The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-20
EAST TENNESSEE.
Inc baiI Opened Change Of Sentiment
arrest OF Another Trai.or-Resourcss and
Magnificent fulure for Teuuenee,
'RRFsPoSpsscE OF THE R1cHxoSp DrspArca.1


Knoxville, tenn, Aug. Is, 1891
our hitherto quiet and secluded city of
hhoiFiiie has, OF late, assumed all the hustle
aLu hurry OF the camp. The great contest
which mas oeen going on between those loyal 20
Inc south and the Union shriel1ers. has at last
approached crisis. You know that Knoxville
~ on that great thoroughfare connecting the
southern 'iuif states with the Allan tic board
iiu thls one couuec ting rail tie. radiu tIg If
East, South and West, after IL has passed her
| ranges CT mountains, render East Tennessee
quite an important district OF country and
ms city All impoI tant raliying point. Con
sequently, IL has Ell tered early into the de-
signs CT the Unionists TO possess themselves
of these valleys, and thus endeaVor to tap the
South, by ttins off this line of comm MICA
ton. Well, how have they succeeded -
The election of February las. resulted
IN an overwhelming defeat Of Southern
rights, and Tennessee fell buck into the
arms Of Lincoln and his adhereats
But Providence has ordered the final result
otherwise Instead OF &C is 10 endear tht.
people of The border States, here comes a
proclamation from the Federal Government
and a. once Tennessee military fire was
aroused. An election tor j une ota was called
TO vote separation or 10 sepAration,'' and Il
majority OF 90 900 freemen called for separa-
ton at once. The Leg stature net and ratified
Inc act The regular biennial election was 10
come Oh or the LIST OF August, and IN cOnneC-
ton with the usual objects OF voting, il was
10 decide for OF against the Permanent Con-
Sttu ton OF the Con federate States. This
tennessee thus stands 81 uare up TO her bEeth-
rem OF Che South, ana all would be peace
within hef were it not Tor the 6isafec ton Ci
Eist Tennessee. Here III three Congress ionaI
DISTRICTS EN- bTaced within her limits, We're
candidates Announced for the Congress or the
United states. The election no sooner over
than these three candidates (Whose naTaes
you knoW-Maynard, 81 Idges and Nelsonl
attempt 10 escape To Washing ton. The first
two succeed, The last IS arrested ill the
attempt. Maynard had been more cunning
than the others, having for more than It
month before the elec lion carried his family
into Wheeling Gap, OF The kentucky line,
anu was then ready to make good his escape.
Alter the ! dDe election, II was thought bes
by cur military leaders here to pursue con
cilla.oTy com 50, ana thus TO induce many to
ses that IL was To their interest 10 unite with
thC STATE. NO doubt IL had a aluCiry effect.
but 1t Wa not TO be permitted by the Union
leaders TO ne successful. Iney were ut work,
SIien tiy and Quietly, mastering together in
civil districts what they called Home Guards;
and 1t Is caFientiy reported, and confidently
believed, that Maynard mustered many OF
these organized bands into the service or the
United States.
Our elec tion OF August LIST over, Gen f. X.
Z0lEl0tter was appointed 10 this Military
District. and at once quite flutterlrg Is seen
among the adheIeDtS OF Lincoln; tnat, as
/ SAID, matters have approached q crisis.
ln view OF q threatened invasion through
Kentucky, IL was deemed best some time ago
% order 10 the most important gaps IN the
kentucky lile some OF oar Southern troops.
We could hear Of arms and ammunition being
sent into kentucky tor the Union Iaen OF East
Tennessee, AID the precGu u0nary step was
not lil-ndV lSed. There are said to DC III least
Il, 900 stand OF arms at convenient dis LauGes
alOn. the Hse Wltktn the territory Of Ken
lucky, ana Tor some time 81 i&QS OF tniOHlsts
from East tennessee have been leaving on
foot, and passing through HE inoua tails along
co" paths. BAT no iIterct pLion was ACCOM-
pllshed u1til the last week. Then IL was
learned that Capt. ThornoGrg, OF Union coun-
~, was attempting passage With 50 men,
armed with pixies knives ana riIi IS, 10 unite
with LlECvl2; and il is said IL he holds q
Lieut.. Coloneis comm ISL ion from Lincoln -
capt. Ashoy, OF the gallant Ashby family,
was d. tached with 200 men to intercept hlIn,
which he did, arrestlus The traltorous Cap
tain, several Q. their men, besides taking their
horses and & larg9 lot OF their NeaponS. The
pixies are dangerous looking instruments,
consisting OF spears fixed firmly il long HEX
DRY nai4uies, ten feet Tonga small Streamer
OF red ami white attached to the spNr END OF
the staf. Capt. Thornburg begged hasd tor
AIS freedom, promising loudly " s.uau u Tor
the South. He VIII probably maze you .
sisit eie long, us soon rs he RECEIVERS IroEI his
wounded neck.
And now We hear OF another tragedy which
yes terday aroused Us ID he utmost. Il was
the Information that M cDerm0tt, OF Athena
while out as scout III FentErss county, was
killed 10y some LluCCinite assassin. i5urch
Cooke, Esq, OF A thehs, III less than six hours
vas a. TIE head OF 10 men ana Oh ms march
Tor tentress and III lie confident belief that
Federal forces are 70 attempt & passage into
East Tennessee, reinforcement OF 5tu lneu
under Got. Battle. together with Capt. Rut-
Lodges Flying Artillery, has been ordered
somewhere il that direC ton. Eas Tennessee
Will wipe ont the STAIN upon her honor before
many weeks, ana will show 20 the South that
her citizens are true men, ana not crayens.
GoRoNWT.