Knoxville, Nov. 8, 1860

W. S. Patton,

Kingston

Dear Sir,

Was the indictment against William Duncan for perjury found, or ignored? If found, send the captain to Monroe. He resides there. The election news is bad enough. Lincoln seems to be elected by the people. The Brecks are badly used up here - particularly as Bell seems to have beaten their man. A dispatch from McGavock, a leading democrat at Nashville, came a while ago, saying Bell had carried Tennessee. Some of the Brecks here are for going out of the union. This morning some one tied a rattling old tin bucket with a slip Going out of the Union to a dog's tail and turned him loose. He went out with a rattling along Gay Street, quite to the amusement of the crowds of spectators. Never did a dog so exert his muscular powers, or strain after speed so violently, before. We hope the vicarious secession of the animal was answer all the purposes of his friends & save the union.

Yours truly

W. G. McAdoo