Year: 1865

detachment after him but the bird had flown the day be-
fore, and they had their trouble for their pains This
train Of "reminiscences brought to the Governors mina
the circumstance Of the hanging Of two innocent czens
by the rebels in 1851 named Henstiel and Terry both
Germans and before we boarded the an we rode over


THE TREE WHERE THEY WERE HUNG.


It oak, the side OF the NIL, and they were
hung 10 limb extending towards the town. They were
ordered to hang four days and four nights by General
Ledbetter but on the second day the citizens impor
tuned and Ledbetter made a namesake and nephew OF
ANDY Johnson q youth OF some sixteen years of age,
cut them down They then thrown into hole
under the tree and covered up with dirt Weeds and
blackberry bushes alone mark the spot We Immediately
subscribed FIVE dollars apiece to be given TO Governor
Brownlow for the purpose Of erecting suitable head
these men was bridge burning and they were convicted
by a drumhead court martial They were both innocent
Of the charge has since been clearly demonstrated
The rebels knew at the time they hung but they
wished TO spread terror in the ranks Of the East Ten
nessee Unionists The 'deep damnaon Of their taking
OFF, is a sad commentary on the rebellion


yoNEsBoRo


Nothing OF importance occurred until we arrived at
Jonesboro where learned that instances Of Union
men either killing whipping bushwhackers were OF
very frequent occurrence Several of Them have been
tied to trees, while the women whom they had robbed
and insuted while their husbands were in the Union
army were allowed to scourge them with lashes To
their hearts, content The returned soldiers from the
rebel army are left alone m their dn)glory, but
the bushwhackers and thieves catch IL unmercifully
card in the last issue of the Jonesboo Flag sufficiently
explains the nsods oerand of the preliminary proceed
ings 1t signed by about twenty Of the most influential
citizens OF the county, and about the num-
Der of rebels that if they do not leave the county before
certain time they will hang them, every one, the first
tree And they never fail TO execute these threats.
showed the card 10 Governor Brownlow. He said he
knew that it was his duty Governor Of Tennessee to
stop all such proceedings, but he had not the time
to do so at present. 1t will be some time before
he will, imagine. Aprrpos of this while was being
shaved by darkey, in Knoxville / remarked to
gentleman by that had heard that Governor
Brownlow had declared his intention to pardon
Union men who were convicted for killing bushwhackers
The darkey spoke up and said, with a broad grin,
chava da md ha tOI mi mi CHI n
rebel II wanted to- The aforesaid rebels have little
to expect from Brownlow assure you He is as radical
AT the late session Of the Grand Jury in Jones
boro there forty citizens indicted for treason against
the State of Tennessee.


viRGINIANs STILL PLAYING GUERILLA.


In West Virginia, bordering Tennessee the rebels
still keep up guerilla operations There have been hun
dreds of horses cattle and sheep stolen from Tennes
by them recently and the afraid to go
after them there beng no military force in that locality
Within few days, however General Grey with small
force OF cavalry has established his headquarters at Alb
ingdon, near the State line and he will probably make
short work with the rascals.


THE wETANGA RIVER.


Tuesday morning we went to the Wetanga river, the
Railroad the bridge being burned at that place. Here If
the road in running order would have been within
thirty yfour hours travel OF New York AS it is It would
take two weeks via Nashville Nothing lacking but
this bridge the Wetanga and the the Ho
son and very few repairs to the road II could be put
into running order in two weeks and is TO be hoped IT
will soon be done.


THE REFUGEES


Oenera FISK s issuing orders 10 ms subordinate on
GERS to break up all refugee camps and issue no more
rations to these people, who neither Guephs nor
Ghibbclnes-Union people nor rebels They are regu-
lar set of eeches upon the government too lazy to work
and too mean to die. How appropriate to them is the
following, which poet possibly Dante wrote some
time during the fourteenth century,


Thou shalt know how salt will taste


The strangers bread; how hard IL Is


To ascend and descend by other peoples stairs.


THE NEGROES


all getting along finely learning rapidly and prepar
ing themselves for their status. But must reserve
the 'ngger question: for my next sambo has just
warned me that the train starts in fifteen minutes