Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-19

MEAN MEN-The editor of the Springfe,
o Republican has made the dicovery that ther
+ are in the valley of the beautiful Connecticut
! some men who are without knowing it, con
:, sttutionally mean. They cannot help it
d sticks out, hangs out, leaks out.-They are il
/ responsible men. There is another class whi
/ appear mean, when at heart they are not SO
The late balloon ascension was frghtful in it
lesson on human nature. 1t witnessed mel
: worth two thousand dollars actually peepins
] through cracks half an inch wide, pulling of
/ boards that were put up to indnce them to pay
a ninepence Now, it is entirely wrong to sup
, pose that these men can help being mean
THEY don't see it. There were mutitudes o.
others who, had they known that Mr.. Petng
made his ascension for the purpose of getting
living and dependant upon their generosity
for return for his enterprise, would have she'll
ed out nobly. They did not appreciate the CT
cumstances, and stole their entertainment"
We have seen just such specimens of Ehunisrs
nature" in mercantile cites. We have seen a
man worth one hundred thousand dollars bid
at an auction six cents for an article he wanted,
that was worth seventy-fve dollars! We have
read OF rich men who would not refuse to shave
a note Tor twenty per cent 60 out of church
before the contribution box reached their pew!
we have known rich temperance men who
would not taste drop of wine purchased with
their own money who would swallow pint Of
Roman punch at public table, made, too Of
New England rum and smack their lips for
more. We have seen men indulge in rich food
at the table of neighbor, who would not allow
1t at their own because it was injurious to the
health-of their pockets There are lots of
mean menin older cities than Springfeld.if
there IS any consolation in the fact.-Erchdnge,
PIE GREAT INDIAN PATH.-When the pio-
1neers Of Tennessee settled in the southwestern
part of Virginia, and the coterminous portions
OF North Carolina, the country had ceased to be.
! perhaps had never been, the settled residence
of any of the more modern aboriginal tribes.
! AT this time it was common hunting grounds of
the Shawnees, Cherokees and other southern
Indians. But east and north of the Tennessee
river, there was not a single Indian hut SILL,
along the valleys of what is now East Tennes-
see and Southwestern Virginia, lay the great
route and thoroughfare between the northern
and southern Indians, in their intercourse with
distant tribes, in their hunting excursions, in
lliSll uOSbAAC luclf DaSsleS
of peace; this was the path of migration, the
chase, the treaty and savage invasion. Besides |
its central position and its direct bearing, the
great Appalachian chain could no where else be |
so easily ascended and crossed Abundance of /
game, water and fuel, a healthful and moderate |
climate, an unoccupied territory, no impractical
bic swamps or deep and wide streams to retard |
thosr innrra-iinrs- su .2Sisl eretis,sl'
of it was nearly the same as the present stage t
route passing the Big Lick in Bottetourt coun-
tv, Virginia: crossing New River at old Fort
Chissel, near Inglis' Ferry, Holston at the Seven
Mile Ford thence to the left of the present stage
road and near to the river, to the North Fork,
crossing as present; thence to Big Creek and
crossing the Holston at Dodson's Ford, to the
Grassy Springs, near the residence of the late
Micaiah Lea; thence down the waters of Nolli-
chucky to Long Creek, ascending that stream
! to It's source, and descending Dumplin Creek TO
a point a few miles from its mouth, where The
/ path DETECTED to the left and crossed French
Broad near Buckingham's Island. Nearkhis, |
| the path divided. One branch of IL went lp the, :
west fork of Little Pigeon, and crossed stnie
small mountains to the Tuckalechee towns, and
so ON to the Over-hll villages of the Cberokees.
The other and main fork, went up Body's Creek
to its source, and falling upon the head branch
es of Allejay, descended its valley to Little Riv-
er. and crossing near Henrys, went by the
present town of Maryville, to the mouth of Tel
leo, and passing through the Indian towns AMI
villages of Telico, Chota and Hiwassee, descen-
ded the Coosa, where it connected with tie
Great war Path of the Creeks, Near the Wolf
Hills, now Abingdon, another path came IN
from the northwest, which pursued nearly the
same route now travelled from the latter place to
kentucky, and crossing the mountain at that
remarkable depression called Cumberland Gap.
1t was along this path that the earlier English
explorers and hunters first passed to Kentucky,
and through it the Rockcastle and Ohio sayages
often penetrated to modest and break up the
early settlements upon New River and Holston.
DR.. Hardy, of Asheville, North Carolina, be,
lieveS that the Cherokees used the country near
and around the sources of the French Broad,
more as hunting grounds than as place Of res
idence. This opinion is sustained by the fact
that the streams and mountains of that region
do not bear aboriginal names, French Broad
Pigeon, Sandy Mush, Ivy, &c. are the water
courses. Blue Ridge, Pisgah, Glass, Smoky
) and Bald, are the mountains ,all English names
l No considerable war path Or Indian trace pass
t ed through those elevated and almost inaecessf
! bic regions, and it was not till after 1857 thai
IN emigrants passed through them.-D. nam
, ksey's History Of Tennessee.
Female OccupatiOn.-Women in the middle
e rank are brought up with the idea that II t thel
/ engage in some occupations they shall lose tneh
: position in society. Suppose it to be SO; surrey
i it is wiser to quit position we cannot honeStl!
e maintain than to live dependant upon the bouLl
a ty and caprice of others; better to labor WIZ
= our hands than eat the bread of ldlenesS, 0
submit to feel that we must not give utteraflc'
s to our real opinions, or express our honest III
n dignation at being required to act base un
n worthy part And in all cases however sltud
. tod everv female OUGHT to learn how all mouse