Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-01
CHATTANOOGA.
The EplxO0tic.-T Thanksgiving = The
Press association -RailrOads--Man-
ufActOrses. etc.

are horseless. The mosa fashionable of
animal COMPLAINTS has reached and taken
possession OF our stables, aud in proportion
60 numbers we can cough as loud, and run
at the nose as prOfasely as New York or
Nashville-the latter though named last,
not one Of us who have seen the former
believes 20 be the least, Our horses are al
blessed with it, our mules catching it as
fast as they can, and our oxen are anxious
to obtain It. TO animal flesh Il me ans re-
pose, and kind treatment, warm blankets
and good food well prepared, and they
that haze it are stoically
proud, and those few that
have it not, sigh for It. The turkeys, geese,
ducks aud chickens are as anxious for it as
my lady OF fifteen Is for a new bonnet, or
my c0u 10 Fitz James is for nous ache.
We are determined that they shall all have
Il. Even the stock Of the mountains and
valleys arcu ID Us shalt have this grand
treat, for ia oar generosity we give not only
the good things produced by Chattanooga,
but those imported from abroad TO our
friends and neighboTs.
By singular coincidence, yesterday
brougL.t US Thanksgiving and the Tennes
see Press Association. We were sOme-
what pleased with both. A euriy person
might say that 1t was 3 non seq,;itlT, that
! two sach affairs should be brought tOgether
that we should smile upon the Press and
! gobble THANKSGIVING ct one and the same
| time. But we here, Of cay conscience
| and good digestion, can do il. Tbs Mayor,
DR.. Wright, (wbO as good physician Oughs
to know and Col. Fort, the City Attorney,
said we could; Mr. Snyder, our Represen-
tasiVe, elect to the Legislature, Bll Crntch-
field, our Representative elect to
Congress, said we could, and E6.
James our State Senator elect, proved
hat zee could, By doing It. Like many
other thin-s that appear mysterious before
q pos tive lest, The thing vas simple and
plain enough after # was done.
The observance OF the day was general
and sumptuOus. Although the day was
very agreeable the simplicity was more
so. The Press Association mat in the par
lors OF our model hotel, the Stanton House,
at 10 o'clock, ard set with closed doors,
though probably not IN secret session, until
q o'clock, and after trahsacting their bust =
ness, which was, no doubt, OF ths utmost
Importance, adjourned, Soon after, they
were taken possession OF By the city author
tiles, Mayor Wight, Col. Fort, City Attor-
| ney; Bfr. Corey, and others, and confronted
with magnificent feast prepared by the
proprietors Of the Stanton House, whose
generous hospitality and whose ability -
'keep hotel" could not be questioned by
Mat. Peel in his hungriest or merriest
mood. We toasted them and they toasted
Us, and, Sc usual, we ate and drank hearti
ly.
Ab night an assemblsge of the elite ap-
| peared In the spacious p1rlors ofthe Stanton
House to hear mr.. Jones, Of the UNION
| and AMERICAN, ard Of the Association,
| give the rest Of them some notes Of what be
knew about the publication Of newspapers
| as business. He touched them up in a
wy that touched also some Of the audi
en5e, fer I, myself, have had scheme on
! foot bigger than Lockout, which l have
| implOred the papers hers to take hold Of
and put through, and | never could see why
they didn't, til Jones impaired some dim
rays Of light on the subject. When could
make a million by tie operation, TO see
such indifference on the part Of the press
passed my comprehension. Jones said |
should pay for &. ! win think about.
Then we had q sparkling poem by Mrs. L.
Virginia French, trimming with humc3,
and posse. sing slsO that body which lends
TO the eGaTvescence Of chOiea wine, that
Charming exhilaTation and bouquet which
delight and invigorats the mind in lNera-
ture as the juice Of thu grape does the
| physique e. the feast. She delivered il also
with all that grace, dignity aud modesty that
mark the highest type of woman when act
! Ing in the.higteF spheres. She was attended
~ her Younger sister, Mrs Ida MerriWeth-
er, Of Memphis, whose pen has won for her,
also, distinction in prose and poetry second
! only 70 her sister, among the living female
litteTateurs Of the South. Both made q
most pleasing Impression on our people, and
did credit to Tie Press Association, OF
which, / believe, they are both honorary
melnteFs. The entertainment was cOnciu
ded By happy CStemDOre Grafton by Mr.
Bingham, Q; the Southern Newspaper
Uaicn,
IL Gag we have shown the Association
the city. Our railroads are not subject,
AID they psrvaja all our borders. This
morning Mr. j, c. Stanton, Jr., CHS father
being Absent, ard who conducts the busi
ness Of the Alabama and chattanooga road
ia lis fathers absence,) tuEDed out train
for the purpose, and carried tie Association
(Which are cur gueSts) over the lines OF our
city, Mr.. Snyder, az ciceTOne, showed the
members Of the press, including Mrs.
French and Mrs. MerEiwetber, aud Col.
john Il French, wbois . bTecet member
and most estimabie gentleman, the raul
road car-wheel factory Of Messrs. Bfum-
ley 4 Evans, who are crOSded with orders
but who have ihe energy 10 al them al;
aud the Rolling Mills and Foundry OF the
Rosne Iron Company. This establishment
excited the surprise and admiration OF tie
Press. When told thai under the manage
meut Of NessTs. RathbODe 4 Chamberlain,
it employed SEQ skilled laborers, and turned
ont 90 10 s. tons of finished iron work,
railroad iron, &c, per day, some of these
Press representatives opened their eyes asst
they saw . nelg Chattanooga And they
did They understood, perhaps for the first
time thag we are going alead-with force
and heat Of the trip-hammsr and feIy
furnace. We also showed them where
their frebrick come from-wheTe aud how
they were made.
After Mr.. Stanton, Jr., had completed bis
city excursion. Tire party was taken posse.
son ofby Msj. Geo. @, Conner, ofthe West
err and Atlantic road--an Irish gentleman,
possessing all the good humor and ready
wit progerbial TO bis race, besides
d Soul e. VIZ 1A9 PS-~SAe
and generous as he is gOod-lOOklng-who
carried them to the fair grounds and Ma
tional cemetery, calling upon Capt. Cook,
the United States Military Commander OF
the Post. The Major wanted to take the
party into Georgia, at least as far as Tuu-
mel Hill, but some of the mora discreet,
looking upon the provisions he had made,
concluded the majority could not stand tba
TRIP. Whereupon the Association and lis
kindly accompanying friends returned to
the Stanton House TO another superb din
Der, during which all those pledges were
again made, and those bumpers familiar 10
such occasions were turned off.
Tonight part of the Representatives Ct
the Press leave US, and part remain to en-
Joy the Inequalities Of Capt. Cook, at Post
Headquarters, in e hop Of which may
hereafter say something. RAP.
WHAT DAME OF a TOMB9Y.
Miss Martha knight is good looking girl
who was born in Boston, and very egrly in