Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-08-21
NAsHvJtlr Tr.x Aug -. ls67.

NAsHVItLE Tenn. Aug. II. 1867.
DkAR CHKoN1cLE.-The writer havinJ
been summoped to this State to assis
parties in the Selection of Iron lands
thought q few lines in regard to mat
ters and things might not be uninter
estlng to many of your readers. l lef
that busting city of the west, Chicago
Sunday night the 4th inst, via the Chi
cago d Great Eastern Railway thf0ugl
Logansport, Kokomo and indianapolis
at this latter named beautiful ethyl re
NAMED over few hours in order oset
what progressthe new RolhngsMin wa
making there, the company being
composed principally of Youngstown
men. They have their buildings pretty
well under way, andare receiving theil
machinery and preparing to put the
same down. L cannot see why thil
company should not succeed, as they
are located near the central part of the
State, with Rail Rosds diverging toall
points of the compass IAN ethrough
some of the best farms and farming
lands in the Weston my way to Louis
vile, arriving at the latter place at mid
night-being conveyed in. huge iomni-
buses holding IS 10 80 passengers, and
driven right into the ferry boats and
not required to leave our seats until
driven to the Nashville & Louisville
depot, from whence trains leave for
this place and the south, at oneo'clock.
a. m, and three O'Clock, pm. o, 5ri
Louisville 10 themost furnishing city
and appeared to be doing more bnsi-
ness than any place l have seen in
some months travel. They have COM
menced the abutment for q Rail Road
| bridge at the lower end of the city,
which, when completely will stop the
dire chatter and noise of buses, carris-
ges and drsys running continually night
and day, conveying passengers and
freight from the Indiana side.s IeaY-
ing this, perhaps the most hourishing
city of the south, we passed through
Randolph, Brooks and Shepherdsyille,
at this latter place, is s splendid iron
bridge, spanning that old river that
disappointed politicians have toroW up
every fall after the elections tyiz: Salt
River.") This bridge is 462 feet long.
Thence we pass through BardstoWn
junction, Belmont and Lebanon juno
ton, at which the branch road to
Knoxville leaves the main line and is
finished some LIS miles out to Crab
Orchard. Leaving this place, we pass
Colesbureh, and next, theEgrsst tunnell
through Muldrough's Hill, which is
$500 feet long. Passing through this
we cross over q small stream called
Sulphor Fork on another.of those su-
perb iron bridges, 100 feet above the
bed of the stream. Next, we reach
Elizabethtown, the county seat of Har-
din county, KY. This place contains
some 2500 inhabitsnts, but on tina 9th
of December, 1862 was b0mbkrded by
Morgan, and compelled to- surrender ;
station houses and bridges all being,
burnt, all Of which, however, have been
rebuilt. From thence WepEsss several
other. small stations and arrive atBa-
con5Creek, in Hart county, st which
point the bridge was destroyed by
Bragg, at the time Of the destruction
of the Green River bridge. The next
place Of importance IL INDISPENSABLE,
county seat Of Hartn county "a This
place was also the scene of many dstirsI
ring events during the war. The next
point of interest is Cave City, tcity only
in name, the houses being left outl ct
which place stages leave on the arrival
of the trains, some nine miesto the
famous Mammoth Cave. Many other
places-small, but noted as places of
thrilling events during the rebellion
such asaBowling, Green, Memphis juno
ton, Woodburn. Franklin, sMitchels-
vile, South Tunnel, Gallatin and
Edgeield junction ; q short distance
this sideAo which, we pass the beauti-
ful National Cemetery, into which the
remains of so many of our brave North
ern boys have been removed, andWhose
graves have been so systematically ar
ranged (if l may so express it, and the
work Is only partially done-the sad
work having been suspended till cooler
weather, in October. This spot ne
doubt will be visited BY many Northern
patriots for years to come, as the spot
IN which the remains of somed dear 500,
brother or father are deposited, await
ing the sound of the last trumpet.
y Dub, III. GulbOIf All Ndhl1S Up ~
much time and space that IhsVe neith-
or left TO describe the disloyal city-as
such it undoubtedly Is; leaving out q
few Northern men and the much abused
negro. Disappointed politicians Eafe
making great ado about the late cleo
tons, and are actually turning OFF those
poor colored men who voted for Brown
low. Their only hope is nov to get
him sent as United States Senator to
Washington City. 1-a o Aai ed
The prejudice to the the dzrky still
runs so high that one railroad compa-
ny have refused to carry them on their
street cars; hence they run nearly all
the time empty, and some think with
out changing their course the Company
must go down. After all, this is q very
nice, not to say adbeautiful city-being
built almost on rhinestone rock. The
CspitoIis undoubtedly the bestsrranged
and planned of any other in the States,
not excepting Columbus. The oolored
population conduct themselves with re-
prudence, and many carry
their school books in their pockets and
study them every idle moment. of sef
Another sheet FULL l must step.
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