Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-13

Miscellaneous Matters.
NO, xXIy.-

New York, visit. While there his OLE
school mates and former acquaintance, af
ter hearing what he had to say about East
Tennessee, became so interested thai
they called upon him TO lecture publicly
in reference to our climate, society, resour'
ces, &C., which he consented to do. AS All
evidence of the lively interest which his
remarks awakened, number of gentle
men have already been here from that To-
cality looking for homes. We find syn
opsis of his remarks i'm the Chateagnay
Journal, which touches OH points of inter-
est to strangers looking for home in this
direction. Some of the points we have
touched upon before, but they will bear
reiteration, as we arc constantly receiving
inquiries upon them. The report is as fol-
] lows:
After a thrilling account of some of the
| horrors of war, he spoke of the climate
which he represented as temperate, neither
| excessively warm i'm summer nor severely
| cold in winter, thus rendering it very
healthy, and free from pulmonary dis
eases, so distressing and common TO our
variable climate.
The soil is capable of high state of cul-
tivation, yielding 25 to IS bushels of corn
per acre, on the average, and everything
else in proportion, and numerous kinds of
fine fruit, grow spontaneously and in
abundance.
The minerals of Eastern Tennessee,
where Mr.. Foster resides, are various and
abundant, comprising iron ore, stone coal,
zinc, copper, and q rich vein of yariegated
marble running across the eastern part of
the State, many quarries of which are ~
ing in an undeveloped condition for lack
of some of our Northern enterprise.
In CLOSING he invites the people to look
to their own interests and remove to
country where nature seems to lavish her
bounties, and where man can live with
half the "sweat of his brow" which it
costs to exc out subsistence in this inhos-
pitable region. fsfs ss
Rich and valuable lands can be bought
low prices, situated i'm most desirable To-
cations. Mr.. Foster has no fear of moles-
tation from the exrebels i'm EastTennessee,
as they seem to-be friendly, and welcome
immigration for the Improvement of the
soil and society, and watch Northern inl-
provements with deep interest.
He also expressed an intention of start
ing colony of Northerners to settle i'm
his vicinity, aud thinks his prospects of
success are fiattering. Some i'm this vicin-
ity are already anxious to sell their prop
erty and betake themselves end families to
a land seemingly of ease.
A large and attentive audience testified,
not only to their desire for truthful infor-
nation on the subject, but a respect for the
speaker, who narrated experience and OBJ
servatiOn, thus making the address more
interesting than a perusal of the same i'm
cdents could be made. 4.
Mr.. Foster claims that he has never
been educated as public speaker, but SO
we'll did he interest his audience, that
three hours and eleven minutes passed
away nearly unnoticed, and the subject
was still unexhausted.
AT the close of the lecture he was invited
to address the people of West Bangor on
the same subject, which he consented to
do Monday evening, the Sd inst.
On the evening of the I'd of April, Mr.
Foster concluded his lecture at the same
place, which was heard by large number
of persons, which we find reported as fol-
lows:
At present the people of East Tennessee
are at peace. The outrages of which we
read are i'm Middle and West Tennessee
There are no KukluX Outrages in the east
ern part of the State, and those who were
hostile to the Government in the late war,
are to-day law abiding and peacea bile citi-
zens quietly engaged i'm legitimate bust
ness. Many of them hail the emigrant
with q hearty welcome and point him to
their agricultural fields, their vast mines
and quarries, to their splendid water pow
ers now running idly to the sea, " tn their
grand old forests of pine, oak. ash, maple,
hickory and walnut, to their equable
climate as lovely rs Italy, and invite him
to participate with them in these golden
bounties of Providence so lavishly bestow-
ed OH this beautiful region.
The mean elevation of East Tennessee is
nearly ,000ft. Its summers are delightful,
the heat being modified by the high noun
tains which surround the valley, while in
winter the force of the wind is broken and
expended on the Cumberland Mountains.
For these reasons the summers are cool and
the winters mild and pleasant. Snow sell
dom falls and ice rarely exceeds three or
four inches. Swamps and stagnant water
are almost unknown excepting in the low
er end of the valley, hence miasms and
noxious exhalatiOns breeding chills and
ague are unknown. No process of accii-
nation is necessary. The emigrant, from
the first, inhales pure mountain air and |
is as exempt from disease as a native1noun-l
taineer j
The soil and agricultural features of the
valley of East Tennessee are. remarkably |
various. The numerous and deiightful |
limestone valleys excel in fertillty. Inere
are extensive strips of country that afford
beautiful rolling farms ana SOILS OF excei,
lent quality; on some OF them the SOIL
affords fine growth and an abundance of
wild grasses and vines upon which droyes
of stock are kept. and fattened. Il vi i
The products of the soil are extremely
numerous. Occupying position haif way
between South Carolina and the grain
growing State OF the Northwest, WITH an
altitude greater than either, 1t combines
many of the peculiarities of each of these
regions. Here the sweet potato, the peach,
the water melon, mature in luscious per
lection. The fig will also ripen If slightly
protected in winter; ON the sother hand,
such as wheat, rye, oats, timothy, buck
wheat, clover, apples, pears and Irish po-
tatoes do well here.
Good farming lands can be purchased
from S. to S25 per acre; rich bottom lands
from $40 to 500 an acre; mountain lands