Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-12
THE EmBRoGLIo AT FADuCaH.
Further and interesting. Accounts.

2 and gross exaggerations which have arisen
from small affair that occurred at this
: place on the 26th ult., and which have found
their way into the public prints--espccially
- that notorious repository of falsehood, the
81. Louis Observation-Disclosures me, for the vim
dication Of truth, and for the reputation of
this command TO write for your candid pa
! per the following lines. This do not to
pander in the least to the curiosity Of that
portion Of the public who deem that they
have an inherent right to poke their noses
INTO the portfolio Of every military chieftain;
and who, provided they cannot comprehend
= theii plans, Immediately set to work to de-
fame and dethrone them, as they arc now
doing in the cases Of Generals Wallace and
Smit i, but to mete out, so far as in the
s- knowledge of your correspondent lies, equal
justice tossu. @As that knowledge is. in the
!. present Instance, exact and accurate, | viii
now give tn e facts, without further preface,
for what they are worth.
In the first place, Gen. Wallace's 90 bri-
gsde !" did not turn out in body, or in any
considerable number, as stated in the DcrH-
oerat, for the purpose of hosting the STARS
2 = and stripes over supposed Secessionists
: house. 1t was only portion of the Blev-
enth Indiana regiment, which was encamped
near the house above alluded to, the prop
: erty of Mr.. Voolfolk, who were present at
& the flag -raising; and they were there with
lace. The truth is, the whole thing origi-
mated, as it were, in a moment-being got
= MP, no doubt, by few restless spirits TO
= vary the monotony of camp ife-and took
> both Generals Wallace and Smith by sur
& prise Indeed, the flag would have been
= raised, and nobody perhaps known or cared
anything about it, had not Gen. Smith, in
:; returning from ride, accidentally observed
q few persons gathered about Mr.. WIS
house, and upon inquiring the object and
= reasons of their presence, ordered them to
dispense to their camps. This order was
giYea by Gen. Smith upon positive sssu-
| RANGES, previously received from Mr. Wool
> folk, that secession flag had not been waved
szfrom his window, as the dsg-raisers asserted,
. since our troops had occupied Paducah; that
he. though formerly a Secessionist, had
since become as strong Unionist as any one
szinthe city, and hat he had willingly taken
the oath Of allegiance to the Federal Gov
ernment- 1888 sa -E- p
The crowd dispersed, and Gen. Smith
adismounting, went into his quarters, some
hundred PAGES distant, apparently well
pleased with the cheerful obedience with
which bis order had been, executed
What must have been the surprise
and modification of soldier, who
had borne an honorable part on almost ev-
cry battlefield where her fame had been
simperiied ami her flag had triumphed for
more IMAM thirty years, 10 learn, IN tQe
: course Of an hour afterwards, that the same
persons had gathered in increased numbers
and were about consummating exactly what
he had forbidden them to dol But such
was the case; and although, as I am cred
IDLY informed, Lieut.. Rice. an aid Of Gen.
Smith, seeing the pain which this event Was
causing his commanding officer, begged of
him to give peremptory order TO him to
dispense the mob, promising at the same
time 60 execute 1t or die" Gen. Smith,
as the surest means Of easily efeoting his
purpose, wisely, no doubt, sent for General
Wallace, who had been Col. of the Eleventh,
and upon whom he knew he could rely as
true soldier and friend to check any muffin
Gus spirit-especiallyi in his own regiment
and requested him to carry out his COM
mand. This General Wallace Immediately
did, in . short and pithy sentence, which
Cesar might have envied, and which will
long be remembered by your correspondent
as 3 model of military eloquence. Said he,
in firm and contemptuous tone of voice.
after mounting the corner Of q fence, and
attracting the gaze Of all around, now
swollen TO several hundred persons. 'sSol-
diers, the deed is done-the flag is up-go
home" And off every one started. is5l
You have now, Mr.. Editor, the minute
history of that much talked-of, but very
Insignificant injecting" on the part Of
s.Gen. Wallace and his brigade from
beginning to end. From it you win see
that the boys of the 11th Indiana meant to
have little fun at the expense of an i'm
prudent tokker, Mr.. VI. and that General
Wallace Was the first to stop that fun when
ordered to do so. have said from 'sbe-
ginning TO end" for although o personal
alteration occurred between Gen. Wallace
and Lieut.. Rice, the aid Of Gen. Smith, in
which, as q candid spectator, i al, COM
PEELED TO say, the latter was not knocked
down, as represented in the Democrat, but
defended himself, as I and many others
can testify. against half dozen soldiers,
who cowardly interfered by striking him on
the back of the head, while he was already
"engaged" with q foe almost double his
oxn size. This was after the crowd had
been practically dispersed, and Leut. Rice
was returning to headquarters. -
Itseems that Gen. Smith aid, or WallaccPs
ajjutant had both mingled in the crowd
towards the close Of the proceedings, having
come hither, net IN their official capacities,
or with the knowledge OF their chiefs, but
really from the same motive-to see that no
indignities we're offered to the female portion
Of Mr.. Woolfolks family-and that the
former made some remarks which were uu-
Intentionally misconstrued by the latter
and which caused Lieut.. Rice to strike him,
The remark was in allusion to Gen. Smiths
order-the violation of which Smiths aid,
while in the midst Of the mob, characterized
"A aa disgraceful proceeding" This dis