The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-08-26
Knoxville Ytenaas.

From the Bristol Gazette. ''
The Federals in Knoxville are carving
things with high hand, as usual, ''treasuring
up wrath for the day OF wrath
They arc continuing their dastardIy course
toward the Southern women, whom the for
tunes of war have left in their hands by reason
of their occupation of East Tennessee 1t is
understood that they have dragged from their
homes the wife and daughter of Brig. Gen. J.
c. Vaughn, and have consigned them to the
walls OF one OF their many bastiles, whilst all
the females of Judge Van Dykes family have
been like their aged and venerable father. torn
from their hearthstones and spirited away to
some unknown prison, without the shadow of
q trial, or even the tOrinality of an accusation.
Mrs. Dr. j. G. N. Ramsay, and her Gaugh-
ter Mrs. Bruck, arrived here under fac of
truce from Knoxville few days since. They
were accompanied by Miss Carrie Law, who
has for more than three months past been held
without any charge whatever against her
as close prisoner. during all which time she
has been treated with much rigor and severity.
the inhuman officials not suffering her clothing
tN be sent to her, or even allowing her change
Of raiment for five weeks.
1t is reported that large number. of wound
ed Yankees are being transferred from the rear
of Sherman army to Knoxville, one account
being that 5000 have already reached that
point. large uumtcr have boon sent to
Athens, Tennessee.
The work of plumber and rapinc continues
to go on through all lower East Tennessee, un-
der the immediate eye OF Yankee officers, wlo
are inspired to commit their bloody atrocities
by the furious TRADES OF the infamous Brown
low, who weekly urges them to kill, murder
and destroy Southern men whenever and
wherever found. often designating by name
dozens OF individuals personally obnoxious to
him, whom he calls on Union soldiers 10 shoot
down on sight.
Brig. Gen Sam. Carter defends himself over
his own signature in late number of Brown
lows paper, for having arrested one of Billy
Heskell's negroes who was, with pistol III
hand hunting his former master for the pllr-
pose Of killing him.
The churches have been taken and converted
into school-rooms for niggers. Upon special
application to General Curtis, the negro
wench who acts as head schoolmarnl, was re-
Gently placed in full possession Of the old
Strong mansion on Cumberland street as a
residence for herself-Gen Brooks and family
being summarily elected to make room for her
noble majesty. Yet the ioW-lived dogs who
have come under the Federal despotism by re-
naming in Knoxville, tamely submit to such
acts, with but here and there word of remOn-
STRANGE.
Fort Sanders has been greatly enlarged and
strengthened and now covers several acres OF
ground.
There have been few deaths among the old
residents and but one marriage TO the inyad-
ers since Lieut.. Bakers Niger girl united her
destiny with the Yankee Liellt McWilllams.
Inc oid tories of the town seem to fear the
contamination as they are sending OIL their
manageable daughters to Cincinnati, Potts.
field, Lexington and other points, under pre-
text OF placing them at school. j..