Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-06
The Appropriation Bill Before the
Legislature-The Difference Be-
tween TWeedledam and
TEeedledee Illus
tr8ted.
Railroad Passenger and Freight Traffic
Net to be Interfered with
Dangerous Mutation OF
Congressional Man
ners-Ete.


tle committee nelu 3 meeting 10 Oetef-
mine what charges could be dismissed,
and what they should require Judge
Shaekelford to answer. give you be-
low the committees letter to Judge
Shackelford's counsel. The evidence so
far is positive that, in 1877, Shackel-
ford registered ia Madison county,
out Of his district; and that more than
year after his appointment to the judg-
ship, he proposed to the chairman of the
Democratic executive committee to run
in opposition to Warner, for the State
senate, from the same county. This is
the rock upon which his chances for ac-
quittaI viii probably split. The charge
specified below as the third, is based
upon his treatment Of Ex-Governor
Charles Clark, an attorney practising in
his court. The letter reads:
JOINT COMMITTEE ROOM
JACKSON, March 5, lS74- !
Judge Charles C Shackelford:
SRI am instructed TO inform you that all
charges against yOn have been dismissed by
the com mII.ee but the following:
FIrst-ThaJ Judge Charles c. shackleford is
nos a bona 7tie resident OF the eleventh judi
ciaI district, as required by law.
Secoud-lhat he has been guilty of ridi-
cuIing the supreme court from MS bench IN
ThirdIThat he has been guilty OF great
naTshness and tyranny toward witnesses and
mem bers of the bar Of his district.
Fourth-That ne permitted an Indictment
Tor murder 20 be dismissed upon The state
lnent OF the defendant.
Fifth-That ne has violated section 225 of
the revised code Of ISL.
By oIder Of the joint committee OF investi-
cation. K. q. AN En- L, CLefk.
I, . T,,11 g. 60 a
the witnesses for the defense not having
vet been called.
IN THE LEGISLATURE
little has been done, yesterday or to-day.
To-day the senate has been engaged up
on the general appropriation bill, and
without final action at the hour of adj
Tournment. Headed by Senator bur
long, of Warren, there is a hard fight to
shave the appropriation down. Last
wear the appropriation for public print
ing was seventy-five thousand dollars;
il will not be more than forty thousand
this year; one hundred thousand dol
lars VIII be given for legislative expen-
ses, and two hundred thousand dollars
for judiciary. To show the spirit Of the
hOuse,I may mention the pUrport Of two
bills passed that
yIRTUOUs BODY
To-day one reduces the salaries of cir
cult Judges to twenty-five hundred dol
lars a wear: of chaneellOrs to two thou
sand dollars, and of district attorneys to
eighteen hundred dollars. The other
fixes the paw Of members of the legisla-
ture at five hundred dollars year, with
mileage at the rate Of twenty cents
mile. OF the first bill q member very
snpropristely moved that its title be
made to read "an act to create
an inefficient judiciary" though
upon second thought, don't know that
the member was cOTrect-the salaries are
certainly too small for such officers as we
oHght to have, but too much for those we
10 bsve. The second bill actually in
creases the compensation Of these learn
ed lawmakers. The present session
dating the adjournment at April lst-
will b1, seventy days long, long enough /
session in all conscience, even too long
by halt At seven dollars day, the |
r,Tesanf pay, q member viii receive four |
hundred and ninety dollars, and he re-
eeiyes now ten cents a mile mileage. !
Sven q c. French, he Of Pearl river 1
navigation and railroad subsidy fame 1
even he V Is so much disgusted with |
this bin that he resigned the chairman /
ship OF the G 7mmittee on retrenchment /
and reform, il which committee the bill /
originated.
THE RAIL. Road COMMITTEES
of both houses v i'll report unfayorably
upon the bill to e. maximum rate of
fares on railroads. They say
that To reduce pass niger fares will cause
the roads 70 increase their freight tariffs,
and that as people fro % abroad general
Iv do the most travelling and home peo-
Die pay freight bills, i would be legis-
iating against home interests; so those
persons who were expecting to rush
around the State at a cC st OF twO-ano-a-
half cents q mile had as well unp2ck
their callsr-boXes and hang-up at home
a while longer
A STREET FRACAs
to-day between two cOlored
members Of the hOuse-ThOnpson, Of
LOWndes, and Landers. They voted
differently upon the bill fixing the sala-
ries Of Judges and district attorneys, and
after adjournment, when passing from
the capitol, and just in front Of Hinckle's
saloon, on State street, Landers inti-
mated to Thompson that che was no
gentleman. anyway" when Thompson
went for him in q way that was not
very lamblike. Acknowledgement Har-
yis rushed 10 to separate them, and re-
ceiVed a blow on the head which sent
him some ten feet, into the gutter. Lam
ders then drew his artillery, and Thomp-
son picked up little Senator Gray and
held him as a shield between himself
and the threatening gun. By this time
3oth of the belligerents were seized by
their friends, and, much to the disgust
VI a number Of capital gd7ntlis, no
body was hurt. oLIN VICTOR.
The freight agents of the Union Pa
SEC and Central Pacific roads, and of
H. Chicago roads, have finally agreed
non a basis Of charging freights. The
cbsroes for freight to San Francisco be-
i1, divided among the companies ia
to the length of the line, the
new tariff between Chicago and san
Francisco was fixed so that its rates are
much lower than those OF previous
schedules. as the combination state That
they are determined, If possible, TO gel
the business Of the Pacific Mail steah-
,h'o company.
I, tho district court at Yankton, Da-
.ofa Terri tory, yesterday, the case OF +.
p Winfernn ute, indicted for the murder
# General AIcCook, was called on tAe
notion of the pi iosecUtng attorneys i3r
] aoHe pro8egai, which was granted py
lis honor, Judge shannon on the
ground that the action OF the FORMER |
grand jury was illegal, and that the de.
fendant was not present at the tlnae "
the jury. The prisoner was
remanded into the hands of the sheriff
The Trenton Ne1Os- Gazette learns that
yearly all the grading on the I. O. rail-
road between Milan aud Huntington
is nearly completed, and that heavy
force is pushing the road to speedy
between these points. THE
9 quite encouraging for Trenton.