Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-06

She was married in 1886 to the Rev. Prof.
Calvin Ellis Stowe. Shortly afterwards
she commenced her literary career, and in
1851 began the publicationin the Nation
al Era an anti-slavery paper at Wash
ington, as serial tale, her celebrated
work entitled Uncle Toms Cabin. 1t
attracted so much attention, that when
completed in 1852, it was published in
book form in Boston, and SO great was
the demandfoT it that at least 400, 900
copies were sold. The English reprints
ARE estimated to have reached 500, 900
copies, and it was rapidly trans
lated into all European and some Asiatic
languages, and it was also extensively
dramatized. 1t has been justly said with
reference to this book, that ''never did
an American writer achieve SO sudden
and great a literary success, or exert a
more profound influence upon American
politics and society,"" One of our party,
q Republican, remarked that our troubles
date from the PRONUNCIATION of this work,
and the memory of the Stat, sleek ne
groesn he lost by the war, inspired in him
| no high respect for Mrs. Stowe. Although
she has written two other anti-slayery and
a number of literary books, none of them
are remembered, except her last, which
| has called forth the denunciation of al
| most every press in the country. Not
| Withstanding her abuse and misrepresen-
ton of the people of the South, she is
treated by them with the courtesy due to
| IA lady. b.
| 1t was learned from the gentleman
who has charge of the place, that Mrs.
Stowe owns about ninety acres of land,
on which there is small orange grove.
He stated that the trees yield from 1000
to 5000 oranges each, and that they sell
for IS to So per barrel averaging $50
to 300 oranges per barrel. The demand
for oranges is not so good this season as
formerly, and prices are lower. 1t was
noticed that Mrs. Stoves oranges were
not so large as, those on an adjoining
place; but perhaps the larger ones had
been gathered and marketed.
A few minutes before the party re-
turned to the boat, Prof. Stowe made his
appearance, and was introduced to few
who still fingered at the house He is a
venerable, patriarchial looking man, and
made rather favorable impression upon
/ those who conyersed with him. Mrs.
Stowe stated that she would return to heI
| New England home in May. Her resi-
dence on the st. Johns is an unpretend
| ing but neat cottage, and it is claimed to
have been built upon the spot where the
first dwelling was erected in Florida. Ii
may be historic ground, as the French at
tempted to make settlements in FlOrids
as early as 1889, but were subsequently
, driven out by the Spaniards, who founded
, the first permanent colony at st. Angus
! tine about 1865.
We met at the st. James Hotel in
Jacksonville, Mr. Zadoc Pratt, the cele
brated tanner of Prattsville, Greene
county, N. Y, one of the wealthy men Of
, the Empire State, who is taking a bridal
tour through the South. Mr.. Pratt is
|, very old man, probably seventy, and ha:
| recently married his third wife He wa:
on visit to the city of New York sOmt
months ago, and made the acquaintance
of the young lady he married at the Office
of the Turf, Field and Farm, whert
she was employed as an assistant in the
mailing department. She is buxom lass
of probably twenty-five, and plays the
cold mans darling" quite handsomely.
! The winter has been remarkably mild
and pleasant The evidence of this is to
be seen on every hand. The peach trees
| are in full bloom, and during the whole OF
| the present month the orange trees have
budded, and, unless checked by return
of cold weather, they will soon be in bios
som. Serious fears are entertained that
the orange crop of this year will be greatly
damaged. 1t will give your Tennessee
readers some idea of the difference be-
tween the seasons in there and here, when
it is stated that peas are in full bloom, and
that "garden truck" of various descrip-
tons has already made its appearance in
| tho market SEwANEE