Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-11
THE CITY.
ADVANTAGES TO TOURISTS.
Nashville as a Resting Place.

Nashville as a Resting Place.
It being now the season of the yea,
when tourists and those who have been tc
more Northern regions, in consequence Of
the summer heat of Southern cities snC
locations, are returning TO their home, We
venture few suggestions for their benefit,
deeming the same timely and pertinent
While in the Northern section, on the sea-
shore whittier they have been recreating,
the season is over, in the South is is still
hot, sultry and duh. This glorious climate
Of our Middle States affords mean between
these two extremes, of the most delightful
character, The watering places AID points
OF summer resort being deserted in lati-
tudes north of us, the inducement for
tourists and sojourners to remain there no
longer exists. Yet in the Southern lati.
tudes the sun still glows with the fervid
heat of midsummer and the breezes
are still burdened with languidness
and torpidity. In those sections
the period of epidemic and sickness has
not yet passed, nor will the season of
vigor, elasticity and business activity set
In for weeks to come. In these cireum-
stances there can be no desire to longer
remain away north of us, nor
yet is the season sufficiently
advanced to return with entire
safety and comfort to the heated cities south
Of US. A few days since, when the thar
mometer indicated So degrees at New Or
leans and Mobile and other Southern
cities, it was 68 and 20 degrees here.
This is a vast difference in the considera-
ton of comfort, and one that should not
be overlooked by those who have been
sojourning at points further North. Such
sudden transitions from a Northern to a
Southern latitude before the heat has re-
laxed or sbated IN the latter, might be at
tended with the most regretfm conss-
quences, to say nothing of the discomforts
sure to ensue.
By availing themselves of this delicious
middle climate of ours, travellers and tour
lists can avoid these disadvantages. Nash
vile is situated, and beautifully situated
too, on the great highway of travel bearing
tourists to their Southern homes and to the
seaboard. Our city is upon the banks of
one of the most beautifully circling streams
in all the South, and she presents with her
teeming population, her extensive manu-
her busy workshops, lively thor
and undulating enVirons, an in
teresting and varied panorama, instructive
to contemplate and blessing to behold We
are now at that delicious season, too, when
the temperature IL, so to speak, between
summer and autumn. It is Just cool en-
ough to be charmingly comfortable, and
warm enough to be luxuriously delightful.
The crisp frost has not yet chilled our for
sst foliage, while blossoms still bloom and
give fragrance in our gardens and lawns,
and vines Chamber and twine their tendrils
upon trelis and tree. There is no more
of seasons than this, nor can a
more delightful place of sojourn be
'ound anywhere. Besides Whist nature
mas 50 profusely done for us, we have to
m eminent degree all the artificial els-
ments of comfort, taste, elegance and con-
Eenience around and about us. We posse ss
hotel accommodations superior to those Of
almost any other city in the South, and
second to none in the land. Our hotels
are the theme of praise from all They
deserve to be. Their parlors, rooms, ordin-
aries, galleries and halls are capacious,
luxuriant and elegant. With ali these COM
forts and elegance, a sojourn here does not
involve anything like the expense incurred
1t many other points where not one half
The comforts are procured. We have too
every variety of mineral water here, fresh |
and pure as when sparkling from the native /
fountain, which can be had almost
for the asking. All the essentials
10 health, pleasure, comfort and enjoyment
that could be derived are Immediately at
hand, with an atmosphere and a climate
that scarcely have an equal Railroads are
in every direction, and if de-
sired daily excursions and rsturns to noun
ain scenery, not surpassed for boldness
and beauty in the world, can be had, or
f parties wish they oan hnger around
yurgling springs that play and sparkle with
The very elixir of life
All things considered, there is no such
point for travellers and tourists on their
return to their homes to soiourn for a few
weeks as Nashville. Those of them who
may read this article and avail themselves
Of the comforts and advantages alluded to,
will, we are sure, be glad that we did so,
and thank us for these suggestions thrown
out for their benefit. Il