Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-19
TENNESSEE NEWS.


\ number OF NashViIIs ladies propose
TO have a grand festival In that city Feb
ruary %, WashingtOn's birthday. Their
toSgery will be Of the 20 pattern.
The American, of Feb. II, says: Col. B.
j. Lee, of Brownsville, was yesterday
commissioned special Judge of the Su-
preme Court in place Of Judge Freeman,
the latter having certified his inability to
act, on account of Illness.
Uncle VIM Brownlow says that he will
vote the republican ticket, from Presi-
dent, down to Justice of the Peace, at
the nsxt election. He Is fOr harmOnizing
the conflicting parties, and with concert
Of action he looks forward to republican
success.
The Alamo Sentinel says: Citizens in
this county, along the line ef the Holly
Springs, Brownsville & Ohio Railroad
are very much cheered up as TO the pros
poets of the early completion Of the road
and they are investing very literally in
its first mortgage bonds"
The Chattanooga Commercial says: A
party OF revenue raiders, composed of
Deputy Marshal L. L. Sample, Frank
Cushman, B. B. Bell, F. A. Crutchfeld,
John W. Cope, and Frank Garrabrant,
returned Saturday evening from an eigh-
teen days raid among the mountains
They visited twenty-six distilleries, and
destroyed twelve, which were running
crooked, thirty-tWO thousand gallons OF
mash and beer and enc hundred gallons
of whisky. The boys had rough time
aHd were shot at several times. The only
place they were hurt, however, was In
their feelings, when they led their horses
from the stable, after their last nights
stay in the mountains, and found that the
tail Of each poor animal had beeR closely
shavsn.
The NashVillVe Ameriean says: The
State Normal University has Just re-
ceived a magnificent set of AppletOn'l
Cyclopedia, elegantly bound in full Rus
STA, the gift of Hon. Geo. IL. Kuhn, ore OF
the oldest and most distinguished mer-
! chants OF Boston. Mr.. Khun has not on
ly been lifelong friend Of education
but hearty sympathizer with the South
| in her severe trials and her praiSeWOrthy
| efforts to rebuild her fortunes on a sub
| stantial foundation. This CyGlopediR il
| in itself grand library Of information up,
! Oh all subjests, and, as such, would be
! invaluable in any private family, but to
literary institution, especially like the
! State Normal University, is indispSnsa
| BILE. Consulted as it will be constantly
/ by the pupil-teachers, its important fact.
| will be scattered broadcast over n wide
extent OF country not easily reached In
any other way
The Nashville American says: George
| Northcutt, mUlattO boy, aged twelve
| years, from Warren county, was arraign-
| ed before the Supreme Court yesterday
/ for the killing of Alb. Mercer, a Negro
/ aged II years, April 4, 1875. The record
exhibits the fact that Mercer, having i'm
| posed upon NOrthcutt and his brother
while they, with other negro bSys, were
in creek bathing, they finally got into
/ a fight, in which NOrthentt fatally stabb-
| ed Mercer near the heart. After having
| thus beer wounded, he chased K0rthcutt
with stones, falling dead after throwing
| the first one at him. The sentence Of
! two years imprisonment by the lower
| court was confirmed. On the recommen-
dstiOR of the Judge before whom he was
! tried, and the Attorney-General who
| prosecuted him, and on account of his
| yOuthfulness, Coy. Porter was induced &c
| pardon Nerthcutt, and he returned home
| 2 free man.