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

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The experiences of Northern man in
this latitude, in, the hot season, is SO rare,
and ! have received SO many inquiries in
regard to my own, that II dinfer a few
words relating thereto, may interest
some readers of the TELEGRAPH. Should
"the Editors Drawer" not be foverfow-
Iingly full forthe next issue permit me to
drop in some brief notes Of what I
have seen, heard and felt since taking up
my residence inEthe South edit IL solTiel
Write you from one Of the pleasant
country towns in this famed bAigbgs,ad
region. dtMybadvent here happenediain
July, the nightiafter Sc the noisy Fourth, p
when wearied With a dusty ride through
East Tennessee among tumultuous excur1
sionlsts and musical Africans, q L stepped
down from thecars, in one of "the small
hours = and felt the grateful freshness Of
the mountain air. The charm was not
broken, when anext Emofning walked
QUIT catch the light breeze gently
breathing down from old Kenesaw, and
looked first upon bthis 9prettyyfy village
glimpsing among shade trees and flower
ing shrubs.?o My enthusiasm ! suffered
some abatement however, Il must admit,
when the mercury roselat noon that day
to 90 ozand the suns RAYS fell aplomb .
upon ones head without intervening
cloud or shadow Even the air seemed
full ofa9difeo and buoyancy-qualities
which have since observed clara cterize
it all, summer, I and are probably due
the elevationoof the country. The shower
which fell in the evening afterward was
never more welcome and the following
morning having opened clear and cool I
seized the opportunity for my first TOOK
out from Kenesaw.a8 esI8 a83 .stai1uo
And here a few words in regard to this
high county of the South. It was one
Of che discoveries of tie aoar. that in this
far Southern latitude there was large
tract of country which by reason of its
height, pure air and water, constituted
one of the healthiest and most agreeable
portions of the Continent. : AT least it
was not until that epoch, that our North
ern idea of the South was made to- EN-.
brace much 3 else than sandy plains OF
river bottoms" devoted to cotton, rice.
sugar, tobacco plantations, and rich in
negroes, malaria and feyers.s aItwis now
clearly ascertained, that around theslofty
mountains in North Carolina Of which
Mitchell's Peak is chief, and which con
stitutethe southern terminus proper of
the AiIeghanies, cluster some Of the
|grandest mountain groups in ali our, ter
lritoryy and thatoclying among these in
that and the adjoining states, are
plateaus, valleys, and mountain slopes
which are peculiarly favorable to human
lfe and products of the5Temperate Zone.
There indeed Nature appears to have
destined the esta blishment of the sani-
tartan as well as, the workshop and
the orchard and adairytaof the cotton
ssroo !; .fcta4 90 tstW s6e9E 90 .aGnon
growing STATES aaa nav bge rtir4 ada sal
The region to which I REFER, embraces
the western part of the. two Carolinas,
East Tennessee. and. Northern Georgia,
and is from fcur9to five hundred mikes
long by three to four hundred broad
containing within its limits the sources
of the Qstawbas the Yadkin,t the Savannah,
the FL eRch Broad, the Tennessee, G the
Coosa and the Chattahoochee rivers.
There is perhaps little difference in all
It's extent in soil or climate except as
varied by the elevation or geological
Structure Of the several sections. Much
of this country is. too steep and rocky
fer profitable culture, especially where it
lies near the central ridges. Some CT it.,
as in western South Carolina, has too
much sand, and in places the clay is
tough and difficult to work. A great
part of it,1 howeYeE,a consists Of red clay
loan we'll mingled with sand, which req
spends generously to good treatment, and
will produce at will the grain crops, the
grasses, fruits and in favorable locations
good upland cotton. In some districts
chiefly in Tennessee. and upper Georgia
the limestone formation prevails, and
there the land is very fertile, though the
country is less healthy but the soil
generally rests on the primitive rock