Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-11
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Northern Geofs a the prseat time s fall Of
rebel disorders sna klh vhackers Who areofgahiEod
into bands naInberihs ffcm hftecz 10 forty men
each. TIE setsri0us Gstewood ruAms through Ca
teosa Walker and ChAttooga counties IN the north
west corner 81 the State and west OF the Georgia
Central Raiiroad, while several gangs under differ
ent leaders plusaer snd rob the citizens along sad
west Of the railroad in. Murray, t3erden, Oess sHd
Pickcns counties The nance Of three ct these
Cut-throat leaders are Hnut, AeCellam and JOr-
dan. q
In ana sroana little place called Jerusalem, in
pieksns vSantY. aud On SaoNers Sharp Top Moaa-
tsins sre 8 great number Of Union men who live
In constant dread 81 THAR live. Many Of these
men had Iecked Up their hoasehoid goods 81 come
nortkEsra, when Tie saddsn withdrawal ef Sher-
Mas army efl them unproteetea and At the mercy
Of their enemies One Of these men fasrtng % stay
saw longer in the country, len hs wife sna family
and came 81 Chattanooga Hearing af.this. party
It the villains went 30 the halse, drove the poor
woman suj clndren ort and then ST hre 20 Il
burning y up with all it. eenteEts- Another UnIea
Fasn took the Unfortunate family into his house
when tha soalIBirels came back, topk him oat and
shot him. ana thea htrac1 his hose over the hsads
cf bsth Families AnSfheF man bad sold hss farm
zsd 9Th thr presessis basghi snversa horsos and
oxea viih xagoas - brihs his family aver hofa
fhat neirhborkood The relsels t-ok all us stock
arlEhrCke be wagons 70 p5eces. Within boundary
Of sin ues ar0and Jerusalem the rebels have killed
eight men Ia The last two weeks.
A smart intelligent 1fni0n man 9iyss Ia the
ne;-hAsarhosa n Jerusalem and arts ~ leader Tor
tbs ITsisu rasa az that section. Not being strong
shoagh g. COPE with ia gaerras openly be resorts
% fhe sstaerflRc q making all things equal hSny
Of tie Uuibn mea 20 Ia these hsAlA prcteHdiag ~
be secesh. Whenever 8 raid Il 10 be made Ga sat-
Element they lei chs lsadsr or sone other Union
man knes a t. II possible 40 that the threatened
parties rasy have time 70 GsrApe. His own verbs
are, "They wylld he'd Jerusalem tiil he'll fr"ze
over
In Lraapkin White and Hab<s-hsss eauhties To-
wards the seth Caroliga line ard around Dahlen-
sga, the Union men lave armed crgAniEsiians e
resisi the drafl ard proteet each other nom The
hra,alitieT Of zoe rebel cavalry who patrol the
country.
These aes render great AID 10 clr officers and
soldier who escape fFsa the prison In South Caro-
Hpa and Georgia fe,-ling them and giving thgH In
st,actiohs how 81 proceed their journey and avoid
the rsbels. A regular communicates seems 70 b
kept I'D from enc - the Other and the escaping
prisgners arr ssssod sing b. ProoaBCerfsi signs
The rebs1saTe Of these Proceedings, and as
their utmost efforts 81 deieet the men engaged "a ~
Sometimes they viii dress theFnselyes In the clothe
which they have taken from some prisoners
xhotn they have recaPtured, asd taking tho diaris
and pookss book, will pEpceed y tpspeeted CHioT
mems houses, and REPRESENTING thefneeiyes ~ @
capped Unioa officers, ask fag diheetioa 10 the near
est Federal force. In nary Instances they arc .Oe
cessfal ia entrApping sotse Hnwary MAJ, and ihei
woe b. 70 him. His life i forfeited and his property
devoted 70 ths aaps.
Some dafs since, party Of twelve vent 10
baaase few mile below CkrsTsvie Cas- county
which xns occupied by Cnion named WI
hsmx. He was NOS At home, bat they burned b.
house % the ground. A sick hEotheT, who was u
The house, VS. cdsbaued with l. Williams vii
was draaged into the Eooas and outraged by ID
whole gang While the isuse stu burning
Williams returned snd encoun!ersd three Of "a
deyIls Eho had retufbed 10 carr ef eoIne article
which had been taken from the house before sattHl
IRE 81 H. Armed only with . revolver, he aftaeke
then. killing one aud severely wot1aing tbe othe
two before their companions n their racue.
W illiams had been guide for ssIF army when
was marching through that csubtsy, abd the rebel
had determined upon his desthi not fnsiing BIN s
hone they ParPetrsted the OatFages - sbs'ss naI
ratrd
Lat Mondsy party Of twelve visited the hous
- man NAMED -, living siX mile below Cal
h5un IN Gordon county. Al fret they were goini
- xiii hn, but yielding the solicitations 81 hi
family. they released him aud ordered him 10 ieav
the country, They would allow bin y take moth
ing bat What be could carry. With Biz wife an
eldest SOIL boy II fourtssn. zach If them carrying
d bag with fe0 clothes 10 L. ha arrived az Datg
IN Wednesday. He was f1reci Ia leave severa
Young ehildrea ID the care Of Beighb5rihg Wonlsn
they beisg I've yonng to walk from Calhoun .
DalSn The gang that drove hisn of said that ths
had orders - XII hfteen men in that sstsemTht AM
\ they we're going 10 do il.