Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-21
busInesa and lssIling a great deal Of real

business and selling great dead Of rea
estate. salsIs as4E
Edward Hall and NJ. Monohan were
making carriages and gigs.
2. Negrin was dealing in jsweiry, fancy
articles and military goods.
Wm. b. Wilson & Co. were proprietors
Of an extensive drygoods store.
Stephen and z. p. Cantrell wsnt into
the commission and shipping business with
Geo. Shull, ON Water street.
Baxter Il Hicks were proprietors of the
Tennessee Iron Works, and had a store in
town.
Matthew Watson was in The steamboat
agency and grocery business
Benson, Hunt & Co. were merchant tai
lors in Bank row.
]. ID. March had a saddle and bride.
making establishment on Deaderick street.
Geo. Crockett and Thos. p. Adams
were the executors of the viii and testa-
ment of the then late David Crockett.
NJ. Stevens and j. Thompson had q
classical and mathematical seminary in the
Masonic Hall.
On Sunday, the 18th of January, 1929,
gen. jackson left Nashville on the boat
Fairy, for Washington by way Of Louis
vile. Several hundred citizens were at
the river to witness his departure.
Many voters wanted Maj. A. w. Johnson
elected commandant Of the new Nashville
regiment.
John W.. Overton had authority to sell
several tracts of land on the Cumberland,
fifteen miles below Nashville.
I. Kezer was in the hat and fur business
on Market street, near the Union Hail.
G. Wilson had for sale at his tan yard all
kinds Of leather.
James N. Dickson was selling dry goods
on Market street.
Cooper & Eastland were dealing in fam
ily groceries on College street.
The steamer Nashville was q regular
trading boat between Nashville and New
Orleans, and Nichol & Hill, who had two
large warehouses, were her agents.
Z James Anderson had a confectionery
store at the corner of Market and Broad.
L. Kirk was teaching tailors his system
of measuring and cutting to fit the human
shape.
The Gazette of Feb, 3, 1929, contained
the announcement of E. II. Foster as q
candidate for reelection to the House of
and a card from Thomas
Claiborne decliningto be candidate for the
Senatorial branch of the General Assembly
The same issue announces the marriage of
James NJ. Goodrich to Susan P. Wells.
The paper is mainly devoted to European
news copied from London journals month
previous.
The Gazette of Feb. 10, 1929, announces
The marriage by Rev. DIR. Lindsley of Mai.
VIM. Campbell to Miss Frances GiIl-alI of
Nashville. The same paper contains cards
from G.. Wilson and Robert B. Currey de-
clining to be candidates for the Legislature.
In its next issue, Feb. II, the paper an
nounces the marriage by Rev. Jas. Gwinn
OF Solomon G. Page to Harriet A. Moore,
all of this city, and on the 2Oth notices
rumors that David Crockett, then in Con-
gress from Tennessee, was about to desert
the Democracy, and warns him not to do
so. On the 18th of Feb, Mr.. Hall, who
was then in Washington, wrote a letter to
his paper, in which, speaking of Gen.
jackson, he said: ''Since the days of Wash
lngton, am persuaded, no man has occu-
pied 30 exalted and enviable place in the
hearts and affections of his couDtrymen as
that now filled by the Farmer of Ten
nessee." In another part of the same let
ter, Mr.. Hall said: ''During the whole
winter, until within few days past, all
eyes have been directed to the West-t1
the HeTmitdge-where dwelt the future
dispenser of P0uer and prftYment-th
object of q Nations love.
The interest felt by his friends has been
intense-the feelings Of his enemies you
may imagine, but the hopes and anXieties
of oflice-seekers, and the fears and appre-
tensions of oftice-holders, you cannot
properly imagine, nor 1 describe"
Aparagraph in the Gazette of March 6, in
dicated thata paper war was about to break
out at Knoxville between Hon. Pryor Lea
and Col. John Williams.
The Gazette of March 10 gives the pro-
ceedings of the Inauguration dinner at
Vauxhall Garden on the 4th, Gen Robert
Perdy acted as President of the day, and
E II Foster as Vice President. Toasts COM
tc jackson were proposed by
the officers of the day. Also, by Sam
Houston, Bakewel, John W OEerton,
Henry Baldwin, ir., Charles Cooper, John
Marshall, M E DeGrove and Solomon
Clark. The dinner was prepared under
the direction of Decker & Dyer, and was
toasted as the most elegant and sumptuous
repast of the season. There are still in
our midst many living witnesses to that
joyous occasion in honor Of the hero from
the Hermitage.