Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-31

cal geography as East Tennessee is, there
must necessarily be great diversity OF
soil. The river bottoms and valleys are
dark loan and very fertile. Much of the
upland is what is called mulatto clay, and
is very productive and easily worked. The
bottoms and uplands are free from stone
and very easy to farm. Wheat, rye, corn,
oats, barley, sweet and Irish potatoes and
garden vegetables of every description are
produced in abundance. Blue grass is
native to the soil and furnishes the very
best pasturage, while clover and timothy
Yield heavy crops. The country is admir-
ably adapted to raising stock, and hay can
be profltably shipped to the South. There
is no finer fruit-growing region in the
United States, Plenty of peach trees more
than foot in diameter are to be seen in
perfectly healthy condition, and apples,
grapes and other fruits flourish. 1t is
! very rare thing for fruit trees TO fail to
| bear. The insects which make such sad
ravages with us do not affect them 10 any
| great extent, and it Is very seldom that
! frost nips the blossoms.
| There Is much fine land for sale at cheap
rates in East Tennessee. Here the prostra-
| ton caused by the war was very seriously
| felt. While it lasted this section was all
debatable ground being held by the Con-
federates to-day and by the Federals to-
morrow. The land-holders came out of
the struggle with little except the land and
their debts, and many of them have been
unable to get clear of the encumbrances
which are pressing upon them. The result
! is that desirable farms are in the market at
| low rates. Persons who desire to secure
fine land in the finest climate in the Uni
ted States, can do so by going to East Ten
! nessee. [. r
4 The peopleof East Tennessee are intelli-
gent, open-hearted and very hospitable.-
The homely saying that "the latch string
is always outn Is applicable to this section
In fact the people pride themselves upon
their hospitality. Any Northern man who
goes TO East Tennessee for the purpose of
making his home there will be cordially
welcomed and treated as well as he de-
serves to be. If he be honest, courteous
and worthy of being received into society
he will have no reason to complain, but
will be pleased with his reception.
There are plenty of churches and good
schools in East Tennessee. In Rogersville,
the county seat of Hawkins county, are
excellent male and female seminaries. The
latter is attended by over one hundred
scholars. Where Is there female school
in any of theagricultural counties of Penn.
sylvania which can make better show
than that? 1t speaks well for the farm
ers of Hawkins county, whose daughters
most of the scholars are. ..
There il the greatest abundance of fine
timber throughout East Tennessee, and
building can be done much more cheaply
|
mills and grist-mills are numerous. There
never were SO many negroes in East Ten
: nessee rs in other parts of the South,
There are fewer now than before the war
Those who remain are said TO be willing (,
work, but plenty of white labor can b'
had at very reasonable rates.
There is an abundance of small game
quail being remarkably abundant and rab
bits and squirrels very numerous. There
, are multitudes of wild ducks on the rivers
which abound in bass, jack salmon, rec
horse, and other fine fish.
= COMPARING THE CLIMATE.
: From what we saw OF East Tennessee
after spending some time there in Apr
: and again in December, we are convinced
that too much praise has not been bestow
ed upon its climate. 1t was delicious IL
: April and charming at the beginning o
December. The morning we left Rogers
Vile, on that terribly cold Tuesday, the
low enough and all the ponds and bitches
were frozen over. Such cold weather il
rare but welcome occasionally, where th'
: average temperature Is so much higher
during winter than it is in Pennsylvania
A freeze is needed now and then to enable
D people to fill their ice-houses. A gentle
, man from New York, in writing to the
: Knoxville Chroniclc, in reference to Eas
| Tennessee, concludes as follows:
"When i see the thermometer standing
: at twenty degrees below zero at the North
whilst it is forty above here, and the PEG
f pie are out blowing in their shirt-sleeyei
. and attending to their domestic duties
: without inconvience, realize some of the
/ great benefits of your country. Here ] SCI
1 stock of all kinds out in the fields, while a
e the North they must be kept closely in
D barns. / have come TO the conclusion tina
| if the people of the North could once re
t cognize this difference in climate, they
: would emigrate here instead of going to thu
9 cold Northwest,
: Such is our opinion after having seel
E both sections more than once i'm winter anC
I in summer; and such we are sure would bC
f the judgment of any sensible Pennsylva
MIA farmer who had enjoyed equal facili
: ties for forming an intelligent opinion
e We never saw country which presents 81
many attractions as East Tennessee, anC
f we never met with more genial and hos
pitable people. II. q. ;.
/ \ CRYING EVIL THAT MUsT BE REM
3 EDIED.-A meeting of the Bar will be held
e in the Circuit Court room at noon to-mor
+; row to devise plan for the establishment
of what is known in other States as Su
perior Court-an intermediate tribunal he
g tween the Chancery and Supreme Courts
2 to which appeals are made from the lower
: courts, and from which appeals are taker
} to the Supreme Court. This movement
. has been found necessary as means oil
: relieving the supreme Court of its present.