The New York herald., 1872-10-14

old Chiekamauga that
Shook the Woods.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 8, 1879.
Our circus reached Winchester Thursday morn
tng, after passing over the batte-scarred country
around Chattanooga and drawing delighted crowds
an alonr When we left in the evening the per-
formers and the knights OF the press were safe and
sound of limb, and oil the dreadful predictions
whereof we heard in Knoxville OF riot and slaugn'
ser ON the first occasion OF our show ended In the
quietest and pleasantest OF days. According to the
humbugs and prophets OF evil we were destined to
terrible time. Bowie Knives pistols and shot
guns were to take the place Of peaceful political
controversy. Slugs Of lead were to be substituted
Tor chunks OF logic and direful dirk knives for
harmless figures Of rhetoric. johnson
was to be waited on the smoke OF
rine beyond the pale Of the laws OF the country
and the constitution, and Maynard was to be ex-
, tended an I" Euthanasia'' through the same mer
ciful process. Maynard's physique Offering as
much Of tangible target for bullet as an upright
billiard cue, 1t became necessary to call upon the
best rife shots in Winchester and even then to In
sist that they should 60 into practice for at least
week before the meeting took place. The COM
nittee on
SHOOTING MAYNARD
insisted that the men selected for the job should
be able to hit the edge Of Q razor at fifty PAGES,
snun candle without snufiing 1t out or cut Q
linen thread at the same distance. All this was In
order to make sure OF hitting Maynard, as his
corporate entity is the nearest thing physi-
cal to Q spiritual and impalpable essence
There was no concern Of this kind about Johnson,
for 1t is as easy to hit him as to hit haystack;
yet there was q source OF anxiety regarding him
that positively bordered on despair. The question
oar n no
70 kill or even to scare himYn There was q good
deal OF talk about bringing battery OF Calling
guns from Nashville, and finally 1t was decided to
negotiate for the aforesaid battery, supplement
with about full battalion Of rides, half ton Of
bucksh0t, several thousand tOrpedOes and hand
Grenades and half dozen barrels OF blasting
powder. All this engnery OF terror and death, set
blazing at once, at, under and over Johnson, was
deemed about enough to prevail on him to leave
the town Of Winchester for some time.
1t was in Knoxville
DESIGNING HEATHEN
told US all this. He said there would be the devil
to pay II Johnson spoke at Winchester as he spoke
IN East Tennessee. you VIII see, said my dismal
eoothsayer, "that Johnson will not attempt to say
at Winchester what he said in our Court House to-
day, and that Maynard will draw his horns In, t0o
Let them utter the same sentiments and they'n
with emphasis) get shot,"
soon began 10 tnlnK What q ureauIul place VIII
chester must be, where rebels and rifles went to-
gether as naturally as whiskey and water. or
course had no reason to doubt the possibility Of
fight, for mad we not precedent in the campaign
Of Senter and Stokes, when each had an armed gang
Offollowers who went regularly from place to place
with the candidates and drew themselves up In
opposing force around every PLATFORM Ten dollars
IN Confederate money would be q big insurance on
mans life who ventured aloud any disparaging
remarks on the candidates at those meetings.
Reckless fellows under the stimulus Of unseasoned
whskey would insist on having their critical say,
and eight or ten funerals generally followed.
Redleld, OF the Cincinnati Commercial, and my
self, impressed with the serious inconvenience 1t
would bring upon the worlds affairs and our own
II we had TO peg out without notice, resolved to In
trench ourselves in the Court House behind
AN ABATTIs OF sPITTooNs
which In tlHs country grow to the size OF wash
tubs and do most abound in all public buildings
and hotels. II 1t came to the last ditch We could
hurl down our .dcences on the foe and cover him
with something less sweet-smelling ana savory
than infamy Itself. We entered the town before
noon in four-horse wagon, in which dozen OF us
were packed close as sardnes, the muzzle OF my
neighbours noun tain howitzer, in his breast
pocket cAanng my coat sleeve In rather perilous
and unpleasant way.
WHERE HAM som OF NOAH SETTLED DOWN.
In Winchester everything is ancient. ! never
saw such immoderxtely old niggers and they don't
seem to be ut all aSLamed OF living SO long.
remarked TO Redaeld;, that Ham, after leaving
the paternal ark, must have settled down
here ..why, there he is" said my fes-
tive fellow rovoge,u, ivotnting to an antique
statue iuebony whose ne "a was wreathed In re.
splendent covering OF whit lambs wool sitting at
his ease in front OF the hOt w.. Jumping out OF the
vehicle went np aud asked the eboD figure, whose
face might have emerged fror the night OF ages,
orians pSoprst. a Is o9Si Of the ns ark Mr. NoaRS'
"Hhi no, 70 san. Youse Jokin' MY name is Uncle
sam % son OF o. A1nty Sonmsy; by da % ouse @ iokn sow
because you know very wen that Annty Columbia
was not tne mother, but the vii Q ol Uncle sam,
Thereunon the old way OF an A. trcan grinned
from to ear, and If he turned on not TO be the
powerful affection for sandwich ca iiea aiter his
great progenitor.
The pig Is the most prolific and iavort teahlmai IN
fhs country and everybody tries to say, ns ns ION
The pigs OF Winchester are race TO Il 'ednse,es IVES,
They are s0ciable than elsewhere, ol w us Ies
were holding q barbecue IN handsol ne mua
enclosure as we entered the town they IN pressed
ns al once with their genial and gregarious Th
Everything in Winchester lives very long. III Inc
natives are kindly TO their pigs and give "a van n
long lease Of life 90 that when venerable na P . lid
OF a forty year old pine CONN., and thus ttae
trouble and expense OF drying hams are spared. >
PLACE WHERE NOTHING NOR NOBODY DIES.
Chickens are also tenrcry cherished to q ,
green Old age. Transient boarders at the hoteis
IRE the only miserable people WHO object 10 tnis
gentle and admirable practice. if you want 70
abreviate your existence you can de 30 In the con.
yentiona way, by contributing your quota 70 tne @
wash tub spittoons, and diligently culfiFatng nc
quaintance with lively brand or whiskey, In these
parts called Niger ryen but with ordinary care.
the sexton OF the Episcopal church tells me. you
1--we in Winchester forever simply to keep his |
hand in practice he digs grave for fun (crue maui
every now and then.
REcEIvED WITH BARBARIC srLENDoR.
Well we entered the old and fascinating town ns
we might have enter ed town IN the Orient OF the
Pachas and Caphs amid q flourish OF tin trump
cts, cracking Of whips, yelling OF darkies and
barking cf dogs. Our cavalry escort was made up