Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-26
THE CONFEDERATE COURT AT KNOXVILLE
From The kn9Iylls kegater, sePH -V'a.

From the knoxville Register Sept sOh.
As We anticipated the proceedings IN the
- ~ ,v,s that of j. 0verbuliser, prisoner rem
C.ssrs county arrested by Captain 0. s. Houlrd, ana
,b,,vsd with treason. TIE defendant el.oer an so
anus or cute chap assuming the ar ana bearing oi
rough i'll tsrAte man a. a CLOAK, Win Tue u,s y.
hSrss,ue himself BY Appearing TO be such. de- SAID al
b cn,aet that he wanted make his own detenoe, out
hs Court very properly assigned Mr. Baxter As
N conduct bis case. The 6eierdint was seVersl TUNES
che ksd By his counsel in bis remarks to the witnesses
Wh L. or the sanc. -,
The evidence developed the following facts that there
rsre /, q eepe county quite recently bands Of Union
mon who had efJ their homes and wre skuikns ABOUT
rb arms in the hills aud ridges looking torwaid to the
sye,t of ,hnsou's bulous army from kentucky they
were induced to beese that they had but TO hold out for
= week or two when Aldy would be with them again
These companies o. deluded men bad system OF signs
and Signals such as the beaing in imitation OF sheep
And the hoong Of owls whereby they could comuunl-
cate With another the very mention OF when, WIN
on. practical illustration TOO much for the gravity OF
the spectators There poor fellows had Ike Others who
have ar adv been before the Court been deceV oy the
ysries sehoods and lies ndustriousy and perluaeous-
y poured into th.r by their uHprneped head men
And lead rs
The decision Of HIS Honor upon 0yerhulser's case
was reserved uutl TO- morrow.
Toe next case was that of s. @. Love, resident oil
Lousv lle Bnu1t eouaty. The defendant was ta2en AZ
Ccmbsllsnd Fo.', Kentucky, by Col Rtnes, and sent
ben guilty. OF Conduct which should deprive him OF the
protec ion afforded him by passport given bin by the
GeaeTal some weeks since to enable him TO visit hen-
lucky The suspicious Of Col Ranes we're not by any
means without foundation. The prisoner himself sc-
kuovlepsd 70 the ccer that he had at the time OF hs
arrest bet Just left the camp Of the enemy at hsssns
and on his person were found letter from Bob BYRD,
of Kingston TO Gen Z,icoer asking for pass to ell
able his wife TO come 10 him at Camp Dick Robertson,
and sso letter from Byrd to his wife, requesting her 10
with karf n
when she came and the rest evidently sensation letter
to be used keep the foul decision and deception al
ready p-actced BY Byrd upon the peo Of Roane and
Morgan counties The estimate OF the number oil troops
At Camp Robertson stated In Byrds letter, Was shown
10 he p.pabs fas.hood BY the admission OF the de-
fsudant
The prisoner made to the Court very full and sp-
parsnly Ingenious statement TO the objects and pus-
poses Of his visit Ky, and Cx uned bis presence IN
the enemys camp By saying that be had gone thsre u
the hope inducing relatives or friends to return
10 their in East Tennes eand that he soon iound
tia: any effort on his part ia that direction would not
Only b uuavaili-g, in as much "a his poor, deuasd
friends were enlisted II the army OF L nCon LOT Term
OF hrse years. bu ha, such eHsrons would amos. GER
tAnly be followed by his oSn arrest, aud teen'ion 10
The cam Indeed as it Wsg be only suf rcd TO leave
through the Interference and influence Of Byrd.
letter addressed By the defendant George W.
Bridges, Esq, from Louisville, on the 2o;n ullmo nao
beer fouud on the defendants person. IL speaking
of this the defendant said he had written the letter
~ Bridges before his departure into Kentucky, and
that gentleman had, whine be was in Camp Dick Rob
e7tson handed it back TO him. By leave OF the court
NJ Bfidgss who present. uade psrsonal e1plans-
ton both in regard 20 his connection with the letter
iss and more particularly in reference 70 his presence
and STAY in the enemy's camp. He said be had VISITED
Kentucky aer his release from arrest by special per-
Mission OF Gen Zocofe- and for the purpose Of CIV
lug his personal attention TO some puSey private tusi-
ness r the nature and character Of which be stated
fully 10 the court and that in pursuit Of the business
uaish called hin Kentucky he found himself near ire
elcsmpnent at Ia kns generally known as Camp Dick
Robertson that there among the Tenneseans there
those who owed Elm aud that he vas Likewise desirous to
see and 20 converse with Byrd, Shelly, and others,
for the purpose of laying before item the true state Of
srs 10 EIst Tennessee aud showing II, N the utter
gTouncs1essc Of the tsls and stories, which had H.
duced them e1pAtrsie themselves ard to lay before
them General Z,llcofrs proclamation, and leave to
the coed the question OF return to the homes ney
had 50 cars,lesly deserted. He denied most empheti-
cay ,iat he had in word deed by conduct OF his
whilst ia Keuucky, since his release, violated hs
parole o. honor in spr. in letter. and concluded by
Syng that at early day he would over his own sigma.
tire give the public compete statement OF his views
and feelings upon the questions nov sgiiang the pubic
mind.
T defendant Love remarked that amorg the Tennes-
scans in the enemy's camp was Etvard Maynard, the
son Of Horace formerly Of this city, and that this youth
Is the ACgtant Of regiment s now beyond question.
Love was by tight squeeze discharged on taking the
oath Of allegiance and entering into bis eva recogni'
z1uce 10 the OF thousand dollars for bis faithful
observance thereof