The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-06-05

Wholesale Shooting In Tennessee.
IAN ve AK is to be let alone. "-JErrrssox pAvu
The following extract from letter to q gen.
tleman in Connecticut, from his friend in Knox.
viiie Tenn, illustrates the influences at work
TO drive that State into rebellion:
KNOXVILLE, May Q, 1861.
DEAR -: am writing at the Office. but in
what country il is the Lord only knows Be
that as il nav the DEVILS thousand years are
|up and he is let loose among US. l cannot BE-
Ign TO tell YOU of the actual condition Of thines
II nion men are threatened with death in almost
EVERY shape if they persist in making public
Speeches Andrew johnson and Thos. A Z
Nelson were stopped at Blountville yesterday
and threats are made openly that any man Who
attempts il here will b. shot upon the staud.
There are about 500 soldiers here now most Of
them from Monroe and Meigs county. of the
most worthless. desperate class of men. and
renzied by liquor. Among them is one Wash
Morgan. who is part Indian, and is captain of
company of spirits of the same class but if
possible more wicked than himself. Day before
Yesterday the stars and stripes We're floating
from the Union pole. and - was making
few remarks 10 a crowd of Union men. Among
them was Charles Douglass. who is . strong
Union man, and is not remarkably prudent
about dcnouncing secessonists. Ii 80 happened
that ON this occasion Morgan and two Of his
men were near him. and taking otfense at what
he said fired their pistols at him. As Douglass
Was unarmed he started for his house. the
others following and firing. Nine shots were
fired in all. but Douglass escaped with slight
khesh wounds. He was near his store at the
time. and as soon rs he could get his gun they
were of like quarier-horses." Morgan ran 10
Sackey's stable. jumped ON horse and ran him
10 the Fair Grounds, where his men were quar-
tered. A. soon as possible back the cowardly
rascal cane, with 400 men Ia kill one man.
The citizens commenced arriving, determined
to defend him. but - and - and - sue
ceeded in stopping Morgan and his men in East
Knoxville and turned them back to camp
Thereby preventing general fight.
When Morgan was shooting at Douglass. one
of his balls struck an old man from the country
who was in town on business. causing his death
in few hours. Yesterday Morgan got hack
and came around 10y the back way 10 the La
mar House. and in at the Ladies Entrance ~
accompanied by several Of his gang, went into
one OF the chambers and shot Douglass, who
was standing by his wife in his own house with
4 the window closed. the ball passing through his
breast He is still alive. but thought to he
Emorally wounded.
No arrests have been made. (Which shows the
power of the civil authority and Morgan is TO-
day in high favor with the secessionists.
now THEY Hang AND BURN FOLKS.
A letter from young lady at Evansville
Ind, dated May 9Th. contains description Of
outrage committed 10y these Southern traitors
/ She says:
For the lat few DAYS our city has been lit
Herally filed with deserters from the Southern
Earmy. and they are, or seem To be, the happies
8men alive. To get on free soil again. They ar,
n al for the Union. but had been forced into th,
a Southern army. There were five of these mel
e who came up from Memphis on Friday; the,
!, were in fathers store. and told him how they
e We're treated They went South with severn
Q boatloads of tobacco for the purpose of sellin,
Il it; there were thirty men in all, believe: the,
Il were taken from their boats and had 10 ch0os
l. between joining the Southern army or havin,
e Dall the hair shaved OF their heads, having
s Anumber o, lashes on the bare back, and bein,
e &pu; in prison for thirty days upon diet o
s bread and water What do you think OF that
l. think il is perfectly brutal. Five of the mel
10 were true To the Union-the five WHO told thi
story; the others l25) joined the army, hut in
tend to escape The five men have all the hal
shaved OH their heads. and their backs wer
terribly mutiated They escaped from priso
and ran all the way to the river. and got sboar,
81 the boat which brought them here.
"Anoiher young man. by the name Of James
: told father his story yesterday. He is also
N deserter. He said the secessionists tried I
e force him and four companions TO join thei
r. &army. Three of them sand they would not d
it, that they preferred DEATH aud all three Z
d them were hung on the nearest tree, in th
presence of all the soldiers and their comrades
The fourth one called them towards, thieve.
r. traitors, and tainted and cursed them, whe
Hthey poured cold tar over him and set fire TO j
Mr.. James joined the army. AT night he wa
-Rawakened by some one creeping over his bod.
Isl He asked what they were doing. They sal
OF they were going 10 desert. He Joined then
40 hen he got outside Of the camp he ran unit
he came to a railroad station. 1t 50 happene
tat he had money enough to take him To Men
:. phis, where he got ON the boat and never stOl
ped until he reached place. He does NJ
a. know what became of those that lett with hin
sci h. ran faster than they and left them behint
lat the time he was forced to Join the army b
was AT Pensacola. and il was there where tn
.. b three men were hung and the one was burned.
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