Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-04-02

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C1hrksvflnefs - have : rsbacee
Fsir- Strong Protest Against
neeonstrustion-1Bove-
menl Lo0ax inG to- " ~
Manufacturing.
Clarksville board of Trade met at
8 o'clock, p. NJ, on the oath inst, Mr..
Kennedy in the chair.
The President briefly stated the OBJ
ject Of the call meeting, whereupon,
the committee on Tobacco submitted
a complete programme, which met
with some slight objection, but 1t was
finally agreed that the committee be
increased TO twelve and the pro-
gramme submitted for such revision
as they deemed proper. inmg,is ad
Committee is now composed Of the
following gentlemen IN Capt. #. p.
Gracey,, NJ, v. ingram, l.. r., Clark,
lT.hH. Puryear, 5. r! Seat Ike, II.
Shelby, A.. +. Smith, John D Thorn
"a, Geo. J. Mallory, p, II. Keesee,
aud PresidentD. N. Kennedy 10
8 On motion Of Mr.. w. J. Ely, the
Board unanimously resolved to hold
a Tobacco Fair, on the 18th of June,
1870. N h
We will probably be able to pub
lish the programme in full, in our
next lssiie. 1t will prove, to he quite
interesting to our fdrming friends /:
the list of premiums, to beswarded
will amount 10 $500, ranging from
SO TO $500 dollars. a premium OF
$50 will be awarded to. the farmer
who makes the highest average sale
of his crop, of not less than five hogs
heads, having sold his entire crop on
this market; also premium of $500
to the farmer or Spectator who sells
the largest number Of hogsheads on
this market, duritig the season, both
of these To be determined on the first
day of September next. ,',.
Mr. Poston spoke OF the damaging
effect to our trade Of the movements
Of theTennessee Reconstrhctionists
and the certain destruction OF our
commercial relations with northern
cities. The destruction Of the present
peaceful relations of the people, and
the anarchy which would certainly
follOw; reconstruction, should the pol
icy OF a few disappointed politicians
who would sink Tennessee for the
sake ola longer lease OF power for
public plumber be pesisted In. He
did not desire or intend to introduce
politics in our meetings, but we
were working for the advance
ment of commercial interests, the vi
tails of which this Revolutionary
movement was destroying, and he
knew well, as every other member
of the board did, that better state
of feeling existed now among all
classes than had atany time previous,
since the war; that the people were
peaceful and quiet, and busily at
work, and If let alone and allowed to
"pursue the even tenor of their
ways" that peace, prosperity and
happiness would soon once more
smile upon us, and we would be In a
condition to obtain that immigration
which is so much need to develope
our resources further, that the mass
es Of the Republican party In Tennes-
see did not desire reconstruction, and
anu he believed it our solemn dutyitO
use all of our power and influence To
avert ii, and, therefore, moved that a
committee be appointed to draft u
firm andrespectful remOnstrance, and
forward a copy to Honorable Joseph
Fowler and to the most prominent
merchants of New York Philadel-
phia, Cincinnati and other cities.
The motion was carried unanimous
ly. The Chair appointed on the COM
mittee, III. H. Poston,W. IT.. Shack
elford and II. IL. Lurtun. On mo-
ton the President was added to the
committee. uHH ali'' .1f9
Mr.. Il. H. Lewis, chairman of the
committee on manufactures, submit
ted the following .'.tl
.e'DHlip .ia REPORT:
VI CI.ARsvILLE, March 9th, 1870.
To the Qarksplle Board of Trade:
The committee appointed by the
President, at the last regular meet
ing, upon Manufactures, deeming the
matter of vital Importance to the pros
perity of our city, held a conference
with some Of our leading citizens, at
which various branches of manufac-
lures were fully. discussed, and we re-
solved to recommend the practicable
ity, aye! the,necessity of building an
Agricultural Machine Shop, and a
Cotton Mill, upon small scale, and
we earnestly urge that this Board
take such action as they deem best to
bring this matter before our citizens,
at as early day as possible.
a..r r. FL. LEWIS, Charm.
The report was received and the
committee continued for the purpose
of developing plan for building a
mandatory nj agricultural nipple
ments, and TO ascertain the amount
of capital necessary and solicit stock
subscriptions for same. it'
Capt. Gracey, from committee on
bridges submitted a partial report in
reference to freeing the lower bridge
over Red river. The comittee was
about developing plan upon which
it could be done with mutual benefit
to all concerned. HI -lrET t d
Messers. j. b. Killebrew, John
Pettus, Rob't Meek, and w. s.. Nc
Reynolds were duly elected members
of the board. ir.IaH.
Adjourned to meet first Tuesday I'm
April, at s o'clock, y. NJ. i'unr. .f.
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