Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-05-20
Uhe freeman
/ Southern Journey.
New YORK, April 80, 167

on my way to Chattanooga. 1t was by the
evening train, and stopped over at Mari
eta. where l found a very comfortable
hotel, built and kept by young man from
Massachusetts, Marietta is very pleas
ant village near Renesaw Mountain, for
mcrlv flvOrite resort for southern people
I'm the summer months. 1t is somewhat
so now, and also for northern people dur
ing the winter 1t suffered during the
war. rs did all of these places in the track
Of Sherman's army. Leaving Marietta by
the morning train. we passed by one place
after another, whose names had become
fimiliar during the war, until we came in
sight of Chattanooga. The country had
been broken with small hills, and one or
two fine river valleys. At one time we
had seen high mountains to the east. and
understood them to be in North Carolina.
The highest Of these was whitened by re-
cent snow. Suddenly a low, long line of
mountains appeared toward the west l
iudged it was Lookout Mountain, but it
proved TO be Walden's Ridge, which is
closely connected with the Cumberland
Range Shortly after seeing this we en-
tered Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, a place Of considerable
size, is to quite an extent product of the
iron mines of Tennessee. Several large
iron works are situated here, and here
also l noticed large quantities of oak bark
collected The city is spread out over
Good deal of ground, and is a rcndezr0us
for small pox. But if it is spread over a
good deal of ground there is great deal
more of ground that it may spread over,
and can see no reason so far us ground is
concerned, why it should MT equal London.
On Saturday l ascended Lookout Noun
tain. The distance from Chattanooga to
the top is about four miles There is
carriage road which l followed coming
back. but made the ascent more direct by
fot-path. But in the first place | passed
large iron works, then walked on a rail
road track to the foot of the mountain.
In going up the mountain passed by two
houses; the first aboIt one third and the
second two thirds of the way up. | stop
ped ut both Of these, asking for a drink of
water, and -eeing what l could of the peo-
ple The water at both was excellent
At the first which WAS rather small af-
fair. | did not make much headway in
conversation. At the second, which was
quite Il respectable house, with piazza on
three sides of it, AMI an orchard of two
thousand fruit trees connected with it, |
had quite a conversation with Il gentleman
who was visiting at it. He was Il native
of Tennessee, and pointed out to me where
Bragg's army lay along Missionary Ridge,
and how Sherman had flnked him, COM
pclling him to retreat He also pointed
ont where fighting 10. Hooker's army
crossed the Tennessee for the attack upon
Lookout Mountain Lookout Mountain
has height of 2.7SO feet above the sea.
It extends back some seventy miles. The
point of it that oyerlooks Chattanooga and
tine rolling valley of East Tennessee, gives
the flvolite view From here t6 the west
is Walden's Ridge, rising to about an
equal height. and extending towards the
north TO the northeast perhaps forty
miles away, are the highest mountains, the
AUe.hanies of North Carolina. The Ten
neSsee river comes from the north, and
taking Il bic wind glthers itself for the
strike, and darts through the heavy barrier
of mountains of which Walden's Ridge is
continuation. Side valleys extend back
We cannot see these, owing to the in
crelsn@ bulk of the mountain, but south
el>t across Georgia we get grand view
that is said to extend into South Carolina
Judged that the Alleghanies in Northern
Georgia were all low. | walked back tC
the road. following which along the top o
the mountain | came to quite number 0
cottages that had been part of a hotel, th'
main building of which was burnt. Thes'
cottages were without cOrnices, and bull
in the cheapest way, hardly fit to use bu
little beyond them below the road, from
which it was separated by a garden, wa
a very pretty cottage, with a porch an'
Grape-yines caressing it. There was de
ride.Iv a square look about it, and I con
clulel it was the right place to get din
ncr. | walked down to its porch ant
raped. \ woman came to the door. t.
whom | made known my wants. Sh
asked me in, and led me through the frs
room and Il hall to the parlor. The room
were good sized, and papered; the first wal
PAPER | had seen South. The landlad
with rev, AMI prepared me first-rat
dinner, which was served up in the dinin
room that opened from the sitting room
She waited on the table, and l learned tia
her Ll>btnd. who was Il photographer
came from Ohio since the war and bull
this house. He hao since died, and sh
now ttkee boarders. Her name is Lynn
She WAS born in New York State. He
charges are about $1,000 Il week for boart
can recommend the house for longer c
shorter stay. l called at another house o
He road JUS before it began to descen
Inc mountain. 1t was kept also as Il hote
and by Il womln from Michigan. Th
road down the mountain is wide | me-
on 1t number of cows slowly walking NJ
and party of negroes.
stopped ut Chltt lnoogl at a small hc
tel 1t was neatly kept. blt the table nc
'4ry gooI; prices, $3.50 a day; 5000
week. In ths plrlor on the second fot
was NV Chckering piano. met hel
an cX-rebel officer who had been famli;
with tn southern, and amy norther
generals lie was II M IN of unusual sharr
ness He ; id tn 1t S5onewtll Jackson h.,
genius; yoI collI see it in his ev,