The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-10-11

Editors Clarion Excuse me from intru-
ding this scroll upon your patience. l
have not written you in some time-not
since we left Union City, think. fyou
please, will now give you a short sketch
Of our travels and doings since we left the
above named place.
On the 10th day of July we struck tents
and got aboard the cars, and with glad
some feelings left the city. say glad
some, because we were tired Of the place.
We could see nor hear nothing The wa
ter was mostly mud, although the Colonel
(WM BARKsDALE,) made some great efforts
to secure us this great luxury of life
Thence we went down to jackson, Tenn,
and 5taid day and night. About night
on the same day that we arrived there,
we received orders to report Immediately
ut Richmond. 1t would have done you
good to have seen our men, then. Every
one almost would give shout, and soon
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the place resound with their huzzas-
Next day, to be brief, we left Jackson en-
route "for the ,cars' in reality, and reach
ed Corinth just before night. This wa.
on Saturday. That night we cooked sew
eral days rations, and wrote letters home
Sunday, at II o'clock, m, we left Corinth
aud passed rapidly through the towns Of
lulla Springs Eastport, Tuscumbia, Deca.
tur, Huntsville dc. At last we arrived at
Chattanooga. The route here lin fact
through to Manassas is through solid
rock, q great part OF it, and over high
hills and deep hollows. The most roman
tic place | saw in going there was two Of
three miles before we got there At the
distance Dwell, say 100 leet below us,
flowed the Tennessee river in all its gran
dellr, while above, and to our right, the
huge rocks of the lookout Mountains
lowered over US, shutting out the view Of
the sky directly over our heads. 1t eX-
tends over similar to a roof over a porch.
We laid over one night and part of day
here.
The next place Of any importance that
we. came to was Knoxville. This, you
know, is the seat Of Brownlow's influence
| reckon ought not to say anything de-
rogatory to his interests now, as he is said
to be doing considerably better in his old
age. but as this is rather record oil the
past than of the present it won't do him
any harm. The men called out Justify
for "Brownlow - "Brownlow p They
would ask the little boys that were round
town selling eatables, if they belonged to
Brownlow, ARE you a Brownlow man."
&c Everything passed off quietly, how
ever and we left there. Some told us we
might possibly be attacked little further
on, as there was a regiment of Union men
there. We were not the boys to be scar
ed, though, and did not turn back, but
went on forward to Washington
Cleveland came next. This is a consid-
cradle manufacturing town. Here. also,
are a great many Union men, as is the
case throughout East Tennessee. At Bris-
toll, we laid over for some time. This is a
nice place, and is on the line between
Tennessee and Virginia. From here we
went at slow rate, through the noun
tains to Lynchburg. This is the largest
town through which we passed It's en-
phatcally the "uiu City" The James
river runs through it. We cooked some
provisions here, and that night, instead
Of taking the S. +. route we made direct
ly for Manassas junction. We did not
think of going there until we got to
Lynciburg. @wing ihe pressure of The
times in that direction, they would not
allow us to 60 on to Richmond and rest
but hurried us on to Manassas-the seal
of war; After passing through Char
lottesville Gordonsville, &C., we reached
the Junction. Looking out from the win.
dows of the cars, after walked up. was
struck with wonder at the vast number of
tents stretched out before us. As far as
the eye could see, nothing but tents ap-
peared
Il was | a. m. Sunday morning when
we reaehed the terminus OF our long lnn,, !