Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-06
COMMUNICATION
University of the SOuth-Beersheba Springs
Lookout mOunsafn-Grape Culture on
the NTonutnfna-Naw EFoto1

Lookout mOuntafn-Grape Culture
the MOnnt0ins-New Hotel.
The great institution of railroads bears in its
train consequences not dreamed of when under
taken. The Cumberland mountains in Middle Ten
nessee, heretofore barren waste have been
brought by railroads within SO hours of the great
cities of the South, New Orleans Mobile, Savan
nah and Charleston; and within the same time of
the cotton and sugar estates of the great valley of
the Mississippi and It's territories and the cotton and
rice estates of Georgia and South Carolina.
These valleys furnish the largest alluval deposits
on the face of the globe, and titled by army
of laborers controlled by domestic institution of
divine origin and right within itself whose labor
will give wealth and power, which educated intel
lect will direct for enlightened and human pur-
poses.
1t is the part of wisdom to devise the ways and
means through which the sunny South shall advance
to her proud destiny Her climate is genial to the
African race and that race prospers because it is
fitted by the organic law of nature to breathe with
IMMUNITY the vapors OF decaying vegetation. which
more or less poison the white race. This cause, in
the course of time, will impair the physical power
and of course the mental until 1t would lose cast in
the councils of the nation, and perhaps its efficiency
in control at home For this the pure icool and in
MIGRATING air of the mountains in the summer fur
nsh a complete remedy. The railroads have brought
the mountains to the Valleys and the plan feasible
and practical
The University of the South. this magnificent In
stituton of learning in its infancy, is located
on plateau of the Cumberland Mountain, 1000 feet
above the sea and will be ready soon to commence
the culture and polish of Southern intellect made
strong by residence and exercise in the Mountain air,
which is rarely above IS deg. in temperature, in
July and August
This Institution in plan is SUPERIOR to any other,
on this or any other Continent 1t owns 10000 acres
of land on the summit of the mountain with 100
springs The buildings are to be sufficient fer 100
Professors and many thousand pupils. A park of
2000 acres an Agricultural farm of 1000 acres F;
and 5000 acres to be built up and handsomely orna-
mented by flowers and evergreens added to the for
est trees, which to be trimmed, trained and Gull
tivated constitute feature in the grand out line
Here will be gathered together, all the appliances
for teaching the arts and sciences, and thus gives
mental poloer to maintain and defend the South, and
her growing interests The Commissioners to raise
funds, have been successful and have laid permi-
nent foundation and will proceed forthwith to erect
upon the summit of the Cumberland Mountain, a
splendid monument, to learning.
To give the totas race permanence in the South,
size. constitution, and brains, are necessary Sum
mer homes on the mountain, for four months in the
year is the remedy The rising generations, will
thus be removed from the valleys and the cities,
during the seasons of heat and vegetable decay
and from the causes of Fevers and in this manner,
a stout athletic may be grown.
As one of the points, now rendered pleasant as a
summer home, we may mention Beersheba Springs
situated on the same Mountain plateau, with the
University of the South" and famed by the same
pure air. These springs owned by stock Com
pany, under charter, and are improved to accom-
modate 700 persons, including cOttagers. The Com
pany own 5000 acres of land and are prepared to give
to planters merchants and of learning, lot to
build cottage on to be held in fee as summer
home" They have general plan, for furnishing
supplies. to cottageFs who are disposed to enjoy
home out Of the Hotel, which is convenient, and
economical.
The summer homes" are cottages, neat and COM
Portable and will become attractive the grounds
are ornamented and improved. There is a demand
for these Improvements at cost and nothing IS risk
ed in cottage building" The lot is gift from the
Company.
The culture of the grape, is offered agrieul-
tural employment, planters and others who desire
to engage in pleasant and profitable amusement for
the summer
The Lookout Mountain" is also desirable point
presenting its own advantages. 1t is on the oPpO-
site side of the Tennessee River and not familiar
to the writer as Beersheba and the University
place.
As soon as the N. W. Railroad is completed, and
the Hotel, in the city of Nashville we may ex-
pect many of the visitors, residents of the great
Southern Valleys pass through the city, and par
ticularly on their return in the fall.
This city therefore has an interest in the
of the plan, of furnishing Summer Homes" in
Tennessee to planters from Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia Florida. S. Carolina, Arkansas,
and Texas
1t will constitute a bond of union, and give in
creased pleasure in social intercourse. Success to
the University. TO Beersheba, to Lookout, to Ben
lomonh, and to Bon Air-the healthful and pleasant
homes of the proprietOrs of the Southern Valleys.
c.
WHAT Is SUFFICIENT FRAUD To RENDER MARRIAGE
VolD.-The New York Times reports the following
interesting law case;
Mary Frances Clarke vs. Bernard j. Clarke. The
facts in this case, brought in the Supreme Court,
appear in the opinion
Switzerland J.-COnceding that the representa-
tons of the defendant, to the death of his first
wife, were frauduently made, and that the plaintiff
would not have married him had she known or sup
posed that his first wife living. yet it IS clear to
me that such fraud or deception does not furnish
sufficient ground for dissolving the marriage CON
tract between the plaintiff and defendant, and for
declaring it to have been void from the beginning
1t was not a fraud in as to a material matter or
thing within the ordinary legitimate purposes of
marriage and the supposed intention purposes of
parties in contracting marriage The plaintiff had
a fancy that she would never marry who had
been divorced from his wife. She had a right to
indulge this fancy but it does not follow because
she was deceived and induced unknowingly to mar
ry a divorced man, that she should be INDUCED in
such fancy afterwards in the extent of having her
marriage judicialy declared void. find neither
precedent nor principle for declaring 4 marriage
void for fraud to or III such d matter or thing.
Motion for divorce denied.