Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-17

they will not hesitate to sacrifice the
best interests of the State in order to
crafty their inOrdinate prejudiees, il
their wants in this connection are not
obviously consulted. These men exist,
politically, in the heart-burning and
bitter memories of bygone days, and,
as the history of the immediate past
will testify, are utterly Indifferent, nay
dead in the vital questions of the pres
ent hour. Now, it is evident that if the
most available men are selected to make
up the conservative State ticket for the
next campaign the opposition of this
faction must be incurred. The Column
bus Democrat, which is regarded as the
authentic mouth-piece of this element,
has already virtually declined to sup
port, in the event of his nomination for
Governor, a certain gentleman simply
because che is not Democrat and never
was One," although he has labored de-
yotedly in the ranks of that party since
the war. This is equivalent to asserting
that man who was once Whig, or
anything but Democrat, is nOtnow en-
titled to Democratic support. 1t strikes
us very foreibly that we have attempted
reconciliation with this spirit long
enough; if these men are determined to
be our enemies and to Illustrate every
effort made for the redemption of the
State from Radical rule, we are decided
ly in favor of making them take shelter
under the same roof with our avowed Po-
litical foes. They have proven q far
greater scourge to the State than the
horde of adventures whom reconstTuc-
ton turned loose upon it, and they de-
serve no better treatment at the hands
of the honest masses.-Prelitiss Record.
A MINISTERIAL LoTHARIO.
The Presbytery of North Mississippi
were in executive session at this place
last week, engaged in the trial of
Rev. II. II. Paine, of Holly Springs, for
immoral conduct. We learn that the
charge upon which the reverend gen.
tleman was tried was based upon proof
of his having taken passage upon 2
steamboat at New Orleans for st. Louis,
in company with q woman whom he
treated as his wife, but who was not his
wife, and registered his name as H. H.
Paine and lady, and that he Travelled
with her during the trip, playing the
part of the devoted husband to
perfection; so much did he ex-
hibit his devotion, that grave
doubts were entertained by the passen-
gers of the proper intimacy existing be-
tween them, and as it has been well
said that the iniquities of the flesh will
creep out in the conviction of the hypo-
crite, SO this pleasant trip brought gPief
to the aged LOthario, as he was TecOg-
nized and charges preferred against him,
and upon satisfactory proof the Presby-
terry deposed him from. the ministry.
He is well known in this section of the
State. Hehas wife and grown children,
and is near sixty years of age. He
stoutly protested his innocence to the
last, and fought the issue to the death,
but stern facts were against him.
RInOld Star.
THE "RRPUDIATED" WARRANTS.
We have stated that the Governor has
assumed a great responsibility in receiv-
ing, in satisfaction of State claims from
companies, the eighty thousand
dollars of warrants which the Attorney
General caused to be dishonOred, after
their issuance. The Pilot
thinks we ought to commend the Gov
ernor for preventing their q Reputation
through an opinion of the Attorney
GeneraL.n This is rather a back
handed compliment to the Attorney
General. We prefer not to decide be-
tween these functionaries, further than
to say that, if the Governor has acted
wisely, as the Pilots language implies,
the other has made an ass of himself;
and between them, they have made a
nice mess Of the business Jackson
Clarion.
NOT KUKLUX.
We learn that Deputy United States
Marshal J. J. Gainey, with a squad of
created some excitement at
Ocean Springs last week by arresting
some of the most prominent and best
citizens of that place and hurTying them
off to Jackson to answer a charge of ku-
kluxing fellow named Peter A. Pons.
Among the prisoners are Sheriff John
E. Clark, Squire Harry H. Minor, Mr..
George A. Cox, and others whose names
we did not learn. We don't believe any
of the above gentlemen are guilty as
charged, and we hope to have full par
ticulars of the affair by our next issue.
Will some of our Ocean Springs friends
furnish them in detail?-HdHdSbOro
Democrat.
The difficulty, as we are informed,
was as follows: Peter A. Pons had
treated his wife so badly that she be-
came insane, and was brought to the
Lunatic Asylum two weeks ago, by
Sheriff Clark, of Jackson county. Pons
at that time returned from Meridian,
where he was then living, and there
was some talk among the boys of riding
him on a rail. He came to Jackson TO
Commissioner Jones and swore out an
affidavit against several of the young
men, charging them with kukiuxing.
George A. Cox, Harry H. Minor and
John Z. Clark, Sheriff, were not arrest
ed, but came up with the young men
who were arrested, as friends, to assist
them in case of need. The prisoners
were scharged.-JdckSon Clarion.
ANOTHER SHERIFF GONE.
The disappearance of our Sheriff,
Captain c. F. Jones, has created
great deal of excitement in our COM
and the coDjectures as to the
the cause of his flight have been almost
He was born and raised
in our county, and up to the time of his
departure had borne an irreproachable
character. Every one who knew him
well, regarded him as man of strict
honor and integrity, and never dreamed
that he would be guilty of any act that
would be disgraceful. There is no stain
upon his character prior to the late oe-
currence. That he has left the
voluntarily, and has not
been murdered, as was at
first SUI posed, is now undoubted.
He went up to the southeastern portion
Of. the county on official business, some
Eve or six days previous to his leaving
the county, and during that time it is
alleged and believed that he drank to
excess and was attacked with the
He staid some two or
three days in the vicinity Of Lafayette
Springs, after he had turned his horse
.oose with bride and saddle on, with
view, it is supposed, of creating the i'm
preston that he was murdered. Two
lays after his horse had been found and
the general feeling through the country
had been created that be had been muir
iered, he purchased another horse and
went to Shannon, depot on the Mobile
and Ohio road, in company with an ac-
1uaintance, and expressed his inten-
ton of taking the cars at that point.
His companion left him there
and returned home, and that
Is the latest information we
have of him. We are firmly of the opin-
;o,, fbo4 he xy-otrld Ya0f have left had he