Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-29
THE TOBACCO BANQUET.
A Royal Time at the Capitol Ware
house Yesterday.
How Carsey, Son & Co. Entertained
4 Their Friends.

The big dinner of Carsey, Son & Co., to
their friends came off at the Capitol Ware
house yesterday afternoon. A geneisl in
yitation had been extended to the business
men OF the city, and it was responded to
by the presence of not less than five
hundred. ALI the interests of the city
including the railroads and the river, were
represented and, as it proved at the tables,
ably represented.
At four o'clock the doors of the festival
apartments were opened, and at the bidding
of the big-hearted host, the guests entered
and proceeded informally to partake of the
feast. Four long tables were spread and
laden with all that an accomplished Epi-
cure could delight in. 1t would be impose
sible to enumerate all the good
things, but we cannot pass in
silence over the delicious barbecued
meats prepared by Fayette Mason, of the
Broad Street Hotel, the confeetioneries,
cream, cake, nor the wines. OF the latter
there were California, claret and champagne
in the most lavish abundance. Within the
next hour everything had equal and exact
| Justice done to it, and the whole feast was
enjoyed with that quick relish which can
not be better symbolized than by the
exhilarating musketry of the champagne
which was broken later in the banquet.
When the appetite, which had been whetted
for tine occasion by fasting, exercise, ETC.,
was somewhat appeased and the thirst
slightly quenched, speech making became
the order and many were the calls and many
the responses.
Judge Whitworth, of the Fourth National
Bank, led off with glance at the tobacco
/ trad ri rrfe IN 1aa nd
severenes of James Carsey, who had built
the trade up from the ground. He said the
trade had a splendid future, and urged the
most liberal assistance and encouragement
on the part of other interests. The banks
had already aided the Nashville tobacco
market, had the means TO continue to aid
it, and would do SO.
W. w. Kirby, of the Capitol Warehouse,
was called for, and responded briefly, &C
knowledging the liberality heretofore dis
played by the other departments of bust
ness in the city toward building up the
tobacco interest. He thought that should
| such liberality contiDune, the Nashville
tobacco trade would keep on growing.
john j. Mccain responded to the loud
call in characteristic speech, full of fun.
AuctiOneer Mallory, Of the Capitol Ware
house, made a brief speech touching the
growth and prosperity of the tobacco trade.
j. o. Griffith, of the Rural Sun, being
called for, spoke il the highest terms of the
energy ofthe host, Mr.. James Carsey. Mr..
Carey had proven himself, by building up
the tobacco trade to such gratifying dimen-
sions in so short time, an example well
worthy of imitation.
George E. Purvis, of the Bonner, spoke
of the munifcent liberality of the host in
spreading such a sumptuous feast He
urged tins establishment of board of
trade, an institution, in which the tobacco
trade now had as great an interest as any
other branch of commerce in the city.
II. II. Poeton gave some interesting facts
respecting the growth of the trade and pre-
dicted that Nashville would soon be the
most important tobacco mart in the West.
Mr.. James Wheless was happy to be of
the merry party by whom he found him
sell surrounded. He spoke in terms of
high praise Of the nerve and energy which
had been displayed by his friend Jim Car
sey, who bad trade worth S1,000,000 as
the RESULT of two or three years of labor. In
closing, Mr.. Wheless said that the Nash
vile press had done more to build up tbs
tobacco trade than the press of any other
Maj. Anderson, of the Nashville, Chatta-
noOga and St. Louis Road, said his road
was interested in building up the tobacco
trade, and that he would make it a point
10 see that it got its full share of the
freight.
NJ. Burns complimented the business
men of Nashville as live, energetic and
prompt. There were some old fogies in
the city, but they are wanted to hold back
Young America. The credit of no city
was better than that of Nashville.
L. b. Stahlman, of the Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern Road, said that
the success of the tobacco trade was with
out precedent. When Carsey began, three
years ago, the amount received here was
about 900 hogsheads per annum, Of which
500 came by rail. This year the receipts
were $500 hogsheads, 900 of which came
by rail. His road had withdrawn its agents
from Louisville and sent them to tins city.
The company broke up in the best posi-
bic humor with their hosts and themselves.