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The fate of renegades.

--We copy from the Athens (Tenn) Post a paragraph which shows the fate of the poltroons who desert their country in the hour of her need:

We have accounts of the deplorable condition of the East Tennessee renegades now in Kentucky. They are not allowed to enter the Federal army unless for three years, and such of them as refuse are not permitted to return, but put to labor on the roads, half fed, under a strict military guard. If we ever wished the poor deluded and deceived creatures harm, the desire would be fully gratified with the punishment they are now receiving at the hands of their Federal task masters. A man, recently returned from the Kentucky border, whither he had been to reclaim a son, reports many of the renegades as nearly naked; and that they breathe terrible threats of vengeance against the men who deceived and betrayed them into their present miserable condition, should they ever succeed in getting back to East Tennessee.

The Daily Dispatch: may 27, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 27, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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