Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-03-27
A sketch orNnshyii,. Tennessee.

As Nashville is now in tho possession
Of Federal troops, the following descrip.
tion Of that city may not be uninteresiing.
Nashville is situated on the left or the
West bank Of the Cumberland river,
some two hundred miles, by the course
OF the stream, from its mouth two hun
d-ed and eighty miles northeast Of mem
phis; two hundred and sixty miles south.
west OF Lexington, in Kentucky, and SIX
hundred and eighty four miles from
Washington city. Many Of the private
residence are erected on q scale Of palati-
al magnitude and splendor, and the pub
lie buildings exhibit corresponding
character. The suburbs abounding pic
turesquc scenery, enriched with beautiful
groves Of ce ar. The city was original.
ly laid out in lots Of one acre each, with
a reservation of four acres for public bull.
dings The boundaries have since Lcen
enlarged.
The new capitol, which stands on
commanding eminence, one hundred and
seventy-Gve feet above the river, is one Of
the Oldest, magnificent and costly struc-
lures in America. The material is fine
limestone. which was quarried on the spot,
nearly resembling marble. The dimen-
tions are 240 10y 1875, and the estimated
cost 81 900, 900. 1t is built, as it is sta
ted, entirely Of stone and iron, without
sny wood about it. except the copper
roofing is fastened the floor and inner
walls are Of crossed stone. A lunatic
asylum on large scale has recently been
o,ao.aI - tba ,,;,;,,;... rIIo
tentiary at this place is 3l3 feet by so,
containing 500 cells. The University OF
Nashville was founded in 1906. The
Medical College connected with the Un-
iversity was opened in 1851; it occupies
spacious building, and has upwards of
l5O students. There are also number Of
female Seminaries, the largest Of which
is attended by more than 800 pupils.
There were fifteen newspapers publish
ed here, six of them daily. Nashville
contains three banks, with total capitol
of So, lS2, 500, and fifteen churches re-
presenting various religious denomina-
tions. The mineral cabinet of the late
DR.. Troost contains the largest private
collection in the United States. The
city is lighted up with gas. The Cum
berlanl is crossed by magnificent wire
suspension bridge, built at cost of
100000. Water is supplied by being
raised from the Cumberland river. Six
railroads now center at Nashville affording
communication with many desired points.
1t is the terminus of the Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad, $50 miles longs
which was finished in 1852, at an expens,
OF about S3,000,00O The road is built
in a very substantial manner, and COM
pletes the connection with Charleston
and Savannah. The commerce of Nash
vile is very extensive, amounting annu-
ally to over five thousand tonnage, COM
posed ofsteamboars, navigating the Cum
berland river, engaged in the conveyance
of passengers, and the traffic Of &c DDS
and produce. Extensive manufacturing
establishments are in successful operation
at this place, among which. may be ad.
ded the powder mill, the rolling m i'll,
the Tennessee Iron Works, just below
the city on the Cumberland river-which
are as extensive as, and equal in capacity
to, any in the United States-and toun-
daries and machine shops. The popula-
ton of Nashville is $4,000.