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Thomas J.W.B. / $50.40 ) act 18.55 done this before going to Town
Rich ) Rich is still halling wood
1865 / July / Sun 30 ) The Weather is much cooler this morning there was a greate
Jeff Davis / hung in / Efigie ) many Negroes in Town had an examination at night hung Jeff
David in ifigie had a very greate to do, them & the Yankeys
& Negroes. Some excitement about the Election Some threats
as to the right of Suffrages to be exercised on the day of
Mag sick } Election. Mag is very sick the [underlined]Coleramorbis[/underlined] last night I
brought some fish home last night that made her sick & me too.
Mon 31 / Candates } I went to Town the Candidates for Congress together with
Fletcher the Secretary of State made speaches said amongst
other things that he would rather let the Negroes Vote than
Arnell / & ) the Rebels Arnell said the same things they both advocated
Thomas / Candidates ) the disfrancise bill there speaches were overbearing &
threateding agt the Rebbles & Rebel [above: simpathiser.] Arnell said if he was
beaten the Town would be Garrisoned with Negroes Thomass
speach was verry consilitary was willing for all to Vote now
See 26th / Augt / " 31 July / " 4 Sept) peace was made he spoke against the policy [of] Grady Johnson
as Governor having called the Convention to changd the Con-
stitution of the State as uncaled for & ruinous to the State
of Tennessee, but was willing to abide by it Denounced Thomas
Harris & his course of conduct in the Convention & otherwise
said Arnell sold leather to the Confederates & hinted at his