New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-25

,sr o. the impesishabo Union. Az Tee e. pl. -
four Week8 became victim % ire Jpn, I lin
end was removed TO room ia " uecon' ssb-
and a guard Of seven men kept me eyn.".y - aver
eequenty became so weak that ooulu III 70 TO 1--we
IN my bed, and the guard wac Increases " ord run
men. for fear ! should suddenly recover o." IN a
ayay to Kentucky. Becoming con'aie esoo ~ con
measure was removed to my io'1ei lnn's Coufed-
6nement One day l was vis''ea gy I'll Won
crate officers, who remarked, a., - sIlegiance to
.ha"la nn, ha here. Take the oath OF alee' oniv
snouiu NOV I've Government, which Will NOT onV
M. no 20 a sueedy release, but insure wv,
eh'iIe wv Sir ~ said l. "before woui1 saso ''9
teeiicn .,nnor, such he'll forsskcn i1s'isu'ion'
onld snfer myself to rot or de WIZ oia aso ,rouv
"2 Whv s", nv friends, these demagognes 1Stuay
why That the Lord is upon their side, and declare
~. ID Almighty is assisting them In Inc nr'ner
onno Of their nefsrous project. In Knoxville ana
snrrounding localities short time since daily prayer
meetings were held, wherein the Almighty was o.
seecbed to raise Lneons blockade ana " nulr
s,rnc,ion against the Burnside Expedition. lhelr
nrayers were partly answered. The biocsade a'
Fo;noke Island was most eitectually raised reclp
rocal of their sscrege diyinely rendered
Gentlemen, am no Abeitionist; applaud no no
sectional doctrines am u Southern man, ana al
my relatives and interests are thoroughly iden'iou
with the South and Southern institutions was
born in the Old Dominion, my parents were born IN
virginia, and they and their antecedents were al
slsyebolders Let me assure you that the South nas
suffered no infringement upon her institutions. Inc
slavery question wac actually no pretext Tor thls
nnholy, unrighteous conflict. Twelve Senator: from
the Cotton States who had sworn 10 preserve invio'
late me Constitution framed by our foreiath.
err. plotted treason at night nj time lcr
sncb a crime, and telegaphed to their
States dispatches advising them TO paas or
dinsnces OF Secession. Yes, gentlemen, twelve
senators swore allegiance in the day time, and gl.,
swore il at night. A short time since was called
mon by a little Jew, who, believe, is the Secre-
t1ry Of War OF the bogus Confederacy. lie threat
encd TO hang me, and l expected no more mercy
from him than was shown by his illneinous prede-
cessors toward Jesus Christ l entered INTO loDe
correspondence with this specimen OF expiring he'
rosuity: but, from mercy or forgettuness on ,pelr
part. was permitted to depart with all my d4cu'
ments in my little valse, which hope TO puolsn az
no distant dsy Gentlemen, when | started on my
perlous Journey was sore distressed III mihd' hnu
exceedingly so in body; but the moment my eyes
encountered the pickets of the Union army my e.'
ore sion decreased and returning healh seemed SUI
drnly TO iuvigorate my ply steal constitution. :.
n gentlemen Secession is played OUT the aog IL
dead the child 10 born, and his name IA Jeh' DAVE,
;r Nv throat distresseb me 70 such an extent 'ua.
I must decline further remarks this evening, Du.
,ball make myself heard upon the next conVe.en'
oces,ion which will probably be ere the 'erinlrS'
ton Of the present week.