Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-19
Special TO the Appeal. !

Special TO the Appeal
NASHVILLE, January IS.-The new
senate bills to-day were: By Senate
Logan: To make the fees of Justices auC
jurors one dollar and half per day, anr
10 fix the salaries of Stale officers. By
Senator Jordan: To protect birds. BS
Senator Wade: To exempt fifty peI
cent. Of mechanics' wages. Bills re9u.
lating the sale OF land for taxes and tc
diminish jailers' fees for feeding prison.
els, and requiring jailers to furnish pro.
visions and bedding, passed third read.
ing.
In the house the new bills were: By
! Mr. M'Millsn: To repeal the law rela-
/ tive to insane asylums and provide ad-
/ ditiOnal Recommendations; TO impose a
/ tax on civil suits in msgistrates' courts.
! By Mr. East: To create a sinking fund
! board. Mr.. Head introduced Tesolu-
/ ton to limit the al Udlorent tax 10
/ twentyf five cents. Governor Brown
sent III the following message:
Governor crowns Messzse.
: To the General Assembly OF Tennessee:
In transmitting my biennial message fai led
10 present Tor your confederation several mat
ter, which Wer of no general interest, which
/ it is In duty now TO communicate.
REWARD.
Upon application OF the attorney. general,
on the dfth day Of september, 1878, offered a
reward OF TWO hundred and fifty dollars for
the rejection, apprehension ana conviction OF
the unksOw persous who committed IN a.
s6uIt Snd battery upon william Horton, COL
Ord, Of Dyer county. Afterwa one Henry
Jones va arrested on q Justices warrant, by
Mr.. N. ichols, a constable of said county,
where the onense wa committed. He applied
for the reward. On examination, 1 declined
to order II p id, upon the sole ground that the
party making the arrest was an officer of ihs
~ "a
case of Stamper US Temple et al 6tn Hum
phreys, page ll3 felt hat had no authority
of justice he Is entitled 70 the reward auI l
rgc mmeDd f. TO your favorable cOusidera-
uou. The accompanying papers viii disclose
all : e facJs 10 the case. Upon representa-
tons, deemed satisfactory, ON the twenty
ninth day Or Septe "ber, S7I, 1 offered a
ward OF five hundred dollars for The detection
anD apprehension OF the unkuoWu parties, or
either of them, who, on the nine
teenth Of September, 1874, burned
The dwelling OF 0Im on Shy, OF Williamson
county The reward b. the proper con .tIuc-
ton or its terms, was to he paid on she final
conviction of the party or parties. In an at
ten pt to detect and arrest one Joseph kaYise,
who was beyond doubt the guilty party, he
was Killed. The perilOus and dif suit IasK Of
detection and attempted capture w~s per-
formed by VIM. PARK ana Artilia Dickson
sh no have applied for the reward. / could
not, uAder any known authority pay 70, and
there ore commend II, with the papers relat-
ing thereto, 10 your consideration. think
the parties ought TO be compensated for their
efforts 10 detect SO fendish an act as he facts
show this crime 10 have been. W ID. Joplin,
Of NJ NalTy county. at an expenditure from
hts own purse, brought a fugitive to trial In
that county. Joplin was Sheriff of M'Nairy
cOun Y, and offered for the arrest OF Faster
Moore (co Ored) q reward OF one hundred dol
lars, which was paid by him 10 the party
effecting the arrest. The ACCOMPANY ing APP
plicauOn or JOpl II Will show the whole fact,
ana circumstances Of the case, aud having no
authority 10 reimburse the party for his eX-
pendltqre, II Is rsler, ed to you for your en-
III Grafton and action.
Soon after the adjournment OF the last
general assembly IL became apparent that
an additional burglar-prOof safe would
be necessary Tor the proper dispatch of the |
business of this office and Of the comp,roI-
leT's and for the safe-keeping Of bonds and
coupons belonging 10 the state, an agreement /
and 4. B. Smith, undeT which they have |
placed in the comptroileT's office a very supe- |
rioT safe, which has been used by the State 1
until this time, and is, IN my opinion, s.ill |
necsss ar! for the proper dispatch and execu-
tion o. the b. siness of the Office. II was /
agreed thai II should bg come the property Of 1
the state, at The pIice Of fifteen hundred dol |
lars, If the general assembly should see proper |
10 ratiiy the contract, which hope they may /
do. The price asked Is but little over half The |
original cost.
LOST BONDS AND COUPONS.
Several applications have been made 70 /
fund, and in some distances for payment OF 1
bonds and coupons lost by the oWners 1 !
transmit heTeW tn 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 circu instances OF each
particular case. II is recommended that
proper relief be gra ted all such parties, TAX
ing care 10 throw such guards around each /
case as VIII ave the - ate Harmless in any ]
event from second payment OF such securi-
ties
SPENCER HUNT SCHOOL FUND.
The last general assembly, by an act ap-
proved March p, 1873. directed the capcelI. /
lion of the State bonds belonging to and con-
,tlIutIng this fund and the issuance instead
Of certificate OF Iude bIeduess uBon which in-
.eresJ should hereafter be paid, as upon the
gene al school fund, anC which shou d still be
applied to the counties OF Dickson a d hum
phrles, a. provided BY the will OF spencer T.
Hunt. Upon exam nation OF the act and
mparisOn OF its provisions with the bonds
)n file in the comptroller's Office it was evi-
lent that 4 mstaEe had been made in the
sUIa pULatiOn Of interest upon the bOudE OF
,7Jl 20, a. d that the actual amount OF the
spencer T. Hunt school fund WAS on Japusry
, l,73, sSo63 20, inst, ad S9575, as stated In
aid act. 4 he bonds which constitute the !
und are bonds bearing Interest a. the rateOf
i've yer cent. per Runum. But the act Is silent
- 10 the rzIe which the funding certificates |
houId bear. o or this r asUD, and because Of !
lie error referred TO above, I did not execute
he certificate, and The bonds are still uncan- |
,ellvd anu in the office of the Comptroller
and in the meantime l have advised the |
70 paw interest on the actual
mount OF the fund, tO-wit: SSSS3 80 al the raTe
i've per cent CT Hnnun, auI distribute The !
und on that basis. The matter is referred To
a fnar- 3
nav deem necessary. (
DOWNS WILL CASE
After conference with the attornev-oerersr
n the state, IL was believed that the estate ~ |
. IoWp who died in the city of Nash |
lille se Versl ye8rs az ., escheRted 10 the State
or the use OF the com mon hOOl iund Dro- /
.efgilugs were instituted 10 contest the valid. |
" OF the paper writing prnporting 10 be MS !
a-t will aid testament, but which was be |
it-yed T. he A forgery. After much proof " & !
AIKEN, tn ruCcrs- OF our suit was deemed so !
doubtful, thal the attorney general ana Asso-
late, used com yromhe upon such terms
Is ~ 2 relieve both The state and the school |
y,Bd OF "a sts and Z enses. The superiu- |
-ndrut OF pIGitc instruction concuriIp in 4
his opinion, the At Et;lon was compromised |
II The terms sngg, sted a Will SPrear from the
yre-ulent on flr in this on e.
LITIGATION WITH V. Il. STEVENSON.
In December, LG72, 1 learned fr.rn .ources
eamed entirely reliable that V. X steven !
on as duaTtermRster general OF Ten. e-,ee .
4d received ana GlSbuF.ed large gums OF
puney for the State and that thefs wa a.. I
~ adi us ed and unsettled bsiancs DE from I 4
j "a Tn the tate. As only two or three days I
uterScued before the first OF January, lS7S, IL
: as deemed R5y sable 10 sue at once and I
void tte effect OF tae plea Of the statute Of
imitati n. = b II was nled in the chanceTy I
OG Decemb Der 80, lS'2, and Steven CT Deing .
non resident was brought before he cOurG {
y publication, and his property attached,
herewith submit . Communication from |
he attorney general, which, together with !
le copy Of Letter IRON MglOr Stevenson, |
a -ssssd 10 Hon John l.. I. Sueei aud + {
)uuntpgtEn. g! dale the - day OF -,Iss-,wfu
IN blt sometE!Bg u the merits Of the case
mis- controversy EaE b-CIXLt 70 the atteu-
ION Of your lmmed eve pre4eczss -, VINO I
~. G 20 q vs any lUBtTuc ions about Toe fur
nsE pYOa-c ulion OF tue c 4use. Major Steven ,
on c,situs 10 have dsposited with the bsnf.
4 Tenn essee as riscal agent OF the state The