Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-16

profoundest gratitude By the people, who
are described IS the most heartily and gen.
orally loyal population in the United
States. There were many thrilling scenes
Of The meeting of our East Tennessee sol
diers with their families, from whom they
had been so long separated.
The information given Of the outrages
committed by the secessionists, confirm and
more than confirm all that BroWnlow has
had to say Of them. There is hardly
neighborhood in which Union men have
net been murdered, and hundreds of them
have been hidden for months in caves in
the mountains, snd supplied with food by
the women. The able-bOdied males were
DeaElyal absent, in the army or wander.
ing in exile. The roads in Soutbaastern
Kentucky now swarm with then retarn-
ing to their long deserted homes. The No-
men, old men and children, havs d6as 3
wonderful work raising crops. The Wheat
crop was very large, and heavy supplies
collected by the rebels, fell into bur hands
at Knoxville and elsewhere. The country
is full Of corn, mostly raised by women,
and there will be no difficulty in supplying
the army from the territory it occupies.
Guerrilla warfare is not feared, as the 10y
slty Of the Inhabitants will prevent it.
Kentucky also is becoming settled. There
is net symptom of bushwhaokers from
CoVington to Cumberland Gap.
Our troops, on the contrary, we're in
splendid spirits-perfsetly happy and in
high condition. The infantry marched
with surprising alacrity and rapidity.
They thought nothing Of moving twenty
FIVE miles per day, and would go into
camp, after such a march, merry as
sehool-boys. They were delighted to be
the liberators of East Tennessee, and feel
that they were not in an enemy country.
The East Tennesseans were so glad to
see cur soldiers thattbeJ- ev0k5d every
-rnIng they had and gave it to them freely,
not asking pay, and apparently not think
ing Of it. Women stood by the roadside
with pals Of water, and displayed Union
| flags. The wonder was where all the stars
and stripes came from. Knoxville was
radiant with flags. At point on the
road, from Kingston to Knoxville, sixty
women and girls stood by the roadside
viewing Union flags and shouting Hur-
| rah for the Union" Old ladies rushsd
out Of their houses snd wanted 70 see Gen
eral Burnside and shake hands with him,
and cried, Welcome, welcome, General
Burnside, welcome to East Tennessee
A Mrs. Staples, whose husband had
been murdered by the rebels, came out to
see General Burnside, cought his hand and
told him he was Welcome-they were glad
| to see him. The soldiers had taken all her
corn but she did not care for that. The
General assured her her corn should be
paid for, and asked how much she had. She
said there were four acres in the lot. BE
asked how much it yielded to the acre
She said, if well tended it would yield
sixty bushels, but she had been obliged to
tend II herself, and thought there was on
ly thirty bushels to the acre, and would
| only take pay at that rate. These inci.
dents OF the simple honesty Of the people
will illustrate their character, and the
1 feeling with which they looked upon the
triumphant march Of our troops They
care little about the policy Of the Admis-
trstion. Alfthey want is that the rebels
shall be whipped and the Union restored
They have no fears after that. They as
sociate, as we'll they may, liberty, justice
and peace with the Union and they
know they have had oppression, anarchy
and bloodshed in the Southern Confeders-
cy. It is a common expression among
them, sSWe were born under the old flag
and the Constitution. They are good
enough for us, and we intend to die un-
der them.p About Knoxville the people
were pointing out the hiding places Of reb-
Ell stores, and wei jealous in so doing
The prominent secessionists at Knoxville
fed with Buckner. There are q few left
who have assisted the secession blood
hounds, and the popular expression was,
"They must leave here or they must die.
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