New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-23

I'll intending To 90 TO Asbeyille Buncomb County
n c. where cheese factory is in OPERATION out ihu
ing that the stage left at dark and Travelled all night
went no further OF the cheese factory am tod
by lawyer residing in Asheyle, that there are 100
cows which feed on the mountain grasses IN the sum-
mer but as there is no hay, they were distributed
last Winter among the farmers to keep, when dld
not pay, but that corn and other fodder are to DO
saved for next Winter. So far as can learn and see
the wonderful stories that are in circulation to the
effect that the grass on the mountains OF tennessee
and North Carolina will keep stock over winter are
a deusiOn. We are constantly hearing also OF the
great advantage the South possesses in its long warm
season. and its short Winters with regard to keeping
stock, which would have some force If there were
good feed in this long season, but except on the
mountains feed is scarce, for it dries up IN the sum
mer sun. The best evidence on TINS supj Ho1.
will be the cattle themselves, ana 4 must Say
that everywhere they look poor, whether on the
mountains or elsewhere , L..
The French Broad runs through amountain country
ana haa hsS 8HeT Cn Te land is Certainly good and
il ought to be for it is held at 500 an acre. spy pc
it is good for corn The f Gs are On no
farm owned by an old trader, but he is dead
and ruin is descending, Perhaps there is no such
what a good country u.s. than to see narrow strip OF
fertile land to which the inhabitants on each side
come to work by the day. that they may carry none
ers Returning to MOrrisvlle found it one OF the
few thrifty towns in East Tennessee. Northern men
have come in, and are doing well crowded freed
mems school is well taught and the country people
seemed 70 be bnying many goods. Perhaps some
thing is due to the good limestone soil. ana 10 the
fact that 100 copies of our TRIBUNE are TAKEN faIs
are held at from $40 to $50 an acre, and wlth psSoo
Greenviiie is an old town Of 5000 inhabitants and
though surrounded by good land or, might say
formerly was, and though the most enchahtihg
mountain scenery is in full view, little seems gong
on. grievously offended one man, as was tGiu
him that thought brain-power was wanted most
but had not the least thought OF HIN; IN the e
early DAYS Greenvle was the capital OF inc
proposed State of FARMLAND and it is celebrated
also for being the place where Benjamin Lundy,
in 1871 Rublished the first Abolition new saWn
the spot where his office stood. Passing along
the ill-paved sidewalk at the close of day, saw
tall stout gentleman walking intront OF moderate
sized brick house standing on line with the street
and paving my respects to him, told him was
gathering what information could IN regard 70 tne
Resources of the South that Northern men might get
an idea how they would like it. lie invited me H.
and we went into the parlor, which was wen 1ur-
nished and had rG G1hg patnre which
skip but he said that East Tennessee is the garden
of the United States that wool grown there received
the highest premium at the Worlds Far because u
had the greatest number of quirs to the quarter
inch that all kinds of minerals are inexhausuble;
that it exces for fruit that 1t has more wateIpower
than the whole of New England; that 1t is uDe-
qualed by any other section in the world for grass
and cattle live well the range all Winter, though
they may be thrown little FODDER now anu ' sSal
be secured their rights under the Constltuuoh.
OF course had to make some remarks, for CONVEX
sation is nothing only one talks at least 1t seems
so to me but he was not much interested III what |
said for he gaped good deal, indeed he seemed
tired, and his cOuntenance had WHITE waxy cast.
Afterward frequently saw him walking to and FRO
in front Of the house, and often stopping to look
across the street into vacant slde-hlll lot Where
bricks and weeds 1t seems TO me tnat ne iea4s
tiresome life, considering that not many months
ago he was President of the United States ..
The soil around Greenyllle is to , great
degree shae such as Is found IN
no ODlO,
and should say that the best varieties OF grapes,
such as the Delaware Iona, and perhaps Catawpa
ought to do we'll here. 1t is worthy OF note that In
going from Washington through the tide water region
and throu gh Central North and South Carolina to Sa-
was the first shae, and noticed it first in Hawkins
Co., where those fine marble qqarries are located,
whch have sent such beautiful blocks for the adorn-
ment of the Capitol at Washington wish to say here
thai the mineral wealth of this section OF the United
States is so vast that am ashamed =, that pay
the marble in the locality referred TO IS worthy of
great attention of capitalists for the beds have been
opened in only few places. There is much marble
also in Georgia A gentleman told me he had $50
of fine marble in that State as can be found
| in the world, and when asked him what IL was
worth he said Nothing. because it is 100 miles
from the railroad" In Greenve could hear Of only
vineyard and this was IN charge OF one OF those
precious creatures, German vine dresser who, from
wear to year has cut off the wood of the previous
years growth and Of course there is no fruit but,
since he is German he is still kept at +, because 1T
| is supposed nobody else can know anything about
grapes. In this vineyard Gen. Morgan was killed by
our troops early one morning; was shown the yne
where he fell and breathed his last, and the place
where the pickets were knocked off that his body
| might be drawn through 1t was then placed across
a horse and taken into our lines out of town. The
Confederates still make great wall about Morgan,
but, so far as l could learn, they might save their
tears, for he was only gambler. and not first class
| The Allegheny Mountains with various local names
for separate peaks and ranges. are about IA miles
from Greenvie and present various beautiful aspects
| through every hour Of the day. In cove at their
| feet, and - miles from town, some men from New
York City and Brooklyn have built two furnaces.
known the Green County Iron Company, and the
| Getting horse, / rode thither. The country is
moderately rolling and the farms naturally fertile,
but the soil being inty, and tho cultivation having
been bad their owners cannot have much to spare.
was kindly received by Gen. Hays and Mr. Mcbride,
and shown through their works, which rst-class.
They make charcoal iron for no stone-cOal has yet
been discovered in this range They own an i'm
mense amount OF mineral land and they have, 1t
seemed to ME, hundreds OF thousands OF tuns OF ore
within short distance of the furnace and from their
statements, they must be making iron, and laying
it down on their platform at Greenvllle, at lower
cost than is done in any other part of our country.
Invy ss;:y" made SS"@1 1000 OF easy grade up the
mountain, whence they haul charcoal, and riding
thher one of the finest of views in our country vas
obtained. Such road nowhere exists in all that
bitiOn Of engineering skill. The noun.
tai5PtOp has +,d an Gle elevation h Of c9G feet
berland, forty miles distant and also vast portion
Of the valley of the Tennessee and of its tributaries
tne french DTOau auu f1OlSJelD Properly speaking,
this valley is the table land of Tennessee and from
this mountain it looks like plain; still it is rdged
with bills running at right angles to the streams
which have been described similar to the ridges Of
wash-bOard. With such grand view of country
the most noticeable thing was the absence of houses
STILL Greenville visible, if in desert of green
Southwark about two miles was mountain ridge
bleak and covered with flying clouds, which is the
North Carolina line, and forward to the left was
pointed to deep gulf filled with luxurlant growth
of forest through which torrent scared aud sent up
its spray; this is called Hels Kitchen, and it was
out Sne eddrO fsr ts gun nat ana Brown
from Salisbury prison. Far below feet was the