Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-24

One popularity noticed in the State Ii
brary here. worthy the attentiea~of the Dr.
rccfors of the Peabody Institute, the Histori-
cal Society," and kindred Associations whose
duties involve the preservation of books. The
book shelves here work up and down on slid
ing cast-iron brackets, affixed TO iron rods;
the whole is the invention of the ingenious
State Armorer here. the shelves being of Ten
nessee red cedar, a fragrant and PHEASANT wood
to the smell. but perfect protection against
worms. The State Librarian is mod ! Off
Ger in the excellence and elegance of his
rangements for classifying the muItifarions
treasures committed to his care.
This Middle Tennessee is magnificent
farming region, and it is quite cheering to
behold the promise held ont to this the heart
of the interior, by the Contemplated compile
ton of the various railroads aiming at this
point. Cotton. corn, tohscco.-wheat,- horses,
mules. cattle and hogs. the products of this
region. abound at such a rate that nothing
bat railroads are wanting to make il one of
the richest and most desirable regions in the
world. From Baltimore almost to the Ten
nessee line, ones nostrils are constantly at
the sneezing point from the pungent smell of
guane. whilst here. the chief difficulty in
making a crop. is to keep ont of. the way of
the weeds. A single county sOnth of this
it is considered by the best informed-will
have for market this year a cotton crop of
twenty thousand bales, worth nearly million
of dollars, besides mules. horses. cattle. &C.
whilst the Indebtedness of the people to the
hank located at the county seat win not ex-
coed forty thousand dollars-the foreign debts
probably not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars. You thus perceive that a million of
dollars or thereabOuts will be divided
amongst voting population Off little over
two thousand persons l have given this as
an index OF the solid prosperity existing in
this region.
And now for few words to apply practi-
cally for the benefit of your readers what |
have noted above. Take a section of the
Union. like this of middle Tennessee, thus
blest in its agricultural products. and then
add to its resources the copper and iron of
the adjacent divisions; add to these, also, the
trade of ouilrrn Kentucky of north Ala
hama and Mississippi and let me put it to
tho business men of Baltimore chether such
trade BngLa be developed here not lrOyfh their
attention.
Why-what are the facts? There was a
time within the memory of the merchants of
both Nashville and Baltimore, when the
business relations of two places were of the
most intimate kind. Cannot this cordtion
of things, profitable aud pleasant to both, b.
made TO exist again? Only recentiy-and
here is the pith of this letter-the old wagon
routes to this region, available so long. and
broken up afterwards by the route of the
OIio river, has been re-opened. The East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad has been
completed and with two additional links in
the chain, will soon he shorter and more
perfect still But no rates tor through freigbts
nave been established, and few or no steps
have been taken to get hack the trade due
Baltimore as Southern city, and as the old
and legitimate mart for this region. Let the
business men of Baltimore, then, since the
channel is once more open. move at once,
and move effectively in this matter if they
regard properly their interests. Let the
leading merchants of Baltimore-a few of
them at least; meet together. and bring their
influence to bear so as to fix a rate such as
viii supercede the necessity of sending their
freight for this quarter via Savannah, and
such as will prevent Lynchburg freight for
Memphis from being sent to Baltimore, in
order to give it start West; and then, it is
to be hoped that few business Populations
to this quarter will do the rest.