Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-20

realized-tO ship ten thousand bales OF
cotton the coming season. so much for
. Tippah county and the little narrow
gauge railroad, and in this connection /
cannot but speak In the highest manner
of this road and its excellent officer,
Mr.. Robson, than whom 8 more gentle
manly and attentive officer never run a
road. He is very popular with all, and
to him must be attributed the great sue
cess of the road. His arrangements for
carrying such vast numbers to the bar
becue were splendid, and not single
accident Of any kind occurred to mar
the pleasure and good feeling that exist
ed. \ ball at the courthouse in Ripley
closed the day, which will be always re-
membered as one Of the most agreeable
spent in North Mississippi.
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE MASS
MEETING IN TIPPAH COUNTY.
At DemOcratic-C Conservative mass
meeting # the people of Tippah county,
at Faikner station, on the fifteenth Of
July, the following proceedings were
had:
On motion, DR.. E. NJ. Alexander was
called to the chair, aud II. S. Carter ap-
pointed secretary. The chairman stated
pOintment Of delegates to the State con-
Vention at Jackson, Oh the third Of Au-
gust next, and to the congressional con-
ventiOn Of the first district Of Mississippi
at COTinth, on the twenty second instant.
Thereupon a committee Was appointed
to select delegates to said conventions,
which COMMITTEES made the following re-
port:
State Convention-Thos. Spight, w.
G. Falkner, F. A. Wolf, w. a. Boyd
AMI &. .. Slower.
Congressional Conventional. s. Car
ter, J w. T. Falkner, J. J. Guyton, G..
&. Park and J. w. Norton.
The following resolutions, indOTsing
the Hon. l. q &. Lamar, were unani-
mousy adopted:
Res0tUed, by the Democracy Of Tppah
county, an nldSS-nleeting assembled,
That IN the person of our gifted repre-
sentative in the last national congress,
Hoo. L. Q. G. Lamar, we recognize
the chivalrOus gentleman, the far-seeing
statesman, the unselfsh patriot, whose
name and fame fill a brilliant page in
the history of the nation.
Resolved, That by his watchful guar
disIship of the interests of the south,
by his manly and eloquent defense Of
her people, aad by his dignified, but
earnest and unceasing efforts to reunite
in bTotherly love the people Of the two
sections OF this Union, he has endesred
himself to every lover Of justice and
good government, and to every true
friend o. national prosperity, whether
his home he in the north or in the south.
ResOl0ed, That his course in the last
congress meets our unqualified apprOba-
tiOn, as an earnest OF which, our dele
gates to the congressional nominating
convention, which will meet in Corinth
on the twenty-second instant, be, and
they are hereby, instructed to cast the
vote Of this county, first, last and all the
time, to return him to a seat which he
has filled with such distinguished ability,
and from which he has shed lustre upon
the name of the State OF Mississippi.
Upon motion it was ordered that the
above proceedings be published in the
Ripley advertiser, the jackson Clarion,
and the Memphis APPEAL.
Upon motion the mass-meeting then
adjourned.
E. NJ. ALIEN ANDER, Chairman.
II. 5. Carter, Secretary.