Howard's Spring, 669.
Huckleberry, 60.

Hungarian grass, 115.

Humboldt, 1076-shipment of cotton from, 339
-vineyards around, 167.

Humphreys county, general description of, 766
- soil, 60.

Huntingdon and other towns, 1037,
Huntsville, 601.

Hurricane Springs. 732.

Hydraulic Rocks, 37, 261, 717, 975, 1088, 1092.

Ice-houses, 622-limit of, 16.

Immigrants, 385-German, 786-advice to, 385,
390-how received, 389-kind of wanted, 396-
laws affecting, 399.

Imported horses, 123.
Indian corn, 95.

Indian summer, 7.

Insane, Tennessee Hospital for, 687.
Institutions of learning, 383.
Intelligence on the farm, 362.

Irish potatoes, 58, 842, 1121-on Cumberland
Table Land, 666.

Iron, statistics, 220-boiler, 238-consumption
of, 220-product in United States, 221-pro-
duct in Great Britain, 221-capacity of fur-
naces in United States, 221-product of Ten-
nessee, 225-belts the, 222-belt, eastern, 222

-furnaces in eastern belt, 225-Dyestone
belt, 221--furnaces in Dyestone belt, 227--fur-
naces in East Tennessee, 234-western belt,
the, 235-furnaces in the western belt, 238-
cost of making, 234, 239, 240, 481, 797, 1052-
advantages for making in Tennessee,-of
Tennessee and Pennsylvania compared, 241
-manufacture, 52-furnace charge at Rock-
wood, 198-of Carter, 471-of Van Buren. 958
--of Wayne, 976-of Decatur, 1052, 471-of Clai-
borne, 479-of Lawrence, 788-of Montgom-
ery, 853-of Stewart, 929-of Lewis, 796-of
Perry, 880-of Johnson, 545-of Blount, 461-
of Marion, 578-of Coffee, 659-of Cumber-
land, 670-of Dickson, 705--of Hickman, 755.
Iron ore, belts of, 222-eastern belt, 222--Dye-
stone belt, 225--western belt, 235-magnetic
(see magnetite) Dyestone, 38-Brown Hema-
tite (see Limonite) Magnetite, 29, 229-Li-
monite, 223-Hematite, 225, 226-Claystone,
235-matrix of, 223-Hill's bank, 224-Crock-
ett & Sharpe's bank. 224-Tellico, 225-Shot,
225-at Ducktown, 225-at Cumberland Gap,
227-of Half Moon Island, 227-of Cumber-
land Table Land. 235-cost of, 227. 234, 239,
240, 241-in Middle Tennessee, 620-of Bom-
pass Cove, 615-of Henderson county, 455-of
Hickman, 755-of Hamilton, 514.
Iron belts, timber in, 242.
Iron limestone, 35, 551.
Iron Mountain, 544.
Italian Bees, 175.

Knoxville, 562-trade of, 563-history, 560-
geology, 34-dairies, 150-valley of, 556.
Knoxville Iron Company, 210.

Knoxville Car Company's Furnace, 234.
Knoxville and Charleston Railroad, 331.
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, 326.

Labor, in East Tennessee, 356-considered, 361
-effects of home markets on, 367-respecta-
bility of, 390-property affected by intelli-
gence of, 369 want of, remedied, 361.
Labor, price of, see county descriptions.
Lafayette, 808.

Lagrange Group, 44.

Lagrange Iron Works, 930,

Lake county, general description of, 1118.
Lakes in Haywood county, 1098.

Lands, division of, effects of, 352.

Lands, price of (East Tennessee) in Anderson,
455-in Blount, 463-in Bradley, 464-in
Campbell, 468-in Carter, 471--in Claiborne.
476-in Cocke, 485-in Greene, 500-in Ham-
blen, 502--in Hamilton, 515--in Hancock, 533
in Hawkins, 537--in Jefferson 542-in Ma-
rion, 578--in McMinn. 581-in Meigs, 586--in
Morgan, 590-in Polk, 594-in Rhea, 596--in
Roane, 599-in Scott, 602-in Sevier, 605-in
Sequatchie, 607-in Sullivan, 611-in Union,
613-in Washington, 616.

Lands, price of (Middle Tennessee) in Bedford,
628-in Cannon, 638-in Cheatham, 642-in
Clay, 651-in Davidson, 677-in Dickson, 704-
in DeKalb, 710-in Fentress, 718-in Frank-
lin, 731-in Giles, 739-in Grundy, 746-in
Hickman, 753-in Houston, 763-in Hum-
phreys, 768-in Jackson, 777-in Lawrence,786
in Lewis, 798-in Lincoln, 801-in Macon, 810
in Marshall, 821-in Maury, 834-in Mont-
gomery, 849-in Moore, 860-in Overton, 869
-in Perry, 879-in Putnam, 890-in Robert-
son, 894-in Rutherford, 908-in Smith, 916-
in Stewart, 924-in Sumner, 939, 942-in Van
Buren, 958-in Warren, 964-in Wayne, 973-
in White, 984-in Williamson, 997, 998, 999-
in Wilson, 1007.

Lands, price of (West Tennessee) in Benton,
1026-in Carroll, 1032-in Decatur, 1049-in
Dyer, 1057-in Fayette, 1065-in Gibson, 1073
-in Hardeman, 1081-in Hardin, 1090-in
Haywood, 1100-in Henderson, 1107-in Hen-
ry, 1111-in Lake, 1121-in Lauderdale, 1128
-in Madison, 1135-in McNairy, 1144-in
Obion, 1156-in Shelby, 1173-in Tipton, 1182
-in Weakley, 1189.

Lands, rent of, see county descriptions.
Lands, price of, anomalous, 522, 640, 793, 949-
affected by railroads, 858.

Lands, affected by drought, 66, 848, 962.
Lands for poor men, 916.

Lands, protected from fires, improved, 926.
Lands, improvement of, 963.

Lands, cause of low price, 30S.

Lands, acres assessed, 409.

Lands, too much cultivated for the labor em-
ployed, 361.

Lands, thin, first occupied, 702, 848.

Lands, waste, reclamation of, 1165.

Lauderdale county, general description of,
1125.

Liquor trade of Nashville, 693-of Robertson
County 896.

Little Emory River 202.

Little Sequatchie Valley, 192.
Lithostrotion Canadense, 40.

Lithostrotion Limestone, see Coral Limestone.
Live stock, 122.

Living. price of. 482.
Livingston 866.
Locke John 93.

Loess, see Bluff Loam.
Locust trees 81 801.
London Exhibition 137.
Lookout Mountain, 13, 586

Lookout Valley, 35.

Longevity in Southern States, 25.

Lone Mountain. 37 449 474-soil of. 57.
Lower Carboniferous, 66.

Lower Coal Measures, 192.

Lower Helderberg. 39. 1047, 1110-soil of. 65.
Loudon county, general description of, 575.
Loudon, 575.

Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern Rail-
road, 334-shipments over, 336, 338.
Lucerne, 118.

Lumber, 75, 84, 88, 90, 677.
Lynchburg, 865,

Machinery, farming, 355.

Macon county, general description of, 808.
Madison county, general description of. 1132.
Madisonville, 588-geological location, 31.
Madrid Bend, 1118.

Magnesian Limestone-see Knox Dolomite.
Magnetite, 224.

Mammoth Spring, 1113.

Manganese, black oxide of, 499, 268.
Manchester, 656

Manufactories-effects of on agriculture. 215-
in Hamilton, 524-in Knox, 569-in Cheat-
ham. 643-in Sullivan, 610-Humphreys, 769
-in Davidson, 700-in Marshall, 826-in Law-
rence, 789-in Moore, 862-in Overton, 872-in
Warren, 968-in Wilson. 1011-in Henry, 1116
-in Montgomery, 854-in Bedford, 632-see
factories.

Manufacturing industries, 413.

Manufactures household, 353, 354, 653. 669, 712
757, 812, 793, 827, 872, 944, 1109-influence of
culture of peanuts on, 877.

Mississippi Bottom, 471, 1016.

Missionary Ridge, 32, 507-grapes on, 164--ele-
vation of, 164.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 339.

Montgomery county, general description of,
845-elevation of, 846-soils of, 60--grapes in,

155.

Moore county, general description of, 859-soils
of, 60.

Montvale Springs, 462.

Monroe county, general description of, 588.
Monroe, 866.

Monument in Lawrence, 782-in Lewis, 791.

Morgan county, general description, 590-coal
of, 215.

Morgan mines, 196.

Morris, R. C., 314, 320.
Morristown, 501.
Mortgage laws, 399.
Mossy Creek, 541.

Mount Carmel, 1030.

Mountain grass, 953.

Mountain limestone, 41-soil of, 67.

Mountain making formations, 30.

Mountain sides comparative fertility, 477, 448.
Mouse Creek, 580.

Mulberry, 82.

Mulbery Creek, in Lincoln, 801.

Mulberry Creek and Valley, in Hancock, 531.
Mules in Tennessee, 129.

Murfreesboro, 36, 902.

Muscle Shoals, 277-work on, 278-cost of im-
provement, 280.

Napier's Furnace, 238, 797.
Narrows of Harpeth, 642, 705.
Nashville, 685-educational advantages, 687-
trade, 691-manufactures, 696--newspapers,
699.
Nashville Limestone or Group, 32, 33, 35, 36-
soil of, 65, 1006-section of at Nashville, 673
-in Wilson, 1005-hydraulic cement of 1068.
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, history
of, 306-trade of, 315-shipments, 317 to 319-
condition of, 320.

Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, history
of, 320, trade of 322-shipments, 323 to 325-
condition, 325.

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail-
road, 320.

Nashville, coal first used in, 299-consumption
of coal in, 299.
Needmore, 657.
Newberg, 798.

Newlee's Cave, 480.

Newman's Ridge, 37, 529.

New Market Valley, 32, 502, 541, 556.
New Middleton, 921.

New Providence, 856.

New York and East Tennessee Furnace, 234.
Newspapers, list of, 415.

Newport, 484.

Niagara Limestone, 38, 1047-soil of, 65.
Nicholson, Prof. H., on cattle, 137.
Nimble Will, 112.
Nitre-see saltpetre.

Nolichucky River, 615.

North Forked Deer, 1095.

North Fork of Obion River, 1187.

Oak, 82.

Oakdale Coal Mines, 204-furnace, 229, 234.
Oats, 97.

Obey's River Valley, 648, 650.

Obion county, general description of, 1148-
soils, 63.

Ocoee Group, 29--in Johnson, 545--roofing slate
in Sevier, 260-gold, 265-river, 243-valley,
594.
Oil from cotton seed, 102, 1175-from black
shale, 714, 725-in. Dickson, 271-springs in
Fentress, 721-well in Overton, 271, 874.
"Old fields," 784, 893.

Osage orange, 1167.

Overton county, general description, 866-
coal, 215-soil, 67.

Overton, Dr. James, 307.

Owensboro and Russellville Railroad, 348.
Paradise Ridge, 671.

Paris and other towns in Henry, 1115.
Pasturage on Cumberland Table Land, 665.
Payne, J. K, 11.

Peaches on siliceous soils; 60-in Houston,
764.

Peach trees, longevity of on siliceous soils,
974.

Peanuts, first introduction of, 854.

Peanuts, 108, 754, 767, 877, 1050, 1091-vs. cloth
making, 757.
Penitentiary, 687.

People, occupation of, 407.
Peoples' College, 458.

Perry county, general description of, 875.
Persimmon, 91.

Pennsylvanians in Dickson, 704.
Petroleum, 271-(see also oil).
Pierce Limestone, 36.

Pikeville, 475.

Pine ridge, 31.

Pines, 86.

Pinewood, 756.

Piney Mines, 196.

Piney Ridges, 57.

Pittsburgh, 229, 240.

Pittsburgh landing, 1088.

Plane Tree, 89.

Plants yielding honey, 179.

Plantation system, 350.

Plateau land of West Tennnessee, 1015.

Pocahontas, 657.

Point Burnside, 288.

Polk county, general description of, 592.

Polls, 409.

Pomegranates, 1165.

Poor Valley, 556.

Poplar, 87.

Poor Valley Ridge, 473.

Poplar Creek Coal, 204.

Population, 405-by counties, 406.

Porter's Creek Group-see Flatwoods Forma-

tion.

Porter's vineyard, 157.

Port Royal, 847.

Potatoes, Irish, 58, 107-sweet, 107.

Post oak, 84.

Potash, 80, 86.

Potters' clay, 264.

Powder mill, 643.

Poultry trade in Knox, 563.

Powell's Mountain, 37-soil of, 57.

Powell's River, 32. 613.

Powell's Ridge, 529.

Powell's Valley, 35, 467, 474-soil of, 475-farm-
ing in, 478.

Powell's Valley Mining and Manufacturing
Co., 214.

Prairie grass, 112.

Preservation of timber, 91.

President Island, 1169.

Prim's Spring, 756.

Professional men not wanted, 397.

Property, taxable, 409.

Profit of farming, 386, 1117.

Pulaski, 742.

Purdy and other towns in McNairy, 1147.

Putnam county, general description of, 883-

soil, lower carboniferous, 66.

Pyrites, 39, 192, 268-how to tell, 269.

Quinces, 620.

Raccoon Mountain, 193, 507.

Raccoon Valley, 35.

Railroads as an agent of development. 305.
Railroads, Brownsville and Ohio, 346-Cairo
and Tennessee, 347-Cincinnati Southern,
347-Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and
Charleston, 326-Cumberland and Ohio, 348-
Duck River Valley, 348-Ducktown Narrow
Gauge, 349-East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, 326-Knoxville and Charleston, 331
-Louisville, Nashville and Great Southern,
334-McMinnville and Manchester, 332-Mem-
phis and Charleston, 342-Memphis and Pa-
ducah, 345-Memphis and Knoxville, 346
Memphis and Raleigh, 347-Mississippi and
Tennessee, 344-Mississippi Central and New
Orleans, 341-Mobile and Ohio, 339-Nashville
and Chattanooga, 314-Nashville and North-
western, 320-Owensboro and Russelville, 348
-Rockwood Narrow Gauge, 349-Rogersville
and Jefferson, 326, 535-St. Louis and South-
eastern, 331-Tennessee Central. 347-Tennes-
see and Pacific, 333-Tennessee Coal and Rail-
road Company, 331-Winchester and Ala-
bama, 333.
Railroads, effect of, 305-early history, 306, 312
-miles ofin United States, 306-in Tennessee,
313-relation to population, 314-effects on
prices, 367-value of, 396-narrow gauge, 445
-in West Tennessee, 348.

Rails, chestnut, 705-cedar, 632, 818, 819.

Rain, 18-fall of in different zones, 18-fall of
in Tennessee, 18-maximum and minimum,
18-periodic fall of, 20.

Red clover, 116.

Red flowering maple, 82.

Red knobs, 34, 551.

Red oak, 84.

Red River, 847.

Red Shale, 37.

Red top-see herds-grass.
Redemption laws, 400.
Reedy Creek Valley, 611.
Reelfoot Lake, 1118, 1154.

Renfroe, Moses, 845.

Rents-see county descriptions.

Rhea county, general description of, 595.

Rhea Iron Company, 235.

Rhea Springs, 597.

Richland Creek, coal on, 196.

Ridge, the, 937.

Soil of vineyards, 156, 158, 161, 164.
Soils, influence on nations, 54-classification of,
56-granite and semi-granite, 57-sandstone,
57-siliceous, 60-flinty, 60-sandy, 61-cal-
careo-siliceous, 63-calcareous, 64-products,
63-exhaustion of by improper tillage, 834-
thin first settled, 702-modification of 69.
Soils of Coffee land, 62-of Ripley group, 62-
of Flat woods, 62-of Lagrange group, 62-of
Orange sand, 62-of Green sand, 67-of Allu-
vium, 68, 69-of Bluff Loam or loess,63.
Soils of Cumberland Mountain, 58, 59, 663-
of West Tennessee, 62, 63, 1017-of East Ten-
nessee, 56, 64. 57, 58-of the " Barrens," 60,
61-of Western Valley, 65-of Highland Rim,
66, 67---of the Central Basin, 66.

Soils-for more details as to yield, etc., see all
county descriptions.

South Fork of Cumberland, 292.

Somerville and other towns in Fayette county,
1063.

South Fork of Obion, 1187.

South Harpeth, 996.

South Western University, 855.
Sparta, 980.

Springfield, 898.

Stanley & Richards vineyard, 164.

States, comparison of, 392, 393, 394.

Statistics, agricultural, 408, 411, 418 to 421. See
general description of counties.
Staves, 83-shipment of, 933.
Steamboats, 285.

St. Cecilia Academy, 690.
St. Francis bottom, 1169.

St. Louis and South Eastern Railroad, 331.-
shipments over 331.

Stewart county, general description of 922-
soils of, 60.

Stewart, Wm. M., 11, 14, 20.
Stiner Belt. (zinc ore), 267.

Stock, of West Tennessee, 1018-of East Ten-
nessee Valley, 128, 131, 435-of Middle Ten-
nessee, 124, 126, 132, 135, 620-in Davidson,
137, 678-in DeKalb, 711-Maury, 836. See all
county descriptions for stock items.
Stock versus cotton, 636.

Stone Fort in Coffee county, 660.
Stone Mountain, 37.

Stone Mountain Range, 544.

Stones River and tributaties, 677.
Stones River Utility Works, 903.
Stone-ware, 988.

Stoney Creek Valley, 544.
Strawberries, yield of, 167.
Strawberry Plains, 34.
Strips, 98.

Sugar Maple, 81.

Sulphur Springs. See Mineral waters. Sul-
phur well, 1113.

Sumner county, general description of 937-
soils of Lebanon, Nashville and lower car-
boniferous, 64 and 66.

Sweedish and Tennessee iron compared, 238.
Sweetwater, 589.