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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
The Man Who Was Warned.

During the uncertain days following the
close of the war there were certain local
tiles in the south where man who had a
grudge against a neighbor got rid of him
by writing him an anonymous letter warm
ing him to leave the state inside of ten days,
or prepare to fill a grave over which no
one would feel particularly interested in
keeping the grass green. One day Col.
Blank, who had removed to Arkansas
from Southern Michigan, and was attend
ing strictly to business, received such Il
mi>sive. 1t was the rule to turn pale aS
death, rush home and pack up, sell out
for nothing and skedaddle on the wings
of chain lightning, but the Colonel didn't
follow it. 1t struck him ~that he knew
the handwriting, and he went home, buck
led on knife and revolver, took a ride of
three miles into the country. He dis
mounted at the cabin of Il long haired,
long-legged, old swamp-owl, named Pat
terson, who was in the back yard mend
ing harness. The Colonel approached
him to within three feet, and after they
had seated and discussed the weather, the
Michigander Remarked:
Patterson, am going to leave Arkan-
saS."
"Shoo! Anything wrong?"
"I've been warned away"
"You don't say!"
eyes, I've been given five days to leave
the State''
! "And you calkerate you will go?"
eyes; I'll have to be or waylaid or hung
up"
eyes, reckon So" chuckled the old
man.
| "But l want to take something With me
to remember Arkansas by" continued the
Colonel, "and came out here after your
scalp"
.'My what?"
"Sit still, old man; or I'll bore you
through! That's it-up with your hands
If l go back to Michigan and tell them ]
was warned out of Arkanaas, and that ]
got up and busted without firing shot
they'll call me coward. II 1 carry your
scalp I'll have something to show for the
two years I've put in here and the 5000
I've laid out. Old man, if you know the
Lords prayer you'd better repeat it quick
for I'm in dreadful hurry to go back
"Say, Kurnel, don't you like the kentr,
down here?" asked Patterson.
eyes"
"Is the climate all right?"
"First rate"
"Chance to make money!"
"Good chance.n
"Say, Kurnel, don't 60 back! l dom
keer two Cents about my scalp; somehow
I've got attached to you and it will rip u,
all my tender feelings to see you go. lie
my old scalp lock stay right war; you be
and If any of the boys look cross-eyed a
you for the next ten years I'm kyote
l don't drive 'em into Mexico, or max
'em lose themselves in the ground"
The Colonel is down there vet, and oil,
Patterson never meets him without anx
( iously inquiring If he's got over bein
, homesick yet.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
Suspicious Aroused.

SIT wasn't that!' exclaimed Mr..
Sanders, Indignantly. 'You see
didn't say word at ALL"
How'd she find out, them" asked
one of the party.
"Why, l went home and she asked
if it was me. l told her it was Tool
the chances on that, you know. Their
she asked me if I'd been drinking.
told her no. And there l stopped
Never said another word
"But you say she caught on some
where. How was it!''
"Just a blunder 1 made. When
told her / hadn't anything, she wa
satisfied, bnt when l come to get =
bed put on my oyeacoat instead Q
my night-shirt. And that arouse'
Suspicion
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
SOCIETIES.

40 L. W. meets every Tuesday evening at
I: 30. }. a. Spence, r NJ. w; +. S. Frost, NJ.
w; j, j. Winscott, q. E.; r. y. Armstrong, %. /;
ID. i. Gentry, H.; Z. W. Harding, Receiver; $.
l.. Mexican, F. 5.
Crusade Commandery-S. $. Craig, Eminent
Commander, meets third Tuesday evening of
each month, at :30P. M.
Mexico Lodge No 26, A. F. and A. NJ 1st Fri
day night in each month at P. NJ. J NJ. Marin
adIke, W. NJ; l.. ii. HigbtshOe, 5. W; }.
IlewelIyn j. w; James Carroll, Secretary; f
J. Gibbs. Treasurer; J. Bassford, D. NJ; >.
+, Gillian, j d.; james Clacher, Tyler.
Mexico Chapter No. "a, Royal Arch, meets the
2nd Friday in each month. 5. Nj. Edwards, ii
p, j. NJ Marnaduke, Secretary.
Hebron Lode No. 354, A. f. and A NJ. regular
communications 1st Tuesday in every month at
I: 30P NJ. IN. Riley, W. NJ,
100. F-Mexico Lodge No. 90 meets every
Thursday evening at their hal in Z. Nj. Morris
building @. +. Kosenberry, N. u. .r
Audrain County Medical Society meets every
Friday evening at ! O'Clock. DIR. +. A. keeton.
President; DR.. w. w. Rodman, Secretary.
Salt River Lodge, No. 1896, Knights of Honor,
meets Ist and 81 Thursday evenings at Ken:
nam Hall. J. McD. Trimble, Dictator; 7.
Harding, Reporter.
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POST OFFICE.
POST OFFICE.
GEORGE A. POTEET. .fostm;


GEORGE A. POTEET. Postmaster.
DAILY MAILS.
St. Louis mail arrives at 2: 10 p. m. and 2 %
o. m. I(night,
ST. Louis mail closes IL IN. and p. m.
Chicago mail arrives at 3: 10 a. m.
Chicago mail closes u and p. IN.
Kansas City mail tby c. Il A. K. r. arrives at
,2 rs D. M. closes 10p IA.
81 Ipuis and Chicago malI WAC. & AR. r.
arrives ut 3 80 q. H., closes II: 20 p. m.
Jefferson City mail arrives at IL 30 p. IN.
Jefferson City mail closes 3: Top. III.
Western mail arrives at "a p. IN.
Western mail closes at p. M. -
West Hartford and Perry mails arrive at 80
a. M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Close
santa Fe mail arrives at II m. Tuesdays and
Fridays-departs1 !: 20 p. III. same days.
Young S Greek and Long Branch mails arrive
at II m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Close ut ~ 30 p. m. same days.
Modoc and iounger's mail arrives at IL a. M
Saturdays. Closes at p. m. same day.
Post Ufiee opens at a. m; closes at p IN
Open Sundays from to p m. :,
EE- Money orders on all important points II
the United States, England and Ireland.
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Political Information.
To the Editor of the Post Dispatch


MEXICO, Mo, March 20.-Pleaso .,,,or
the following questions and obligc y smb-
scriber:
l. What majority did the Half -hreeas
have i'm the last State convention nf New
York?
2. Did Roscoe Conkling attempt to be
elected a delegate 10 said convention?
8. Were delegates to said conrart;on
chosen without regard to their idan,;ec,-
ton with the Stalwart or Half-breeI fac
tions?
II. The Half-breeds had So c,aar q
majority that the Stalwarts avoided \ fest
vote; but the majority was at least City
2. Mr.. Conkling refused to be dele,
gate in the convention. 5. The aey
gates were chosen with distinct view
their Identification with either of the
wings of the party.-ED. P.-D.l
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

Inquirer" asks: ssIs the Great
Eastern the largest vessel ever built ?'
An impression has got abroad that she
IS, but such is not the case. The
Maynower," in which the Pilgrim
iatners came to this country, was the
largest ship that ever ploughed the
waters. The old furniture scattered
over this country, brought over by
tns @ Mayhower," would fill the
threat Eastern" a dozen times OF
more.
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A MODERN WITCH.
"And he went up in January.
And never came down till June.

l think me oft in the twilight
OF a lady and her hat,
The former was little and vicious,
The latter was large and fiat.
The lady went to church, the paly;
And wherever she went the shout
Went up from the many who could see,
"Confound it put her ont "
She was not to be extinguished,
Il have paid" she said. /" and I'll stay,
III wear that hat and she clenched her hand
"Tin the crack of Judgem ent-day.
III fasten it tight around my throat,
And PIN 1t fast to my hair,
Let there come the dreadfulest hurricane,
The world will find it there"
There came breeze from heaven
Of a rather malevOlent kind.
1t caught that hat, and took it up,
And the lady went behind.
Now this was several years ago,
And all of them full of pain;
For with nothing to ride she still sails on.
And will never come down again.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

A school teacher. not a thousand
miles from Mexico, is describing the
banana, and the children are to name
it. Finally she steps to the board
and draws the outline of the fruit.
| Up comes Johnnie's hand.
"Well, Johnnie. what have l de-
scribed?"
"Cucumber!"
'Oh, no; the cucumber grows here
and l told you that this fruit grows
in the South; besides, is not the Gu
cumber a vegetable?''
Johnnie yields the point and relaps-
es into brown study. Soon an idea
strikes him and up comes the hand
again.
''Are you sure you are right this
time!"
"Yes'm''- self assurance.
"Well, what is it?''
''Sausage!" is the triumphant re
joinder. .r.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

"Ah," he exclaimed, as he pressed her
tenderly to him at parting, "shall hold
you in these arms again tomorrow, and
paint our future with the bright pigments
of the imaginatIon? "No," she said
calmly, "not tomorrow, it would not be
! asthetic-to- -morrow's wash-tlay"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
A Bit Of History,
| To the Editor of the Missouri Republican

~ tle fullOT vi hiASOuEi
PALMYRA, Mo, March 10.-As there
seems to be wide discrepancy in the
statements of different authors in regard
to the number of men engaged in the fight
! ut Centralia, this State, during our late
s'unpleasantness," please state through
| the medium of your excellent journal the
number that was under Maj. Johnson, and
also the number that was under Quantrell,
when they met, and the result of the fight,
and oblige, r. w. CARSON.
The federal troops at the battle of Gen.
tralia, or 'massacre," as it is generally
styled, which took place on the 27th of
September, 1864, were about LIS in num-
Der, composed of battalion of Col. Kurt
ner's regiment, Thirty-ninth Missouri
volunteers, under command of Maj. john
son. The officers under Maj. johnson
We're Capt. Smith, Lieut.. Moore, Capt.
Thies, Liet. Stafford and Lieut.. Jaynes.
These troops were what was styled mount
ed infantry, their purpose being to fight
on foot and to use their horses only to
| come up to the enemy.
The guerrillas were composed of nu-
merous indepenent bands, and their num-
bers varied from day to day and even
from hour to hour. They probably num-
bered in this fight l25 men, all well
mounted and most of them well armed.
There were present among them George
, Todd, Dave Pool, John Thrailkill, OF
Shepherd, Young Clements, Frank and
Jesse James, and many others whose
names had local notoriety. 1t is likely
that Todd, Anderson and Thrailkill were
conceded the leadership, though any one
of twenty of them was capable of planning
and lighting such battle.
Maj. Johnson brought on the engage
ment by moving on the guerrilla camp
which was some three miles southeast OF
Centralia. He was met on the open prai-
rie where he dismounted his men ant
opened fire at long range. Todd and his
men at once charged and came to close
quarters where the breech-loading long
guns of the infantry were nearly useless
and Johnson's men put at fearful dis.
advantage The federal line broke ant
the engagement became a slaughter.
Out of the l75 men on the federal sid'
l39 were killed and others wounded
About one-half of Maj. Johnson's fore,
fell at the outset, and few were able t,
fire the second time. The guerrilla los
was trifling, not exceeding killed an,
wounded REPUBLICAN,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
ESSAY on Spring.

Spring is the time for sowing. In
the city women sew shirts at forty-ive
cents per dozen. In the city, also,
the wicked SOW tares and reap tears.
And everywhere in the spring-time
men SOW the wind and reap the whirl-
wind. Spring is season much sung
about by poets. 1t is season that
moves people--especially about the
lst of May.
1t is the season for raising things.
The first thing generally raised in the
spring is-the rent. After that comes
spring radishes and greens.
Insects also come in the spring. The
mosquito consults his ledger and makes
out his bills for the summer. Earwigs
lay in fresh supply Of legs. Do
nestle and household insects resusci-
tate themselves and crawl and bite in
their little beds. All nature stirs.
Spring also stirs up the theatrical
combinations and, the menageries.
The trained beasts and animals of all
sorts prepare to take the road. The
tramp dreams of fresh fields and pas
lures new and lone farm houses where
he may find the women unprotected
making strawberry short-cake.
Spring comes every year. 1t brings
new clothes to some and new fashions
to all-if they can afford them. Us
ually it brings more clothes than peo
Iple can afford to buy and fashions
than they can afford to follow. Ye
Ispring brings with it the old clothes
people have worn all last winter ant
1 possibly the winter previous. Thes'
can be turned and dyed and made owe
we will not say into new clothes, bu
into the semblance Of the new.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
STATE OFFICIALS

Governor-I. L. Crittenden. Salary, So. 900
Lieut.. G0v.-Robert 4. Campheli.... S. per day.
secretary of Staie-M X Mctirath. 81 900
Attorney Gencral--Daniei ii. Mcintyre. S. 900
Audltor--john Walker. er..........-........S 81; 900
Treasurer-Phii +. Chappelt. 81, 900
Register OF Lands--Robert McCulloch. S 600
Supt. Public Instruction--R. d. shannon. s., 900
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

That 1t is better 20 be rich than
aristocratic.
That there is rage for old fash
ioncd Dutch clocks with chimes of
silver bells.
That there is an establishment in
town where you can hire long seal
skin cloaks.
That eight out Of every ten society
women Of to-day have manufactured
complexions.
That lunches of artificial flowers
are the correct thing on Miss Flora
McFlimsy's muff.
That the most fashionable dinner
parties of the season are those costing
the most money.
That the neutrality-suspicious.
young man has suffered greatly from
the cold of late.
That people cannot be too carefn
how they take in and entertain re.
puted English noblemen.
That artificial smilax is now uni
versally used for decorating private
houses and churches.
That the better class of people re
pudiate Oscar Wilde, and will hav.
nothing to do with him.
That the latest snobbery is to dis
tribute flowers among the coachmei
at fashionable weddings.
That you must have two bonnets-
one very tiny, of feathers; and ON
very big, of plush and fur.
That screens made Of Christina
and New Years cards are the yer,
newest in the aesthetic line.
That Boston girl broke her en-
gagement with New York man be
cause he could not speak Latin.
That there are already signs AM
indications that plush as fashiona
hle material has had its day.
That married woman of the Amer
lean colony in Paris has cloped wit
an impecunious count.
! That the lady who stole fur cloa
at a party, a few months ago, is nov
in the insane asylum.
That it is a bad sign when peopl
supposed to be rich are discovere
pawning their diamonds,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
County and City Directory


Times of Holding Courts.
AUDRAIS CIRCUIT COURT
Regular TermS--- Fourth Monday in january
first Monday in June, and first Monday III
October
COURT.
Regular Tcrms--Second Monday in March May /,
September, and January.
COtSTI COURT.
Regular Tcrms--First Monday in May, August
November and February.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

1t is said the ordinary life
is only ninety days. The
bee. however. is very livek
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM--FULTON

STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM--FULTON.
Resident Officers.
T X. III. Smith, NJ. D., superintendent and Ply
sician.--Saary So, 600 per year.
A Wilkerson, NJ. D., First Assistant Physician.
Salary 81, 5,,O lcr year.
L. y. Howard, NJ. D., Second Assistant Ply
slcian. Salary 81 ,5iE}.
{. o. Atkinson steward. Salary, 81, ,2Do
Il. l.. BatltN. lre:isuiet salary, 81 ,yDo
I. y. Russell, Book k-keerer. SALARY, $50
Mrs. NJ. Il. Dunbar, Matron. salary, $500
DEAF AND DUMB .iSYLUM---FULTON.
W. u. Kerr, y. NJ, sup t..... .Sa larry, 81, -"
james X. shelley, Jr., steward Salary, 81 900
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
DIRECTORY.
National and State Directory.
THE CABINET,

PresIdent--Cheste 4. Arthur. .. Salary SO coo
NIce-President-Davia Davis. Salary, IS. COO
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
SUPREME COURT.


tSalary oil each, Sa,oOO)
James Harding of Cole.
y. NJ SEWER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. of NeWtO
George {. Pratt. .....of Boone.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

current. Obeying the sudden sting
of the whip, the pony gathered him.
self for spring and cleared the
crack as it widened to an impassa-
BILE chasm behind them. A second
crack was crossed in the same man.
ner, and then Jean saw that theil
floating platform was surrounded on
all sides by water. ''We must leave
the sleigh, Louise he said. 'It
will be safer lying fiat on the ice. -
He took his knife and cut the pony
loose from the sledge. ''It is only
fair to give poor Jet a chance for his
life," he muttered; and then seizing
his sister by the hand, he dragged
her to the strongest part of the foe
just as it parted in the middle with a
sudden snap.
The little red sledge slipped into
the water, and the pony, neighing
piteously, drifted rapidly from their
sight. Jean heard the shouting of
voices, and through the driving rain
he was able to make out the figures
of men on shore running to and fro.
"Hold fast to me, LOUISE he said,
as she gave little gasp when the foe
tilted to one side and icy waves
dashed over their faces, ''we are
nearly the stationary ice by the shore.
If you can but. hold out for a moment
longer"
The next instant the huge blocks
of ice, as they came crushing down
the river, forced the little foe Oh the
firm ice, and strong arms carried the
children to place of safety.
The doctor was not able to cross
the river for some time, but the
white powder saved the baby's life.
and the little fellow was growing and
laughing as usual several days before
Jean and Louise recovered from the
effects of the cold and the fright.
The morning after the rescue of
the two children, the black pony,
with his shaggy name and tail fringed
with icicles, was found alive and well
on a little cape where he had safely
drifted ashore.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

L. s. Circuit Court---Western District OF
Missouri,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-30

GbonGE bsaGGE fresh meats always on
eat !" n Billie" expects to sell
NE hn. h. .Mex,eo always, and SO offers
Won .e lne best to his customers.
sttsa" ent tender steak don't fail
kreh.nw win thr most reliable meat
III mexico. 34.tf
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UNITED STATES JUDICIARY,
ChIaf ,TuSfica

Morrison II. Waite, of Ohio. Salary Sl0,
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14
Col. Gibson, Of the Chronicle, d

Col. Gibson, Of the Chronicle, de-
ciares in very emphatic and sensibla
language fiat he ignores any discussions
Of his party in the last Congressional con-
insure peace in the Republican circles Of
the Second district, This is we'll. Wouldn't
it be more polite and wiser if our Demo
cratic contemporaries, who still nurse bitter
feelings against Senator Jackson and other
Democratic supporters of Mr.. Russell,
would imitate this stalwart Republican
and forever bury any recollection of the
Fussell canvass to the prejudice of those
who followed his lead ?-Morristown
Gazette
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14
NO. %.
NOTICE.
Directors of BlOunt Co

By an approximate calculation it
appears that for the scholastic year
1881 there is Sl.65 to each person en-
titled to attend the public school, of
this county, and for 1882 there will
be about $l.50 per pupil.
The exact figures canuot at pres
cnt be precisely ascertained as the
trustee has not yet collected the
entire school tax Of 1882, but these
figures are sufficiently accurate to
serve as a basis by Directors in cal
culating the length of schools
throughout the county.
Respectfully, g. G. JACKSON,
County Superintendent.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14
The Height of Folly.

Then wait untily you ale in bed with
disease you may not get over for
months, is The height, of folly, when
you might be easily cured during the
early symptoms by Parker's Ginger
Tonic, We Ir;lve known sickly ftmilies
made. the healthiest, by timely use Of
this pure medicine Observer.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14

About two columns Of editorials
is crowded out by the Holiday
cards. Read these announcements,
and you will find out where to get
your supplies. We have not had
such a Holiday rush on our ad-
vestising columns since we have
been in business here.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14

lhc. NcpuDilcdl parry VIII nave
been twenty-four years in power at
the close of Arthur's term
Matte Orr, Union City, Tenn. says:
81 used Browns Iron Bittcrs for ncr-
vous weakness and was much benefited.
Gov. Bill Allen once sand; "You
might rs well try to run an ice house
in he'll as an honest government with
full treasury"
The Republican party are very
much interested in the oppressive
internal revenue taxes just now.
S. r. Baldwin writes after trying
Soothing Remedies without avail and
Physicians without relief. | gave
DR.. MoFFETT's TEETHINA (Tcethin =
Powders), and il acted like magic. |
occasionally give powder TO kee p
my chiId's gums softened."
Austin, Texas, has a pre- tty lady
deputy sheriff. She has more alta Oh mtnis
than She can serve.
Eonr accounts are MI ready, an ",
are sitting, like patience on Il. monu-
ment, waiting for You TO come in.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14
STATE NEWS.

A large amount of wheat is being
sown in Tennessee this fall and win
ter.
Thurlow Weeds mother is buried
in the city cemetery of Clarksyiilc,
Tenn, and her grave is in very neg
lccted condition.
G. II. Daskette, of Murfrecsboro,
has accepted a position on the Cincin-
natl News, Mr.. BasEette is an ex-
pcrienced journalist, and will be q
valuable ai1 TO Mr.. ii. NJ. Doak in
making lhe News first-class paper
Nashville World.
.We.lcarn from Sheriff Joe S. Hobbs
that Mr, VIM. Bruce of Coffee's creek,
has large dog that crows just like a
rooster. Some two years ago the
dog began TO practice This art, inst as
he heard the roosters, and every morn
ing, as regular as could be, he kept up
the practice, until now he is an ex-
pert.-Lynchburg News.
Nashville is connected by telephone
with Lebanon, Franklin and Muir
TfrecSboro.
The matrimonial insurance busi-
ness has suffered u collapse.
The old Gayoso hotel at Memphis
is 10 be modernized and put in opera
ton under the control of some Of the
best iiien in that city. N
Maj. Campbell Wallace. of Atlanta,
WAS seventy-scven years old last
Thursday. He is Tcnnessean and Il
member of The railroad commission of
that State.
Robert Wilson, who killed Frank
b. RaSScl in this city last September,
was to-day sentenced to be hanged on
January 3olh.-Chattanc6ga Demo
crat.
4 new case Of smallpox is reported
at Knoxville--a colored girl named
Eliza Alexander. on Patton street.
near Cumberland. 1t has been dctid-
ed to have a pest-house, but the au-
thorities are having trouble TO locate
ii, property holders objecting.
There are. in Tennessee, 91i,3Sj
persons of 10 years of age aud mp
ward, who cannot read, and 4l0722
10 years of age and upward who cam
not write.
Colonel Gustayus A. Henry died
at his home near Tuscumbia, Ala, on
Sunday morning, the 3d inst, at the age of
about forty-four years. He was the third
son Of the late Major q, A. Henry, known
many years ago as the Eagle Orator Of
Tennessee, who died at Clarksville.
Hon. Jere Baxter, of Nashville, has
been elected President Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad.
The people. of Nashville aro NOV
ing earnestly to have their present eXpens-
i've and extrayagant system of municipal
government changed. They complain that
weak and inefficient men fill public Offices
Of trust, and seem TO prefer government
government n0deied on the Memph is tax
ing district system.