Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-01
Away Down South in Dixie. +"
Eukrsvr1Ix. Al. Nov. sth.

Ahio OSAuS cAcCuOu Jay iOI tue Slate OF
Alabama. most of our party were up
bright and early to see the practical work
Ing of" universal suffrage The colored
voters we're promptly on hand at an early
hour. Their prscinct was opened on
time, and voting commenced. They con-
tinued to arrive from the country in brig
AIDES, on horseback, muleback, carts and
all manner of vehicles, as happy a set of
Fellows as l ever saw. The whites voted
at one window and the blacks at another.
The latter as a general thing voted the
straight Republican ticket, saying the
candidates were all " fuss..rate men," and
worked hard for "de straight ticket
never witnessed q more quiet election ;
but mast add that Uncle Sam had a
company of "boys in blue ION hand to
quell any disturbance that might arise.
Huntsville has long enjoyed the reputa-
tion of being one Of. The most beautiful
Cities of the South. 1t stands on acres,
cent shaped valley, aud is almost sur
rounded by mountains; contains very fine
churches, female seminary, and many
beau tifu; private residences. 1t also has
very remarkable spring from which the
city receives its supply Of water, which
Is forced into reservoir by steam power
The general sppea rance Of the city Is not
one Of enterprise, although it is said to
have improved much within the last
three years The citizens, both colored
ard white, were quite sociable, and rem
dered our stay among them very pleasant.
The climate here and picturesque location
renders Huntsville quite popular place
OF resort by visitors from north and
south. From Huntsville to Chattanooga,
"a distance Of 1877 miles) the route is
through the Cumberland mountains and
Is exceedingly picturesque. In many
places we seemed entirely surrounded by
high mountains with no apparent chance
for egress. AT Stephenson Is the juno
ton of the Nashville s. Chattanooga r.
r. Here we again cross the Tennessee
on very large and high b.Idge. In
order to get sublime view OF the great
scenery at tins point Ge- Packard, Miss
Laura Ream and one or 10 others rode
over on the cow catcher, but their at
tentiOn was diverted from the scene ~ TO
their perilous situation, from which they
retreated at the earliest moment. Just
before reaching Chattanooga the road
winds around the base of Lookout mouu-
tain-the Tennessee far below Us on one
side, while the rocky side of the noun
tain rises perpindicularly hundreds of
feet upon the other We arrived at Chat
tanooga a. 9 p. m, where we found very
poor hotel accommodations. 1t is very
truly said that if you step at one you will
acish you had tried the other, and. vice
versa This however win soon be
changed as Mr.. Stanton is just compile,
ting very fine hotel building, at a cos,
of 100000. This will be highly appre
ciated bv tie travelling public / had
great desire to sec Chattanooga, and had
Its appearance pictured out in my mag
ination, but the reality was quite differ
ent- II is beautifully situated in q valley.
with the Tennessee on the north ard
east, Lookout mountain on tie west and
Mission Ridge on the south. Il claims a
Population OF 5000 or 1000. Its business
houses are Of poor Class, but there is
energy and enterprise everywhere appar-
ent, and there is every probability that it
viii be great city. 1t must be a great
southern railroad center. About one
half OF the citizens are enterprising north
erners. They manufacture iron Sc Der
ton cheaper than any other place in the
United States, also have the largest roll
ling mill in the United States. The first
day after arriving at Chattanooga the
party accepted al invitation from the Su-
perintendcndent of the Alabama & Chat
tanooga road, and made very pleasant
run OF 81 miles to the town Of Attola,
where we were vined and dined and re-
turned at eventide, having had a delight
ful zi5e Over 3 country that was not in
our programme. Many Of the prominent
citizens OF Chattanooga accompanied this
excursion They were very sociable and
added much to the general interest and
information. In the evening we were in.
vited to the house OF Mrs. Carlisle. The
time was passed very pleasantly in con-
versation, music, dance and song until
low twelve, when we babe our hostess
adieu, having passed very happy even
ing and one never to be forgotten. The
following day was devoted to Lookout
mountain, memorable as the place where
Hooker fought above The clouds; and it
was day long to be remembered by our
party-which is the largest that has visit
ed the historical locality since the days
OF the battles. Our party was Joined
by Mrs. Carlisle, Mr.. Stanton and
few other. citizens. Ne started about
10 o'clock in single and double rigs, as
We could get, five of the party going
horse back--viz.: Mrs. Carlisle. D. E.
Van and wife. Mr.. Runyan and Miss
Dresser. The four latter rode ahead OF
the party and travelled about % miles in
search Of noted lake on the top OF the
mountain. which they passed without
knowing it, on account of its brevity. -
The mountain is e34s feet above the riv-
er, aid requires five miles of trayel to
reach Its summit. Persons unaccusfomed
TO mountain travel have no idea of the
difficulty of ascending and descending a
rough and rugged mountaia like this.
But the grand and sublime view we en-
joyed after the summit was gained amply
paid for all the toll and danger we passed
through From iis highest point we
could see seven different States--file no.
ted battle-felds Of Lookout mountain
Missionary -Chattanooga-the va
rious forts-the Tennessee river and the
city below. On the extreme point of
rock our party, except the four horse
back riders took position and had our
photos taken in a group. which we will
consider a valuable keepeake After see-