Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-03
From LEAFS Springs.
LEAFS SPRINGS, August 81.

LEAFS SPRINGS, August 81.
Mr. EDITOR: As you seldom get line
from here thought would send you few
dots from "Signal Point" place made
famous by the Federal Army, between
1926 during their great march through
East Tennessee. 1t is the highest point on
Clinch Mountain, and was occupied by the
signal service corps of the Army of the
Cumberland during the winter of 1864.
Having concluded to visit "Signal Point y
Volunteers was called for and seven persons
enlisted for the march. At an early hour in
the morning, when the Lazy city people
were turning over for their second sleep,
we had breakfasted and taken up
the line of march for the Point.
One sturdy mule for the purpose of carry
ing baggage. with MIR. j. G. Nessler, of the
art gallery of McCrary & Branson, of Knox
vile, as the artist, for the purpose of taking
some views from the point, we arrived at
our destination about o'clock. The scene
was decidedly grand, looking toward Knox
vile, place which could be plainly seen.
A more picturesque and soulcomfortlng
scene, all decided, they cared not to gaze
upon Far away to the south can be seen
the beautiful Holston, now called the Ten
nessee, with its linpid water ripping along,
looking like great sheet OF silver as 1t
glided silently away toward the home OF
the setting sun - looking toward the north,
YOU behold the great Cumberland range,
whose beauty dare not attempt to portray.
We also visited the famous Indian Ridge
Cave" which, for grandeur and subnmlty,
cannot be surpassed in East Tennessee. All
that is wanted to make it mammoth cave,
| is for it to become generally known that such
| a cave exists in this section of the country.
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| the floor of which, after you get in about
| half mile, is covered with dead mems bones.
| Some of the party brought out parts of
SOULS and jaw-bones, supposed to be the
| remains of the red man, who have long
since departed and leave only their bones
as lasting testimony to show that such a
| nation once inhabited this country, but have
long since been forgotten, and are remem-
bered only in story and in song. A large
creek flows out of the mouth of the cave,
and turns a mill within seventy yards of
the mouth. / venture to say that you
may travel the world over and you will not
find such unstinted devotion to the comfort
and pleasure of guests in every way as you
will find in the landlord and lady who pre-
sides at present at LEAFS Springs, which
can be certified too by several prominent
citizens of Knoxville, such as Col. HUI. L.
McClung, Mr.. Thos. Brown, Prof. NJ. A.
Williams, Chas Kohlhase, Esq, Prof A.
Ruth DIR. Morrell, and several others,
also quite number of ladies, whose names
I will not take the liberty to use. Before
closing cannot refrain from saying that for
love- making, this place cannot be excelled
From the tender stripping of sixteen to the
gray haired father of sixty, all.are alike infu-
enced by the surroundings of this place. |
While I write I look out and see two |
couples, one of which, though the frost has
found his locks with damsel of seventeen |
summers by his side. His countenance is |
as radient as if he was in his "teens." 1t |
almost makes the writer feel as if he was
young again. But l must close.
J, NJ, II,