Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-09-22

fiohi hchsoOh1 VIC PoSsSu it sum
ner Co., Tennessee. 1t is probably
known to many of the readers Of the
American. that middle Tennessee is
not surpassed in fertility by any soil
in any State. tits really the gard en-
|of America. Notwithstanding this
was the character heretofore impressed
upon us. still on yesterday we were
astonished and delighted by the rich
ness, the healthy and productiveness
Of the country. We have seen moth.
ing heretofore in our travels equal to
it. The part we have seen is mited
to corn and wheat. the great staples.
Their crops are more certain and hea-
vier than in Indiana. And although
the drouth here has been as long and
as severe as farther north, yet it has
not been as fatal 10 corn, as this crop
is month earlier than in Indiana
So that it had nearly arrived at perfec-
ton before the earth become parched
This is one Of the peculiar beauties OF
ibis climate. Everything is brought
forward sooner and ripened before the
intense heat of August.
&The land in the counties Of Sumner
and Davidson, land this we learn is
the character generally ofmiddle Ten
nessee, J is rolling upland, but not STEEP
or broken. The soil is deep, and
loose, inclined to be sandy, but at the
same time Of quality to retain mois-
ture. There is very little Of it level
but undulating, butnot rteep enough
to wash with heavy rains. Our read.
ers should recollect that Tennessee
produces moro corn than Indiana, not.
withstanding the southern and ives.
tern portion Of the State is almost ex-
clusively devoted to Cotton. We are
not, we cannot be, prejudiced in favor
of the south, yet we candidly state
IL at even Wayne CO., Ind, cannot, in
any way, compare, in beauty, fertility
and wealth to the country berweer
Nashville and Gallatin. And il il
were not the sweat and blood of the
slave, which covers with barrennes.
these fair fields, no other place in the
United States is superior 10 it. 1t !,
healthy-mild and temperate in win.
ter, and not much hotter in summer
than north of Mason and Dixon's line
The people here look robust and heal.
thy. But with all their rich soil and
good health they are a miserable peo-
pie. u is disgracefM 10 work, and
with that goes all tEe energy and ac-
tivity of life-in fact it makes life al
most intolerable. In the villages or il
this city you can at once distinguish
northern man from native Of the
state. He first walks along briskly. as
though he had something to do in tn,
world; while the other crawls along Al
though he wished it would come
night. His bones are soft and his mus
cles are weak, and nature will not al
low him to drive through the world
like q steamboat.
In the North we have enough loaf
ers about the doggeries to make q
good mans heart ache, but here il :.
worse. Around the drinking houses
(aud there is enough of them, there
is always large crowd oflazaroni set
ting on the benches like buzzard:
about dead hors on hot summel
day. And there is good deal of sim
ilarity in the two crowds-in intelli-
gence, in smell and the object of theil
co lection.
Nashville has nothing particular Il
distinguish it. except its bridge and it
State House. The bridge is across th,
Cumberland, and is a wire SUSPENSION
nearly equal to the Wheeling bridg,
beforeit blew down. But there have
been sn many accidents on this class
Of bridges that the public have no
confidence in them. Iron is treacher
Gus, and no matter how apparently
strong it is not reliable, and especially
in cold climates. Wooden bridges are
the best anil safest. The Cumberland
at this time is rather a small concern
not being navigable for the smallest
boats, but in ordinary stages Of water
large boats go far above here, and the
wire bridge is high enough to be fal
above the tallest steamboat chimnies
at high water.
The New State House, has sufficient
merit to require more minute de-
scription than we can devote to. it a
this time.
Since We commenced writing this
letter we have had an introduction tc
Gen. Pillow of Tennessee, and known
to your readers by the part he took il
the Mexican War. He is man o.
about 1876 lbs. in weights feet in
ches high, a piercing eye, but rather
small forehead. We are thus precise
in our description of him, for we very
quickly saw that he has discovered By
same process. probably by magnify
ing glass, that he is greatman. He
is, however, pleasant and social man
but he has not the air about him, o
one "born to command" He is grea
egotist, but there is no danger OF his
doing much harm in the world, unless
it be in digging bitches. He is rich
worth probably half million of dol
lars. having large farms in this Stats
and in Mississippi. He is looking tc
the Presidency, and consequently puts
on his best airs when introduced Il
citizens of distant States.
Yours,