The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-06
by the Democratic press throughout the
North, and the responsibility Of these
murders is charged upon the radicals"
at Washington City.
For the Standard
For the Standard.
Condition of East Tenncssee in
ISO5-War and Sl0very-OPer0.
tiOnS and Effects.

nicatiOn, as printed In your StHnddTd, VI 'ho <Tu
inst, and your kind notice OF 10, see tnat my al-
of the most loval Districts of the South might be
misunderstood to implicate that part OF Maryland
in which Is situated the city of Baltimore. Deg
TO state. therefore that meant the Dlstrlct OF
East Tennessee, In which spent TWO months Vi
the autumn of 1865. Iwent from CINCINNATI 10
Knoxville, rd Louisville, Nashville anu Cnatta-
nooga. All the way from the Ohio river, through
Kentucky, Tennessee Northern Alabama and
Georgia. strong and indelible marks OF the war
were visible Every stream-crossing ana 1utIhg
prominence were guarded by block-houses and
rjAe-pits Ruins of houses, through many sec
tions, seemed as common as buildings intact. Al
Bowling Green, Muldraugh's Hill, and other points
in Southern Kentucky, the sites OF Dattles were
pointed ont-sad and silent mementoes OF reoei
aggression and patriotic resistance; at Edgeheld
and around Nashville, the effects OF loren ana
brand were extant on every side.. Approaching
NurfreesborO', the train ran for miles through the
wide and bloody field of Stone River, dotted with
stumps, rocks, and thousands OF graves; ana aV
Dpckerd, Stevenson, Lookout, Chattanooga &C,
were seen the results and remainders OF mlgnty
and resistless efforts which loyal people, win
nnrse and will concentered on the grand object ot
preserving the oneness and integrity of the nation,
had successfully exerted to that end. Grim,
visoCed War had smOOthed his wrinkled front,
in some degree but the lines of his ugly coun,
tenance were still frOwning from cloud-cappeu
mountains bridgeless streams and ruined towns:
One cannot conceive that the men who wrought
this work. at the behest of their country, WILL so
long as the memory thereof endures, suffer dema-
gognes in power to nulfythe purposes Tor wnlch
the work was done!
II was in East Tennessee where l found an in
tenselN loya people, but where larson, h0rse-steal-
ing, negrO-maiming, and assassination, were ol
'frcdnent occurrence" For example:
4 I,..I NpfHn
of the county court who had been Union sol
dier was shot and instantly killed., on the court
house floor while court was in session, by re-
turped rebel soldier, who owed him agrudge
The murderer was thrown into Jail, but was
brought out in the night, by parties unknown,
and hung on the nearest tree, from whlch MS
friends took his breathless corpse in the morning.
No legal inquiry was made into the natIer H.
Four negro soldiers were shot and killed, ny
white men. during the week spent in Knoxville
No one was arrested for either otfense
An expensive and beautiful house, about TWO
miles from the city, belonging to rebel VINO hau
obsconded was fired and burned to the ground
its glaring ruins being visible from my chamOer
window.
Men of all professions went armed, and nobody
stepped about at night except upon urgent pusi-
ness. ,,.
Knoxville, circumvented by forts, battlements
riHe-pits. stockades &C., so long beleaguered Dy
the rebel hordes under Longstreet, and SO sallaL-
" defended BY the Union troops under BURNSIDE
bore upon her roofs and walls the sears ana
bruises of minnie balls and grape-shot. Inc rev
rebels who remained there, were In fear OF thsr
lives and under the special protection OF the MILL
tary authorities. Their own malice and cruelty
exercised while the confederates had possession OF
East Tennessee had stored up harvest OF hatred
and revenge against themselves which 1t seemed
impossible to suppress.
Leaving Knoxville for the Cumberland M0un-
tain region, we went first to Loudon, where the
railroad bridge over the Holston had been deS-
troyed bv the rebels and rebuilt by the Union
hoys, There. the wheels and stacks of six first
class locomotives, run into the stream by the
southern architects Of ruin, stood as the rustlng
Monuments of hatred to civilization. Means OF
travel being obtanable with difficulty, two OF us
hired row-boat and foated over the picturesque
and beautiful river. Storm and night coming on
we landed and sought refuge at venture. Inc
first bouse we reached, in the darkness, was that
of a rebel family, who grufily denied us adInis-
sion but the next was that OF Union Captain
who made us heartily welcome:
Near Kingston-at the mouth of the Clinch, we
were shown q tree to which q Union man had
been tied, but two years before, because ne was a
Union man, his body riddled with bullets, ana MS
corpse left for days to the sun ana the ouzzarus'
In Kingston there being no taycrns open, we
were indebted to the hospitality Of Col. b., of the
1st Tennessee loyal Infantry, whose delicate AMI
accomplished wife, during the war, was thrown
| into Knoxville prison, because her husband was
faithful to his country, where she might have died
of neglect and sickness, had not some rebel rela-
tiyes intereeded in her behalf. SO soon as she
was at large she returned to Kingston, mounted
her mare and rode tifty-three miles toward tho
| North and freedom, without stopping for rest OF
refreshments.
Entering the defle of the Cumberland, we came
! To Winters Gap Two horse-thieves, rebel col
diers who had 'served their time, had passed bnl
A few hours before, followed by number OF exas
perated individuals, armed to the teeth: The OF
tenders were Overhauled, some forty miles to the
westward. They were picking chincapins, IN Q
chaparal by the roadside, in which their stoleT
horses were grazing. Discovered, the wretche'
started to run but were brought down by the un
erring reyOlvers of their pursuers. One OF then
was instantly killed; the other expired in shor
time, confessing his crime. / met, near Clinton
a countryman who knew this young man-haVlnl
had him in his family. He told me the deceased
| wns ALWAYS of willful, perverse disposition
nrone to disObedience and mischief. When thu
war broke out, the youth embraced the rebe
cause aud spent the residue of his hard life as
bushwhacker and horse-thief The employer hOt
been yerv kind to him, had taken pains to ment
the fellows life and improve his morals, but hi
rood deeds were impiously rewarded. one
the animals stolen belonged to the kind master.
Turning nOrthward, we passed Frosts Bottom
| n narrow fertile valley between Walden's Rldgt
and main Cumberland, and lodged with on ole
i farmer, named Duncan, q loyal man and venerable
pioneer Mr.. ID. showed us spot where his el
dest son had been slain In cold blood, by rebe
scouting party, as he was returning hOmeWarC
from his daily work. lie also pointed toa rock
house" in the mountain side, where ne hld, 10
weeks ut time, from the human blood-hounds o
rebeldom. Seldom did he or his aged spouse en-
iov night of uninterrupted repose, undisturbet
bv nroWling thieves. Their condition was tn
usual one of those who were faithful to the na
ti0nal government, when the rebels held posses
sion Of Tennessee.
In Scott county, on New river and Big SOut
Fork there were but few Shareholders and lev
rebels but to an almost Identical degree, Til
two were synonymous. One old sinner who own
ed twenty-five negroes, had two cOlored grand
children by his own daughters Indeed, every
where throughout our tour, we're observable some
thing Of
"The darkness and the ignorance.
The pride, the lust the squad sloth, .,
/ Which nurtured Treasons s mOnstrOus growth
Made murder p0stime, and the hell
Of prison-torture possible
IWhitter--in "Snow-Bound" "
Marriages of persons holding near degrees {
, relationship, and not few cases oi lhcestlOu
commerce. were observable IN this region. Man
families of children were bred up by couples VIII
had never been married. When accosted on th
subject, they excused themselves ION account {
the troubles" became acquainted, In the cours
of business, with two men, holding respectable pt
sitlons who were each supporting two wives, o
separate farms.
! On the road from Huntsville to Montgomerl
Tenn, we passed dehle In the mountains, whel
| lor. kalo nj 0t
t road, and, believing them to be Union men, con
menced firing at them, without halt or warning
One Of the three was killed outright. The othe
two, including my informant, having fleet horse
, escaped up the mountain. In fact, while the rel
= els bore sway In East Tennessee, they practice
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