New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-07
More About reurre.. Co. renr..,..
iarssrcwN. fentress CO. Tenn

County Clerks O1'ce' June %. lsss ,
! DSAE SlR have with sstonishment AID re.
srss read an article .u TIE Ncr- YorS DaIy In.
5sle q the ecth 81 May. over the signature Of IL
/ o. headed Il i.ng-Tsnaessee
'i-cs Nc The informant Of: zee writer OF ,hs, srtcls
",s ..caetess W.. c. L.. ci thu City q Boston
"-o passed 'aso-sa tbs Face and stayed sss sh q
! Nay ast
N.iaout 'sr;hsr preAminarcs VIII proceed a once
90 notice some q the ans crrors and rni.-epre.spta
lions set forth 10 ihsi s-,c,c. Do The soil thin
/ poor grarcly ssnd NOW !, Is true The hi.h table
land. 9f Cumberland Mountain APP not OF the be,, qua.
tv ~ seus. To- fertility o. the Western Pra,,, bur the
s.. positively c.ear c. gravel and with proncr c..
rlrr produces are crops OF Rye very good crop. ot
~ arst fr.''y good crops 20 Corn and garden vegeia
rs Ui 4l Grd. .row .n Abundance ia almost every
garden D 4ic timber O, almost entirely pitch pine.
si scf4. oak I'd hc worthless variety Known AZ Bac
la.,. a t-t.c chr-rat sc Almost every variety o.
oak grow. generally sni thicNy over this portion I'd
Cumberland Mountains. 3d. " Hunting u the chiei re
lance. tlerc beng many deer I'D the scarcely broken
forests There are none who rely on huutng for d
support Those Nbo herd stock in tbs beautiful noun
tn range occasionally carry their lies and sometimes
colr.c.r homs.pCr NV the people cd this commu
uty without ouss-lnc' dress neatly and fashionable
.-f wt-t Any srT.f. ho.0rIat have anticipated tAls
County On boz equal n th. respect 81 the cliy Boston
" llc fcsn GO sheep hogs and ieor form the princi
pal food Well We are iynd oi mutton love bacon.
and veni.on j. quite favoute variety The ordinary
ne,esssre o ie are abundant and SO the command of
every industrious lfnncsseein o. Fighting and
hunting traditions 90 indian conf.cts. and the more
cent gloucs Oi the Mexican War, the shIlty OF the
~aufa t0 whip the North iutormnglcd with accounts
o personal skill 10 deer slaughter form the chief topics
40 cuuc conversation. Oar Boston visitor broug b.
This idea with h4m. presume and trust has taken II
away with hiu o. " lhr whole population of James
town. the County seat 90 feuiress numbers exactly
,i while tne County may have from 100 to 2OO0 '-
the Census OF .-fu gives 3lsn upon examination,
ind 63o male persons reported the list tor l-l9
over ,. years 0l sgr who pay poltsN. The tota
number OF males paying tax IN the County for the year
1879 md 20 boz lo- tals YOU may What the prob
able population Of the County really Is :. Very
rarey seeing a newspaper Sc There are L. different
newspapers received and opened every mail AZ James
town and O. tocir being Of the Southern loco Foo
school entirely. - j. absolutely false The political OF
CANS OF both parties are received aud read. They
ARE taught tO regard All F41us ltOrei ,uersl and PEG
pie from fhe Free states With hatred and distrust
hardly surpassed by their traditional hostility 10 hdr
fH.. From this stranger would be- very sgreesbly
disappointed in visiting this community I'D. There
s nor the beginning of a Church Churches or not,
we have preaching. and every person who wishes o.
hear preaching can DO So every sabbath. a. Public
schools there none snd not more than one private
one 30 ANY There were - Public schools taught M
The O0uuty l-t year the amount 0i school Funds last
year ~8- 81 ~ the scholastic population over and
under ID wears. tor l-t- was 800 There several
private schools now boz operation in the County there
sfe some Is or sd saw mills in the County and 4n abun
dance oi lumber rsfled down % Nashville for market
rs have plenty 90 grist mills snd 90 bread being
0iteIe-t made o Corn pounded IA mortar, 10 IS some
thing here and positively false and As O. young
ladies 81 this community wishing % marry who have
pane OF glass its equally false and the
seruon shows lack ot common decurum IN the utereT
Respectfully yours FRANCIS COLLIER
~ We cheeriuly publish the above, asking
our readers who remember or care anything about
the matter to compare the eqtire letter here con-
troverted with the special contradictions Of Mr.
Collier. That there were some Inaccuracies 10
1u- letter we oheeriuly admit. but We do not be-
lie, our travelling informant responsible for the m.
IL Is Tar more probable that We misrecole
some of his statements (which were all made YER
baily in rail car, and not written out by rs till
next day and that IN some places we filled up
MS outline from our own prior Impressions. We
submit, that the general correctness OF the picture
hitherto given by US Of fortress County is not in
validated by this letter and that the wild lands OF
SAID County ought not to be bought for settlement
without visiting and examining them. Please
note what the Clerk d0at say with regard to the
value OF such lands on the spot. Ed. Irib