Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-01-12

which took place between the two par
/ ties before they resorted to firearms, We
/ are not informed. Both parties are do
/ ing well, their wounds being not OF
serious nature. They were both in the
city yesterday, we are Informed, ana
/ had their wounds dressed.
DEATH or JUDGE ELIJAH WALLER.
J From uie jackson Tenn Wing and Tribune
Judge Elijah Walker, one of the most
upright and conscientious judges Ten
uessee ever had, died at his home, Sa-
vannab, Hardin county, at four O'Clock
on The morning Of the thirty-flrst OF
/ December. 1873, aged, we suppose, about
seventy wears. Judge Walker has been
one of the circuit judges of this State,
with only such interregnums as best
gIited his wishes, for more than thirty
wears. being first elected by the legisls-
/ lure. and afterwsrd by the people; and
/ ii is worthy of remark that whenever
al ,iie', Walker signified his willingness
to serve the people, he never had any
opposition. So perfect was the conf
dence of the people who knew him, in
his integrity and ability, that implicit
reliance was always reposed in any
statement he would make. He came
within very few votes of being nOmi-
mattel as one of the present su-
preme court judges, and would
have received the nomination
had he not prevented his
friends from using his name in that con-
nection. Elijah Walker never held any
political position-nOt because he could
not-for there was no office in the gift of
the people he was not qualified to fill
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active participation in the political
struggles of the times. In he days of
Wbiggery he was Whig, without fear
and without reproaeh. When the war
came on he was q true and tried Union
man, yet he was never a prosecutor of
those who differed with him in opinion
He was one Of natures noblemen; and
all the gods seemed to have set their sig
natures to the fact that ne was "a man. -
Judge Walker leaves a wife, but no
children. He was a prudent, econOmi-
cal man in his mode Of life, and leaves p
very handsome estate behind him.
Peace to his ashes.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.
From the Knoxville CTenn.) Chronicle.
Mr.. J. X. Love, the hero of MaDgum's
capture, is now engaged in getting up
history of Mangum's life, to be printed
in pamphlet form, and to that end is
carving on an extensive correspond
ence with different parties. So far, he
has learned that MRngum comes from
good parentage, he being a nephew of
Honorable w. 2. Mangum, OF North
Carolina, vino was a member of congress
cotemporary with Clay, Calhoun and
other distinguished men, and was q
man of considerable mental power. He
has long since passed off the stage of
action. The prisoner was born in GeOT-
gia, and is the son of George d. Man
gum, a respectable citizen of that State,
and the youngest brother of the late
Honorable w. =. Mangum. The pris-
oner has married sister at Chattanooga,
who is said TO be very shrewd woman.
Other facts concerning his history are
being gathered, which. when printed in
pamphlet form will make very interest
ing reading, and Mr. Love will, doubt
less, as he deserves, realize some money
out of the matter.
SETTLEMENT WANTED.
Governor Brown, of this State, was
before the house Judiciary committee at
Washington a few days since, and made
an argument relative 10 bill author
izing the quartermaster-geneTal to settle
with the State of Tennessee for bonds
held by the United States for property
and railway material seized from the
Edgefield and Kentucky, and the Mem
phis, Clarks vile and Louisville railroad
companies.
A REMARKABLE TRIAL.
From the Chattanooga Tenn. Times.l
Colonel c. 0. Whitney, assistant su-
perintendent Alabama and ChattanOO-
ga railroad, was tried, day before yester-
day, by the superior court of Dade
county, upon an indictment for ''Taising
a rot or something similar, aud fined
seventy-five dollars and costs. The
facts, as we learn them, are that Mr..
Whitney went down to D2de county af-
ter the appointment of Messrs. Rice and
HaralsOn, as receivers, by Judge Brad
ley, to take possession Of the road and
rOlling-stOck. The only excitement to
riot of which the evidence showed him
to be guilty, was walking into the tele-
graph Office and sending a dispatch to
Chattanooga stating the situation, but
the independent jurors of the county of
Dade seem to have concluded that rs
Mr.. Whitney was "a id Yankee" and
had been a Stanton man, he must he
guilty of something, on general princi-
piles, and they fined him accordingly.
At least, this is the explanation of this
extraordinary verdict given US by gen.
tlemsn who was a Confederate soldier.
OF course, the case was appealed.
ELECTION AT JACKSON.
From the Vicksburg (MisS. Times.
At the election held in Jackson on
Monday last, the following officers were
chosen: For mayOr-John McGill; for
marshal-Charles Morgan; for alder
men-C. B. Smith, Thomas Anderson,
Douglas Ward, Charles Williams, w.
q. Lowd and Milton Stamps; for school
trustees-J. Tarbell, Joseph Patton, J.
L. Power, Benjamin Williams, A.
Washington and John A. Galbreath.
CONTRAST.
The full vote in Mississippi for gov
ernor Mt the November election from
every county except POntOtocl fOOt5 up
thus:
AlcOrn, independent
Radical majority 80
GOVERNOR, 1859.
AlcOrn,
Dent ,Os'
Radical maj iOritY. s
THIEVES AND BTRGLARS.