St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-12-15
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1 CnArrASooeA, Tenn, Dec: 1st,o 1864.
7 Eplrok i DEMock Chattanooga
is beyond !. doubtthe livcliest and most
attractive place in this section Of the
country and bids fair in a. few years,
promising the war will'be over in due
time, to become after Northerns indus
try aud. enterprise have been more fill
ly introducedIi one Of the largest manu-
featuring cities in the Southwest. (: Be
fore. the war broke out, there were
aLont three Or four thousand inhabi-
tants, in the place, but many. Of them,
preferring to share the fortunes and
suaerings sof their friends in Dixie,
were moved to go in that direction, pro-
badly by military necessity, or perhaps,
other reasons, which migration is, no
doubt, BY this time, viewed with re.
greet The idea of "we'uns," Yankees,
getting into Georgia and Alabama was
at.tbat time he'd rs simply preposter-
Gus. ~ There are, however, a lew left,
W ho, in whatever direction, their sym
pa,hics lie, still profess loyalty. to the
Union, and Yadkee; ;enterprising like
seek to avail themselves of every facil-
ity afforded to Gull from the generous
soldiers soodly amount of Uncle
Sam's greenbacks, process BY which
thcirpcapuctous purses arc being speed
ily filed: .''.';'~=7:.% .:
! !, On the north and west sides of the
town the noble and majestic Tennessee
river silently courses along. To. the
cast and south rise III yh hills, which.
! after gentle undolations, attain in The
dinl distance the magnitude Of noun:
tains., The ether side. Of ;hc riversalso
presents the same vicw,f until, in fact,
| the vision Of the observer. even when
standing on nc slope Of Cameron Hill,
the highest enincnce in Chattanooga,
is necessarily confined to a most limi-
ted horizon. y short distance to the
east is the renowned Missionary Ridge,
! forever to be remembered in the his
tory OF the war as the place where a
glorious and most signal victory was
won BY the old army Of the Gambler
land, assisted by their comrades, heroes
from the Potomac and the Mississippi.
Its sides arc lined with rife pits and
rude eutrenchnents which were thrown
up by the q Pposing forces a year ago.
Along the top of the ridge are the ru-
ins Of the forts built by the rebels and
in which were captured sixty pieces of
cannon by our gallant army in "that
fampus charge at Mission Ridge"
Somewhat nearer stands the celcbra-
ted Lookout Mountain, towering high
above all in sublimity and grandeur,
with its massive proportions clearly ic.
fined against the sky. 1t is eighteen
hundred feet above the Tennessee river
which flows at it's base. Looming
grandly in nature AS we'll as in history
it is the most attractive place to visit
in this vicinity. lhe magnificent view
from its lofty summit reveals to the eye
four States Tennessee, Alabama
Georgia and North Carolina and in i
clear day the Blue Ridge in Virginia
it is said, may be seen. Standing on
tic most northeasterly point of the
mountain you have spread out just be.
meath your feet on the steep, -sIopiny
rocky sides, the ground upon which
gallant "Fiyhting Joe" fought his ia.
nous "battle among the Clouds
The streets Of the town arc few, but
laid out with much regularity at right
angles. But little attention has been
. paid to sidewalks and curbstvnes, yet d
system Of sewerage is being introduced
that will not only relieve the military
and civil residentsv many nuisances III
this most humid, misty, rainy climate
but be also conducive to the health o1
the inhabitants. The projected i'm
provcments hereabouts, as we'll as thu
formidable fortifcations which cap ev
|ery hill top and prominent point, art
at present glistening with Federal can
uon and bayonets, show that whateve
er may come, this strategic point is t
q be held, nevermorc to be possessed b!
: q southern foe. Since a year ago, owe
l two miles Of buildings have been erect