The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-10
THE ENTERPRISE.
SWeetWater, Thursday Aug. 10, 1871.
Editorial Correspondence.
WHIrE CLVRa SPRiSGs, Tenn,
Aug. 9th, ISL.

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Aug, 9th, 1871.
DEaR E%NrgRPRiss: Iarriyed here on
Thursday last by IL O'Clock, aud took
dinner atthe hotel, where l have been
ever since, and thinking your many read
ers would like 20 hear something from this
favorite Watering Place, aud being now
situated on. White Cliff, in company with
a party of young ladies and gentlemen,
have concluded to write for their special
benefit.
While the sultry beams Of an August
sun is rendering intensely warm the vii,
lagos, towns aud cities-aud even the we'll
shaded furm-houSes-whnt a delightful
retreat is White Cliff Springs. Situated
at an elevation of fifteen hundred feet
above the level Of the sea, it is free from
all miasmatic influences; the air is pure and
the continued breeze drives away the in
tense heat ahd renders the summer days
delightful.
The party having deserted me, | am nov
sitting alone on White Cliff, and in
every direction that | look the scenery
is grSndly beautiful. To my right, far
below, lies the
VALLEY GREEN WITH vERDURE
and dotted With the farms and farm.houscs.
Then rising in the distance, chain after
chain Of mountains, tall and majestic, but
growing smaller and smaller to the view
as the distance increases. To my left, the
valley below, overspread with thick vail
Of aeecy clouds-shuttiug out from sight
the entire valley, leaving slightly visible
the tops of the mountains, looking like
GREEN ISLANDS IN A SEA OF MIST.
The Springs, consisting of three differ
ent kinds of wator, are highly beneficial to
invalids of almost every description, while
those in search of recreation and pleasure
cannot fluid u more romantic and delight
full spot.
The Hotel is crowded daily with an
average of one hundred and twenty guests,
from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South
Carolina and Tennessee. Young and old
enjoy themselves delightfully."-, aud are
ligLly pleased with the cordial welcome
extended and good treatment given to
them by Mr.. Peck, tho landlord, and
his estimable lady. The tables arc spread
with the best the country affords, aud pre-
pared in a manner tina; cannot be excelcd.
The young people amuse themselves in
many ways. Singing, playing innocent
games, and an occasional shop" Wis
iting the springs, and the cliffs, tumbling
rocks down the mountains, seems to be
the f~avorite anusements of the morning
and evening.
The cottages, numbering about forty,
are well filed, making in all about
THREE HUNDRED y FIFTY
visitors at the Springs. Hack loads are
arriving daily. Though the hotel is crow
ded MIR. Peck manages to find room for
all, The season will close about the first
or middle of September. Those wishing
to visit the Springs in East Tennessee
can find none better than White Cliff, in
every respect.
From the number Of visitors now here,
and taking every other advantage of the
Springs aud the surroundings into consid-
Grafton, I think it we'll deserves to be
what it really is, the f%avorite watering
place of East Tennessee.
l will be home probably Monday or
Tuesday. It is growing late, and with a
few more lines will close. Mr.. Fisher is
here from Knoxville sketching the scene
ry rs viewed from the hotel, and White
and Black Cliffs. He will have tue paint
ings completed in a short time.
Mr.. Mccormick, a splendid Photogra-
pher, from Selma, Ala, is also here TAX
ing pictures for all who desire them stand
ing on the Cliffs and elsewhere.
I have just been informed of little in
cident that took place a few days ago.
A young gentleman visited the cliff above
the bathing house, and not knowing that
the house was located below him on the
main road, started a four hundred pound
rock down the mountain, which descended
with the velocity Of a she'll shot from a
cannon, striking the house, in which was
then a quantity of "mountain dew" and
coming very near demolishing the build
lug and procipitating it down the mountain.
1t is reported that he proposes to deliv-
err a lecture Tomorrow (MondaY) night on
the subject of "Gravitation, or the effects
a stone, weighing four hundred pounds,
thrown down a mountain will have against
4 still house, Whether this is true or
not | can't say. But believe that if he
delivers the lecture he will undoubtedly
do the subject justice.
There are. many am using incidents oc.
curing hourly that | could mention, but
my time and the space of your columns
will not admit. In conclusion 1 will say
to all who have never been here to come
right along, they will never regret the trip.
l will not trespass further upon the pa
thence of your many readers. W.
tto The sudden movement of Useless, o.
Long Branch, on the d~efenceless. city OF
Washington, on the LIST inst, is said to
have taken the seedy garrison OF office
seekers by surprise.