Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-17
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The ablest newspaper correspondent at
ashingfOn du ing the Full more admin
i>tration was Mr. e. .stus s. Brooks, ore
the editors and pr 'priet RS of the New
York Exp ess. He WAS then in the prime
f Ife Father under the veraga height,
with large, well ba ,.nceI head, -brigh,
oiSck eye, and a swarthY comrlexIon.
What be DID not Know about what VS.
Ing on IN pOiitict circles, before and
hind the scenes was rot worth tnOwing
Iis INDUSTRY WAS proverb4l. ana he wa
sc Of th" first metropolitan 'rres sp"ndAns
-" sea d The didaulic and pom ,uS stS le
waiCh had been copied f ON ,hs Blush
-s4ayis5s, and to write with vigorous,
aphic ami forcible pen Washington
tspOnients IN those day were neither
AVE. droppers nor lntervI wer5, but ge =
tl2man, waO had re-ogn Zsl psi ion in
-"c rtp which they never anu,ed.
The Washing gton correspondents were
lnavs glad To see ior NJ. M Moan,
Il veteran New York editor, who was also
warmly welcomed b. the ,lticians from
Ms Sta'e, and by his Hebrew fri 3nHs
Although advanced in years he retained
Gis pT,lIness of firm, activity of limo
.ivhci,y OF sly lie, and ben violence of feat
are. 1t was better than comedy to he.I
ne ma or talk, after he had eaten n good
| inntr Hnl washed it d"wn with few
| ass # old madeira wine He remen-
| oored " asnipgton, Franklin, and uther
| revolutionary worthies. and 1t il TO be re-
| gHetLed that he never permanently record
| d Ills varied and Interesting reminiscen
cS. NotWt hstand ug his long editorial
| S-rvice, during which he did SO much
| rowards advancing tue political interests
| If othais, he found himself in lhe decline
| E ia Ia ST. heightened tiFc instances.
Among other occasional CORES pondents
Vas \ ,'"n Sargent, ai erwards d Sens
>lor from California, who WAS composi-
/ r in he printing office where the de.
h-t of Congress were PUBLISHED. He
wa OF intimate terms with tie anti
slavery representatives, and acci !entaIIy
learne1 trat one f hem. Mr.. Singerland
.f Alb4ny. got 3 cor esp"ndant n4me'
Stevens to wri Il letter on political mat
ters wni.h he had sIene1. ard sent hon
for puDuca,iun as h own. An illusion
IL toe -pr,tle To the R-v. Mr.. Slcer, a
ran'ing p"o 81 very M.t oi>t, VINO Wa
len ch ,.intn of the Senate, slicite II BIZ,
&c r. II from that z II le,nan which "p
peared in The Un,on newspaper. Mr.. Stew
ens, VINO was man of ability, wrote n
,us Wer for II serl4nd to sign nd pubiist,
| but IL wa So red no ;" to use a phrase vi
| I n. time, thai the congre sman Was
| 1frai to assume the resp .Hsibiiry 0. it,
| nile he was endeav oring IT, nave it to- ed
'wn, Mr.. S~rg~nt g't no d Of otrvens's
| nught sign-h Sing ria name t" l.
aud forward ito New YORK for publ
| cation. Ihe second morning al erWArd
! stevens went mo SingeTlands r om and
| f urd him in great di-gtess over ii copy Of
the New 1o.k Trib ne combining the
over his signitGre. He uphrsided
| stevens, bot was ut Inst convi cd bv hi
| nr te-tatiors Of IN oce ce that he h Al rot
| eat it, and concluded that it was ,rgrnL
/ Fearing m assault from ParsOn Slice
| Sipgerland went that day to the ca pitnl b,
circult"us route, and vas relieve from
s i BIT onl, when Gddings and other
radicals complimented him on his manly
! letter-May Atlantic,