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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-16

New YORK, January 15-OWing to
repeated complaints of counsel and the
sixty reporters that they were cramped
for room, Judge Nelson has given in
structions to admit to the trial of the
cause of Theodore Tilton against Henry
Ward Beecher only such Of the public
as have been provided with tickets of
admission. AS these tickets have been
issued to more persons than the court
room will contain, great confusion was
caused this morning by the struggle Of
the holders to gain entrance. As soon
as the space allotted to the public was
filled, the doors were closed, and those
favored with tickets were formed In line
and admitted in such number as those
inside would leave. There was present
to. day the usual strong delegation from
Plymouth church. When the Judge
took his seat Mr.. Fullerton, of the coun-
sci for TiltOn, said they were somewhat
embarrassed by the absence of Mr.. Nor
Tis, who was sick and confined to bed,
and they would therefore have to ask
the indulgence of the court from time to
time. Frank MoultOn then took the
stand, and his direct examination was
continued. 1t consisted mainly in iden-
Rfying documents and relating circum-
stances connected Herewith, already IA
miliar by their publication in the vsri-
Gus statements.
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In the Federal senate yesterday Sen
sior Upton, of Nebraska, concluded bis
speech in support OF Senator Hchurz's
resolution relating to Louisiana affairs.
Senator Frelinghuysen occupied the floor
the remainder Of the session, halfway
iudOrsing recent transactions in New
Orleans, at the same time con-
demniUg the use made OF the
military arm of the government
by the President No result was reach
ed. In the house the report of the sc
lect committee sent TO investigate
Louisiana affairs was presented, but not
read, and was ordered printed. The diff
fculty between Judge M'Arthur and the
house as to who had the right of posses
sion to the cOntemptuous witness Irwin
was settled by the adoption OF q resolu-
tion instructing the judge that the house
nad and would hold the prisoner until
he epurged himself Of the contempt to-
ward that body.
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ReaNN Rank eobbery.

SCRANTON, Pa, January 14.-A most
daring and successful descent was made
upon the First national bank, Carbon
dale, to-day, while the teller and anOth-
er clerk were absent at dinner, leaving
the csshier, James StOtt, alone in the
bank. Mr.. Stott is quite an old man
and very feeble. Two men came in and
one of them asked for change of a FIVE
dollar bill. StOtt stopped over to COM
ply with the request when one of the
men grabbed him by the head, pinning
it to the desk, and the other jumped
over the counter and bound and gagged
him. The robbers then hastily gathered
up all the currency they could find,
amounting to about ten thousand dol
lars, fortunately overlooking package
containing fifteen thousand dollars.
They were disturbed by woman COM
ing to the front door, and retreated by
the back door. They crossed the river
on the ice and were seen to enter a
sleigh and drive off. This afternoon
two men were arrested on suspicion and
are now having hearing. StOtt thinks
they are the robbers, but couldn't swear
positively.
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CHICAGO, January IA "A special dis.
patch, received late last night from Ga
lena, Illinois, reports a destructive fire
raging there. The clothing store OF A.
]. Lnuchheim, dry-goods store of J. r.
81 Fiddick, and dry-goOds store of H.
h. Chandler, were burned, and the fire
is still spreading. The Dubuque fire.
department has been telegraphed for.
The loss is now estimated at $I25, 600,
insured as follows: A. J. Louchhem,
Phoenix, on stock, $500; Germ an
American, $1,000; North America, ,S25OO;
Springfield, S45O0; Home and Hartford,
$500; Liverpool, London and Globe,
S5t 90; total, $4,000. J. and r. Il. Fid-
dick, Phoenix, on stock and building,
$500; German American, 5000; Hom g
and Hartford, Sl2 500; Lancaster, $1,000;
North America, $500; IE naand Spring
field, $1,000; total, $4,000. H. Il.
Chandler, German aud American, on
stock and building, $1,000; North British
Merchants, $500; Imperial, S25OO; Liv-
erpool, London and Globe, S4OO0; total,
Sl2, 600; other insurances, SlS,3UO; total
assurances, SS4 500
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From an Occasional Correspondent
LACoNIA, ARK, January PA diff
Guilty occurred some time ago between
L. n. Buck and some other parties,
which resulted in the shooting Of Buck.
L. II. Buck has two brothers, w. A.
Buck and G. II. Buck. w. A. Buck &C
cused w. r. Harris, a young man and
a clerk for Mr.. NJ. J. Parker, of shoot
ing his brother, and the two Bucks made
threats against Harris, who swore out a
peace-warrant against W. A. Buck.
When the two Buck brothers came to
Mr.. VIM. Smiths store the constable
read the warrant to him, and he ac-
cepted it, and told the constable to go
after Harris. When Harris came to the
store w. A. Buck struck him with his
fist, knocked him down, and got on
him. G. II. Buck had a dOuble-barrel
shotgun and cooked both barrels, stood
over him, and said that he would shoot
the first one that interfered. Mr.. VIM.
Smith, a justice of the peace, caught
hold of the gun, and G.. H. Buck fired
it off and killed MIR. James L. Harris, q
brother of w. r. Harris; then w. a.
Buck drew his pistol and shot w. r.
Harris, who he had down on the floor,
and killed him. Several outsiders also
got to shooting, and both of the Buck
brothers got shot. G. Il. Buck got his
under jaw shot off, and it is thought be
will die. 1t is said that w. A. Buck is
shot very badly in the body. and is not
expected to live. This is the most hOrri-
BILE affair that has ever occurred in
this county to my knowledge.
We learn that the two Bucks died of
their wounds since the above was
written,
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all my transactions with butchers and
tailors; have had them with every one
except congressman, and that is al that
has saved me from disgrace.
QuestiOn-How much OF the money
you received from Thompson was loan
to you?
Answer-He owed me, think, some
three thousand dollars.
Mr.. Dawes-Please answer the ques-
tion.
Witness This is going into my pri-
vate affairs too much. am getting
tired.
MIR. Dawes-Ifyou are tired, you may
take a seat.
Witness-I am getting tired, not in
my legs, but in my patience.
Question-Where were you when you
repaid to Thompson his loan to you?
AnsWeT-I decline such questions.
Question-Will you inform the COM
mittee when and in what way you paid
it?
Answer-NO; you aIe going into an
other question, not connected with this.
Question-DO you know whether
Thompson was connected with the New
Iberia quicksilver mining company?
Witness--I decline answering about
it. The question is an insult. You have
got beyond all of your legitimate pow
ers.
The chairman then said that the wit
ness could consider himself excused for
the present, and the committee could
determine whether he would be required
again. Adjourned.
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cruel SfnteT,

The Boston Daily AdUerti8er has a
special dispatch from Fall River, saying
that very serious condition of things
exists there. The great majority of four
teen or fifteen thousand mill operatives
are actually unable tn earn but barely
enough to keep themselves from fretZ-
ing and starving, while many heads of
families see nothing Immediately before
them but misery and want and debt.
The reduction Of wages, which averages
about eleven per cent, and this, too, in
addition to the reduction Of ten per cent.
at the time of the panic, went into ef-
feet on the first of January. Under il
the wages of the weavers, men and
women, range from So to S. so per week;
of the spinners, who are all able-bOdied
men, most of them with families, from
50 to $ll; OF the caTd-grinders, men,
$S %; of the ptcker-Toom, men, S. 40;
of the strippers, 81; o: the fine-speeders,
from So 40 to So 36. The operatives are
driven almost TO madness at the pros
pect, and have, for the past few week,
been on the eve Of a general strike. In
fact, there have been rumOrs of riot, and
terrible things have been threatened,
when, in crowded meetings, such a sent
iment as this has been fiercely applaud
ed: "We have taken our guns and
fought for our country, and we can, and
will, if necessary, take our guns and
fight for our families -
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.


At meeting of the Board OF Directors Of
the First National Bank Of Memphis, held iu
the bank parlOr, Thursday, January a. $50
the following resolutions were reported by
Mr.. y. ID. Menken, on the death Of Mr. W. L.
BYRD, and passed unanimously.
WHEREAS, ". G.. Byrd, a member OF this
Board Of Directors did depart this lie al
Mansfield, Ohio, on the fTst day OF DecembeI
1874; aud whereas, ii IS fitting that, rs bOart.
we should express our estimate OF the de
ceased, and make this record of our sense o.
the loss which hlS death invCl yes; therefore.
ReSOiUed, That our deceased friend was prui-
nent in the business walks OF Memphis. ana
the community have reason 20 deDlGre the
bereavement which has taken away from our
midst man Of capacity, energy agd integrity
ReSGLUsd, That our lamented llOw-direcfUr
was punCtual, faithful and capable in the dis
charge of mis- dut IS As a member of this board,
and the surviving mem bers Of the board, and
all who are interested in the welfare o. this
bank, must deeply mourn the uutimely death
that deprives them OF his counsel and iHflu-
ence.
ReSOlUsd, That in the prime Of ife and the
meridian OF his usefulness and influence, W e.
.. Byrd has been called away fIOm he busi-
ness circles which he adorned, from the So
deared, and from the bosom OF q family IN
which he was the cherished Oh ect Of the
wsrmest he ton and the most impI icit trust
ReSOlUed, That a copy of these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes uf this board and
furnished for pub ica'iOu TO the papers OF
this city, and to L family o. the deceased.
y. d. MENKEN,)
JNO. r ZGR, tCOnmlLtee.
Il EISFMAN.
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FasT-FreIehf Lines.


AT the fast-freight-lines meeting at
Rochester few days ago, it was decided
that the various railroad companies
shall hereafter pay to the fast-freight
lines but one per cent. per mile per car,
instead Of one and half cent per mile,
as they were receiving heretofore. The
fast-freight lines are organizations
which control the thrOugh-traffic over
the various lines. In some instances
the officers Of these lines are also Off
GERS of the roads over which they trans
port their goods. But in most cases
they are independent organizations, and
are controlled by parties not belonging
to the roads. These lines secure the
freight and transport it in the cars of
the railroad company, and the company
pays them, in addition to lOan'Dg the
car, the above amount. There are g
large number of these lines in this coun-
try, and the most important are the
cred Line" "White Line,n "Great
Western Dispatch, ," "Star Union Line, -
"Empire Line" National Line"
"Canada Southern Line" Diamond
Liue," "Blue Line" and large num-
Der of others. The reason for the fail.
uTe of the Saratoga combination was, in
q great measure, ascribed to the action
of these lines. 1t was claimed that the
Pennsylvania, Erie and other roads had
lines which, in fact, were owned by
them, and, consequently, were in favor
of the Saratoga agreement, which could
be conveniently violated by the fast
freight lines, while the companies them
selves would not be blamed for it. The
i'll feeling against fast-freight lines has
been growing ever since, and several
western roads worked hard to have them
abolished. The above reduction was
made 8s a kind of compromise.
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The Fort Smith Railroad.

Van Buren (Ark.) Press, 18TH.
The outlook now bids fair for the COM
pletion of this road to Van Buren, with
in the next twelve or fifteen months.
The farmers of Crawford should arrange
their crops so as to supply all the neces-
ssries that will be required by the large
help employed on a work of this kind.
a market right at home will be.fOund
for all the produce and marketing they
can raise, at a good price. Now is the
time, farmers, to make your arrange
ment for the coming crops and the COM
ing year.
Fort Smith Herald, gLh
Colonel A. P. Curry, Of the A. V.
freighting company, was here during the
week. Colonel Curry informs us that
work is progressing rapidly on the rail-
road, and tuat it will come through
Clarksville, down to Spadra, up the river
to within four miles OF Ozark, cOmplet-
ing twenty more miles at once. Colonel
Curry is Of opinion that the road will be
completed to its terminus without delay.
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Business oG,he uIssissIppI LesIsIature

Business OGIhe nIssissIppI Legislature.
Special TO the Appeal
JACKSON, January 15.-The legisla-
tuTe continues in its retrenching mood.
The administration has at last discover
ed that it has to carry too heavy q bur-
den, and begins unloading. The first
tilt to-day was again at the State print
ers.
The senate passed bill repeating the
law authorizing the publication of re-
ports Of State officials and State lnsti-
tutiOns in the journals, and resembling
the section Of the law authorizing the
publication of laws in the Pilot. The
house fought over the bill two hours, and
then made it the special order FOR Tues.
day.
The senate passed a bill making .
sweeping reduction in the salaries of
State officials and their clerks, and re-
ducing the number Of the latter nearly
one half.
A bill passed both houses to punish
officials for drunkenness, and making
such cases preference cases in the su-
preme court.
The time fOE the payment Of taxes for
1874 has been extended to January 3lst,
without damages.
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The Tennessee Legislature.

SpTlngneIu lIenn.I hecOru.I
Already we notice indications of re-
form and Ietrenchment. 1t is a con-
ceGed fact that the entire body is COM
posed Of good material-men of eXper-
ience and possessing nerve. However,
we cannot, as yet, tell what measures
OF Importance will be carried out, but
feel confident that our State will have
cause for emuIating the acts of the
present legislature. Never in the his
tory of prior Legislature were there 90
many candidates for Office as the pres
ent. We do not believe we would exag-
gerate ,Tere we to say there are two to one
for every member. The organization OF
the two houses cleared out about eighty
or one hundred, and up to this writing
there are still-well, host.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-16

WASHINGTON, December ia csu-
Gus of Republican senators was held
this morning, Senator Anthony presid-
ing. The business under discussion had
especial reference to the Louisiana ques-
ton. 1t was decided with almost com
plete unanimity that the Louisiana case
should be disposed Of first, and that the
President should be sustained in his re-
cognition Of the Kellogg administration
as the legal government Of that State.
1t is understood that a resolution to that
effect will be introduced within day
or two, and passed with as little debate
as possible.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

The funeral OF Henry Way took plsce
in Omaha, yesterday.
a telegram from Berlin says that the
police have closed all socialist and dem.
Ocratic wOrkmen societies and trades
unions in Frankfort.
The grand jury, which has been il
session in the United States circa..
court Of Alabama since December 2S ID.
were discharged Wednesday.
The legislature Of Georgia was organ
ized at Atlanta Wednesday by the e.ec-
ton Of I. J. Simmons pres dent Of ,h1
senate and Tom HsTieman speaker .s
the house.
General Thomas T. Eskert has re-
signed his Office OF general suparin end
ent of the eastern division OF the West
eTn Union telegraph company in New
York. Vice President Mumf1Td will
take his office for the time being
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The Eeu:York union League Chm.

NEW YORK, January l5-At the an
nual meeting Of the Union league club
last evenipg g a short and spirited discus
sion OF the Louisiana trouble followed,
the general tenor of which was in ap-
proval Of the Presidents course. An
extended consideration Of the question
was deferred until Monday evening next,
when special meeting was called and
a committee appointed to report on the
question. In the election OF officers the
names Of Villa II Z Dodge, Peter
Cooper and William c. Bryant, owing
to their participation in ma-s-meeting
held at Cooper institute in relation to
the action Of the government Oh the
Louisiana question, were scratched con-
siderably by members.
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THE Jackson Clarion, while admitting
that Governor Ames deserves credit foT
recommending a reduction Of expendi.
lures in several branches Of the public
service, remarks upon his not having
made 2 recommendation for reducing
his own pay, which has been shown to
he excessive when compared with that
Of even the most wealthy and prosper
Gus States in the Union. Why his ST.
Eence on ttis scsndalous abuse? Does
ne want to force upon Others q rule o.
honesty aud economy which he is un'
willing TO have applied to himself?
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THE Lebanon Herald nudges the leg
jslstu,e, and says: "At this writing it
Nas consu, ped eight of the seventy-five
dsy~ allowed by law, and beyond organ
izing h Ss done little or nothing. Each
roembar h ss INTRODUCED about dozen
bills. the Inauguration Of the governor
has been fixed fCr the fifteenth. the elec-
ton Of comptroller and treasurer has
been postpone ed until after the investi-
eating committee shall have reported
and that's all. The senatorial fight
commences OF, Tuesday nineteenth"
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The CaahoI,c BISHOPS Assaulted.

PHILADELPHIA, January IL Father
Stack lectured tonight to 8 large audi
ence on the subject Of the "Usurpations
of the Catholic Bishops in America" !"
He claimed that the action of the
bishops was not only unjust to the priests
and in violation OF the caponicai law
OF the church, but also subversive OF a
republican form Of government. The
bishops not only exercise an ecclesiastl-
cal tyranny, but also a Tyranny over
civil affairs. The speaker advocated
compulsory education and deprecated
the attempt Of the Catholic church to
OblOquy upon the public school system.
His remarks were frequently applauded,
and resolution Of approval was adopted
by the meeting.
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SHindIed Freedmen Demanding Re


The Cincinnati Enquirer of yesterday
had the following special from WASH
ington: "Hon. Mr.. Whitthorne, OF
Tennessee, presented a memorial from
Rev. J. w. Early, Rev. n. G. Merry,
and other colored citizens of Nashville,
who were depositOrs in the Freedmen's
saving and trust company, setting forth
that they have sustained heavy losses
by the fraud and mismanagement of its
trustees, officers and agents, whom they
had been led TO believe from their high
ly moral characters would be all right,
and praying congress to cause to be in
stituted civil and criminal proceedings
against these delinQuents and thieves.
Just now Republican congress is too
busy devising schemes for promoting
the plunder Of the southern whites to
take any steps to correct the robbery of
the negroes; so that the chance Of pass
ing such a measure IS doubtful, even if
prominent Republicans were not en-
dangered by the prosecution.
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KNOXVILLE Press and Herald
Governor Brown, whose popularity in
the party in East Tennessee had fallen
fast anu far, until reused by Mr.. John
sons attacks he maze such mastery
vindicatiOns Of bis party and his own
administration, has risen as Mr.. John
son fell in the esteem Of the Democrats
Of tie eastern division. Still, the ex-
Presidents old time popularity, and bis
unquestioned ability and familiarity
With puplic affairs, makes him as q can
didate in this end Of the State head and
shoulder above Governor Brown, and
the governor o'ertops the other candi.
dates, alone measuring strength with
Johnson in the eastern division.
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THE proposition TO remit Tie people,
the interests and the future Of the city Of
Memphis TO the absolute government Of
three men, without bond, which has been
debated before the chamber Of commerce
foT three dsys, was yesterday adopted
by a vote Of twenty to nineteen, two
hundred and nine members failing or
refusing 10 vote. To put it plsinly,
twenty members of the chamber Of
commerce, speaking for that chamber,
announced to The world that
the people Of Memphis cannot man.
age their own affairs; that they can vote
for State officers and Federal, but have
neither the sense nor the gumption to
vote intelligently or correctly for city
officials; and, be it remembered, the
members OF the chamber OF commerce,
in thus voting, confess that they them
selves, being a part OF the peo-
pie thus stigmatised, go farther,
and confess that they, while they
have the sense to conduct their
private affairs proftably and creditably
for themselves and the community,
are yet not to be trusted in municipal
Ell 81 Ioag, ,p;fl H. Lg.l.zt anA
most precious rights Of freemen. II the
chamber OF commerce of the city Of
Memphis is willing to stand in the
attitude in which it is thus placed by
twenty votes out of a membership Of
two hundred and forty-eight, we have
nothing TO say. That is their business,
aud we are silent. But, on be-
half Of the ten Thousand voters Of the
city OF Memphis, we desire to notify
them that the city at large refuses to be
50 stigmatized, and hurls back with the
contempt it deserves q report which
brands them with incompetency; re-
port that RENTS them to slavery; re-
port that impudently advises their dis
frsnchisement, and that cOmplacent-
IL and with an ineffable cheek, councils
their government by three irrespon-
sible commissioners. We deeply regret
that the chamber of commerce could
thus be made use of. 1t has sometimes
been used for the advocacy and ad-
vertisement OF visionary and chimerical
schemes, but never for one that before
the legislature will prove so ignomini-
Gus q failure. We turn from the contem-
plation Of it more in SORROW than anger,
filed with shame that the chamber OF
commerce should, through twenty of
It's members, brand ten thousand voters
with iDcompetency in regard
to their most intimate pub
lie affairs, and in doing so
indorse Grant in his usurpations and
defiance Of the popular will. This is
the sorriest spectacle Of the century.
Were it not for the interests at stake we
might call it the sorriest farce. We in
vite capital and immigration through
the chamber of commerce and through
the same body notify the world thst we
are incompetent to manage our corpor-
ate affairs. Did any one ever hear Of
live, energetic capitalists joining hands
with a community Of imbeciles who can
not be trusted with the election of mayor
and aldermen? We pause for reply.
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The HeR Orleans Congregational Com.
miiIee.

WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE sub
committee, which wss at New Orleans,
has made lis report to the full special
committee on the southern States. and
1t was discussed for some time. 1t was
signed by all the mem beIs Of the sub
committee-FOster, Phelps and Potter
and Will not make more than two news
paper columns. The question is not de-
cIded whether the report shall be made
public, or the full committee start for
New Orleans. Tue chances are in favor
OF the latter course.