The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-22

bl<chzler, sStr, sURREHDEBV Charlton
the "Rsv." Bully Editor of the Holston
Journal, politico religious organ Of the
Holston Conference, Postmaster under
JEFF and secesh ranter generslly-had
long been laundering forth threats and
baastings, and, on this occasion, 1t il
said, did sieze gun and prepare for tho
conflict; bat the 6rst note Of the cannon
(such is the report our informant receiv-
ed) suddenly reminded him that he had
"an appointment to preach" in Blount
County on the next day, and, in few
minutes afterwsrd, "a solitary horse
mar" mounted on black PAGER, might
have been seen rushing, with unminisse-
rial haste, toward the lower ferry. He.
crossed, and, recollecting his exploit al
Bss4sarsiile, some two years seo, tarned
TO the feFrynan and said: ''If General
Carter pursues me, tell hias usy names
Henderson" A little Captain Kahn, at
the same time acting as Judge Advocate
the same person, we presume, who
contributed so much to the merriment of
eur boys by his headlong fight from
Bridgeport last summer, and known
about Knoxville as "Claib Ksin"-was
ia the town at the time of Col. Saunders
approach, and being Captain of Ar
! tillery was ordered into battery by the
Colonel commanding. But the said
ClaiS, never having enlisted with any
idea of going into such . dangerous
place as that, is said to have procured
. his detail as Judge Advocate, and urged
furthermore that his company was at
Cumberland Gap, that ii would never do
for an officer TO expose his life as q pti-
vafe, etc., etc., but all to no avail. BE
was peremptorily ordered into the Sum-
nit battery. Seeing Lieutenant point
ing gun toward our forces, the valiant
Captain rushed forward exclaiming:--
"Eor Gods sake, Lieutenant, don't fire that
g,n--the enemy nil find out scbere zoe Gre!'
Bat the melo drama OF the whole affair
is said to have been witnessed in the
Branch Bank of Tennessee. That insti-
tuition is presided over by DIR. j. G. M.
Ramsey, the intimate and confidential
friend of JEFF. Davis, the father of nu-
merous family of interesting and brilliant
sons, the s0s disant Historian of Tennes-
see," the depositary Of JEFF. Davis bonds,
and the last of the line of the noble
Mechlenburgh family. When our troops
were reported ct Lenoir's the Doctor is
said to have been quite valorous, but
at a later hour, it was ascertained ;hey
had reached the Tazewell Road, nervous
ness got the better part of bis courage
and sense of approaching justice took
possession of his soul. He turned TO his
bank and bis first impulse was to secrete
himself within the vault; bat then the
thought OF the YIo aN, SL---9 - -
and be sat down in despair. Calling his
Cashier, be said: "Sir, shall probably
not survive this conflict. Should fall,
let the simple inscription on my monu-
ment be "Re died a true son Of Mechtefl-
btrqh.Y At this instant shell exploded
in vacant lot near by. The Doctor was
overcome. Selling copy of "Rsmsey's
Annals" and clasping it to his bosom ne
fell back into his chair crying, "Bary me
thus :" w. G. Swan, the rebel Congress
man, our informant thinks, as is usually
his custom in times Of danger, was alb
sent from Knoxville at the time; though
it was reported in the neighborhood that
he was found late in the afternoon among
the empty barrels of his old friend Drey-
fous, who is now doing penance on john
sons Island. Many other incidents are
related which we may notice at another
time.
Our informant is not sure that all the
minor details of his narrative are strictly
correct, but is satisfied that from the
story, as given, the reader mag form
pretty good idea of ''the chivalfy of Knox
vile"