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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-08
Have we a credit uobmIer Among


Vague ard general charges have
been floating about for some time
that there was something wrong
among the members of the Lcgisla-
ture, either at present, or in the
past. The thing aeems to be taking
shape and consistency, If we may
Judge from the proceedings Of Mon
day Il tEs House of Representa-
tives, only the CORRUPTION seems to
have been two years ago, and not
now-as has been intimated:
The House joint resolution Of Mr..
Mulvihill, providing for a joint
committee TO inquire into and thor
oughly investigate as to the truth of
the charges that corrupt means had
. been used 10 secure the defeat or
passage of certain acts by the last
/ General Assembly, and whether I'M
due influences were brought 10
I bear. Under suspension Of rules.
B Mr.. Mulvihill stated that he had
heard the charge made so FREQUENT
" il Memphis that a certain meas
. IA = b-AcAC N--G AeAeL AaE AAE4 IL y H.
bly, had been defeated bv corrupt
means, that he felt il his duty to of.
! fer the resolution.
McCampbell, Trousdale, Pearson,
McCollum, Eckel and Wester, mem
bers Of the lest General Assembly,
/ arose and insisted upon the adop.
ton Of the resolution.
The resolution was adopted; ayes,
/ fOrty-one; nays, fifteen. TrOus,
. dale's motion to have it Immediate
~ transferred TO the Senate was car.
ried.
The investigation resolution OF
Mr.. Mulvihin, providing for inqui-
ring into the charges Of undue in
fiuences with the last General As
sembly, was returned from the Sen
ate, concurred in.
Speaker McGaughey, who was
himself a member of the last Gen
eral Assembly, had purposely vaca-
ted the chair, and Mr.. Mcfarland
was presiding as Speaker, Nc.
I Gaughey then stated facetiOusly thai
he did not wish, as an indicted par.
| ty, to select his own jury, and pre-
ferred that some other member
might appoint the committee.
Speaker pro tenn Mcfarland an
nOunced as the committee provided
by the resolution Messrs. Mulvihill
! Denny, Heuk, Lindsey. Steger
! Harris and Brooks.
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supreme Court OF Arbitration,

On Thursday of last week, Gov.
Brown appointed Col. James Z. Bal
ley, of GAINESVILLE, and Col. John
w. Head, of Gallatin, TO sit with
Chief Justice Nicholson at Nash
vile, during the sitting of the Su-
preme Court at this place, to decide
such causes as may be submitted to
them by counsel.
Thus we have virtually three SUI
preme Courts in session at one and
the same time. The Court here will
sit in sections, answering to two
Courts, and the one at Nashville,
making three. Col. John w. Head,
who is well known to the bar of the
State, having once occupied the po-
sition of Attorney General and Re-
porter, is lawyer of fair average
ability, but we honestly believe the
/ Governor might have appointed a
man of more legal ability to the po-
sition. Col. James L. Bailey is one
of the best lawyers, as he is one of
the best men in Tennessee. He is
one Of the very best workers at the
entire bar of the State, and his in
dustry is one of the least of his re-
concentrations. Upon the whole,
we are inclined 10 think that there
will be as much ability in the Nash
vile branch of the Court as will be
found in any similar body in the
| State.
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JAMES, FUNDING BILL.

\ correspondent asks us what are
the terms of the funding bill of
Senator James, of Chattanooga.
We answer, in brief, that it pro-
vides for the funding of the past
due coupons, as well a. those ma
turing before the first day of July,
1874. The bonds will bear interest
at six per cent, and be termed
"The new series of funding bonds"
redeemablc at the option of the
State, after July !, 1881, and due
and payable on the first of July,
1911, the coupons payable semi
annually, from and including. the
first day Of July, 1874, to the matu-
ritv of the bonds. That the perma-
nent school fund, with the interest
thereon, until the first of July, 1874,
shall bear interest as the bonds pro-
vided for in the bill. And the same
obligation shall rest upon the State
to pay the semi-annual interest on
said fund, as if it were converted
into the funding bonds provided for
in the bill. 1t provides that bonds
that may fall due between the first
day of July, 1874, and the first day
of July, 1884, shall be fundable at
the option of the State in bonds au-
thoriIed by the bill, and that the
coupons of the bonds funded under
this act, or coupons of bonds regis
tered under the provisions of the
ninth section of the bill, shall be re-
ceivable for the taxes and revenues
due the State appeal.
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Nail ROutes.

While subjects OF interest are
agitating the public mind, there is
none fraught with more interest
than good mail facilities. We dare
saw that there are few counties IN
the State that have as few mail ac-
commodations as Henderson. 1t is
indeed a reflection upon our county,
and one we regret to mention; but
we are cogniZant Of the fact that
necessities must be brought before
the people for consideration, and
especially for action. The mail
routes in most demand at present
are as follows:
From Lexington TO Lone Elm, via
sulphur Springs, to Perryville.
From Lexington to Jacks Greek,
via Mihlin; and the mail route now
extending from Jackson TO Scotts
Hill be continued to Ssltillo.
We sincerely hope that the people
living along these proposed routes
viii take action with reference to
this matter, and have pOst-Otlices
established at convenient distances,
and do away with the present ne
cessity of riding twelve or fifteen
miles to get their mails. We appeal
to the county pride of old Hender-
son to look to this matter, and 20
ahead getting up petition after pc
titiOn, until the best OF mail facili-
ties shall be obtaincd.-LeTiRgfOR
Reporter.
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LOUISIANA.
The Troubles Commence in
Earnest.
Firing in the Streets.
EiEht Between the mcEnery NIiIi-
tia and the ke1lOg Police,

PROGRESS OF THE STRIFE BE-
TWEEN THE FACTIONS.
New Orleans, March j.-The Sew
enth Precinct Station was quiently
taken possession of last night by the
McEnery militia. No resistance was
offered by the MetropolitaRs on du-
ty there, and no effort has been
made to-day to displace the militia.
It's understood that further ag-
gressive moves Will be made by the
militia tonight.
For twenty squares tonight only
ono policeman was found on duty.
They have been called from their
beats and concentrated about the
stations, Mechanics Institute, etc.
SECOND DISPATCH.
New Orleans, March Sat about
/. 81 o'clock tonight q squad of per-
haps so men attacked the Third Pre-
cinct, firing into the building. They
were repulsed by the police, but
were quickly reinforced by about
$50 men. These were attacked by
Gen. Badger with about 200 police
men and a piece of artillery, and
for about five minutes q sharp rat
tie of musketry ensued. Both par
ties maintained their position dur,
ing this time, but at the second dis.
charge of the cannon the militia re
treated through Jackson Square
and half an hour later the police re.
lieVed their comrades who remain.
ed during the conflict within the
building.
One man, a Mr.. Hartman, was
killed and several were wounded.
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ue-Districting the state,

We hope the present Legislature
will not distinguish itself by con-
structing another gathering ram"
in re-districting the State. The &C
ton of the last Legislature in form
ing the Congressional districts did
more to ''batter' the life out of the
Democratic party than all the in
dependents. Public interest and
public decency require the districts
to be as compact and homogeneous
as possible. The eighth district,
composed of the counties of Henry,
Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Crockett,
Weakley, Obion and Lake, as pro-
posed in the bill introduced by Sen
ator Snipes, will suit our people adj
mirably, should it contain the re-
quisite number of voters. In the
present disturbed condition of pol
itics, even if it were just and expe-
dent to gerrymander, it would in
all probability be doves labor lost, y
for no one can tell what new issues
will be in the next canvass or how
party lines will be drawn. To our
law-givers we say, be just and fear
no Union CitB Courier.
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rATnoNs OF RushANpRY.

This is this name c< ca organiza-
ton now in operation in some nine
teen Of the States of the Union,
principally Western, but we believe
two Eastern and TIVE Southern
States arc Represented in the Asso-
citation.
This body has its national and
State assemblies, which are COM
posed Of the Masters, for such is
the title Of the head officers of the
subordinate departments, which
both State and National, arc called
Oranges.
The organization, in plain words,
may be denominated Farmers
Ring" and owes ito existence to the
necessity of some mode of protec-
ton by the tiller of the soil against
the "rings" of politicians, mcr-
chants exchanges, mechanics I'M
ions, lawyers AMI physicians asso-
Citations.
A subordinate Grange was or
ganized in this city on last Tuesday
by Gen. A. j. Vaughan, of Missis-
sippi, who, as the deputy of the Ma
tionaI Grange has been commits
stoned to institute societies through
out this State. Walter I. Key, Esq,
one OF our mos intelligent farmers
was elected Master of this County,
and r. IL. Cartmell, Secretary
Among others who become men,
bers, we recollect the names of A.
S. Rogers, Maj. r. 3. Hurt, j. B.
Long and Allen DE Berry.
The object of the Association
seems to be, to obtain unity of &C
ton among farmers throughout the
United States, break up and break
down the credit system, which, it is
now said, costs the farmer from 40
to so per cent upon the capital ex-
pended per annum, to put him in
direct communication with the
manufacturer, and by a perfectly
organized system of reports made
to the National Grange, each month
of the year, by all the subordinate
Oranges, of the breadth of acres
planted, their condition, and the
probable crop TO be raised, which
information is printed and return
ed, each farmer is enabled to know
and judge of the value of any Civ
en- product, as regulated by the law
of supply and demand, instead of
being left unprotected and unposted
in the hands of the spectators
Ring.
We have had but little time to ex-
anime the merits of this bold up
heaval on the part of the substan-
tial farmer, and hence express no
positive opinion, but we are salts
fed that it will soon rear its crest
all over the land, and make itself a
power fer good or evil. The pro-
gramme is a startling one, and will
surely cause a shaking of the dry
bones of the valley of commerce.
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sretnntlI. Aa4er.tlI.LsIilhlent.i..

A large lot e Memphis advertise
ments came too late for insertion
this week. They will appear In
our next issue.
e. We append herewith the vol
untary contributions of orr people,
rendered to the worthy Sisters Of
the Academy of Immaculate Con-
ceptioR, to restore, in some measure,
their great loss by fire on Thursday,
February 9th.
These contributions, it will be
seen, come from every denomina-
ton, fIom every sect, and from
every walk of life, and speak more
eloquently than any words OF ours,
how deeply touched must have been
the public heart by calamity which
reduced to ashes one of the fairest
educational institutions in the State.
1t was regarded by all as the quench-
ing of eight set upon q HILL"
whose gentle radiance, like a star
beam falling upon all, reyiVifed the
entire community. We rejoice to
be the medium to chronicle such
acts of charity and beneficence, pre-
figuring as it does, the breaking
down of the '1middle wall of parti-
tiCn between Jew and Gentle" and
the restoration of that unity of feel
ing which, if continued unbroken,
will work out the most beneficial
results in behalf of the causes of
both education and religion.
In behalf of the Sisters, in behalf
of Father Nolan, in behalf of the
Catholic portion of our City, we are
authorized to return their sincerest
thanks TO the kind friends who have
so generously laid aside the differ
eRces of the hour, and have so Law
ishly donated out of their private
fortunes to their succor in this ex-
treme moment of necessity. Their
names will not soon be erased from
their memories, and they have chos-
ell the enduring channel of the pub
lie press to perpetuate their recog-
milton of such kindly and timely
charities.
The Academy Of Immaculate
Conception will be rebuilt again.
Like the tabled bird of old it will
reappear, unsoiled, from the charred
ruins that mark its site, intact with
new life, equipped with the con-
gratulations and hopes of its friends
to re-enter upon a long life of use
fulness and honor. Its portals will
be thrown open to the reception of
the votaries of science; and its
worthy Sisters, whose constancy
survives every vicissitude of for
tune, will dedicate their lives anew,
strengthened by such tokens of
public appreciation, to the educa-
ton and training of the young
minds committed to their charge, in
the paths of christian duty.
Gnntrfhuffnns md Nance - T.,v,
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No Occasion for Haste.

Now that the amended bankrupt
act has passed, there Is no necessity
for undue precipitsncy in en-
terin- into the bankrupt court. At
tornevs, agents and officials are of
course interested in making large
fees and getting control of the prop
erty and effects ofpeople contempla-
ting bankruptcy. But it should not
be forgotten that q far better COM
promise can be effected with the
creditor, in most cases, and at q lit
tie expense; and besides, bankrupt
CIV may be gone into, and vet the
two thousand dollars exemption Is
liable for debts of r certain class,
such as tiduciarv obligations, trusts,
labor, etc. 4 consultation with
prudent, experienced attorneys. (not
professional agents to relieve their
dear peoplel viii save much trouble
in the future 20 3lt parties.
HtAH gUl klulZlLLat- AuE Linz A -,
~ pTo 56sFti 6hog2s sesiglISItaRl Stia
IN fhb. iat6TP eAAsSSl vsltiAo { bass4 AIZ
II onaF GJh peatf5lIsttapgthe punish
ureiit of frau d iiiietsc tiBHRb Gf'hana-
{, ~ Is " the 4ieGIS atsi BdeGd! Nfth6fq
oftii1fe bansAGof GTerffryI fIkqis executi i've
AelAe Heey 1sF arna OF Ref51elefit 1vhat4
ever"
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Sheriff Sale.

Dl virtue Of awrit OF yenditioni expo
ID mas 20 me directed, by the Circuit
Court Of Madison county, win expose 10
public sale, 20 the highest bidder for cash.
on
SATURDAY, MARCH 18th, 1873
the following property, tract Of land ly-
ing in Madison Co., near Jackson, contain
ing about fve acres, aud bounded as fol-
lows, tO-wlt "
On the North by the Mobile & Ohio K
r., a small piece on the North eide OF the
railroad; on the East by the lands formerly
owned and occupied by Cromwell and
Brown; South by DIR. A. Jackssn's lands;
West By DIR. W. L. Buffers land. the same
tract formerly owned BY Mrs. Z. n. Ep-
person.
Levied on a. the property Of Samuel
Cromwell 70 satisfy Judgment In my hand
In favor OF d. II. King.
r. NJ. MAY, Shenh.
= 80
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our New supreme court.

The Memphis Register of this
week contains the following list of
names which have been mentioned
in connection with the Supreme
Court of Arbitration, which will sit
in this City in the interregnum,
after the adjournment of the Su-
preme Court proper, at its ensuing
April term: eve understand that
resolution has passed the Legis-
lature to appoint for West Tennes-
see three additional Judges to act
in aid of the Supreme Court as was
done for the district of Middle
Tennessee. Thus it may be expect
ed that the immense mass Of accu-
mulated business will be hurried UP.
For these appointments for this dis
trict We have heard the following
names mentioned, all of whom
would make excellent appoint
ments, viz: Archibald Wright, IL.
7. Elliot, Henry Graft, w. y. c.
Humes, George CAN'T, Ro. Wood,
of Hardeman, Humphrey Bates, of
Upton, j. l.. Pulliam, Alexander
Campbell, of Madison, and H. G..
Smith and Gen. G. J. Pillow of this
city"
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STATE NEWS.

A daughter of Hon. G.. B. Black =
Miss Anna-was married TO DR.
Fullerton, of .Yorkville, last week
The Mckenzie Times wants thai
place lighted with lamps of some
sort-gas or coal oil; sit I1fr.
George Osborne, aged Is years
son OF a 'saddler of same name, died
at Bolivar last week, of Menen-
gifts.
The Dresden Democrat announces
the death of Carl Balzar, a promi-
nent Odd Fellow of that place. lie
died of Apoplexy.
They are going to have a new HO-
lei at Bolivar, 10 be completed by
November 1st. Wish Jackson had
some of BoliVar's pluck in such
matters.
Mr.. William Landrum, an old and
well known merchant at Dresden,
was stricken down with paralysis
last week. The Democrat thinks he
will recover, with good nursing.
Samuel w. Small, editor of the
Greenville Sentinel and Reporter,
was married last week TO Miss Anne
Isabella, daughter of the late Hon.
I. ID. Arnold, of Greenville.
The boarding house of Thomas
Russell, opposite the Dunlap House
at Humboldt, was destroyed by
fire, Thursday night, Feb. 9th,
about eleven O'Clock, p. IN.
The Bee, a week or two ago,
preached proposition to fence the
stock of Haywood county in, instead
of out, and says every farmer the
editor has seen, favors the PROPOSE
ton.
John N. Glass, local editor of the
trenton Gazette, and son of John
IL. Glass, the senior editor, has re-
ceived of Hon. Robert T.. Caldwell,
the appointment of Cadet at West
Point, and will report there in May,
for duty.
The Bolivar Bulletin learns that
MIR. Geo. ID. Ussery, who lives ten
miles from Bolivar, has the small
pox, but is doing well under it.
lie is supposed to have taken it on
recent visit to Memphis. Bolivar
has thus far escaped the disease.
The Brownsville Bee mentions
the death of Mrs. Nancy Vaughn,
near Johnson's Grove, Crockett
county, Feb. Goth, at an age nearly
approaching one hundred years, if
not quite.
The Bee mentions the death in
Brownsville, Feb. y, of Mrs. Wade,
WI 70 Of nnr ny
Wade. Mrs. Wade was the daugh-
ter of the late Claiborne II. Kin
nard, of Williamson county, and
leaves seven children.
Two men representing themselves
as saddlers, visited Toon's station
last week, and left there for Boil
var. a dispatch beat them to Boil
ivar charging them with theft, and
they were returned to Toon's Sta
ton for investigation.
Mr.. Jefferson Alexander, an old
and much esteemed citizen of Henry
county, recently while cleaning his
saw mill of dust with an ordinary
wooden rake, let the handle get too
much mixed with the saw, and il
was cut into three pieces, one of
which was thrown back, striking
him in the abdomen, inflicting a
mortal wound.
The Bolivar Bulletin says that
Harrison Polk, a colored man living
on the farm of L. p. Jones, mile
or two north of that place, disap-
peared on Monday night before
Christmas, and it was supposed that
he wandered from the road and per-
ished. His remains were found
last week in ditch, under heavy
log, and an examination proved that
he was beat to death with a club
The size of the log on his body
shows that there was more than one
person engaged in the work.
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NOm-Resident Notice.
In Chancery at jackson, Ten
neSsees


Il. W. Rhodes, q al. ". }. ". Martin, ct ais.
HHEREAS an original attachment
w bill has been nled IN the Chancery
Court OF Madison County, Tennessee, by
K. w. Rhodes and I hos. A. simmons
against l. w. Martin. l.. l.. Weatherly. G..
NJ. hetchum and j. II. Lanier, grounded
on affidavit Of cOmplainants showing that
defendants q. NJ kotchum, l.. l.. Wealth
erly and l. w. Martin are justly liable TO
complainauts IN damages for the breach OF
a contract, and That defendant hetchum Is
4 non resident, and that defendants ketch-
UNI. Weatherly and Martin have fraudu-
lently disposed Of their property and are
about 10 frauduiently dispose Of their pre-
perry, and whereas, writ OF attachment
returnable 10 the next term Of the Chan
Gerry Court Of Madison County Tennessee.
1t being returnable on the 4th Monday OF
April next, has been Issued IN the above
cause, and levied by the Sheriff OF said
county. on the property Of defendants,
ketchum, Martin and Weatherly. There
fore pursuant to order by me made as Clerk
& Master in said county. said defendants
hetcbum, Martin and " eatberly are here
by notified to appear at the Chancery Court
Of Madison County, Tennessee, by the
4th MONDAY OF APRIL, 1879,
it being the 2sth day Of the month, and put
in their defense 10 the bill filed in the above
cause, otherwise said cause viii be pro-
ceeded with EN Partc as 10 them. This fth
day Of March, 1873.
ID. NJ. WISDOM, {. Il NJ.
Bright 4 Blair, soils. marS-4t-
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The ~. Louis Times,

This old, long tried, trusty and
true paper-which has bravely
fought its way to the front rank OF
Western Journals,-still holds the
even tenor of its way, turning neither
10 the right hand nor to the left, to
make any point. We are in the dali
by receipt of it, aud we cannot well
see how we could get along without
it upon our exchange list. We re-
commend the Times to such of our
readers as want st. Louis paper,
1t is always full and complete in its
news and market reports.
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A Good Resolution.

In the State Senate, February
2Sth, Mr.. Leach introduced a reso.
luton directory to the Committee
on Public Printing to have publish.
ed four consecutive weeks in a week.
ly newspaper, one in Knoxville, one
in Nashville, and one in Jackson, al
the laws concerning the time Of
holding the different courts in the
State. Lies over.
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y The AcaZaneke saws this


The Senate of Tennessee, judging
from the manner in which it tabled
Senator McCalTs resolutions oppos-
ing the funding party, was fairly
won over to the funding party. The
House of Representatives, we take
for granted, IS not quite so far gone
as the Senate, on the road TO be car
petted with new bonds. There are
too many young men in the House
who are unwilling to retire from
public life, except of their own mo-
ton. Butthe funding party, if they
should succeed, viii lind new diff
culties in the way, the chief of
which will be how to provide mon
ey to pay out without taxing the
people of Tennessee twice as much
as did BrOwnlow's oppressive gov
eminent Perhaps the Democratic
leaders are preparing for change
of rulers; preparing TO obliterate
the Democratic majority on the
popular vote; preparing the minds
of the people TO take anything In
lieu of a Democratic majority. The
motion that all public honesty Is in
the possession of the Democratic
party has about exploded; and the
party itself NAV be carefully pro-
viding for explosion on the best
terms consisten with the preserva-
ton of individual interests.