The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-10
From Nashville.


Nashville is a sort of an intermediate
between Northern and Southern CITY,
in style of architecture, the people, the
customs and general appearance. Whlle
Cleveland is called the Forest City, Gin
cinnati the Queen City, Chicago the Gar
den CITY. Nashville is called the Rock City,
not because it is "hard" on general prin-
ciples. but from the superabundance oil
limestone at every hand, both useful and
detrimental in building, useful, by being
excellent for foundation work, but difficult
to quarry or excavate. The streets are
nearly all narrow, Macadamized with the
stone obtained in all parts of the city.
The walks are either stone or brick. Of
the buildings, the State Capitol, custom
house, and Maxwell House are the finest
and most prominent. The exterior OF the
Capitol presents fine appearance, built
entirely of gray limestone quarried IN
the city. The interior is dark, gloomy, and
unpleasant sadly lacking proper light ana
| ventilation. 1t is situated on an eminence
and overlooks greater portion of the city
The grounds are nicely laid out and orna-
| mented with fountains, walks, trees, vines
and shrubbery peculiar to this climate, and
also contains a fine equestrian statue, IN
bronze, of Gen. Andrew jackson.
The custom house was built by the gen.
general government in 1877, of Bowling
Green limestone, is large, and really fine
structure, and contains the Post-office, and
other government offices.
The Maxwell House was begun and
nearly finished before the war, and during
the war was used as government hospi-
tai. and was called by our soldier boys the
Zollicoffee house, which will be remem-
bered by many no doubt.
The city is soon to be lighted by elec'
tricity, Brush's system, the lamps OF which
are supported by iron arches over the
streets at convenient points and at street
intersections.
The Bell telephone is used in 563 places
of business and is highly appreciated.
Remains of numerous and extensive
forts and Notifications are still to be seen
on and about the southwest suburbs, which
during the late unpleasantness controlled
as we'll as protected the city.
Among the members of the State Legis-
lature now in session here, met 81. B.
Case, from Chattanooga, formerly Colonel
of the s4th o. " l., from Warren, o., He
is a staunch Republican, and fearless
and effective promoter of the principles
he advocates.
The leading articles of export are cotton,
lumber and tobacco, while nearly all man
ufactured articles are from Yankeedom
My observations in the South, so far, have
been that the whole section is largely agri-
cultural, with little manufacturing inter
est frequently hear remarked: THE
South is just upon dawn of unparalleled
prosperity" "a great future is before the
South" :" "The South is destined to become
the greatest section in the world;n and
others equally as fiattering to the average
Southerner. But opine that before these
grand results are attained, that there must
be a radical change on the part OF ma
jority of our Southern cousins l would
suggest a cultivation of a desire for little
less ease, and closer application to hard
work; great diminution in the number
of idle, elegant young men and of idle,
elegantly dressed ladies; of the speedy in
PRODUCTION of our school system all over
the States, and to be rid at once of the idea
that everything South is the best, the finest
and the most desirable, and to get away
from cottonfelds and politics of the South
long enough to see that the sun does shine
even in Yankeedom, upon, finer lands and
happier homes elsewhere than in the land
that now to me seems under cloud, and
not yet recovered from the curse of slavery
The prosperity of the South is earnestly
hoped for by us all, but she must put of
her aristocratic gloves and get down to
hard, earnest word first. Rolf.