Year: 1871

EL-zABETHToN, Tenn, March Is.


TO the Editors of the Chronicle : There are
other villages, no doubt, scattered up and
down the valleys of East Tennessee, that
can boast of more wealth, more refine
ment and perhaps, and very properly, too,
OF better state of society, than the capital
of Carter can name, but few years hence,
should her people keep up the spirit that
now seems to permeate every avenue of
life, things will be seen in o different light.
Enterprise is the countersign in Carter
now, and we would say to all coming here
to enlist IN the great battle of life, they
had better learn 1t well, before they can
expect to join the Carterite, for If they do
not, their reception will be as cool as the
bed that Dan Stover's army slept upon
when he retired to Doe River Cove from
the famous bridge burning expedition in
1861. Yet all are invited to come, and,
though this county furnished five times as
many soldiers for the Federal Army as it
dit for the Confederate, yet the rebel SOL
dier that is law abiding and peaceably dis
posed will receive a hearty welcome, and
be as safe in person and property as he
would be in his cabin upon the Tombigbee.
The rebel soldier is not prescribed, ostra-
cised and abused because he was rebel or
votes with the party of his choice. No;
nothing akin to fear hovers about him; /;
no dread of midnight marauders disturbs
him, and he sleeps as quietly under his
own cottage roof, with the door unlocked,
the key lost, and latch-string hanging out,
as does the New England farmer in his
quiet home. A strict observance of the
laws is one of the results of energy and in
dustry. The most casual observer cannot
fail to notice the spirit of improvement
that is at work in this county, and the re-
cords of the Circuit Court, that is now in
session in this place, are conclusive as to the
effect upon the morals of the community.
Schools are by far better sustained than
they were some years since. Franklin
Academy, in this little village, is mixed
school, and has over one hundred pupils.
Tonight the Franklin Literary Society
gave concert, and, to use that threadbare,
stereotyped phrase, it was a success "a
decided one, too.


Several iron forges that have been lying
idle for a number of years, have again re-
Sumed work. Seven are now turning out
immense quantities of metal in a crude
state, to be shipped to your city and other
points; and many more could be started,
but there is want of two things--men
and capital. Everything else is here in in
eXhaustable quantities. The fields, the
gardens, the yards, the houses, and even
the rivers, all show that spirit of progress
10 Get WIN. AiO OCoO PAOcPCOCAOlN w ilCetO III
upper East Tennessee is here. The gar
dens say plainly that their owners are wor-
thy, and with quite degree of taste, too.
The yards are being filled with beautiful
flowers and neatly graveled walks. Quite
number q houses have been beautifully
repainted and several neat cottages are in
progress of erection. The rivers have been
bridged at various crossing places, and the
roads will certainly be improved, for to.
day an overseer was found guilty of ne
glecting his duty by ajury of his country
men. Really, we think the day is not far
distant when EliZabethton will be lovely
place. All it needs is enough Of energy,
for nature was, most assuredly, very Law
ish in bestowing beauties upon romantic
Carter. The limpid Watauga, with its
rich, broad bottoms; the majestic Roane,
lifting high its azure peaks into ETHEREAL
space, cannot be surpassed for real gran
deur and unbounded sublimity.


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