The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-07-05
ANEW 0Avy CROCKETT. I -
Crutch1eld. Member of Congress Trem
the ChattaH00ga (reHn.) District.

Editorial Correspondence os Washington Star.
At Grand Junction We left the rough dia.
mond Of the Congressional par,y-,hc Hon.
VIM. Crutch6cld, the newly elected member
from the Chattanooga district. Since the
days Of Davy Crockett, Tennessee has al
ways managed to have At least orc noun
taireer character in Congress; and Crutcl,.
6ehl, the latest. 10 said to resemble Crockett,
nose 10 originality and style than any Of the
intervening line. lie Is . suuburnt, wiry
little man, with foxy hair and whiskers,
and though, by report, Of considerable
means, wears the cheapest Of homespun
suits, \ gOs,d dca. frxyed ut the edges, and
with p&'-s ese.vy, we'll. grease,l c,whide
bsOeans that were the perpetual despair of
the Pullman boot blacks. He is not only
mighty hunter, Ike Crockett, but il more>
over shrcwd business man. He built the
''Crutchfield House' At haitanooga, which
was sold during the war for co., 900 confed.
crate money, and the proceeds pruden,ly
turned q once iuto real estate In the shape
Of valuable farming land. In the same pru.
dent way Crutchficld invested confederate
money - fast ~ II came into bic hands. IN
tobacco, which. on the advance Of the Union
troops he sold ., 81 60 q pound in green.
backs. Knowing the country and tho peo.
pic thoroughly be was Of great service to
General Sherman as scout. When he wss
put up for Congress nobody supposed be
stood any charcc If heing clect.d d, - the
District went Democratic 1t tic prcvious
election bv some 5000 majority, but his
neighb0rs tOOk hold Of him and elected him
by about 5000 majority.
CRuTcnFiELD's SPEECH.
Cru,chfiel.l. by his quaint remarks and
rscy narratives Of mountaineering expert.
ence, had made himself vastly popular with
the whole party, and when he left the train
ut Grand junction. it was conceded ,hn, W.
could have ''bettcr spared better man."
8" there was u general demand that he
should make parting epcech while the
train waited and he mounted Q platform
barrow and proceeded about IS follows:
''Gen tel men We cir about to part after
having Travelled al'ou. . good deal hysr and
thar; but hope to meet you next winter
over thar at Washington. My friend Hyne
cot Arksnsns) give me some good advice
how to keep from bcin' sea SICK when we
war down thar on the Gulf. It war to Jay
my head back, and look up. I think, my
friends. IN these mo-bi Ter times, that will
oe . good thing to do when get to Wash.
ing,on. Tremendous applause.l Gen tel.
men: We have been through = great
country. Napoleon Bony-partc truly said.
when he threw down the pen after deciding
Louisiana 10 the Americsns-'Thar's the
heaviest blow Great Britain ever 81" 4"
(Applauac. Gen tel men: wish you
could l'av. gone up home with me. l am
the little dog in big rye up thar. ] have got
the smartrst old woman and the finest bra,s
you ever set eyes On. We've got the ,allcst
and the hest whisky you ever
sampled. (Appsnuse.l Thar is Lookou,
Mountain. from which you can scc four
States Tennessee, Alabama. Georgia and
the drunken state. Gen tel.,ucn: If ever
yo"--her the engine gave snort and the
'ra,n moved off. amidst loud cheers for
Cruschfiei