718 







sary U> lease A J>nrt at K-a>t trmporan; ; 

 utmost Cf 



bill as passed calls for the building of 

 prison, to co*t not more than $850,000100 the 

 .,1 farm. It oalU for 820 cells in the main 



:it the 

 ;; propria: 

 < -ka<le> there iiiul 

 .ties. It provides f..r :t i 



Coil' " convrii- 



.... . M, iij liis. Ma) -J::. ami dele- 



gates were pr.-M.nt from every Southern 

 mention was addressed by ti. 



,,f ii.. . ami adopted a plat- 



fortn fa\ !'.!!,' ni.'!l"MJ.-!: 



nvi-ntioii was held in the sain 

 June IJ- M. in the interest of silver- coinage. 

 ,-e niimlHT of those who -poke favored 

 placid- "ii above party alle- 



giance, and there was some prospect of a boll <>n 

 that account; but the resoluti>n> omitted all 

 refer* iy lines, advocating free coin- 



age and attnbcttfng the hard times to r 



A wheat convention was held at Nashville, 

 Sept 10-11, attended l.y ai.out >o wheat grow- 

 ers and millers, from all parts of the St.. 



I he National Park. The dedication ..f the 

 Chattanooga and Chiokamaiiga National Park, 



1S-20, was a't.-mled by a vast crow ! 

 mated at 40,000. am :iu r them great numbers of 

 veterans of l*>th armies <>f the in-.juare miles 

 constituting the area of the park, over ">. "> 



1,000 acre? open 



i forest and alut 



farms. A central driveway, passing through 

 and overlooking all the heavy lighting ground, 

 has been built 30 miles long, torty-two miles 

 of the roads of the battles have been reopened 

 ] proved in the most sultstantial and en- 

 manner, and new roads have been closed 

 up. Many of t tie minor roads have also been cut 

 out and graded, so that there are now about GO 

 miles of driveways in the park. all of them a Ion- 

 the roads of the war. The removal of under- 

 brush and the clearing out of the new growth 

 of timber has opened the f it carriages 



can drive through it in all dii >d the, 



appearance now i- like that of an immense area 

 of forest pasture in the blue-grass region. 



The Chickamanga portion of the park is con- 

 nected with the Chattanooga end <>f it by na- 

 tional driveways. Within the park the Govern- 

 ment has set up 400 historical tablets, and will 

 ci up 1.600 more, each 3 by 4 feet, coiiH<nn_r of 

 cast-iron plates, glazed black, fastened t., in,,, 

 . ':. to M tablet! in em- 

 bossed white letters are set forth briefly and 

 Impartially tne historic details .,f the sijc bat- 

 Chickamauga, Missionary .ko.it 



"unum Mr.! (l r! Knol, WauhaM.ie, and 

 rry. They also mark the positions 

 Nous, arid lri- 

 * National and < 1 the 



r *rh organization are stat< 

 ui c-nurf and without praise. Th" 

 it h* io erected 9 han<l*ome granite 

 . an different, one for corn of the 

 r rfgiiUr army troojw engaged 

 t h* 1^o built, on the spots 

 >* pyramidal monument of novel 

 each 10 f w t high, constructed of s 



National 



ami : -. kiliel in act ; 



In ad'litioii. 1 h n< nt h.t- luiili 



feel hiu'h. '.' "ii Mi-- 

 . and M on Chi kamau.u'a liel.l. l-'ii, 

 1 the im-st nii|"M l.iii! li-hiii 



K h of the :;."i Nationa 

 i'-raic liatteries 



the liatlle-, |,y 1<H> Inoiillt > I caillloli 



ami tt| ii used. l'..-ides t),, 



them-elve.s the ball. M are .|. 



on tablets. The lines of earthworks us4-<l 

 ..Mtemling armies |, ; , V e |,,.,.|i found al 



are i red 



The ,ve M-I up 171 moiiuniei 



memory of the act ion of I heir i 



shiloh. \, xl in iiiien-i to the il.-d. 

 of the National I'ark. \\as the reunion 



00 !he field of Shiloh on the t lurt \ -I lurd 

 anni :lie battle. April 6. 



I l.\ \s. - .iilhern Slate, admitted to the 



Union 



Population, according to each di--ennial 

 since admi-io! . 



I-;N : sis.T.V.j in IS70; 1,591,740 in isso 

 .pital. Austin. 



Uofernment The following wen 

 ofTn-ers durim; the \ 

 Cillberson. Democrat ; Lieiiteiiali: 

 iry of St. 



Mavlield: Treasurer. \\ . I',.' Wort ham: - 

 troller, K'. W. l-'inley; Superintendent of 1'uldie 

 hist met io].. . ( 'arlisle; ( 'ommissj. 



(ii-m-ral Land Olliee, A. .1. 

 of Airricuiture. In-uranre. 5 

 ry.A.J.Rose; Adjutant General, W. II. Mal.ry; 

 Attorney-General, Martin .M. Crane; rhi- 

 tice of the Supreme Court. Keuhen I; (i 

 Associate Ju slices. [ j( -roy (i. Denmanand'l 

 .1. Hrown : Clerk. Ch 



Finances. The report of the Comptroller 

 for the year endin- A u::. :il. 18!) 



: am. .imt of war- 

 rants issued. *-.>.::_!. ii i.:,(; : retrem-i 



penses of the rariotU departi-ient- at the , 

 $78,203.50; poll tax asses-ed. 



'/i. tax assessed. 



.'"; total acres of 1..- 

 15,147; valuation of lands *4! '.'.:: ' 

 valuation of town lots. $18J1815,WH; \a! 

 of live stock, $75,418,674 : valuation of rail i 

 ; and assessed value of all other 

 erty, $115,948,646; total t*x assessed, x: 



: and m-t reduction of assessed 

 from the total of the pp. 

 The expenses of tin- S 



'"i per annum, and the extraordim, 

 crease in the ta >icncies in 



revenue, estimated at $1.800.000. The 

 debt au'L'i-egated $8.!'' \\hi.-h th- 



maneiit ^-hool fund held liond- an 



r.iM): the fniversity fund. *:.- 

 Agricultural and .Mechanical < 

 the state Lunatic Asylum, $111,700: th> 

 Asvlum.^l 1 l.."i(>< : th humJi . \-vlum. 



$61.0(1": and the Orphan A-yh.- 

 ing $750,400 in the hand- of 'individn 

 LeflaUtive Sesnion. T)i- Lc-islatm 



Jar liii-nni 



-.va- inauirurated on the follow- 

 ing day. Tlie nn-ap- of the n-tirin. 



