Year: 1869

Journalism in Tennessee.


From the Buffalo Express, September A.


The editorof the Memphis Avalanche swoops
thus mildly down upon correspondent who
posted him as Radical While he was
writing tie first word, the middle word,
d5ttng his is, crossing his is, and punching
his perod. he knew he was concoctlng sen
tence which was saturated with infamy and
rceking with falsehood. "-Erchdnqe.


| was told by the physician that Southern
climate would improve my health, and SO
went down to Tennessee and got berth on
the Morning Glory and johnson County
War-Whoop," as associate editor. When l
went on duty found the chief editor sitting
tilted back in q three-legged chair with his feet
on pine table There was another pine table
in the room. and another afflicted chair, and
both were buried under newspapers and scraps
of sheets of manuscript There was wooden
box of sand, spriukled with cigar stubs and
odd soldiers," and stove with door hang
ing by its upper hinge.


The chief editor had long tailed black cloth
rrock coat on, and white linen pants. His
boots were small and neatly blackcd. He wore
A ruflled shirt large seal ring a standing
collar of obsolete patterns and checkered
ncckerchicf with the ends hanging down
Date of costume, 1918. lie was smoking n
cigar and trying to think Of word. And in
trying to think of word, and in paving his
hair for it, he had rumpled lis locks good
deal. lie was scowling fcarlully, and | judged
that be was concoctiug particularly knotty
editorial. lie told me to take the exchanges
and skim them through, and write up the
Spirit Of the Tennessee Press" condensiug
into the article all of their contents that SEEM
ed of interest


wrote as follows:


SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS.


"The editors of the Semi Weekly Earth
quake evidently labor under misapprehen-
SION with regard to the Ballyhack railroad. 1t
isn't the object Of the company to leave Buz-
zardsvile oil to one side. On the contrary,
thew consider it one Of the most important
points along the line, and consequently can
have no desire 10 slight It, The gentlemen OF
the " Earthquake will lof course take pleasure
in making the correction.


John W. Blossom, Esq, the able editor Of
the Higginsvile " IhunderbOlt aud Battle Cry
Of Freedom" arrived in this city Yesterday
lie is stopping at the Van Buren House.


We observe that our contemporary Of the
Mud Springs Morning Howl has fallen into
the error Of supposing that the election of Van
Werter is not an established fact, but he VIII
have discovered his mistake before this remind
er reaches him, no doubt. lie was doubtless
misled by incomplete election returns.


81 It's pleasant to note that the city Of Blath-
crsville is endcavUring to contract with some
New York gentlemen to pave Its well nigh I'M
passabe streets with the Nicholson pavement.
but it is difficult to accomplish desire like
this since Memphis got some New Workers to
do like service for her and then declined to
pav forit However the Daily Hurrah still
urges the measure with ability, and seems con-
tideut of ultimate success.


L" We are panied to learn that Col. Bascom,
chief editor Of the Dying Shrek for Liberty,
fell in the street few evenings since and broke
his leg. He has lately been suffering with de-
hilty, caused by overwofk and anxiety on &C
count of sickness in his family, and it is sup
posed thathe tainted from the eXertion OF walk
ing too much in the sun"


passed my manuscript over to the chief
editor for acceptance, alteration, or destruction.
lie glanced at it and his face clouded. lie ran
bis eye down the pages, and his countenance
grew portentous. 1t was easy to see that
something was wrong. Presently he sprang
up aud said


Thunder and lightning, Do You suppose
am going to speak Of those cattle that way T?
Do you suppose my subscribers are going to
stand such cruel as that? Give me the pen ~


/ never saw pen scrape and scratch its
way so yiciously, or plough through another
mans verbs and adjectives 50 rslentlessly.-
While in the midst of his work somebody shot
at him through the open window and mared
the symmetry of his ear.


"Ah," saidhe, "that is that atscoundrel Smith,
Of the Moral Volcano he was due yester-
day" And be snatched a navy revolver from
his belt and fired Smith dropped, shot in
the thigh. The shot spoiled Smiths aim, who
was just taking a second chance, and be Grip
pied stranger. 1t was me. Merely finger
shot off


Then the chief editor went on with his era
sures and interlineations Just as he finished
them hand grenade came down the stove
pipe and the explosion shivered the stove into
thousand fragments. However, it did no
further damage, except that vagrant piece
knocked couple Of my teeth out.


'That stove is utterly ruined, said the chief
editor.


l said / believed it was.