The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-02-07

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iri-chiefv of the "Haley RiaSs,o and Of
course am authorised to furnish you an
Official report| During my absence,
COL Iedbettes ordered. o.. separation Of
some of the companies in our regiment,
which fally meets my spprobatioh, ssftis
impossible to unite oil and water. =
On last Sunday IL Was understood that
Gen. Beaufcgard would arrive here on the
down train from Virginia, and something
less than four acres Of men, women and
children came out to see him. Colonel
Haynes made an appropriate and eloquent
speech, welcoming Sen. Beauregard' to
East Tennessee, and conceded to him the
honor O.. fring he first gun in defence Of
Southern Independence, at Fort sumpter.
Gen. Beauregard made very modest and
brief reply, said he had never made a
speech, and that such reception as he
had received, WAS not due to himself, but
to the brave soldiers under his command,
and the principles of justice and liberty
for which they had periled their fortunes,
their honor, and their lives. In conclus-
ion, he said as he had the honor of firing
the first gun Incidence of Southern rights,
he hoped to live to fire the last onel The
General is a small man, very dark com
rlevted, rss stfafgI ikes an Indian, with high
cheek bones, thin face, good eye, and
| about as handsome in appearance as your
! correspondent. -
Capt. Cooke is specially charged with
the guarding of DR.. Brownlow, and the
guard are instructed to allow no person to
pass in, or out, except his own family and
family physician, without pass from
Head Quarters. / paid the Doctor yisi,
on Sunday evening, found him recovering
from an attack of typhoid fever, and only
able to sit up q few minutes. He was
quite sociable, seemed to regret the fall o,
Zollicoffer very much, and said he had
Known Zollicoffer twenty Eve years, and
never knew him TO do mean act; that he
was perfect gentleman, prudent and
cautious, but brave as lion, and one Of
the best men in the South. '''
| went to the Jail yesterday, and had q
long conversation with old Levi H.
Knight, but want of space prevents me
from alluding to only few items. He
left Kentucky about week before the
fight at Fishing Creek, says that Generals
Schepf and Thomas had at least 25, 200
men, and they intended for Gen. Thomas
to cross the river below, perhaps at Rowe
ma, and come up in Zollicoffer's rear, and
| surround him, and it would have been
done in few days, had not our forces at
tackled them. He says Dan. Trewhitt is
Lieut.. COL, and is extremely anxious to
come back if he dared to do SO, that there
is great dissatisfaction among the East
Tennesseeans in the army, and that they
would come back in body, if they had
any assuranceof protection. He says the
| McMinn boys Joined Wolford's cavalry,
and were no doubt in the fight at Fishing
Creek. o. NJ. Dodson was well Christmas
day, had been in skirmish, and had a
ball shot through his clothes, just grazing
the skin. lie says Old man Gift never
reacheIfs ~ y. SO I guess some of our
boys know what has become of him,
though they may not be inclined to tell.
am aware that soldiers and their
friends have strong prejudices against
Hospitals, and in order to satisfy myself.
| visited the General Hospital, and exam
ined it carefully from cellar to garrett
Drs. Love and Murphy have charge of the
Hospital. They have the repetation of
being good physicians and surgeons, they
are kind and attentive to their patients,
and out of more than one hundred pa
tients, they have but few but what are in
a fair way to recover. Young Dir. Slack,
of the "Haley Rifles" has position in
the Hospital, and he is very attentive and
prompt in the discharge of his duty. The
patients have good beds, and clean com
Portable bed clothes, and they are furnish
ed with any kind of diet that the 'physi-
clans will allow, provided it. can be had
for love or money. Nj. Shepherd, his
lady and daughter, have charge Of the
culinary department, ana they do things
up brown" and would rather 20 there
to get good dinner, than to go to the
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