The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-30

THE HERMITAGE, YEAR NASHVILLE
dresses you Between 1850 and 1874
the Indians killed in the area now in
cluded IN Nashville and fts suburbs one
person every ten days ON an average. In
1877 80 were killed. The next year An
drew Jackson and party arrived. He
was soon "a leader ain Indian warfare,
then leading lawyer and judge In
January, 1896, he represented his pre-
cinct in the state constitutional conven-
ton at Knoxville, and in hefol lowing
December he entered congress Us the
first representative from Tennessee.
The state has given three presidents
TO the nation-all natives of North Car
Dina, however, though Jackson always
thought he wcs a native of South Caro-
lima Other heroes of whom the state is
proud were David Crockett, hero Of the
Alamo; Thomas Fl. Benton. Sam Hous-
ton, Bell, Coffee and many more, not TO
mention those of our own time Now
the state purposes 10 celebrate all these
as well as her wonderful achievement
in material things An organization has
been completed similar to that for the
Chicago Worlds fair, and the capital of
$3.50, 900 already secured will be de-
voted TO the erection %of buildings and
preparation of the grounds, but this is
only small pert of what will he cx-
pended
The president Of the commission is
Nathaniel Baxter, Jr., native of the
state and noted as president of the Ten
nessee Goal, Railroad and Iron compa-
ny. The first vice president is General
w. a jackson, known to the country
as owner of the famous Belle Meade
stock farm. The director general is Ma
jor 4. W. Willis, q native of Pennsylva-
MIA whoscame TO Nashville as a Federal
officer during the war, married Nash
vile lady, was postmaster of the city
during the Harrison administration and
made a record i'll the Office Of which all
Nashville is proud. Ez>Congressman
n Clay Evans of Chattanooga, also a
Pennsylvania by birth, and all the other
officials are men of like standing, ex-
perience and energy. The women also
have AN organization, and the ladies
who have The Hermitage i'll charge ex-
pect TO take IN important part.
The Hermitage, known to all Ameri-
cans as the home Of Andrew Jackson, is
IL miles east of Nashville and is pre-
sSINe(l Is uc itAO II, save lIt-J IL - NSAA
filed with mementos of the old hero
and other historic relics. The house is
square red brick standing some distance
from the road and reached by a broad
avenue so densely shaded by heavy &C.
dars and other trees that it seems dark
even az midday. This leads TO a broad
and beautiful lawn III front OF the house.
Within plain sight and not far away Is
the tomb holding the mortal remains of
jackson and his Rachel, above whose
grave Is a slab, bearing the affecting
tribute written by her husband and con-
tanning this reference 10 attacks made
on her in partisan campaigns:
"A being so gentle and so virtuous
SANDER might wound, but could not dis
honor.
Belle Meade, the most noted stock
farm in America, if not in the world,
is few miles northwest of Nashville.
Ii consists of $500 acres of splendid
land and is the property of General W.
u. jackson and his brother, the ex-sen-
a:cr and present United States circuit
Judge. There is Iroquois, who won the
Ersorn Derby. Prince OF Wales stakes
aud Doncaster over everything III Eng
.and. Also Luke Blackburn, who as a
s-vear-old won 90 ont Of 81 races.
The first permanent settlement was
made at Nashville III the winter Of
1880, and it received city charter
- 1900. bat had no more than 20, 600
Inhabitants at the beginning of the war.
Lvcn III 1870 the federal census credited
I with but %, $50. Soon after the great
development began, ard now its 100, GOO
people can compare with any equa!
number in the world as to extent ana
variety of manufactures, active capital
snS. especially IN splendid buildings and
great institutions Of learning.
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