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-- - JL IT hJlala TIT r I fH I 7 ' ' . CARP E.N TE R & LOGAN, - , EDITORS AXD, FEOI'RIETOlIS. . 0. BUTIIEBFOBDTON, N. C. TnrnSDAYi MABCII jB,18G9 Another Constitutional Amend- . : mont. ' ' Another, proposed amendment to the Constitution of , the United States, has 'pas sed both branches oi the Congress- In a few weeks it will be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States. The Amendment' passed the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 152 lor it, ana against u. Jiioeery jiepuo lican voting for it, and every Democrat against it. - This vote shows beyond a doubt that the amend nent is all it ought to be.'and will receive the approval of the people. Whatever the people'uio, the xiemocratic party oppose, " I The substance of the Amendmen t is that "the right of citizens of the United. States to vote shall not be denied or abridged "by the United States, or. by any State, '' . i . ' . ou, account; oi race, t color, or previous .condition of servitude." This couutry belongs to all nationali ties, ond the policy, of the Government has always been to encourage immigra. tion and settlement. Our public lands have been, sold at "a nominal pi ice for the purpose of encouraging permanent settles ment and cultivation. . our liberty as a free and independent j American citizens can be enlarged. This constitutional amendment rixes our libera ty so that it cannot be abridged. V Tho Stay Law, The Homestead. In another col inn of to-days paper will be found the "opinion of the Supreme Court, delivered by Justice Reade, declaring the Stay Lfiw to be unconstitutional, and in sub stance 'pronouncing the Uomestead to be valid imd retrospective, good as to all debts old or new. We are not disposed, nor do we intend to draw any reflections upon the supreme Court, that woId be nncourteous to say the least of it, but our object is to show the in justice, and oppression that is brought to bear by the present standing of these most important laws, both to the "Cbkoitor and the Debtor. Already we are beginning to feel the effect of it, the oppression has commenced, and we fear unless there is some barrier interposed our couutry and our peo pie will be swallowed up in the ruins of this sudden and unexpected crash. v Something must be done, aud that speedily, and we tarnestly entreat our -Legislators,'' in the name of the people, to seek hastily some remedy by which the people may be relieved of this unjust oppression. Unless something ia done, as a country and as a people we caunot survive the'ktorin. We do uot intend to argue the question at length, it would be useless, for we think the case is a plain one to all Tuir minded and unprejudiced men, and we Lope and believe that there are enough ucii men in the General Assem bly, that have the interest and welfare of their people at heart to remedy the evil then let t hem take hold of this matter atjon.ee, and save the country from ruin and distress. : We are not pleading for repudiation, we don't want any such thiug,.;but under the circumstances we are forced, to ask, would not repudiation be more honorable, more just, than the present system of breaking two men and making ten f The people ot North Carolina are an honest people, they are willing and anxious to pay it heir just debts, and if they have a chance they will do it, but as the law now stands they caunot do it without a great sacriSce.--Men who und . r the Stay law were making preparation 6 to pay the first instalment en their. debts, and who would have finally, by hard and honest-labor, pa:d the last dollar they owed, are now, considering oppres sion they will have to undergo, and the sac- "Epliraim is joined to his idol The object of the attack on Judge Logan and Gov. Caldwell i readily understood. There is nodanger of estranging the people of Burke and Rutherford counties. They are not to be gulled and deceived ; by any pucIi proceedings. While Judge Logan and Gov. Caldwell, may differ as to the policy of the Republicans party in innny measures, in any contest between the supporters of the 4 Vindicator and Jeff. .Davis, they will be found where they have always Hen, on the Republican side. Pick yonr flint and try it again" Mr. Yindv&tor and do be a little more consistent. VIDES. I ; We find the following letter from Hon. T; L, Clingman, in relation to Western North Carolina and her resources pub lished in the Washington Chronicle. We ask for it a careful perusal, as" there are many interesting facts stated therein. The laws of the general government have been liberal and uniform in respect -to all national lities. The people of the rifices they will have to make in order to Uid worm nave nocked to our shore by meet their debts in fullfloeking in and ta . the million, -and contributed largely, to" king the benefit -of the Homestead in order our numbers and national wealth. to save themselves. " i . Fotr millions of- black people have Truly there! are bat one clas of men in recently, elevated from the condition of our State that are standing square up to personal vrovertu. to lhafof citizrns of x,,.ir contract, and they have to brave the A A. A J r these United States. . The ; Chinese have recently come amongst us in great num bers, and are settling that great and glo rious part of the Union the Pacific Coast. from the very nature of things, time, storm as best they can, loosing all and gain ing nothing; paying their debts in -'.full, while ou the other hand they caunot collect a single dollar that is owing tt them. Say, for instance, A. is worth $2500.00, he owes $1000.00, und hhs $1000.00 of debts ' the equalizes of ail things, will produce doe him, on men not worth more than. reat changes in the political condition pf $1500.004 Hnder.the present law judgment -tte country, and the constitutions, laws, is taken against him for the $100.00 thathy and policy of the couutry must conform owes, his property is put upon the Mock and! to those chances. . J- .. ! at a sacrtncer bringing uot more than The' negro is here, and he will remain $500.00; he cannot collect one dollar that is owing to him ; he is brought down to the $150d.00 worth or lloinestead, his property sacriheed and b.at halt of his debts paid, while if he is a persevering, honest man, and shuld ever get more nronertv than is allow United States, and he should have enjoy ed by the Homestead, there is the other Jmlf and exercise the same rights ana privileges of the unsatisfied juTmeijt sail hangiiigover. S as other citizens. This was the doctrine 1 him, his property is jagain seized and soldi here The government allowed him to be brought here, and made him and his posterity slaves, the government has now made him a man and a citizen of these of the founders.' of the Republic, and it is the doctrine of tho Republican party of to day - ' ; :-'-"-. ' This great - principle of equal rights, jinderlies the proposed amendment. and again he is brought within the limits' of the HomeaJead. On the other hand if he had been allowed the benefits of te Stay law, he could have paid his debt by install ments, and ftis Debtors ' would . hajpe paid him, in the same way, had they not been VUB4 DUUr "1C feto uuu owP FoFiC aiuiu forced to seekfiljelter from sacrifice and ruin. "coming. here, or else give them the rights under the lloinestead. of other people. There, is no middle We insist that there is no justice, in any ground upon this great question. The law that privileges a certain class of men, right to vote and participate in affairs of to the ruin of others, and unless sosne reme-; State, cannot denend -uoon nropertv or d is provided, every Ckkditor and Djebtok who has been fortunate enough to- have left him after the ravages of a great civil war, over fifteen hundred dollars worth of prop erty, mast be broken down, while'the Bank rupt and those who have taken the Hume' and education. These tests Went overboard more than forty years ago. A man with out a cent in his pocket may- be just i as good a citizen as a man who boasts of his mill mna Rnf ilt id n - -rw-n-ivAi fftfi-.rl l i .""" ww joii.j-wiw ko s vi i sbeau wui swnn uirougu lite witu ease .the right to vote than-proj erty or educa comfort tfon. . . ' ;. : ;:' . Away with these tests and gdistinctions and let every man in this' land stand up j before the constitution of his country , the epual of any and every other man. JEvery true republican will rejoice " at the adoption of this amendment ; while Old Debts. The following is V Bill reported to the Senate by Judge Osborne, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to promote the settlements pf old debts. As the Supreme Court has declared the Stay Law unconstitutional, we hopeo something will be done to pfTcct settle, ments in a fair, liberal and compromising spirit, without injustice to.r honest men, debtors or creditors: Charlotte Domo- crat. ' i ' A Bill Entitled an Act to: Establish a - 'r lioAUD OF Ahbitratorsfob; each County. Section i.'The General Assemily of AWA Carolina do enacU hat llie Ciuuty Commis-i t-ioners bhall appoint in every County in this; State a IJuard ot Arbitrators,: winch shall be cu.poeI ot three citizens of. each County, ; who shall owe no debts contracted belorc, the first of June, 1865. - ! Sec.2. An v creditor, or debtor, wliere thei debt was cbutracted before tlie first of June,; 18bo, .may summon his debtor or creditor be-; fore said Board ot Arbitrators, si tting forth' in said suminous the amount of the said debt and the consideration thereof, and Where it was contracted, and it shall be the duly ot said Arbitrators to consider the circum stances ai d condition of the Said parties, and tye losses oi property oi wiiatver aesenp-i lion wnicn sucn pui iies naTe susunneu vyx the recent war, or o.her cimses, betore 1865,' and shall ascertaiu and report tlie sum which in their judgment ought to be paid on Such; debts, aud wJittlier such suiq sJiall be paid in cash or.secured by uotet and security. Sec. 3. in case such creditors shall reiusei. to appear before Said A i'Litr?itors, or. refuse to abide by tho award of the Board ot Ar bitrators, then a certificate pt suchj'award together with a certificate of refusal ou the part of the creditor, shall le giveu to. 'the debtor, which in any suit thereafter iustitui ted in auy Court in t his State may be plead ed lu bar of the jurisdiction of the Court over such oet-t or ueinuiui. ana it snail uc the duty ot such Court, on the plea and the pr. ot above pi escribed, to dismiss on moj tion of defendant, any action brought for the; recovery ot such debt. .'!-.' Sec. 4. Judgment ot the Court dismissing such suit shitll- lore verbav the recovery ol such debt or any; portion thereof. Sec. 5. In case any debtor! shall fail or. ret fuse to comply with the award to rendered, by; a certain period prescribed in .said awardi, then a certificate thall be givSeu to the credit tor, setting loi th such failure or 'refusal, and the debtor t-hali not be peViiuitted U uva'i) hiiuselt pt any existing Jaw oV ordinance regf ulating the rules of pleading and known as the stay laws. Action to recover any such, debts shall be tried according to; tlie usUiij course of the Courts : Provided, That' the debtor, ' by any iroceeling under this attj shall Lot t e deprived of any legal defence which he may have to eiicii action. ' ! Sec. 6. The Board of Arbitrators shall' have power to summon witn'eseat the in! stance of either party, and to examine tint, parties on oath, and it shall be fthe duty.ojt the Sheritf to serve all summons which mj come into his hands from said Board, and re turn the same at such time and place as the Board shall direct.. .! Sec. 7. All orders and; summons aud awaids shall run iu the nauie. ol the Arbi trators of the County, and tliall be signed b iue of their numberas Chairman, but awards shall be signed by. the Arbitrators or a ma- joiity ot them. I bee. 8. 1 1, e Sheriff shall be entitled, as he lS'iiow entitled ,by law,' for ii the service of process trom the Superior CourL and tlie said Arbitrators shall be eutijtled, ascouipen-: snuou ior tneir -services, two Uoikirs in eacu case Iecided by them, which, with the other costs of this pt oceding, they niay tax ' in whole or in part against either party, as in their discretion iuay be proper. ' I feec. y. the provisions ot this bill shall extend to all notes given in substitution for debts contracted betore 1865, or jmigmeift rendered on sucji contracts, or judgment ren dered on contracts giveu. betore 1865. 1 Amendment by Mr. Wintead : 1 j Sec. 10. The Board of Arbitrators form ed under the provisions of this net-shall in no instance award to a creditor - more than fifty per cent, of the principal of his' debt, as ii... . ... i . . ? i i i . me umouui 10 ue jaiu uy tne ueoior. :: Nkw Yokk, Jan. 12, 18G9. To William Fratier, Eq-, President of the AmericanAgrieultural and Mineral Land XCompany, New York : Peak Sib : The short period during which I fexpect to remain iu this city, and the pres sure of business engagements, will prevent my replying at length to yonr inquiries in relation to the western part ot Korth Caro- Una. J : For a great many years I have resided on the. west side of the Blue Ridge, the range of mountaiua which divides the Waters fall ing iuto the Atlantic from those descending to the Mississippi river. Having for more tfrau sixteen years been a Representative or Senator from that region, I used in my can-v-asses to visit every part of it. I have also ascended'. the principal moudtains for the purpose of measuring or . observing them, while my fondness for geology aud mineral ogy has carried me iuto almos every valley. My general Acquaintance, therefore,; with tiiis entire region probably exceeds that of any other person. jit may be regarded aa an elevated fable laud of more than ,two hundred utiles iu length, with an .average breadth of fifty miles, and is crossed in difierent directions by many mountain' chains. The height of the lower valleys may be stated as ranging from two thousand to twenty-five hundred feet above the level of the sea, while the priucipal mountain chains rise four thousand feet higher. This elevation, notwithstand ing its southern latitude, gives it a delight ful, summer climate. i : Mr. William McDowell, who made obser vations lor the Smithsonian Institute, at enough, as we sat on oar horses, for ns to take the top of the stalks growing oa each side, and cans them to meet above the withers of our horses. I never, 10 fact, saw i better grass any wliere than grew generally j over this entire tract of twlre hundred acres. Irish potatoes,. cabbage, and turnips are grown in the greatest quantities, while no country excels this for lrniU.' Its apples, both in size and flavor, excel those that I have seen in any part of the world ; while peaches, pears and grapes grow abundantly. Besides the Catawba, there are a great many other native grapes. One gentleman thinks he has obtained a hundred varieties of na tive grapes, some of wjiich he considers su perior to the Catawba. That this country is admirably adapted to tlie production of grapes and wine there can be no question. T he fact that a variety of grapes can be se lected, that ripen at different periods of the autumn, will make vintage longer than it is in Euroie, aud thus increase the amount ot wine made. All kinds of. live stock thrive iu the country, though horses and horned cattle have been more generally raided, be cause they require less care from the fann ers.. Sheep are healthy and grow well eve rywhere. As large shtep as I ever saw were some that were tuifored to ruu iu the woods, both in summer and wiuter, without being ted. Mr. WoodGu also stated to me, that he could. Iro'm the stock of his farm above alluded to, at All periods of the wiu ter outain good mutton and beef from the animals that were subsisted ou the grass. IVom the Pioneer. ? Erie, Pa., February 4tb, 1SG9. 1 Hos. A. II. Jonss : v , j Dear Sir j Yours of the 2d instant is at bond, and contents noted. I eould not have had a more satisfactory answer, and for which you have my thanks The near; completion of the Pacific Railroad stirs up all persons more or less interested in Railroad projects to activity in trying toj promote their interests. Never in- the history of our country has anything ocn curred so important , to the interest of commerce, and in fact to all kinds of business, as the completion of -this - road will be. Soi-far as the North is concern--ed, ou facilities for reaping an immense benefit from the Pacific Road is good, very good, but not so with the South ai present. But yet, with well directed und proper efforts, your position can bi wonderfully improved, and th.at.im proveiueut not so very far effeitber. A j ou say, let us look on the map of the South, and can any oue be so blind as not see that with a completed hue of railroad from Chicago, through Cincinnati to Charleston, (or just as conect to say lieaufurt, Charleston ana Savannah, all about equal di.-tauces) tlie trade and co mi ni erce of the seaports more than tei times idoubled the value of land, vaslljjr increased, and activity and prosperity Even wi.en sheep are to be kept in large instilled in every branch of business iii numbers, it is certain they would do with the State south, and contiguous to this half the Jeeding they require during the long great' thoroughfare from the Atlantic ty winters iu New England. Suow seldom re nfains manv davs at a time, even on the mountain tops in Ivoith Carolina; and when the grass is good, little is required in tlie :lorm of hay or food lor the stock. The minerals ot this region have hitherto been turned to very little 'account.' There are some narrow belts of marble and lime stone which furnish a sutficieucy ol lime tor COMlMCATiOAS. For the Star. Consistency. Tlie Vindicator. Messks. Editors : -The Vindicator of the 15th of last month admitted to its columns an article sLmAd RnrVe" in nM - . - ' I O . . -Bu 1 1 1 1 V. 1 Vjl J T every democrat ana rebel, wUJ gnash his Tod 11. Caldwell was held nn as the nerson - teeth, and for want of something. else to ification of all that is good and noble: a bite, will bite his own nose oflj as he has week later, the same paper contains another done for the last eight years. They op- article signed "Eutherford" in which Gov. posed the amendment abolishing slavery, Caiuweii is handled without gloves but the people carried St through ; they l :3 Tuot " my fpurpose to 'defend ;Gov. opposed the amendment declaring that Rebles could not be paid for their slaves, but the people carried it through; they . opposed the amendment to shut ' Rebles out of congress, but. the people carried it through; they apposed i the amendment Caldwell. He is well known to the people ot North Carolina, and asythiug tho Vindi cator or auy other of its set may say against him, will only make the people thiuk the more of him. I confess that when the com munication signed "More Anon" appeared iu tho Star, I too thought the Lieut. Gov declaring the validity of our national debt ernor was too narrow in his vievs, that he should not be questioned, but" the people confined himself too close to Morganton, aud carried it through ; they jopposod the war Burke county, to the exclusion of othe for the preservation of the Uufon. but the counties that deserve as much or more than '-people carried it thaough; and now they Burke- This is my opiniou and 1 state i will prate and howl and yell about I this V 7' "al l"e - 'nor; '" , , , ' . derstaud me, and govern himself aceordini;- . ... . ' r ly. As for the correspondence of the . r in- r ; pie will put it through.; dicator signed "RutherlonV I deny the CM...... V 3 l" ' I f's,c,M uoinea oy constitutions charge that Governor C is a demagogue, al ameiidment, and the right of every His actions have never led ins to believe that merican citijzeii to vote should be se he was a demagogue. I know "Rutherford" ured by constitutional amendment. to be an educated, dirty, contemptible deiu- If to be right is radical, we exult in be- Lagguei ready aud willing to do anything his vasradicalj We hone to' tee our Leeis- corrul,t iwentV, dollar , party may desire to, , - ." - o islatpre with a sufficient number of the Legislatures of the other States, ; ratify this amendment. This can be d oue by ext May. So mote it be, The ideas of progress and liberty to their fullest ex- Jent' are rapidly expanding, and in a few ars there will be no means by which have done. Such a man cannot slander Governor 0.. where he is Icnown. The beauty ot the whole matter is found ia the consistency of the Vindicator. It says oue thing this week and another nex week. I was not surprised at this before the Vindicator changed, I am a littls surprised Salaries and pEEs,--The General Assembly has not yet' passed bills pro vide salaries and fees for public fficerl. We presume that boJy will so6n do so, as the time of 'its adjournment is rapidljy approaching. j ; i The members of the General As sembly iiave voted themselves seven do?N lars per day and mileage: This is good pay. ueop not compiam oi it. itf is not tod much, when we censidehhe dif ference between greenbacks and gold, arid the great advance in the price of ey erv thing since 18G0, But, while thus liberal to themselves, we appeal to thein not to stint others. Very much of good administration and of the; snccess of the principles of the Republican p trty wl depend upon iho allowance made to the Judges and the State officers. We do not propose at this time to go into details, o r to 7 efer even to the exact amohuts ia 'salaries which we think the Judges and State officers ought to Re ceive. Itis sufficient to say we wotild not claim for them' double the; amount they received in I860,; thoug we could do on the assumption tha-f if thejmembers of Assembly are entitled to more than double their per diem in 1860, these vjh cers would be entitled to a proportionate advance. We trust" tlsat body will ! ap proach this subject in n' selfish or far row sp lnt, but with a d-isposition and a determination to do justice to the State officers and the Judges, If any menis ber of.the General Assembly', is , dis posed to playthe demagogue on this sub jectand we trust there is no such man in either House let him remember that he would be met at once with the fact that he himself had received more than double I the amount formerly Q paid to members. Standard. I 1 use, and from which good ; marble can be lis also on this route undeveloped and uin procured at certaiu points. Tlie different told wealthin thtalmost uiiliinitedjminer ores of iron, of the best qualities, exists iu aj ian(ls along auJ CollLjgU0U3 to tins liiie .eat abundance in many places, aim irom f Thls u iu ,h completed. them superior iron can ue maue. argeuuo anJ ft uecessity that knows no law conk promising veins oi copier uave ueeu tui - i .i o -,L . i ii i i : 11 nn s Sdiith to IiiiiM r.iilrii.-iils in ;v-rv Kvprv.l lcf :iliiif-s in .Tui'ksoii countv. aud sur- r .1 face indicatioLS leave little doubt but that similar deposit will be found iu other couu- direction to connect with it, carrying its benefits with it, developing the uutold i.l .t'.L . i I .11 -.. . . . ..ii i .i i uri.. ii n tT iriu j tj 1 1 i i I I i i-'i i !tv ufi iisi I M n ties. Gold has beeu prontabiy mineu in me "t couuties of Jackson, Macon, and Cherokee, eral, capacity of the country giving you but less extensively thau iu the section east the advantage of Northern and Western of the Blue Kidge. It is quite probable markets for the many products of tho that good veins of this metal will iu tune be South that you can raise in auy quantitv opened, and there is encouragement to searcn for lead au silver at several points, me barytes and chrome ores can be brought into use when the railroads are finished tl:t have been provided tor by the State.. Though old does not exist, its w ant will not be ex- Asheville, lor several years, informed me that the thennou-ejer durnig the warmest summer weather did uot rise above eight v tvvo degrees Fahrenheit. Even the climate pf Switzerland is not equal to that of this regi-jn.; not oulv at Geneva, but in the high valley of Cliauiouni, 1 ouce found hotter j weather than i ever experienced iu this sec tion ; while there, one is occasionally chill ed in midsummer by cold blasts from the musses of snov on the higher Alps. lu western .North Caroliua none of the moun tains are high enough to bear snow iu sum jmer, yet the region is sufficiently elevated 'to adord a ciiuiate which is cool, dry, bra jpiug, and exceccingly exhileiating.' Ko icouutr is more heaithy, being alike liee from the diseases ot miasmatic regions, a well as those common in rigorous or damp ciimflTes. What especially distinguishes this sectiou iioiii nil other mountain regions that I have sveu is the general leitility of its. soil. This is true uot only with reference to its valleys, but also of its mouutaius. Their sides and even tops are generally covered with a thick vegetable mouud, on v. hich the largest trees and grasses grow luxuriantly. At an eleva tion of five thousand feet above the ocean, the grasses and w eeds are so rank as to re inind one of the swampy lands of the lower regions. On the tops, and for a considera blc distance down the sides of the Ligl.er cliuins, there are several varieties of ver 'green or ''winter grass," as they are general ly called there. These are so nutritious that cattle are kept iu giod condition on them 11 the winter. A friend of mine before the war kept lour or five hundred horned Cat tle on one of these mountains, and with the exception that they were supplied with salt, occasionally, they subsisted entirely both in l a' . it m. summer .ana winter on inose grasses. ine older cattle, he assures me, soon learnedNbo understand the eOect ot the seasons, aud I tion. The fact that the mountains as well without being driven, they led the herds, in pas the valleys ard1 covered by a luxuriant the spring, down the sides of the mountains vegetation, gives to them a creeu and iuvi to obtain the young grasses that came up tiDg appearance which renders many of the with the warm weather, and when these scenes peculiarly attractive to the beholder were tlestroyeu oy tlie autumn rrosts. ttiey I 1 lie present population, : though sparse, is returned to the tops to get the evergreen rquiet, industrious, intelligent and moral; vegetation, aud found shelter under the the negroethere not being numerous enough spreading branches of the balsam fir trees in to constitute au important element iu the stormy weather.! have seen in Haywood whole society. I know ot no country more county a five j ear old horse that was said I inviting to industrious emigrants, when one to have been foaled and reared entirely, on considers its excellent climate, water and tlie, top ot Balsam mountain, aud whs . then soil, its mining and manufacturing resources, for the first time. bruught down to see culti- aud its cheap lands and good population the Pacific, lu some respects this South ern line and terminus on the Atlantic wijl bo better than our. Northern route. From Chicago to Charleston tho will- i ter will not be the thousandth part as troublesome us on ihe.Northern routes- it will be summer "'all the year round,; ' i. early, on the Chaxlostou route. There and we must buy or govithout. Js there anything the South cannot raise ? - Not much. Then jou have the finest of timber i and our supply is gettting very shoi t. You have marble, sand and limestoiiie, peiienced tor a long period, as the immense coal, iron, gold and silyer what mure torests will supply luel for a great uumher oi can you ask for except maiket and access- years, and long betore they cau become ex hausted railroads will preineate all parts of this district, and will bring in supplies ol this valuable mineral from localities not far distant. The country is everywhere intersected by from Paris to Cumberland Gap,say;123 in all, from Chicago to Cumberland Gjip, about 500mi!es,(Road all completed)frora Pa:i to 'Chicago ;) from Norfolk tor Hrjsiol is about 385 miles; from Bristol to Knoxville, Tennessee. lijJO ; from Char lenton to Columbia 130; Columbia to An. derson,127; Columbia to Belton, 117; Bel. ton to Greenville, twenty seven ; Greene ville to Asheville, sixty thus Aslmlle to Charleston via Spartanburg or Anders son, is 334 miles. Add 500 miles from"" Chicago to the StAte line of Tenneseea at Cumberland Gap, making 834; then from Asheville to State line of Tennesa ee, add the distance to 834, give the distance from Chicago to Charleston via this route. From Chicago to New York via Albany, New York, S&G miles and is further than ChiwgoCnaHesloT via Ashville to Charleston has a good harbor accessible at all times South, o below Cape Hattearsand a little tarthar Trom Europe than New York is, but oa the whole is quite as good a port for Euv ; ropvan trade as New York. ' , - 1 .see by refcrringo a railroad map that a road from Asheville to Burnsvillejis laid down. Russcllvilie is, a short distance west of Rogersville Junction the east Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, while Bristol is far East, and on the Tennessee State lave. RusseJIviile U on. a direct line froui AshviUe to'Par'u.Kyaod some ; distance south of the' Tennessee lim Mow tar is it from Asheville to the Ten nesee line by Russcllvilie, to a point near Cumberland Gap, say j in Scott County , Tciiiiessoe, not far from Old Town, tho . County seat of Scott County 1 Now, 1 dunk. 1 have said bo much about nj..h.kvkjj . j lfc ujctjr kite juur patience to investigate them, so 1 will add , that ou referring to Mr. llastie's letter, , that the Blue Ridge Railroad begins al Anderson, C. II., and is completed to Wnlhalla, Pickens District, 5. C, a du tauce of thirty milts, und ia partly gra ded towards the Tennessee line, and three. millions expended on the road. One thing, more. Is Morristown, f which you speak, the same place I call itusseiiviiie, luiu uown on the Kailroud map as the terminus of a projected road ' rom Ashovilia I 1 know your time must be all taken up in Congress, but will oo very glad to hear Irom you at any timo when you can find leisure to write much or little, as thecasa may be, on the subject. . lIy intention is to follow up the matter- to the best of my ability or capacity, and am very glad of anything I can learu to help or give vated land and eat food growii by the hand of man. ible and quick transportation ? Before railroads, cauals or steamboats where,;' 1 have wagoned wheat two hundred miles to sell at sixty centsper bushel- The capacity of the South is far ahdad iS tliA N.i-ih for nroHiif'tion all thiiii's therefore, of water power is beyond any de- ein e(iua j mand that cau ever exist for it. These But I have said enough about what 1 streams, from the elevated valleys in which presume you already know much better they are first collected, have a descent ol than 1 do ; but all 1 say I believe to not less than one thousand feet before they true, every word of it. n.i.mA inr.i'tliA Ct ii r a rtr T i r 1 1 .iIi3iia nr1 Vi . cavil 'v iutu tiic utavc vi iiukdocc. niiu pic i y mi i .1 i . - 1 4 1 . , t .. , 1 will admit that an indirect interest sent at various points, therefore, rapids and i . talis where the water can be conveniently P'u'Plsf """"gu u..s used lor manufacturing purposes. railroad project, and who does anything Though this region lacks tlie boldness and without some motive lor it 1 grandeur of the Alps, this deficiency is more We shall want all the seaports on the thau balanced by the fact that every part of Atlantic to do business in that will pass it is susceptible of settlement and cultiva- this great highway of nations, the Pacific Railroads We shall want all the lines of steamers on th Atlantic that can be got tion up to carry fi eight and passengers to and from Europe, and which will bring us thousands of emigrants. whUejthe Chinese have millions f them to spare us, and they will come sure. I see by newspapers that the Norfolk Conven tion, recently held there, advocates a railroad connection with Cincinnati, f rom Bristol via Cumberland Gap, Barboiurs- ville, Ky.j Parris, Ky., and Kentiicky Central Railroad to Covington and Ciucin ! ' nati. encouragement to it. If the road could be made, all parties would be the better for it. i It cannot do any harm to try in an honorable and. fair way. I do not care to be known In the matter at present, until some of my ar- rangements in process are completed, of which 1 will advise you when done. Many years since, two young men, or boys, went from Berkshire County, Mass. sachusetts, to North Carolina, of the name, of Jones. They were playmates of mine. There first names .were Bolus aud Eg bert. How strange to me it would seem if you were a relative of theirs ! Excusa my long letter, and with my thanks again for your valuable letter allow me to ex pect to hear from you again at your ear li est convenience. Respectfnlly, Yours, &c., . Very truly, jours, T. L. CUXQMAN. Those portions of the mountain that are without timber are, of course, covered by the thickest coats of grass.' The balsam trees which cover fuf so great an exteo.t the Great Smoky, Balsam, and Black mountains Tub Last of the Red Man -The Colum bia Fhceiiix mentions that John Harris, Chief ot the Catawba Indians was before the Legislature exhorting with his crude could be easily gotten rid of at a cost of not loquence an appropriation for tlie removal more than a cbuple ot dollars per acre. It of his diminVhed tribe on the far est, is so soft as to be easily cut, and if felled where once more beyond the reach of the and suffered to lie a few months, its leaves white mao, they could agaiu bunt the deer would become quite dry, aud it might be and the buffalo, and ag.iiu chant their war burned with the greatest facility. When songs and glory in the deeds ot their auces- thus destroyed, it mould not spring upagaim tors. The Catawba remnant is now a mere but in its stead a very thick sward of ever- handful of men huddled together on the"ln greeu grass. Immense winter pastures could djan Laud" bordering the Catawba river in this way be prepared,, and thousands of surrounded by civilization, and humiliated catbethus sustained . in the Winter, with by their own insignificance. Such is the late only an occasional enpp:y of salt. of the Red Man. Once "Monarch of all he Where the lauds in this part of the State Uu-veyed " lie now has scarcely a .bnrial are placed under cultivation, they produce place : has been cheated, a"nd is now !es- abuudautly. Ou choice spots more than i pised : has been defeated, aud is now little one hundred bushels to the acre of Indian better than a slave ; has been driven from corn have frequently been obtained, and bishtnting grounds, aud is now traveling lhis valuable grai 1 is every where produced farther and farther towards the distance in sufficient qua utity. Wheat, also does Pacific. Thus passed away glow. This race well while oats, rye. arid barley are particu- could once boast of a King Phi!ip, pf a Red larly good. It is especially suited to tie Jacket, of a Black Hawk of an! Osceola, production of graises !timo;hy,orcharduand warriors renowned in waf and wise in "peace herd'grassjor red top, being usually pre-, chieftains whose glory raised to the highest terred. . summit the tottering caused which they Clover and blue grass grow well, but are represented and whose death signaled fthe not so good as in some counties having more de&tructiou of their braves. lime in the soil. Last summer I went with - : -m ici r m Mr, N. W. Woodliu over amonutain farm of t& Gen. Grant, in conversation with his, the lasd of which had originally cost Senator Pool of North Carolina, expressed una tess tnan one uouar per acre. It had hiraSelf as particulariy anxiQUS for sub- ii viraicu uj kuiuug uuii tue uiiuergrow 11 and girding the large Umber so as to deaden it, and then put iu grass, nearly twenty stantial reconstruction in the South.H North Carolina and Alabama, he said, . J I - i c.- years previously. It was covered over with w ""B" " ,wusuuuc" , a thick growth of timothy and orchard ot an, ana when the rest were as saieiy anu grass, much of which appeared as thick and jPkasantly back in the Union, he thought as tall as a fair wheat field. In some places ours would l e the happiest country oh we fouod both of thtee grasses rising high the globe. Standard. Wrhat is your opinion of that rout through Kentucky 1 From Cumberland Gap to Paris 1 believe is about 123njiiles, and said to be practical and feasible; and is certainly the shortest route. I think Morristown of which you speak is twelve miles west of Bristol ; if so, then Norfolk would desire the completion of the Cum berland Gap Road, as well as Charleston and the other se: ports. Altogether j ma king a strong influence in its favor, and it would be of equal benefit to all, and no injury to either, fbKjill lines of railroads east and west, or locking towardsi the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, will have all the business they have capacity for A to the Gap between Asheville.Spartanburg and Greenville, of sixty miles, l ha 1 be much mistaken if that cannot be filled up ; it must be done. I. wrote to aMr. Wm, S. Ilastie, of Charleston, in relation I U) this KjI J. & line, ainiOSl ai r jime,; and in hik reply he spoke of the Blue Ri lge Railroad, and also said that throug h bther parties II would receive, communications j on the subject, but I have received hone, and wrote to him again some time puce, hut got no answer from him- I then wrote to the President of the South j Car olina Railroad at Columbi.i, enqu'uing of him about the Blue Ridge Road, where it commences and where it terminates and the address of the President of that j road Naut neither from, him do I get any an swer. 1 should be glad to know about the Blue Ridge Railroad, what Northern connection they desire, &c., &c. From Paris, Ky. to Cincinnati, is about eighty miles; from Cincinnati to Chicago, j Genkral SciioFiEtn The. fact made known by General Grant to General John M. Thayer, Senator in Congress from Nebraska, on Tuesday morning last that, he had decided to invite General Schofield to remain for a brief period in. the War l)epartmci.t, was announced m nearly all the Eastern daily papers of yester day. This intention is not only a mark of General Grant s high esteem of the accomplished young soldier now in charee of the War Department, but is in tended to show to the country that tho new President desires not lo incluUft, General Schorfield in the neccessary dis placement of the remainder of the Cab inet of Andrew Johnson. The fict it-, self was known to us on the same 4ayJ but adhering to the rule laid jiown in these columnsJrom the beginning as to speculation i regard to tho Cabinet, we' said nothing about it.' Now, however, that the matter is public, we feel free to say that nothing could give more satis factionvjto the loyal pcop and to the Republican party especially than the manner in which the new Presilr t in Ipnd to convey th is signincani comp -mni to General Seho6eld. He doe not con ceal his opinion that no regular officer of the army or navy stiotiia oe reiamci m civil office. unless in a special military ornergney ;but he seems resolved that this scntimerte shall not prevet him from, doin justice to a g'Kd soldier and arf, honeU man. Chronicle IIVnCIIAL. MH.r CRATONOn the 4th innti by ReY. A. hharpe, Mr. Georoe H. Iills to Miss Mart Cr atos, all of this place. May unalloyed felicity and happiness attend them, andinr.umerable blessings cheer their devotedvhearts as they wan,- acr nana in nanuuwu ic aio w aiuic. Th happy couple will please iaccept our thanks for a supply of nice cake. HAYES CRIGGER At Mary ville, Tenn., on the 25th ult., by Revr A. Bart lett, Mr. Cadwaladeb J. II ayes to Miss Rachel Q. Crigoer. : - ' "This is the way he long has sought. And mourned because he found i( ,0,i ir" '! "'
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