, 1861-07-26
Interesting from East Tennessee.
iEr0m the Indiannnn1is I0urnal1

4 gentleman just arrived from East Ten
neesee, ntar the line Of Middle Tennessee,
cscorting number Of ladies who are flying
for safety, from that deleetable region, gives Is
ters there, which We think Will prore interest
ing to the public. Ue says that, although the
l1nion feeling il largely predominant il East
Tennessee, the Secession feeling in the West
ern portion Of that section is strong enough to
create great deal Of excitement and appre-
hens1on. His departure was the consequence
Of this disturbed etate of things, and he is au-
1horized by number Of his Union friends to
lcok out suitable locations for them in this
State or Illinois, where they design removing
East, and among the mountains, the Union
iee'iog was overwhelmingly in the ascend
ant, and OF the oitterest and most unrelenting
kind. The Union men were organizing rap
Idly thcrc, and all through the East, and
drilling or mrsterlng'' rs they call it, once
frcm the Government, but were not lily pro-
yi1el for any ordinary collision with their
hunting rifles, which, our informant say7, he
tried short time before Lis departure in COM
pany with ore Or tTo others, aud put bsll
within half al igch OF the center ut 1S0 yards
wiih oLe Of them. Familiar from infancy with
this formidable weapon, rough, strong, almost
gigantic in stature, aud utterly fearless, these
Tennessee mouutaiueers will make q most
terrible enemy.
With anything like adequate help from
the Government, they can no more be
[astns6:ee. He could not tell how many men
wtrc organized into Union military companies,
but his Impression was that there vera about
19,C00, nearly a11 Of whom were armed with
their home weapons The SecessioniEts had
lew military organizations there. Such as had
phis, OF the Kentucky line, and those that
were left were made up Of the merest boys.
In sevcral cases they had failed to organize any
companies at all. BE mentioned Ons com-
pany near Cleveland, close to the Middle T. n
nessee liBc, which had be-n formed and de-
wanted to be captain and nobody prlve:es.
The feeling among the U1i3nists may be
:iudSed from the fact that even the women
were p1acticing with guns and pistols, and
many OF them were good Shots He says the
Pupils at 8 Female Aeaa=my ct Cleveland
and Iractieed shooting at q target for some
tiu4a; a1d there we're several Of the young
luties that could hit u squirrel as far and as
certainly as t'any ether man." Though d2sir-
irg assistance and arms from the Government,
the Union men do not wish to be idle till help
COMES. They stem as yet to have no definite
plan, nor any leader, for efficient military or.
ga1ization, but they arc fast reaching the
/ point when they will have nil. Last TeeG
regiment Of Middle Tenncsseeans passed
through Cleveland, with the purpose, ~ wes
| understood, Of oyerawipg the Union men, who
! not being disposed to submit 10 that sort o
| treatment, gathered in force to resist. The
leaders had purlcy, and it was finally agreed
that thc regiment Should go on to Cumberland
| Gap without nlo1eetation It they molested no
body. Another regiment passed through ths
same place day or two before to the samt
| reint. Whether any attempt would be made
to dis1cdge them from Cumberland Gap, ths
! main doorway into Western Virginia, our in
tormant could notstate- Maynard and Nelson
are in East Tennessee, working night and da,
for the Union.
or ,sfa.nse2* axe { says ;,; what We aaye M
Union men is now secretly in session a
Knoxville, to determine what course to tax
In reference to a nepar.t:ou from the rest 0
the State Some want separate State Gov
erIment. Others want to repe6t the Wester
Virginia policy, and supplant Governor Il srri
and his dis1inion Stnte Government. In tn
meanwhile the Eeccssionists threaten tha
Eastern Tennessee shall submit, PEACEFUL
J if she prefers it, hut by conpulsion If no:hln
else VIII do. As the Eastern mountaineeF
are not ofthe submitting Kind, var in tha
section Of the State is not only probable, bu
Imminent, and it behooves our Gorernmeu
| to hasten its efforts to assist the Union me
and redeem lis promise
Crops in Tennessee are generally very goo{
What is less than 81 tushe1, and corn look
we'll But Ealt meats are very high, and bus
meas OF all kinds annihi1sted- The seccssio
troops are poorly uniformed, aud a.me
almost entirely with old style musket
Some of those who had gone to Virginia r
turned before cur informant Lett, and he say
they complain bitterly Of their trcatmen
Provisions we're 60 scarce that they could onl
&c: It'll meal once in forty-eight hour
They were dissatisfied with tscir elusc, the
| officers nrd every thing. Several he had I
doubt deserted, though thry professed
| hayc been discharged. OGe Alabama man
heard swear that "if he 1v5r caught his Lie
tenant buck at home he would put b
through him."