The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-15

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+ 81, qoI an5. 20 baa ,g.nuI .TU0l bad :.
sert That this is one of the richest mi mineral
districts & in the United StatesIi Gold
4 mines have been worked in sonfe places
/ many years.da Irqn,9 eQpperg zinc lcfSs are
found1in lafgenquantitiesdwQ uarrieso of
choice marble,Ii sIateb and granite ekave
'lbeen opened greatoavalue. A large
.1portion of this region remains ina state
Lof nature, theearly ysettlersg ilayingi fpiy
lowed the line of the streams, and cleared
iIchiehsu the I bottom" lands for theft
'Fcorn fields with, small ttracts adjoining
f9r'Iorohardb 7 The loriginalv fofestHconi
fsisted 81 fbak, Chestnut, hickory, beech,
1pine, eedar.i Thetr water Q power is IA I'M,
Imense and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES few
Isawsmills,S grist- mills and cotton factories
o., iron foundries giving prophecy only
tofwhat1is toi3 bea in all probability the
lLfature branches ofindhstry iof this entire
Iragion9e 5ounRo odW seoht % GUig9z lli8za
z 1ul3E9E GIDi I'll a9NlE 89J Ia clio Ad
+ Northern Georgia is the most southern.
part of this High couhtrys and from its
warmer climate has the most tvaneea
vegetation It contains some of 9tRe
richest soil and has, ian advantage, over
many portions of thensouthy in the7 fact
that having Been the Cherokee 1reser1aH
Ition, its clesred lands have not Been
worked much over thirty years, and are
cnnsequnntlyuless 1sworpd5 1t also COM
1lnands at present superior business facili.
Itics in its actual possession Of the great
/ Rneof rail road from Kentucky, Ten,
Inessee and the Northwest, to Savannah
land the Atlantic ports;g which already
Irenders itrthe centre ofamuch enterprise
laad activity.1s The entire northern part.
lof the State aboye Macon and Augusta is;
| Observation-Disclosures the district and is conn,
lparatiyelyvveryhealthy lubat it is aIbove;
these and fr0mb the lineof Athens and
Atlanta MISUNDERSTANDING thesroots,1of'
the mountain ridges as they bend nMest.f
| ward to, Alabama that lie the pleasaInter
and more healthfuls valleys and high
4 rolling lands, which statistics represent
las one of the shealthiest portions5ofo the
Union.d The inhabitants claim for sit ali
/ the advantageslofi Southern France and
1.-The old Provence. Here il Is said live,
two thirds of the whitenien of tl1ea State.
IA populatjonGnot wealthy even before
the war, but comp posed of men in moder..
i ate circumstances often used to labor
Vigorous, 3inteligent, and active-A-as
4 good rnaterialou of which to build 'sthe7
!! Empire State of the Southr ed1 28iblodqn
The view from Kenesaw ON a fine day
embraces wide extent Off this part of
i Georgia--fthis mountain bbeing about
Inineteen hundred feet ia bove the sea-
ltnlis an isolated y mass, about two
lmiles from Marietta,and like Stone Noun
Itain, Lost Mountain and many yotherss
Ilooming over the hills, seems but frag-
ment of the lower ridges into which the
Alleghanies gradually declineL che nlast
swell of the half spent wave, uonT % GO
g o"lWhich on the curl hangs pausing..,nl g
From its summit, aerrts,card, you u may
see the, successive mountain, ridges as
they rise westward from the Worth, Caro-
| lima line, and of which the rangeapierced
! by the Chattanoga, and Atlanta passes, SO
well known to fame are but a. part. South
ward you will see Allatoona' and Stone
Mountain. 1t is all historic ground.
You climb, by the line of earth works,
which, fanking the mountain FOL. q, dis
| lance Of twenty; five miles on either side,
were erected by Gen. Johnston to resist
the advance Of the Union Army, You
+ see tic scene Of the battle and the, spot
where Gen; Polk, fell. You may stand
where, later, Cen, Sherman watched, ALL
day as Corse with his little garrison heidi
Allatoona pass against the, confederate
host Earth works, rife pits, fallen logs,
abandoned plantations, lone chimneys|
relics Of old lhlomesteads, attest yet the
|perils and the havoc Of the fearful con-
fict which six years ago ragged mall its
fury on this /, life from Chattanooga tol
Atlanta. Some big eagles may be Scent
swooping yet around these, mountain
heights, remembering, doubtless the rich
cast which those fields Of carnage once
|afforded. The receding woodland, the
new grain fields tle7high smoke stacks
lat Atlanta aGdr Marietta suggest happier
associations and help compose a land1
|scape which but for want OF aCGter might
vie with more celebrated scenes. The
young growth Of oak pine and chestnut,
with the rich luxpris zee in this climate
|of vines end shrubs viii soon hide from
view the traces,of the great contest. IssgJ
~. Thus calm and patient nature keeps aaooI
y Her ancient promise well; ls LII 5g69d 4
Thou oh DER her bloom aud greennes5 Sweeps
j The battles breath of he'll. 'se'}otA 5i4l saHGq
bOn nlyTay down the mountain foundl
myself Fortunately entangled in a thicket
Of blackberry bushes, and had oppor-1
tunity ehus presented Of. proving in all
their ex cellerce this famed Southern frtit.I