Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-25
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OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.
Trip to Dandridge-S. $. Convention.

we had the pleasure of attending Sabbath
School Convention at the good town of
cambridge. When we went, how we trav-
I eled, and at what time we got there is
known generally to the citizens of Dan
bridge and to ourselves, and we are of the
l.opinion that narration of the trip would
fail to interest any one except such as are
already acquainted with the facts. 1t is
sufficient to say that we were there Satur-
day morning, when suddenly the glorious
banner of our great Republic emerged from
the court house, followed by long process
sion of-shall we say soldiers?-yes, SOL
diers. Not soldiers with sun-burnt visages,
fiery eyeIballs and dusty uniforms, being
weighted down with the weapons of death
and destruction, going to the field of car
mage, to kill, destroy, conquer or die; but
the tender faces of little, meek and lovely
soldiers, enlisted in, the cause of Sabbath
schools, and of Savior who never taught
his followers to give offense, but to love
one another Aye, soldiers with crystal
drops quivering on fountain ready to
burst FORTH and quench eyerysspark of the
| fire of vengeance, and drown all hate and
malice, healing wounds with precious
tears; yet, with the same precious fluid,
washing away all stains of sorrow, and re-
joicing together in love for one another.
Yes, soldiers whose uniforms were spotlesS
and white, bearing with them song DO Oks
of life and happiness, on their way to q
beautiful shady grove, there to join in inn
pressing lessons of purity, love and eternal
bliss. Here they come! The procession
grows longer and longer, until there were
| over two hundred. They wound through
the streets and, arriving at the grove, the
| procession circled around and was seated
ready for the exercises of the day, which
were opened by Rev. A. n. Carson read
| ing from the Bible and by prayer. Able
speeches were made by Messrs. Parks, Car
son and Lee. Music was furnished by a
splendid choir led by the accomplished
Misses Johnson, and by the Maryville Cor
| net Band. After the usual exercises came
| the dinner, which did not fail to add to the
interest of the occasion: The day was one
! of gladness, so much so that some of the
pa rites remained until shutdown, and were
sorry that it went down. After dinner
Rev. Mr.. Rankin, of Maryland, entertain
ed the audience with brief, well-timed
| speech, appropriate to the occasion.
During odr'stay we were made the guest
of that ever courteous gentleman, DIR. J.
Nat. Lyle, who entertained us with that
hospitality and affability characteristic of
only such gentlemen as himself.
We found0 the citizens alive to internal
improvement. Private individuals have
proposed to grade something near three
miles of q narrow, guage railroad from
Messy, Creek to cambridge, and all seemed
alive to the Importance of the work. We
feel sure that there can be no failure on
the part of the project, particularly if the
citizens can look wen to their common in
terest, We have strayed from our subject,
or we should say more concerning the
railroad. 1t is sufficient to say, however,
that the good judgment of the people,
coupled with the immense wealth at and
near Dandridge, will certainly soon cause
a whistle to awake the slumbering echoes
along the route of a Messy Greek and Dan
bdridge railroad. ,, FORWARD.
May 23d, 1871. y
To the Editors of the KtaorUiUe Chronicle:
ksDEAR SIRs: "A week has passed, and
what change in our colony since Mr..
Fenton, our new business agent, came to
the spot.
The monotonous works of quarrying,
timberiDg, ploughing, &C., are pretty nigh
over. ~
menced, bargains and exchanges of lots
were made, contracts for supplying of lum-
Der and erection of houses were entered
into, and the Whole place has assumed a
business appearance. There is no more
humbug nor bounce about it, it is now
fact, we shall have atown shortly, and
| predict, if hope is father to the thought, a
very fashionable one, too.
Howiean any other place in the world
be compared with ours "A native OF Ger
many, have seen most of the watering
places there, likewise the pretty spots in
England, where spent many years.but
/ none OF them can be taken in comparison
with Warm Springs 3TS ~seos
true, we have had our troubles, as all
otner new enterprises have had, but it Is
Also 4qf there was snever the slightest dis
agreeh1ent between any two members of
this colony, and what has been said about
dlscontent has been settled satisfactorily
70 all, SO Iar as know, and believe / do
know public opinion as well as any one
here, having been myself in the toughest
and hardest work within the last two
months. sid - 1eo
/ The new hotel keeper, Col. Ittner. of the
fremont House, Westchester county. New
York, has taken charge of the hotel to-day,
and has his men busily employed to get it
ready for the convenience of visitors, and
convenient it will be for all-the friendly