Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-07
HIsTORY's MATERIALS.

Celebration.
At the bi-mOhthly meeting Of the His
torical Society Of Tennessee yesterday af-
ternOOn in the Capitol, there were present:
Col. Th0s. Boyers, Of Gallatin; Rev. DR..
VIM. Shelton, Of Nashville; Prof. DR.. w.
A. Smith, Of Columbia; L. ID. Hicks, Of
Davidson; eX-GOv. John G. Brown, of
Pulaski; Hon. III. S. Davidson, of Shelby
vile; Hon. james McCallum, of Giles,
Gen. +. KiFby Smith, Of Nashville; Gen
q. p. ThrustoB, of Nashville; Hon. John
III. Bass, Of Nashville; Alex. j. Porter,
of Nashville, A. a. Breast, of
Nashville; and Auson Nelson, of Nashville.
On motion of Rev. DR.. Shelton, ex-GOv.
Brown was called to the chair, when the
'linutes of the last meeting were read. DR..
Robt. G. Foster appeared, aud Gov.
Brown vacated the chair for him, as the
acting President.
A report was made in relation to the
Nashville celebration of the Mecklenburg
Centennial.
Judge Davidson was thea called upon
for report on the MecklenbuTg Centen-
mai AT Charlotte, n. c., May 20 last.
Judge ID. made verbal report, very inter
esting, which was listened to with more
than ordinary interest. He stated that
there were about 700 people present on
the ground where the original declaration
was made on the 10Th of May, ITS, and
the ceremonies lasted two days. IL was
treason, in that region Of country, for any
one to deny the fact Of the declaration
having been signed at the place and time
mentioned. He referred TO the doubters on
the subject and their reasons for doubling
and then mentioned several facts going to
establish the truthfulness of Ramsey's &C
count Of the great event in his Annals of
Tennessee. The Judge said that the re-
cent celebration was in every way agree
able and in all respects enthusiastic.
On motion Of DIR. Shelton. the thanks Of
the Society were rendered Judge Davidson
for so ably representing the Society at the
AecklenbgTg celebration on the goth of
May.
Mr.. Hicks resolution to increase the an
nual dues of members to two dollars per
annum, offered at last meeting, was taken
up and adopted.
The Missouri Historical Society proposes
a meeting Of the members of the different
Historical Societies Of the United States
and Canada, in August, 1876, in Philadel-
phia; action on which proposition was post
pOned until future meeting.
Col. ID. e. Douglas, Mr.. Joseph W.
Yeatman and Mr.. John NJ. Seabury, were
elected active members, and w. Fl. Il. Rus
sell, Esq, of st. Louis, was elected a cor
responding member.
A letter was read by the Corresponding
Secretary from George w. Gum, announc-
ing the death Of Judge Lit,leberry Strange,
of Alabama, corresponding member of
this Society.
The following contributions were then
announced, to wit:
From Felix u. Mckay, Nashville-AWell-
bound and well-preserved copy of TIE laws
of the State of North Carolina, published
according to act of Assembly, by James
Iredell, one of the Associate justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Printed at Ellenton, y. c., by Hodge *
Wills, 1871. Besides the laws in force
from 17I5 to 1919 inclusive (the last ten
years added afterward), the work contains
the second charter granted by King
Charles Ii. to the prOprietors of Carolina,
issued in the fifteenth year Of his reign,
aud the great deed of grant, dated May /,
1868. The volume contains over 500 pages,
ana was once the property OF Jacob Dick
inson, the grandfather of Mr.. Mckay, who
lived near Nashville, and for whom the
Dickinson turnpike was named, ON the
north side Of the river.
From Col. Samuel ID. MOrg MA lot Of
pamphlets, containing several OfDr. TroOst's
Geological Reports, etc.
From the SOCiety-MemOiTs Of the Royal
Society of Northern Antiquities, issued st
Copenhagen; new series; pamphlet.
Il IS IL
Short memoirs of Tennesseeans who have
made their homes in Alabama, and become
men Of note, with additions by DIR. J. G..
NJ. Ramsey, President of the Society.
From Rev. DR.. w. G.. f. Cunningham
Notes on China, for the Tennessee His
tOrical Society. Ms. pages.
From Hon. Robert B. ReynOlds-Hili-
| taIy orders, muster rolls, etc, of Major
John Reynolds, of Knox county, in the war
Of 1912.
From ". W. Gordon, Esq, of Lynch
burg, Tenn.-Several old newspapers, one
Of them, the National Wing, printed in
Nashville in 1927, and which contains a
speech Of Hon Henry Clay at Lexington,
and also q letter from Gen. Jackson.
From the Publishers-Copies of the
GreeaeCille IRteHiqeacer, May 6 and II,
containing interesting items Of historical
matters.
From NJ. B. Howell, Esq, Mayor Of
Neutrality-suspicious. Of pottery Of q pre-
historic age, found six feet below the sur
face Of the earth, at the excavation made
for the North Cherry street bridge in Nash
vile.
The publishers Of the following papers
in Tennessee, are sending their papers reg
ular to the Society, tO-wii:
The old Folks Historical Record, Mem
phis.
The Examiner, Gallatin.
The Marshall Gazette, LewisJUTg.
The SIN, Jackson.
The Falcon, SOmerville.
The Journal Columbia.
The American, Greeneville.
The Home Journal Winchester.
The Ne1v Era, McAIinnville.
The ReUietg and Journal, Franklin.
The Sentinel, !.ynchburg.
The Reporter, Lexington.
The Wing and Tribune, Jackson.
The Miners and MANUFACTURERS Re:
porter, Tracy City.
From c. II. Manloye, Davidson county,
through Col. Turner Vaughn-A dark
gray stone instrument, Of the higher anti
guilty, probably used by the Indians for
dressing deer and skjnning hides. Also
breech Of an old tlint-lOck fusee, found on
the premises of Mr.. ManlOve, at the depth
of one foot below the surface OF the earth,
at the root Of poplar tree, four feet in d.
ameteT.
From Charles Foster, Es1-A complete
file of the Miners and Manufacturers
Reporter, newspaper, first volume and part
of the second, published by AIr. Foster in
Tracy City, Grundy county, Tenn, from
Feb. Is, 1874, to June Y, 1915. This is
the first paper ever published in Gruudy
county,
From Missouri Historical Society-COpy
Of the constitution and bylaws Of that
society.
From Capt. James Wyatt, Nashville
Two specimens Of petrifactions from the
bluff Immediately below the engine house
at the City Water-worEs, at twenty I'VE feet
above high water mark, and under a bluff
eighty feet high, where there is a stratum
Of petrited muscle shells, perwinkles, ETC.,
six feet in thickness.
From DR.. Foster, Vice President-The