBl
Z iiferdtiH, as written by his own hand.
L has not heretofore seen the light, and '
IS literary production and a part of !
he history Of the times, is worthy Of !
Here il is: Il
ICopy.l II
STATE OF Miss rssIPPr