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Special Correspondence of the AppeaII
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special Correspondence of the Appeal.l
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January Ito
night the corridors of the Maxwell
house are thrOuged with candidates and
their friends, all of whom are excited as
TO the approaching election Tuesday.
Inc Banner of to-day gives something
about the state of affairs, but the fiOures
are as unreliable as the widest fancy
could suggest. The effort on the part of
General Forrest to have an agreement
among the candidates so as to avoid
any apprehended disruption in the
Democratic party has been actusted bv
good motives, and while he NAV not
accomplish what he would desire, vet
his endeayOrs are none the less COM
mendable, Tonight General Forrest
neiG a consultation with Andy Johnson
IN relation to the matter, but the Ex-
PRESIDENT, while disposed to do what is
right, bas not signified assent. Other
candidates object to the proposition.
and there Is but little probability of the
Scheme being accomplished with the
aspirants. However, General Forrest is
not man 10 despair in any undertake
ing, and will TO morrow seek the mem.
oers Of the Legislature and eDdeayor TO
accomplish the agreement. OF course
the excitement is all the greater because
or this, and the interest has not abated
by the fact that Hon. Landon G. HAYNES.
Oh Memphis, who Is here, is candidate.
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ISTHE F. d-rsl senate, yesterday, Sen
a-rr S'burz's Louisiana resolution WIS
laid aside temporarily, and the legisla-
tive appropriation Till was discussed
without arriving at result In the
house Mr.. Lewis, from this district, Of
fer, d bill authorizing the construction
Of q railway bridge across the MISSISSIPPI
III river ft Memphis.
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Just after dark on the fifteenth, six
miles from Clinton, Louisiana, where
three negroes, with their wagons loaded
with shingles, had gone into camp. they
were visited by white man, mounted. !.
who proposed buying their shingles
After few words the white man pulled
out pistol and shot two of the negroes,
Killing them. The other escaped and
gave the alarm. From the evidence q
given at the coroner's inquest, the jur Y
came to the conclusion that the muir
ders were committed by Lawson Blunt.
posse has gone in pursuit.
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unanlmlty on ali important measures.
They have introduced bills looking 10
improvements in the jury system, and
! the taxing OF jury fees to the litigants
IN all civil cases. Should these bills be
/ passed they will save annually two hun
| ured thousand dollars to Shelby county,.
! Our members are on nearly all the COM
/ mittees, Finlay and Peters being on
! both the judiciary and finance, ways
ana means committees, and are there
rendering effective service, They are
remOdeling the bills before them so 81
TO promote the interests of our people.
by their efforts they have impressed
upon their respective committees and
secured a favorable report upon one as
sessment OF property for all purposes
State, county and municipal. The as
SCISSOR shall be bonded officer, not to
receive over twelve hundred dollars Der
annum, with power to appoint two
deputies, who shall be paid for the time
they are actually employed. The
SHELBY delegation are also Iaboring zeal
ously Tor, and expect to have passed,
an act requiring the county trustee
10 perform his present duties, and, in
addition, to collect all taxes, State, caun-
ty and municipal 1t is estimated that
there will be saved seventy five thou
sand dollars year to Shelby county
should these bills be passed. 1t is un-
deTsteod that our representatives favor a
bill, now before the house, creating q
maximum OF four thousand dollars to
the fees Of clerks and other court Off
GERS, provided their deputies may receive |
pay additional. They are also looking !
after our interests in regard to the loca- /
ton of an iUEqna oaulnp1 in, 0p- o,,,rt-,
Ihis Is thoroughly reform legislature, |
and our members are fully iplbued with !
the spirit. Mr.. George B. Peters, jr., !
though one Of the youngest members of |
the legislature, is one of the easiest, most
effective and eloquent Of it's speakers.
A gentleman of sound legal and fine lit
erary attachments, he is already gaining
merlted prominence. have no hesi-
.atIon in saying that his legislative ca
'eer will be useful, brilliant and hon
Irable.
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The grand jury from New York, Sun
day, visited the penitentiary on Black
wells Island. They found William M.
Tweed occupying small, iIl-ventilated
room, and dressed in the prison garb.
The room formerly occupied by the pris-
oner was also visited, and il is said by
the HeTG'd to be one such as the poorest
ooardlnshouse in New YOrk should GER
talnly be able 70 rival in furniture, light,
space and comfort.
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DIED.

=, tANSOM-At MurfreesbOrO, Tennessee, on
the morning OF the I7th inst. IEN1EI ~
CLARKE, infsnt son OF the late Rev. L. G Ran.
som and Mr.. 2. NJ. Ransom,
Burial at Elmwood Cemetery this (TUEs.
DAY. morning at ten O'Clock,
81 ARPE-At the residence of his parents.
e5I MAIN street, Monday, January 18TH AT (
O'Clock pm, CHAS n. Shape.
Due notice Of funeral will be given.
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THE B echer- Tilton trial continues 20
draw immense crowds 10 the courtroom
in Bm0klyu. The entire day yesterday
was consumed in the examination Of
Eirur.-ag
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Large and Attractive Sale of
FUREII URE OFCOMMERCIAL HOTEL
AT AUCrTON

By a. =. FRANK LAM.
ON 1HE PREMISES,
wednesday Morning, Jannary 30, 1875.
AT TEN O'CLOCK,
me entire contents o. the Commercial Hotel.
G0LnptlNll IN part BedSteads ana BEDDING
mdTdTOOes ana Bureaus, WashstaudS ana
1oInm9des} Carpets, Oilcloths, Rugs, Dining.
ooLh, , hlIcnen and Tableware ore extra large
ware, cutlery, Etc. TERMS CASH All pur
chasers must make depOsit at time of pur-
Cna Z: me attention of Hotel and Restaurant
pTopfIetOrs, as well as families, is ca led es-
0eclsdly TO this sale. By order l.. I,eh an
trustee. A e FRANKIaET sTId.s a IL
N Hoods open for inspection Monday and
ANofeudSs falT
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YICKSBURG.

a ore FlaErant Outrage By Federal
Troops than That Committed BY
Sheridan In New Orleans.
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NLIAIF IL } VI. UIbD'o,
Secretary Of State
A PROPER INQUIRY


Governor Harris will ask that a reso-
luton be introduced into the legislature
asking the appointment of a committee
who shall Immediately investigate and
report to the present session of this gen.
eraI assembly, upon what authority and
by whom said bonds were issued and in
dorsed, and whether the State of Ten
nessee Is liable in any manner for the
payment OF said bonds, aud, if liable,
what indemnity the State may have
against loss in case they should be as
sumed or paid by the State. Said COM
mittee will also report whether there
was any law or laws authorizing the is.
sIance and Endorsement Of said bonds
and, if so, did the authority issue or in
dorse the same,
REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL b.
REAU.
The following Isport Of the burean of
agriculture has been submitted by its
president, General w. H. Jackson, to
Governor Brown, who will Monday
transmit the same to the legislature:
To His Excellency, Governor John C. brown
On the twenty eighth OF July last, as pIesI-
dent OF the bureau of agriculture. submitted
report Of the operations OF this department
for the two preceding years. Owing to the
limited number Oi co les oTdei ed to be PRINT
ed by the Previous legislature, and The ex-
traordinary demand for thr work, the com
miSsiOuers have ordered an abridgemeDt of
the general report, which work has ,ince been
competed by the secretary. j. B. KiIlebreW
which, after having been ster ntyped is now
passing through the press l. COMPRISES
aOOuJ one hundred and seventy pages and
tr sts OF al those subject of which person
desiring TO remove TO tn State wo1ld fke TO
know. y copy OF the agricultural and geo
logi"al u'ap VIII eccomp my the abriLgment
In addition TO this duty. the secretary was
ordered in connection with the -tate geolO-
gist and chemist o this bureau, Dr. j. NJ SAT
ford, - collect specimens o the vauOus sgTI-
cuItura., animal ana mineral produce, oTtbe
staie, and to place them on exhibitIon
in ore o, the TOOIaE OF the State CAPITOL
In obedience 70 this requirement, these
gentlemen az once ses TO Work ad lave
nov on hand large rum ~er of such specl-
me''s, without, however, being able 10 secure
a room In the c-pitOl. With pleasure we no.
tlee the suggestions IN your recent message
OF TN subject. More than twenty years ago
q law was passed, " hi L has never been re-
RraIedi setiing apart the room occup pied by
tn lecsI a. court for the exhi oition OF Reologf-
anu otntT specimens found IN the staIe.
Ibat suitable rom has not been set apart Is
TO be regretted, and the COMMISSIONER earn
estly hope Lhat your ex ,eItenov will again
call the attention Of the Legislature 10 tbetn-
poTtauce OF making provision for said mr.
pose. The unusual Interest which Is now feIt
throughout the north and MANY States oi
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From AZ Occasional Correspondent
LACoNIA, ARK, January l5.h, 1875
Our plase was the scene OF a most
m-Ianchoiy tragedy, few days since,
airing from "A personal difficulty be-
tween two merchants doing business at
this yl.ce. and which had existed for
saverll months, and involved, eventu-
alIy,uther parties, or rath nr their respect
i've fieuGs and eliminated on last
Tuesday in the dea h, or mOrtally
" R,undiug OF four men. Two young
meu, Mrs-rs Harris, on the one side,
were killed instantly and the two Buck
brother. w. Avis and Charles B., on
the other side. Charles Buck lived
about tea hours, and W A. Buck lived
about thirt, six minutes; the latter had
six bU.lel-hOles IA his body. II is not
necessary 10 90 into the details OF the
origin and progress Of the difficulty, but
ag | am, aud have been ell the while,
perfectly di-iuter. sled observer OF the
Tis- aud progress Of the affair, can as.
q yen ,bat the e was not the least
.c,,., -cliOu with p.'itics from its origin
10 IT'S 2. ID. The parties with whom it
ori-inafri and those who were killed ia
= rrl rnoys,, here since the war from the
.n1-.h One o. the parties came from
TliraIs and the oth-r, l think, from
AF.h4-o4 O,e melancholy feature OF
via seuyel is that the four young men,
who ser. 20 suddenly cut off we're not
fre gri.-instors OF the cin1 :nlty, but
ver. drawn into it through their friend
shin with others Order is now restored
BIN.
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?. Z. MITCHELL,s sCHOOa.
No. 3O3 Third Street,

ElNGLlSH, COMMERCIAL AND CLAssI-
~ ~ O. ca L., courses taught. For particulars ap-
~ oS 10 tHIIu sLEeeJ' janT
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WHAT THE SECRETARY SAYS.
The following letter EXPLAINS itself.

NASHVILLE, Tenn January II, 1875,
Ex-Governor ! ham @. Harris:
My Dear Sir-COloDel Lamb is in my office
and has shown me your letter OF inquiry as TO
who issued the bonds to the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad. Andrew johnson on
the day o September, 1856, issued forty
eight thousand dollars, the last of the series,
and indeed issued all of them. Truly and SIN
cerely your friend,
CHARLES NJ. GIBBS,
Secretary nj Etafa
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The Other Investigating Commit.
tee-Memphis and Little Rock
Bonds s-AgriculturaI Bu-
reau-interest Law
The Gentlemen
from Shelby.
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John 2 ArdeT-8u. who entered the
eilag.- 4 fhs Wzuiugford wheel cOmpa-
5v. az New Haven, Connecticut, in
II .rrg last. y igh rev0lveTiD each hand,
a.8 fired eleven shots az the workmeu,
sr.in-r whom he hsd = grudge, killing
II G dali and woundlng tEo or three
otHev-. hss bepn convicted Of murder in
Ia, f--t decree. his defense was the
yl1fo If Faf-suifv
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4 tplegrzD from Washington sgys
thsf Judo N'Afthur has dismissed the
writ Of h05e1s corpus in the case OF lr.
win, ana mauCeu him 20 the custody
OF the fergeaut-at-sTms Of the house Of
representatives.
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n telegram from London says that
Gladstone has written IN article on the
srelo1 ~ p'are Plus IN. which appears
iu ta- QllgT t'T3y ReUieU He sketches
Tho history If Jhr pope's reign; points
out he iucrs ssr suns' rviency OF the
Z man Catholic Cl,TRy and concludes
tltttta mass o. the British nstion nov
r-pu istes the EretentiOns Of papscy
doe e FOR maBy ratioHs.
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Special correspondence Of the Appeal: zx1
NASHVILLE, TENN, January 10,
1873 Can you tell me who will be
elected to the United States senate?
No, cannot, and | thiuk 10 one else
can conseientiously foretell this have
seen many C MASSES, conventions and
political contezts, Du never saw any
half so obscure, mysterious and unfntei-
ligible as is this in which an ex Prasi
dent, an ex-governor, a real governor.
three generals as many colonels, and
other unaunOunced aspiTsnts are en-
gagged. 1t is game Of "hesds,and tails, y
for no one knows how the matter will
terminate. AS the day Of the election
approaches, the candidates become
more nervous and their friends all the
more excited and apprehensive as to the
probable result.
THE OTHER INVESTIGATING COBiAITTEE
But little conf ience is felt In the new
committee TO Investigate charges OF cor
ruptlOn again-t mem bers of the last
general assembly. So far the commit
tee has been unable to do anything,
and although new witnesses are daily
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The trustees " the Public library Of
Knucs have spp ipted c, NJ. Bigg7,
E-u. ru Il 3 the pi .ce made vacant 10y
sf.- dssln Of G ,veruur Bramlette, as
rrs1ager q the fifth and ls-t gift con-
e.-t Trey haV also unanimously de-
llrmired that there shall be 80 further
ror.o erueuT, but th&t the drawing
sh-I! o-srrvaly come Of on the twenty
seve1,h cf February, as heretofore an
rfHuaeat
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Business Of the Legislature Yes.
terday-The last Message of
Governor john g. Brown
Lost BOnds, Litiga-
tiOD, Etc.

Grant and his Cabinet and the
Whole Republican Party OPP
posed TO JUhns0n-About
the Strong COmbiaa-
tiOn to Beat Him,
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Several applications have been made 70
fund.- and in some distances for payment of
bonds ard coupons lost by the owners /
transmit heEew III applica ions made by Ed
gar JUne-, cashier Of the Third national bank
OF Nashville, Of 4. II. Duncan, ard of NJ
Glesves. From their applications the general
assembly may see the ctrcu Instance OF each
particular case. II is recommended that
proper relief be gra ted all such parties IA K
ing care 10 throw such guards a-ound each
case as VIII ave the State harmless in any
event from a second payment OF such securi-
ties
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me iLeLSuaut~ generally, VINO we've present,
are opposed 10 Sury, tut think 1t useless to
urge the abolition of conventional Interest
altogether. Theii action must be regarded as
a protest against Substituting a ixe lower
rate OF interest, as 1t Is proposed to do in the
II they can't do what they want to do, they
want To do the best they CaU do, and their ac.
llon was In accordance with that princip e of
political ecOnomy-free trade in money an in
every other com modify. In sayingthi much
we do not lose sight of the self Interest which
prompts the cotton men 10 move quickly in
this matter, seeing that it is of late q parr of
their business to advance money 10 the coun-
try, and their evident interest to have the
amplest guarantee to enforce their contracts
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ed directing the chairman, Vice-presi-
dent Lauier, to appoint committee of
six to act in conjunction with g commit
tee from the board Of trade in urging the
Legislature not to repeal the present law,
allowing ten per cent. interest. During
the meeting telegram was read from
the Memphis cotton exchange, stating
that siuilar move had been made bV
that body. The following gentlemen
were appointed on the committee.
Thom4 - Pafkes, J. F Wheless, s. H.
Bell, q o Parsons, J. H. Wilkes and
G. J. Goodrich.
The proposed repeal of the present law
Is arousiDg no little interest here, and in
speaking of the meeting the Union and
american locally remarkz:
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Holding, Wilkes & Hancock, Ordyvay. Cor
don M'Guire, MA lister * Wheless, spur
locke, Hoke u Co., M'Crea & Co, W. NJ. Dun
s. H Bell, }: II. Murray, & Co., ]. NJ. Carsey,
t5on q Co. W Hooper, Harris, Fraley Il Coo.
ley, W I. Henderson, & Co., E. D. Parsons &
Stratt0n, Bailey & Sperry, Brien q Thaxton,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-22
OFFICIAL HONESTY.

Demagoguism without q single trace
of alloy in the shape of honesty, was
never more strikingly portrayed than
in the ever recurring, hypocritical
twaddle Of Democratic politicians
about widespread dishonesty among
Federal officials of the present day.
If the statistics could be fully gath
cred, they would show that the Fed
eral officials of to-day would in point
Of honesty and general efficiency,
compare favorably with any period in
the last forty years. There are
thieves and scoundrels in Office no
doubt, and there always has been and
always will be until the Millennium
comes. But no political party that
has ever controlled this Government,
has shown a greater willingness to
punish such characters than the Re.
publican party.
But are we to look to the Demo.
cratic party for an honest admlnistra-
ton of the Government? Does its
past history encourage us to believe
that it would keep none but honest
men in office 4? 1t is a fact which can
not be successfully denied, that NAL.
feasance in Office and general dishon.
esty and corruption never existed in
a more alarming form than under
Buchanan's administration. The
party was held together by the cohe-
sive power Of public plupder. Thieves
and robbers set themselves up as
leaders and boldly prosecuted their
nefarious schemes.
If we look at States and munich.
pal corporations controlled by Dem
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-22
IMPORTANT FACTS FOR THE
PEOPLE

Democratic editors try to arouse
prejudices against the National Banks
by disappearing the laws under
which they are organized and the
benefits the Government and the peo-
pie derive from them. They denounce
them as monopolies when they are not,
for any one who wants TO can start a
National Bank. They say they are
of no benefit to the people. We say
they give us the best bank note cur
rency ever circulated in this country.
Who ever lost a dollar by a Nation
al Bank failure? Their notes are as
good in Texas as in Maine; or in
Florida as in Wisconsin. They are
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ocrats since the war, we see nothing
in their acts that would justify us in
charging them with being honest.
Boss Tweed and his Democratic
compeers in crime, perpetrated q rob-
berry which, in point of boldness and
general extent, exceeded anything of
ancient or modern times. The devil
himself must have INDUCED in an in
fernal smile, in contemplation of the
completeness of the work accomplish
ed by this devoted Democrat servant,
and when he was arrested and sent
to prison, and his power for evil cir.
cumscribed by the "minions of the
law" his Satanic Majesty, no doubt,
went into mourning over the, TO him,
sad event. And the same thing has
been carried on, on q smaller scale,
in some of the States. If we were
selecting a model for an honest adj
ministration ofpublic affairs, we would
not select Tennessee since it has fell
into the hands OF the Democrats. Too
many men have made immense sums
of money from moderate salaries.
There has been too much peculation
at the expense of the State credit. If
the facts could be obtained, q pic
ture of corruption might, no doubt,
be presented, that would astonish the
country, There is too much villainy,
too much corruption, too great haste
to become wealthy on the part of the
Democratic officials, too much lying
and covering up of Shiny tracks, to
warrant the people of Tennessee or
any other State, in lndulging the hope
that placing the Democratic party in
power means personal honesty among
public officials.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-22
" TRY 1T AGAIN.n


Is not your greenback dollar, and as
good dollar as your gold dollar? Why
not? What makes your greenback dollar a
sound dollar? The good faith and credit
of the nation. What makes your "prom-
Uses to pay" good? Your honesty and
ability to pay. Too thin. Try it again
EUening Age.
We answer no, your greenback dol
lar is not as good as your "gold dol
lar" and there is not q schoolboy in
town whose head is so thick as not to
know it. The same number of the
Age, containing the above, at the head
of the adjoining column, shows that
the greenback dollar is not worth as
much as the gold dollar by 16k cents.
The editor of the dye asks, with all
the simplicity of innocent childhood,
"What makes your greenback dollar
sound dollar?" and then answers,
"the good faith and credit of the ma,
ton" Just so Brother Charlton
You are improving in your knowledge
Of political economy, and if you keep
on you need not always stand away
down at the foot of the class among
those lazy boys who don't
learn their lessons. 1t is the
"good faith and credit of the Nation
that will make the greenback dollar
full sound" dollar, and bless your
soul this is just what we have been
saying all the time. What does the
"good faith and credit of the Nation"
imply? Why simply that the Nation
acW pay a gold dollar for a greenback
dollar, or, in other words, that q green.
back dollar shall be made equal in
value with a gold dollar. And this
is the kind Of money the farmer wants.
He wants no such stuff as the Bank
of East Tennessee, and various other
wildcat issues, such as cursed our
country before the war, and by which
our farmers lost so much. They want
a currency from which they will not
suffer by banks breaking, as was once
the case. Try it again, my friend,
you are learning amazingly. Try il
again.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-22

The attempt of partisan Democrat
ic journals to make it appear that the
colored people were wholly RESPONSE
BILE for the recent disgraceful affair in
Kinds county, Mississippi, will de.
ceive no intelligent, well informed
person. 1t is too barefaced. That
the colored people went there unarmed
and peacefully disposed, is q fact
that has not been contradicted. The
effort to show them as the aggressors
is for political effect, and is base,
cowardly and wholly devoid of truth.
There is deep laid scheme among
the "lewd fellows of the baser sort, :"
who run the party in Mississippi, to
intimidate Republican voters there
and keep them from the polls, either
alive or dead.
. If Gov. Ames had exercised the
prudence and the courage which the
Governor of the State should exer.
else, these outlaws would have been
dealt with in a summary manner, and
would have been taught a lesson that
they would not soon have forgotten.
If score or two of the blood thirsty
scoundrels were made to pull hemp"
the State would be much better off,
and the world rid of an unmitigated
nuisance. But they have partially
succeeded in their plans, and the Re-
publicans in the State are not making
so vigorous a canvass as before.