The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-08

cernfng Affairs i'm North Georgia
various Interestfng.Facts Bearin
upon the same Subject.
Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazett
STEVENSON, ALA, Aug. %.
DIsoRGANIzATIoN OF THE RsREr. ,pyv
In my last l spoke of my intention t
again take up the subject Of dissatisfa,
ton IN the rebel army and desertio
theretrom, and i propose to say wha
isrther seems fitting upon that subiec
now, before startling events in the no
very distant future crowd themselves up
on my attention.
| CONVERSATION WITH CITIZEN OF GEORGIA
HOW HE CAME TO BE IN TENNESSEE
Two days ago it was my fortune tc
meet at the house of a Union citizen OF
Franklin, Tenn, citizen of Georgia.
de has resided quietly with his family
Lumpkin county, few miles north
-'f Dahlonega. A single son was in the
e6et army; and be had been told that
F MS son was in hospital at Murfreesboro,
-Actuated BY stron parental affection,
ne determined, If possible, to see him.
, and for that purpose applied to the rebel
for pass to go beyond their military
lines. As be was old and infirm, and not
likely to be conscripted, the pass was
eadily granted, and the old man
made his way from Dahlonega to Dalton.
= distance OF more than fifty miles
Taking the cars at the latsor place, ne
went to Chattanooga, crossed the Ten
nessee there. Travelled over the noun
tains again on foot, distance of near
atty miles, to Decherd; and thence, with
the assistance OF some kind friends,
made his way to Murfreeshoro. He found
MS son, who had just passed the crisis
81 terrible fever, and together the two
nourned ever their sad fortunes, and de-
plored the aceursed strife which mad
been so frausht with trouble to them
both. -rrsv
THE OLD MAN TRUE To THE UNIoN-RE-
PENTANoE OF HIS SON.
The heart of the old man had always
been true to his country and her flag.
and he had wept bitter tears over the in
tatuated folly of the rebels, and over that
blind and needless passion which had
carried away the young men of the South.
including his own son. But how great
was his joy when, in the course Of an
hours conversation with his son in the
hospital, he learned that the rebellious
. eni-;t 80 si--~ onOI ugnIy
subdued; that his eyes we're fully open
ed to the true character of the crime he
had committed against his country; that
he repented his having willfully borne
arms in the cause of treason; and that
he had made up his mind never to be ex-
changed, and never again, by word or
deed, to aid the cause of the rebellion.
THE FATHER To STAY OUT OF GEORGIA.
When the father became convinced of
his sons sincerity, he resolved, if possi-
bic, to keep out of the Southern house of
bondage until the war was over, and
share the fortunes of his child True,
he had left an aged wife and two other
children, daughters, behind him. He
could not conceive, however, that even
the rebels, savagely cruel as he knew
them to be, would injure these three
helpless women; and, moreover,@he
hoped that the advance of the Union
banners would soon restore them, in free
dom, to his arms. ts1 EsT
HIS INTENTION TO ABIDE FOR THE PRESENT
IN NASHVILLE.
After his visit to his son at Murfrees-
boro', he returned to his friends in
Franklin county. Here he intended to
stay few days and then 60 to Nashville,
to await in quiet whatever Providence
might have in store for him. For pru-
Dental reasons, and at his own request,
l withhold his name, as he neither
wishes to attract attention himself, nor
draw down rebel vengeance upon his
family.
HIS STATEMENTS RELATIVE TO DEsEETERs
FROM THE REBEL ARMY
/ cannot communicate all the informa-
tion / received from this old man. Rich
and varied as it was, it is my intention
only 20 mention such as referred to the
subject in hand ! asked him if it were
really true that there were many desert
ers from the rebel army among the
mountains of North Georgia, and told
him some of the reports had heard con-
corning them.
AN ORGANIZED BAND WHICH REsIsTs THE
REBEL AUTHORITIES.
You have not heard half the truth
said he. There is not in all North
Georgia a cave, dense forest, or rock
of difficult access, where these men may
not be found. Ny own county is full of
them, and SO also are White, Dawson,
? and Pickens, especially the latter. In
the vicinity of Prince Edward and Stock
Hill, a large number of refugee con-
scripts and deserters are banded togeth-
er. The rebel authorities made some
vigorous efforts at-frst, to break up and
capture this band; but so formidable in
numbers are they, and so inaccessible
are the mountains among which they
operate, that every attempt to dislodge
them has proved a failure, and the rebel
Government now virtually leaves them
to themselves. Since the retreat of
Bragg from Tullahoma, their numbers
have largely increased, and before l left,