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Black is the highest mountain on the continent, east of the 

 Mississippi, . from the point designated by Smith in 1839, 

 and by Blackstock in 1845, and place it beneath the names 

 of a series of persons who in 1855 or subsequently, when 

 settlements had encroached upon the base, and paths had 

 been opened to the summit, with published data as a guide 

 for computation, may have successively measured a loftier 

 peak than their predecessors, is as inconsiderate as it is 

 unjust. 



Mr. Cooke cannot suppose that the point designated by 

 him as " Mount Mitchell," in 1855, and by Blackstock as 

 the "Party Knob " in 1845, is the summit that was meas- 

 ured by Dr. Mitchell in 1835. It is impossible for any one 

 to compare Smith's map and Blackstock's plat with Cooke's 

 map, and not perceive that it cannot be. The "Party Knob* ' 

 rises near the dividing line between Buncombe and Yan- 

 cey. " Mount Mitchell," as delineated by Smith and Black- 

 stock, is in Yancey county, east of south from Burnsville, 

 and some four miles north of the Buncombe line. 



Mr. Cooke may erase "Mount Mitchell" from his map, 

 if he chooses to do so — the continent does not bear the 

 name of its discoverer — but he will not be permitted to per- 

 petrate a double wrong, by placing the name of Dr. Mitch- 

 ell where neither the Doctor, nor any friend of his, ever de- 

 sired to see it. 



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