, 1861-08-19

A letter from Louisville says that James
Hewitt, ESD, Of the firm Of Hewett, Norton
ltane, has lately arrived at Richmond, and is
authority for the following strange statement,
now 1rmored extensively about the city:
Since the battle at Manassas, the utmost de-
morslizaticn and disorganfzation among the
amy. and financial dietIt IS among the people
generally, have existed. The city was filed
with men and women, from the more distant
Statee, hunting Information Of relatfVes-ln
formation which, owing to the secrecy main
tanned by the government, they could not oh-
tair. No report Of the killed and wounded
had eeen a %sse Id eP not eaes ss ae thst
ed, and complaints were loud, deep and earn
esf. Soldiers we're demanding their release
and their pay, refusing to fight again, and e1-
pressing their determination to return home-
There was no money in the city except cur
rent Dotss Of the State banks, coin, especially
Britieh, being particularly scarce article.
To these Murmurings Of the mob OF Rich
mQnd citY there were added other muTmurs,
not SO lsud nor so ineolent, but mu1muEs dis
tinetiysly uttered and distinctly heard, that
were ccming up from every part Of the Con
Il ftderacy, complaining Of the existing state Of
stfairs. These complaints and the financial
troubles Of the government were having their
eject, aud Learning Of q scheme it had On
hard, Mr.. Hewitt telegraphed to Richard A.
kinson, Of thie city, his agent, to write By tie
first steamer to the house in Liverpool to sell
all the cuttpn on hand 3: existing rates as soon
as possible. Mr.. Hewitt las since reached this
city, and his aeent has BEEN hurriedly dis
patched to New York. The plan Of the Con-
federate government, which had such Al effect
On Mr. Hewett, WAS that OF Reconstruction.
A proposition is to be Ma1e in q few days to
| The United States Government for au armistice
OF sixty days, during II hfch tine 1t is proposed
| TO hcld convention a. Louisville, Kentucky,
| for the purpose Of re. constructing the Union.
Rarson Erossnlowse Last.
t The order for the suppression Of the Knox
I vile Tern Whig came FROM the central gov:
| erImept at Richmond, and was served by Gen
/ Zclli cof1sr just before the issue of the paper
/ laat Saturday, which issue Was Of course th'
/ last. No violence was used, and Parsol
Bfownlow signalized the event with bravely
Nhich he eaid:
i So far as We are concerned, We can suspen.
our publication, In obedience to the dictate
j Of tyranny and intolerance-weW will yield t.
the demands Of an armed mob-tu1n over +
them our Office and what little property "
| haye-depriye ourselves and helpless famil
! Of email children Of the necessary means {
eupport-and beg our bread from door to doc
among Union men who are abs to give-bu
we shall refuge, most obstinate4y refase, t
I the day Of our death, to think Or speak faYol
ably ofsuch Conieaaeracy as this; Or to aere
tGab uoncf, pa01Olisn, OF 1ofe u count1.
has Influenced the men at its head, who hay
plunged the country into this revolution
And whether our humble voice is hnshed
: ! death-Nhsther: cur press is muzz!ed by Il
! spirit Of intolerance at Richmond, maxim
} this our last issue Of 8 journal we have edite
: for almost quarter Of century, we beg q
who mag. come after US and our paper,
credit no secession falsehood that msy repr
sent us az having changed our principles fro
/ those OF an exs1ted devotion to the old Amer
can Union, and Of undying hostility to thor
; who would perpetrate its dissolution!
. W. G. BRowHLoW,
II Editor of the Knoxville Whig