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The Immigrant, in selecting a new liome, naturally inquires, in refer- 

 ence to the point in contemplation, concerning the Climate, the Soil, the 

 Productions, the Schools and Colleges, the state of Society, the Railroads 

 and IMarkets, the Minerals and Manufactures. 



We propose giving facts concerning these several subjects. 



Clisiate. 



East Tennessee lies between the thirty-fifth and thirty-seventh parallels 

 of Latitude. Its eastern and southern line runs along the extreme height 

 of the Stone, the Iron, the Smoky, and the Unicoi or Unaka Mountains, 

 which are all parts or outlines of the great Blue Mountain. On the north 

 and west, it is separated from Kentucky and Middle Tennessee by the 

 Cumberland range. These mountains, especially on the south and east, 

 are exceedingly high, rising to the height, in some places, of more than 

 six thousand feet, and at one place exceeding the height of Mount Wash- 

 ington. The Valley of Pjast Tennessee lies between these high ranges or 

 mountains. It is about fifty miles wide and two hundred and fifty long. 



From these lofty mountains pour down into the valley the Chnch, the 

 Holston, the Watauga, the Nolichuckj^, the French Broad, the Big Pigeon, 

 the Tennessee, the Hiwassee, the Ocoee, and the Emory rivers, besides 

 many smaller streams, all finally uniting and forming the beautifiil Ten- 

 nessee. The waters of these streams, as they dash down from their 

 mountain sources, are as clear as crystal, and cany fertility into all the 

 great valleys. The rapidity of their descent aifords countless sites for 

 manufacturing purposes, with power sufficient to move, at all seasons, the 

 heaviest machineiy. 



Knoxville is the geographical, as well as the commercial, centre of East 

 Tennessee. It is situated on a high plateau, on the north bank of the 

 Holston, a stream that is navigable for steamboats a great part of the year. 

 Knoxville is nearly one thousand feet above the sea level. Tlie extreme 



