Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-03

uak.I sutheptie INFORMATION = from East Ten
lessee and the South. As it will proba.
A'-N''' Sly be read with interest here. and az i,
shows how villainously Northern men are
deceived az TO the condition of affairs in
.sthe South, We gepreduce the entire article
aGsA0in the Courier:
A 1..iatl. dc inff o. from the
..rxs We have very late and perfectly trust.
- worthy Information direct from East Ten
p.or nessee, and indirectly from other por-
s5~ssT,f Iona of the South We shall not psrtje-
-.'. ufarize the channels through which this
- Information is received, but give our word
,s.o that we know them to be worthy the most
5s<s A. absolute confidence. i=aa h4z ...'s-r,.
= - - The Union men of East Tennessee were
Ts-..4 -neser more loyal and hopeful than now
They stand dauntless and incorruptible,
dSosAnd If there is any change they are be-
~sss~aIconing more ardent and confident in the
good and great cause, of national unity
s9yi.s and Tree geEernmentwhich they regard as
~ ~ inseparable, now and forever The Sc
zJ4cessionists whisper that their attempted
~ revolution must end in failure
1t Is true, as rumored for a few da vs.
-SNa thatsthere are camps of Union men in
Tennessee, twelve hundred in one and
-ia1iseyen hundred in another, each man with
his rife and pound of powder, and a
sAKt corresponding quantity of balls. and re-
garding his powder as far more precious
- than gold. In the late bridge burning
.sal@athree important bridges in Tennessee and
81 two IN Georgia Ecre entirely destroyed,
80, and sso or three others greatly damaged
fhe roads were in bad order before the
zaA bridges were burned, and the rolling
-@lIs stock is in bad condition. twill be I'M
possible for the road to be SO far repaired
-.Ikas 30 permit the passage of trains in less
than a month. The loyal East Tennes-
aISseeans were hourly expecting q Federal
army 70 force its way through Cumber-
= land Gap, and if a vigorous advance had
been made there, the capture of IollicOf-
= sfers army would have been absolutely
- csrtaia.as Not . man could have escaped.
Zolicofer's effective force in Kentucky
&c h&slnoe at any time exceed seven thou
sand men, and he cannot now muster six
theasand. The number of secesh troops
guarding the East Tennessee railroad
"a when the bridges were burned was less
than eight hundred. - -ssissa=.
.xzs,sgH after the battle of Wildcat, our
troops had pushed vigorously forward
the loyal East 4TennesseaiIs would have
taken possession of the railroad, and held
- N for their own use instead of destroyin.
If and they would have taken large
amount Of provisions and military stores
collected at Knoxville and other points
for the use of the rebel army. The fall
Ing back of the Cumberland Gap Expedi-
tion will have . most distressing effect,
s-s and wilt probably y cause the ruin of many
of those who have committed themselves
ia arms against the JEFF Davis despotism.
AT the very time when the devoted
Unionists were expecting to see the bay
onets of the United States troops glitter
-st,iaS in the passes of their mountains, they
sszWall hear of the disastrous march away
ssfremz them, which has already been de-
~ seribed At length these columns.
The sturdy loyalty of East Tennes-
scans appears In the returns of the recent
Confederate election for President and
members of Congress. In Roane county,
where two thousand votes are usually
e sxiysn, less than three hundred and fifty
xsrs poiled. John Baxter, Submission
Unieu man, Chat is, one who is in favor |
of the Union. but looks upon the rebel !
sSlisn a. an accomplished fact, run for the |
:. Confederate Congress in Maynard's dis |
etricE thinking the UniOnists would sup |
- port and elect him, rather than permit |
= the election of an ultra Secessienist. The |
Union men had about eight thousand |
.s@m.iorify in the district, but refused TO |
Jefe and the Secessionists had very |
- small. but nearly unanimous vote In |
Knox county where the Union men had |
three t6ou88Q0 wv uOiit&Eca FVtcc7 O1a-
xertha Submissionisf, received but eighty I
yoses The Union men would have |
s~ssthing to do with the election. but |
treated it with contempt In many places |
The polIs were not opened, and In some /
wAole counties not . vote was cast
The lines between the Union men and |
s@.she secesh are very sharply drawn Ev-
cry nan knows whom be may trust and |
:. wkoa. he must distrust. The devotion of |
.ths Union people to The Government is
unaItsrable, and many touching proofs of |
seftnre given. We are told oil men more
Hsn ssesenty- years of age, acting as
Rides on the mountains in the night for
fhoss whom they knew to be the friends
of the Government. The women will not
t.ks noney for any assistance that they |
nv render the Union men. Cases are
.Y,sestioned Ia which poor women whose
sshssbands are exiles, hare with tears in
sttssr.eyes refused 70 touch soio onerea
AID urged upon them for provisions fur
AZ sished those who we're laborins IN the
ss--ssce..a4ef the Union. One lady who was