Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-02
sBURsEMESTs.

Thehabnllles OF the State amount TO ST. l42 856 66
IN the form OF bonds, drawing interest at the rates
respectively of ., St and per cent per annum, ma
king the annual interest to be S2i8,57LS9
VI this Indebtedness Sl25, COO is payable Janua-
~ LIST, 1858, 5000 in 1860; SG6 TOO Ia 1861; SOL
QUO in 1862; Sl76,250 in 1868; S5S, 500 in 1864;
81, 22l 900 in 1868; $4,000 in 1863; $780, $50 in
1885, SS94,O00 iu 1871; $4,000 in 1872; S94, 0OOn
1873; $4,000 in 1874; $4,000 IN 1876 $50, 39U in
1876 SlO2 500 in 1917; $4,000 in 1879; S52 900 in
1850; SCI, OO0 in 1881.
The Report shows nett Revenue from the collec
tiOns by Sherifs in East Tennessee for 1856. S64.
4U9 81; 1856, S6y,072; from Clerks Tor 1855 $50
500 SO; for 1886, SO, 79o So In Middle Tennessee
from Sherfs for 1000, SIT, 535 a.; for 1906, $780,
$50 "a; Clerks Tor 1855, SO 446 90; Tor 1886
S69, 5lO 81. Ia West Tennessee, from Sher,fs for
1850, SlOo,OOO 80; for 1856, SHAPES -; from
Clerks 1900, S42,4 AL 30; for 1885, S32 220 SO.
The Report contains the returns OF nearly all The
counties Of the State by the Tax-assessor pursuant
to the act Of the last General Assembly From lhis
feature OF the report we learn, that there are in
East Tennessee, slaves H. 9o6-the greatest number
1904 being in Knox county; and lie least, 43, in
Scott county. Horses IS. 1893; the greatest number
4,592, being IN Washington county; and the least
number 6S3 being in Morgan county. Mules 10. SOP;
the largest number l,3lI, being in Knox; the least
Il in Scott. Catle la, 49, the largest number ID
800, IN Greene; the least 1870 III Scott. Sheep
1881; the largest number 10 SOL in Greene; the
least 2 49l in Monroe. Swine 542 356; the largest
number 3S 667, IN Greene; the least sos in Scott
Wheat l. 8l4, 33S bushels; the largest quantity 1885,
7Uo bushels, in McAlinn; the least 963 bushels in
Scott. Corn IL, $685. 654 bushels the largest ouan-
tity S3o, 100 bushels, in MeMinn; the least 1912
bushels In Morgan. The only tobacco reported is
~ hOgsheads in Monroe county and one bale of cot
ton is reported from Polk. The counties of Clai
borne, Jefferson, Rhea and Roane made no report
In Audible Tennessee, whole number ofslaves TO-
6oO the largest number II 5o9 in Maury county, the
least, 225 IN Van1 buren,; horses "a, $50, largest
number S3l9 in Rutherford least 622 in Van Baren:
mules 81, o5o, largest number 949 in Maury least
l02 IN Van BUren; cattle 24S 907, largest number
2O,089 in Msury, least 2, $50 in Van Buren,; sheen
33O6o5, largest number 2S,O87 in Maury, least p
$50 in Van Duren; swine ,06o, 657 largest number
y2,975 in Maury, least II, 672 in Van Buren, cotton
1881 bales, 65S In Rutherford none produced IN
Cheatham, De Kalb, Humphreys, 0verton, Putnam,
Robertson, Smith, Van Buren,, White and Warren;
tobacco 4,5II hogsheads largest number II79 in
Williamson, none in Warren, White WAYNE. Van
buren,, Lincoln, Hickman and Grundy; wheat 825-
4ZS bushels largest quantity 232 GA in Wilson least
1850 in Van Buren,; corn q, 96SlI4 bushels
largest quantity 2,376,225 in Maury least 1856 43i
IN Van buren,. The counties OF Coffee, Davidson,
Dickson, Fentress, Giles, Jackson, Lewis, Macon,
Montgomery and Sumner make no report.
In West Tennessee whole number of slaves Co.
Oo9, largest number lO,O47 in Haywood, least ABS
n Benton; horses Al. 292, largest number 5 1873 in
Haywood, least l,364 in Perry; mules u 44U, lar.
gest number 2,629 in Madison least 296 in Decatur
cattle l4l,O16, largest number 1896 in Madison,
least 1905 IN Perry; sheep ia, 9l2 largest number
10 44O IN Madison, least 702 in Lauderdale swine
900, 64S, largest number II, 752 in Madison, least
Z6,llO IN Decatur; cotton 73,803 bales, 20 454 in
Haywood, In Perry; tobacco 3, l44 hogsheads, l.
3S5 IN Henry, none in Upton, Perry, McNairy and
Lauderdale; wheat l,Ol7,09 bushels, las 049 in
Gibson, "a, 437 in Lauderdale; corn 1863 IA BUSH
els, 45l,2l5 In Madison, OF, 7O0in Dyer. Fayette,
Harde nan, ObiOn, Shelby and Weakly made no re-
port.
The Comptroller reports the taxable property in
siXty-seVen counties, which have made returns for
the year 1857, to be $780, 858 236 against S2l2 O28
4o5 IN the same counties for last year. being an in
crease in 1857 of $53 629 95l; the other counties
not yet reported will swell the increase to $50 OOO
900
Davidson county contributes to the revenue in the
form of tax upon property $40, 636, the largest
amount paid by any county IN the State, and Nor
gan 1913. that being the least.