The Buffalo Express, 1869-09-04

              buffalo express vol xxiv saturday sefrember 4 1889 no 8071 journalism in tennessee the e.ht..r of th vtemjilm a auuvht mmm tltii inildly ii'<wn upon » lorre-pondmit wh mute turn --;. k&iiral wmu h w.l r ting the fit>t w«r in mill.lit *■ ml,.totting hi r«,cff«mlgml t urn in tun hi |> rtnl he mi * i wm hmi ■ a in-tiieik'-ihit hiahmw vtth bten atnf wkdu i wm told by the physician that a southern climate would improve uiy health and so i went i<>wn to tc&neftfu anil got a berth on the moriun-f ofary it mmm county war yhooj aa ahßociau editor when 1 went on duty i toun4 tiu hiaf editor titting tilted back in a tliree legged chair with ins feet m a pom table there wm another pioo talile iv the > mi and another afficted hair and th wore half buried under newspap -■ and ■ tj <■ and slirr-u of manuscrij-t there wax a wooden box of ancl spnnkle«l with ci>raf ntnba ud"old aoldit-rii and a at<ve with a door hanging by it uppf-r iiingu tlw chief editor had a long tailed black oloftfe frock coat on and white linen pasta bh boota were imall and neatly uasut he wore a rtihlei thirt a lajgi g ttl rmft a day i it in stopping at the au ttiiren bmm we observe that our cotemporaryof the mad springs 1/ornin ifutrl has fallen into the error of supposing that th election of van wi-rter ia not an cstfiui-hm i**-.t but he will have fim*md inn 10 stake before thii reminder reach tn him no doubt he wu doubtless misled by incomplete election , return it in pleasant to note that the city of ! hlathersvtlle is endeavoring to contract with some new york gentlemen to pave its well nigh impassable streets with the nieh oli'm pavement hut it ii ditticnlt to ac complnh a desire like thii since memphis i cot same new yorkers to do a tike service 1 for her and th*;n declined to pay for it j however the haiiij hurrah still myn the measure with ability anj *<■• ma confident t»f nltimate success we are pained to learn that csj bas i-om i,irt editor of the /'-,""/ shriek for liberty fall in the street a few evening since and broke bis leg he bm lately been | suffering with debility caused by over-work i and anxiety on account of sickness in his family and it is supposed that he fainted i fmm the exortion of walking u>o much in tha aim i passed my manuscript over to the chief editor for acceptance alteration or destruc tion he glanced at it ami las lace cloud ; cd he ran hi eye down the pages and hit countenance grew portentim it was esjy to see that something waa wrung i presently he sprang up and said thunder and lightning l»o yon nap ; pom l am going to sj'tvik of tlinsr cattle that way 1 do you suppose my subscribers a>r going to stand such gruel as that iive an the pen i never saw a pen scrape and scratch iu way so viciously or plough through an other man verbs and adjective no relent lessly while he was in tl midst of hii work somebody shot at him through the open window and marred the symmetry i 1 hit ear ah naid h that u that sctmndrel smith of the tfornw r»fciwn ■■ was due yesterday and he snatchnd a navy revolver fn-'u his bait and tired smith dropped sh<it in the thigh the shot spoiled smith's aim who was just taking » second chance and he crippled a stranger it was me merely a finger shot oft then the chief editor went on with his erasures and interlineatiuus just an he finished them a hand-grenade came down the stove pipe and the explosion shivered the stove into a thousand fragments how ever it did no further damage except that a vagrant lsm knocked a ouple of my i teeth oat that stove is utterly ruined said the chief editor i aaid 1 believed ft v well no matter don't want itthit kind ! of weather i know the man that did it i'll get him now /.< ris the way thii slat ought to be written i took the manuscript it was scarred ' with erasures and interlineations till its , mother wouldn't have known it m it had had one it now read as follows spirit or the nanrsshjsi rms the inveterate liars of tho a m i - ll'eekfy earthquakr are evidently endeavor ing to palm off up-iii a noble and chivalrous people another of their vile and bnital talse boods with regard to tliatmostglorioua cun oep'ion of the nineteenth century the bal lyback railroad tho idea that ftuzzard tille ws to he left off at one tide originat ed in their own fulsome brains~or rather in the settlings which thru regard aj brsju they had better swallow this lie and not stop to chew it either if they want to ssve their abandoned reptile carcasses the oowhiding they so richly deserve tha ms bloswm of the higt^daville thunderbolt anrf hottl cry of fremom is flown here again bumming ins hoard at the van bonn weoheerve that tho besotted black guard of the mud spring jbrhsßj uw is giving out with his usnaj propensity for yiog that w?rter is not fleeted the heaven-born mission of cirnalum v to dis seminate truth to eradicate error—to edu cate reline and elevate the tone of public morals and manners and make all men more gentle more virtuous more charita ble sad in all ways better and holier sod happier and yet thia black-hearted villain ska ball-spawned miscreant prostitutes his mejtottoa persistently to the dissemina iioß of falsehood calumny vituperation and degrading vulgarity his paper is noto rtoaaly unfit to take into the people's homes and eight to be banished to the gambling hells and brothels where the mass of reek ing pollution whkh does duty aa its editor lives and moves and has his being blathenville wants a xirholson pave sseat it wants a jail and a poor-house mi the idea of a pavement id a one horss sown with two gin-mills and a black flh shnn in it and that mssurd plastei of a newspaper the dally hurrah rsttei borrow of memphis where the article it iv~r t"o crawliag insect huckner whe diks the hurrah is braying about thia in isß ml tmmiaem with his csjetoasaiy loud ssissisbeh isibecuity sod imagipmg that be ii aajhssg ssssss such fool mephitic scorn si tjkas psfisiiiia baokaer ars a diagraoa u tw decrsded rafflaa basoom of tki pom skritk for liberty fell down aw s to ug yesterday-pity it wasn't hi mt be smrs it was debility caused b sskt anxiety it was debuit f by ftrjim te lug six allow of forty landing collar of obsolete pattern ai-d » checkered neckerchief with the end hang ing down date of costume about i*4 lie wan smoking a cigar and trjingthiuk m a word and id trying to think of a word and in pawing u hair for it ho had rum pled hit locks a good dktl he wm icowl big fearfully ami i judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial he mi me la uke the exchange au kirn tlimugh them and write up the spirit of th touncpt i'rew cjulcua ia into th article all of their contents t-j lit teemed of interest [ wrote aa follow fikit or rhktknnimhu i'kksf the editor of the s*rni w'rrkltj jcttrth fvnir evidently labor under a miiapprehen ml with r«garrl to tbe kallyhack railroad it in not the i,\.yi-t of the company to l«»v tiu//;tnlvill off to one side i>n the con rary tb*?y uiniiurr it one of the moat im portant jroioth alop thi line and connv juently c&n have no d«>«ire to alight it the gentlemtn of the earlh'fmkt will of mm take plca»nre in mikiag the cor rpi-tion folinw bthmv kwi the av.le editor f the hihg-n-wllc rf<r>ti'irr>«jir awl bnttu r>i ••/ j-'r""h>,)i arrival in the city ywiter rod whisky around town when his hide is only gauged for four and anxtuty about where he was go ing to bum another six he fainted from the exertion ot walking too much in the sun ami well he miyht say that—but it he would w w hrni/ht he woulil get just as far aud not ban to walk half as much lor year am pure air of this town has l*en u-ijil'tts-l perilous by the deadly breath of this perambulating pestilence tin pulj>y bloat thts ste-wning animate tank of mendacity sm and profanity this it.n.1 mi i'cimti all «-■ ■ n from out the sa cred and majestic mission of journalism now that is tho way to write peppery and to the poiut mush-and millf journal ism givej me the fan-toda al>oiit this time a brick oani through the window with a splintering ci.ish ami gave mo f considerable of ,< joh in the middle of tlio back 1 moved out of range—l begau to eel in the war the • hief said that was the < ul.mrl likeh i've l>een expecting him for two days he will be up now right away he was correct the colontd appear ed in the door a moment afterward with a dragoon revolver iv uis hand he said : sir have i th honor vi addressing the white-hvi-red poltroon li ■ edits this man gy sheet ':" you have be seiud mr oe careful of tfcg chair sbw of the i^h is gone i behave 1 han the pleasure of addressing the bla tant black-hearted hillmini col blather skite tecmnseh /" the same i have a little account to settle with you it you are at leisure we will begin i have an artu'e uu the tacouraging progress of moral and intellectual detel opment in america to finish but there in uc hurry hegin both pii£.'>u rang out their lierce clamor at the same instant the chief lost a lock of hair and the colonel's bullet ended its career in the tfenhy part of mv thigh thts < olonel's left snoulder waa clipped a little they tired again both missed their men this time but i got my share a shot in the arm at the third lira both gentlemen were wound slightly and 1 had a knuckle chipped 1 then mid 1 believed i would go out and take a walk as this was a private matter and i had a delicacy about partici jiating in it further hut both gentlemen beggnd me to keep my seat and assured me that 1m as not id thb ivay i a>i thought differently up to this tiu.r they tlion talked about the elections and the crops a while and 1 fell to tieing up m woumla hut presently they opened fire again with animation and every shot took ettect but it is proj>er to remark that five out of the six fell to my share the sisth one mortally wounded the colonel who re marked with tint humor that lie would have to say good morning now aa lie had business op town he then inrjuired the way to the undertaker's and left the hief turoed to mo and said i am expecting company to dinner and shall have to get ready it will be a imp to me if yon will read proof and attend to | the customers - i wiuced * litilt at the idea of attending to the customer but 1 was too bewildered jby the fusillade that was still nngiag if my j ears to think of anything to say lie con ! tinued jonaa will be here at t cowhide him lillenpie will call earlier perhaps throw j him out of the window ferguson will be along about 4 kill him that is ail for i to-day i believe if yon have any odd time yon may write a blistering article on the police—give the chief inspector rat the cowhide are oud^r the table weapons in the drawer—ammunition there in thm comer lint and bandages up there in the pigenn-holes ju case of accident go to lancet tha k«rgeoa down stairs he ad vertises we take it out in trade lie was gone i shuddered at the ad of the next three honm i had been through parils so awful that all peace of mind and all cheerfulness had gone from me < llleepi had called aud thrown ny oat of the window jones arrived prompt ly and when i got ready to do the cow ! biding he took the job off my hands in an encounter with a atr&nger not in the | bill of fare i had lost my scalp ftnnthnr ; stranger by the name of thompson left ime » mere wreck and rain of chaotic raga j and at last at bay in the comer and beeet by an infuriated mob of editors hsusjsan , politicians and desperadoes who raved and swore and flourished their weapons about my head tiu the air siimmewrt with glano | ing flashes of ateel iwm in tha ntt f , resigning my berth on the paper wben'tbe ekiel arrived and with aim a rabbi of l charmed and enthusiastic friends tw n^an b eß#olriota^oa»an as bo human p or ha taw easdd r describe people were shot probed die - numbered blown up thrown oat ef the window there wm a brief tornado of , murky blasphemy with a confused and • frantic war-danoe glimmering through it and tien all was over in fire minutes there was silence arid the gory chief and i tat alone an i surveyed the sanguinary ruin that trewed the hoor aroand ns he said you'll lik thu p!ao when you fjet v ■*■■'! to it i said i'll have to get you to excuse me i t unk maybe i might write to suit you af t-t a while v soon as i had had some practice and learned the language i am confident [ could hue to speak the plain truth that sort of energy of expression ha its inconvenience and a man m liable to interruptiou you see that yourself vigorous writing is calculated to elevate the public no doubt but then i do cot like to attract to much attention n it calls forth 1 cant write with comfort wheu 1 am interrupted bo much as i have been to day 1 like this berth well enough but i ■ lon.'t like to be left here to wait on the easterners the experiences are novel i tyrant you and entertaining too after a fashion but they are nub judiciously dutributed a gentleman shoots at yon through the window and crip plea m . a bomb-fth«*ll come down the stove pipe for your gratification and sends the stove door lowu mj throat a friend drops in to swap compliments with yon and freckles wm with bullet hole till tny skiu won t holi iiv principles you go to dinner and jones comes with his cuwhide gille*<pie throws me out of the window thompson tears all oiy clothes off and an entire stranger t*)t my scalp with the i ihv freedom of an^told acquaintance and in less than tive nrnutes nil the blackguards in the country arrive iv their war paint and proceed to scare the rest of ice to death with their tomahawks take it altogether i never have lad su.-l a spirited time in all n.y life as i h^ve hail t<i-day no i like you and 1 like your cam unruffled way of explaining things to thu customers bat you see lam not used to it the southern heart is too impulsive—southern hospitality is too lavish with the stranger the paragraphs which i have written to uay and into whose cold sentences your masterly hand has infused the fervent hpirit of tennesseean journalism will wake up avother nest of liorneu all that mob of editors will cumu and they will come hungry too and want somebody for break fast i shall have to bid you adieu 1 de rhne to be present at these festivities i cime south for my health—l will go back on the same errand aud suddenly ten nessee journalism is too stirring for me after which we parted with mutual re gret and 1 took apartments at the hospital mapk tu\us that mm i uttkri.y iu'ine new york mirk c«'al miners tteed ok the strike lady tbo&bx hekkatk moi stain o1 cun and caslaltiks nkw york sept .'*. - i)ispatohes re ceived to-day announce that the miners of the delaware and hudson oml company m a strike have repurte.l for duty work will l>e resumed to-morrow b4ti nil the r loan utelly lately employed by a coi ville ft co was arraigoed to-day at the tmnnbs police i vmrt charged with stealing ten one thousand tive twenty bomli con tained in a package handed him for his em ployers he was held fur further examtn ati"d rbclarv christian start and charles v flockl ahas henry a hani charged with burgla ry at berkshire mais were refused a dis harge nn a writ of ft fit rafjnmy and sur rendered on a requisition from governor clatlin tbottini lady thome beat mountain boy mile lieata m harness this afternoon at pros ptict park fair grounds in 9:'2s 2:21 2:l'la miscellaneous telegraphic items ok jkseisal intkrkst numi ihffekent points a boy live years old son of joseph bow ers 305 state street albany vas run over yesterday by a span of horses ami instantly killed the 11-mile shall race at hamburg yes terday between leroy of the shatetnuc i lub of pougbkeepsie and faroe of the vesper club of youkers resulted in a vic tory for the latter time 22 minutes 57 seconds there was great rejoicing in richmond yesterday morning o*er the news tele graphed thursday of the expected arrival of attorney general hoar's opinion against the requirement of the test oath gen canby expected but h i nut receive mr li i sr a opinion yesterday the case