, 1862-07-15
Awful ;Condftton Of the Union Men
tn East X'ehueAste--l.eEteFf from Par
son HrpKnlOIE.

Awful :Conditlon of the Union Men
in East Xenueesee--LetteF from Par
son HroEnlotE.
To the Editors Of the Phila6elphia Ledger:
SlRs:I have t1o letters Of srecent date,
and from. rellAble sources, giving me- news
from East Tennessee, which I desire to place
you in possession Of, and through you, the
public generally.
The Prosecutions of the Union men con-
tinue, AEd really Increase in severity. The
property of all Union men in the Federal
States and army was being sold at auction,
Including furniture, stock, grain, agricultural
implements, etc, 10 attention being paid to
the necessities Of their families. The Union
citizens and soldiers who are in the prisons OF
Salisbury, Tuscaloosa and Mobile, are dying
rapidly from the Effects Of tainted meat, rot
ten food, and starvation The rebel author
itics seek to dispose Vi. Union men in This
way.
The whole country in East Tennessee is
filed with guerrilla bands, who are commit
| ting all sorts of deprcdations on Union peo-
| Pile. :and destroying their property. Inc
| Union men in the federal army at Cumber-
lAnd Gap, are breathing and tire 1tning slaugh-
! ter against the despoitrs of their homes, the
| cont umeFs Of their substance, and the muir
dc1s Of their parents and relatives, and nothing
but the direct but the direct interference o1
| Providence will prevent them from executing
their threats. No military discipline will be
strong enough to prevent these men from thu
indiscriminate slaughter Of those secession
leaders aud soldiers who have done this 1.lis
clitf.
One Of the letters before me is from Uniol
officer at Cumberland Gap, and is dated Jun'
eth. It gives this information: Duncan Nc
Call is just over from Knox county, and re
ports 6.Oe0 rebel troops at Knoxville, wht
we're going to Atlanta, Georyia, By way 0
Mar, Ville, distant only sixteen miles from
Knoxville. The seeesn citizens had thei
goous packed up and marked for At
1anta, aud were themselves crossing th
| river at Knoxville. The rebels had arreste'
Montgomery Thomburg, Lemuel Johnson
Esquire Gallbsaitn, Oliver F. Temple, Joa'
Baxter, and others, and sent them to Tusca
3ooso- ThcmbeTg and Temple we're dead an
| The remains Of the former had been brough
back. Others were lying at the point of dea Il
attorney, and visited my bedside the nigh
before was started ont Of the bogus conted
erucy. upon pass granted him BY the CON
, nlalding officer. When he took leave Of MI
lie held me by the hand, and with tears in hi
eyes, madc this remark: "Bro"nlow, al
!, glad you arc going out, and hope you ma
arrive safe; but God only knows what vi
} become Of those Of us who renlain!''
, Col. Temple was good lawyer, in c0nlfor
? able circumstances, and as noble man
: lived in Tennessee. He Was the Bell-Eyese
tlector for that district, in the late election Fl
for President. H. leaves q wife and one chi
l to mourn his loss. He has been my frieI
Z through evil and good report t.
l Col Baxter is q wealthy lawyer Of fine ts
I ems, and citizen Of Knoxville. He has bet
: u,y friend for years, and sympathize with L
d vile aud ten Interesting children. Certain
+ nothing short OF an oId-fashioned orlhult
; bell will suit as a place Of confinement +
5 the prosecutors Of these Union men.
e July Q, 1867. II. G. BRowSLow.