Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-29

we Were pleased to meet In the CITY YES
terday Mr. Henry 7. Underwood. Of the
Louisville Ledger. Mr.. q, is gentlemar,
OF newspaper taste, energy and experience.
We are pleased to learn from him that the
Ledger is In a furnishing condition. and
VIII soon be enlarged to dimensions
equal to the largest city daiIies. ~.
Judge b w. Massengale, of this CITY.
was at the Talladega House. TalIadeos'
"A, on Saturday last, enjoying the hospi-
tallty OF Col. Ross, the courteous proprie-
tor
Hon. Samuel H. Jones, of Memphis;
Col, A. b. Stark and family, of Lebanon;
w. A. Wade, of Lebanon; Col. E s.
Cheatham, of Greenbrier; w. P. Tanner,
of Athens, Ala; ]. s. White, of Lebanon:
and L. T. Wade, of Bolivar, Miss, were
among the registered guests at the Battle
House last night.
Our veteran friend 10. Weems, ESQ. of
Bon Aqua Springs, paid US visit yester-
| day, calling up scenes of the happy by-
| gone. He looks good for o century to
come, and be still boy.
Our valuable friend johnson, of Whites
| vile, formerly of the Tennessee Leeisls
ture, dropped into our sanctum yesterd, 40
representing all getting along finely j. ~
section, building railroads and raisj 20 f;na
crops. - -No
Col. H. S. Ewing, of Frankli. briob,
ened up the UNION AND ANERIc AZ 90 rcs,,r,
yesterday by the sunlight of ms faca NJ
Is still full of energy, with a heart 90 Iaroe
as giant, working right ahead bnildine a
hne pike from FranklIa clear ont tbro19b
EwlngVllle, beeutSAs, suburban villsoe
beng rapidly pushed forward BY his enter
PRISE combined Ei0 few others.
Oapt. J. b, paD agh, of Murfreesboro,
p n1. us q passing call yesterday, as he is
ITs. letufafog from a business trip to
Washington Vity, where he was when the
press excnT sionists reached there; and
shougn Ga official business, he yielded to
Tue snuO tiles of his friends sand accom-
panied 8 Aem through Philadelphia to New
nota q ty, being regarded as quite an ac-
qoisiF ION TO the press gsn9.
aong the arrivals at the Commercial
no el yesterday were: Rev. T. N. Hem
~ q, Snelbyville, Tenn. A. A. Thayer,
Few Orleans, La DR.. j. R. Kirkpatrick,
900 'lettsyille, Col. John H O'Neal, Shell
9yyle; W. @. McGavock, Franklin, Tenn;
a. FAessler, Louisville, KY; @. @. Derry.
perry, Bamber--, s. c.; L. A Harriss, Mt.
- ~. Ou2213 uAhShAi OOO~ 41C-
Nelly, Alexandria, Tenn; Il. I. Oriswell,
Columbia.
Inc following W, ne among the guests OF
tne maxwell House yesterday: Gen. Jos.
a, MabIy of Knox, ills; W. 81. Brazier of
Memphisi B. Nal lon of Savannah, Ga;
Oapt. b. N. Mead 90 of Waverly, Tenn;
IL :. Underwood, Louisville Ledger; r.
=. McDuff, Memp his; Col. q. A. Sneafe of
Manchester; F. M. Smith, McMinnville.
Our jovial frieI ID and former fellow citi-
zsn Aleck WilliaI ms, now of Dyer county,
has been spendir g a few days very pleas
antly with his oil chums about the city.
Aleck bears well. the speeding years, is as
full of fun IS ev or, and speaks in the high
est terms of Dy or county and its people.
The railroad constructing firm of Tren-
bath, Wessenberg i Co., who have some
thirty eight pliles Of the Mobile and Ala
bama Grand Trunk Railroad near the
jackson Wells to do, are making rapid
progress with their work. Their agent,
MIR. Joel Davis, is now here, and has with
in the past few, days engaged and sent to
that section Of the road large number of
lRborers.