, 1861-09-02
EAST TEENE&HEE.A
Horrible EeFHecNtionR ef the Union
UaA1.


From the Louisville JnRrIal.1
DEsPoT1sM AT NAsHv11LE.-Nobody is now
permitted to come from Nashville without
getting his character youcned for, making
oath to say nothing detrimental to the South
ern Contederacy, ana Obtaining PASSPORT
Persons living immediately around Nash
vile CANNOT go into the city On business Of
any kind and return without passports. Resi-
dents Of Nashville cannot, without passports,
60 out OF the city lmtts-canaot even cross
the bridge.
Our Eecesefon!sts talk about restraints and
copstraints in Louisville. What do they think
Of Nashville and ell the other cities and towns
Of the Southern Co1fedecac5?
[Corres spondence OF the Cincta7aH Gazette1
CAMP RoBrssoa, Ky, Aag. y.
hare just arrived here from Morgan couu-
t., East Tennessee. left there on the 10 "a.
Before ny departure tae seSet51onsSs ssaHnna had
were rsyagipg the counties OF Scott,
Koane and Anderson, Persons and property
were alike attacked. In Anderson county
they have taken G1l the Union Men every
erecieE Of property that they conla lay their
In Scott county they hare taken Possession
Of Huntsyille, the county eest, and robbed the
stores. In Morgan county fley have peFpe-
tEated ects of Similar character, ye: still more
atccioEE. Union men have been shat from
the woods, stores bave been completely
tAE!1 NJ1!tEit9t eAA0 VA9~ LA4t&AA 0lA3
a verify and wealthy Union lad5 Was whip
ped mcst cruelty by reese mfscfeants, after
they lad stripped her house OF a4 Its furnl-
tu1e ard al the pro?isio1s they c9pld a2d.
Al the Uzicn men ct East tennessee who
conla get away have forsaken their homes.
OlG and young haYe ded aliFe, great proper
ten Of them hurIylng off without waiting to
collect any Of their goods, without money, and
in many cases but ecantny clcthea- Some Of
them have been able to crc5s over into Ken
tucky, but the ItMalnder are still concealed in
the mountains hoping to e1ude the rebel pick
cts and join their friends here.
When l left hone some twelve hundred se-
cefeioniets, On horteback, were Iavsging the
counties Of Scott and Morgan, accomplished
by Two hundred veil armed negroes. Before
this they have donbtless dcne IN laea5culable
amount OF mischief. viii rot Ike Govern
mtnt,. without Delay, send aid to CUT unhappy
State:
[FIom the Cincinnati Commercial, 9oth.l
TIE CONDITION OF AFFA1Rs IL EAST TEN
NEssEE, AND AT CANT DICE RoBNsoS.-Mr.
W. B. Carter, Of East Tennessee, is now in the
city. He is a gentleman OF high standing, who
hiss beer lifelong 1eaident Of East Tennessee.
His father also Was 6 Tennesseean. He is q
Shareholder, and identified with the Ecuta b3
every eocisl asd material tie that binds : man
to Ills home; and for no crime but that of foy-
l1g bis country, an unalterable attainment to
the Union Of these States, he IL an exile. He
has refused to be Wheedled or driven into the
South Carolina conspiracy, and is therefore
driven from his native state by the despera-
tct5 Who cWn the chief ccuspuatoTs at Rich
mond as their masters.
The account which Ee gives of the condition
CT The ps olle OF Eastern Tennessee is heart.
rtIdlDg. The exits from that portion Of the
! Ssste rumter Thousands; and there are hun.
| d1ede new being hunted By thu secessionists
| like wild beasts in lie mountains. History
Hrt6H 1pf6prNrfNy1 rf a
| moIsele6s and appalling. There IL littsrally a
reign Ct terIor among those who are unwilling
10 give up their country and submit TO the d..
| ktuction Of the Union and the loss Of thei1
| lEc1ties. They have felt, and With reason,
| that when tie Union YVES DESTROYED their lib.
cry would be sac1iheed to de=pofi=m as in.
tolerant, cEEe. and deselatiDg, as any that has
ever been formed when blooay treason -four
i*hed o7er the ruins of 1at;on. Mr Carrie,
kIowa personally hundreds of caaes IN which
citizens have been compelled to fly from lac
hezaes Of minions Of the secession conspir
ators. Many Of his neiglbors hare baeu
reduced from sfauence to beggary by this
persecution. They have been Compelled tc
leaye. their families. and all they had il the
world, and fly in the night to tAe noun
tairs, to gave their lives. The alternative
| -tlat Of spfun1e'shg to fight against theil
coun1;y-'hey were 700 patriotic 70 regard as
lard county. Ky, has been and is camp OF
r.fngs fvr their exiles. Mr.. Carter is person.
ally well aequainted With men lately Of pro
perry and distinguished social position In
Ttrreesee, Who are low in that camp, having
f. their families and tarms to the marcy d
| their enemies, aud escaped by mountafn paihs,
scme Of them walked fifty miles a Day ove1
The moHntaiAs and through laurel thickets
thus eyadiEg the seceEsiorists stationed at tat
uetsss. There were six hundred Tennesseaue
Il. Camp Dick Robinson, and nine hundred
| ut barbo2rssile- mustered into the service
| OF fEe Esiied States. The nine HUNDRED col
lecssd IL BsreoursyiIle, are under tbs com
usEd Of Lieut.. S. B. Carter, Of the Z. s. Navy
& Tenle eskesar, and a brother Of the gen.lemar
| WHO giyee us the Information. They are ex
pected at the camp in Garrasd county to day,
| They will swell the Eumber in camp to four
| tse1lsard, and if The Kentucky sece*sionis:s
| will have war, the number woald soon be aee,
| twenty tloue2rd. Il ma: be thought tia,
Mr. Ca1ter's report o: the eoudiiion Of affair;
II lis State ie highly colored. We have rea
ZOE to believe that The co!oring is tame Il
comparison with the facts. Certainly, ths
Government is bound by every consideration
| CT Lonur and interest, to sustaid=8ha luga
| people Of Tennessee, with all its sf6Wer anl
10 the Let extremity.