Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-08
NUMBER 2I

| talking about paying il, is apparent at q
J glance. IL would neceSsitate tax of at
| least 81 30 on the $l00 of assessed proper
| y, or fully > per cent. of the net earn
| inss of our people. If the bondholder's
| organs viii cease treating their readers
TO ''glittering generalities" and balder-
| dash about the sacred honor Of the 'sglO-
| riOus old Volunteer State''-if they will
come down TO the level of common sense.
and discuss the question from a common
sense, business standpoint-if they will
/ tell the people that 10 cents. nor a 90
cents, nor 81 tax viii pay the interest,
and that they are in favor of levying a
tax which will pay It, they viii soon get
an expression Of opinion from them upon
the subject, which will cause the honor
shriekers 10 retire To their holes and ''puli
| the holes in after them The people
had as we'll understand, as they v i'll soon
I er or later, that to pay tie Interest the
taxes must be not only doubled, but tre-
bled
Franklin Review: We are not in favor
! of the next Legislature scaling the debt
OF Tennessee in the absence of a PROPOSE
/ ton to that effect from the holders of our
bonds. In the event no such proposition
is forthcoming, we are cOntenttO let mat
tiers take thcir inevitable course. OF one
thing We are a.surcd-nO Legislature will
ever levy a sufficient tax 10 pay the ac-
crued interest on these bonds, the ordi-
nary expenses Of the State government,
and provide for the semi-annual interest.
Ii was a hard matter indeed TO get the
last General Assembly TO levy a tax Of
forty cents, and when il comes Ia the
point Of assessing three or four times that
amount, 30 Legislature ever 10 be elect
ed in future will do it. Mark that.
Columbia CTenn.) Herald: On Tuesday
L. 81
guilty of the murder OF Mr.. jackson, of
Mt. Pleasant, was brought from Jail before
his honor W. :. McLemOre, who over
ruled the mstion for a new trial, and was
passing sentence on the prisoner, when
he CThOmasson) asked 10 talk a little
The judge told him he could. Thomas
son then said: "Judge, am as innocent
rs an angel in heaven. I never spoke 10
Mr.. Jackson but once IN my life-that
was the time lac paid me the money on
Mr.. Grailberry's order. would not
give the room my two little feet would /
take TO stand on in heaven for all this
earth. / was at home all the night, from
eight o'clock, the night jackson was kill
ed, with my family, and slept with my
little daughter, who have not seen for
long time. Judge / am innocent, and
know nothing of the murder of Mr.. Jack
son, though you Will not give me a new
trial. The judge then asked Thomasson
If he was through. ThomassOn answer
ed, ''You can oon with your sentence. |
The judge then sentenced him TO be /
hanged on the 10th day of may, lS7G. |
When the judge was done ThOmasson /
said, 81 appeal" He was then returned 4
to jail. All the while the courtroom was /
as still as death, and especially so when /
the Judge remarked TO the doomed man.
"YOur days on earth are numbered"
Sr,pur.-rs A nm. \ - II .,rrr-rs, .o.
of the Tennessee Transcript
from Hamburg says: A family by the
name of WeatherfOrd came here from Al
ALBANIA and became the tcEants o. DR.
Perkins. From some cause the Weather
fords became hostile towards Tom Mabry
and Andrew Gordon; and as the weather
was most too inclement yesterday morn
ing there being about six inches Of snow
on the ground3 FOR ordinarv iarm labor,
hey came "a fQIFn % 10 g little s'clean-
ns Up, l4r1tls. a., ~ ..lll.llz
lions. They succeeded In raising rowi
with Gordon, but bis friends prevented n =
collision by keeping him shut up in
Messrs. Grisham & Pratt's business house
until O'Clock. The WeatheifOrds were
around to.an alarming ex-
tent, and trying 20 get Into the house,
when VIM. Mabry came tIT and said
bout Gordon's abilities to cope
with any one OF them in the art pugillis-
-ic. WhereupOn RObt. Weatlerford took
exceptions to AIabry's remarks and struck
him once or twice, when they event for''
each other nn the old fisticuf PLAN
While they were thus engaged, the store
l0or was thrown open and Gordon came
lut, knife IN hand. and went 10 work on
Robert W eatherford, innicting some right
severe wounds about his head. Tom and
Dick Weatherford were standing ready
for any emergency, and while Gordon
was at work on Robert, Tom ran up and
stabbed G in the back, and then ''lit Out.'
Dick also went 20 t8c relief cf fis broth
sr, and Gordon gave him an incissiOn a.
cross the face and one across the hand
At first il was thought that Gordon was
hurt, as the knife was left stick
ing in his back just below the left shoul-
Ter blade; but on examination, il was
found that the knife had ranged upward
and inward and had not penetrated the
:hest. The parties, except WOm Weath-
srforCl, have all been placed under ar
rest. Lovers OF peace and decency would
hail with gladness the adoption of such
measures by ''the powers that be" as
would insure them against the perpctra-
ion of such outrages. They are too COM
non, and it is hoped that our ministers
II justice Will execute the law governing
uch cases to the letter. CRAWFORD. |