Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-11

our leLteRs
From the Regular Correspondent OF the Ap-
peal.l
JACKSON, Miss, January g.
ly got to work. The United States cen
storisl question having now been deci-
ded, to the honor of the State and ns-
ton, in the selection Of Hon. L. Q. c..
Lamar, the committees will proceed to
business, and this week will witness
something accomplished. The MEM
beTs realizs the large amount Of work to
be done, and will push it forward as rap
will be to undo. The statute books are
bur iened with the ill-advised and OE-
noxious laws of nearly ten years cf ig-
norant legislation, and the present leg
islatuTe will do more of repeating than
Of making laws. This has already COM
menced in the Introduction Of bills re-
pealing such acts as the equalization
law, the district printing law, and laws
creating the Office Of county cotton.
weigherF, and making the office OF coun-
iy treasury separate from the office Of
sneriif. The revised code OF 1871 is q
source OF tribulation and trouble to at
torueys, ana 1t is probsble 3 Eew codifi-
VIII US E1llCGuJ AuCiS
are, of the eighty or ninety bills lutrs-
duced in the two houses, about two dozen
amendatory TO the code; and before
the legislature is over with, think
new condiflcatiOn will be demanded.
TsE WORK TO BE DONE.
or The positive work to be done, the
Judiciary will receive due share of at
tention. This important branch OF the
government Of Mississippi has sunk to
such 3 low ebb that lawyers Of respecta-
bility can scarcely be found to accept
ju 1icial appointment, even were the
governor disposed to seek them out The
first.tuy of war between the governor
and the senate will probably be upon
this question. The present senate will
not confirm the appointment Of such
men as are now occupying the positions
OF circuit judges and or ancellOrs. The
sppointing power, Ames's friends seem
to think, will be his strongest card to
play against impeachment. Their idea
is that there are several ambitious young
men in the legislature who crave to wear
the judicial erBine, and will discourage
impeachment with the hope OF obtaining
that Questionable honor. / am afraid
EulCus to play fast and loose to secure q
Judicial appointment; tut l can't see
that they can be particularly benefited
through an appointment from Ames.
An odium would attach to them that
cculd not be easily cast off; and should
Ames appoint Democrats, it will doubt.
less be upon petition from the bars inter-
ested, q proceeding that would more GER
so al Tiliais ita and fhFC IN gh fha
Democratic president of hesenate, who
would, upon the impeachment of Ames
and Davis, succeed TO The governors Of
fee. / have myself been OF the opinion
tn st the governor would not he i'm
peached, but the sentiment here is
largely against me. That he has been
guilty of such "high crimes and misde-
u e2nOTs In officen ss would jGs tiiy his
removal, l firmly believe; but can they
be proveU? A trial before honest men,
sworn to give Judgment according to the
evidence, is a different thing from trisI
by newspaper, conviction by paste, and
execution by SCISSOR. Chargss must be
proven in the one case, general bsllef
will do in the other. Such men as
Ames, Ike B0steed in A ALBANIA, gener-
ally have q scape goat regdy. The SEN
ate of Mississippi, should ii ever become
its duty TO cit as jury Of impeachment,
viii do that duty fsarlessly ana faith
fully, and will probe the charges to the
very bottom, give them impartial hear
log, and render 8 fair, candid and just
verdict.
PERSONAL.
AS this is one OF the most intelligent
legislatures that hss assembled in this
State for many years, and will probably
have graYer and moTe.responsible duties
to perform than any other that has as.
sernbled hers for decades, a few Stats
tics &nd personals will doubtless prove
interesting. 1t is body CT young rather
than of old men, very few of its meIn.
bers being past middle life. OF the older
Hon. II. l. Jarnigan, OF Nox-
ubes, is the oldest being sixty-five years
Ct age, and having represented bis
in the legislature as far back as
l64l. Hon. Joseph NJ. Jayne, jr.-'little
Joe Jsyne'-is the youngest, being
twenty-four years of age. He was q
candidate two years ago for the same
posiiien, and was defeated by twenty
seven votss. In the recent election he
was elected by more than seven hun.
dred majority. Ia the senate, ccmEo ed
Of thiTly-seYen members, there are
twenty lawyers, and six negroes, nearly
all OF whom are 80 called ministers of
the gcspsl; the rest are planters, mer-
chants, etc. In the house here are, Of
the one hundred and sixteen members,
sixteen DegIoes, one CT whom, Mr..
Vaughn, of Pa1ois, is a Democrat
There are III the house a very large
sprinklipg Of lawyers, a few physicians,
q large number Of planters, teveral edit
oIs and merchants, and the speaker is
an Insurance. agent. OF able and prJmi-
nsnt men, there are quite q number in
either house.
HON. !. II. STONE,
Of Alcorn, president pro tenn. Of the SEN
ale. mas served tue State as sen tor from
The tweptieth district for six years,
fighting sll that time a msjority COM
posed Of Csrpetbaggers aud pegrOes, sDd
by mis- tact and sbility frequently stRv-
ing of and defeating obnoxious and
corrupt measures Hs is a fiue psrlla-
and q shrewdJ11ge OF human
nature. His character is Of the earnest,
ce lided type; In manner be Is dignifi-d
and unappIo2chsbis; bis PerEODsl friends
: sdmire him greatly, aud all respect bim.
ldr. stones home is in the town Of