The New York herald., 1862-02-25
surmounted by q circular can. thirty seven


feet high and twenty-six feet in diameter,
with eight nutsd Cornthian columns designed from the
choragic monument Of Lyscrates at Athens The dmen
sions of the whole building hundred and thirty
eight by two hundred and thirty feet and the
struction cost over million or dollars It is ap.
preached by four avenues, which rise from TO
terrace by broad marble stops The sdacs s considered
the handsomest State Capitol in the Union.
The Court House is large building on the public
square, with eight columned Cornthian portco at
each end and four columned portico each side. The
State Bank ia . handsome Dorc building Among tho
other permanent edhces the JAIL the penitentiary,
theatre, Odd Fellows and Masonic halls City Hospital,
university and schoolhouses.
There are two hne bridges the Cumberland river
one railroad bridge, Of wood, with immense
draw two hundred and eighty feet, and two
stationary spans eash two hundred feet This bridge
was finished in 1852 at cost Of $240 600. Theoher 10
wire suspension bridge, Of more than seven hundred
feet span, and one hundred and ten feet above the
water II begun in 1850, and cost about 500 000
The city works constructed 1885, and the
total expense up to 1861 has been than $500 00O
The water raised from the river to four reservoirs
which have an aggregate capacity Of ono million six
hundred thousand gallons Gas introduced into the
city in February, 1850. Among the public institutions
the most important Is the Nashville University incor
poratsd in 1885, under the of Davidson Academy
and in 1906 Cumberland College It received its
present title in 1926. 1t had, during the recent prosper
times, before the rebellion, about two hun
dred students in the literary department, and
four hundred in tho medical school. Tho lite
rary department was united in 1855 with the
Western Military Institute, and took the latter
Tho students receive addition to their classical sduca
tion, quasi military training Tho main building s
handsome Gothic sdtce Of stone 1t has library OF f
teen Thousand volumes. The medical department open
cd in 1850. also occupies ne building, and possesses
extensive museum, besides having the charge Of
valuable mncralogea cabinet Of twenty thousand spec
mems. Shelby Medical College is and Hourshing
institution. The female academy founded in 1916, has
about four hundred and y pupils public school sys
tom went into operation in 1885, and there three
large schools and theological seminary The Historical
Society has good andbrary. The State Library
and Capitol have forty thousand volumes, and the Me-
chanics Library Association formed 1Soo The prn
cipa benevolent institutions tho City Hospital Pro-
tsstant and Catholic orphan House Of Industry
Hospital Of the Sisters Of Charity, worhouse established
in 1852 and the Tennessee Blind Asylum, founded in
1884, The Psnitentary ID handsome stone edincs,
built around opsn court and has about four hundred
convicts There twenty churches includinga
Roman Catholic cathedral; eight banks savings bank.
three insurance companies and several large hote i
cluding st. Cloud and the MAXWELL House. The latter
will accommodate six hundred guests.
Nashville has paid Fire Department with three steam
fire engines, which introduced in 1860 The peri.
odca press comprises Ave daily, eight weekly and eight
monthly publications
The OF Nashville ID very large, being car.
ried by river and railroads. BY turnpike roads,
the construction Of which tho city has devoted great
deal Of attention The Of tho port
about 900 per annum but tho government has not
ctoN tn ShoO Tn~
annual shipments are
80 900 bales Of cotton.
5000 hogsheads Of tobacco.
2 O00, 900 bushels Of wheat.
100000 do. Of Indian corn.
10000 casks Of bacon.
rs 600 hogs.
$500 tierces Of lard
The neghborhood Of Nashville is famous stock raising
country and has high reputation for blood horses jack
asses, mules cattle, shoep, hogs and Cashmere goats
The leading business Of the city Is in dry goods hard
warc drugs and groceries. Book publishing is carried
on more extensively than in any other Western town,
and the publishing house Of the Southern Methodist Con-
ference is Of the largest book manufactures in the
United States. The manufactures less important
than tho commercial interests. There three -four
mills, eight ten planning mills and eight ten machine
shops Tho value Of the taxable property here is $l5
100000 Seven miles from the city Is the State Lunatc
Asylum and twelve miles is the Hermitage the cello
jackson.
government is vested in mayor, eight aldermen and
sixteen counclmen. The FIRST permanent settlement
made in 177s-so the town Incorporated in 1884,
ceived its charter in 1906 and made the State CAPT.
tai in 1872 Nashvilsis $50 miles northeast Of Memphis
COG miles southwest Of Lexingon in Kentucky, and 6s4
miles from Washington city.
OUR NAP.
In connection with the above description present
readers with map Of the city Of Nashville and its
sister municipality Edgensld Tho depots Of the railroads
and the directions of their tracks cle y laid down.
the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad running ten
miles on that Of tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The locality Of the bridge By which the two places
united is also clearly shown and the river this point
s about three quarters OF mile wide tho shores being
lined with very steep bluffs From the steamboat land
ing TO the railroad depot the Nashville and Chattansoga
Railroad the principal feeder the main railway limos
OF the South, road rendering the ascent Of the bus
less difficult by inclined grade. The billy nature Of
the vicinity Of the city Ia clearly shown by map
and whether battle in this noghborhood not
the ap will found very useful for future reerencs