Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-16

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Whether this extension would help Nc
MinnviIle or not seems to be a matter o
some doubt. This place is at pres
ent a shipping point for three o.
four mountain counties, and has NJ
doubt attained its growth as a CONNER
cial center. Bat it has attained a solid
ity and permanency not likely to b
much affected BY the extension Of tbs
railroad, for It was nearly as large twenty
years ago without a railroad as nov, and
as the railroad did not bring the town
here it will not be likely to carry II
away. Considerable manufacturing es'
adjustments have grown up here y the
last few years. The Barren Fork o.
Cooper's river, which almost enclrcle'
the town like a signet, affords not oaly
romantic n and q lovely situation,
but a water power which can be utilized
and turned to practical account
Faulkner & Sons cotton mill runs
$500 spindles, and has a capacity
of $500 yards Of "A sheeting
per day, and gives employment to
to fifty persons. Faulkner Bros. and
Cantrelis wooden mills with thirty looms
turn out six hundred yards Of jeans,
lindsey etc, per day has forty employees
WHO receive in the aggregate two hun
bred dollars per day in wages. These
enterprises and others in the vicinity
that might be mentioned, keep money ! n
circulation and give the place more the
air Of . New England village than q
Southern town. This impression is fur
Their confirmed by the style Of many OF
the private residences, the cleanliness and
solidity of the streets and roads, and the
general appearance of neatness which
prevails. Mud and dust are alike I'M
known. The ground is too rocky and
billy to admit of either. The mountain
scenery IN full view, is grand Altogether
/ consider MeMinnville one Of the most
delightful little towns in the country.
There are several churches here, ex-
eellent schools, and the very best
Of society. This is the home eff Mrs.
Virginia L. French, the gifted Southern
authoress and poetess. She is devoted
to her husband and daughters, to domes-
tic affairs and to her literary work, and
therefore she rarely sppesrs in public.
Der daughters are charming young
ladies', highly accomplished and with
marked literary tastes Ike their mother.
Colonel French, the husband and father,
is y splendid type Of the retired South.
ern gentleman. he is q fancy stock
= User, and devoted, first, to bis family,
next to fne horses, dogs, guns, etc,
There is q frst class, elegant little hotel
here-theW Warren House-of forty rooms,
kept BY Mr.. n. Kline, as proprietor, with
Mr.. a. S. Coffee in the Office. Colonel
J. B. Hill was formerly proprietor, and
still lives here. This was once the home
of Henry Watterson, of the Courier
journal, in the adolescent days of
his brilliant journalistic career, when be
INDUCED more in poetic effort and senti'
mental stories than in questions Of state
and higher political economy. There is
one paper published here only, the New
Era; D. T. Wallace, editor and propri'
etor. 1t is handsomely printed, ably
edited and has ga unusually large and
paying circulation in four or Eve coun'
ties. The Office is in the courthouse
Up stairs, where the people can always
get justice, whether court is in session
or not. This is also the home o.
Hon. John q. Savage, one Of to,
most prominent members Of the las
or rather the present legislature; al able
successful layer, and a plain, fluent
outspoken politician. The other lawyer
here that ! have met are ]. 7. R. Swat
ford, James s, Barton and his psrtne
Mr. Whitsou, Colonel 7. B. Murray, W
E. B. Jones and bis partner, Ar. Lane
R z Womack and W. 7. Murray, part
ners. S%purlOck & Armstrong, and Mr.
Frank z. Davis, a nephew and psrtne
Of Colonel Savage. This constitutes a
able bar. The Circuit Court ia 10 ssl
sion, Judge j. J. Williams, Of Winchei
ter, presiding. Judge Williams is
cousin Of Colonel CAN'T Of Nemphil
formerly represented Hickman count
10 the Legislature, and was lately 81
pointed judge {. this circnit ltbe Sixth
by Governor Porter, to GIL a Vacauc
made by the resignation Of Judge HieI
ersen. de is a very pleasant geutlems
socially, and when on the bench di
patches business with the proulptuel
aud accuracy Of a veteran judge. I'll
attorney general is Col. j h Holman
The circuit consists OF eight counties, b
sides a Chancery Court for Van Buren,,
which cases come by change Of vent
from nearly all the other counties. II
work is hard, and it is rumored Ii.
Colonel Holman thinks Of resiguiug. ]
view Of such a public calamity il is u
/ derstood that some seven or eight gent
men have made up their minds to star
in the way Of the executive lightnir
which might make a new attorney gene
: al. Ia this part Of the State ! hear nut
talk Of next year election. Its und,