Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-04-17
AeENrs ZOE LIE PATRIOT.
tnrday,l az 10 O'Clock, to decide upon
matters Of impOrtaacs to the Company.
Emporium.

Mr. E. Cloak, of Versailles, XIV in letter to
the Delta. gives the following interesting facts
10 relation to the town bearing the above name,
situated on the o rio river fow miles above its
junction Sith the Mississippi:
The town Of Emporium itself Is yet pretty mnch
IN emaryo. The enterprise was not thought Of un-
ill within the last eighteen months, aud no steps
we're taken towards building a town, beyond par
chasing the nd. until March lssr.
Thr lard 90 which the town is laid out, isowned
by about 1900 stock holders many Of them men Of
means. energy aud character. The company own
about 5000 acres Of land, and have capital Of over
a million dollars The general interests Of the COM
pany are managed by president and directors. Ii
is jaint stock concern. That portion OF the COM
piny- land ~hich has been laid of into lots and of
fired for sale ries very slightly from the river for
several miles back until you reach the hills. l. is
nov covered with densa growth of timber, amouget
which s ash, hickory walnut, oak, cherry, popular,
&c. The country back of and near Emporium is rich
in it, soil aud in It's mineral resources Within for
y miles Of IT, by the Illinois Central Railroad, are
inrkhsustble vens Of cod, from which the coal is
raised by steam at a tr6ng expense, and furnished
there It veRy low price, Qdsrries of the best quail
OF marble are now being worked at JonssbOrO, and
doubtless rquslly rich quarriss EXIT in Pulaski
county, near Emporium. Iron and Other "a ol.o
Ia March there were residing at Emporium five
persons; IL November there were between Elk and
srven hundred, and one hundred and 6ity hree
volss were c 81 for the diff rcut Presidential ssp
rants, Fremont receiving bot five of the whole
Der. he fret ssle of lots took place in July 1885,
which amounted TO 800 OO0 the lots ranging at
prices between IS aud IS per front foot, dpenc
ing on location anu depth OF lOt The second sale
took place oa the l9sh OF November last, amount
ing to 1913 OO0 the lots raugug at prices between
nine and ten dollars per frUut foot There Is now
at Emporium handsome hotel, cspablc of &c ON
modating about two hundred guests comfortably
10 ADDITION TO thus hotel tbeae il be put up next
sumner fs-clA-s hotel, with all the modern i'm
proven ts cap ,tle OF accommodating three or four
hundred gur-ts A. the last al Of lots, a compauy
Ondeprn irnt Of the Emporium Company Twas form
ei, with capital Of buuire aud fifty thous ind
dollars, AID large amOuGt OF the stock subsc. bel
The company have cted { ieir Site aud IIchas-
cd the lots on which t. erect th. ballding. James
GooiiO OF Cincinnati, is now put ing up al exteu-
sive establishment Ae viii buIld steamboat, ell
CINE aud sugar mills, furnish boilers, shafts, ard all
kinds OF castings, from lamp up, II has been
carrying on the same business IN Cincinnati, Tor
more Than thirty years, aud is transferring ev-
eryIhing he ha- TO Emporium. His machinery is
now on the river, aud lie probably landed by this
time"
There is also 10 course of rapid construction ma
rne railway. Il wil Of Sufficient cap. CRY pun
out 81 Repair the largest class OF boats nov in us,
that may hereafter bull. for the OAio aud MI
sissppi rivers
b zldes these, wool factory, CONNER isl Col
lrge, several Churches &c are Intended TO be
ed during tue next var. These are certsialy very
.eering indicsti ms Of prosperity.