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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
30 Flrhs--a sen..bIe EaI..r.

Some weeks since, BIr. VIM. Rule,
one Of the editors of the Knoxville
Chronicle, was in Memphis, and, as
is the custom of enterprising editors,
when anything Of interest trans
pircs, wrote home to his paper, and
in the course Of his letters, il seems
alluded to Mai. NJ. j. Wicks, late
President Of the Memphis and Char
lesion railroad, in no very compli-
mentary terms. The paper contain
ing his letter, by some means fell
into Maj. Wicks' hands, and, feeling
aggrieved by it, he opened a CORES
pondence with Mr.. Rule, III a spirit
which said very plainly, you must
either take il all back or fight. Mr..
Rceie in reply, said he did not state
what he had written upon his own
knowledge, but from hearsav Of par
ties he deemed reliable; that he had
no personal acquaintance with, or
knowledge Of Maj Wicks, and that
| there was no malice in the state
ment, and that the columns of his
paper were open to Maj. Wicks to
disprOvc tho allegations lf he could.
To this reasonable proposition Maj.
Wicks declined To agree, and wrote
| a note, W hich was enclosed, sealed to
Col. Lacy, Speaker of the Senate,
and by him delivered TO Mr.. Rule
in Nashville. In this note Major
| Wicks notified Mr.. Rule that he
would be at Dalton, Ga, on a given
day, and would be glad to see him
there, and discuss further the mat
ter between them. This, in plain
English, meant TO challenge Mr..
Rule to mortal combat at the bar
bsrous code of the duel. Mr.. RHle
while fully admitting editorial res
possibility, declined to meet Maj.
Wicks at the time and place desig-
mated, for the purpose of fighting a
| duel, while at the same time he
avows his purpose to pursue the
even tenor of his way, to go where
and when his business called him,
and if attacked to defend himself.
We honor Mr.. Rule for the moral
courage he exhibits in this matter,
and trust to see his moral heroism
more generally acted out by the
journalistic fraternity than it has
heretofore been.
We know nothing, and so far as
we are concerned, we care nothing
for the truth or falsity of the charges
alleged against Maj. Wicks. He
may be as innocent of them as we
are and we hope he is;-but the
mere act of fighting a duel never
yet proved anything, except that mel
often prefer to risk their lives in 6
so-called vindication of their char
acter, than to candid and fair vim
dication of them by an open demon
stratiOn before the world, of theiI
innocence of such charges.
1t is time for all sensible and chris
tian men to set the seal of theiI
reprobation upon the bloody anC
murderous code of duelling; and we
honor Mr.. VIM. Rule for his manly
and dignified resistance of this bar
barin code.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
An Attempted escape Fru..ra.sd.

Last Tuesday morning, while L.
l.. Kendrick, Deputy Sheriff, was
having the cells of the prisoners in
jail iere cleaned out, he had occa-
sion-as is custemary-to call upon
one o. them to assist him. On this
occasion he called to 10 Watson,
colond, who is in Jail on a charge
of malicious shooting into camp
near town last fall, to assist III the
work. 10 thought he saw an open
doOrto freedom, and attempted to
max, his exit by it, but his design
was frustrated by the steady aim of
Kenlrick, who is not only a good
officer, but a good shot, also. He
fired at the running man once, with
out effect, but the second shot took
effect. 1t was at first thought the
wound was mortal, the ball having
enered his back nearly opposite the
hart, but striking a rib, glanced
around, and lodged just under the
skin, a couple of inches below the
left nipple. DIR. Newton being
called and after examining the
wound pronounced it not mortal
Prisoners had better not attempt to
escape from The. Kendrick.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
Mortgages and Deeds of Trust in
Tennessee.

The following bill, introduced by
Mr.. Overton, of Shelby, has passed
both Houses of the Legislature:
Section l. Be it enacted, That no
Judge nor Chancellor shall grant
an Injunction to stay the sale of
real estate conveyed by deed of trust
or mortgage with q power Of sale
executed to secure the payment of
loaned money, unless the complain
ant give twenty days notice to the
trustee or mortgage of the time
when, place where, and Of the
Judge or Chancellor before whom
said application for injunction is to
be made, and no Judge nor Chancel-
lor shall act upon said application
unless the same is accompanied by
proof evidenced by the return of a
/ sheriff or constable or attorney, that
said notice has been served on said
/ trustee or MORTGAGE, or Is not to be
found in the county of his usual
! place of residence, OF is non-Fesi-
dent; provided, that in order that
| the complainant may have time to
give the required notice, the sale of
( the property so conveyed shall be
advertised at least thirty days, and
the sale shall be postponed until the
Judge or Chancellor acts upon the
application for injunction, and
makes his orders in the matter.
Sec. ,. That the parties APPLYING
for relief in the cases aforesaid shall
distinctly state how, when and to
whom the debt or any part of the
d9bt secured as aforesaid has been
paid or any circumstances of fraud
which vitiate the contract, and af-
ter the reading of the bill in the
hearing of the trustee or mortgage
if he choose to appear before the
Judge or Chancellor, the said trus-
tee or mortgage may have the right
to adjourn proceedings not more
than ten days, during which time
nc may file his answer before the
same Judge or Chancellor, and then
said Judge or Chancellor shall upon
said bill and answer, bear said cause
at Chambers as upon motion TO dis
solve the injunction, his decision
being authenticated by a written de-
cree, which decree, together with |
bill, answer and exhibits shall be in |
closed in a sealed envelope to the |
clerk of the court in which the bill /
is filed, said decree to constitute q /
part of the record in the cause, in /
conformity TO the terms of which /
said clerk may take bonds from /
either party, or execute any other /
order as adjudged in said decree.
See. ). That this act take effect J
from and after its passage, the pub
lie welfare requiring IL
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

TIE Speaker of the House of
Representatives is now the strong
est man in America. After the
Presidency, the Office OF Speaker OF
the House is the most important in
the country. In it a weak man
might EOt be powerful, but a strong
man is aIl-powerful, and Mr.. Blaine
is perhaps the strongest man at
Washington. If Mr.. Morton had
good health, il would probably be
nip and tuck between them, but. for
the long run, Blaine is the coming
man of the Republican party. He
is the one man whose name was con-
nected with Credit Mobilisr who
came .out of it unscathed. He Is
sure OF the succession. He is rich.
active, of good address and popular
manners, Young and ambitious. Our
back woods readers may as well oct
themselves familiar with him for
he will be the pivot about which
parties will evolve the next few
years Courier Jour.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
The Home Insurance Company
Of New York
Has Cash Assets to the amount of
:, $4,000. r. L.. LINDSEY,
Agent, at O'COnnor's Store.
Important Measures Before the
Legislature.

From the Nashville Banner
An effort is being made TO remove
q certain difficulty in the way of i'm
migration and the development of
the State, that is not a small one
The boundaries and titles to many
of the lands of the State, and espe-
mineral lands, have always been I'M
certain. The Board of Trade of
Chattanooga took the first active
measures in regard to this subject.
Il is to be hoped that similar organ
iZatiOns will continue to agitate this
and other subjects of general inter
est. In this way important matters
will become better understood, and
the necessary legislation more read
lily secured. Mr.. Snyder, of Hamil-
ton, has introduced the following
House joint resolution on the sub
ject:
WHEREAS, On account of the con.
fusion of boundaries and tue con.
fiict Of titles in that portion of the
State not heretofore laid off bv law
into districts, ranges, townships
and sections, the State is annually
losing considerable amount of rev.
enue, and much OF the land is IN,
occupied and undeveloped; there
fore,
BE IL resOlred by tie General As
sembty Of the State Of Tennessee
That the Governor be, and he il
hereby authorized and directed Il
appoint from each Of the grand di
visions of the State, one attorney
at-law, TO constitute q commission
whose duty IL shall be to draft anC
report TO the next session of tn
General Assembly, such bill or bill
as may be necessary to cause sucl
parts of this State as have not beer
heretofore laid off, to be surveye,
and laid of into districts, range
and sections, and as viii compel eacl
claimant of title to any part of sal,
land, to set up the same, to the en-
that the titles may be vested in sue
as are or may be entitled by law.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
The Torbett NewI,,ue.


The Nashville Banner of tie 18th
says:
Whether the new issue" move
ment is a movement of the shorts"
on Tennessee bonds, as well as the
holders of the "new issue" is OF
course only problematical. Locally,
there are three different classes OF
persons interested in the discussion,
viz: the holders of the "new issue;"
creditors and depositors of the old
bank of Tennessee; and tax payers,
who may or may not come out To-
sers some two or three million of
dollars. Atpresent, the indications
certainly are not favorable to the
holders of the ''new ISSUE" nor are
the friends of the proposed funding
scheme, we believe, in a clear ma
jority in the General Assembly
Meanwhile developments are watch
editor with intense interest.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

On Tuesday next, March the 4th,
Gen. Grant will be inauguratcd for
his second term as President Of the
United States. We gather from the
papers North, which take an inter
est in such things, that the pageant
will be the most imposing the City
Of Washington, and the assembled
wisdom of the country has ever
witnessed. We hope amid all the
splendors of the occasion that Pres
ident Grant and those by whom he
will surround himself az advisers,
will remember the welfare and pros
perity of the country, which have
been committed to their keeping,
and will devise wise measures for
the prosperity of the people and the
perpetuity of our free institutions.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
SHADOWS.

Under this title the Courier-J Jour-
nal, of the 21st of February, has a
long philosophical authorization
in part in vein of badinage, but
underlying it is a spirit of philoso-
ply and-shall we say it?-of proph-
esy, which we and many of our
readers will live to witness. We
have not room for the entire article,
but we will not restrain our inclina-
ton to make reom for the following
extracts from 1t:
Party lines hang at this moment
loosely on all men. There is but
one party at Washington-and that
is the Grant party, the party of the
administration. But within this
great revolving wheel of power
there are lesser wheels; there is the
Morton wheel; there is the Blaine
wheel; and there is always dangsr of
combustion where there are wheels
within a wheel. This combustion
may he the ruin, as it is the hope, of
Republican government.
The coming man of the Republi-
can is party the present Speaker of
the House of Representatives. Mr..
Blaine As not an ADLER man than Mr..
Morton, bat he is stronger, a health
Ter and younger man, and, withal,
not inferior to Mr.. Morton in politi-
cal vigor, tact, ambition and knowl-
edge. Gen. Grant, on the other
hand, means business. He means a
third term. He means a union with
that element which is most likely to
elect him, Democrats, Confederates,
what not, any class which may be
relied on; and he controls Sherman,
the army, the navy, andy 1876
may control the telegraph. That
bodies a revolution ana a possible, a
probable empire; and the question
for the South to begin to consider
is whether we shall go in with
Grant first, for San Domingo second,
for postal telegraphy third, for a
foreign war four years hence, and
thence and through these agencies
to inaugurate a gigantic usurpation
by which we shall be placed in an
empire on ground which we can
never hope to occupy so long as the
old-line Republican system, admin
istcred by the present race of Radi-
cal politicians, holds its own on our
continent?
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
OUR ROAD SYSTEM.


From all quarters Of the land we
hear a cry for reform in our system
of road working. AS at present in
practice it is a nuisance, pest, a
curse. The ove-seer is required to
quit his business and give every
man written or verbal notice OF the
time and place of working. If the
day is fair, probably some of the
hands warned in, make a late APP
pearance with, probably, a wedding
hoe, a pick, or weak handled
shovel, and works as if he had an
age to do the work which ought to
be done in a day.
The truth about this matter is
that the whole system now in vogue
is wrong, and without a single re-
deeming feature. 1t would be far
better for the Legislature to pass a
law requiring that tax be levied
for road purposes, and authorizing
County Courts, in their wise dis
erection, to increase or diminish the
tax, according to circumstances and
the exigencies of the times.
1t would not be bad plan for the
County Court to employ SEINE COM
petent Civil Engineer to make a
survey of the leading roads of the
county and make a map of all of
them, and indicate where bridges
were necessary, then levy the tax to
meet the requirements of the sur
vey. A tax of few thousand dol
lars, judiciously expended by con-
tractors upon roads-men who
could afford to prepare for such
work and could do it much better
and at much less cost than it Is now
done-would effect a saving of a
vast amount of time, patience and
profanity.
There is not a road leading into
Jackson-nor, for that matter, any
other town in West Tennessee
which has not been well nigh i'm
passable for the last thirty days
They are not half worked, and yet
under the present miserable mode
of road working, cost as much, nay
more, than would we'll drained
well worked roads under system
of taxation, and letting the worl
out to be done by the lowest re
sponsible bidders.
The roads in West Tennessee arr
simply a disgrace to the age il
which they are suffered to exist
and it would be about as we'll to re
peal all laws for working roads a
to let the present sham and humbuI
system remain in force.
The true remedy for the evil com
planned of is for the County COur
to be authorized to levy Road Tax
then have that tax faithfully col
lected, and then, instead of sum
moning men to work on the road
who only so to save a fine and hav,
a frolic-let the work of rcpairin:
the road to men who, when they &,
there, know they are hired to do
days work every day they are there
Such men viii prepare themselve
for the business and will do tn
work in the manner specified in tn,
| contract
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

c. The Knoxville Chronicle says
this, and it is good enough and true
enough to be said by anybody:
We beg to remind the Legislature
that the days are passing swiftly
and that the time when they will
find the pressure for adjournment
strong, is near at hand. Meantime,
we have no school law ; no road
law; no law for equalizing assess
ments; and no provision for in
creasing our revenues, or protect
ing the credit of our State. Ifsome
efforts were made to cut down the
expenses of our miserable grand
Jury system and spite criminal
prosecutions; if some law were
passed 10 let the burdens of taxation
fall on the millions of dollars worth
of property that now escapes taxa
ton by our partial and corrupting
system of assessments, we would
have some money in the State
Treasury to discharge our obliga-
tions to creditors. We want TO 20
just as far towards making good our
written promises to bona fde cred
itors as we possibly can in justice to
our tax payers and without embar-
RAISING the machinery of Govern
ment. 1t has always been our poll
CIV TO cut down expenses, increase
revenues and pay OFF our debt as
fast as we can. A mau in debt
should live economically and deal
justly with his creditors. a State
ought TO do the same.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
Good Platform Timber.

The Springfield (Massachusetts)
Republican has already commenced
to hew out timber for the political
platforms ofthe year. Itproposes the
following as few '.planks," which
gentlemen taking contracts would
do well 10 examine before looking
further for material. The planks
look eminently sound, and worthy
of adoption for general use. Here
they are:
/. No more subsidies, in any shape,
on any pretext, or under any cir
cumstances, whatever.
ii. No mere perQuisites, either
TO President, Congressman, Gus
tOm-house officer, or any other
public servant, in national, State,
or municipal employment. A clean
sweep of allowances, fees, moieties
and the like demoraliZIng methods
of indirect payment. Reasonable
wages for the work done, and there
an end.
III No more great government
jobs for the further corrupting of
] 9
and the enriching of the lobby, no
| San Domingo annexation, no pos
tai telegraphy, no government-canal
building. A general shutting down,
both at the Federal and State CAPT
tails, on special legislation of al
kinds.
". A prompt return to, and sub
sequent sedulous minding of, its
own business, on the part of the
General Government; leaving
States, municipalities and private
citizens TO mind theirs. Fair PLAY
for natural laws in trade, commercl
and natural development. A fina
end Of the "paternaP nonsense, anC
a revival of the old fashioned Ameri
can notions about the relativ,
spheres and duties of the indiviau
al, the neighborhood, the State, ant
the central representative authori
! ty.
V. No more quartering of use
ful politicians, under pretext ofpub
lie employment, upon the tax payer;
A civil service reform that mean
business, and accomplishes it.
: VI The rigid application to eve
| ry candidate for once Of the Jeffel
sonian tests-honesty, capacity, fide
ity to the Constitution. A tard
perception of the fact that politics
/ 'Esoundness" is perfectly compatibl
, with the most advanced stage {
| moral rottenness, and that, to col
: done the one for the sake of the oil
S err, isn't on the whole q paving OF
= GRAFTON.
S VII. Universal amnesty.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

Mr. Turner. representative rem
Lawrence and Wayne, has-1htrOduc-
ed bill to prevent citizens OF other
counties from hunting in those ooun-
ties. Many citizens of Maury coun-
ty go as regularly as the seasons re-
eur, to Wayne and Lawrence, ana
camp for weeks, and kill a great
deal of game.
The Union City Courier thinks
tue wheat crop Of ObiOn county has
| been seriously injured by the Sc
we're weather of the winter. Let
us hope the genial rays Of the sun,
and the mild weather soon to be ex-
perienced, will atone for much OF
the apparent injury now so much
complained OF.
The Trenton Gazette says two
/ hundred East Tenn-ssceans have
! recently been brought IN Gibson
county as field hands, and they re-
ceivc twelve dollars per month and
/ board, or seventeen dollars where
they board themselves. They have
thus far given satisfaction.
Bird Fitzgerald, whom the writer
OF TINS hOtlce mas kHONh anu hois-
ored for nearly half century-died
at his home, seven miles South oil
Franklin, Williamson county, Feb.
ruary 18th, aged 40 years. He was
one o. the truest men that ever
lived.
The Bolivar Bulletin records the
death Of Mr.. VIM Buckncr. OF that
| place. who was found dead ia hi'
bed last Saturday week. lie had
/ been seen on the streets few days
before. Ills wife and children were
from home, aud he died alone. lie
was buried by the county.
A white man or two in McMi1
county, backed by about a dozeI
colorcd men, have petitioned the
| legislature TO remove the restric
tiOns which forbid the intermarry
ing Of white and colored people,
The legislature will receive all suel
petitions, because the right Of peti
ton is inherent in every freeman; blu
of course, they will never grant s0ci
petition.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
ConstItutIonaI Convention.

A correspondent Of the Nashville
Banner protests against what he
styles the needless extravaganza Of
q Constitutional Convention. If the
Constitution needs amending, he
wishes the Legislature to propose
the needed amendments and submit
them to the people, who shall vote
on them and refer them back 10 a
subsequent Legislature for ratifca-
ton"
We take il that the Banners cor
respondent is more than half right.
II we must have more Constitution.
al tinkering, for which we can con.
ceive of no immediate or pressing
necessity, let Us hope his suggestion
will be needed and adopted. The
work Of amending, however, nigh
very appropriately be RENTED Il
the experience and wisdom of tn,
next decade.-AthcHS Post.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
Nonresident Notice.
In the Chancery Court of AIadi-
son County, Tennessee.

c. 4. and W. A. still. Exrs. ". John L.
Lancaster. a al.
7 appearing from tbe bill. which Is sworn
u 10 in this cause. that the defendants
Jehn Phelps. A. A. Vat =. Lueius Hopkins.
Amos T.. Dwight and Edwin l. TrOw-
bridge. are ROn-rteidcnts Of the State OF
Tennessee.
IT. therefore ordered by the Clerk & Mas
ter, that they make their appearance here
in, NJ the next term af the Chancery Cour
OF Madison County. Tennessee. 70 be bel
AZ Jackson. on the fourth Monday in Apr
1873. ana plead, answer or demur 10 cont
plain3nt's bill, or the snme will be take.
for confessed a. 10 thrm. and set Tor bear
ing ex- parte- And that copy Of this or
der De published four successive weeks II
the Jackson "whig and Tribune" Thu
February, EAST, iS5j.
u. NJ. WISDOM. &. a NJ.
Campbell a McCOrry. sols. Tor Compile
mari-iW.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
In the CIancery Court of Madi-
son County, Tennessee.

J. ". Campbell. Eobt. I. Chester. John >.
Miller. John l.. II. Tomlin, A. w. Camp
bell. J.. Y. Keith. Il. r. Hurt. A. ;. Sayle,
Don Cameron. John A. Greer and u. ;.
Neely-EN-parte petition.
WHEREAS, The above named parties
have this day fled their petition IN the
Chancery Court of Madison County. Ten
nessee- praying that Letters OF Incorpora-
ton be granted them by ssid Court FOR the
.Presby terrain Female College" Of Jackson.
Tennessee, an Institution established for
the encouragement and promotion Of fe-
male education. All persons are hereby
notified Of the iling Of said petition. amt
70 appear at the next term OF said Chan
Gerry Court, 70 he hell a Jackson. TenneS-
sec. on the fourth Monday in April, 1875.
and show cause, 4 any they have. why
Letters OF Incorporation should not issue
IL l. further ordered that this notice be
published four successive weeks in the
Jackso 'Wbi= and Tribune" This Feb
TuaTy. 3i>t, Issi
-. ". WISDOM. &. An.
4. A. Blair. sol. for Petitioners.
IL