Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-29
EAST TENNESSEE.

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 East Tennessee is greatly interSected, es- 1 DeciaIly in the northern part of it, with mOun- iainouseridges, ofgreater or less elevation, and having intervening vallies of varying widths. This region has been very properly termed the Switzerland of the United States"
 ' The yallies in East Tennessee are fertile. The productions are corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, &c. in great abundance, especially corn, which grows remarkably well, and much better than wheat. Cotton is also much cultivated in the Hiwasses district.- Fruits, such as apples, peaches, &c. are very abundant. never saw orchards more heavi- .ly loaded than those of East Tennessee. This region also abOunds in honey. Almost every family along the roads on which I passed possessed several, and some large number of hives of bees, which yield plentiful sup ply or one of the greatest luxuries of life as well as the most wholesome articles of diet. Gold mines exist in the Unaka Mountains, and aise in the Hiwassee district.
 The greatest obstacle to the more rapid in- crease Of this country in wealth and popula- ton. is the great difficulty of exporting its productions to, a market, and of importing such foreign articles as are needed. To boat them down the waters Of the Tennessee with all lts difficulties, to New Orleans, is a long
 and tedious business, and even subjects the
 trader to jneonveniencies to which the trader from Ohio, and indeed from any other nor tion of the Valley of the Mississippi, is a stranger. And to wagon them across to Bal finsore or Lynchburg. as is most frequently done, and to bring merchandise by the same mode of conveyance from those places, which IS the only way now pursued uf obtaining it, isattended with enormous expense. At pres. ent the inhabitants are greatly stirred up on Q fsNfh hAy vuSA Knoxville to Lynchburg in Virginia.
 There are many interesting towns and viIl- ages in East Tennessee, such as Rlountsville. Aogersviile, Jonesboro, Greenyille, Knoxville, Maryville, Athens. Sc. Of all these Knox. vile IS by far the most important. 1t is on the south western bank of the Holstou. on hily site, and Eear the centre of this section of the state. 1t has population of about 5000. There are two Presbyterian and one Methodist churches here. The college stands on an elevated hill to the south of the town. and has most commanding view of the whole country around. There are thirty two students here at present in all the class es who are instructed by president and two professors.
 There are two other colleges in East Ten nessee. It is obvious that one college .n an enlarged scale would be enough. Three coI- leges in line of less than one hundred miles IS certainly too many for this new and com parativeDy thinIy settled country.
 At MaryviIe, a village eighteen miles southwest of Knoxville, is a literary and the Iological ipstitution, established by the Rev. pr. Anderson. A farm is connected with this seminary, which affords much support, as well as suitable exercise to the students.
 Mytour through this region has been very interesting journey tO me. The scenery is heabtiful, often sublime always pleasing.-l The mountains, valleys, caverns, the villages and rivers of this region. will always occasion much interest in an attentive traveller. The and kindness which enjoyed. will give me many endearing recollections of East Tennessee.
 This is region upon which the Spirit of f4he Lord has often been poured cut. There is muchs very much, good religion in East Ten nessee. noticed in several places perma- nent camps for Presbyterian comp meetings, several of which are held annually, and have been so for many years.
 Ersensive Peach Orchards.-Tt is stated in the Springfield Republican, that MT. Jones ol Shrewsbury, N. J., about 25 miles from Newsiork, has the largest peach orchards in America: One of them is mile and half long,, and contains no acres the other con- tains 40 acres, in both there are about twen- ty-two thousand trees. They were com menced about nine years since, and the prof Its are fast raising the enterprising owner rom poverty to wealth. It is said he last year refused seven thousand dollars for the peaches on the trees. The crop this year is not 50 abundant, but the price in market is sufficiently increased to afford him n hand some income. A few weeks since. MT. Jones sent cargo of four hundred basketa fo thc New-York market, which readily sold at tw a dollars a basket. A basket contains a little less than bushel. Some of his better peaches have since sold quick at five dollars a
 hashel. The soil of these orchards is worth
 very little for any other purpose, and is poor
 CT than most of our pine plains.
 DTeadJM Accident.-On the 9th inst. in the
 forenoon, MT. Isaac Belknap, principal me- chanlst in the Georgia Factory, Smithtield. was engaged in adjusting some machinery nean the regulator, unknowa tts, a lad, who nj the same time entered the dark passage be. tween the two water wheels, in order to oil tho gudgeons. For this purpose the lad had raised trap door. over the iron geerinp. and was just about shutting it, when Mr. Relknan Eh having hnished what he was doing. st.nDcd rom an elevated platform, directly upon fine spot. where he had before passed over the geeriDg on the. trap door. The lad seized ana attempted to sustain him, but without ef- fect. Hts boot caught in the bevel geerinr. !an upright and horizontal cog wheel. running