The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-02-01
Five Ynnra "a

Five years ago, somo one hundred and
moro Vnion men Of ~ we're In the Knoxville
JAIL several OF whom were very sick, stretch
ed cet upon the cold door, half clad aud
half sed, By . brute tho rebels placed over
them. We rseOllect very distinctly that two
o! the sick prisoners we're Baptise miniSsers,
hessTs. Pope and OAts, aged ROSpset.vety
sfvtnty and eighty years. These men were
thrust into that cold prison for adhorinR "a
the old Gag. The Union ladissin and around
Knoxville obtained leave from the command
ing General 10 Bend In q Christmas dlnnsr.
The supply was abundant and sumptuouS,
and was most thankfully received. But an
other brute, acting a. Confederate Attorney,
whose sir aame 10 John Crow RGmssy, vent
to work next day to learn the names Of the
female contributors, with q view 70 their ar
reStI This low 6ung puppy. . compound Of
ignorance aud malice, with the hardened
cheek Of ~impudsnce, 10 now walking these
streets at his leisure. and asking these out
ragged people TO ~patronise him as an attorney.
BY way Of punishing the Union prisoners
for eating this Christmas dinner, on the next
day some twelve Confederate troops, lewd
fellows Of the baBer sort, who had outraged
all the decehcies Of life, were cast into priS-
on beaatly drunk. These Williams cursed US
and bhckguarded us, and the ladies who
had furnished the dinner. Meanwhile, the
sentinels out Of doors twice fred their mus
ketS into the windows, pretending they went
OF BY accident. And with a view TO Aggra-
vate Us, rebel citisens would congregate
around the jail on SabbGh-Some Of them
members Of tho Church and they would
grin, laugh, aud show their approval Of our
incArcerAtiOni Some of US recollect the
names and faces Of these incRrnate devils,
and we intend to Tecollect them. Those who
are made up Of leniency, sympathy and
kindness, can take these u~nmitigated raseals
to their bosOms-We have no use for them,
and intend to have no transactions with
them. They developed their baseneSs when
backed up BY = drunken, corrupt and reck-
less army. SHch were the dOiEgS Of Eve
years ago. Something Of q change has
come DER the spirit Of the dreams Of q por-
tion Of these biack.hearted devils. The IA.
bleS have been turned, and things are not az
they wers Eve years agO.-KnorpiHs Wig.
IEJ~ The frantic opposition Of the rebel
organs to the organization Of . loyal militia
10 one Of the strongest reasons why Il should
be organised without unncceBsary delay
They well know that the lAWlesB spirits who
have been outraging Union people will be
brought 10 justice IL such q force should be
established, And that the security thus given
would be followed by the filing up Of the
State with industrious, ~enterprising settlers.
The predatory bands Of 0bion, Weakley and
other counties, have brought the name Of
NJ saNa 1Itwn. aAu1aA nN.l aiag..-.
are rarely willing to invest their means or
bring their families into a State where scores
of b~uShwhackerS ride about armed, as in the
days Of the rebellion, to lynch freedmen and
shoot down. Union officials and upright eiti-
gems with impuRity. A reliable loyal mill
tia, made up Of good soldiers, and oHicered
by cool, discreet men, 10 essential TO the
safety Of Union people. II it be not eStAb-
lished, our sincere advice to sVery loyal mAn
il Middle and West Tennessee iS 10 seek q
home elsewhere before he falls = victim to
some bushwhackeE'S bullet-Prs1 I TImss.
AmuSements in Nashville.
The grand foot race for 81, 900 a side, from
Nashville 20 NurfreeBborO', a distance Of thir-
ty.two miles, came OF on Saturday. We
gather the following items regarding It from
the Nashville Prsss 4 7fmss. The parties
were Jacob Handrich, Of the ClimaH Saloon,
and David Kuhn, Of SteiieI's Brewery.
They made . square start" from the Gil
max Saloon, on Cherry slreet, precisely at
three o'clock in the afternoon, and the win
ner arrived at the st. Charles, in Murfrees-
boro', at fifteen minutes after zen in the even
ing.
HARdrich, the winner, is . square built,
muscular man, about thirty-fve years Of age
and weighing two hundred and ten pounds.
His competitor 10 . man about the same
age, rather tall and slim, weighing about one
hundred and fry pounds. The betting was
about even, those who would have gone
their pile" on the supposed condition Of
Kuhn, were shy Of the known nerve and en-
durAnce Of the doctor"
Both parties came up 10 the scratch
promptly, and at the signal being given, they
started of at q brisk walk taking the Aur-
freeSboro' pike when out Of the city, the
"Doetor " taking the lead, when they were
last seen. The conditions Of the Facs were
that neither should taste food nor drink from
starting to stepping, each both might take
any route be chose, BY the pike or across
fields, 10 the polnt agreed upon At Murfrses-
boro' being reached, to determine shs con
test.
HAndrich kept the lead al the way,and ar
rived in MurfreeSboro' about fTe minutes
ahead Of Kuhn, where he excited conSiderA-
bic astonlshment. "But," says the Prsas 4
TImes, "All gpeeulAtionS weTs Ioon put At
rest, however, for be quickly called for la
ger beer ard BY the time the other had come
mp, had disposed OF eight glasses Of the Tue
tonic beverage.
The parties remained 10 MurfreeSborO' un-
I'll yesterday having q good time, when they
returned 10 this city BY rail.
Thus ended one Of the most singular con-
tests which We have ever heard OF, EVERY
thing being done in q satisfactory maunsr,
and IN the coolest earnest. The distance
travelled ~ thirty-two miles, and II viii be
seen that they made nearly four and . half
miles an hour, neither party having been In
any previous training"
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