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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
JACKSON AND BIRMING-
HAM RAILROAD.

By reference 10 theproccedings of
the City Council, it will be seen that
a proposition has been submitted to
the people of Jackson, to vote 800
900 to the proposed Jackson and Biz
mingham railroad. This road will
run within eight or nine miles of
Minlin, through or near Jacks Greek,
and pass from North to South,
through the very heart of McNairy
county, thence through the North
eastern portion of Mississippi, and
through the fine coal and iron mines
Os Alabama, to Birmingham, the
leading manufacturing city of the
South. At point to be designated,
4 branch for this great trunk line is
to run to Lexington, Tennessee,
and from thence to Tennessee river.
The great cities of st. Louis and
Chicago, the Illinois Central Rail-
road, whose stock is now worth a
premium, the Southern Railroad As
ISOLATION, that controls millions of
dollars, and other great railroad in
tercsts, are backing this grand ell
terprise. Besides the State of Ala
bama, will make q liberal loan to
the company, and it is confidently
believed that the General Govern
ment will donate large district of
public lands in Alabama. Eng
glish and Eastern capitalists, have
already expressed a willingness to
aid in its construction at the pl oper
time. 1t is one of the srandest rail-
road schemes yet suggested, and
that il will be built, there is no
doubt.
Before the people of Henderson
county, saddle themselves with an
enormous tax to build railroads that
have no beginning or ending, they
should think of the advantages Of
fered by this truly grand scheme.
With half the money that Uender-
son is called on to contribute to-
wards building the Memphis and
Knoxville, and the Henderson and
Paris roads, she can have the bene-
fits of this great trunk line, and its
branches. However, let it be re-
membered that the $50, zoe already
voted to aid Henderson county in
building a railroad, is in nowisc af-
fected by this latter proposition.
Now men of Henderson, if you
want 4 railroad that will benefit
you, abandon the wild, absurd
schemes now before you, and join
Jackson in this great enterprise.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
- -
CONGRESS-.

Three weeks from next Monday,
Congress will assemble at Washing
ton city, and all the arts and appli-
auces of Craftsmanship and politics
will be brought into requisition 70
account for and remedy the existing
pecuniary difficulties. There will
be a thousand theories preached.
and a thousand reasons offered for
the stringency of the times, but
when all is said that can be said, the
truth will be as apparent as the
monday sun, that it has resulted
from ovcrtradiug on the part Of
ana bankers, and a fool
ish, short sighted policy on the
part of planter and farmers. Thcy
have all attempted to .'6orc a,,qcr
holes lgith a Gimlet."
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08

New YORK, Noy. 3.-The bale of
cotton shipped 10 Norton, Slaugh-
ter and 4 Co., 10 be sold for the
benefit of the Memphis sufferers,
brought $, SIS; more than So per
pound, Saturday. 1t was shipped
free by the White Star Line, to Liv-
erpOOl, there TO be rolled over in
further sales.
The bale has already realized over
So 600.
The German navy consists at
present of forty-twO steamships,
armed with guns of the heaviest
calibre, viz: Thrceliron-clad frigates,
one irOn-clad corvette, two other
irOn-Clads, one screw linc-Of-battlc
ship, five cOrvOttes OF the first class
| six COrvettes of the second class,
four avisO steamers, one yacht, two
gun-bOats of the Albatross class,
seven gun-bOats of the first and ten
of the second class; five irOn-clad
I fTigatcs and two COrvettcs of the
second class are building and arc
now nearly finished. These tOgther
will be armed with-siX rifcd guns.
Including the reserve and the see
wehr, the imperial navy has one
thousand one hundred and fifty
nine officers, midshipmeu, warrant
officers and officials.
1t is stated that the Roman Cath
Ole clergy in ireland arc Joining
! the home rule movement in great
numbers. The clergy of the dean
cry of Ballinrobe, in conference as
scmbled, have unanimously re-
J. 4 ].
/ bers of the Home Rule association,
and the clergy Of Mill street have
| followed their example. Mill street
is in the dsaneary of Kerry, whose
bishop, DIR. MOriarty, has always
been regarded a opposed TO home
rule.
\ grand pilgrimage TO Jerusalem
Is at this moment being organized
under the auspcciCs of tho archbish-
op of Paris. The pilgrims will leave
Marseilles about the middle of the
month on one of the steamers of the
/ Messagcries, and, after stopping a
few days at Alexandria. will visit
the works at the Isthmus of SucZ,
and then proceed to Jcru salem. EX-
cursions will afterward be made
to Bethlehem, Jericho, Jordan, the
Dead Sea, Mount Carmel, Saint
Jean d'Arcc, Bcyrouth, etc. The
return journey will be effected by
Smyrna, Athens, Sicily, and Mar
settles. The duration of the whole
will be about two months and a
half
The Italian Journals relate that
the environs of CatanzarO, Calabria,
are infested by a band of brigands,
under the command of a young wo-
man. She is only twenty years of
age, and of great beauty, with re-
markedly black and brilliant eyes.
Her name is Marie, and she is the
widow of Petre MOnicO, a bandit
chief, who was killed in an eHcouu-
ter with the gendarmes. She was
arrested lately, tried, and condemn
ed TO thirty years imprisonment
/ While undergoing her punishment,
| a warden, becoming enamOred Of
| her, favored her escape, and accom-
/ panied her, but was stabbed to
| death by her orders Immediately af-
| ter she had rejoined her band. Since
| that period, her audacity and activ-
| ity have redOubled, and she has
made herself the terror of the sur
/ rounding country. She burns farm
/ houses, carries of cattle, and lcvics
contributions, and the slightest dis
/ obedience to her orders is punished
/ by murder and fire.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Senator Schurz, reached New York
Sunday from Europe.
Jay Cook a Co, have been forced
into bankruptcy.
Stokes has departed for Sing
Sing.
LONDON, Nov. 2.-Steamship
Holsatia, from Southampton Satur-
day for New York, took Sl44, 900
specie.
On Monday Mike McCOol was
imprisoned in St. Louis, charged
with numbering Patsey Manly last
week.
1t is stated that:the expenses of
the kellogg brigade of MetrOpoli-
tans, for the current year up to date,
amount to nearly 81, 100000.
The gold coinage at the Philadcl-
phia mint in October amounted to
eleven million; ten thousand in
dOuble-eagles. The gold weighed
thirty-cight tons.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, November 3.
The trouble between the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad and their employees is still
unadjusted. The men ObstruCt the
running of freight trains, but do not
interfere with mail trains.
The debt of the District of Col
umbia, according to the special
Washington dispatches of the Cou-
rier Journal, is at least $40, 200, 900;
and, unless Congress comes TO the
rescue, bankruptcy is inevitable.
1t is said over three hundred Eng
fish mechanics of Paterson, New
Jersy, have bought tickets from the
European steamship agents in that
city this week, there being no pros
pect of work this winter this side of
the Atlantic.
The public debt statement shows
an increase during Octor of S3,O39-
900; coin balance, $50 ,3l3, 5ol; cur
rencv balance. S4,3l2,I5 coin GER
titfcates, 81, 500 $50; certificates of
deposit for redemption OF legal ten
ders, y, S75, 900; outstanding legal
tenders, 1850, 952, $50.
Serious charges have been pre-
ferred against the Mint a. san Fran
cisco. Among other charges he is
accused of assessing the employees
of the Mint, to carry the election in
Nevada, in the interest OF the Radi-
cal party. And thus we 90. His
name is o. IL. Lagrange, formerly
general in the L. s, army.
The increase of the national debt of
over three millions of dollars dur
ing the month of October is suggcs-
tive to the tax payers of the coun-
try, and will receive their atten-
ton, 1t must also be remembered
that the Secretary of the Treasury
has delayed payments during the
month in order TO reduce the
amount over for November, and we
may expect the monthly report to
show a still greater increase ou-
ricT Journal.
From the most reliable date OBJ
tainable, the gold coin in the coun-
try is estimated at $3.50, 10000 and
silver So, 100000, total 1885,, 900, 900.
The silver coin is principally in cir
culatiOn in California, Oregon, Ne
Yada, Idaho, Arizona and Texas
The increase of coin in this country
has been at very fair rate since
the 1st of April last, and indications
are, that although there may be oc-
casional expectations, it will grad
dually 90 on until an amount suf- |
ticient to enable the country to re-
sumo specie payments, will be Sc
cured. This much desired result, |
will depend upon condi-
lions which cannot be discussed.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
OUR FAIR.

The above heading is familiar to
our readers; we use it because We
are proud Of the great Jackson
Fair, and because we grow prouder
it with every Annual Exhibi-
ton. In spite Of financial derange-
mcnt-the collapse Of banks and
great corporations-the universal
scarcity Of money and the gloom in
cidcnt thereto, the Jackson Fair
was a superb success. The present
season has witnessed nothing like
its equal in the whole South. Pres
ident Hurt, Sec. Greene, and every
individual director, deserve the old,
but ever eloquent eulOgium, DWELL
done, good and faithful servants"
For three years, under circumstan-
ces that would have appalled, hearts
less stout, they have carried the
West Tennessee Agricultural and
Mechanical Association from tri-
umph TO triumph, until now all are
ready TO cxclaim-"great is Diana
of the Ephesians. This year our
own merchants, our own citizens,
at least many Of them, took but
little active interest in the Fair
predicted its failure, looked
wonderfully wise and said 1T can
not be u success this year'-suggcs-
ted many reasons for their sage
prophecies, and stood aloof, too
many Of them for their own good
and vet, thanks TO "a superb man
agement, the Jackson Fair has won
this yeaS Il still greater triumph
We have not space to enlarge upon
this prolific theme. Would that we
had, and that we could WELD pen
dipped in lightning, that We might
sting and burn the slOthlul to see
the Jackson Fair as they should
see it. 1t is Il grand institution,
and under its present management,
is destined to achieve still grander
Let our home peo-
pie arouse themselves TO an apprc-
citation Of its measureless value, and
labor and work together "a increase
its importance. We will close this
brief, hurried article, by proposing
three cheers for President Hurt,
See. GrcOpe, aud the directors Of
the West Tennessee Agricultural
and Mechanical Association.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
COUNTY COURT.

November term of Quorum Court
met Monday, 3rd inst. Present,
the WorshipfuI A. S. Rogers; J. C.
Harris and B. r. Person, Asso-
ciates. The following proceedings
were had, to-wit:
J. S. Edwards, appointed d'mr
of Jessie B. Gordon.
JAS. Blackmon, appointed guar
dian of Martha f., J. n. and Mary
j. Haltom, minors.
G. W. T. Exum, guardian of Su-
san J. Robinson.
J. II. Lawrence, administrator of
Marshal Duffey.
Mary +. MIckic, Administrative
of Joe b. Mickie, deceased.
+. q. Williamson VS.. Bumpass
and others, decree for sale of land.
Parker and others VS.. Parker
and others, decree for sale of lands.
Elliott and others VS.. Elliott and
others, allotment of dover, and de-
cree for sale of lands.
Mcclellan and others vs.. Walden
and others, order of sale renewed.
Watt & Spence, and others, de-
cree for dover renewed.
Bourland VS.. Lewis and others,
decree for sale of lands.
E. J. Fly, constable, office declar-
ed vacant, and Sheriff ordered to
hold election to fill vacancy.
g. II. LeOnard's will proven,
and VIM. Moore qualified as oxecu-
tor thereof.
Abel Willis will partly proved,
and held over until next Term for
further probate.
Askew and others Is. Askew and
others, order of revivor.
Tomlinson vs.. Tomiinson and
others, interlocutory order, Clerk
and Master directed to report at
the next term Of the court,
Commissioners appointed to set
apart years support to thc wild
ow of Jessie Gordon, and a like
support to the widow of AdOlphus
BrittOn.
Jas. McRee executed four bonds,
amounting to $4,000, as tax col
lcctor for the county of Madison,
which was approved by the court.
Inventories, Reports, &c.-Hi-
ram johnson, admir- of J VI Wealth
erly, deceased, Inventory.
S. 5. Watkins, admir-. OF VIM.
Hardy, deed, Report.
S. S. johnson, admir- Of Paralce
Wheeler, decd, Inv't. and account
of sale.
W w Williams, cx'r of Nelson
Davic, deed, act. of sales
John W. Warmolh, guardian of
Benz and Ora Warmoth, Inventory.
d IL Parker, guardian of Robt S
Reeves, Inventory.
John W Baker, guardian Of Thos
p Mullins, Inventory.
John w Baker, guardian of Mar
tha and Margaret Baker, Invt.
Settlements contirmed.-W w
Williams, ex'r of Nelson Davie, de-
ceased-fDal.
"A & Il y McLemore, exec
utOrs of JnO W Turner, deed.
Major Groom, executor of Chas
Groom, deceased.
Major Groom, guardian OF minor
heirs OF Robt S Reeves, deceased.
H s Whitlow, guardian of A w
NauhOok.
RIA McLemore, guardian of Ma
~ Ann Turner.
\ S Sayle, guardian OF Lula I.
Emma and Clara West, in place of
T II West, resigned.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
THE GLOOM TmICKENs.

All over the country DO we hear Of
working men being discharged ON ac-
count of the financial pressure. Es-
peciafly is this so in the great manu-
featuring centers of the North and
East, Where operatives are mot dis
charged a reduction of wages or of
time, and frequently both, is being
resorted to by employers. This is
universal. God pity the poor this
winter. 1t is fearful to contemplate
the evils now coming thick and fast
upon the country, and all the result of
reckless speculation and the still
more reckless, yea, criminal legisia
tiou which has fostered it, Worse
still, the end is not yet. Immense
manufacturing establishments, that
give employment and support to thou
sands are daily closing. Wealthy cor
porations that a few months ago con-
trolled millions of dollars are going
into bankruptcy all over the country.
Railroad strikes and strikes of every
other description fill the newspapers.
Bank failures have become too COM
mon to excite more than passing no.
tiee Operators who were supposed
to control the wealth of millions are
going down in the general crash. FL
nancial ruin, with its endless miserics
grim aud gauut, stare the people in
the face, tum where they will.
Where will it all end? Superficial
must be the student Iof political his
tory that sees not in all this, rotten
corrupt and reckless government; q
government run by heartless specula-
/ tors in the interest of the few and to
the ruin of the masses. Should it
result in an American commune, more
bloOd-thirsty, wilder with the despair
of hunger and suffering and more
reckless in its war upon State, church
and society than the French commune
which laid the palaces of Paris in
ashes and drenchcd her boulevards
with blood, who can wonder? There
is point beyond which human misery
cannot go without making rcrenge
/ both Il duty and God. Are we not
now on the verge of this great disas-
| ter? In all financial crises it is the
poor who suffer; they alone hunger
and freeze. Would it be unnatural
then, if in some supreme hour of
misery they should turn upon the gov
crnment and the class that grinds
them down and reek on all n fearful
vengeance
What is the lesson OF the hour: 1t
is this: We must have a government
of the people and for the people an
honest patcnal government, that fos-
ters the interest Of the many instead
of the luxuries of the few. A gov
eminent that cannot be bought with
money-that is the enemy of monop-
olies-the foe of special privileges
and the friend OF the people, instead
of being the tool of q class. Thus,
and thus alone can the upas tree of
communism, already rooted in our
soil, be withered. How long will
selfish ambition and the vile aspira-
tions of wealth blind the eyes of the
favored few to this great and vital
fact: In the mean time, God pity the
poor this winter.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
The Snrague Failure.


The Spragues, among the largest,
if not the largest manufacturers of
the East have failed. Hoyt,
Sprague & Co., and A. t w.
Sprague, are the styles of the firms
wrecked by the great financial cri-
sis upon the country. Their fail
IRE involves millions of dollars, and
closes manufactures that gave en-
ployment to thousands Of opera
tives. This disaster Is felt through
out the country, and in connection
with the closing Of other large cot
ton mills, must seriously affect the
cotton market for weeks to come
we fear for months. The Spragues
almost owned the little State of
Rhode Island, and their financial
schemes permeated the whole coun-
try. Hence their failure, and the
failures which followed, are even
more serious to the material inter
est of the country than that Of Jay
Cook x Co. There Is a bare hope
that their affairs will be settled up
without serious loss to the country
but it is only bare hope.
When il is considered that the
Spragues bought annually in this
market alone, 1000 bales of cotton,
some idea may be formed of the ex
tent that their failure will affect the
price Of cotton-at least for the
present. And then, when we en-
brace the other failures among
manufactures, and the almost gen
eral reduction Of wages, discharg-
ing of operatives and reduction of
time, being resorted to by the man
ufactories still running, we must
confess that the outlook for weeks
to come, is iull of gloom. And yet
whom we reflect that the Liverpool
market is still strong and prices
high we can but indulge the hope
that our great staple will realize, to
those able to hold, two or three
cents per pound above present pri-
ces in the markets Of the United
States. However we fear that the
bottom of our great financial crisis
has not yet been reached.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
THE SUPREME COURT.

After an arduous session, the SUI
preme Court closed its session on
yesterday. The entire bench has
labored with unusual energy, and
their opinions, in the main, have
given general satisfaction. In this
hurried notice, we can not fail to
notice that Jno. II. Freeman, the
accomplished Clerk of the Court,
has done his whole duty, and it is
conceded by all, that no better man
could have been chosen for the posi-
ton. lie is industrious, quick,
courteous, yet firm, and dispatches
business with wonderful facility.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08

The Washington HepuoticgH, a Grant
organ, has this significant paragraph:
The silk-stOcking Republicans of
Massachusetts,, who thought they had
annihilated General Butler at Wor-
cester, are again half scared to death.
1t seems that while these high-toned
gentlemen have been sleeping in fan
cicd security, Butler has been at work
securing delegates, and it looks now
as il he would have clear majority
for United States Senator IN the next
Legislature.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
The Extensive Carriage.
Buggy, and Spring Wagon
MANDATORY.

az lands & BUHNELI, are turn
NJ oLt large amount Of first class work
every week. Their business has greatly in
creased, and they will doubtless be com
PEELED b. make further enlargement
their establishment. The reason is obvi-
oUs-Thoir WORK always gives sat
IsTHcIIOn, and when they sell 10 ono man
in a locality, they draw the trade At that
scotisn. Their repairing department is al
50 on the increase, ~ they invariably guar
antcc their work, and cpPloy none but
first class mechanics.
This establishment Is a credit TO the city,
and VIC hope that it will continue to pros
per. The citizens AZ adjoining counties
would do well 10 examine the work OF this
extensive establishment before sending
urthcT Of.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
Attention. RmiIders!

We would call the attention Of
those wanting anything in the line of
doors, sash, blinds, brackets, mould
ing, balustcrs, glass, putty, locks,
hinges, door and shutter bolts, gate,
sash and blind fixtures-inf fact every
thing in the line of builders hard
ware and woodwork the largest
and best selected stock of these ma
terials ever brought to jackson, aud
to be found at the old stand of &. +.
Bates, where he is selling at the very
lowest cash prices. Contractors and
builders will save money by calling
on him before purchasing elsewhere.
Send to him for price list.
Liberty Street,
march 1S-ly. JACKSON, Tenn.
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a CARD.

Having resumed my OLD business am
now prepared 10 do everything in the
House, sign, and Ornamental Painting and
Decorative art, on the shortest notice aud
as cheap a. any WORKMAN in the business.
/ can be found at the Basement Of TomlIn's
Corner, where I will bc happy 10 receive
the orders ofmy Old patrons.
julyj6m c. r. BRADY.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
The Elections last Tuesday.

The Louisville COuricr-Journal-
always wide awake-makes the fol-
lowing summary of the election re-
turns received, from the elections
held last Tuesday. 1t will be seen
that the COurier-Journal is jubilant
over the result. No doubt our
venerable neighbor of the Courier"
is mourning in sack cloth and ashes
over the demonstrations of the
"dcad party" But here is the sum-
mary:
Yesterday was a glorious day for
the Democracy. Elections were
held in Virginia, New York. Illinois.
hans@s, Maryland, Arkansas, Mis-
slsippi, Texas, Massachusetts,, Meth
lgan, Minnesota, New jersey and
Wisconsin. Governors were cleo
ted in Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Texas, Virginia, and
Wisconsin. In Massachusetts,, the
cOntending candidates were William
Il. Washburne, the present incum-
bent, and William CASTOR, the Dem
Ocratic nominee. The former was
of course elected In Minnesota,
the Democrats failed to nominate
any State ticket, but supported the
anti-mOnOpOly ticket. The returns
are not sufficiently complete to de-
termine the result. Cushman II.
Davis was the Republican nominee
and Asa Burton the Independent.
In Mississippi the contest was be-
tween Ames and AlcOrn, both Re-
publicans, but the Democracy sup
ported the latter as the more con-
servative. The result is very doubt
full. In Texas, where a Legislature
was also elected, the Republi-
can candidate for Governor, was L.
y. Davis, the present incumbent,
and the Democratic candidate was
Richard Coke. Hughes is beaten
in Virginia by quite a good major
ity, and hemper is elected. The
Legislature was also elected, W hich
Will have to elect L. ). Senator
for the seat now occupied by Lewis,
a Republican. The State has gone
Democratic, and either Mr.. Il. NJ.
1. Hunter or Governor Walker will
likely be chosen for the Senate
Maryland has also gone Democratic.
New York, is carried by the same
party, and the result in these states
alone indicates decided triumph,
as two of them at least were regard /
ed as very doubtful. In Kansas, /
Wisconsin and MinnesOta the farm
ers lead the opposition and the result !
shows they have gained decided adj |
vantages over the last election, the |
Liberals and Democrats sustaining .
the reform movement. 1t is impOs- /
sib!c to make an accurate summary /
at the hour of going TO press, but |
enough is known to indicate very
decided gains for the opposition
even in those States where they
have been defeated.
A Kansas paper says: The gay
jumping grasshOpper, the brown-col-
pred grasshopper, the cussed old
eaN
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
If You Want

The best Gin in Use get the Improved
India Rubber Brush Gin" manufactured
10y JAS. y. HICKS,
Bells Depot, Tenn.
AGENIs.-J. NJ. Parker & Co., Jackson,
Tenn; JnO. Williams, Coffee Landing
Tenn; Rev. John u. Day, Juno, Henderson
Co, Tenn. The experienced W. q. Hicks,
who has hecn for forty years engaged in
making Gins, il General Travelling Agent
for the Factory, who inSpects all Gins be-
fore they are sent out. mayS-l2m.