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black band with silver Instruments
trained and discoursing sweet music. This
tho band which the sweet scented druggists
Cincinnati refused TO allow, after they ha
seranadcd Gen. Burnside, TO refresh then
selves with soda water in their store or ont ,
their glasses.
Our Journey was cnllvencd By the perform
ances Of the band, aud nude interesting b
the rcmiufsccnccs Of Gov. Brownlow, who We
for tic first time since carly in 81, yisitIn
ground made sacred by the devotion Of lin
self and ccn}f<rcs 10 the Union cause,
As We passed along, the various points whct
Conventions and other patriotic gatherings {
loyal men were held, were pointed ont by til
Governor. The scenery lent IN added charm
On either side Of tho road-irinecd as 1t wa
with sweeping field md qnlct deli, and grace
by groves and wooded hi1lsides-the horizo
was bounded by the mountain rnnge. Souti
mud little east, the boundary line betwcc
North Carolina and Tenncsseo Is marked b,
the smoky Range, whose hazy SUBMITS, ,wayci
ing almost like cloud- bank, or line of smok
ascending from distant camp fires, we'll drscry
their appellation. North Of the road, blu
with distance, and hazy In the fur shadows 0
the sunlight, are TO be seen the p1incipa
range Of The Cumberland Mountains.
! CROPS, &c., ENCOURAGING.
am gratifled TO observe that, tnouSh tht
tnces ofwar arc easily lesccrnib1e, they ar.
NOT 80 destructive or lltdeons in their dcyas
tnsion sthey were in the Eucriila-curscd re.
E1on. west Of the Missouri, where it has been
! my fortune to serve for three years past. Tic
! houses arc standing, even IL dilapIdatel, and
| Z ltrEe portion Of the fences still remain.
i .ion knoxville east, the ccrenls Of the tem.
peratc zone arc ruiscd. The soil Is light
loom, admirably adapted for corn and wheat.
Il NJ fr1SSf
crop boxed admirable. l am assured that q
large crop is certain. a wido stretch Of win.
fcr wleat is being sown ut this time. So far
the prospect seems fair before this region.
ANDREW JouNsoS-rHE TAILOR.
The Place from whence this Is dated has
become amous as The home Of President An
drew johnson. Ofcoursc visited the house
In which he lived and the shcp wherein hc
worked: The former is roony two-story
clpal street, Some Of our party explored the
interior, ardrCpo.ted the late residence Of the
President as full Of rcf1,gee women. A GUAM
tlty Of books, etc, belonging 10 the President
Was In the dwelling, fast becoming dfiapi-
dated and useless. Some relics were brought
bray.
b,wn from the main street, (which follows
INC snamit Of . ridge,) through rocky bye
Mas, ,IiItp Maoa picturesque BY magnificent weep
lng WaiioNs end little l,abbling mountain
stream that3 WITH . pretty siplins mrrmur,
spssaus p Nsen over the rocks which elattercd
rode, halting in fi9Dt of littls dinry frame
ohe-kiory building, Which stood alone. Over
TIC battered store, so,Ae ono had painted on
SIP o. Drown paper, In bold letters, IA.
johnson, Tailor" This, then, waA tRc col
leEe s where graduated ou President. It is
Ct hue than Andy. A colorcd man now worfs
at the Presidents trade In tho shop where he
drew the thread in carly manhood.
The landlord Of the hotel, who claimed 10
have worked on The same board with johnson,
told lis scycrol interesting "reminiscences Of his
carly career ldc said johnson was not twen-
y years old when he fltst came to Grcenevillc
trona. North Carolina, o very green, cawky
youth, who could not even read the alphabet.
The tir6t job Andy was set at was making a
Cult Of coarse jeans. His awkward ways at
FIRST Inadt: him the ridiculc Of the shop, but
ITS natural quick wit and sasaclty gained the
Mrs. johnson was Widows daughter,
Her father had been q shoemaker. She was a
girl of spirit and intelligence. When they
married, ,Andy's worldly possessions consisted
Of IS In money, n1l old aofsc, and a cot bed
stead. The BRIDES mother had hnt o small
1owry to bcstow. So tho future President of
tie United States commenced welded life
with the foregoing extrarasant stock OF
worldly goods.
Mrs, johnson took her husbands education
In hand, and, Us Is well known, taught him 10
read. Our informant says Andy, after. he
re1,t coropany II the town. and s-et al, the IN,
formation. books. &c. lie coiid. Amonr
those who aided him In this war. ycrc snms
merchants, and bankers, North CaorlnIans Of
scotch-1rish extraction. They wero men of
shrewd intellect md considerable information,
ambitious Young tailor. Sorttcr,, peonie
surrounded win frne schno1s md tho t1rfJon''
inr c,llturc Of The land cnn scarcely annTeci,
ate lie tiifiicu1tics surr,ountcd i,y th,s nrdent
student. That tlcy were surmornted. his
wuAr s,1n ~ ms persrxr M, ,rv
nra 1,,aa ,aa.a A ,-.rr a-ar,;,aot IY.,,n
,n.n - e4,s 1h;s s.et o 'gry PsoW.nent b. gnaon
M"ii e, e,.n1s;e LIZ s'et "no hnoa tus l.os!uGat
t.sdr' Stau itphrsn, VI hms piSstnt Poncy' sa1a:
therc 10 w 1oannar Gnio1 t. ,,,slh q taas
cnniiasnt tbat r5 Ihe rres;de,, uonoIi dm
e5a en 10 pItSSIe p,sSaS Inc poney .! e1teIminai1ng
"a, IN mn.sn at Lncvn llau9usateo. bul
~, ~ nes % IonsenI ~ 'ofGuE neSto sunrage
t;n,, 1o,n.,.si S r. ~ 1nlahs tnat 4uss-
iiera tHot hsia - ~ aas b, nnu uoes noe ~ ~
coInrca ,nnn.s s.etn 4h e!use tnt
liz southern states eiys it." 'A'''
dent wom,d IN h;s ;nI1,ncrt Snra- tuI Cnnsi;
t,tionni nn,nn,,ont ~ @ ah;n % ,u,u4 ;t,-e Huus..
tl,c IIn;taJ Stntns 1,oi;f1aF rnta.. - - 49,. -.
Stotns t,,ns oaneI,. t1,o r',s.a ~ ~ tae
ont flie Union. nv informant ant tEon1ht b fbe b
son would strongly sunnort an nmendrnent
whereby representation should be based on
the number OF legal voters. lie had advoca-
ted the same idea for years. I give these
statements as they were made.
A few miles west, VIC passed the road which
the President, then Scnator, took to reach
Washington IN order to be present at the ex-
ira session Of ~. In IN onen buggy, with an
escort Of eight devoted Unfonfsts, MI armed
with shot guns and rcvolyers, thee Tennessee
Senator fed, closely pursued by a Iarre body
Of rebels, from whom he escaped ouly by IN.
remittjne diligence in rettinr nrer tia roni.
Horace Naynoyd fed nl thc sa1ne time nv a
another route, and Joined the Senator In Ken
tucky. Even then their perlls were not over,
tho rebels pursuing them closely TIL they
that lime, distinctly remember the feeling Of
eratifed relief all telt when we heard these
patriots were safe.
This town was the scene OF severe Fight
early in '61. A Union Convention which was
held here By Pareon Brownlow, Horace May
nard and others, was attacked BY the sLouisi-
ana Tigers" regiment on its way to Vir-
ent parsan bore an active pEH. The 'tigers''
were defeated and lefl for the East.
These and q score Of other incidents were
rae1ly told by the Governor, who interested
us by pointing ont the scenes Of these historic
events
TIE GAL1ows TREE.
Tbcrr il searrnlr town In th;s reoion
wLicl has not some fatal tree. used by thc
rehets os caliows far fhe 1,en,5in- of ncfri.
ofs # EnGvr;'ic ff,c roI,aWs IN W,,;eb wera
i,ance3 many ni parsnG RroSniaw,s fa,iorr.
n1isoncrs, md IN Whic1, b;mse1f was tn I,are
keen ercc,,fcd Int inr J,is fnrfn7ote escans
stil1 stands clns to ti,c tract- md Il; mi ss9h3
Of nassinr trims. ~ >~N> '''@
upon Thich were hani.ed TWO yon1iT lnen in ,GI
named IJenshaw nnil Frv. They We're chHr1n
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