Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-11
NASHVILLE.
The POItsfca1 CrOss-Gre COntest-I Ia hu-
son. savage and BrOwn-GOOd AC-
counts from POFfer-CeI. Hyers's
speech ~ Columbia.

From our Speciaf Correspondent
NASHVILLE, TERN., October S. he
Z shebypilie attracts considerable attention on
account OF iis attack on the Jsif01i and dsteff-
senatorial contest X waxing warm among The
aspirants but it should not be permitted 10
divide and district the Democratic party. II
a majority Of tno Democrats in Tennessee
prefer Mr johnson, Jet him be elected; but IL
they do not, Mr. johnson should be content 20
remain In private lie. A very large majority
not intend 10 permit this question 70 render
the party powerless. colonel john h. saw
age, su sspirarr for the senate, left here to-
day with Johnson TO speak % Lebanon to-
morrow. Whether johnson viii divide ume
with savage is considered questionable. saw
age goes upon his own responsibility, without
consulting any Que. The address or the Dem
ocratlc executive committee OF the Stale on
financial questions shows where the re@ponsi.
bility is for our state debt. Mr.. Maynard viii
nnd 80 difficult 70 meet tne hgul rs produced
by the committee rom the reports OF heirown
officials IL is understood that Governor
Brown viii reply, at Waveriy tomorrow. 10
Ez-President JOnnson's personal attack upon
him a Shelbyville and Hurfraasboro. What
the character # The reply will be no one
ne or larsn, In almost every county IN this
part OF the stale Democratic candidates have
been regularly nominated, and in nearly sv-
FRY instance tuey viii be elected On he SEN
3torial question they generally take the ugsi-
ion that they viii support the best man Ihey
can get, without committing themselves 10 ]
sound position. Any other would result IN |
.belr defeat lt was my good foItune the 1
lther day IN columbia, 20 hear one OF tue 1
iplesJ polltlcAl speecheS OF the canvass, MADE L
1y Colonel l.. L. Myers, prominent LAWYER I
n that place, who gene ally takes very little ]
: terest ln politics. IL Was scatniug review .
u Naycaruls 3 WGole record. and an able dis
ectlOn OF The civil rights bill, and also a COM
liet and triumphant defense of the STATE
Democratic rolicy since 1870 Colonel Myers .
= not only leausng lawyer, but q large land
d proprietor 10 the county, and when he
vowed his willingness to pay sufficient taxes
. preserse unlarnished The honor and credit
Y the state, 10 met with unqualifiel approval.
1e has consented, in connection with Colo
lels ohm v, Wrtght, A. n. LoOneg, and some
'therS' To attend masS-meetiugs OF the De
nncIdc1 Ia several ADJOINING counties. 10 Is /
Understood ihat the state Democratic COM
nlttee villa soon make arrangements for DEM
lcrat mass-fneetiugs in most Of
tennessee, In Order % get out
he fuu strength Of the Democratic arrd Con
ervauye party and thereby secure an over
y1elIulng victory ia NOVem Der. QuittlT K
low The field OF p0liIcs- I Will give you some
% interesting aggrir ltufal Items got in Maury ]
3 ajor Akin informed me that by the use OF
np nprnved implements Of husbsndry ne could
nd did cultivate forty acres IN corn and eight
cres ~ cotton 20 the hand, and made fine
rops He said that th's year il was very dry
2 hls nelghDorhOC' 3, and that while his neigh
.Ors, who had as good land as he FAD and
quallY as good seasons, were only mRking
tn bushels OF corn 70 the acre, he was max
he fill WIS the cause OF the difference In his
avoT. de said further that our farmers
eaded more mules and horses, and fewer
ands. Mr.. LLOYD Cecil, IN Maury county, on
ne hundred and hfiy acres OF land, raises
ne hundred and twenty mules and seventy
We hogs. This is good farming VIII we
ever learn that a lev acres well cul-
walled viii rrO fuce more than many acres
adly cultIystenH All the accounts from Hast
ennessee in regard 90 the gubernatorial can
ass are most favorable 70 Por er. He has sur
asssd the expectations OF his friends, aud
cry much disappointed the Radicals. think
hey are sick OF Maynard. In his attacks
DOE The funding and assessment bills ne iH
neuclng many OF them who voted for both
ae~e measures, and when he accused Free [
ian Of lobbying for the funding-hill as a
iVyer, he made a direct attack upon his own /
arty, VINO sustained Freeman In 1872 a. an I
1yocate OF fupding. Right or wrong, fund ]
lg has been the Radical policy in this State. I
he Radicals IN Maury have nominated a
indicats for the senate VINO last summer J
rOte letters in the HeTu q in favor OF the in
rill flTrlage OF the races, or rather, against :
le Jaw iOrblddlng il. This sane man, James,
. Gre CORY IN 1861, assisted In hanging negro
r burning a barn. This Is hadicalisn.