Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-17
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THURSDAY, sEpTEMBER 90, 1857.
mcminnviIIe, WArren county, and theiE
Future


Manchester Railroad, which connects with !
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad |
at TulIahoma, has given considerable i'm |
petus to the trade of the county seat of
Warren, the town of McMiunville. One
of the oldest towns in Middle Tennessee,
seated in the lap of a luxuriant valley over
looked by noble mountain range, no
pleasanter place of abode could be desired;
but owing to its almost inaccessible posi-
tion, it's population for many years remain
ed almost stationary, and, until within the
past two years, the signs of decay were
unmstakable. But the neigh of the iron
steed, and the thunder of his swift hoofs,
have awakened the spirit of enterprise,
and now, on all sides, are to be witnessed
as unmistakable signs of improvement.
The course of McMinnville is henceforth
onward. With thrifty, Industrious, in
telligent population, with good schools and
churches, and the additional advantages of
Railroad connection with the leading cities
of the South and Southwest, there is no.
thing to check its growth, or to blight its
prosperity. Let its citizens but be true to
their interests and to the public good, and
there need be no limit to the expectations
touching the future of their town.
But the advantages accruing from the
construction of the Railroad are not con-
fined to the town of McMinnville. The
people of the whole county are enjoying
them in the enhanced value of their lands
and the products of them. Shut out
heretofore from a market for their produce,
| they realized but small and generally IN
remunerating prices; now, open to the mar
kets of the country, they can command the
highest prices. Under the inspiration of
the new order of things, the resources of
the county will be speedily developed, its
farms will be better cultivated, its waste
lands be brought into market and thus her
! population increased, and an additional
source of prosperity and wealth brought
into action. We venture the prediction
that at no remote day, Warren county will
assume the leading position among its
neighbors to which its soil, productions
and climate give it the right to aspire
Considerable attention has recently beer
drawn to these substantial advantages with
out some of which no country is very de
sirable; but which combined make any
country an attractive spot to rest upon
Let us speak of them more particularly
The soil is generally good, large portions
of it very rich and highly productive. Corn
wheat, oats, all descriptions of small grains
and grasses grow luxuriantly and produce
abundantly. The orchard and the vine
yard also produce finely. There is scarce
ly anything produced in this section, ex
cept cotton, which does not thrive wei
there. Owing to its elevation the season
for planting is later, but not too late t
prevent crops from maturing in good tim
before frost. Excellent water and fin,
timber are plentiful. The winters ar
about the same temperature as ours, bu
the atmosphere is dryer and purer. II
simmer the temperature is delightful, sci
dom exceeding 80 degrees; even in sea
sons when here we are sweltering in a tempe
nature of So degrees. The pleasant ness Q
the summer weather has made that section
of Middle Tennessee a place of refuge fror
the heat of lower ATTITUDES. POSSESSING
such attractions as we have described, ar
we not warranted in predicting a prosper
GUS future for Warren? The great draw
back upon the county at present is th
sparseness of population, but this will 500
be overcome. The tide of emigration to
has already set in, and will doubtless be il
creased in proportions as lands are put
f market. Whilst on a visit there during ii
summer, we learned that gentlemen from Il
South were examining lands with view
purchase and settlement; and we also hear
of large land owners, who contemplate
: the sale of portions of their possession
) One of these has already had some T,0C
acres laid off into small farms with the
tention of selling them next month.
description of these lands will be found
another portion of our paper. Havir
J been over them we can vouch for the
value, and commend them to persons d
string to purchase Hundreds of famili
are annually emigrating from the State,
r search of homes in the new States, whe
p society is Indifferent, and the struggle f
subsistence almost crushing. How mu'
better would it be to remain in their ov
State, enjoying the advantages of her
situations and society, and aiding in dev,
. oping her resources. They have but
: look around them to find as good lands
D can be found elsewhere, and we CONNER
to all who have the emigration fever, IL
patriotic method of cure.