Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-05
Halliburton's Store, June 81, 1877
COMMISSIONERS KILLEBREw.
HOw He Fares in His Mission &c
massachusetts.

How He Fares in His Mission to
Massachusetts.
Correspondence of the Nashville American.
LOWELL, June %, 1S79.-A few
weeks since it was my good fortune
to visit Tennessee as one of the To-
eating committee for the Tennessee
Emigration Association of Lowell,
and learned while there of the wide
circulation and diffusion of Informal
ton through your columns. Since
our return to Lowell efforts have
been constantly making to interest
the right class of people and get an
early start for our colony, but with
indifferent success. On Monday
last Col. Killebrew arrived and
gave US Il lecture on the resources of
Tennessee and its capabilities for
farming and manufacturing pur-
poses. Last evening q second lect-
ure was given to the most attentive
audience it was ever my fortune to
witness. In fact, the people seemed
quite entranced while Col. Kille-
brew WAL speaking, and when, at
the close of the lecture, | made the
announcement that Col. KillebreW
had kindly consented to act as tenn
pOrary treasurer until the colony
was fully organized under Ten
nessee charter, the enthusiasm knew
no bounds, cheer after cheer re-
spending to the remarks of his ac-
cepting my proposition for him to
act as treasurer,
The present prospect Of cOl0niga=
ton is very hopeful, chiefly owing
to the efforts of Col. Killebrew, who
is diligent and earnest in removing
prejudices and stimulating a desire
among the middle classes to remove
to Tennessee, and his labor seems
on the point of being abundantly
successful, If the experience of last
evening is criterion of the feeling
of the people generally.
We have labored under many
difficulties in starting our enterprise,
chief among which was the want
of confidence among ourselves fl
nancially, caused by the unfortunate
experience of many who have suf-
fered hitherto ia like enterprises
losses from the dishonesty of agents
and employees but, when Col. Kill
Hebrew generously offered to take
the responsibility on himself, it
cleared away the last real obstacle,
and l confidently expect a large
company will come down during
the next month or go to settle near
Manchester.
We are also arranging details for
a grand excursion to Tennessee, to
start from Massachusetts on the Sth
of July or soon after. We think
we can get several hundred to come
down and look over the ground,
and perhaps thousands. This will
give 4 very decided stimulus to en-
igration by affording abundant ops
portunity to view the lands and the
country under the best possible con-
ditions and inducements towards
colonization. Col. Killebrew is
making strenuous efforts to effect
favorable results, working every
day and evening until 8 o'clock,
preparing documents, circulars,
handbills, ETC., to give the widest
publicity to the plans of our colony,
as he is heartily in sympathy with
our particular movement, though
not exclusively so, or to the neglect
of other parts of the State, thinking,
as / suppose, that after our colony
has become settled others will follow
to various sections of the State with
better auspices for success in cOnse-
uuence of our success. Respectfully
yours, CHARLES r. BLAIsDELL.