Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-02-07
Est TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE


EAST TENNESSEE CORRESPONDENCE
Eealthfu1ness q Gle
mate.
KNoxyrIIE, Feb. 8, 1860.
8IEssss. En1ross A word or two occasionally 2
from East Tennessee, may interest portion Of your
readers. and propose, with your permission, to
occ1py an occasional evening hear IN scribbng on
such items as suggest themselves at the moment.
just now. with the farmers, millers and produce
dealers the inquiry is: @What Of the wheat CROP
a larger quantity was sown in the fan than usual,
and yet the prospect is that the crop VIII De an al
most entire failure This viii result from the
freezes Of several weeks since and the ihaws fol-
lowing, whereby the grain, with the roots already
formed, was elected from its place in the ground
and left to be blasted by the sun. In many instanc
es there are fields which have hitherto yielded
twelve and fifteen bushels per acre that viii not
now produce as many sp0onsfuL Notwithstanding
this Is the general prospect, yet in some instances
because of the popularity of the soil the crop VIII
be as large as usual The reason Of the effects OF
the frosts and thaws upon different soils, do not
comprehend; it Is something with which wheat
growers should become familiar. While referring
to agricultural matters may l ask Il you have
heard that many of the best farmers in what Is
known as the New Market Valley, have for year
or two mast given some attention to the culture Of
t6baeeo with great success. Their experiments
have so far shown chat our climate and soil are so
well adapted to the culture Of this crop, that East
Tennessee promises to become the rival Of the best
/ sections Of Virginia in this respect
The completion Of the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad and the laying Of the last rail upon the
/ Mississippi Central road within the past week or
two has largely increased, as / am told, the travel
upon the railways through East Tennessee, so that
stockholders are now beginning to hope they will
soon realize dividends from their investments so
long since made.
Speaking of railroads, reminds me that work has
been resumed upon the Knoxville and Kentucky
railroad. and those in charge of the work are now
hopeful that the first thirty miles which brings US
in connection. with the finest bituminous coal, and
the richest and best iron ore in the world viii be
completed within the ensuing eighteen months or
two years and then it is said coal may be delivered
here at from eight to ten cents per bushel of eighty
pounds, and superior pig iron, such as has been
hauled in Wagons from Claiborne county, to Louis
vile, Ky.,) for from SIG to SIS per ton. If this
does not give an extraordinary impulse to the man
ufacturiug interests of East Tennessee, our most sa
gacious men viii be much deceived. Some Of thes'
: | are already. in view of the prospect Of thu
completion Of this road, beginning to say tina
! no section of the entire Southern country, o.
/: indeed OF the whole continent, viii then O he
such large advantages as East Tennessee for estah
lishments az which all railroad equipments may b
manufactured Bat this road is designed not rIere
to subserve this local interest It is confidently ea
pected that it viii be me5 at the Kentucky line b.
roads from Louisville and Cincinnati, as the enter
prising men CT those cities cannot fail to perceiy
the incalcuable benefits they would receive frOr
communication by rail with East Tennessee, an
> the system of improvements concentrating in thi
division of the State.
This ancient town of Knoxville, though SOME whs
u retarded in its growth by the revulsion Of fe'
- years since, is again beginning to show signs of
@' new and healthier as well as larger improvement
While even in mid-winter, improvement is in pr
press. The programme for the coming summer just
fes the opinion that there will be many more nnun
Der land much better in character) buildings erecte
than in any season for several years past. This
attributable to various considerations, butjust no.
the most prominent seems to be the inducemel
which the climate of East Tennessee offers to pei
sons in feeble health, to persons residing either
= the extreme South or North. While have plan
- ers from the South purchasing grounds and erectn
residences that they may live away from tie noxioJ
malaria Of the Southern fats which engenders aguC
. and fevers. we have also men from the etreH
p" North doing the same thing, that they may escaI
that cold which laceraoes and often destroys Il
lnngs. Did you know that in the central portion
the valley of East Tennessee the ag1e Is almost u
10 known and that not one in one hundred thousand
NJ the population die Of Consumption? So true IS tn
'e fact that remember to have heard one OF themo
distinguished physicians Of Virginia, who resided
several years in Knoxville, declare that he did
believe there was better babitation upon the gio
to relieve persons predisposed to Pec:oral dlseas
~ than the country intervening between CieVelan
Tennesseee. upon the one hand and Jonesborou'
~ upon the others ut must desist. As have Jefo
AZ said. it will afford me pleasure once-ina-Thle
ne write. if it shall please you publish matters
Us pertaining to this portion Of the State. "