Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-04

A correspondent of the New York Tines writing
from Washington, gives the following deplorable
dissertation of affairs in East Tennessee doubtless
derived from some of those renegades whose fears
and ignorance have driven them into the mountsins
or to Kentucky, abandoning their families to their
supposed fate and crediting the base fabricaons Of
the aIsrmists. The only element wanted to
complets this picture of persecution and terror is
the truth All that the benghted gentleman, worth
100000 has to do ia to return to East Tennessee and
claim his property. If he win abstain from treason
against the Government of his country and viii
give 70 active substantial aid aud comfort to its
enemles we venture to assure him that be can live
in quiet possession Of his own until the day of his
death. Gen. ZoIIIcoFFER has taken efEectual means
to keep of the LINCOLN invaders and marauders from
flis gentlemsn's property. for which he owes the
General his hearty thanks.
He ought, moreover to ask the Generals pardon
for having so basely misrepresented the condition
of his property and affairs in East Tennessee to the
hired falsiier of the New York Times. Can our
East Tennessee friends guess who this SEQ 600 fe
low is, who is thus proving around Washington,
and by his fabrcations, exciting the Government of
the Dictator to send an army in their midst:
A gentleman directly from East Tennessee gives
deplorabe account of the state of things in that
loyal district of the iSOnth. Since the repulse of
army at Bull Run, and the defeat in Mis-
souri,, the Confederate traitors have been en-
boldened to the suppression of Union senti-
ments among them which they had not found
time or opportunity consider until. by the trial
of their strength they have been pulled up with
the idea of their invincibhty The leaders of the
Unienists are still firm, but there seems to be
scarcely ray of hope OF their escape from death
or exile after the confscation of their property un
less the Government can, within month. send SUP
plies Of arms, ammunition -and men 10 their aid =
The terrible edlct of the Governor of Tennessee for
the confscati0n of the property of all who adhera
t. theGenerai Government, ard the imprisonment T
exile Of the people themselves within forty days OF
its date viii gOinto effect within twenty eight days
from the date Meme will be allowed to escape the
terrible ordeal except condition of swearing al~
Iegiance to the traitor Government and unless aid
arrives in that time it will be put in force with in
eX3rabe vigOr.
The gentleman from whom the inform alton is de-
rived leaves ali estate worth $50 600 to be the
prey Of the spoilers but rather than submit to the
traitorous tyrans he abandoned all and flies to the
Government Of the Union for relief from the intol-
cradle oppression. He states that Mr.. Brownlow
has refused all sorts of brides in the shape of high
offices. which was proffered to induce him TO join
the rebels, and that other lesding lOyaists have
been proc against similar temptation. He entirely
discredits the story VI Mr.. BrOwnlow's recTeancy.
and states that he had repelied the attempts TO
rupt him by unqualified denunciat0ns Of the Con
federates as traitors and Villains.