Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-09-10
Letter from Sullivan County.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: This is no doubt
the business center of the upper East Ten
nessee and Southwest Virginia trade.
Here the people gather for radius of fifty
miles or more 10 barter their produce for
store goods, !" to ship their stock, to edu-
cate their children and to gather the news,
ana feeling is strong, and growing
stronger every day, with the people of
sullivan county to make this their foun.
tain of justice. In other words,
the citizens OF Bristol feel it is rather
humiliating to go so far, and to SO little a
town as Blountville, to do their counting
in matters of law. This talk about ren.ov-
ing the seat of justice in this county, is not
idle gossip, it's going to be done and very
soon, too. Last week and this, the four
hourishing schools of this place, two male
and two female, opened with very flatter-
ing prospects. The old pupils, not gradu-
ating last season, have nearly all returned,
and quite number OF new ones, too. One
great reason of the number of new schol-
airs is, that while many of the East
Tennessee towns have been scourged
with q terrible pestilence, Bristol
has escaped unscathed, and was
never freer from sickness than it has been
the present season, and at present. The
onward step of improvement is noticeable
on all sides, new buildings are constantly
going up and many old ones are being i'm
proved.
Mr.. Willard, Bristol's very efficient post
master, has, at great expense and trouble,
and as am informed, out of his own pri-
Vate means, converted the former clap-trap
of post office into the most splendidly ar
ranged and convenient building for the re-
ception and delivery, of mails of any
post office within my knowledge.
The workmanship is tasteful as we'll as
substantial, and no convenience of the
modern postoffice has been omitted, but
many practical and sensible improvements
have Eeen made. Although Mr.. Willard
and the people of Bristol differ widely in
politics, L suppose there is not post of
flee within the State conducted with more
satisfaction to its people than the one here
They look upon him as honest and oblig-
ing, and he employs clerks only of the
highest character for ability and integrity.
The truth abouti it is, reconstruction would
have been problem far easier of solution
If the administration could have all the
time i'll making appointments told the hon
estman from the trickster and demagogue.
The very fact of Mr.. Millard's appointment,
together with the clerks he will have has
caused the people of Bristol and surround
ings to have much higher respect for the
party in power. II. H. Taylor Esq, q
prominent member of the bar, from Your
city, as also Maj. A. II. Pettibone, of
Greeneville, have been this week to Bris-
vi, paying sIIlClly plOlcSStonal WE'LL ~
citizen OF Knoxville was taken rather sud-
denly ill while at Biountville last Monday,
and at first the news was given out it was
cholera, and in few hours several homes
were entirely deserted, and if an I'M
fortunate WAGNER, had put Blount-
vile between himself and his home
he went around the town on his return, or
through it under the lash, with dated
breath, holding his nose. Panic and stam-
pede both together would hardly express
the feeling the news produced. The latest
account is that it was not cholera at all,
and that the gentleman had entirely re-
covered and returned home.
James A. Neil, of Kingsport, lost, one
night last week, horse, and at once start
ed in pursuit. Soon after leaving home
he got upon the track, and followed it up
for eighty miles, when he recovered his
horse, got the Ihiefs coat, and the party
getting the horse from the thief shot at
him eight times, but did not hit him, they
suppose. By proving property, the thief
can get his coat. HENRY.