Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-30

= FEDERAL RAID INTO EAST TENNESSEE.
The Cincinnati Commercial gathers from
gentleman just from East Tennessee the
following interesting details connected
with the recent raid into that section, some
of which show that while war himself is
grlm-vlsaged,n he can, nevertheless,
sometimes provoke a smile, even amid
scenes OF death.
Knoxville is, and has been for the last
two years, infested by clique Of intoler-
ant secession leaders, to whom, in a great
degree, have been attributed the gross
prosecutions suffered by the Union citizens
of that section. They have all the while
been furious war men, last dtchers,' &c. !
sS,, unfortunately, until recently their |
courage had never been tried. 1t seems
that when Col, Saunders Supposed at the
time TO be General Carter) approached
Knoxville and turned his artillery toward
the town the courage of the chivalrons
knights began rapidly 10 a..
fingers ArA- -
Oule out of their
...as, and their terror is described
as having been ludicrous in the extreme
Conscious of their guilt they fled in every
direction Except toward Col. Saunders
and some Of them were even craven
enough to seek protection from the very
people they have so long and grievously
wronged. One CroAer, who had often
promised his followers to enter the ranks
swhen the proper time tonnes, and who
has so frequently regretted that he had
not hundred sons to dedicate to the
GLORIOUS cause - is reported to have
precipitately padded himself across the
Holster river astraddle pine log, while
Sperry, the Uriah Heap of the Register,
the fit organ of the aforesaid clique, un-
willing to abide the tardy motions of the
ferry boat, which CHANGED to be on the OPP
poslte side, plunged frantically into the
stream with his halfemptied bottle IN his
hand 1.-THE only thing he had not forgotten
in his fight) and, by dint of wading and
floating soon found himself stranded on
the friendly rocks of dam short distance
below the ferry. The ferryman, after
permitting him to exhaust himself by
most vociferous entreaties, at last relieved
him from his psrilous predicament and
landed him, all dripping, on the southern
shore. Strange to say, Sperry, through
out all his tribulations, never lost his bot
tie Sneed, commonly known as My
Lord Sneed,' who has, on several occa-
sons patrioticaly removed his august anC
overwhelming parsonage from East Ten
nessee, in order that the enemy seeing
the prize had fed might desist from thei
invasion-he, we understand, finding hi
line of retreat cut of, incontlnently sub
sided into cellar, and when called for b,
a servant, who opened the cellar doc
some two hours after our troops had left
arose from his hiding place, and with eye
dilated, heroically exclaimed: Don't fire
General Carter, my names Sneed, tn
Hon. VIM. H. Sneed, late of the Unite'
States Congress. In the language of Gen
eral Buckner, sir, surrender? Charlton
the Rev Bully editor of the Holsto
Journal, politico-religious organ of tn
Holston Conference, postmaster under JET
and secesh ranter generally - had lon
been laundering forth threats and boast
ings, apd on this occasion, it Is said, dl
seize gun and prepare for the conflict
fenih}ded nm that ne fad All ?SppoiifStmfssf
to preach in Blount county on the mex
day, and in few minutes afterward,
solitary horseman, mounted on blacl
PAGER, might have been seen rushing, wit
unmistakabe haste toward the ferry. H
crossed, and recolecting his exploit a
Barbourvi!le some two years ago, turnet
to the ferryman and said If Gen, Car
ter pursues me tell him my aGme's Hen
dersoa!' A little Captain Kahn, at tn
time acting as Judge Advocate, was i
the town at the time of Col. Saunders
approach, and beng captain OF ar
tiilery, was ordered into batter.
by the colonel comma nding. But neve
having enlisted with any idea Of going in
to such a dangerous place as that, he
SAID to have procured his detail as judg
advocate, and urged furthermore that hi
company was at Cumberland Gap, that
would never do for an officer to expose hi
life as private, &C., &c, but all to n
avail He was peremptorily ordered into tn
Summit battery. Seeing a lieutenant wit
gun toward our forces, the valiant capt
ain rushed forward exclaiming Flo
Gods sake, lieutenant, don't fire that gun
the enemy will find out where we are
w. G. Swan, the rebel Congressman
our informant thinks, was absent iron
Knoxville at the time, though it wa
reported in the neighborhood that he wa
found late in the afternoon among som
empty barrels"