Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-17

Heavy Transaction In Real Estate.
ga Georgia Volunteer Buys Ten-
EEnessee Farm. IS
gt The Northern newspapers-may the dick
ems iy away with the lying gcamps-have
had not little 10 say about the destitution
which prevails among the soldiers OF the
South but if they had been at public land
sale which took place at the court house door
in this city the other day, and had witnessed
the purchase CT valuable farm by stray
Georgia volunteers they would stop their
nonsense. aft 80 gas.
Some time ago there fell into the hands of
the clerk of one of our courts a fine tract Of
land, which that officer felt it to be his Off
cial duty under decree of the court 10 ad-
vertise and sell to the highest bidder at pub
lie sale which he accordingly did. But the.
purchaser, pending the work of surveying
the land, somehow or another heard that
war had broken out, and shouldering his
double-barrel shotgun early one morning.
set out in search of the enemies of his coun-
try, with the avowed intention of locating a
small lead mine in their compassionles: bow
els. The sale, therefore, was failure, and
had to be done over again. But there was
an eight months run of difficulties in the way
and the transae ton, which ought to have been
carried through at least by the beginning of
last GUNNER, was only brought off here the
other day. - 49,
The crowd at the sale vas not very large
one (though quite large enough to have won
I'm fbp
flush times OF the old Wing and Democratic
parties, the title of "A tremendous ground
swell of the patriotic Massey and the bid
ding was not in unusually large sums hnt
it was fully as brisk as could have been ex-
pected in time of war and deprecated
currency, AID fifty dollars fifty dollars =
going at fifty dollarsp ~ was soon heard re-
verberating around the Public Square in the
mellow tones of the auctioneer. at this
juncture, so intensely interesting to an indI-
viduaI in pursuit of the title, privileges, and
so forth, of reelestate owner, the crowd was
Joined by gentleman wearing the pictu-
resque uniform of the Confederate army, and
with much of the appearance OF man who
Is accustomed to transa ctionsN in corn OF
very heavy character. On learning on inqui-
~ that q handsome tract of land was "going
at fifty dollars" payable iu one, two and
three years, with interest from date, or cash
with the amount of the interest deducted,
he-the gentleman in. military clothes-re-
marked to the by-standers that ne "liVed IN
Georgia, but would just as soon have plan
tation in Tennessee as not" and at once en-.
tered the contest for the tract, throwing in
his small bids (nobody's bids at the time be
ing over ten cents,) with an air of one who
pays his way as he goes without regard to
the financial condition of the country. The
other bidders soon fell behind, and the slash
ing son of the Empire State of the South ran
in ahead by at least quarter of length,
taking down the land at SIS so; which was
uuquestionably as cheap as dirt.
The clerk of the court felt relieved. AT
ter eight months of obstacle and delay the
land was disposed of. aud on what every
body regarded as pretty fair terms.
''Do you propose" said be to the purchas-
er, "to take the cash or the credit terms ~
"oh, d--n your credit terms" answered
the Georgian, Eli pay the cash-how much
does it come to, after dedueting the inter
est" ...-s - 49, - E ~
Step into my Office" said the clerk Of the
court, land I'll make little calculation
and tell you the amount" 1c D
The clerk and the purchaser went into the
Office, followed by several of the crowd, the
rest considering the riot act read, had dis
persed 20 their several homes.
'Well," said the Georgian, when the
clerk had done figuring, show much do 1
owe youw 89fss vo, a-s
"The amount, less the interest," answered
the clerk, wholly unconscious of anything
peculiar about the sum- sis just seven thou
sand and seven hundred dollars
'tWHAT ~ exclaimed the Georgia voiun-2
teer, utterly astounded, .sphy. III be be id
if didn't think sOas getting the sohole thing for
fifty fire dollars agility fve eeaf.i gentlemen can
any Of you tell me The ,pay to the Qnarsermasfer's
Depdnnaaits''I e. EfstEs So &c s.-
And without waiting for reply, the Geor-
gian broke for the street. e P -as7 - 81
Thatwas a"grand finale" to eight months
tramel on the part of our friend the Clerk. q
The Lynehburg H1yinian says it has re-
ceived confirmation of The report that Ma.