Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-31

Ine crop FrOApeets-Ihe &tu-AtuA
and Other secret Orders-The Legal
Advertising.
Correspondence Of the Union and Dispatch.
TRENTON, Tenn, March IS, 186S.-The
farmers are not usually blessed with as IA
vorable spring as we now enjoy, and they
are very busy during the nice fair weather,
Of which no complaint can be made in
making the necessary preparations for an
extra crop. Much depends upon the early
spring work for a good crop, and the pros
pect now is very auspicious for an abund-
ance. There will be more corn and less
cotton planted this season than any former
year. The wheat, which many supposed
was winter-killed, has come out amazingly.
When il is considered that more wheat was
sowed last fall than usual, all idea of a
famine in this cereal, from present pros
poets, is dispelled. Indeed, we may antici
pate larger yield than usual, and look
for an abundant crop.
The mysterious order of X. X. X. has
made IFS advent in our midst, promulga-
ting its cabalistic DEGREES, which ''no man
knoweth save him that receivelh." No one
has seen them, but every body imagined that
they heard a mighty rushing Of the winds,
and that the moon shone with a more lurid
glow, as of blood, on the night when these
strange orders were posted up. 1t is sup
posed, by the knowing ones, that the Great
Grand Cyclops has assembled his Kon-
Klave Of followers in the secret retreats Of
the Forked Deer swamps, where undis-
turbed the midnight owl hoots and the
wary panther screeches a defiance 10 the
tyranps power. Ii is strange that mystic
IL srlsEnoIfa l.
this should disturb the nerves Of such he
roes as General Thomas and General Grant,
and more remarkable, that neithsc Of them
ever heard of such revolutionary and danger
Gus associations as the Loyal Leagues
and the &C. A. r." But these latter have
assumed TO themselves the name Of 10y
atty" which they disgrace, and Of course
are exempt from such attention as these
Generals propose TO be,tow upon the Ku-
Klux, on the part Of the military authori-
ties TO suppress this order, whoever and
whatever il may be composed of, will
contribute TO strengthen and perfect it.
They are kindling their council fires in
every county, from the publicity already
given il, and General Thomas will learn,
as a result of his military orders that they
are everywhere Is il not a sad COM
mentary upon those who boast Of having
saued the country and restored il TO its for
mer grandeur, from their own showing,
there is a pretext for an organization like
this 10 dispute the tyranfs powerY What
a commentary upon this free republican
government, that the military should feel
themselves called upon 10 suppress any
body Of men, even the illicit distillation Of
whisky. Detectives are not always sharp
in ferreting out matter of this kind. The
pale moon may furnish signs enveloped in
as much mystery.
What have we done in this district that
the Governor should deprive us of an Of
fetal organ ia which 10 publish our illegal
advertisements % He has failed TO desg-
nate such a paper in our district, and we
have no German paper TO which we can re-
sort. What shall we do? Must we patron
ize the designated papers out of the dis
trict2 In late number Of your paper,
you said that we might, in consequence of
this omission, patronize our county and dis
trict papers. But does his Excellency say
we msy2 We wait with anxious suspense
for some instructions from headquarters.
II we should prove 30 rebellious as to stick
little insolvent notice in one of our coun-
" papers, we might incur the displeasure
of our rulers, have band of soldiers
quartered upon us, and the whole Con-
gressiOnal district "set aside" as disloyal.
You know the Governor is great at setting
aside whole counties KU-ZED.