Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-04-06

directed our attention to the battl
ground where Hood and Thomas
had such struggle, showing tht
position occupied by each army
and the ground over which HOOD
made so many reckless and unsuc
cessful charges on the Union lines
The Judge remarked; "There wa'
fought the. bloodiest battle of the
war, considering the time it LASTED
and the number engaged 10 it," He
also remarked with much feeling
ave lost in That battle 5000 men
killed outright, besides tie manned
and wounded" About half a mile
from the town, he pointed out the
place where these 5000 were buri-
ed. 1t is beautiful spot and kept
in good repair. Thirty miles from
Nashville, we passed through Gen.
Fuels farm of 1000 acres; il is a
beautiful farm and in good condi-
tion. My friend pointed out to us
Gen. Pillow, who was a passenger
on the train. The General is a me.
dium sized, business like looking
man, probably SO years of age,
quite gray, and would take him
to be man of great energy and
force of character; he lives near
Columbia, forty-fve miles south of
Nashville. The country around
Columbia is very fine, and it is
said that Gen. Pillow owns the best
farm in the State of Tennessee.
One fact that | learned about the
General is, think, worthy of note
just before the breaking out of the
war, he purchased from parties in
Arkansas, slaves, for which he gave
his note, to the sum of 100000.
The man from whom he purchased
the slaves has since died and his
widow has brought suit for the
money, has beaten the General in
the lower courts, and he has ap.
pealed the case to the United States
Supreme Court, on the ground thai
slaves are not recognized as prop,
erty by the Constitution of the
United States. 1t struck me that
This was strange ground for Gen.
Pillow to take.
We left the railroad at Pulaski, |
IS miles south of Nashville, going
Q . |
rom this point by private convey |
lnce, to Lawrenceburg, the county
eat of Lawrence county, which is
ONE twenty miles from Pulaski,
nd a place of considerable inter
st at this time. A German emf,
ration association, having its
eadquarters at Cincinnati, has
urchased over 10000 acres OF
md in this county; it is run off in
} tracts of 100 acres and divided
y lot amongst the members Of the
ssociation. Parties are arriving
ally to see and take possession of
lcir lands. Your readers may
'rm some idea Of the price oflands
ere, by the prices paid by these !
ermans; for one tract of l6, 1000 !
ey paid So cents per acre, for an {
her tract Of good, they paid rs
nts an acre, and for the last pur- t
ase, a tract of 5000 acres, they
I'VE So cents an acre. Their lands r
G rather poor but well timbered, ?
d part Of their last purchase has /
rich bed of iron ore. The tim "
+ Of the country is white oak, p
lck oak, chestnut, chestnut oak b
4 poplar. Unimproved lands b
n be purchased in this county at d
I'm rs cents to $I,25 per acre. Il
Here, more than at any other
int, we saw the desolating effects p'
the war. The town, which shows a
rks of former thrift, and could OF
lst of its college with $50 stu W
It's, has not, now, even q com re
n day school. The surround
country also, shows this blight a. "a
war Many farms are stripped nj nj
Ill theirfences and buildings and oil
cred with sedge grass. The i'm
Oh and apple orchards still flour. NJ
and are all that are left to tell y, ~,
he home and comforts of by bv
Q days. Throughout all the Pr
til we were treated with mark. Pr
,indness and attention. All ex. AZ
ised their desire to have North. d. D.,
men invest in their lands and Ro
st ip developing the resources by
he country, G. s. f. 80
.-4 ess
! the town of Salina Saturday na'
ing, three large barns and sev. q
nut, buildings, together with oy
tons ofhNy, a large amount of op
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