The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-14

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Office init The interests of East TeR1esl
see are .ii1Sssparably blended wish the south.
as her men Of i1ielIigepee know. Her trade
is with the Eopfh-her associLtions aiid
family ties with tho South-in fact, every
thing about her is Southern. except the SEN
fiments OF some Of her people and We hppe
they may soon be Southern
!, ~ hat would East Tennessee be disA
c9nhectea With The South and vAaat
may she not beif she viii even now take d
detsrmiuea Southern stapd The rep9saI
ton of your families, the Interests Of lpsace
aud the good Of the State, all demand fpom
you decisive action at this time. viii YOU
can you hesitatel Let It be KNOWN tbatlthe
prominent men aud the whole people Of
East Tennessee are openly and Intensely
Southern that they are determined to asl
sistlit maintaining the Independence Of the
South by arms, and il will do much towards
bringing about the blessings of place.. The
pretex t under which this war was somine need
by the North il TO relieve the U Dion lne4 in
the South, as they call themg Let il be
rkno wn that there are no Union s1en, orlra-
tibet, friends Of the North, among US, and
we will tAke away that fPrIetezt Let those
who were once Uniion men ip East TenRes1
see, if they desire peace at home and peace
abroad, now come out boldly and at once On
the Southern side 81 ieeEfl Hi
We haye addressed surselvfs to your
judgment and yonr lphtrfoti.nl because we
cannot consider you impervioas TO reason
and insensi bleito love ofl country You viii
hayr to fight for the North or the South. e
The North has forced This warlppon us and
still continues fr.4 oar Goyesnhent mhde
propositipnf for 4 .peseeable settl enent be-
fore any blood WAS SIZED, and the Lindolu
I5oyernment Eoql4 lHot even receive our
eonimisf iener4 ThtresponsibilEty for the
conn ndaaeiit aa HE conti1u4hce of 1.-THE
war IS with tlienlE tE is now foH thepeSpls
of East Tepnss5ftFt5I4deeide fSr1whidh they
will fight. f5FEtH4il o,Hs.ar the iNbrthero 90
verbinept WsIthrihstly hope that they
will not l,fsit5Ee u t4ke up arms promptly
+ in defence Of fftlieIFi Own country ana thereby
place East Henn4sfeein position honorable
and just 10 lrcrselftg Iil|H
risIrc lsx5 it ,arIoy !, nuxirs EIliis. VIA.
Tun rkxo.LtH-,. Or rt,'e i ! TX sefs.-
kele4fhi fsoih g4sss einan 5ast hftivtsi + sni
Nbpfth Alhieula. ltl.at tie FsaerhlH esacn4ts,l
/ flunfsrilI betwe@a tile ist :esH 4th Of ..i4
imohtF. Us. Bail aha staff iiakii4s srrl )
@ekls qr Tie Previous and tihsiI fsosecl.ils
Fsqrlls tals after leaving lien. L5lell in e9snt
nAIgdL They lsft via Stsvetsbn. bat ressi1EaefI
lsit'ti Ie,lY u day pr t@o IliRfi again ber
mat yei.tly having cet.nis,lfI arfst dePrf la
| Toys upon die eitzla4 They. tp4k Irsrn Nj III
| isl N conaB probably 1850 He5rAes, MANY o.
Xhpni went Voluntarily y. Others ot whom Iere
fysrsed aS They .ilo ss,,ls hor5es aud lnhles
III large h4aliIilersl wliel. VERB imlne itisE y
Afals.led ssish.]U s. +l.d taken gitbout being
llpaiEI for Ifh4 nesktlgs were employedl hs
tenlnsiers hkli in oth4 Kinds Of iOf eiEiel
tileErsresious traEnEug fitted 'thkEh. SEMI pi
tteEn mad tt,eir escFI5e and retnEnea' otAsFs
wete secnEei by lhdir masters, vino pursued
theEn. b'li The shuhber recpYerea wgs small
1 Most OF dose islSenlwcre negro men. but ia
some inst icts men, VI ,rlleii aud Children N ers
taken. les ling plantations entirely destitute
Soihe oi.tl.e phntaklons were aes9sated EaiFl
tarhed into barron wastes. In on. iiistdnts
paIi Il lr;lle, not pannel ef fencing Was
tFekla9a tt..l 9ltfir9 place. in others they were
Eegtl~.iIne Eof miles. h.Ii stock lef5to craze shd
destroy atpl4Aslifi,I III laafy eases ii will be
almost an lnpo4sibtIity to gather the3crops, pl
Ito prepare for next years planting The tow
of Huntsville MAS but little INJURED, bit ltIle
suburbs AUD yisinity suffered .grtaily anAltEit
i machinery, of de depot OF the Memphis ali
CharlestSi Railroad WAS broken up aud DIS
trbyed; ihe. depot buildings wete nor burl,sd
| BftweenH Huntsville anil stevei.4pn. the Cd TIA
ttrSis des9Iated and deserted. Jackson coBuli,
hasing besillelt almost entirely without inRab
it4ets or sign qt annual life! The depot a
c4hitfen il destroyed. The tofhb iyopdt VII.
lis burned ID the ground and fr9al that plscl
10 Belefohie. scarcely q house ~ Ieit standing
Blackened Euius is ell that remain. The btidE,
over Paint Rock river lprohably 200 ieet id,llgI
was unfortunately burned by oarlowt inch B.
EteE the Feds had passed the road the sedoIls
AliIae, and the depest. III .I.arkirsyine was u,
H feAf. eauselessly destroyed. III.
i 7 he FedersAs are said TO have declared th,
Il Independence Of jackson County. admi5tin,
| that they had snstainssi more loss and stehtes
! res stance from that county than from any ptr
ltibh of the country eisewhsrc Oiithe 4th b Is.