Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-11-21
From Athens.


MEssRS. EDITORs-HOw quiet is oul
cozyn little Athens! Even the result:
of the recent elections gave us no disturb
ance or even great excitement, but only
served toinfuse courage and hopein "these
Raids, which has been beaming- in theil
cOuntenances ever since. Some say how
ever, that this spirit is mingled with pity
for the dropping cheer, )" as easily recog-
nized in the cOuntenances of "these Rebs. y
Republicans mot disposed to make any
great ado over these signal victories, az
they are nothing more than was expected,
and, I'll tell you, the genuine, simon-pure
of both BourbOns and New Departurists
are akin to the boy the calf used up, and
to your man of the Press and Herald
nothing to say. Consequently the cleo
tions are passed by without the usual com
ment and discussion.
Mr.. Wins, of the Post, a Democrat OF
the truest type, however, treats the subject
in his usual candid, manly and honest
manner, which Will be well shown by q
few detached sentences from his last week S
issue. He says: /" Eight or ten months
ago the current seemed to be setting
strongly in favor of the Democrats; now
it appears TO be running like mill tail in
the other direction" Then he asks ::
"Who is responsible, the BourbOns or the
New Departurists ?'' Then he says to his
patrons g We are getting somewhat dis
gusted with politics with politicians--and
probably for some time to come shall de-
vote less space to things of that sort''
Who can fail to admire his candoF? And
whether his disgust is from. the manage
ment of affairs at Nashville or caused by
the recent elections, he does not say but
has the manhood TO give his readers the
true state of things. How would you like
a "swapn of Democratic editors?
The delay in the arrival of stern winter,
with its pinching mornings, heavy frosts,
its ice and chilling winds, caused some of
| our. citizens to defer supplying themselves
with their winter fuel. This has occasioned,
| Just now, good demand for coal and
wood, and no less demand for the cheer
! ing fires they make. a~E
At meeting of the Theological Society
of the East Tennessee Wesleyan Univer-
sity on last evening-tO which meetings
the presence of the public is always well
come-Mr. j. NJ. Patterson read an inter-
esting essay on I" Prayer;n Rev. J. r
Shultz read sketch of sermon, and Prof.
WE. +. iMilblmn read an essay on Do
ing Good (which productions, according
to the custom and rule of the Society, were
criticised by the members. This society
is in working order and doing a good
work, as are the other societies of the in
stitution.
Our town is improving. Wehave anew
boot and shoe shop opened in, Wilson'S
block, by G. w. Wood, of this place, a
new tailor shop at Grubb's corner, fitted
up by Jack Grubb, and new billiard ia
bic, arranged in a room over McGaughey's s
family grocery. Also, our town has been
supplied with street lamps, and number
of other improvements on street and pave
ments, carried on under the administra-
ton of our present Mayor, w. S. Gettys,
ESQ.,, who seems to be an earnest and eff
cient officer, ever watchful of the corpora
tion'S interest. rr..r.--... o. G. NJ. NJ.