Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-13
STATE NEWS.

Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, with Inspec-
tor General D. B. Sacket, Col. HassOn,
Msj. Knedriek, and Capt. Hamilton,
members of his staff, was at Nashville,
Friday, en- route to Chattanooga On
tour of inspection. Ea
The Union and Dispatch, of the 9th,
contains an account OF q raid into North
Carolina by a squad of BrownIoW's
militia, and the arrest there of young
man named WagOner, who formerly re-
sided in East Tennessee, but who was,
during the war, a soldier in Ransom's
first regiment Of North Carolina cavalry,
G. s. A, and being afraid to return
home had settled in Wilkes county,
n. c., where he had recently married.
The miscrealts who carried him off told
him they were acting under the authority
of Brownlow, and that he had also
offered 800 reward for him. Wfg 3ner
was IN the field at work, and when he
was arrested was refused permission to
go to the house for his coat. The
captors placed q guard of two men, one
on each side, and then placed rear
guard, with instructions to fire of gun
on the approach OF any one that had the
appearance of pursuit, and the firing of
the gun was the signal to the guards near
Wagoner's person to kill him When
the party was approaching Taylorsville,
the rear guard stopped at branch to
drink, and fell to the rear some thirty or
forty yards. Wagner conceived this to
be the best and last chance to escape /;
be suddenly struck one Of the guards
and knocked him off steep embank-
ment and Immediately struck the other
and darted off in the woods. BY this
time the attention of the whole party
was drawn to him. and they fired a vol
ley after him, but fortunately his person
was not touched, although several balls
passed through his clothing. After lay
ing out in the mountains for two or three
days and nights, he got safely back to
Wilkes, where it is hoped he will be al
lowed to remain unmOlested.
The Springfield Register gives the
following particulars OF the spirited con-
duct Of q true hearted Southern woman.
Where is the bureau offieisi2 " We
learn from a reliable informant that a
lady in this county notified her husband
on the morning of the election, that if
he voted the radical ticket, she would
leave him. True 10 her word, on that
evening she moved to her fathers house,
where her husband went after her. She
ordered him 10 leave her presence, telling
him that she would not live with him
another day. She held in contempt the
man who would vote for a party that
were seeking to drag her and her chill
dren to degradation"
"A large party of Nashville ladies
and gentlemen were to leave for a pleas
ure tour to Mammoth Cave, yesterday
Tennessee wheat and flour are nov
ing nOrthward briskly. The Louisville
and Nashville railroad yesterday took
five hundred and fifty-three bushels of
wheat for GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and two car
loads Of flour, for Pittsburg and New
York.
The Nashville Union and Dispatch
Of Wednesday, gives the returns from all
parts Of the State. Brownlow's majority
is stated at 81, ,489.
The Daily american Union says the
cars Of the Nashville and Chattanooga
railroad traversed five million, two hun
dred and ninety-four thousand and fifty
seven miles during the year ending June
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