Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-25
No,bvIIIe, Tepne.ses,

AsGen. Mitchell is reported marching on
Nashville with large army, the following
sketch Of it may not be uninteresting to our
readers;
Nashville is situated on the left or the west
hank of the Cumberland river, some 200
miles by the course Of the stream from its
mouth; ESQ miles northeast OF Memphis; 266
miles southwest Of Lexington, in Kentucky,
and 6sA miles from Washington City. Many
Of the private residences are erected on a
scale OF palatial magnitude and splendor,
and the public buildings exhibit a CORES
bonding character. The suburbs abound
with picturesque scenery, enriched with beau-
tiful groves Of cedar. The city was origi-
naliy laid out in lots Of one acre each, with
a reservation of four acres for public build
mgs. The boundaries have since been en-
larged.
The new capitol, which stands on COM
manding eminence, one hundred and seven
ty-five feet above the river, is one of the
most noble, magnificent and costly structures
n America. The material is fine limestone,
which was quarried on the spot, and nearly
resembling marble. The dimensions are 240
feet by 1856, and the estimated cost $1,000,
900. 1t is built as it is stated, entirely of
stone and iron. without any wood about it,
except the plank on which the copper roofing
is fastened; the floor and inner walls are OF
crossed stone. A lunatie asylum on large
scale has recently been erected in the vicini-
ty. The State Penitentiary at this place is
SI8 feet by 80, containing 200 cells. The
University of Nashville was founded in 1905.
The Medical College connected with the Uni
versity was opened in 1851; it occupies q
spacious building, and has upward of 100
students. There are also number Of female
seminaries, the largest Of which is attended
BY more than 800 pupils.
| There were fifteen newspapers published
here. six of them daily. Nashville contains
three banks, with total capital Of So, 49,
800, and fifteen churches, representing the
| various religious denominations. The min
eral cabinet of the late DR.. Troost contains
the largest private collection in the United
States. The city is lighted with gas. The
| Cumberland river is crossed by a magnid-
cent wire suspension bridge built at a cost
| Of SIOO, 900. Water is supplied by being
raised from the Cumberland river. Six rail.
roads now center at Nashville, affordinl
communication with many desired points
1t is the terminus of the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroad, $50 miles long, which wa
finished in 1852, at an expense of about 3d.
UUU;UUU.
The road is built in a very substantial
manner, and completes the connection will
Charleston and Savannah. The cemmerct
of Nashville is very extensive, amounting
annually to over five thousand tunnsge, com
posed Of steamboats, navigating the Oumber
land river, engaged in the conveyance o
PASSENGERS and the traffic Of goods and pro
duce. Extensive manufacturing establish.
ments are in successful operation at thil
place, among which may be mentioned th'
powder mill, the rolling mill, the Tennes
see Iron Works; just below the city, on th'
Cumberland river, which ase as extensive
and equal in capacity to any in the United
States, and founderies and machine shops
The population OF Nashville at present i
about 5000.