Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-08

Correspondence Of the Union and Americana
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Correspondence Of the Union and American.l
-JULY 4, 1SG6.-The status ofaffairs,
socially and politically, are improveing
somewhat in this section-espeeially is this
so Of Washington county, in which "confu-
sion worse than confounded' has reigned
for some time past. And here allow me to
notice the efforts Of an Occasional" CORES
pendent Of the "Press and Times" to throw
all the blame for this state Of affairs upon a
class Of citizens who were known in the late
war as "rebels." In late letter Occasion
al, writing from Knoxville, GAYS:
events have recently t1anspired that
show from whence this trouble has all pro-
ceeded and that Union men have not been
the aggressors. Out of more than twenty
arrests recently made there, for theft, rob
bery and other crimes, only one Union sol
der is found, while more than twenty rebels
are in Jail in Washington county, and among
them one rebel Lieutenant Rebels have
circulated false reports as to the state of af-
fairs there, and the rebel press have done
their part in this most malignant work"
Now, it would be well enough, Think, for
the truth Of history" to ask OCCASIONAL"
what he means by 'Union men" and "reb-
els" What would you call a man, Mr..
occasional" who deserted the Southern
army, after serving from one to three years
in the same, and joined the Union army and
served in it till he was discharged? Would
you call him a Union man or a rebel
What would you call a man who sought the
protection of Federal arms by leaving his
home and passing through to the rear OF
their lines Come, there is noneed of whip
ping the DEVIL around the stump! Blah
out yor answers / believe the Legislature
Of our State has recognized the loyalty Of
the first class by providing that they shall
receive certificates to vote, upon producing
their discharge from the Federal army.
The Circuit Court was in session at Jones
boro' last week. Three white men and two
negroes were elected to represent the county
in an institution in your city. All three Of
the white men had been in the Federal
army-and of the remainder, who are still
in Jail, will venture to assert, without feal
Unsuccessful contradiction, that a larger mum.
Der Of them can SLOW discharges from service
in the Federal army than can show paroles
(given to 'rebels") from the same. The pO-
litical record of the seven white men con-
victed at the late session Of the same court
in Greene county. reads as follows: Had
been in the rebel army, l; had been in the
"rebep and Federal army, 3; had been in
the Federal army, 3. Occasional would
say that four of those men were "rebels,
reasonable minds would admit that six Of
them were Union men. But leave the
subject, remarking that / hope all offenders
will get their just dues, whether they have
been rebels or Unionists in the late war.
Good opportunities for observing the grow
ing crop has led to the following conclu-
sions: The wheat, which has been harvested,
will range between a half and full crop-say
two-thirds. The quality is excellent. OF
oats there will be 4 fuller crop than for years.
Corn, Of which there is an extraordinary
breadth planted, though small, looks well.
With anything like favorable season an
immense crop will be made.
The course of the preachers of the NJ. E.
Church in East Tennessee, in dabbling in
politics, and spouting Radicalism, has lost
them many friends; and they will either
have to change their tactics, ramose the
rancho or draw their supplies from west of
the Ohio. In haste, HICKORY.