Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-25
RBPREsENTATIvEs.

To J. Smothers, January % 1874 ....,....-., liz
To j, g. Moseey, January so, lS74............. 7E
70 X. Williams, January 80 lS74.............. Ia
To Gilbert smith, January %, lS7i........... IGC
To ]. e. Walker, January 80, 1874 ........... is
To w. w. Edwards, JAM nuary %, IS74........... 81
To J. W. Boyd, January 29 1874 ................ q
70 John Mccain, January ~, lS74.....,....,.. Isl
TO A. Handy, Jan uary 49, lS74................. St
To- II. Morgan, January 20, 1874 .,........... l5C
To Willis Davis, January 80, lS74............ l3j
70 q Washington, January 2e, ls74............ liz
To J. D. CeSsOr, January g. lS74.............. l24
To g. w. Gayles, January %, 1s7i............. l8i
To J A Shorter, January 81, 1874 ............. 81
To 4. A Rogers, January %, lS7i............. l4g
To James j. Spelman, January 20, lS14........ 81
To W. II. Harris, January 20 l874............ l5C
To a. Peale, January %, S,lS74...-............ Isl
To w. II, Lynch January %, lS74.............. I32
To j. W. Mcfarland, January 20. lSi4......... II
To f B. Wilburn, January 20, lS74..........,.- "A
TO W, ChaYis, January -, 1874 "a
To R. Keudricks, January 29. lS74............. lis
To f. A. Glover, January -, lo74......-~..... ~
To F. A. Glover, January %. lS74..-.-"....... "A
To d. S. Green, January 90, 1874 l22
To ). W. Randolph, January %, lS74.-....-. 129
To d. L. ]. MathewS, January g. 1874 ........ l42
To W. Il. Jones, January %, 1874 ;........-.. l3C
To W. N. Saunders January %, lS74............ 12i
To Wilson Hicks, January 30, lS74............. SO
To +. \. Peyton January 81, lS74.....-...-.,.. "a
SENATOR'S.
To Isham Stewart, January %, lS74............ 20
To Isham stewart, January 29, lS74............ 66
To G. w. Wright, January rs, lS74............. q
To q, W. Albright, January 49, lS7I.........--. l7O
Now, Messrs. Editors, il this is rot
''cheap bribery" and a huge slice OF
wholesale rascality, where can you find
another act worthy of merited "Oust-
ing" and "genteel kicking' than in this
case CT Bruce and the hireliDgs that
hoisted him into his present position? 1t
is pleaded by the friends Of Bruce, says
the correspondent, that the law author
iZed him to ca 80 WAR ants or certificates
at their face value, and pay them into
the State treasury in payment of his ac-
counts as sheriff and tax.collsctor. Bat
this is the contrary. The law reads that
State, officers shall not receive from any
sheriff, tax-cOllectOr or other officer
Bruce was sheriff and tax-collector OF
Bolivar county,, in settlement Of rev.
enue, taxes, or other dues of the State,
any warrants or certificate of indebted
ness, unless such officer shall make and
subscribe an cath before him or his
sworn deputy, that such officer received
each and all of such certificates and
warrants at their face value, indicat ed
on the fsce thereof; and any f5lse swear
ing herein shall be perjury >
and any officer deriving
any profit, discount, commission or ad-
vantage, shell be dee ned guilty of mis-
demeauOr, and, on conviction, shall pay
q fine of not less than five hundred dol
lars, Tor more than one thousand del
lars, or be imprisoned in the State peni-
tentiary "for enc year." The sbJve
shows that, instead OF the country owing
Bruce any favors for his adherence to
and advocating OF Republican principles,
he is indebted to the State of Mississippi
at least one years service in the peni.
tentiaIy. Aud, now, that he has per-
haps reliev edss Bolivar county OF just
STARE Of her money--ss the balance
OF his co-lsbOrers in other parts of that
State have done and now that he
stands upon the floor of the congression-
al hall huIling anathemas and thun-
derboIts at the Democratic party, and
the white people especially, is it not
just that the authorities at Jackson
should Immediately investigate the
truthfulness OF the charges against
him, and give to the United States
senate, in his stead, a man free from
the "blsck paintn Of corruption? Shall
we clean otlr State of corruption while
we have power, or shall we suffer to be
continued damnable disgrace and dia-
bolical schemes such as no other State
ever endured? Down with Bruce, Da-
viz, Cardoza, Ames, and his hirelings,
and on with the white banner of Demo-
cratic freedom and honesty.