. Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession, with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels . our advice, wewill bring him into notice. Let him head a companyof town-boys and small negroes,—put on a saffron-colored shirt, a yellow vest, straw-colored cap, a long-tailed coat figured and variegated generally with red,white, blue, black, green, yellow, orange, pink, cream,and straw, and many others unknown to AudubonsOrnithology or to Josephs coat of many colors. Lethim draw on a sash, belted, laced, and covered withbuttons of brass, pewter, and lead. Let his pants be ade
. Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession, with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels . our advice, wewill bring him into notice. Let him head a companyof town-boys and small negroes,—put on a saffron-colored shirt, a yellow vest, straw-colored cap, a long-tailed coat figured and variegated generally with red,white, blue, black, green, yellow, orange, pink, cream,and straw, and many others unknown to AudubonsOrnithology or to Josephs coat of many colors. Lethim draw on a sash, belted, laced, and covered withbuttons of brass, pewter, and lead. Let his pants be adeep red, with large iron knee-buckles, and long bootsmade of sheepskin, tanned with the wool on, and wornoutside. Let him wear large wooden spurs, and alarge tin sword. He must add to this an ornamentalTurkish neck-tie, with a large gilt tassel hangingdown in the centre, and some old negros large brassbreastpin. Let him wear a pair of green spectaclesto hide his bad countenance, and style his companyYoung America. The Federal Government owes it to the loyal peopleof East Tennessee to send an army there and libe-. AMONG THE REBELS. 217 rate that oppressed and down-trodden population. If itshall never accomplish any thing more, it ought at least,and at any cost of money and blood, to do that have confidence in the Government doing this thing,and at no very distant day. When this is done, I de-sire to return to my family and former field of labor,and again edit and publish my paper. It is the interest of the Government to take pos-session of that important field. The Rebel authori-ties have slaughtered several hundred thousand hogsthere, and have a corresponding number of beef-cattle pickled up, and a quantity of wheat and flour onhand. The East Tennessee and Georgia Eailroad ex-tends from Knoxville to Chattanooga and Dalton, a dis-tance of one hundred and thirty miles, and connects withAugusta, Montgomery, Memphis, and Nashville. Goingeast from Knoxville, the railroad ext
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