The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-03
PERsONAL-AND POLITICAL

TWEED says that the so-called con-
fession of his recently published is entirely
Unauthorized, and untrue in many essential
particulars. .Ert r f.'
Hon. j. WILEY WELLS, of MISSISSIPPI
pi, has been appointed Solicitor of the
Treasury. -. ~ lL.
lEX-CONGREssMAN LONG (colored), of
Georgia, expresses himself as fully satisfied
that the Presidents Southern policy will
bring about good feeling among all the
Southern people, without regard to politics
or color. .t
THE New York Times of the 22d pub
lished private letter from ex- Senator B. +.
Wade, Of Ohio, in condemnation of Presi-
dent Hayes's Southern policy. ~
A TEMPERANCE organization has been
organized in Washington, under the name
of ''The Mrs. Rutherford b. Hayes Temper
ance Society,"" Resolutions were adopted
indorsing the sentiments of Mrs. Hayes re-
garding the use Of intoxicating liquors at
state dinners and similar occasions.
The accounts of DR.. +. T. Baird, Sec
rotary and Manager of the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication of Southern States,
offices at Richmond, Virginia, are compli-
Gated TO the amount of $4,000. Baird has
resigned.
HUGH S. WALSH, at one time Secre-
tary and Acting Governor of the Territory
of Kansas, died on the 23d, near Granville,
in Jefferson County.
THE South Carolina General Assem-
bly, met in extra session, upon call of Gov.
Hampton, on the oath. ~ 3
Coz. THOMAS b. .KEoGH, Chairman
of the North Carolina Republican State COM
mittee, is out ina letter announcing his sup
port of President Hayes's Southern policy.
The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court
have found indictments against B. f. Allen,
late President of the Cook County National
Bank, Chicago, for perjury and fraud.
EDWARD MCPHERSON, ex-Clerk of
the House of Representatives, has been ap-
pointed Chief of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing in the Treasury Department,
with o. II. Irish of Nebraska, as Assistant
Chief.
THE Louisiana Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 26th. All the Nichols officers
were in undisputed possession Of the public
Offices and records.
Gov. NICHOLS of Louisiana issued a
proclamation on the 18th, appointing Thurs
day, May 10, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer, on account of the deliverance of that
State from its political troubles.
Coz. S. ID. HARRIS, for a number OF
years editor Of the Ohio Former, of Cleye-
land, and prominent contributor TO agri-
cultural literature, died suddenly at his res
denee in Hudson, Ohio, on the Goth.
Mr.. JAMES p. KIRKwOOD, the first
engineer of the Pacific Railroad, and for
mer resident of st. Louis, died at his home in
Brooklyn, n. Y, on the 22d. He was ma
tive of Scotland, having immigrated to this
country i'm 1895. -.- aka
GUsTAvUs GEARY, a well known music
teacher and composer of Chicago, died on the
18th in New York City. -.f..-........-.
PAUL MoRPHY is in a New Orleans
insane asylum, a hopeless maniac. The at
tending physicians believe that his disorder
was caused by the mental strain of playing
long, close matches at chess.
PRESIDENT HAYES family viii spend
the summer in Vermont, but the President
will live at the Soldiers Home, near Wash
ington, absenting himself from the Capital
only a few days with his family in midsum-
mer. -HaeH te Ee
CORNELIUS j. VANDERBILT has insti-
tuted suit against his brother, William IL.
Vanderbilt, for Sl,O0e, 600, on an alleged
breach of contract, under which, it is assert
ed, the contest of the will of the late Commo-
dore Vanderbilt was withdrawn