The New York herald., 1865-04-24


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upon the iou Of the Cnon with the American nag ~
lis winding 4heel This speech received with voci
eroos apvisuse and at Us conclusion the solder and
csens Joined In singing "Hallelujah," with grand
|choruA and thrilling effect
nsEyis0 IN COLUMBIA, TgSs.-sAEnow ESCAPE
OF GOVERNOR J0Hks0N-sP1ECH OF NEIL O..
GROWN, ETC.
JUNE 2-The Union meetings inauguratsd in Nashville
lsre be,ng followed up. Ono held to-day In Columbia
4 Il addressad by Governor Johnson and Neil
Brown the hrst appearance Of the latter the Union
platform this An appr hendcd accident whether
premeuated or Otherwise came putting stop to
Governor Johnson's appearance AZ speaker Taking
carriage with OF bis aids and correspondent at
the railroad depot for the hotel with small Of
soldi6ry, the horses, from other took
fright the carriage passing up hill at the edge Of
steep embankment and suddenly turned nearly around
Johnsons quick eye discovered the movement
aud In moment he opened the carriage door pnd landed
upon o a, followed by the other occupants Of the
vehicle Had the carriage overturned At the spot and
The danger was imminent, there Is no knowing what
damage might have ensued As Il was, the Governor
concluded not TO try similar experiment; for there
calculating what mischievous dastardy tricks
tho cesonists Of the vicinity might undertake In order
wreak their vengeance upon him, and he concluded to
Walk tne Daanco OF the USyance aDout mile ana naf
4 The meeting was held In q market space, und q
building used for some local official purpose. Mounted
upon butchers block-the stump of huge oak
Governor Johnson delivered another Of his impassoned
addresses the soldiers and citizens present His ap
( peal was earnest m behalf Of the Union and he i'm
porod his fellow citizens In that part Of Tennessee to
unto with him in restoring their glorious old State back
10 the endearng Of the federal Union. Hon Nell
s. Brown spoke in behalf Of Union restored d.
clarng that the rebellion played out Much dsap
ponment felt At tho on-appearance 1t the MEETING
OF Colonel W H. Polk brother Of the late President
Polk, who instrumental in getting up. His hospi-
table residence had always been favorte rendezvous
Union visitors and your correspondent akcs pleasure
enumeratng himself among the fortunate number as
previous date.
GUERiLLAs ExPECTED-A FALSE ALARM.
As there danger Of attack from guerillas, the
precauuon taken to place guard of soldiers the
train. As neared Nashville sudden volley Of mus
kerry startled everybody in the The gueras
upon usl" cried some while others sank down below the
windows If for protection. Governor johnson quietly
changed his seat from the front 10 the part Of the
Car lady, with three four children shrieked hys-
ericaliy and tainted The children, Of COURSE af
frghted and cried Justify. In moment after the nrst
voey was heard, bang bang! went another The cars
4 kept under swift headway. The conductor imme-
diaeiy after appeared, and aaycd the excicm mt by
stating that The firing caused by the guard firing oil
their loaded pieces before entering Nashville.
l A GRAND UNION MEETING AT sHELBYvILLE-aOv-
ERNoR JOHNSON AGAIN ON THE STAND.
JUNE 7.-Tollowing tho meeting at Columbia came
another shelbyvllc to-day by far the most significant
since the convention in Nashville last month. The
meeting held in the Fair Grounds and from three TO
four thousand persons including many ladies' were pre-
ssnt Speeches made by Gov. Johnson Sfr. Wsen
er lPrcsIdent, and Col Scudder once secesh now
strong Unonist II enthusiastic and demonstra
tive gathering. Col Scudder interesting feature
Of this occasion The Colonel said he entertained South
views aud had gone for separation He believed It
to be the duty of every ctzen to submit to the gov
ornmcnt. he regarded the position now as that Of two
fellows engaged in free fight. They pitched in and one
got tirashing. That the South and 1t should ac
knowledge the fact Col s. was Inspector general
der the seccsh Governor Isham G. Harris. Ho was in
the Mexican war; and lost eye in the battle of Mon-
terey, under the then Col w. B. Campbell, afterwards
Governor of Tennessee
sECEsH ALARMED--THEY DETERMINE TO PUT DOWN
THESE UNION DEMONSTRATIONS.
The frequency and growing popularity Of tho Urion
meetings started by Governor johnson, and stead
! fas.ly adhered to by him and number Of cour-
ageous Union sympa.Lizers seem, to have startled
the sccesh, aud they throwing in guor-
lila bands about tho country and committing the
most appalling outrages upon those who avow Union
sentiments and attend Union meetings. We have alarm
lug reports OF their approach and their depredatons
VIC prepare to start from Shebyvlo for Nashville
BLOODY WORK OF aUEgILLAs--TnE TRAINS
MESAcBD--SAREOw ESCAPE OF GOVERNOR JOHN
SON.
At wartsace where enthusiastic Union meeting
held few days ago-the only one, by the way, which
Governor johnson has not personally attended-the
commander Of the post Colonel Sidney N. Barnes, o.
the Eighth Kentucky notified Governor johnson that
large body CT mounted guerlas In the neighborhood
and that their intention 10 intercept tho train on
which LIE on lis way from Shelbyviile. They
hna already committed ou,rngcs upon peaceful
men ana returning from the meeting Colonel
Barnes offered the Governor guard Of all the mon he
could srare, his forco being very small but the Gov
ernor declined the offer. At 'rn;5nvie and Bell Buckle,
few miles further we AGAIN received rumors Of the
pr x crl1s In force. Nothing dauncd by these
alarm ~ rspors. Govr John ordered tie train 10
proceed Ecscing Nuireeslo q, evidence OF the hlojy
work OF the g1eriias was seen The Boo es OF SIX or
Union men, murdered by gucrilas had Just been
broasht INTO town phey " r SiD,d Few hours before
ouvio the town, near .seady iile "a village That takes
rs nane ner the father OF the VIE OF the motor on"
John Horganl Colonel Lester, commanding the Mur-
ecsboro post, notified Governor johnson OF these facts
and rgcd t /, remain over night under guard, in the
town Much excitement existed among tho towns pco
pie md they nodly pressed tho rovotnor TO remain
az thcy were Confident the train would be attacked
destroyed tescre IL reached Nashville "1ly fri rdsn y
replied the Governor g" thank yoa for yorr Kind solci
fuic; but my duty calls me TO knshvil,, md
am going there tonight" Tie passengers were
In u great s'aio Of Ierpl xiiy and anxiety.
Some concluded 10 remain over; others determined to
's,ck 20 Andy Johnson and one of the latter, dis
covering the TWILIGHT foureaved clover by the side
OF tic track held up ID tho crowd and declaring II to
b. good oncn they all resolved TO ''s,ick TO Ardy
johnson" como what would. They then took their
seats In the cars Governor Johnson looking calm and
unconcerned as q he we're going to picnic. About
this time the engineer OF the tram bcgan to exer
else little authority rs he felt himself responsible for
the safety OF tho train Ho asked Colonel Lester pr-
vately what he thought u bss ~ doretsrn TO Shelby
Vile, remain al Mcrireeeboro or proc edto Nashville
"Put Andy johnson In Nashville quick as possible,
the reply. And away Night fast closing
around and had some thirty miles travel with the
dcvlsh gueras besetting us on all sides Visions OF al
murderous smash-up constantly before eyes
Governor johnson exhibited signs whatever Of alarm
He conyersej pleasantly and az composcdly % he
ever did lie had made up his mind 10 thingnever
10 be taken al We by his cnemls and the few devoted
friends who ar him shared With him this resolve
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