Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-18

| CotCAAdJ AAOluLES Was uSucIcu III ny
hard rain, much to the T greet of many whC
thought the
INDICTMENT WEATHER
would necessarily prevent them attending
the Exposition. This, however, was no OBJ
/ stacle, and the thousands in our city paiC
but little Difference to the pluvonian iniunc
| tons of the clerk of the weather. Acting
with this determination and impelled by
commendable desire to behold the counties:
attractions greeting the eye at every turn
and corner of the Exposition, by nine OF
| ten o'clock
SEVERAL THOUSAND PERSONS
began to pour into the Exposition; every
street car, hack and pavement leading to the
great industrial enterprise was jammed and
crowded. People were seen coming in from
all Of the depots anxiously
SEEKING ROOMS
| at the different hotels which find it an i'm
possibility to accommodate one half of those
applying. There are more people now in
Nashville than have ever been here at any
one time since the war. As consequence
there are
"HUNDREDs WITHOUT A PLACE TO Sleep
The influx of visitors increases daily,
those who came several days ago being in
duced to linger longer than they had antici-
pated by the many attractive features of
the Exposition. The unusually large num-
Der of visitors to Nashville is somewhat like
the locust plague in Egypt, except they are
more pleasant to see and to be with.
"To SLEEP OR NOT TO SLEEP"
that's the question, whether it is not nobler
to 60 share the bed Of some friend or to
share the misery of your party, when one
half have no plsce wherein to rest the
weary head.
MISERY LOVES COMPANY
is truly illustrated by the fact of many gen
tlemen refusing the hospitality of our citi-
zens, because others of their party are not
so fortunate in securing sleeping apartments.
From present indications we think the
present number of visitors will not be d.
minished until the Exposition closes. The
interest in our Exposition has reached
in every direction and is attracting thou
sands from every section. Its benefits and
advantages we are glad to know are
highly appreciated in Tennessee. Among
the visitors yesterday to the Exposition
were students from
SCHOOLS
representing various sections ofthe country.
Not insensible to the merits of this ente--
prise, thes learned in many counties and
towns along the railroad have chartered
SPECIAL TRAINS
several of which came in yesterday morning
perfectly jammed with excursioDists and
the students of various schools. The lar
gest school representation was one hun
drcd and fifty young ladies from the
SOULE FEMALE COLLEGE OF MURFREEs-
BORO.
who in charge of their President Rev. DR..
Moore and accompanied by several teachers,
arrived on a special train. We have never
seen more elegant and accomplished young
ladies in any groupe. At the urgent solicit
tation Of many ladies and gentlemen Miss
Ella daughter Of the Rev. DR.. Moore and
Miss Hart, the accomplished musical in
structress Of Soule College made display
Of their
SPLENDID MUSICAL ABILITY.
Miss Hart first sang beautiful song en-
titled "The Return" The song attracted
persons from every part of the building
and the galleries were crowded. Miss
Hart has a very melodious mezzo-soprano
voice, whose clear, penetrating strains are
thrillingly sweet as the ''yoice ofthe leaves"
and more enhancing than the "song of the
warbling bird" Miss Moore sang several
songs, among them "The Old Folks at
Home" and one of Christine Missions
faVorites, "Spring and Autumn" both
pieces were admirably sung, affording, as
they do sufficient latitude for Miss Moore's
cultivated soprano voice, which has flexi-
bllity and compass that render her strains
soft and gentle as the whisper of hope
in the dream of LIES happy
spring. The meditation and charm
ing information, which both of these
young ladies have in their vocalism bespeak
the rare culture they possess in this most
winsOme art. To many listening ear
their sweet music viii long echo pleasant
memories of their visit to the Nashville In
dustrial Exposition.
CORONA.
SeVenty-five young ladies of Corona, Leb-
anon, accompanied by their President, Rev.
j. B. Starke, wife and daughters, arrived by
special car in the morning and visited the
Exposition. These young ladies may right
ly be termed ''crOwn pearls, more brilliant
in their social charms aud radiant beauty
than the fac SMILES of the crown jewels ex-
hibited by f. L. Davies & Bro. Corona
deserves its name so long as it is the educa-
tional home of such elegant young ladies.
CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY
was also represented largely yesterday,
there being thirty or more students present,
among them Harry Lee Gosling James L.
Rice, Charles Miller and others. Many of
the students of the Literary Department
were in attendance, among them quite
number of the senior class, young gentle
men who will be graduated in a few weeks.
We observed several students of the Law
Department who seemed, as did the others,
to enjoy their visit very much.
THE HERMITAGE (4TH) DISTRICT SCHOOL,
numbering thirty male and thirty female
pupils, under charge of Commission
GIeaves and their able teachers, Miss NJ.
Fletcher and Prof. r. P. Griffith, also came
in on the Lebanon train and
attended the Exposition. The pu-
pills of this school seemed to enjoy
themselves in the quiet and orderly man
ner, for which they characterized their
attendance at last years Exposition. Such
exemplary conduct was noticed by many
persons who, as we think it should be emu
lated by others.
The presence of fifteen or twenty male
and female Indian pupils from
PROF. CROCKER's WHITES CREEK ACAD-
ENVY
formed quite an attractive feature and we
would suggest the propriety of the whole
school attending in Indian costume. These
adopted children who are from the Chero-
kee Nation were very modest and unassum-
ing, and their politeness was pleasantly
commended by many Of the visitors.
The next school we noticed was fifty
pretty young ladies from
CHRIsTIANA ACADEMY,
accompanied by Prof. Brandon, Presidents
of the institution. These young ladies
were very much delighted with their visit,
which they evidently appreciated. The
next school we notice represented was
BEECH HILL ACADEMY,
of Sumner county. There were about
twenty-five pupils, male and female, from
this academy, one Of the best in Middle
Tennessee. There were representative
from other schools and colleges, among
which were seventy male and female stu
dents from
PROF. HANCoCK's ACADEMY,
located at Woodbury., Cannon county.
These young ladies were as attractive in
their personal appearance, and as accom-
plished in their intellectual culture, as any
attending the Exposition. From this it
will be seen that
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