The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-28
TENNESSEE PRESS ASsOCIA-
TION.
Magnificent Reception and
Pleasant Business Meeting.

Magnificent Reception and
Pleasant Business Meeting.
The meeting of the Tennessee Press
Association at Clarksville last week
will long be remembered as one of the
pleasantest ever enjoyed by that body.
The citizens of that beautiful city
seemed TO vie with each other in acts
of courtesy-every one being anxious
to make the visitors comfortable.
On Thursday morning the Associa-
ton was called to order by President
Dickinson, of the Paris Intelligencer,
when the meeting was opened with
prayer by DIR Plummer, President of
the Female Academy. After the re-
ception of new members and other
routine business, the body adjourned.
At night the beautiful study hall
of the Academy was filled with the
best citizens of the town, among
whom was noticed United States Sen
ator Bailey, Congressman House,
Judges Smith, Humphreys and Ty-
Ter, Gen Quarles, Maj. Henry, and
many others of state and national
reputation.
The exercises began with happy
and hearty reception address by Dr.
Plummer, who placed the Academy
at the disposal OF the Association for
its meetings.
Major Henry then made the formal
welcome speech in his own inimitable
style. He reviewed the history of the
press of Clarksville, paying eloquent
tributes to Judge Overton, Ewing P.
McGinty, r. W. Thomas, G. G..
Poindexter, Henry Beaumont, Charles
&. Faxon, Henry Faxon, L. G. Fax
on, and Gen. Doak, all of whom COM
menced their editorial career in that
city, and nearly all had been called to
the city papers of Nashville and
Louisville.
DIR Dickinson replied to Major
Henry for the Association, in an APP
propriate manner thanking the citi>
zens for their hospitable reception.
General Hamby's address was an
able, eruGite and thoughtful produc-
tion, delivered in a pleasant manner,
and received well by all.
Mrs Nettie p. Houston Bringhurst,
daughter of Governor and General
Houston, the hero of Texas, was re-
ceiyed with unbounded enthusiasm.
Her manner was elegant, quiet, mod
est and retiring, captivating the aud
fence at once. Her reading was al
most perfect, every word being heard
by the large audience. We give the
poem below in full:
Among these hills, beside this stream,
In Natures beauty warm.
A stranger in your city gates
May feel their rotent charm.
But. stranger, did say, to rights
Each patriot may claim
Within the boundaries of a State
Made grand by Jacksons name?
His feet have pressed the soil ! touch,
Twas here he lived and died
Iii. eyes have sought your hills and wales,
The Cumberland's swift tide.
Yes, there are ties strong and deep
As human ties may be.
That bind the patriotic heart
To thoughts of Tennessee.
Twas from your midst that Crockett came,
In manhood's youthful glow,
And gave his blood. like incense warm,
Within the Alamo.
And Tennessee sent other SONG,
In time of peace and war,
Whose names have added lustrc bright.
To grace the Single Star.
Among your wales. upon your hills,
And where your rivers shine,
There was n sacrifice of blood
Poured out like holy wine.
Upon those battle-fslds grass-grown
The flowers of Peace have hlooned:
The dead We gave eur eeuntry's cause
Long years have laid entombed.
But in our souls while Memory lives,
Her sacred watch to keep,
All Southern hearts will love the soil
Meath which their kindred sleep.
Near Chattanooga, where the strife
s.waged both hard and long,
And Lookout like a spectre grim
Hung 0 or the struggling throng;
By Murfreesboro's sloping hills.
Near Chiekamauga's plain.
There is a voice upon the breeze
That must not plead in vain.
Inc Duruen OF tnlS Woruicss pTayeT,
Upon each zephyr told.
In that these ties of Southern blood
Our hearts together hold.
And here among your living sons
A stronger power you wield-
A mightier than the fabled swerd.
A surer than the shield
From Lebanon of classic lore,
This power is all untold.
Where trees are tall and shades are deep
As Lebanon of old.
From Nashville with her stately halls.
Her buildings ivy-groun,
You mark the strength Of thought and pen
With precedent anknsEn-
From Humboldt, Paris, Gallatin.
To where the Brownsville Bee
Has gathered sweets from every flower
In thoughts all fair to see;
FrSN CsdiL, Athens, Shelbyville;
From Springfield and Milan;
From Elktsn. Franklin. Hopkinsville,
All srethers Of a clan.
They help to keep nation strength.
Like patriots true and wise.
And in their pens, like soldiers arms.
A country's safety lies.