Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-19
qhe LinooEnitss in Middle Tennessee.

AAAGoAAttHs H FHsAdte HrmueHaee.
A correspo dent Of the Mobile Tribune, writ
ing from Pulaski, Tenn, says:
Since the guerrilla movement has taken shape
the continuance of Yankee amiabiitv in Ten.
ues3ea is doubled. As long as the citizsns Sell
them food. debate the Constitution. and let them
alone, while they are laying plans for their sub.
! litigation, why the Yankees will be very agree.
able But when they begin to be taken off mys-
terl0usiy, and every sentinel, scout aud strar-
gler hOm the main army iOrfeits his life, chen
the invaders viii likely loose their tsmper. In
expectation OF this, citizens and soldiers who
had left their families behind are now bringing
them away The sooner this eHkgEts c8TdiaLe hs-
tween Tennessee people and their invaders is
disturbed the better. It is and must be more or
less dsmoratizing.
Evidences OF this have startled me d" Whvr7
said enc who Is very sensitive en- ms large prom
eTty interest, g they are as polite and respectful
as they can be-mOTe so than our own soldiers ~
| saw a man from Nashville last week who
firmly believed that Island No. 10 had been
taken. There is no doubt that many people in
Tennessee, once the friends of the Southern
Contederacy and even now sUeaTiuz they are
southern, are calculating how we can get along
under northern rule, and are thinking that tbiugs
will not be so bad after all, even if we are over
come Some Of these very people, now kindly
tleated and hOnied by the Yankees. will. when
their power is fully established, be afraigned for
high treason and hung, and their estates cgnfg.
Gated and their children made beggafs. Moi ali
Iennesseeans are thus caJoled, Mr.. Editor; but
some of them are. Thousands of her sons do
not, and will not, entertain even the possibility
Of su6Juga'ion. They are not deceived by This
fair show-taey know Yankees too well.
gentleman Just escaped nom the neirbbor-
hood OF Franklin tells ne that a Lincsln.ra
soldier came to his farm one day for straw for
their MISREPRESENTATION, by the way, are not
empty. The fellow belonged 10 an Illinois repi-
ment, and had bOated 20 New Orleans. He
frankly stated that had be been there at the
opening Of the war he would have Joined the
southern army. Well, why are you all fight
ms US " l can answer for myself was his
reply, " and mine is the case of thousands 7
am in the army because it is my only chance of
making 3 living ! have a wife and four chill.
dEen. All business is stOpped-it is this or
nothing" Others profess TO be fighting for the
nsyigsh n Of the Mississippi 1ivG; others for
the boundary line others for MAKING MS nav
the war debt; but most-for the " STAR and
stripes" They call Us "secesi =" but wish 4,
be called Union men or Faderals to he called
Lincolnite, Yankee, or Abolitionisf, is sn otfense
and an insult
Though We had taken off all our engines and
cars, a friend tells we he saw three locomotives
with passenger trains and baggage cars of the
Nashville aud Decatur railTosd the sfeamsost
5TadeT las brought around several more rom
Louisville. By an oversight, none Of the nine
bridges on the IA lrOad between Franklin .nd
Columbia weIe burnt, except that On Duck river
near Columbia.