Daily national Republican., 1863-10-23
FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE
Reception of Gen. Burnside
ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE
f" Glory TO God, the Yankees Havs
Cone!"

The following letter was received yesterday,
BY lady Of Baltimore, from nephew in Gen.
Burnside's army, at Knoxville. Il was not
written for publication, but, ss . narrative Of
events In that interesting region, will Command
general perusal;
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Sept. 20, 1S63.-we have
been here several days, and were TO have LEFT
for Houston Bridge yesterday, but at midnight
previous we were aroused from slumber, and
without breakfast started and marched several
miles, crossing the Holstein river, and taking
strong positions In the gap roads southeast OF
Knoxville, to prevent mounted force Of seven
thousand Of the enemy from making heavy
dash upon the town; but they fearing TO attack
US, Gone brigade and one battery,) we passed
down the valley only to fall on heavy force of
mounted men with mountain howitzers, some
fifteen miles of. After quite fight the enemy
were compelled to fall back with serious loss.
Yesterday quite number Of rebel deserters
and refugees passed through our lines on the
way to safety, and this morning an armed
mounted company from North Carolina, mum.
bering seventy, who will Join our army. On
last Saturday there was another squad from
North Carolina, bringing number Of refugees
with them. They all say that the people there
are expecting large Federal raid, and delay
coming now, as they think II safe to have pro-
lection on the road. If they had arms and
ammunition they say they would raise enough
t, protect the nselves and come right of.
saw an old man from Jefferson county, in
this State, who, although 73 years Of age, came
to join the army. .slie brought, as be calls them,
his own crowd, OF one hundred men, and an.
other Of eighty. He and forty of his company
have been bushwhacking In the mountains for
fourteen months.
Parson Brownlow has not returned vet, but
his son has been here for something over
l xro nd has aA tv, r,,iI.
ment. llewill undoubtedly have full brigade
within month.
Seven or eight regiments are under way, sew.
eral Of which will be full this week. Morris
town, Greenville and Jonesboro' have, l learn,
each a regiment nearly full. So you see Gen.
Burnside will soon have q division of new
troops under his command. So far the recruits
are from the immediate country along the line
of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
and the companies from the surrounding noun,
tain villages are Just commcncing to come iu.
When We were at Morriseovn, and getting on
the cars sc- G'te.. $3.50, IN Old countryman,
FROM back some twenty miles among the uobs,
We were there, he looked at the brigade awhile
with amazement, when the state of things be-
gan to fash upon him, and he asked IL we
'wern't the blue.bellied Yankees, )" and as soon
us he was satisfied, he went almost crazy,
shouting "Glory to God, they have come al
last, then SINKING his heels into his horses
sides, he wen: galloping through the town,
waving his hat, and shouting away, "Glory to
God, they've come at last"
1t was not lo.g, however, before he was back
and coaxing some Of the boys to go home with
him. lie said " II weren't only twenty miles,"
II they would go home with him she know'd
the old woman would go crazy" He said she
had been :. saving thirteen jars of apple butter
ever since last summer for the Yankees to eat"
When our boys told him there would be fight
at the salt works, aud that was our dcstina-
tion, he wanted to borrow gun and go along,
saying the greybacks' time was over now and
his was come, and he was arter revenge like
a four.year-od.'
That is the universal cry of all the people in
this country, aud not a man comes TO join the
army that does not talk of revenge" If Il
brigade Of these men 20 through this country,
every traitors house will be sure to get q fire.
brand. The majority of them, so far, have had
their houses burnt aud themselves hunted like
wild beasts, and will never be satisfied until
they finish the work by driving their persecu-
tors from their sight
Yours, truly, JAMES W. BARD,
Co. A., Tooth Penn. Volunteer.