Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-01
THE NEW YORK EDITORS ON KNOX.
WILLIE.
= Description of their Reception and
Entertainments.

The account of the trip through the
South from Louisville, Nashville to
Montgomery, Atlanta thence through
East Tennessee to Washington takes
space in newspapers. Our visitors
from New York have reached Knox
vile and East Tennessee in their pub
lished letters, and we have received
papers containing their impressions.
From the Geneva Gazette, of the 10th,
we make the following extracts from
long letter.
Speaking Of lower East Tennessee
and from Loudon to Knoxville it
says:
The country through Tennessee from
this point is remarkably fine. On
either side were to be seen immense
fields of wheat 100 to 300 acres in ex
tent, lust ripening for the harvest, and
other fields of rye, oats, barley, corn,
etc, full six weeks i'm advance of New
York growth, The soil is to appear
ance not unlike our own in Ontario,
the country quite rolling. Good Guilt
waited lands, with comfortable build
ings may be purchased in this vicinity
at $50 to $40 per acre. If any of our
rural friends become affected with
Southern fever, we advise this portion
of Tennessee. For full particulars,
including a pamphlet giving an &C.
curate description of that region and
price Of lands, apply to Messrs. Sey-
mour & Humes, Knoxville.
| At twelve o'clock noon we We're re.
ceived by the KnoXvillians meath
their own vine and fly tree; were car
ragged to the Lamar House To dust,
and prepare for q ride. The people of
! this city are alike noted for refinement
and hospitality. President Andrew
Johnson was ain town." To whom a
quartette of us paid a visit in his room
where we were very cordially received.
The President is in excellent health
and spirits, and enjoys in a high de-
gree the steem and confidence OF the
people i'm that section.
Daring the drive we visited several
large wholesale houses, in dry goods,
groceries, hardware and drugs. The
most interesting call was made at the
| Tennessee Deaf aud Dumb School.
Becoming seated in the spacious chap
ell, bevy Of young boys and girls
were ranged at the black boards, and
being directed wrote their words OF
welcome each in his and her own style,
one of which | quote:
81 am glad that the New York Ed
| itors, who are now on their way home,
have decided to visit Knoxville.
hope they will be pleasantly impressed
with our town and particularly with
| the Tennessee School for the Deaf aud
Dumb. ELIZA BETH HILL"
From the Asylum we drove past or
rather through the Knoxville Iron
! Company's rolling mill, reported as the
only company in the Union which
! takes its own ore from the mountain
| bed and reduces it to manufactured
articles entirely under the company's
supervision; thence through the Ma
! tional Cemetery and back to the Lamar
House by way of North Knoxville.
Assembled in the paror, President
Johnson and Judge Trigg and lady
were introduced, with whom our peo-
| pie held pleasant converse until the
| hour for dinner.
Here is given an account Of the
speeches and dinner at Lamar House,
After dinner, he tells of the drive, and
says:
! After dinner we visited the East
Tennessee University and witnessed a
dress parade and drill of the cadets f;
thence to
FORT SAUNDERS.
Here follows a full account of the
historical shaking hands over the
bloody chasm 10y Capt. Goulding and
Col. Henderson, The incident inn
pressed them all more than any of their
trip, and our friend Henderson if he
ever visit the interior of New York,
will find himself famous:
From the fort we were taken to the
hospitable mansion of Mr.. Dickinson,
who dispensed the honOrs and courte-
sizes of his home with lavish hands.
The accomplished daughters of Sena-
tor BrownlOw, (the Parson ~ were
introduced me by their brother, the
Colonel, who had accompanied me in
the drive. 1t Is reported that " the
thanks of the visitors were neatly eX-
pressed through Mr., Parker, who it is
evident used to sit in the east, and in
reply Mr.. Dickinson babe them a cor
dial welcome under his roof whenever
they had occasion to visit Knoxville
again.
Thence to a concert given by the
Philharmonic Society, the several
pieces in which were very creditably
rendered.
Thence to the AtlSin House near the
depot where cool refreshments were
dispensed. After this repaired 10 sleep
ing-car berths and were fast asleep
when the train started at four A. NJ.
Friday, awakening only after Knox
Vile and its pleasant associations were
far behind.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF KNOXVILLE.
From long article from the Waver-
ly Enterprise, we quote the following /:
Saw splendid fields OF wheat, the