Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-03


A BORDER WAR-TESSEssEE AND NoRTH CARROLL
sA IN Arms 1t is remarkable that conflicts occur
very rarely between the different states, consider
ing the numerous causes Of difficulty which exist
small war, however, appears tobs raging between
Tennessee and North Carolina, if the following let
ter from the Sheriff o. Polk county, in this State,
which We End in late issue of the DucktoWn EqsIs
be correct:
ssome time in 1855, a difficulty occurred between
some North Carolinians aud TehBesseeans, living
near the State line. Shortly aEer enc Of the North
Carolinians srTesteG on the Tennessee side who
Knocked the efhesr down with stick aud then made
his escape
'.Hosuls encounters would occasionally take
place; a. length, in 1851, some four OF hve men
from North Carolina made an assault on q mab on
the Tennessee side, cutting and stabbing him Sc
Verely with knives. a
''FOr some time after all appeared quiet, when in
the month Of June last early morning. some
men from North Carolina came over 10 Tennessee,
went to the house Of gentleman and attempted to
beat him with sticks; be fad, pursued TO a
ueighbOriBg house, when a general light ensued'
the Tennesseeans, overpOWered BY numbeTs5 were
badly besIen. This excited the whole ne.ghbor
hood and as collisions sll teok lace, and as tight
ing appeared be the order of the day, the citizens
Of boIh States dseided on pitch battle
Saturday, 3lst July, vas the day appointed feT
the contest and they were meet the Tenn esste
side to fight The day arrived. Thirty men on the
Tennessee side made their personal appearance -
the place appointed armed with rifles, muskets. prs
tolls, boWie-knives and clubs. Night came, and still
not q Caroliuian was 10 be seen-only spy CT two
st distance The Tennessee boys got impatient,
and unlaWfully slipped over the line, fonDd one Of
the men they wanted, took him out Of bed andst
ted with him for Tennessee Some Of his friends
rushed 70 the rescue, and general battle teOk
place. No one was killed One had his thumb shot
of another shot in the hand, and another slightly
wounded in the head, whilst several were badly
hurt by sticks and rocks.
The excitement among be people became furt-
ous The Norih CarOGnians organized q company
to invade the Tennessee frontiers, and Monday
night the % Of August. was SIT apart Tor the a.
Jack About twenty fve Tennssseeans lin self-de
fence) assembled 10 receive them. The Deputy
Sheriff, getting notice Of the anticipated fray, with
sufficient number Of men, prepared to arrest the
hOsti proceedings.
"Night came on; occasionally spies were seen
lurking around, ct whom The Tennessseans would
occasionally fire their rifles. About o'clock
while most Of the Sheriff company were sleeping
in house, an alarm wasrased by sentinels outside,
who fred their guns, and the enemy, which was ad-
YanciDg, Wheeled and lied.
ssNo arrests were made. There is a bitter feeling
and some fatal consequence win yet ensue, IN
less the strong arm Of the Law succeeds in arresng
the affair" ---..... f. ...
Polk county is on the border Of both Georgia and
North Carolina, the former btundingi on the south,
the latter on the east Il is opposite Cherokee
county, North Carolina.