Year: 1872

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April Il, 1877.


AS this place is destined to be one of
the leading cities of Tennessee and
the central South in the future, we
propose giving a bird's-eye view of it
and the surrounding country to your
readers, as seen from Point Lookout,
one of the most prominent peaks of
Lookout Mountain. The city is boun-
ded on two sides by the Tennessee riv-
er, the north and the west, the land
ing for boats being north at the foot of
Market street, which is the principal
business thoroughfare of the place.
The commerce of Chattanooga (Which


has only population of ten thOusand)
is very great-founderies and machine
shops, planning mills and railroad de-
pots, manufactures and rolling mills
are on every hand all kinds of agri-
cultural implements, railroad mate
rials and house-building supplies are


prepared here and shipped to every


point of tie compass. Some idea Of
the forwarding aid commi sion busi-
ness will be understood when 1t is
known that it takes three hundred
drays to carry it on. and the distance
from the warf to the farthest depot
being but little over a mile. Dry
goods, grocery, provision, grain and
produce stores, with heavy stocks, line
the streets The sound of the ham,
mer and rattling of vehicles of every
grade arefheard from "early dawn till
dewy eve," and the humping Of trains
and Whistling of locomotives never
cease.


But to appreciate the situation one
must see it fron Point Lookout. Yes
terday we toiled up the mountain for
this purpose. The day was perfectly
clear, and, when we reached the point,
what grand sight was before us!-
The wide and winding Tennessee could


be distinctly seen for twenty miles,
Cumberland Gap, Kenesaw noun
tains and the Allegheny mountains
were visible to the naked eye, some of


them being hundreds of miles away.
Such was the brightness of the day
that from one position we could see
portions of seven States, while all the


battle fields of the late war for the
supremacy here were spread out before
us. Here in front, Hooker charged up
the mountain side. Over there on our
right Thomas pierced the center of the
Confederate line, turning one wing
| back on Bragg's headquarters, and
came very near capturing that portion
of the Southern army. A lone tree
| near this place is often pointed out to
tourists as the headquarters Of'General


Bragg on Missionary Ridge, but this
is an error. His headquarters were


nearly mile northeast of the lone
tree. That little hill down there in
Our front and in the edge of the city
on the west, that is Cameron Hill, and
when you are down there on the
street at its base you think it deserves
the name of mountain" 1t is three
| or four hundred feet high, but seen


from this point it looks like mole
hill, for we are over two thousand feet
above it's base. Wherever there is a
chance to turn an hoLest penny on
the American continent there will
you find the inevitable Yankee. Wis
itors from all parts of the land climb
the heights of Lookout Mountain in
order to feast their eyes in the rich and
gorgeous scenery which nature pre-
seuts them on every hand. Right on
the edge of the rock at Point Lookout
an Ohioan, Mr.. J. B. Linn, has cree
photograph gallery. OF course, no
one would think of going away with
out patroniZing him, He takes splen-
did pictures, and has great variety
of fine views of mountain scenery al
ways on hand for sale at reasonable


rates. He is courteous to all visitors,
and never tires in answering the many
questions which are daily asked him
by travellers. He placed your cores


ponGent under many obligations, for
which ne is truly thankful. One of the


prettiest scenes of life which you OBJ
serve is the entrance of the Nashville
train. 1t sweeps around the mount
ain at rapid pace, but the distance is
so great from the point of observing it
that it seems and looks like huge
snake slowly creeping on its victim.


Chattanooga has had her scourge of
flood and fire within the last few years
but Notwithstanding all her trials she
is on her feet again, moving oil to that
greatness which her natural advanta-
ppS entitle her to-