The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-08-26
FRoM EAsr TEaSEssEl: DErI.oRA.


From East TENSEssEE-- DEPIoRA.
Bile STATE or ArB4IRs, "A CORES.
pondcpt in Bristol, Tennessee, furnishes
us, wit6.a letter, in whichit is urged up.
on us tonotice editorialIythe great dan,
ger to which persons afe'liable in pass.
ing westward through East Tennessee.
The letter states tina, from Carter's Sta.
tion, twenty miles west of this place
{ (Bristol, J to Chattanooga, no one pro.
fessing Southern sentiments can PASS
without guard Of bayonets. Should
they attempt such a thing, they are bru.
tally beaten, and in many instances mur.
dered. An who see them passing
through this little town, shudder for the
poor fellows, for they we'll know what is
in store for them.
A II the prominent citizens are leaving
the country from Knoxville to the Wa.
tauga River Even those who were
known only as Southern men, but who
never took any part in the war in any
manner, have heen forced to leave their
homes. Hundreds Of the best citizens
Of East Tennessee are coming to Vir.
ginia. The lawless conduct is encour
aged and urged by public speeches.
Those Confedcrates. who are from West
Tennessee. Georgia, etc, shonld 60
some other route than this. Should
they attempt to go this route for the
next few weeks they will never get
home at least, nine out of ten will not.
/ beg you call the attention of such
characters to tho dangers of this route,
and in the same connection the atten.
tion Of the United States authorities.
1t is but murder to send them this route.
Even Union men who profess to be con.
servatives, and not abolitionists, can't
remain in East Tennessee.
Lynch6urg Republican.
WADE HAMpToN's TESTIMONY. -
Wade Hampton, the noted cavalry off.
Ger, has been giving the people Of his
State--South Carolina--some very good
advice. 1t will be remembered that on
tie occasion of Johnstcn's surrender in
North Carolina, Hampton was intense.
ly disgusted. and manifested a Iisposi
tion to take the whole Confederacy on
his shoulders, like modern Atlas, and
fight the North on his own hook
Johnston paid no attention to him, how.
ever, and Wade started off, with his le.
gion, and did not surrender until Dick
Taylor gave up the ghost in the West.
But Wade has at last come to terms,
and talks sensibly, although his language
is still tinctured with considerable bitter.
ness against the Government. He tells
his late brethren to give up the foolish
notion of expatriating themselves by
emigrahng to q foreign contry. He
says:
"Myadvice to all my fellow.citizons
is this: they should devote their whole
energies to the restoration Of law and
order, the re-establishment Of agricul-
ture and commerce, the promotion. OF
education, and the rebuilding of our
cities and dwellings which have been
laid in ashes. To accomplish these oh.
jects-the highest that patriotism can
conceive---I recommend that all who
can do so should take the oath Of allie.
glance to the United States Govern.
mcnt, so that they may particlpatein the
restoration of civil government to our
State"
This is tho best advice that we have
yet heard from leading ex.rebel, and
if the people Of South Carolina consult
their own interests they will certainly
70 low it.-Ne,o York Sun.
Mono SUFFRAGE IN LOUISIANA
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