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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-04

Tar APPEALS position on the State debt
auestion is we'll known-it is that OF the
Dsuoeratic party, which by so signal ma
soritv elected Bate and a Democratic Legis-
lature pledged to the ifty-and-thres compro-
mise. We cannot he inexperienced, there
fore. when we eoadenn the conduct Of
Treasurer Polk in refusing to pay the inter-
est on the recently funded bonds as directed
by law. He is an executive officer, aud has
no right to set himself at any time above the
law on any assumption of even an opposing
Dublic sentiment. So long as the laws are
ON the statute books of the State they sheuld
be enforced by the officers elected or ap-
pointed for that purpose. In this
aed this alone, have the citi-
'ulsns any guarantee that the laws are worth
more than the paper they are printed on.
The tax to pay this interest was in the treas
ury, collected under the same law that di-
rected it's application, and Treasurer Polk had
no option but to pay it out at the times and
places specified, uuless restrained By an in
junction from = court of competent juris-
iiction or forbidden by the Legislature.
He acted in this matter in defiance of
the Law and is responsible therefor, aud be
has brought more dfscredit TO the State by
that defiance than all the changes of State.
debt policy since 1871 put together. The
,bondhoiders are justified in their
statements that there is no security
for them in State where an
officer can thus annul the law at will, blown
hither and thither by every wind OF doc
triue. But happily for Is the Legislature
relieved the Stale from \ very hnmIliating
position by passing joint resoiation yes
terday forbidding the treasurer to pay the
interest on the bonds issBed under the act
compromising the State debt at sixty, three
fOdr-fVe-aDd six. Now the way is clear to
She passage Of an act compromising The debt
at 6ftJ-aad-three, Uhich it is to be hoped the
bsndh0l1ers will accept, and thus enable US
10 take ost OF The politics Of the State q
<sEed sHd Vexing question. - 49,
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Caused Great surprise at Warrington.

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A Washington dispatch says: The action
II Stale-Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, in re-
'usipg 10 continue the funding OF the Ten
lessee State bonds, in accord ance with the
vet OF the Legislature last spring, settling
he bonded Indebtedness at fifty cents on the
dollar, with three, four, five and six per
cent. interest, and allowing the State to re-
teem at the expiration OF five yearp, caused
tndisguised surprise TO the Tennessee con.
gessmen. They are reticent on the eubjeci,
br they advocated in the last political cam
nign the very policy which Mr. Polk alleges
ip indorsosp by refusing TO obey the law.
The question il of additional interest be-
cause OF several facts 10 the first place Mr..
Pix was one of the most enthusi sstic cham
pins Of State-credit before the election, and
hi. statements then as to the number OF
boads funded is strangely different from what
henow makes public. Of the SIS, 900 900 OF
boads only S7,000,000 have been funded, ae-
coding to Mr.. Folks last statement. He
LED the public 10 believe that $12,OtO,000 or
100000 had been funded, and this was
usd as an argument (for maintaining the
setlement) by the State-credit wing of the
Democracy during the canvass.
Toe action Of Mr.. Polk, go sudden, srbi-
tray and explicsble, ,aAd 10 direct dereliction
of lis duties as a sworn officer OF the State,
hascaused "drop" in Tennessee bonds,
which has, OF course, Injured to the financial
ben fit OF some and 10 tue pecuniary detri-
melt of others. But this could hardly be
too severely condemned in view OF the fact
thai the opinion of the Tennessee Supreme
Court declaring the uHeonstituIionality OF
the Legislatures act in settling the debt al
Parwiih three per cent. interest was known
10 Wall street speculators before it had been
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"Our evening cOtemporary," says the
Nashville World Of Wednesd az, "has busted
itself very much in attempting 10 add, BY
way OF biting comment and inuendo, force
and point to the political speech delivered
by the Rev. I. A. Hoyt before the Senate
last Monday. The speech, il is true, was in
the form OF prayer, and was ostsnsibly ad.
dressed 10 the throne OF grace. II was noth-
ing more nor less than speech for the in
famous sixiy-and-six. The learned minister
SHOULD have prayed more effectuzlly before
the election. Thai he did pray for the sixty
and-six aud the one hundred and-three We
have no doubt. ConfusioD, shame, disgrace
and defeat settled down upon those IN ensures
and their famous authors, despite The CON-
slant and persistent wrestling of their chap
lain in prayer. The Banner assisted The
preacher in the unholy business, and the re-
suit of the combised efforts of a persecuted
pulpit and the press is not quite 400 votes
iu the great State of Tennessee for Attorney
General ]. II. Fussell, the long haired orator
of the bolt and the champion cf one
hundred-and-three and The sixty-and-
six, for whose success DR.. Hoyt's fer
vent prayers ascerd daily and night
ly to a Throne of Grace Besides
this meager showing rs the result OF the al
lance of the pulpit and press, we have to
pldCc Tue laCt tnat mol siDSle one nu0Qred-
and-three and sixty -and-six so-called Demo-
crat mas been sworn IL as member OF the
Forty-rhird General Assembly. Judging
entirely By this beggariy array of empty
seats In the two houses and the paucfty OF
the votes for Fussell, we are forced to the
conclusion that the Banner and DR.. Hoyt
have very little influence in heaven or on
the earth. Not having any standing in
either one OF these places, as far as the sixty
and-six iDfamy is concerned, the doctor and
our evening contemporary need not expect TO
fnd any favor with this General Assembly,
who are pleasing and s law-abiding
and covenanl-keepipg body OF public
servants. Let the Legislature be matched
man with man, and measured man with man !;
we dare say that that body is as honest, IS
loyal to truth snd as faithful TO the pledges
they make, aud as high socially, and as far
from doing wrong, and as clear OF repudi-
alton as DR.. Hoyt or any OF his confederates.
This being so, il is high time that he had
submitted gracefully 10 the verdict of the
people, and advised his organ TO do the same
hingo
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INTEREST PAYMENT
On the Sixty-aHd-Six State Debt Settle
ment stopped by Joint Resolution
OF the Legislature.
The Organization Of the House Com
pleted-A State Railroad Commission
Among the Probabilities.

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, January 3.-1he orgauiza-
lion OF the House was completed by the fe-
lection Of Mrs. John Kennedy as engrossing
clerk, and G. W. Griffin assistant sergean ..
alarms.
REGULATIONS were adopted in both houses
instruciiBg the comptroller and treasurer
not 10 pay any interest on the bonds issued
under the act 10 settle at sixty, three four
FIVE and.six
10 the Senate discussion occurred rela.
tive to the resolution, bul it was neverthe-
less adopted by large majority.
Il is understood that standing committees
will be raised on the railroads and the State
debt.
1t appears now as il il we're the intention
OF the Legislature to pass bill looking to
the appointment of railroad commission.
The standing committees will probably be
announced tomorrow.
No irklipg as to what Gov. Hawkins will
say in ms message has yet leaked cut.
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AnoIher Version of the Caase of Ris
.a-s Death.

A correspondent writes: "No doubt is
permis sable thai that which caused Gam
betta's death was a bullet fred by lady
who is we'll known in Paris, and whose pseu-
donym, Leonie Leon, conce ais the patronym-
ics of one of the most honorable Israelitc
iamiiits of Bordeaux. She left her husband,
the Councillor General OF Geronde Depart
ment, 10 follow the fortunes of one by
whose eloqueDce she was completely fas-
.cina.ed, and meeting with him in 1858 she
deserted her family. Their connection has
lasted ever since; He was impatient OF the
chain he could not break, especially as a
child was born the succeeding year, whose
paternity he refused TO acknowledge. The
refusal caused scenes of violence between
the lovers. The man wearied of the con-
nectioD, and the woman cluug to him
Tor whom she had sacri6csd her honor.
Two years ago Leonie's husband died, and
she mmoned Gambetta to fulfill bis prom
ise Of marriage, but received another refusal.
he made an agreement, however, 10 provide
for young Leon, on the condition that he
should be educated in Germany. The mother
hesitated, but finally consented, and accom-
panied the child and his father to Dresden.
This was the journey commented upon last
year by the European press, which ascribed
political motives to the presence of Leon
tells. The connection was continued ater
their return, Leon going every Saturday
evening 10 his villa, where she was accepted
mistress by the servants, and returning
Monday morning in his carriage. Their
qusrrels also continued. Within a week
three discharged domestics revealed the mys:
teries OF the ill starred establishment.
Finally the dissensions eliminated in
the scene of the unhappy pistol
.hst. Gambetta lost his temper, Civ
ing vent 10 abuse and coarse lam
guage, such as he was wont to employ
10 moments OF passion. She was e1aspsr-
ated, seized revolver and fred. He raised
his hand to turn aside the weapon and re-
ceived his wound. Everything else is con-
jectured None but they know the truth;
Gambeita died without sign. can vouch
for the authenticity of this version of the
unhappy story, and l assume the entire re-
spossibilIty for it, no matter how different il
may be from the others which may obtain
Dubiiciiy
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GEN. SAM r. AEDERsoN died at his resi-
dence, in Eige6eld, on Tuesday morning.
He was born in Virginia, and came to this
State in early life, and died at the age of
seventy-uine years. He was twice married,
his last wife being niece Of Gov. Tfous-
dale and a sister cf Col. Leon Trousdale.
The deceased was elected lieutena ant colonel
OF the First Tennessee regiment 10 the Mexi-
can war in 1876. He participated in the
battles of Monterey and Buena Vista with
distinction. Ga his return home he was
made president of the Bank Of Tennessee,
10 which he di.played business abilities
equal TO those shown in a military capacity.
He was postmaster of Nashville under Bl
chauap, and served with distinction as a
brigadier-general in he Cor federate army
until the close OF the civil war. Gen. 40
derson was an upright man, good citizen
and a sterling ID .mOc-at
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CHALMERS has developed from the strut
ting to the staggering stage. He now says,
rs we learn from the Jackson Mississipeidn.
that he will wage an Incorporating war
"against the Democratic party until all the
railroads are supervised and regulated, and
until the people are permitted TO elect all the
Judges and chancellors in Mississippi" How
we apples swim. As to railroad commits
sion, the Democratic party will see TO that in
time to meet the demands OF the people, but
rs for the election of judges-Supreme and
Circuit-and chancellors, there is, as the
MissisSippian well says, "no dissatisfsction in
the public mind with the present mede Of
appointment. TIE picture of a lot oil
polhouse politicians scrambling before a
ward convention for judicial positions, OF
manipulating the beautiful primaries for an
instructed and handcufed delegation for
professional politicians for Supreme Court
judgeis not especially cheering or attractive.
We have enough Of that kind OF thing now"
Chalmers had better subside. He caa play
the marplot and demagogue 10 perfection,
but the role of rsformer is giants size too
hi0 for him
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REEUNpING TAXES.
THE AMOUNT REQUIRED IN CASE THE IsrEl
NAL REYENuE is REDrCED

NAL REVENUE is REDUCED.
WASHINGTON, January "a communica-
tion from the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting 10 The Senate the estimate OF
the commissioner Of internal revenue OF the
amount OF money required TO refund taxes
on cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, distilled spirits
and matches, notes the difficulty Of arriving
at any accurate estimate, saying there are
1894 ,692 dealers in manufactured tobacco,
1928 rectifers of distilled spirits, 4241 whole
sale dealers in distilled spirits and 16s, 40
retsil liquor dealers in the United States
He is of the opinion, however, that there are
25, ,000, 900 gallons of paid distilled spirits
10 the hands of the trade, the tax upon
which is 500 100000 The tax paid on
manufactured tobacco 10 the bands OF deal
ers is 40, 0,S2l ,223 pounds, the tax on which is
IS, ,2S5.72l. The numbsr OF cigars and
cigarettes is 49,, ,224, lO7, The tax on which is
4,204, ,242 2r1Ehe tax on matches in the
hands OF RealeTsSa is $1,000 753. The total
amount oi tsxes TO be refunded is $50 0s0,.
7l6. A considerable proportion of the articles
above mentioned are now in broken packages.
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CAPITAL NOTES.

WAshISGTos, January SIT the Star
route trials to-day little scene occurred be-
tween Jadge Wylie and Carpenter, of ooun-
Sci Tor the defense. No new facts were de-
yeloped.
nearly $4,000.
Argunsnt vas continued in the Police
oeart u Dickson's ease to day.
fioe-Admiral s, c. Rowan has been or
eeseo 70 hePost to the Secretary of the Treas.
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The failure Of the Co operative Dress Az
sociation in New York which was organized
BY Miss Kate Field, a very bright and clever
woman, is lameptsble, because its obss was
IN the interest of economy, and this 4 al
ways desirable; but then Kate should have
'membered, as the Chicago Tribune
says, that millionaire wives are never
quite Satisfied unless their goods come
from abroad and their dresses from Worth,
and that even quite plain and unpreteuding
women like TO have it understood that their
dresses come from the leading fashionable
dry goods houses, aud that they cost as much
As their Deighbor'e. Under such circum.
stances dress cooperative association can
not be otherwise than failure.
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THE people Of ibe Taxing-District are
anxious to hsveJh debt of the city OF Mem
phis settled upon the basis of the Flippin
compromiss-fifiy- and -si1-the bonds to be
issued by three comm lssioners, TO be appoint
ed by the Legislature for that purpose, and s
special tax te be levied by the Legislature,
collectable each year, 10 pay the interest and
create a sinking fund for their gradual liqui.
datiou. But they are not willing, an will
not consent, to the TaEieg District govern
.nent having anything whatever 10 do with
'sf1s settlement, nor TO be nearly or re
motely bound for it or any part Of
it. Spectators in Memphis bonds may
as well understand this as the teltled
policy of the people, once and for all. As
TO the silly threats that are in circulation
that the courts--F.dersl or State-can usurp
the legislative and executive functions OF
government, and compel the levy, collection
and application of tax that ia all bosh
The tax-ievying power is in the Legislature,
and no court can reach it by compulsory
maudamus
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ARKANSAS LEGISLATURES.
Candidates for the Omces Tins Far
Announced.

Special to the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, January 3.-The Lesisla-
ture will convene Monday, and already the
sspirants for the offices are being groomed
for the race. There will be four starters for
president of the Senate, namely: R. F. Crit
tenden, Criltenden county; W. F. Meeks,
Louoke; ]. s. Williams, Grant county, and
B. I. Embrey, of Pope. Those named for
the Speakership race are ]. NJ. Hewitt, of
Lee; W. c. Brady, of Washington, and v.
3. Tate, of Baxter. Hewitt and Tate are
now in tha city
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tin plates. In the memorial it is claimed
that the tin plate industry was lost 10 this
country by nisconstruelion of the law in
1854, which originally fixed the duty al 2lc
per pound, and that it lies in the power OF
Congress 10 provide Livelihood for 100000
people in the United States by afordiDg The
tin plate industry protection.
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The Chattanooga Times Gays: We have
talked with dozen leading Bate Democrats
in this city on the subject OF Col. Polk's
threat to nullify the funding law, and not a
man failed to pronounce such course 'out.
rageousy The general sentiment is that
there is a speculative scheme beneath the
movement, or that Polk, becoming con-
vinced he could not be reelected by COM
binaiion of Republican and Democratic
votes, has put out his promise to repudiate
his oath, his duty and the law, as a bid for
R,sdjusler votes.
The latter theory is not plausible one.
The Resdjuster slate is made, and Polk cam
not break it by any amount of walloWing in
the political mire. The majority of the Leg
islature are not fools enough TO trust fresh
convert, who only last August declared he
favored the election Of Hawkins over Bate,
as means of sustaining the honor of the
State.
Tue colonel's flop warns them they might
expect him TO flop again forthe came reasons
tt9t would move him now. He was a cam
didate for reelection two weeks ago. and
then ex pected to poll the full Republican
strength and get enough State credit
Democrats 10 secure the Office. OF course
he gave up that enterprise when he con-
eluded TO erect himself into Il supreme
court Tor the Interpretation of the popu-
lar will as it affected the execution OF
the laws of the Stale. Hence there can be
but two explanations OF the tressurer's
threat to refuse payment Of the coupons be
is bound, by his oath ,and his public prom
ises, TO psy, and te refuse which is an act
that would, had We an honest Legislature,
subject him to impeachment He has been
the subject of an unaccountable and ridicu-
lous panic, or be is playing into the hands
OF some syndicate or broker heavily on the
''shorP side of The market in Tennessee
bonds.
1t is au ugly and humiliating business
every way il is taken. The bondholders
have been bled out of their fees, amounting
to many thousand dollars Mr.. Polk pockets
his share of this fat picking, ard on the very
day on whics be completed the funding Of
the last batch OF $4,000 offered, he says to
the 6ondholders: Il have Just found out
there wa an election in November, CT which
the people apparently disapproved of the
whole funding business, and l mdst obey
what copstrue as the wish Of the people, in
defiance Of the Legislature, the governor,
comptroller, and 10 violation OF my sworn
duty and repeated promisssp
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1910.

1T Is difficult to believe that country of
such Vast extent of territory as this, and
with soil and climate Unsurpassed for the
growing of potatoes, should be put to the
necessity of importing 100000 bushels OF
lhem IN single year; but such is the fact.
Ihe books of the customs bureau show that
nearly 100000 bushels were imported from
starving Ireland, from Scotland, New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia during the last fiscal
year, their value being S4,5O0,OO0, and the
duty on them $l1S,476. This ought to en-
courage the farmers OF this and adjoining
States 10 persevere in the cultivation Of the
potato, which last year yielded them such
large profts.
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Disastrou. CoufIaxratfo..

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, January "a disastrous
conAsgratiOn at 10 o'clock this morning de-
stoyed the grain elevator of the Hannibal
and St. Joseph railroad and spread rapidly,
destroying the old passenger depot Of the
Hannibal and st. Joseph, box cars, several
fiat cars loaded with lumber and a number
ally cost 100000.
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Prfddy HI Oufe.
GastOn's Hotel.
A word 10 Mothers.

You will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup invaluable friend. It cures dysentery and
wind collie softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
mstion and gives tone and energy to the whole
system. In almost every instance where the in
FAINT is suffering during the teething period from
pain aud exhaustion relief will be found in fifteen
or twenty minutes after the Soothing Syrup has
been administered. Do not fail to procure it.
Price IS cents a bottle. For sale everywhere.
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ED.

GALLkGHER-At the residence of her parents,
No. 15l Tennessee street. Wednesday morning, jan
uarv s. 1888. at O'Clock, MARY GALLAGHER aged
twenty-five years one month and twenty-one days,
daughter OF Edward and Annie Gallagher.
Funeral will take place from ST. Joseph's church
this CrHURsDAY) afternoon at 20 clock. Friends
arc invftad ta at+apd
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ENGLAND.
ENGLAND.
e PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.

THE PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.
LONDON, January S.-Several huge gaps
have appeared in the walls of the central
tower OF the Peterborough h cathedral. The
tower will be demolished. The cathedral is
one of the faest in England.
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10 be written. II will become one OF the
interesting episodes in the history of France.
Singls-handed and slone he aroused the
drosping spirits of the people, raised and
equipped armies and accomplished al that
mortal could in siemming the tide of disas-
ter which was overwhelming his country. He
raised and disbursed the millions gotten
through Morgan & Co., IN England, and the.
most rigid examination Of his affairs BY his
enemies when Ire war was over ouly showed
that his hands S<re clean and his records
'unstained. After I've war his advice was
sought more than Any other mans. The
greatest speech of his he was that made at
Versailles upon the occak on of MacM ahon's
coup de esat in turning away bis republican
ministry and Replacing it with ministry
hostile to the republic. Mr.. Wsshburne has
at his house portrait of Gambetta painted
expressly for him.
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FhAiNSEs
GAMBETTA's WOUND.
THE FUNERAL POSTPONED.

PARIS, January 3.-Strenuous efforts are
making 10 procure a judicial inves'iga
of the circumstances under which Gambetta
received bis wound,
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WHEN ysur throat feels sore or uncomfort-
able, use promptly DR.. ysyne's EKpec,oranf.
1t will relieve the air-psssages Of all phlegm
or mucous, sllay Inflammation, and so give
the affected parts chance to heal. No safer
remedy can be had for all coughs and cold.,
or any ceHplsipt of the threat or lungs, and
il taken in time brief trial will prove its
efficacy -...-----,
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Notice of Dissolution.

THE mercantile firm of Wallace & Cooke. O
L Como, Pamela county, Miss, is this day dis
solved by mutual consent; Mr. John L. Cooke hav-
ing sold his interest. in the merohandise only to
MI John p. wallace, who W II assume charge of
the business and will sign the firm name in iiqui-
dation. WALLACE & COOKE,
Como, Miss Jan. i, 1888. In liquidation.
HAVING assumed charge of the business OF the
IL above-named firm will continue as here
tofore. in my own interest, at the old place of
business, at Como. Panela county, Miss.
Como, January ], 1888. ]. p WALLACE
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BoRpENTowN, N. J., January S.-The wa
terworks and machinery we're burned last
night. They will soon be in working order
again, The FIRE was incendiary.