The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


G. C. CLAY, ex-United States Sena-
tor, Is dead.
THE President has nominated Samuel
G. Parks, Of New Mexico, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming,
and Joseph Bell, Of New York, to be Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court Of New
Mexico. ..IUr nFEt
pa Mr.. DoNAvAN, attorney for Mr.. Frost
in. the rost-Sessinghaus contest case, has
filed protest against the dispositions being
regarded as evidence. Also, a protest
against receiving transcript of record Of
the United States Court, which had never
been offered in evidence, but was placed in
the dispositions as n it had been. 5.t .-.
GEN. j. E. JOHNSTON publishes the
following explanatory cards
When the article headed iGeA. Johnston's
Narrative" appeared in the Philadelphia
Press OF December Is, wrote to the editor
that the conversation on which it was evil
IDENTIFY founded was not an "interview," and
the article was SO inaccurate that would not
published by him promptly. As that
article appears to be treated in the South
as accurate, and [ an charged with hay
ing accused MIR, Davis OF appfopriating the
Confederate funds carried through North
Carolina, wish to deny the charge did
not use the language imputed TO me. What
did say was that the President ought to have
accounted for that money. 1t is n we'll
known practice in this and all other civilized
countries that those having the disposal of
public funds snail account for them. What
said on that occasion was in an accidental
conversation with one whom I con-
stdered much above the class of interviewers.
Therefore ] had no fear of the publication IF
what might say, and said good deal that
nothing would induce me to say for publica.
ton, especially on the subject Of the funds at
5lNf 49, - a..
was in connection with the subject OF the ap-
plication twice made by me that a part of
that money should be paid to the army then
ceived no real pay for many months. t-.i
The Possibility of duel between Rep
resentative Blackburn and Gen, Burbridge
is remote. u .I ,"|lH..,
The first official act of Postmaster
General Howe was the appointment of his
son as Chief Clerk.
DIsAFFECrED New York Tammany-
ties have organized an Anti-Kelly General
Committee. .... -,
DEFREEs, the Public Printer, recently
sent a communication to Senator Plumb, OF
Kansas, asking if certain newspaper ac-
countof an alleged Interview between the
two was true. Plumb replied that he de-
clned to be dragged into newspaper con-
troversy. Defrees then wrote Plumb an
open letter in which he is reported to have
said: -- 1880 f1
g No one asked you to engage in news
paper controversy; YOU were simply re-
quested to say yes or no to a question / had
a right to ask. Your refusal to answer it is
a confession OF your guilt. No one reading
your notes can doubt the fact that you
prompted the publication of the paragraph.
You thus stand before all honorable men
self-cOnvicted of having falsely boosted that
you had grossly insulted, without cause and
in a manner becoming the lowest black
guard, man almost thirty years older than
yourself. | am very sure those acquainted
with me will regard the paragraph as lie
on its face, as they know that do not crnge
to any one, and that such an insult would
have been resented by me on the spot.U