Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-01-29

MEssRs. EDITORS: Permit me 10 ask
1 you few questions regarding your part OF
this great country. :
! How many inhabitants has your village
| Is 1t high or low7 Have you any preva-
| lent sickness What Is the nature OF your
drinking water? also the nature of your
soil. 2 Is the country billy or gently roll
ings Does the land produce wheat as well
as corn, and how much to the acre? Is 1t
favorable to fruits, such as peaches, apples,
pears, cherries, grapes, and the like Have
YOU much cold weather? Have you any
snow and ice ? What is the character of
yor1r schools Have you free schools, and
If so, are they well attended?
One word about your society, and am
done Will your ladies associate with the
families that come and settle among you
The North have the impression that they
would be almost as badly off in the South,
as regards society, as they would be in the
unsettled West. / think such is not the
case. Yet know there is good deal of
feeling, especially among your ladies'
against the North, and they do not hesitate
to make it manifest. 1 would like to ask
another question before closing, and that
is this: Where are your markets?
Hoping have not trespassed too much
on your time and patience,
Iremain, yours, &C.,
Y. G.. SCHEIvER.
FLORIDA, n. Y, Jan. 18th, 1871.
The foregoing is one Of the many letters
which we are daily receiving from parties
at the North whose attention is directed to-
ward East Tennessee. The one before us is
we'll written, and shows the writer to be
man of intelligence, just the class Of men
We are interested in inducing to make their
homes among US. We will answer briefly,
stating that in due time We will give each
of the subjects more extended notice.
Knoxville has population Of about 49,
600 inhabitants. No city in the United
States, with the same population, has less
sickness. Our country is amply supplied
with freestone and limestone water, which
flows from athousantl springs clear as crys-
tai and is naturally pure. Our soil is va
ried. We have, the rich sandy loan in our
river bottoms, producing IS to 100 bushels
of corn to the acre, and the clay and mu-
lstto lands in our valleys producing from
thirty to fifty bushels of corn per acre.
Wheat is one of our staple products, and
with proper cultivation much of our land
will produce from % TO 80 bushels per acre,
and some of ii even more-much land
yields from to Il bushels per acre. Our
climate and soil is favorable to the produc-
ton of fruits, all the varieties named grow
ing In greab trofnsion We haze very liz
ecold weather, the average fall of snow
in the year being about three inches, never
remaining on the ground longer than one
week. We occasionally have ice three
inches thick, very seldom thicker. We
have good select male and female schools
now in operation. Recently, our county
and city have laid tax for the
support of free schools which will
be put in operation during the
year, and we are sanguine of their entire
success. The free school System Is heartily
advocated in our county by men of all
parties. Heretofore we have been deprived
of its benefits, but our people win not
longer neglect their vital interests ia this
respect
In regard to society: We would say that
there Is no trouble on that score. Come
along, we will welcome you. The fact that
almost one-third of our population is COM
posed of men from the North, should be
sufficient to settle any doubts you may
have on that subject. For further infor-
nation on this point, we refer you to q
marked copy of letter written by dis
tinguished gentleman of this place to Mr..
Albert Graham, of Massachusetts, every
word of which we endorse.
We find a market for our produce, both |
at the South and East. We ship large
quantities of grain TO Atlanta, Augusta, |
Savannah, and other Southern cities, as |
well as to New York and Baltimore. We |
ship great many cattle to Baltimore. We
find better market for mules, hores, ba- !
con, lard, corn, oats, &c. ain Southern cities. |
THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN !
Methodist Book Concern Committee
brought their deliberations to close in |
New York Friday evening. The follow |
ing is the substance of the resolutions ar |
rived at: The charges made by DIR. Lana |
han and the replies thereto have been with |
drawn, and DR.. Lanahan Is to be retained |
in hiS OoSition A c,,h- eon m ittae ~ Co.,