Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-03
EAST TENNESSEE.
Politics and Famine-A Small Con-
spiraey Against the State Govern.
ment-Andy Johnson's Pipe-Laying
for the Senate Preacher Whippers
and others Coming TO Judgment
The Crop Failure, Etc, Etc.
Mossr CREEK, EAST TEsYrssRE,
August 81. 1853.


From our Special Correspondent a.
The people of East Tennessee are
dividing their time between politics and
prospective famine. They are generally
we'll posted on the issues of the day il
the State, and like to talk TO newcomer
especially when he is on the right side Of
the question. All the men bave mel
vet voted for Senter, and the inference il
that the Stokes men stay OF home in q
very close, reticent manner.
The Senter men are very happy, and
talk of the election as though it only oc-
Cured yesterday. The Conservative vic
tory is considered In this nsighborhood
as something of local triumph, as De
Witt Senter lives in less than ten miles
of this place. But the public mind is re-
Hiarkably tranquil, and it is clear that
the late election vas fairly a restoration
of peace and triumph Of reason. A few
of the Stokes men have not yielded very
gracefully to the verdict of the popular
will, and II is believed confidently by
some of them that, By sowe hook or
crook, the bald Eagle" will be hoistsd
in as Governor instead Of senier. II is
reported and believed here that the Hon.
Butler, who misrepresents the First Dis
trict in Congress, is in conspiracy
formed for the purpose Of having the
State put under military rule, and VIM.
B. Stokes made military Governor But
Ter is for sale and has his price, but will
always take less, like the cheap Johns
who sell goods to the lowest bidders. He
wrote to a leading Radical at cambridge
recently about the military scheme,
and told him II that failed they had other
plans on foot, some OF which would
doubtless prove successful. II the Grand
Jury could only get hold Of that letter,
Mr.. Roderick Random Confederate But
Ter would be indicted for treason against
the State Government; but the conspi-
raeies Of these sore-hesded traitors will
never come to anything, and are there.
fore Of little importance. They merely
show the ruls-or-ruin kind Of spirit which
has been conquered into sbject submis'
sion.
THE sEgAToRsHiP.
The people of East Tennessee are TAX
ing lively interest 10 the election Of 9
United States Senator, which must take
place soon after the Legislature meets a
Nashville. Not having mingled gene
rally among them, / cannot speak freel,
for them; but ] find among the Gonssrv
stives pretty strong feeling in favor o
Andrew johnson. Some think be shonlc
be SEMI TO the Senate, where such CT
effort was made to impeach him, that b
may confront his enemies. Others fsvol
his claims merely from sectional pride
aud others believe still that be is Moses
and, therefore. shosld be sent ANDY
will 90 into the contest with formidable
East Tennessee support, but unless Ed
mund Cooper has more support in Mid
die Tennessee than has yet been de
velopes . West Tepnesseean will b,
elected, But "a no event is it probsbl,
that Andrew Noses, mes johnson, will b,
cent 10 the Senate. he 10 on bis Pisgah
20 doubt, day ana night, looking throrgt
doubls-barrele spy-glsss at bis coFeteC
possessions on the other side Of Jordsu
but be is not likely TO get any further
Than Greenvillei and when bis las, rest
ing place Is po;ntsd w sope politics
Dudertaker 10 the curious traveller, g
hnger-board near By will read as follows
To Washington City, 900 miles." ",
friends, however, sFs sRuguine. soc
strange as IL may seem, thef sltfibats
The revolution 10 Tennessee, dating from
the split 10 the Radical Convention a
Nashville, almss, solsly TO Andrew john
sons influence since bis retsrn 70 ths
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