Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-26

! SCHOOLS of the State. Is now in progress
and making rspid advancement. The
buildings have been put in thorough re-
( pair, aud there are none better in the
south. They compare favOrably with
/ those of eastern colleges. The next
/ term begins on the fifth of January.
! The university is an honor to the State,
aud il will continue 10 be so as long as
! the present management retains the
! reins of government,
DESPERATE ARRAY.
I From ihe scoobs East Mississippian
On Saturday last terrible fight oc-
Cured at Richardson's schOOlhOuse, in
/ Northwest beat, growing out of a trial
which took piece in Justice Jones S
court on that day to decide the owner
ship Of an old-.ashioned gold button,
worth about two doilars and half The
| following are the particulars as detailed
! TO Us by an eye witness: Some time ago
| Mr.. Wm. Fulton lost q gold button by
theft, which be thought he recognized
lately in the possession Of VIII Reid, a
negro. Mr.. Fulton, Or his sons, took
Reid aside and told him the button be-
logged to them, and asked him where he
got It. Reid replied that be bought it in
/ jackson. The Fultons got possession
OF the button st that time. and Reid
/ brought suit in Justice JOnes's court for
| its recovery. On Saturday the case was
/ tried and the jury awardt d the button
/ to Reid. Immediately after the trial
the Fultons, and several Others, attack
I ed Reid with sticks and clubs. and a
! general melee ensued in which a white
man, named Hutton, was severely
wounded by q negro, and Reid was Sc
veTely beaten by the white men. While
/ the fight was in process, a son of VIII.
Reid was pursued into the woods by
young William FultIn and shot in the
back. The ball entered near the back
/ bone, in the region of the kidneys, and
/ he fell dangerously wounded, the ball
I having passed entirely through his
( body. Young Fulton escaped through
the woods, and M to this time has not
! bsen arrested.
/ B0NDSMEN ASKING To BE RELEASED.
From the Columbus ,MISs.) Press
As an evidence Of the fact that the
| people are apprehensive as 10 what will
( be the result Of Governor Powers 5
! course, We notice that the bOndsmen OF
/ G.. w. Van Hook have been released
from acting as his bOndsmen any longer
| than January 5th. No one can blame
these gentlemen, or those upon the
/ bonds Of other county officers, should
/ they do the same, while il is remem-
/ bered that, should any Of the present
1 officers hold over, they viii be liable in
| damages to the parties righttully entitled
I to the offices by virtue of the election OF
1 November 4th. 1t is hardly fair that
/ Judge Van Hook, who hss SO zeRlOusly
N Ia
/ proceedings, should be the first TO suffer.
AMEs VS.. POWERS.
( From the jackson Miss Pilot
According to the Chickasaw NesSel-
ger, which is good authority on the
subject, "The militia Of Chicksaw county
will do no such thing as aid in inaugu-
rating Ames, unless, after q decision Of
the supreme court ia his TdUOr, an al
tempt should be made to prevent his
discharCing the duties of the office to
which lie will then be entitled. The
militia of Chickasaw county is com
posed of law-abiding men, who propose,
50 far as able, tc see that the law is OBJ
served and enforced. ard that the de-
crees of our courts shall be respected and
obeyedn And this Is just exactly what
the people Of Mississippi always be-
lieved Of Chickasaw, barring and eX-
cepting q few officiOus intermeddlers,
such as are found in every county
in this and other States, who
would advocate anything, however bad,
/ if il could only disturb the peaceful ele-
ments, cause the political cauldron to
"bOil and bubble and thus bring them
once more TO the surface, with other re-
fuse matter. There viii be no necessity
fOr the employment Of force in the in
auguration Of General Ames and the
officers elected by over twenty thousand
majority, when the day arrives for them
To occupy their seats. The courts, the
/ Legislature aud the ballots of the citizens
Of a free State, constituting part and
PORTION of the republic of the United
/ States of America, form an irresistible
( power, against which simply the Funy
will of one puny mSn-hOwever exalted
/ his station-cau never prevail. 1t were
easier 10 'dsm the Mississippi with bull
Tushes. in the words of Patrick Henry,
than to prevent the Inauguration Of the
/ legslly-elected officers, when the hour
comes for their Inauguration.
DIABOLICAL ASSASSINATION.
From the Enterprise CNfiss.) Courier.l
Our community was literally shocked
on Tuesday night and very early We'd
nesday morning by the intelligence,
which rapidly spread, that Mr.. NJ. Y.
Schumacher had met his death at the
hands of a negro assassin, generally
known as Henry Patrick. The circum
stauces OF the diabOlical act were, brief
/ ly, as follows: Patrick had leased land
I from Mr.. Schumacher, and through his
shiftlessness had failed TO realize money
sufficient to pay the rental. Mr.. Schu-
macker theTeupon levied upon some
other effects, sufficient to meet the de-
! fcit. At this Patrick became so enraced
I that he determined to take the life of
/ Mr.. Schumacher. He was not long
iu perfecting his plans, and then
/ io committing the deed which, for
| bloodthirstiuess, scarcely has parallel
| in the annals Of crime. Mr.. Schumack-
/ er resided on the west SIDE of the river,
opposite the late residence of DIR. Oil
phant. Concealed in a small thicket,
and by the increasing darkness, Patrick
I lay in wait for his victim, as il was GER
[ tain he w0u'3 p's~ ''7t way. About
seven o'CiDcH he cs.nr, ..t. while with
/ in ten feet, q aPii,..rGL IIUm the death
( bed testimony of the murdered man, the
secreted villain discharged a load of
I buckshot Immediately in his victim s
| face. The wounded man, though nigh
unto death, succeeded in making his
way to his home, about one quarter Of a
mile distant, when Or. George was
/ hastily summoned; but on arriving he
I found his patient beyond all hope, and
suffering the EXTREMIST agony. From
/ the nature OF the wound, il was ol
course impossible for Mr.. Schu-
macker 10 speak, but his dying testi-
mOny, as ELECTED from questions pro-
pounded by DR.. George, was TO the ef.
/ feet that Patrick had shot him twice, one
/ load passing over him, but the next ts k
/ ing effect as described. Mr.. Schumacher
retained his consciousness 10 the last,
[ having survived about five hours. His
remains were inferred On THURSDAY
morning. Thus passed from earth 3
singularly devoted husband and father
a good and laboriOus citizen. He leaves
an invalid wife, who will scarcely sur
vive the shock. The Indignation of oul
people, upon learning the news of the
/ bloody assassination, knew no bounds.
/ a sherifl7s posse was sent in search OF
/ the murderer, but did not succeed in
catching him. 1t is believed, however.
| that he will do no more harm at present.
The sea serpent has again been heard
of, but the news Of bis appearance reach
es US in a rather roundabout fashion.
/ The London Tines has it from a Mr..
Francis, Of Twickenham; Mr.. Francis
hss it foOm DIR. Maynard, Of the same
place; DR.. Maynard has 1t from "Mr
I Joass, Of Golspie,n q gentleman mot
at all likely to be misled;n and Mr..
1 Joass has it direct from the serpent him
self, having seen the creature swimming
about in the sea. In strict accuracy,
this new curiosity must not be called Il
/ serpent. He is 'saurian allied TO the
plesiosaurus." The new name will do
Just as well, or better; in fact, the "sea
saurian" win make quite AN agreeable
change. Ee is supposed to feed like
the cestraction Of the Australian seas.
with teeth of oolitic type, on terebratuls