24 Dec 1872
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Newspaper
Tennessee Bristol News
Location
Bristol, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1872
Page
1
A reader letter page from the Riiters of the News appears to address reader concerns. The item notes that the column is not responsible for progress or statements made by correspondents and emphasizes editorial boundaries.
A correspondent writes from Barstow Texas about the region’s prosperity, noting churches schools and banks, calls for improved pavement and a woolen factory, and highlights land rich farming prospects from Bristol to Knoxville with climate and scenery promising for capitalists and settlers. The piece also covers Tanzing turbine tests in Bristol and political remarks on Davis Stephens and Campbell.
The piece recalls Judge Campbell praising ex Senator Hunter and recounts Lincoln’s stance on compensation for enslaved people after the Civil War armistice talks at Hampton Roads. It then surveys Gypsy origins, names in Europe, legal mistreatment in England, better treatment in Scotland, and cultural depictions by Scott and Hugo, noting Burrow’s Lavengro as key text.
General Sherman testified before the American and British Commission about the Columbia fire. He denied issuing orders to burn the city but said army exasperation against South Carolina grew after Hampton's rear guard fired on his camp. He noted a suggested communication with Halleck urging destruction and salt sowing to deter nullifiers or secessionists.
The Emory Banner notes Sherman warned of burning Columbia as he did Milledgeville and that his Fifteenth Corps would not spare public buildings. It reports a court finding executor cases tied to Confederate claims, then prints a devotional prayer and a long reflection on history and the fate of empires and ancient ruins.
A fragmented historical reflection recalls heroes on a valley floor and Waterloo battles, interwoven with a New York advertisement for Exern. Cuarreplanns skin cures and Juniper Tar Soap from Caswell Hazard & Co. The passage blends epic reverie with a 1911 era patent medicine pitch amid a storm of upheaval and exile.
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