Li, ' i --S;
' "'V
I,
ciimstanco ! will a! wnvs denrirc - the
called the "Bull. Ruffiti tinAklilkhinq4
reminding us-
SSOJl JfTCtiBJhindeio the .Board of Agriculture, at
the HOiittiern part of the county
on Geire3jWiIoh; la
t hey iniglitoihe'rS
Ktone found
" 1 111 " Cl U V. HIV I IIIII.IM ; VIIIVI Tl l.'W ll"'?'ywot;- JJIID IIVviVIIII
uiu ores on me. xNorui jrorK ,oi xw iviviv ar.aii iaorauic 10 ine
easy nroductibnorcodd
n 1 1 h f a? m'Art wi t It 1 trl
: .Y; C ?a 'rr- &6fa y-. Wr a , t . j': ,
Mj till
i&& Agriculture.
$ if n i feii ! tf tlie, i u eft ii$ann i"; t .ilogy 6 t E ngla iU!;&;niilRiy .
have dqtif hi lKiiaU
nprifi-wesieni uecnvity ot the ,Ulittlki9 is to be attributed n '
f tioiSlr-i 14 cait iitr4f ; in w?i ti t in u Hy; a 1 1 1 1 1 1 iei-e si ret hig!i V,ro r
wajt(o3tie t,e c dr
o f t heii dgel to t he wa r in I iaU ies V f flVn f ieH i ei? Vi?gt a i i o i ( U e! 'l
lieriii therXyatahg better theii tiar"
jiuahyMjierpart . '
.fehee4gri.
ouahe inais, iHexceedtnglydvJective
eiittjryat
;jit.hey;Wiif acru
cjhir to the iij(, ;
iev cnmt
;liay wtimfcary
hijurimis'lji
ijfieKj'a;ie:at tjiVesetj
thecMumtj
niiddAYniff!f
- Miliar oi a nart oi t jwauanv u u mmii exuHsint: mo sumrrr, it ma v
r? - '-'. ;H,u ivex j fiHtn jt liat U i ere av 1 1 ifpma 1 1 1 1 n at ty - 1 1 1 1 igs u ? t itscer ta 1 1 iyt
1 'STkH1'
- VI. .11
. ! BllrtU
minidiedwithni imimrtaril ar
at id III c "re-1 v a nn iiolct etllt t h i n t or i nv'M :mWM&Mfi;
if iesideS lie ma
h!rniit.uijur bin(i:if , iron. hit, i'.siK'viain' uic h i kh; u i h r. o i o i v i n c i i
liifiiiirettrJWiWtiio
JitJ ty il (ilHcieiirt o,hi JitfaliitiMTd; 1 rt t olrnrt,' jy5ili')iii inei
Siii ti lif:ii 1 iiil ; Vi 1 1 1 1 r'v I ti i t n t iim? if ' :W 1 1 i uiti Wni : iitiji Pi if t'a
kniuMiid
near
I
1L ' V theiu eve rv
Co 1 1 1 1 11 ur..i is ..mi n iial - liu blica ti mih. I hoiie t o be ahhv to. furnish
Hiy earvt it jjiaierjyuw fiic:IrtbouSitnoT;ryo
i r . v .
v p v - ; ' j :-.nuMriaiii nrrnups m ils ticians may oe inougiiiworunroi
A ; tf ;l'PryVdp
M 'i7-nS, w;:CciH'4 thi jroriTCtness ot'tlie :vieWtak(urJii.:.ft)rorinrK:-Refiort'y
V ;r : ; f iilmorcvn
j v I . pVnet,;ot the .troogical character of this port ioti tr our sttite, and
- J -M R I i' V ' buf.ufbeevi
' i J fl -v ll U C ti iT-vv f itl w p iir a i- th a t. It Iteii w rlt UeilS abound, in Vveryi jmrt
-'! l: .: -' -V ol itii- dixtric:t,t eitlie.iat the surface ior asmall deptu ' oelv, so
f J I S r f iled I ti liei r d ieiIijfTt n i fyat
ji'jrlln; 0ilfast at ligreaj
$ IF5 vllfei JaUbuivontrah
IfV il' 5 J tVi i i e ' i i'f ti o rI y t .1" u 1 uii cl u i 1 1 1 y aW,wejl as" extensively?
. ,1.1 f Jf ri ti iiaiit '! iViul cii i t ir" t.li ii "tl licsiflt -Vh-esei- i t :; d rtes not appear torou
11 t '! tariraityf valoaUle and HCiircvly, iiyni I erecting' niiuerals. 4-1 a, the
ti V scientific the reVo-
V fe vli'V4-- of
r v QFI'HEOUTn-WES rERN COUNTIES: -
: U AC J:-'On'i lieMd '"iniiVestlieiietanH;,' tiat'1iV'e;beVji.Vmmtitiicated . in
A'f'M iy: J firmen i'UhMiitibViM if thinnoardi a suffiiietitly'aiiiple; except k
V j 4 ijt ri,: fai MS iattef ot niei sciriice ureo reteiTnye to
i - fltiivi" t.' these,v and witiayJeiVpJ
J j i: d rs; I droW up a jiaper liiro
I J --jV uppoe to be'in jthB pis at thi tiine, ai
rfh Cj viVv vt - I shatr pinced there! ow ofthe couhties
feL (1 ; ' ; .VK'-''oAhit AV U keM.'l at id . gujTy1? with niorc or
'less rtiraun
vji ;hifvv," J"i:8tnp
f fr v: '' I-! chlorite: and
.wfie.iJt.wccMrki
oKtlfe landjiif JS Msil ? B fey i ti ij ea iit liriif i A li txe ;A"!J!lt cni
part,hriiwiirixide40t:ChMi 0
'poriio
tmu; :ii 6xtractttie: silver
ttiM'ihe.lan
Hy notichfViipugiu It.tisrn
the 'side of a .hill of. mica1 slatelahd eriieissi facihffl the: east and ris-
Viff from "theV; bed
riierockslra
sbiittiastl
: which epiitai njlie :pict of !c6pe'r tlie-gi-eer i caro;nae
hay e beciij runi SO ;or 4 0 fee ton Mitie Iiil 1 for) tl ie pprjwset of . exjilo
rhig these veitiMr.lfoa
rjuii(l hei asweilas iii other
Ashe i appears to1 be . ricli in mineral species tiiat is, in' thae
priiiciiml
:iaiice'. tliiti ba (ii thertof.beeiil: disco erediviir'; f . whielr: thereare-
I did hope to be able to
difrer.
found
in so
... - . .
f vy 'inaiy d as a hopeless
undr
a n o ij s v n; i e 1711 1 p, n 1; ; vii . i aih u i u ujii uic ruiu. 11 iio v uies-
o W' -to Ah C our tll o u ae specially, in the descent to Reddies
f : ' t'any 'considerahie-inilicatious, ih iron ore." ;
; driv dihes the inapiitdicatinirthe distribution o't thf
Ildtl
b
ItiVcr
... 3 . ' .
4
.
: :.. i'AS K CIJU M Y. - IP- .
; r v I had exnertedi to fini1 isxountj' reHcrmbline ifi'oiosicArxha
4 x.t 'V-'r-acterthe-diHtrrct-l v inar.iiorthorifriii trctnia;f.ai)d..lioiied.' tileie-"
if I i V, ' . espc-rially Icail aijfJ gypsiiinyk hicJiWcur lowrrlo wn New; River,
j J j ' VciUier wi4 t'S banks or t1tio 'ifery greatj disjiulcefn
! (f jV ;BiMin asceVtHin
l J ; ; -2 tioiiefi; . t he WhoJecoii n i v i,s pri ini t ivc,' vv i t Ii 1 tlie Vxceptioh of a,
, i i .fij : .iVp 'tiuri-ow- ..t i;i p . a'djareiit tl.euwf !!,-f al'" ihisirtia collection ot
: I 1 Vi? f tuirvat)b
1 1 li mi f spf 'iTeuiiessee,lieIlcltd at nt kyfV f n: -f YM'K iijal'mld;'of
1? I f 'ffci&V chiivtrhr looked fir jn 'yain,;Iie Jroul
a ) I li ' ? iiortliern bouh
Vr - - ;Tand those ol the IiorlIi r piii yliNeW Uiveiv tand u fietliein we f-e-
in the btisines4
t itswealth in this narticula
sbiiiec persbir residentin the couiity shall embark
of explotiujr it, and continue in it for some year3 1 The.iieichboi
hpcid of J oshtia .Goxe, near-the,mouth of G ranber ry j C reek,. uu Id
piobafily afPmrhimiricj any other OnXbxe's
own land.1 are splendid specimens of Stauroliteon the hank of I he
river- N yu anaua tvic.naroaou s lauu, ine gaueit is large, per
feet aiiil - beau t i ful. On James MilkeyN, jimpil
eil ip Jai'ge pieces, and Capt. bnnth gave, me a large iand erv
lierlctciyialjof Red Oxide of flitaiiium, picked up, as he told
me oh JaiAes Dickson's land. Besides tliese, ttiere are otlier in-:
i
(pseciiifj
n n' amlltraiien 'ii two wi J he ras v to cuvo,
ine wnoKvcounirv uoni otyonu aiMriuHneuvaTeiv jmMow the rui .
iMite exacttiessie GraridfatJier
rtheWMtIpwhiclris wtlhim tliev irariuia hih, and the Piin
tajfijiif Buhcomlie
hijej fJnd th
Haiiijwh!rjeSntln
tipn,?andafter leaving th
ip cpfisidci tory.r
PieouUjif
tiy''jt!icifiitf
;theOhloistf hdrt-t n I a great 11 u m i,er0 f
aiJtijr-xajii hcU of
irire'extetidsIoi the
irou
and
aPM-geyiabeeii. eited ;du miimifactui
f i tif ; i imi CVinr ijt J ti ti 1 dq rtite 1 irtcli u nd SvJ I f ; pi j 1 U u b 1 y a ITo r tr
iroii'ofiajodl
MaiieWio
vjrard thetcae;wjftr:whic!
the iron inanniaciu req
I ft-r-i" l:'fVijg. v a I ue !o f t lie J ri 1 oIh VilKol - Q syrpi 1 iiaV XtepenU Jb r t lie
K j I H ?i r 9t naire bft lie rqrt .iiiiwhihHfie'
; A tj !.;-r"cxrrji suu
!i S 5ltance,
il : ' i the'pHiprjiie and wlien jheiev itervegp'fttaW
teresting ini tef4 Is.
Ashe preMcnts more peculiarities than any other:.cpunty in ithe
state; . ; ltd ilTers y idely from - the country below the mountains,
exhibiting a numhei bf objects t!:at are calculated to iuterestlaii
inhabitant of the lower and midland counties- who, if he has the
capacity ofreceiviiig pleasure I'liiiir an union pf the grand and
beautiful features of natural -scenery, will iiot;regret a few days
spent (especially 111 that. season of the year when the chesnut, linn
and laurel arein bhmnilamouffst the mn of
Ashe, with a plain but kind and obliging leopjel
:Ut is not merely iti having a mre uneveii surface that this conn-
ty differs from . tiiose. behiw the ridge, but it is so much elevated
above. the. rest of the state; (Buncombevaijd Haywood excepted.
and it appears to be hierher than either of tlVise counties') as to
have a different climate and vegetation,: and different modes f
culture. It is'a bdy pf high table land, having its upper surface
studded with mountains, j The seasons are four or five weeks la
ter, thatrin the central partn of the tate4-the winters iutctiscly
com. ami lite summers Daiemwarin eiiougn to oritig luuian, corn
to'perfectiouV The grasses fl'turish wonderfully here. : In many
places it is only, necessary to clear a way tl e. timberj and scatter a
little Timothy erd over; the soili tm
ueutly converted into .ailuxuriant! aid of the
gypsum of Virginia; fine' fields of clover are easily icreateilX.the
ii nn uiin wmuu niu ai iso imiiuvuc ; aiiaiu apioosi inc. mountains
is welLknovviu;; , ,.. , J.;-:iv v't.U '.:T?-V ' - .. -1 r-; ,: v: -
hejrou nty appears to have been i n tended by Nature for a graz
ing couniry, lor me pascurage .01 came aup sueep, ano tiiuugh,a
good many cattle are driven from it every year. Murh of its sur
face is. Mill in a state of iiatiire;' and: with extensive forests over
shadowing the soil and preveritingtbpfvlgoroiis gipyvtti;.of those
s.upbii'which they ai fond'iif. lerdiiigj it is evideut that the
quantity of stock it can Isupport Undei.ihe preseiifc cii-cumstaiices,
is in comparably 1 less thanwhatU willm forests
shall have; been j lef ejledahcl the j hi lis anl mountains have been
rouvertedTiiito artificial pastures. ; Some judicious farmeis are be
sureimustbe tp?hiake iMiom lb
thewayi f i?i jt f i'e 1 11 ti;)iKl uct lh 11? seh61'sS:iidp ot Herv. i mpVii vWibi 1 1 si
sp uiut uitrre can uer uo-uouui. mai Asne 'oecomcv aiiioiu conn
tytwill be much uir
I'aukjamiihgsthersisferomi
hut i-ecerttiy iiiade.l No bthei comity seems ti ixisses iii so liiirli"
uegrer, me means 01 aineuoraung us coiiuunm llironli a succcs-
siop ot years. Tpithisjehd, JtwouldJcontnbuteJgreaUyythat ihe
nuttter iiauits shoi
ments ail vanced
ild bejiioreenvctually
rest waiul ' nnii thej coast the ' lmiitersket ret ir-
!
't
h ; ? te
J- r With the lime iiitml nrrd :ih n fluv YW iii I f i tVi ar V it t ' . i i i a
.. . 1, i h-i i'i hi ir "ini r.ui u iiux,,a in inu'iurgr 1 is HLOUverieu into
r ti ; l ";Bt the uiaguesian miriera
'AHiW- V 1 e M'cats Urgr as the bainl iritiic rtp hi M bven ttircviivout -Ther "li'
4Vi V 1 smuiv excarAirou tmo milri rrfli of Hatherfordtou. antloi thirU little way S;
' hyil IV ' . Vest oFranklin 11 Haywood ountyjf 11 appcccit t ti ofahhfete
v ( ! ' ' f i1 :U?e re th- mc. That nqir Franklin '4 tf-In m' ciMiiiry uiKfciilt UtaWkiul
v 'ii." Jili UMfhin a fewye: opcupief bv tfie Iti'tiiins. fs Srobiihle tliertrjoriliat
: - - , aei the;tiirs f a. 'hd' wtrk ttMw&briiiesy: who; ciibcr 'emiiloy fcd ia
inguu HvM-11 ;?l,e- Al,lJ?HMll!?rc; Hl!n,,tIe i a .taiid a iid".
)ermyted;tlieiid
apdimVtl gatri'i
t Inns ves Tto h
ciiuntj VPajicnt
feinaltfiXvli rejijiecfc'iiii
.''fi'J Of ..the, lu xtiries -recei ved IfrOinAihVtioTie s jhiVi'iieraii
vcuiiipic: ,ioaii uitr vyraiiuerry---as pieasani a jari tiiHjtiestnMiabJy as
'liiVnrldja
elUverirbtheJgla
aiMrtlpued
yineUliat cpm
hich:it tlaws ouf rir
iiuerinj
tract met a
Flatet of this sdbstance to ornament. their persons; br expected to ex
frfVm it. , . Such places never.' fait to become!. objects of interest. t' the
the
. and Careful
riumper iof-ivda
and beautiful views that are witluii .their rech AngJtlierea raiij!bf theKiliew
aeiyesh the.roadtrpnUuther
M 7'i5"cviieToaa ,ixseH5 iSyC:ecrAQiC'i .a Ui
;en bestowed upon itUiFrot AshevilleoV
TlUt
has been
westerlydireCtibnl Four
Buttlifet-yf
the headlaters(t saiu
difficulty iwitlrthpse about' liieTrJB ullJlnHiitfio'rore. IsViiatjcdded in
&niagiieaiafr;rockv& V"- '
;No. ciburity) more fa
i(Ja suffidept aumuut of oi
iciisive-iruuu yifvaic.i;iappiai;.:aii.iie 10 any OTiier
fibjeci tha 4 Uie ;rp w i iig 6 f yvMd fri r :cba I, r it i iobfe bo dy of I i xm
toii?iii the,;tcentro li ori' J
itselfciijbi1!1
tlirtmglitareat pa
II IVUlli .p
from l hem.
not more
than fronf ,a foot to tiiieeVr four feet in v; thickness, - IIutchiuss
a tniw miles buth
.'aid';is;tir iti thick.
iressrtiiijo
taminatediUi
derit retc point bi
jjistifthelferectio the
quarjyjof limestone that is just at ' ha nd.'i;B: yl'H '";:
jOu the' land i off David sVydkeiy inftlietsontiiMter1fi part of the
cop u ty , ' p I ii in bago occii r of a gpodquality in nodules,; in a pli)uli
;edj;idItH,aieara f to be exteustv4iydistributed 4hrougli the
eterh'-coutitie ilkes,
'SariSto
niimitivn ivirLi.'t5"It In u Pniimi
Reiibrt. k
1 w
Pi;
I If is; kHbivnftHatu coutryraanVJMr.;;Sparks, went
tbvEuVbe;last fVrJUuvtrating
the life of Wasldngton a theVmbst imp'ortant events of cutir history,
rfrom'J thebeginn'in'g Indepeiprdeitce. -iiuly' last,
he p roceed edtpi.jt Gehnari ti :Pari s,;arid r has been Co nstantly em
ployed Jn; that capi Etchives for papery, di
ploinatic and inih French
in .thCblonie
cone e r n s c o it n e c tedwi th Am cn ca lb e d b cu m o nib- a renutnerous, cu
rieU9,Jand;vajttable liboral
;ij'aiid::cbmtija the
papers are deposited of
eminence V be ) ;
ahnostintvert trira
"wi tli tlic jl?ren cK jcabi ne f h a s "com ej u h il e rth el ey es of 1S1 r. Sparks. "Th e
Doctor su stains, ' ih every part of iti si dignified im ami tru;
ty t patriotic chilracter a full refuia-
iiou 01 ine ciiarge or sipry 01 pitancwio me wisiies or y ersauies, which
has fbeea tppiedritUo the of
a'rrraveliingtBaiphe London to prose-
cute his research di
plomatic correspbhdencev andhilitarv; papers; ;apJ to!niake;abtracts I
ana8.eiepcipns.v&pme4;pfu in. particular nave ea-
terediwarmlyinto whoiw
auroen ponor ior.m
ha opeheU'tb hifii atl tlie paer ' tifVliia father liord: Slielbiirne) re's-
pecting the peace ot irSa.-Ya. Tar. v
:3.- jr;-;. ...ii. -V.;,.: Vw ;: .r';i - y
r,: "--." vi "-1f.-- -v'Mw--s . 1 1 ' .. r .. . - ' i.'. r, . .-
fu 1 ly ub4ttaift1a tied Ijytpe r corjrec i i itg a Ji e hi t wii ty i h stiver' feet of., t
her cpi 'tirpv) 1 1 1; wa i t ,tm ben l t h Jrii r bitvr 9 w p bou 1 1 he a ppear-
ance f;arre:t age.
this anxioni'p brmdages. ta
bring don;tJii9rp
aa'dagWjweTCrre
ir.iie-lchil put to a
ciMh sh Atiihivie P ' rofl 7 f
howithjlrpi'spl'm
pnrat iuii ;'6-HriioP;vVteji foKt we'i ire yeVrji diU tiis!in;iinn advance
'a- -.-.---i''rt?-i.iff.- r iJ' -.i." :".irt':,;t ,? t.y A!-fv'r lir-'i, "::A., t? i .-. L...;.t.;...k
urauy iu ine praie wiiriu yotnec.iii aiienn; ine perpnuicmar; iusn"
ot this JuottO H huriMitaronewhetui after rutttrir up ahii tushtenuir.
ilie bandages bjit litiltf shrt'0
crowneu ner entjris ; ;.ioc . oauos; vver ruieo ano nej onc croiiKci
fi'Ait-'ptiurdloeylB iji nny walk
orina?;. memory
;pf.JieratfiCiioiate -.act. '
tieshues -9rt'aTpt be placed
ina, siuiilar fcUu-iioii wiih1 ihe r iiniiririvhr j
feliri old uiap ahd 'hii w
ower cotiaties oi .tbHiState, on hi-., way to visit; pis ineti'j. .
ndinavHe an
rt'6f theiJtate, wh re iif
one of the
JVorth-C
foiersuade Jisreiatiii!8 jo sVviu6ve--toUhat;Tiai
rvsjdesltrheoidjwom thy
" "U
itrA :his kfiti iii iiiiif:tr.tOitfil U owardtf
j-t neriyiie tunl;m
luptfauprTum 1
:'edilfiW fv - 1 vr , f