Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-28
STATE NEWS.


From the Shel5yville Republican, of Fri
day, we clip the following:
The revival of religion now in progress
at the NJ. E. Church South a brief notice
of which we gave in cur last issue, still con-
tinues with undated zeal This meeting,
in point of general interest and the number
of converts, has not been equalled by any
preceding one in our midst for a number of
! years. Not less than sixty-two persons have
sought and found that peace which passeth
all understanding, and cast in their lot with
the people Of GOD.
We have inadvertently omitted to men,
ton, heretofore, the particulars of an inter-
esting revival of religion, gust closed, at
Reeds Hill, about two miles from this place,
by the Separate Baptist Church. A large
number made profession of religion, fif
teen of which were baptized last Sabbath at
| Skull-camp ford near this place.
The weather for the past week has been
unusually propitious to the farming interests
in this section, and which apparently has not
passed unimproved. We had considerable
wind and light shower Sunday night, and
quite heavy frost the night following. So
far as we can learn there is but little sickness
in cur midst-and none we believe of a Sc
rious or dangerous character.
- On Wednesday last, between the hours
of one and two o'clock, A. NJ, the startling
and exciting cry of fire aroused our citizens
from their slumbers, and drew large crowd
tothe scene of disaster, the Odd Fellows Hall,
on Martin street, the upper floor of which
was found enveloped in flames. The incon-
yenience and scarcity of water seemed favor
able for serious confagration, but the pru-
dent foresight Of keeping the building as
much closed as possible to prevent draft,
with the limited supply of water obtained
in the neighborhood, soon smothered the
fire.
The Lebanon Herald, of yesterday, says:
Thanks TO the energy and perseverance of
our corporation authorities in having all
new cases removed from the city limits, no
new cases of small pox have made their APP
pearance since our last report. We are in
formed that the cases in the pest house are
all doing well, and it is hoped, that in
few weeks we can chronicle its entire sub
sidence.
ORCHARDS IN WILSON CoUNTY.-That
too little attention has, up to this time, been
paid to fruit growing, by the farmers OF
Wilson county, no one will deny. Pos
sessed Of a soil and climate well adapted
to the growing of almost every descrip-
ton of fruit, our farmers have contented
themselves with rearing small orchards,
some of them containing not more than two
or three varieties of trees, and these allowed
to take their own course in growing. There
has been, however, one notable excep-
ton to this rule, and we take pleasure in
recording it. The reader in this vicinity
need not be told that we refer to the late DIR.
L. w. WHITE. Through his indomitable
energy-working against the old fogyish
opinions of his neighbors and other difficult
ties apparently insurmountable-he had sue
ceeded, even before his death, in forming an
orchard which his friends and the people Of
our county may well be proud of. We have
during the past few weeks seen specimens OF
the apples and peaches grown there, and do
not hesitate to pronounce them equal if not
superior 10 any grown in Middle Tennessee,
both as to flavor and size. The orchard is a
large one, and is being improved every year.
We advise our farmer friends, who desire to
learn something on the subject, to visit it.
THE MCGAvoCK CEMETERY 7asThe Frank
lin Rerieu, of yesterday, says: I'VE visited
this city of Confederate dead, few days
ago, and were pleased to see the improve
ments that had been completed about it. 1t
is enclosed all round with a neat and sub
stantial fence, and some flowers and shub-
berry have been planted about in it, which
will add materially to the beauty of the
place The grounds gradually slope from
the East, and on entering at the West gate,
the eve meets on either hand a long row of
white boards, extending the full length Of
the cemetery We observed many marks OF
Kindness and remembrance, such as flowers
and boquets placed upon the little mounds,
which had doubtless been bestowed by kind
and Christian ladies, a number of whom were
then present, and who frequently visit the
beautiful place. We noticed that large
number of the graves were marked I'm
known" while few were marked alone with
initials. This, however, was no fault with
those who superintended the re-interment, as
every mark of identity was carefully pre-
served.
An interesting meeting closed at the
Methodist Church on Sunday night, with
eleven additions to the roll of membership.
The Pulaski Citizen, Of Friday says =
| Before the war there were upwards of three
| thousand voters in this county; ninety-nine
out of every hundred of these voters are
now excluded from the polls by the present
| franchise law-there being at this time only
| Rinety-six voters in the county-most of
whom are foreigners and new voters.
Efforts are being made to revive the
| Giles College. To aid the matter, General
BRowN, Esq. CoLLUM, and other prominent
citizens, will address the people of Pulaski
on the first Monday in November.
-JoHN F. MOORE, Esq, of Giles, and
JOEL NJ HARRIS, Esq, of Lincoln. are an
nounced as candidates for the Legislature in
the district embracing those two counties.
SILAs FLoURNoY, ESQ., withdraws from the
canvass in Giles proper.