The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-01-07
The Morristown Gazette.
Wednesday, January 7, 1874
KNOXVILLE NEWS.

KNOXVILLE NEWS.
CHRISTMAS DAY AND ITS DISSERTATIONS
THE MAYORALTY-sAMBo WIT
JUST CRITICIsM-CRAIG's s LETTER
WHAT WILL THE JUDGES sAY?-
THE LAMAR HOUsE-ETC., ETC.
KNOXVILLE, Dec. .27, 1878.
DEAR HELMS :-Christmas day has
come and gone, with Its usual at
tendant circumstances, but it's bless
ed commemoratiOns will linger in
the hearts of christians until replac-
ed by it's successor of 1874. Glori-
GUS day; that ushured in more
glorious Redeemer, who was God
and creator of all and the prince of
peace and good will to men. How
strange the contrast, and what a
monstrous contradiction, that on
such an anniversary drinking to ex-
cess, cursing, quarreling and fight
ing, so often blurs the brightness of
the day. How close the proximity
of Heaven and He'll! 1t was to
subdue the hells, and cast out the
devils, that the great Captain came.
Evidently the work is not fully, ac-.
complished, but its consummation is
assured us, and it is therefore onlya
question of time. Perhaps you are
not interested in this. Be sure that
you are not of cGSt-outS. know not,
as you have been away from my
guiding care some time, and as
sociat'ng with Evans and others, up
there. Yet still / hope to see thee,
as in other days so bright and joy,
Gus. hands clean and guiltless heart,
and with thee stand erect, and have
the cheering plaudit 'good and filth
.ftd serrant." Now let us go down
from sacred to secular things. 1t is
our duty to look after the latter and
not neglect the former We must
watch as well as pray, else. the evil
with the good will run away.
The new Mayer seems reluctant to
make his appearance. But it is an
illusory and not a real reluctance.
Every man of them, and fifty more,
are not only willing but anxious to
be honOred with the mayoralty. One
thing, to say nothing of two or three
others, keeps back announcements
defeat certain defeat. There being
no chance for rings, the rings would
like to ring i'll a lesser circle; but
they will be ruled of, or, what is in
6nitely worse, canap-out in cold. It
is surprising how the love of peace,
and Of power, and of plunder will
seduce and .demeralize our kind.
The voters and taxpayers are
watching the little game, and in due
time will play the fright bopoer'' and
aUin. You are only interested, how
ever, in liberal police and kind
hearted Recorder, who will not take
too strict cognizance of You when
sloshing round the city side walks
In your number 12s. J. ii. ts=G#.l -
BY the by, it was OF such, that
Sambe, at Bell & Bells gave con.
ISOLATION sweet, the other day. A
horse, Il noble steed, was under the
of replacing his foot in the
stable, when, without premeditation
or design on his part. it came in
contact with the well filed no. ] 2 of
the ''gemRun" in waiting, for the
horse. In painful discontinue he
danced around on one leg, while his
tongue poured forth volley after
volley of unkind expletives, many
of which were directed at Sambo.
Sorrow filed the sable stomach OF
Sambo, as he gazad piteously ON the
big foot OF his wounded friend, and
in tones of tenderness, said, 'Mars,
de hos 'blige to put he foot down
some WHARF in de stable"
Your criticism of the Knoxville
''Dailys,'' In their derelictions in
reporting the local as well as the
general news of the day. was just and
we'll deserved. Too much love of
pay, and money, will contract and
dwarf q daily paper as we'll as the
lack of liberal brains in the editorial
There are reasons for
silence and suppression on such
subjects which if known to the public
would not add to the statue of the
conductors of public journals.
What will Judges Emmons, An
lrews and Lewis have to say when
they read the letter sent you by u.
B. Down? What was it old Ritchie
used to say? 1t was latin, and
am poor boy, ''and didn't have no
arnin. of that kind"
Capt John Scherf is making the
old Lamar House an entirely rev
make up. I spent a leisure mo-
nent there to day. looking round.
on will hardly know the place when
you come down again.
This lengthy random letter, will
make you wish that will not soon
lave time to write another. Though |
lot half done, business compells
period. Be of good cheer, you shall
lear from me again.
JOHN J. /