Named Entity Results, Tennessee (Tennessee, United States)

as seized and held, white Franklin was released and carried off is triumph. The party represented themselves as from East Tennessee, and said they had a reserve of three hundred armed men to back up their demand. They threatened, if resisted, to buy a courtier arrived at the town of Ashville, in quest of powder, who stated that an army of several hundred men from East Tennessee was regularly fortified on the line between Haywood county and Tennessee. Some reports put the number at 1,100 but iTennessee. Some reports put the number at 1,100 but it is not believed to be so large The militia of Haywood, to the number of 250 with sixty Cherokee Indians, were holding them in check Runners had been sent to General Kirby Smith informing him of the condition of affairs and asking assistance. The g them in check Runners had been sent to General Kirby Smith informing him of the condition of affairs and asking assistance. The locality is about forty-five miles west of Ashville, and bordering upon the most disloyal portion of East Tennessee.

anger that had been stopping at her house. The soldier then stated that the was a Confederate soldier, naming his company and regiment, and demanding the treatment of a prisoner of war. At the suggestion of a well known citizen, Mr. Israel Hill the soldier was carried by the scouts to the headquarters of Col. Stewart: "Don't bring any more d — d rebel bushwhackers to me, but shoot them down." He then ordered the prisoner to be tied between two stumps, and for eighteen men to fire at him. The first volley missed him, on which — a brutal Dutchman ran up, and with the muzzle of his gun within, a few feet of Spencer, shot him through the stomach. He died that night, and was decently buried next day by the citizens. He told Mrs. Hill, at whose house he died, that he lived in Coweta county Ga., and that he was nephew of Bishop Andrew--that he had two brothers, one living in Tennessee and the other in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He said he was an eider in the Methodist Episcopal Church

From West Tennessee, Knoxville, Dec. 1. --Chief's renegade regiment is devastating Morgan county, Tenn.

The Change in East Tennessee. --James Henry, better known in East Tennessee as "Buster Henry," who has been one of the most notorious Union leaders in that country, and who went so far as to aid the enemy, for which he was arrested, has written a letter in which he says: I have learned to my regret and astonishment, that Mr. Lincoln has issued a proclamation of freedom to all the slaves in the so called rebellions States. This act, of itself, cuts asunder every cord that bound me toEast Tennessee as "Buster Henry," who has been one of the most notorious Union leaders in that country, and who went so far as to aid the enemy, for which he was arrested, has written a letter in which he says: I have learned to my regret and astonishment, that Mr. Lincoln has issued a proclamation of freedom to all the slaves in the so called rebellions States. This act, of itself, cuts asunder every cord that bound me to the old Union; and I now declare, most solemnly, that my future life and conduct, as well as my destiny, are with the establishment of the Confederate States. I do furthermore promise, if permitted to do so to devote my life and property, and all that I have, to the support of the Confederate Government, and in all things to demean myself as a loyal citizen. I will further add that, if deemed necessary, I am ready and willing to take an oath to support the Constitution of the Confederate Stat