The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-24
Special Correspondence.

DIAN EYrERPRIsE :-Farewell for this
season. / will not have the privilege of
whiting to you again from this point
until the season Of 1872. The present
one will long be remembered by your
correspondent, and those who have had
the pleasure of spending a few weeks
and mouths at this delightful watering
place. / dislike very much to leave,
but my business in Alabama requires
my attention, consequently, I bid fare
well, not only to you, bnt to White Cliff
Springs, the indcfatigable proprietor of
the hotel, his excellent lady, and the
many visitors who are likely to remain
until the LIST of October.
The weather here, morning and even
ing, has been, for the past few days,
quite cool; but during the day it has
been warm enough. There has been no
rain Of any consequence on tho noun
tains for two or three weeks. In some
of the valleys there has been plenty, and
corn looks tolerably well; but will not
make more than a half or two-thirds
crop.
There is still a good crowd here. About
seventy at the hotel and about u hun
bred and fifty in the cottages, making
in all two hundred and twenty still Mt
the Springs. A number of Young peo-
pie leave to-dayfortheir homes. Among
them are Capt. Jones, of Philadelphia,
Tenn, Mr.. j. W. Robertson, of your
town, and many others. l never saw
guests better pleased with the fare Mt n
hotel than they have been here. They
pronounce Mr.. Peck tho right man in
the right place.
l understand the Company are now
making preparations to have another
house added to the hotel, and will make
them more comfortable and convenient
for the next season. This and other
improvements being made, White Cliff
Springs will be II of the greatest re-
sorts for health and pleasure of any
watering place in the United States.
The people of your county should be
proud of this place, and should also lend
all the aid possible, in encouraging all
enterprises that will bring money into
circulation.
Your editor, I suppose, has arrived
at home ere this, as lie left here Sunday
morning. He has been to Cocker Creek
gold mines, and will doubtless give you
a full report of the operations there.
During this and next week the most
of the cottages will be vacated, and a
goodly number will leave the hotel, yet
there are some families here who have
rented rooms in the hotel until the first
of October. Next season welook for at
least five hundred visitors at the Springs,
rs ample improvements will be made to
accommodate all that wish to come and
stop with Mr.. Peck, who will continue
to run the hotel. He has given entire
satisfactisn, and in my opinion no man
can do more with it than he.
We have had fun and lots of it since
my last communication. l would like
to give you a full report Of an expedi-
ton q party of gentlemen went on, II
evening last week. But as they are
afraid to make a full report to me, 1 will
give you the details as far as 1 an.
The party consisted of Capt. Cleve Jones,
Of Philadelphia, Col. Helms, of Athens,
Mr.. Fisher, of Knoxville, and J. H.. Cal
loway, of Cleveland Tenn, Mr.. Mum
ford and Sam. Williams, o fyour County,
Sheriff Cowan, and others, from Ala
hap,c They proceeded nom here to
Tellico, in Nh. Williams two-horse
w~agon-were well armed and equipped
arriving there about shutdown, where
they meant to complete their arrange
mcntG for the purpose of a raid on the
bear dens Of the mountains. 1t is re-
ported that the party started-got into
the mountains-some taking stands while
others did the driving They started
a bear-as they him under
full Notwithstanding him by all the
stands, wherefrom there was not o shot
tred-they.all were so frightened. It is
stated that Joe. Galloway and Mr.. Fisher,
were standing in about q hundred yards
Of each other, near o bluff which over
looked the Tellico River, and as the
yarmint passed them, took after it
threw down their guns, and going with
such velocity, and not knowing the bluff
or river was SO near, tumbled into the
water-which happened to be deep en-
ough to prevent any serious damage to
their person. They raised the yell
called for help-and the rest of the party
came to their assistance and rescued
them from the deep chasm into whick
they had been so unfortunate as to fall.
What became of Sam. and his team my
informant does not state. But I sup
pose he was safely located about the
Iron Works, where he feared no dan
ger. D --58 af al
How true the above report is, or may
be, l am not able to say. The reporter
also says that at night, while Mt the Iron
Works, o game of euchre was proposed
by some one, accepted by others. The
game commenced, and before the first
game was completed, two hours and a.
half had elapsed. Your correspondent
will not make o report as to the cause of
this, but will leave the people and your
many readers to define it for themselves.
From all accounts, which are not more
than one-third reported in this, it was
the grandest failure in the way of cap
turing Q wild animal, that ever happen
ed. l was a little surprised to hear of
their signal failure. But I will venture
to shy that the gentlemen, especially
those who fell in the river, will not go
on IN expedition ofthe kind again, soon.
Though there is no doubt the boys had
lots Of fun.