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East Tennessee.[correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Morristown, Tenn., Aug. 10, 1861.
Our election for Governor, Members of Congress, and the State Legislature, has passed off with but little excitement, every one being satisfied beforehand as to what the result would be. The Southern Rights party has carried the State by a majority, which, in its effects, is overwhelming.
The Permanent Constitution has been carried; Harris is elected Governor and the Legislature is so decidedly Southern that the traitor members from East Tennessee are talking largely about patriotism and loyalty to their State.
The quasi rebellion vote of East Tennessee is again in the majority, though its numbers have been decreased from five to ten thousand.
It is thought Maynard, Nelson and Bridges, rebellion candidates, are elected to the United States Congress from their respective districts; but I must say, in justice to the people of East Tennessee, that a majority of them will not ra