Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-04

age prices. OF the same quality of ia.
proved lands the prices vary shout three
dollars per acre for each additional nile
in the country. We do not lay This doTn
by any means as general rule. The
exceptions ale so numerous that we doubt
whether il would apply to half the lands
in Middle Tennessee. In Montgomery
county for instance, lands within four
miles of the city msy be bought for five
dollars per acre, with Improvements in
one direction, wilhelm the opposite direc-
ton they fe4dily command forty dollars
per acre ten miles out from the city, and
unimproYed at that There are many
bodies of land that can be bought for
three dOllsis per acre unimproved, upon
which an industrious man can make
very good support.
2. TIE wages of men on farm vary
from twelve 10 fifteen dollars per month;
women from four 10 six dol.srs-wih
raiiOns, house rent and fire wood Hary-
est hands get two to three dollars per day,
Us to demand.
Mechanics get from two dollars to i've
per day, according to trade.
3. There is al present no State system Of
public schools, but the Legislature an
thorized and empowered each county TO
levy tax for the support of a county
system, and the interest arising from the
State school fund is distributed among
the counties in proportion to their sChOiHs-
tic population. Several Of the counties
have in operation, ar have .eVied tax
for i good system OF public schools.
Among others, Davidson, Montgomery,
Sumner, Lincoln, and Hamilton. In case
msjority OF the justices Of the county
are not in favor of levyiGg a school TAX,
and shall refuse 20 do 81, Tie Legislature
provides that the County Court shall OTdtr
an election 10 be held II ascertain tie
wishes of a majority of the voters in the
county as to .leVying fax and the justices
shall be governed in the matter by the
decision of such qualified voters
T. Teachers get from thirty five to one
hundred dollars per month. We suppose
the average price to be fifty dollars for
county schools and seventy five dollars for
the higher grades in cities.
8. The State debt proper is only about
81, 600, 900, but in addition to this, the
State has assumed liabilities for railroads.
in the way of bonds lOsned and Endorsed,
debts assumed and interest paid, amount
ing on the LIST of January, 1871, TO $37,-
904, 900; but since then seVeral railroads
have discharged their Indebtedness TO the
State, to the amount of about S., 900, 900.
The taxable property of the State is put
down by the Comptroller at 1882, SS2, S74.
So that but for the aid extended TO rail
roads, and the failure of most of those
roads to meet the interest on their bonds,
the State would be in very easy condi-
ton financially. The roads are however
paying out and the credit of the State is
constantly growing better.
6. There are about 400 miles of rail
road in operation in the State, and 900 to
400 miles more projected.
Z. We do not know the number of
manufactures in operation in the State,
but this will be given in the census re-
turns, which will he published shortly.
s. There never has been any great
amount of prejudice among the people
OF Tennessee against Northern immi
grants The prejudice against pot-house
politicians has been erucifed into pref
udice against working men and women
from the North. No such prejudice has
ever existed against immigrants who
came 10 the State after the war and went
to work. When they have attempted 10
stir up strife, contention aud i-wll be-
tween the races for the purpose of secur-
! ing public positions, they have been, as
they should have been, summed, de
! spised and ignored in SOCIETY. This class
| was the enemies Of both races Not the
/ good ut the State, hut the hnhding up of
! their own fortunes, Were the motives thst
| prompted their actions Quiet and order
are the foundation stones of prosperity.
/ Whoever attempts to destroy This found
/ alton by sowing disCord between classes.
Is public enemy and should So be
! treated. We state without fear of sue
cessful refuiation, that no good citizen,
whatever may have been his politics, has
K ever been msested because he came from
! the North. On the contrary, some of
| the most respected men in the State are
| men who have migrated hither since the
war from the Northern States. Life, lib
erty and prosperity are as safe with us as
they are in New York or Massachusetts, the
| 81 inion of TecOnstructiOnists and venal
| political writers to the contrary notwith-
standing. Intelligence, honesty and NOR
Al worth are the only passports needed to
be received into the very best society.
We recognize no distinction because of
birthplace. Immigrants of every shade
of opinion and politics are welcome, pro-
vided they come to help us build up the
breaches that the war has Occasioned.
No such imm igrants will ever be disap-
pointed. None such ever leave after
once settling here. Many have amsssed
fortunes; many more may. The field is
open, the harvest is rich and inviting, the
time is propitious and the welcome will
be candid and hearty.
1 g. a Northern physician, if compe-
tent, can secure rs much patronage as
Sny stranger. We should not advise our
correspondent to come TO the State unless
he intends carrying on some other bust
p,ess besides the practice of medicine.
The professioas are crowded to excess.