New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-08


lie never heard even the most bosIing ana o'eIoer
ipo S,-,<ssionlsts in Knoxville clam more than twelve
th0ussnd elective men for Kirby Sm h. In poilt o'
drill and disclpiine ne SAYS. however, Sbhn 'vm'
mand has been greatly improved since ias' "pnn5'
by the incessDt Efforts AID iron rule oil tha, oee ~
who il believed 10 oe one OF the nest thc''oanS ~
the Southern amy. The for es uraer BfABk Werc
ust arriving from Chatanooga ~ the tine lee IL II
Knoxville The belief then wss that they 'iihoere"
sbout twenty thousand; about tird OF te CORPS
Ur,rr bad brought with him FROM Central Missis-
sipp remained III The vicinity Of Chattanooga.
. Kirby Smith divi.Ion was known to nave mover
from il, front of ,he Cumberland To The night 81 the
Tnion Gem MoyVan' = troops into Kentucky, about
The 18th inst. Only one brigade, that OF ten. 90
VENOM was eii before the Gap, tO Keep mp appear
anres and create the .mpr' ssiop, by Ifegnct 1eiH-
,ndrhtions against various points o. thc nnioh i9e'
th,t large army wac till between 1t and knox'iiie'
Wills in Atlanta he heard that Gen. Bragg corps
led moved some % miles to the no.th-wosI 81 hnoN-
Vile and he thinks that Gen. Morgan coud now
sate!y emerge from tie Gap, overwhelm stevenson,
and make descent on Knoxville and destroy
BrIgg's depots and COMMUNICATION by rail- WITH The
South.
The condition Of the Unonists 81 Eas. Tennessee
lie states 10 be deylorab!e beyond description. The
families and relatives of those serving IN the Union
ranks are being driven ont OF the country bv tie
hundreds. Leading oyalists are being continually
arrested and cent 10 North ana South Carolina.
several Innocent parties Ldu been lnllilfOneu IJr
participation in tie killing of Gen. Caswell. The
Union reverses In H::";nia have utterly disheart-
ened the onion population and made them DESPAIR OF
ever being delivered from their OrTressors by Union
troops. 1h. Rebel conhscation law is being rigldly
enforced, aud the property Of all refugees appro-
praied without STINT; Cattle ana corn ave every
where being Impressed for TIE ne of the Rebel army
Nihout any compensation, even in Confederate scrip,
10 loyal owners.
Tie c0Dscfint.on il not 40 universal, according TO
Bis state.neni ~ generally suqposef, IN Est ZEN
nessce North Carolina snd Georgia. In East len
the Union mer endcsyor To eshue II III eFeiy
fos.iblc way. In North Carolina and Georgia the
Rebel Government found i very diincnu 70 oet 'hs
enrolling machinery IN working order indel pendent
OF tie State Government, according to the terms 81
The law The Governors ~ those States looked upon
the law "a an attempt to interfere with Their proper
authority and control OF the militia IL /. believed
tha, the Rebel Congress will Immediately amend
Tie law 20 as 10 place the enforcement ol lne Voh-
scriytion in their hands
Since o. Iromu CATION Of the general order Tor
bidding ;ie living End acceptance OF paroles wrhon,
tie special appreciation OF the Commander n-Chiei
Tie disgrac.iul surrendeTs oil Union detachmens 20
email bands of Rebel gucrrilas nave been very iew
in ths department, and then only Of posts that were
ignorant of the existence OF the order. Olhcml ~
yesIyatIon / ain sorry TO say has established the
fact that many Of the surrenders during The lat two
months were more than willing on the part Of ouf
rodi,rr. The anxiety 70 get home and tue IMPOSE
bty to get furloulhs prevailed over the sense Of
duty with many and iaduced them rather to seek
than t. avoid an opportunity to BE- captured and
par1led knowing that they would thereby he
enabled TO make tie long,d.for visit to the North.
Gen Nelson put eiiectual stop 10 tais ,bnre IN ni
division long before the order issuedby ordering
some of be paroed cutyOss into Close cOnlbon.,n
instead Of ,endiug them North until exchange, az
had been the previous custom.
Yesterday aud the day before We hal telogmphic
comuuuicniiuu with Lousyille, and were treated Ia
the Iapcrs To mall morr.ls--iImulatlng rather han
apueaslng q g Appe'iic-of news of the trcm ndou'
battles fought ia front of Wellington To-day Tie
wir.s ARE again reported cut near the State bne.
What il 10 ne isolated from the remainder OF man.
Kind IA the c-is OF tie war, gan only be appreciate
by ihOse hat sulrr from absolute IL pnyatiOn OF
intelligence a. We do now in Nashville.