From Tennessee

A gentleman who has made his way from Nashville, through the lines of both armies has informed the editor of the Louisville Democrat that Zollicoffer was averse to attacking Thomas, and when ordered to do so by Crittenden he said with tears in his eyes that he might as well take his men and hang them.

By this gentleman we learn that Parson Brownlow’s health is very poor. His son stated that he doubted if his father would live to reach the Union lines; and if his health would permit, he did not believe the rebel guard would let him go. It is to be hoped, however, that the defeat of Crittenden’s army, the death of Zollicoffer, and the panic with evidently now prevails all through east Tennessee, together with Gen. Thomas’ advance, will open the way for the safe arrival of the parson in a land of freedom.

This gentleman is on his way to see Andy Johnson and reports that the rebels have seized Johnson’s house, and turned it into a hospital, and confiscating all his property; that in order to save his mother from the most fiendish persecution, one of Johnson’s sons had taken the oath to support the rebel cause, or at least not to furnish aid and comfort to the Unionists. Another son is hiding among the hills, and has been since last December, looking with eager longing eyes for the approach of the Union forces and the relieve from a life of wretchedness.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 2