The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-02-06

pure water and pure air, and vhs..
no original case occurred durinv >.
epidemic. BY the advise Of h. h.
Cheatham, Of Nashville, and mv,.,r
the old shantics were burned a ia,.'
quantity of lime was burned and sos s'
tered over Tunnel hill--new ,ban,;".
were neutrality-suspicious. recommsn.
cd. and the hands continued health,
until the work was completed Thi,
is the history of the cholera epidemi,
on Tunnel hill. In 1854 a few ,na.,
modic cases Of cholera occurred amoDr
the Irish employed in the construct;o,
Of the Sewanee road, at the Tunn.I
and in the adjacent limestone repion
but the hands were immediately W.
moved to the work on the top Of H..
mountain, and there was a, end -,
the disease. The Montgomery Ma;v
thinks that these facts could not have
been known to the Trustees, who 50
implicitly "re!ied upon the TESTIMONY
of the owner Of large tract Of land
covering pretty much the entire tract
of the Sewanee Railroad" Hem
again the "Mail" maks slight exap.
GRAFTON of facts. If he had said that
the owners of a large tract of noun.
tain land, covering pretty much the
entire tract Of the Sewanee Railroad
on the side of the mountain, as patri.
otto men, had rendered to the South.
ern University the free use of their
timber. stone, &c, for building pur.
poses, provided the location should be
made on Sewanee, then he would
have stated the fact. And with re.
gard to the insinuation of the "MaiI"
that a little sordid sclc.interest could
have induced me to make false
statement in relation to the health of
Sewanee, | hurl it back with that con.
tempt that it merits. ! have said
and repeat it without fear of con.
tradIction, that so far as regards the
health Of Sewance, there can be no
sort Of doubt. 1t is situated on the
plateau Of Cumberland mountain, far
above all malarial influences it has
an atmosphere pure and br.cing; has
AN abundance of pure, limpid, free.
stone water, gushing out from beneath
the conglomera:e sand rock. 1t is
also we'll supplied with chalybcate
water of the purcst kind. The seen.
cry is most delightful. For many
miles around, at various points on the
bluffs, you can stand and see the val.
ley spread out like map before you,
dotted over with farms and villages in
the distance, and extending until it
seems to rningle with the clouds. You
can even look over sold Warren
and her blue Short Mountain in the
distance. Ben Lonond is, however,
eclipsed by bold promontory that
stands out between it and Sewanee.
] have for many years been in the
habit Of sending my patients, laboring
under echronic diseases, particularly
chronic diarrhoea. to the plataue of
Cumberland mountain, and have
never been disappointed in seeing the
good effects of the fine mountain air.
and the pure free-stone water. And
| sincerely and honestly believe there
is no spot upon this green earth thatl
would sooner risk my health than at
Rowe's Spring. on the top of Sewa.
nee. should feel that ! was there as
free from the dangers Of miIk-sickness
as | would in Nashville or Charleston;
and as to poisonous malaria, ] should
feel that was entirely above it.
! have made the foregoing state
ments with strict regard to facts
with a view OF vindicating my county
from the vile calumnies that have
been heaped upon it by Warren, and
spread broad cast over the land, as
believe, for sinister motives.
....... ID w. E.
Affidavit of B. r. McGehee.