The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
ON LOOKOUT'S TOP.
Chief Clerk Fox Of the Cover
nor's Office Writes of His
Trip to ~Chieamauga's
Field.

That very genial official Nh Eddie"
Fox writes an Interesting letter to the
Trenton True American as follows
Lockout Mountain, Tenn, Sept. Is.
Thinking some of you readers would
like to know something of the welfare, of
the Jerseymen who left Trenton Monday
afternoon to take part in the dedicatory
exercises of Chicamauga battlefield, etc,
l would state hat after leaving Trenton
we arrived in the City of Magnificent
After refreshing ourselves with n
at the depot restaurant and a short
stroll through Pennsylvania avenue, we
again boarded the train and We're soon
flying through Virginia; being dark, we
could not see anything of the country
After a nights rest on the cars, the
vile, Va, which place is known to those
who remember the war as one CT the
located. Passing this place, it vas not
long before we entered North Carolina,
taking our breakfast at Salisbury.
Again boarding the train, we wendell
try that l have ever seen. For miles
nothing could be seen but negro huts,
and the majority of these We're not as
good as a Jersey chicken coop. Large
families of these people inhabit a ten
by twelve log hut, made of pine logs
and plastered with mud, but they
found these things for miles, until we
reached Western North Carolina, where
we found a grand change: The scenery
was the %grandest one would wish to see.
We passed the spot where George Van
derbilt has recently purchased one hun
dred and forty thousand acres, where
he has built a handsome residence, the
grounds for miles being laid out, pre-
senting a very picturesque scene.
FERTILE LAND.
he principal products Of this section
were corn, tobacco and cotton. Tennes-
see is now reached and we nave a diff
more even and fertile. being productive
of almost everything found in New Jef-
sey: We noticed beautiful farms. good
buildings. plenty OF stock. etc. AS we
stop at some of the stations. we found
boys selling apples and fried chicken,
the choicest variety.
Knoxville. the home of the late An
drew johnson, where he worked on a
tailor bench and afterwards became
President of the United States. At this
place our party mad an invitation fn31
ing their annual -encampment there, to
stop off, but feeling. the fatigue of our
journey it was concluded not to do so.
Speeding along our journey we passed a
number of thriving places, until night
came on.
Chattanooga is at last reached at about
gregafed about the depot soldiers of the
blue and gray by the thousand with
brass bands; awaiting the Ts arrival of Vie
so great that we could hardly gel
through to take our train to Lookout
Moyntai na,,d Inn MAJ While He .. awaiti sfsns the
tanner Psnus and Marching through
Georgia and were cheered by the boys
in blue, and when "Down IN Dixie vas
yell which was so faml'iur 10 the Old
soldier during the war IS he rebel yell.
REACHED THIN TOP.
The Vice President soon arrived amidst
t plsyed Tild snd ~ fRs sFoWa c6 Tas bands as
bearded our train and we were soon
many times. and for all having two en-
gines. we got stuck many times. We
{ Nould Sfte IF Feet loef in 0Y height E palff farp abo0 ct
ed e 'W the tor q where IS located our Stop
We lqoE down on the city Of I c,hatta-
tants. beautifully lighted by electric
h hfter r wh,eh Drss ourselves eeS with a 5000 good
nights rest. we woke to find the grand
est scenery presented in America: Thou
camauga and Chattanooga. par of the
time above the clouds Any, American
who has never witnessed this grand
tance you can see missionary Ridge,
another of the battle grounds.
The battle at his place, Lookout
General Hooker won this fight, but your
readers are no doubt familiar with this
and / will not dwell on this subject.
OFF TO GEORGIA.
Today is devoted to a day of rest by
our party. who are much fatigued by
the long and tiresome journey. I notice
each one strolling about on his own ac-
count. seeing the sights. I got up early
this morning. n went to the spot
top of this mountain. 7 cut a cane from
the limb Of a tree where bullets had
grand reunion of the Army of the Cum
berland. tomorrow the ~dictatory exer-
cises take place at ChicamauEa, where