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The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Religious intelligence — deserters, &c. (search)
The corn is splendid, and is regarded as made, while many of the large orchards with which the county abounds are loaded with apples. Nelson is to me an interesting and peculiar county. In Piedmont, and lying between two of our greatest railroads, it contains features which remind one of the extreme western part of the State. I spent one night at a hospitable mansion on the headwaters of Rockfish, just under the Blue Ridge, where, by the way, I had the pleasure of meeting with Hon. Mr. Hawes Governor of Kentucky. My worthy host told me that there was a road running through the county, and across the mountain, which for years had been considered unsafe for travelers, several robberies and murders having been committed on its solitudes. At this time, he said, the mountain region through which it passed is filled with deserters, who occasionally come down and steal the means of subsistence. It is believed that many are making their way, on the mountain, to their distant homes