Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-06
From Cumberland Gap.

capabihty rfAhbs On absolute necessity I
tsFArds securing thsiEEotsa.
From Cumberland Gap. !
/ cpMBEtAasDeA Gar, Ka Sept 20, 1865. 4
gditsrs Evansville Daily Journal:
pTomisedro sisesyodEsome items Of
camhsrIand Gap, apd iiH, surroundings.
Sufficient tot tte modntain part is, that
j. belongs to the, famis2 Of rnountains
called Cumberland, and nature made
shs Gap JEFF Ao iteoqfd abs passed
ihropehi rocks removed Just far enough
% aloe wagons TO pass. This was sbe
great route from tie Carolinas West.
Whether Bo onespassea through il on his
6rstexploration, Or not. tradition does
not ssys ishat Lam Awafs b. go As
The height Of Hanaas " Meant from
the base Of the mountains, approaching
Il from the West, is 1850 feet perpen.
dicular, aHa fpm The opposite. direction
itis called j. 527 feet high - a.
! descended the Pinnacle a few dave
since. ApdAakR far iHt6 The states III
Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and
North CafoIinas I1msde an egset 20
look into Evansville once more, and. if |
am hos haiatakanfa thought aoald see
the = Local of the Journal out ON tbe
street corner, (cAne ON arm gazing up
khs liver in search Of an item, looking
for . Gfsoa River Paeket Or some Other
craf This Pinnacle iswhsre General
fieotge W. Morgsu, Copperhsad eandi.
date for Governor o. Ohfo, bad his sIego
guns planted. but ID the approach 81 he
eneIpy, he threw them oVsr the pseaipice
AL iesfsasesH He certainiy occupied
kio9re elevated position at tho Gap, ia
coHmand Of che UniQq Eoepa. than 10
does row II he head II -tRs copperhead
party Of Ohio, r.-
Az classic sfRkAAs SURROUND Us.
will furnish you a few specimens We
haea kiehhBa Creek -Four Mile Crock
assa'ght Greek, Yellow Creek and Stink.
ing LEeakv PeanlaFanide aha alosg the
creek va lays IA ~ lenlti vats thAui On thu
mountain sides ~ mach asTpoasible.
Ihelmodes OF travelling aud the means
| OF transportation are varied. $3.50 ff.
hasa hssa The women and the aehiI.
dag Gas they are termed heEe) do all the
tfAdl4R-a aaiha.I IN Ta "a III a4aa& IN
?. They come on their htdn Aaqs. II
they have any, IL notsthg trusfy mula
or dpcile Jack or JfRHr must pack The
tdfers Bfifiions" (neIonsl z Oeto.
Der beans" chickens, &c. II one Is SO
poor aa not to own one of the above.
named anuaIAla they bring their fasiEfstl
tbtr or HHapwplabaing oar into service
Il have seen the latter furuished with
saddle, blanket, breas,ssffap and crup-
/ pef, and welilRdsned, with = boy o.
gre on, With bride to guide the faitA.
fts8 animal over the steep and precipit.
GUS pbnhway over which they have "a
travel 10 reach mafxet for tbs pfo-
auctH Of theiF laaor. ar8F8a sfa 81
ThlR day ( saw amiddle.agsd aatsos
womaa SEATED By the spring Tour "a arket
Rlace srokigg > cigar. helding a r1ps
in hand and the other end fastened
around theghorns NJ Iineal descendant
OF onAsQAs lh@- pmshinE ---------@4sof RaahAw.
She bad drought some truck = tn trade
for baeYfasr 4 made the inquiry If they
had noswagoa ewhy,slaw bIsss son.
man you couldn'k get carl 10 where i
live.Y X asked hsr. her place of resi-.
denoe. Sine answered q five ont 81,
The ptheE eeiaa " Talier, up towards
Sin kem3srsfias 81 afaa aasi 3 u
10 ncsl et iaa lead you astrAy. for d.,
people &Re not all Of this stripe. I an,
I fEf formed chat some refined families live
in thas neighborho0d Of the Gap fas
MY qn@rtaFs are very comfortable,
good frame .haildinRs. snug Rra-placaF
No waiklna for pleasure, Tor q man &c
my aeiscafsa formation, MP these noun
sa.ap sides- q Zine supply of drinking wa
lter-faonashetteF flowing ircm hillside or
moub AafbS Living well, but beeiaand
mutton omk of tha sqneation. We eat
chtckenaaitAree times a day--staMed.
roasted fried and am0fA1reds Ia fact
done UP IN allsthe late styles o. the
sysasc Aoa u III $40 AMA1
The zoe uns fsa they are called ihere)
have Sufesads " Fight smart" siuca The
war coHietfapR3 (AllispeaSl Oft after
this 4tyle) lost nh; soldiers took every
thing they had. 9 TO one com planning a
few days since Of the soldiers. L inquired
which army was thu most destreefise.
She said both were bad enough, bat the
" critter back soldiers "a acass worse
than " tAfss Y. thaf faalked ~,
Tho Gap, or the Kentucky portion az
Il, IA i'm Knox county. Borbonvills "a
mites West. Is the county seat; contains
eeont 2S0 Inhabitants, and was laid out
80 yeassago. Not : church OF school
houss in the place never had school
house, but | behave there was one
chRrch a long TINE since. The court
'hcnsq ia badly damaged, having beer
used 90 n hospftsE The jail was AZ.
stroysd by Ere "a brick oneE the pris-
oners escsped. ,8IiiTsasg1 assals slsF
They zhaxsE jnxs built new log fail /
(old stylel No pFisoners svsr eacapel
from the Old Jail.
ASH passed through the place, q few
days ego, Gircuit Court was in session,
lawyers and citizens mingIing together
in great Elee. "War over, as heard
an cid man remark Thank God, <e
can meet at court without being skeert
thla time" Can there Be .feluad eoiSn
ty seat, Of mfr years standing on free
sotE shdt1 neres Aad a school hoiIse |
Comment ia nppe sessary, seker4e
Onthe road from Borbonville to Lou
don ! found quite an interesting old !
so years of age; had lived |
on that farr1 neatly fifty years, and |
when he hrst settled there his was ihe /
fenfier house West Of the Gap He /
pointed out TO me Daniel Beona's trail.
| asked him in what direction be now l
pointed fee the frontier, and he said 10. |
wards the Gap. Ieould not but from my /
heart thank God that Reither slavery nor
Involuntary serGltnde, kept for crime,
whereof the parties have been duly con- [
S.etea' has been proclaimed over the I
northwest, and from the great Free /
states was reflected aalight back upon
NJ NJ Paen OF the early pioneers of the
~ "ss sescnng. them that freedom aRd