Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-05

| estlng, relieved only once, and that was
/ when the bill which proposes to relieve
/ delinquent taxpayers OF the penalties
! and interest due on the taxes OF last
/ year came up on third reading, when
/ Mr.. Gibson suddenly broke forth in an
| oratOrical flight, gaTnished with much
ciaaslcal quotation and reference to su-
preme court decisions. He solemnly
warned the house against the passage
! OF the bill, arguing that II 1t
should become the law 1t would
have the effect of releasing the securities
of all the revenue collectors Of the State,
as IL would be granting to said revenue
collectors certain privileges not extend
ed them at the time their securities had
agreed to become responsible for their
acts. He claimed that tie bill had been
gotten up by large tax x.payers Of Nash
Vile and Memphis, OF rather By men
who would be large taxpayers were 1t
not for the fact that they adopt every ex-
pedient in their power to avoid paying
their dues to the State. AS Gibson is
one OF the most fcrcible speakers in the
house, and is sharp enough to prevent
his becoming bore by much gassy talk
on unimportsnt quibbles, he was lis
tened to sttentively, and evidently made
point, for when he took his seat no one
attempted to reply, but the bill was dis
posed Of for the present by being re-
committed to the judiciary com mittee.
On motion or Mr.. rIuiay, tn5 report OF
the Hobbs investigating committee
a full synopsis has already been pub
lished in the columns Of the AP-
PBAL-was accepted by the house
without being read, and the committee
discharged. The committee appointed
to investigate the outgoing and lncom-
ings of the members of the thirty
eighth general assembly resem bles the
mills Of the gods, in that 1t grinds slow
ly, but there the resemblance ends, for
there is no probability that the COM
mittee will grind anybody exceedingly
fine. The report of the Hobbs commit 1
tee narrOWs the Investigation OF the
other committee down to an inquiry as
to the means employed to secure the
passage OF the funding BILL and thus far
said inquiry has implicated 10 one but
q drunken loafer, in whom his mistaken
and partial neighbors thought they de-
tected statesmanlike qualities, and 30
made asses of themselves by sending
him to represent them in the lower
house two years ago; and this individ-
ual Is implicated only upon q remark
made by himself, at time when he was
in his normal condition, i. e., so bOOzy
that he didn't know whether he was u
foot or on horseback.
About six o'clock this morning gen.
tie zephyr scooted around the southwest
corner of the capital building and struck
the pedestal supporting the lamp-pOst
and the group of 4ron statuary on the
left of the main entrance, which de-
luded public have been led to believe
were made of limestone, marble or
some similar material, and when that
gentle zephyr moved on again it carried
with it the lamp-pOst and one OF the
immodest maidens of the said group Of
ststuary, smashing both intoa thousand
pieces, or less. It's q pity this accident
did not happen ten days ago, and before
Winnie Ream secured that twenty thou
sand dollar job for "doing" Farrsgut in
marble. The lamp-post can be easily re-
placed, but where, Oh! where, are we to
get another statute?