Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-05-17

too, stamped her features upon many
cities Of the North. And OF late
wears. New York, s!a!ternly and
SPLENDID, magnificent and unclean, has
had numerous progeny Of towns
which reflect or caricature their
mothers image. 81
Pleasant Nashville! It's situa.
ton is superb. A gently undulating,
fertile valley, fifteen or twenty miles
across, quite encircled by hills
Through this panoramic vale winds
the ever-windiDg Cumberland,a some
what swiftly flowing stream, about as
wide as the Hudson at Albany
The banks are of that abrupt ascent
which suggested the name Of blul1s;
high enough to lift the country
above the reach of the marvellous
rises of the river, but not SO high
as 10 render it too difficult Of access.
Ia the middle of this valley, halt a
mile from The banks of the stream, is
. high, steeple bill. the summit Of
which, just large enough for the pur-
pose, would have been crowned with a
castle if the liver had been the Rhine
instead Of the Cumberland. Upon
this hill stands the capitol Of Ten
nessee, the most elegant, correct,
convenient and genuine public build
ing in the United States,a conspicuous
testimonial of the wealth, taste and
'liberality of the State, and.a worthy
monument of the architect, S trick
land, whose remains, by his own re-
quest, are closed within its mar bic
walls, sealed hermetically in a cavity
left for the purpose. "Circumspice!'
From the cupola Of this edifce the
stranger, delighted and surprised,
looks down upon the city OF Nash.
Vile, packed between this capitol
crowned hill and the coiling Cumber-
land looks around upon the panoram.
ic valley, dotted with villas and vii,
|lsges, smiling with fields, and frlnged
with distant, dark forest-covered
mountains. And there is one still
living who was born in that valley
when it was death from the rifle OF
a savage to 60 unattended to drink
from spring an eighth OF mile
from the settlement.
Pleasant Nashville! 1t was laid
out in the good old English. south.
|ern manner. First, a spacious square
| for courthouse and market, ,lined now
with stores SO solid and elegant that
they would nos look out Of place IL
the business streets of New York,
whose stores are palaces. From the
sides and angles Of this square,
which is the broad back of huge
underground rock, run the principal
streets and there is your town.
| Saturday is the great day at Nash
Vile. 1t has been the custom from
the early days Of the settlement ior
the planters to come to- town on the
last dav of the week, whether foI
business or recreation. Then the
great square is busy scene indeed
The marke,-house, in the midst there
Iof deserted on other days because
market is over by breakfast. is tillec
on Saturdays with buyers and sellers
Long rows of produce wagons, hay
wagons, wood wagons, tangled strings
of mules; groups oflaugbing negroes
here. AN auctioneer roaring the pralse'
Of a horse,t there's "a knot of hurley plan
ters in high riding boots we'll splasne'
with mud; theresz zsas ;as lawyer he'll
| blythe buttonby a hSgsnt from tn
country, anxiety depicted only on To-
'Ilawyer's face, for his Office is foil Q
i country clients awaiting bis return
: a crowd around the court house dool
the stores filled with customers
Along the pavement fit eleganti
dressed ladies, looking eztretnel
like their elegantly dressed sisters o
this side Of the mountains. occ'
sionally may be seen an ancien \
faded, family coach, a relic OF el .,
) grandeur, OF the days when tn
, country gentlemen drove to town !
chariots and four, and the four ha
|, as much as they could do to ORA
, the lumberi6g vehicle through II
i mud. :,
Those healthy-looking. sturdy, iul'
developed farmers Of Western lei
j nessee-what pleasure too look
, them! il is nothing uncommon , ,
! to see a ruedy old boy Of eight
: riding along to town, erect and bl,tn m
! who would lass for filty-e'gos