Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-20


than Lee. That he was younger, and less
cautious, and had more genius. Their
other best general was Johnson. General
Grant, he thought, we didn't appreciate
He was a great man.
Owing to the small pox being in town.
[ left Chattanooga Sunday morning, and
came as far as Morristown For a long
way on this road between Chattanooga and /
Lynchburg, Virginia, we pass within sight .
of the high mountains that in a continuous /
range divide North Carolina and Tenaes- /
see, the line being upon their top. Our
best view of these was from Greenville, /
where Andy johnson lives. They are a
splendid range of mountains. At Cleave-
land we stopped for breakfast. 1t looked
like pretty place. would refer any one
stopping for breakfast to.Monday's hotel, /
rs they will get q first-rate meal for fifty
cents, and have the pleasure, probably, of
Il talk with Mr.. Monday, d-faced, little, I
active old gentleman, thrown in. They
may have the good luck, too, to be waited
on by Miss Monday, who, by beginning
early in the week, makes very quick time.
Buryville we saw but poorly from the
depot At Morristown there is a branch
railroad that runs to VOLTS creek in North
Carolina, and from here a daily stage down
the French Broad rive to AShville, North
Carolina The distance to Wolf's creek is
forty miles; fare, s.. %. To Ashville by
stage, forty miles more: fare, $500 The
scenery on the French Broad is called
among the finest on this continent, and
from Ashville the high peaks of North
Carolina, tWenty-seven of which are said
to be higher than Mount Washington, can
be conveniently visited Mount Mitchell,
the highest, "a disputed point, believe
can be ascended on horseback and return,
in a two days trip.
At MOrristoWn, in the afternoon [ went
to the Methodist church. 1t proved to be
a singing exercise, or school-quite 4 large
class, and they sang very well. The East
Tennessee country is rolling and good land,
but not Il grazing country. After we enter
| Virginia the character changes in that re-
spect. Grass becomes the principal crop.
l stopped at Abingdon, Virginia, over
night. Again l put up at a cheap hotel,
the only one near the depot. Everything
was neat here, and | had Il capital break
fast, My host was Il Virginian; had been
in the rebel army, but spoke with much
more respect of Lincoln than of jeff Da-
Wis, and said if Stephens had been their
president there would have been no war.
had had a chance to vote, it would have
gone three fifths against secession. Tues
day l travelled on Il freight train from
Abingdon to Christiansbergh The day
was rainy and thus unflyorable to sight
seeing, but we went through for the most
part fine farming country. Occasionally
it would assume Il mountainous charac-
ter. | noticed general want of barns,
though u farmer told me that stock did
lmuch better housed For stock | saw
chiefly Il Durham breed Of cattle. and
large sheep. The soil continues red
clay nearly or quite to Washington, Look
ING much like that in the neighborhood of
Tallahassee, and very different from that
in New England, and rs | have seen in
New York. The train left Christiansbergh
at 2.46 4. NJ, and we passed partially
through the Rlue Ridge before daylight
The scenery was very fine after we could
see it, and afterwards these mountains ap-
peared in long line to the west, in
height about the same as the Green
Mountains in Vermont We crossed them
near to the Peaks of Otter, which are the
highest points in Virginia,-a little over
four thousand feet As noticed Virginia
villages, they are deficient in trees The
same is true of Washington. The oppo-
site is true further south. | thought l saw
: an unusual number of very large houses
in Virginia, both in villages and on farms
, Ny first view of Washington was from the
cars some distance off. | recognized the
/ dome of the capitol, which rises high
} above the city. The evening of my arri-
val l callel n Wizards hotel, where
+ found an uncle and two cousins The next
e day | me. at WilllrIs ex-Congressman
e Woodbridge, of Vermont, and at the capi-
t Der Of the Vermont Senate. | went into
1 the House of Representatives and admired
5 the generally broal shoulders and physical
/ strength of its members. In the Senate |
: was much struck with the ability of Sena-
: tor Carpenter in presiding. Friday night
= | attended granI ball at Wizards hotel
d Generals Grant and Sherman were present
o Mr. Grant seems modest man. and has
e fine military eye that can move very
It quickly. The ladies' were dressed will
5 low necks and short sleeves. and tn
Il dresses had long trails to them, that wer
y especially adapted to dancing. | saw very
e little beauty, yet the crowd was too grea
g to see to advan tage.
# The capitol is superb building; its &C
commodations wonderful. The president
II house is very fine affair. The weight O
% the city lies below the capitol to the Enorth
west. where an accident placed it. |
- should have been built on Il level with til,
, capitol, to the east, where is Il very fin
,r site, but the parties who owned the groun
n asked 50 high for it that people would n
4 buy, hence the city was built to the west
! We went on the dome of the capitol befor
,e we left.
ct From Washington to Baltimore is a di.
ascended the Washington monument, fror
D which one can see all the city. Beyond