Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-21
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the way of Murfreesboro', and returning
by the way of the "City of Cedars."
was quite familiar. with the route, except
from this place TO Murfreesboro'. / was
somewhat surprised to see the great diff
ference there is between the corn crops Of
the ''hlll country" and those of the low,
or fat country in Rutherford. The
| farmers of that, and other counties, too,
have very much worn their lsndsin grow
ing cotton, to the exclusion of Other
crops; so much SO, that the soil is very
much exhausted, and as consequence,
they now have thin, sickly looking corn,
some of it sorely afflicted with "yellow
fever" Our farmers will certainly awake
before long to their own better interests;
adopt the plan of rotation of crops;
plant more of the cereals, grasses and
clover, and less cotton, and never two
years in succession on the same ground.
Let them take and read 'sThe PEOPLES, u
especially the agricultural department,
and think they will soon be not only
convinced, but readily fall into the Hnew
departure. 1t should be the policy
of every farmer now to consider,
not only how much land he can
cultivate, but how much produce
can make on given quantity
of land. La other words, the motto here
after ought TO be, LESS land and better
cultivation" 1t is only matter of time;
it is manifest destiny. The increase of
population and the wear of the soil viii
ultimately compel the farmers TO adopt
oors,o nouy o.yofa,,, Of ot,lf;uatsop Loco nv
haustiVe and more remrnerative, and the
sooner they try the experiment the sooner
will they reap the benefits.
TIE CENTRE OF TENNESSEE.
About three miles northeast of Muir
freesboro. near the pike leading to Liberty,
is q large, fiat rock, having an area of
about four acres. 1t is said to be in the
centre of the State, and for this reason
have mentioned it. Had our State capitol
been built on it, it certainly would have
had ''irm foundation" and would have
been, not only in the centre of the State,
but, according to DR.. Stafford, in the cen
ter Of the ''Great Basin" of Middle Ten
nessee also. Murfreesboro, then, being
so near by, might with great propriety
be called the Central City, By the
way, does not Murfreesboro put on ''city
airs?n I stopped over part of one night,
waiting for the train, and at 'early candle
lighting" the lsmp-lighter came round
'gassing," and soon the city was brilli-
sntly illuminated. Let others go and do
likewise.
THE CITY OF ROCKS AND ITS SIGHTS
Leaving the Central City" about a.
m we reached Nashville about sunrise,
stopping to breakfast at the Battle House.
After calling at the UNION AND AMERICAN
Office for the latest number of t'Fhe Peo-
ple's," and doing some little shopping,
your correspondent betook himself to the
Capitol. There he saw q number
of the members of the slower
branch of the General Assembly
of Tennessee, all in uniform, not after
the fashion of the Metropolitan Police,
however, but on more appropriate and
economic style, all at work ON the Capt.
tol grounds, endeIvoring to bring order
out of confusion and chaos. The Capitol
grounds, when finished after the designs,
will add much to the comfort and beauty
of Nashville.
l was much pleased with the rearrange.
ment of the books, pictures, ETC., in the
S ate Library, now under the direction of
Mrs. Haskell, consort of the late William
T. Haskell, the great Tennessee orator.
Mrs. Ii. has certainly exhibited excellent
taste 10. the changes made since she came
into Office, particularly in the display OF
the portraits of our Governors, Judges
and others. | miss from the collection
the pictures of Cows. Roane, Blount Nc
MINI, Harris and Senter. Can they not
be hadg Certainly of the two latter, but
how about it IN reference to the former
three2 Let us have portrait Of each of
our Governors ard Judges of the ST.
prene Couit, and of the Presidents of
the Uniged States, as well as Of other
prominent men in our State and nation.
l trust our ate Library, which is but in
its infancy, will yet rival the best collec-
tons in America, aud that in the ages to
come it, together with our capitol, will be
regarded as among the pTOudest monu.
menis of the golden days of the Republic,
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD.
From the Capitol | went 10 the Nash
vile and Chattanooga Railroad Work
shops Here ! saw about thirty locOmo
tive engines under the sheds, beside OF b
ers outside and on the road. Don't k "
how many the company have; perhaps.
about fifty. | was not aware before of
the extent of business done at the shops
of the company. But the extent of road
from Chattanooga to the Mississippi
river-and the great number of engines
passenger and freight care, necessarily re
quire many men and a great expenditure
of money to keep them in good repair.
THE HARPgTH BRIDGE.
And this brings me to tae Harpeth
bridge disaster, which was still no small
topic of conversation. l saw at the de
pot part of the bridge timbers which
gave way on the night of the fatal scci.
dent. From what | saw of them, | hsvt
no doubt the compsny's officers though
there was no danger; but if very clos
inspection had been made with an Ordi
nary chisel, or other suitable instrument,
think the TOtte7aneSs of the main tim
bers could have been detected. But it i
too late now for this bridge, yet 1 trus
all the railroad companies will take warn
ing from this sad, fatal affair, and iDstl
tuie a more rigid and frequent inspection
of their bridge timbers, in order TO pre-
vent the recurrence of similar disas
ter.
OFF FOR LEBANON.
At 4:3O left your city on the elegan
passenger train, Capt. Hinton, Tennesse
and Pacific road, for Lebanon. The mos
noted person on board, so far as know
was Judge Thos. n. Frazer, whose Sin
famous notoriety," as he calls it, cos
the State about $780, 900. Few passen
gers, pleasant ride, good time, and VI
reach the ''City of Cedsrs" about 6:3t
p. NJ.
THE PEOPLES IN TIE HILL COUNTRY.
! Leaving Lebanon s. sOon as | could
! get a conveyance, made nay way up t
the Chill country" stopping over a DAY
.o- so at several places along the route
| What surprised me, and it is not very
/ singular, either, was that | found tn
! UNION AND AMERICAN at every house
without exception, at which ! stopped
''You see "The Peoples" has becom
somewhat domesticsted, and will, NJ