Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-16

| prominent citizen OF marshall county,
an answer to which will, we trust,
serve to bring about such concert of
action as is needed. 1t is highly i'm
portant that whatever is to be done
should be done energetieally, and at as
early day as possible. The Commits
sioner referred to says
1 am not advised as TO my duty. Of
| course money is wanted in all enterprises.
| regard America as the greatest portion of
/ The world, the late Confederate States as
the greatest portion of America, and Mid
die Tennessee as the asparagus-bed Of the
ex-COnfederacy. Here We grow nearer per-
fection q greater variety Of products than
any place or country / ever saw
or hear1 Of; yet we are half
century behind in many things,
such as manufactures, labOr-saving ma
! chinery, improved culture of our land, etc.
We have the purest climate, the best
soil, the greatest abundance of water, tim
Der and undevelOped resources, and this
Exposition is our chance to show them 10
all the world, sand the balance of man
kind" Snch an opportunity has never oc-
Cured to rs before, and never VIII again
in our life time; hence we should be up
and doing. We sadly need capital, man
ufactures, steady, reliable, intelligent
'shelp." Our large landed estates should
be subdiyided into farms of from 100 TO
800 acres. We have the prejudice Of the
world against the former slave States 10
contend with; aOig is our opportunity 20
| convince them of our vast resources, our
great inducements 10 come and locate
among us.
hope you have a plan perfected; If so,
advise me what is expected of the various
! committees; bow and when to act, so as
best to promote the desired objects in view.
Ny heart and purse are in the good work,
to the extent Of my ability and means.
We would advise first the appoint
mentof good, live men in each civil dis
trict, not merely men Of intelligence,
but men of activity and energy and
fully imbued with the proper public
spirit and pride and the Importance of
making a good exhibition. Let them
first Of all collect from five TO ten dol
lars and send to the County Commits
sioners to be expended:
/. In employing the services of a
competent man to go to Philadelphia
and superintend the classification and
arrangement of the articles forwarded
and give information concerning the
same.
,. To pay any expenses of transpOr-
tation or the cost Of extra labor in ar
ranging the articles and other incident |
al expenses.
Let the District Commissioners then
set to work and ascertain what there is
for exhibition IN their respective dis
tricts, make collections of the same,
and deliver the articles at some railroad
depot. The County Commissioners
can then make such selections of ores,
timbers, grains, metals,l ETC., as viii
give a correct idea of the resources of
the county. These should be boxed up
when necessary and shipped to the
agent at Philadelphia.
Relief maps should also be made of
the State, showing the mountains, val
leys, slopes and basins of the State,
Indicating on them the various de-
pOsits of ores and coal and in what pOr-
tons the several products grow, such
as corn, tobacco, cotton, bluegrass, etc.
The railroads, streams, elevations, ,,etc.,
should be indicated. Such map should
be constructed under the supervision
and direction Of asub-cOmmissionera p-
pointed by the State Commissioners.
The question is asked, what shall we
exhibit? There are ten departments of
the classification, viz:
l. Raw materials-Mineral, vegetable
and animal.
,. Materials and manufactures used for
food, or in the arts, the result Of eXtractiye
or combining processes.
3. Textile and felted fabrics apparel,
and ornaments for the person.
/. Furniture and manufactures Of gen
eral use in construction and in dwellings.
8. Tools, implements, machines and
processes.
g. Motions aud transportation.
Z. Apparatus and methods for the in
crease and diffusion Of knowledge.
;. Engineering, public works, architec-
ture, etc.
8. Plastic and graphic arts.
10. Objects illustrating efforts for the i'm
prOvement of the physical, intellectual and
moral condition Of man.
Under the first we have three groups:
Minerals, Vegetables, Animals.
GrouPI.
Minerals, ores and metals with their
immediate derivatives, the basis Of manu-
f4ctures. Under this we can have
l. a collection Of Tennessee minerals.
This should embrace specimens of all the
found in the State, whether Of
economical Importance or not. The OBJ
ect would be to make a good display as to
variety.
2.FIrOn ores in masses, arranged accord
ng to the four species found in the State,
-iz: sLimonite, Hematite, Magnetclite aud
LAY iron stone. Iron is found in quaint
les in foty-fOur counties.
3. Copper ores, embracing the copper py-
ties, black copper ores, Malachite, blue
tone and native copper, as well as the
assam that Oyer-caps the mines in Polk
ounty.
/. Lead ore, both the carbonate and gal
mite found in Union, Washington, Mon
oe, Bradley, TrOusdale and Coffee. I
5. Zinc ores. Two species are found in
he State, Smithsonite and Calamine, in
Claiborne, Union and Jefferson counties.
@. Gold, found in Blount, Monroe and
POLK counties.
:. Metallurgical products, Collectively
Bar, boiler-plste, pig iron, etc, in one
-roup, to show the variety.
s. Geological collection, including a Sc
les of all the rocks, viz: LimestOnes, dOlO-
mites, sandstones, shales, states, clays, =
neiss, granite; also, the fossil remains ar
auged chronOlOgically.
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