Brownlow's weekly Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1861-1861, 1861-10-05

AAEaee y ~ EssssIis KAs a
Dsas es~&As there are naay ssaaictiae
SspoFsa ID regard u mf fsceas, esssst a.
cambeslana Fed, aaa aahseqnsns TRIAL be.
Sars che Csafsassass Couft 81 RnessiliA,
vlll ask roo e 60 ne the favor Of ksbiishing
he tnhIelasA eaaaemaaa In regard - he u -
% tAs case Having leasasa thas the East
Teaaesseeaas who had aed ffesa The esaas
inmealaseiy sfass he asfsss Of NJ. Rsisea,
bad assemelad ~ williamsburg aae bef.
heeEssillp, b Ksstaeky, aad that sasay Of
then wefe eAxlons 10 go back eene sat Sefe
sfsaia - Fssasn--hasisa uasey Rissss aad
aae sone AesF tsiatleaa Anese tksas. pro-
eafea passpertS fsem Gea1. zelIleslssf ZOE
~. useFy end myself, PsOeesdsd 70 kshsaeky,
and arrived h WiliiAsssbaFR % Seaaay, 9ist
uls., and foaad that al ~ the Eos Tssass-
sesaas haA len 90 the Thursday pe.sieaa aad
lad goae 30 Camp Dirk Rebinsoe n the In.
terror % the stass, some 10 o. 90 miles die.
.ant. HaxtnR soS crossed the mstata.as. We
determined 10 20 % 20 she CAmp, I'D accord
laely argived there 90 "Wednesday stsalsk,
ak dare afasf leaving Kaexviiie. We sosne
tsAt eli Our fFisnds hsd jolpsd the q. 8. army,
Aad had been mustrFea lat9 ssryiee Tor three
years, Or during The war, aad Of course did
neaattsnpl, aud would seorn such thieg, &c 70
ssk them 70 desert. had taksa gssf.
Zellieofss's Proclamation with 10 sagethsr
With BFewnlow'a Wing, the former inviting
UhIoh msa 10 Fstasn 70 their hemss, and that
they sAeula oct be haFhea, The laser pleading
thai there be % lssssioa Of Bsss Tsaaessee.
These passss caused ne some tfoshis 10 the
Camp, asd woald. Withoat dOahl, been arr
rested there ne spy bad 10 not besn for the
Eaflasaes brought 70 bear In my hsof by r
X. Rysd, Of Roaae county, Who 10 command
lag the lsa East Tennessee Regimeet, Amer
stsyiag with the East feRnssseeaaa for sew
sral days, cit oas 90 our Feaarn, esd ea Son.
day night, lsth lnss., stayed ~ Bafboarsville,
within IL miles Of Cumberland Ford, whore
We bad learned ConfedsFAtes were certifying
o. Monday mornlng, arprshendihg 10 trosbls,
ne drove directly On toWards Cumberland
Gap, and arrived Ea the Ford Of Csmberland
River IN the afseFaoon, crossed the Ford aad
drove right into the BFigade's line Of battle,
a. they wers drawn up In battle line expect.
Ing = Gght--had had 30 alarm-that there
was ave thoasand Fedsrals marcbiag directly
upou thea. Oar passports were examined
together VITA two letters Gfom r. Z. Byrd, oae
70 Gea1. yollle0aer, asking for q passport for
HE vie 70 egms - Keaeaeky, shsotsef % bis
wife giving some directions about coming,
provided she got the. passports furthermore,
sayiag something Of the number they bad 10
Comp these letters were both unsealed So
THAI lhey might be shown TO the commander
90 the lines, aud IL anything mas wong 10
them, might be rejected. Thess SeFe oil the
lesteFs had addressed 70 any one from Ken
lucky, and upoa shess AID msmoraE di had
ksps Of the places seS mea had stayed, With,
together With letter bad wFistea Geo. W.
Bridges IN regard TO the position believed
the Unlsa men shOald take. wae arrested and
se9. 20 Knoxville 10 have my Trial for violation
Of passport. On arriving at Knoxville found
GeaI. zoIlteeaef had gone 70 Kessacky and We
had missed kiu by coming via. AorFistown;
I YES tarnsd over for trial before the Confed.
crate Coat, thea In session ] was allowed 70
make statement 10 the Court, which did
II . brief manner and was released by
takIng 90 oath, that would not assist the
enemies Of the couatry in isyading Il, would
not aid 10 getting up rebellion or know Of
any plet for that purpose, wi,hoat disclosing
the came, and would obey the laws OF the
IaAd, as l0ag as was citizen Of The State
write this statement 20 correct the naay
lying Elateulsnts nade In regard 20 ny arrest
and Of the Information bad In the var Of
letters on ny person. During my arrest and
detention, comprising the space Of three days,
! was treated In . very kind msnaeE BY ell
who bad me In charge, and would especial.
ly return nv Sincere thanks TO Lieat. Moody,
OF Granger county, who brought me from
Cumberland Ford via. MorFistowR 70 Knox
vile, for the very kIad mAnnes that was
treated, also, my thanks are due w. 4.
AcElwee, T. J. Brown, nessrs. Welcker and
others Of I'd East Tennessee Regiment for
kind attention. ff
a.aa Vse1 Resneekfaily.