, 1863-08-25
a CHARACTERISED LET FER
FROM FABSON 4sIfOWNL0w.
Look Out for the KnoITl1e WhlE.

70 the Editor OF the Press:
E1H; lam here on q brief visit from Nasnvlile,
an6 expect to return tomorrow atu Gessnt' iai'
and In confident expectation OF seeing tuls Isuos.
lion Crushed cut at no distant day. see Ee1asees
from East Tennessee, North Georgia, and Noltn-
e1n Alabama, almost every s:ay, and certainly every
week Many ofthsee Il en- have known iot Fea.s'
denee q these men-and tie testimony Of the let.
tcrs Of intelligent writers smuggiei thloaS9 -
others Of us-it Is clear to b. seen that the rebel!
1on nov has the opt9% 1nd ho1d gam ont
much longer, and the city Of Mobile u3u:t soon
eurre udcrs These cities taken, and We will soon
capture Richmond We have the Mississippi River
ard its tributaries, and We shal1 not again allow
their occupation By rebels, In whole Or In part:
government. and wants sthe Union as It vas, and
lation Of mississippi are sick Of the insurrection
favor Of return to tie " old concern"
We have the rebels out Of Middle and West Ten
nessee, with the exception OF small thiev'ng
bands, who arc not regularly IN their army. Burn
eide il now marching on Knoxville, with heavy
1orce Of cavalry md mounted infantry. command
sehes the m reaae9s II W your paper hs viii have e.
tablished bis headquarters at Knoxville Rose
Grams is now marching upon Chattanooga with
large amy in Re sondit1on ana Il fsw dhys 10
and, after having garrisoned Chattanooga, he will
march npon Atlanta, and after that meet Grants
forces At Montgomery The eaPitai 81 that taia r.
talked.of greatness. Narrowing down theiropera-
tions to . few Cotton States, they WI haxo n0 2,
outlet t. the sea. and Wiih tnee pentop nta,s
zee them" Without men, without resources,
without foreign aid, without money, without
credit without 5ops wlthont he9os WthGns tEnth s
the bogus Confederacy willollapse.- and while
its more active wircpullsEs, loaded down with the
cures Of the misguided masses, some VIII Zee to
way Wards ducks did, while the great body of the
people will gladly re tu1n to their tormer allegl
The boastings Of the mad and inturtased lenders
Of the conquefing cause 1o9m up II huge proper
tions before my eyes while write this hasty let
ter in the charming picture Of the wholly tmagin-
ary Southern Confede1acy, which. two years ago,
then a happy land: deiended 81 nneonaaerabie
hosts and impregnable forta q land reyeltng IN
ple1titudc Of food and money; a land which neith.
aItct: land whore chi1alrie soldiers could con-
qner the Lincoln hireltrEs, when arTayed asatnst
them ~ e one land Thoae leading geDshf'alhs h'sh
could, Il it pleased, bid defiance to the four quar-
tiers OF the globe!
Bpt euffef few more remarks In regard to Ten
neseee. Thoueands are cFowding into tho county
declaring themselves to be sick and tired Of the
rebellion. a great many deeerte.s arc comin{ in-
ma aud Winchester, md aakinr leave to takc the
osth return to their homes, and give bonds to the
effect that thcy vii. have nothing more to do with
the war, Or theis guilty leaders. There is crest
charge going on, and one that will result ao0n tn
bringing Inc State back into the Union: The Fed.
c1al GrHrd jury, under charge BY Judge Trtsg'
recently tonn5 three hundred indictments at Nash
e1s Of the rebellion in that State; and among the
guilty cu]prtta indicted are some prominent cler
g51nen. Indicted fos treason, those villains VIII
not be allowed bail, hut II caught must 60 to
The news from East Tennessee is unusually
painful, in !1ew OF the long suffering Of thts
ahussd people,. Tho late couscription act is the
the ruin OF the country, and the murder Of tho
Union men They take al from sixteen to sixty
All that have not made their escape have heen
forced into the rebel ranks The last call Is from
amorg them old ay.hafred men; sud they hare
gene fnto new regiments here, until We have now
twenty ttoutana East Tennesseeans In the Eea;
eral army. Poor fellows have recently shed
ttaIs on more occaaions than one, in listening to
ther talt Of cruelty. and OF the surings OF th.is
families My hook does not give cven f4inr idea
Of their intu1nan slaughter and most whnton cru.
cities suffered by the longneglectcd Union men Of
East TENNESSEE. They are ehos down Like Wild
beasts wherever found.
yers from Andrew Johnsun's county Of Grccn, and
the latter State SENATOR tell me Of the marching
Of twenty women and children Into the town Of
Sleedinc. having mads them previously stand and
eea fhefr hnahanf1s and fathers shnt down in cold
hIond lar thrir Union eent1menfs. These cantle-
men eaw tisss women md chiidren. and secretly
conveyed money to them. NJ. Crawford saw tho
Cherokee Indians iu the rebel ranks exhibit Unlon
scolns they haI taEcn. and upon which they Ub-
tainrd preHfumRf Doys undcr twelve years hsYe
been sbot 1T thsir mothc1s' knees. begging for
thti, lives! Old Union men have been shot and
iupc in he presence Of their aconizlps wives aud
daughters. Mothars have been brutall1 murdered
ft,n$A ht1c
have lid from tie act of consesiption. Reputable
Chained md hejp1ess male protectors. assure
ihe people Of tic loyal States. upon the hooor Of
men. ffpt ranfne Difiare' nrson rnnr. md murder
aTero joneer crtMe1 In Eat Tennsssee. @ m and no no
rrbe so1dJeT nr n1cer thera hiss yct been nnnishei
lar INV of these oftences arai1st Unioa man %
womsa. ''N o'~~''>'0 ~''' : '~
TIE wheat crop In East Tennessee II yeyr fine.
arI thc Rebel Government has pressed its ragged
soldiers into the work OF harYesting and threshing
Il for ther ty1n nae: nni they are now coliectfne
a1d d running It of to Georgia. in anticipation Il
fhe ann1oaci, Of our army THE corn c-ot, jr 1nore
tIan an nTeSacc one. most procured by rhe isbor
or the woucn md children, while theft male pro-
feetoYs were forccd to hide ont. The Rebel COY
tY1mrnt has nrfIercf efri1a 1nT fts pntherinr md