The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-09

byville, Tenn, In the Mobile Advertisa,
says:
The most daring and dashing of the
cavalry leaders on the Yankee side ia
Middle Tennessee, is Col. Brownlow, son
of the notorious and infamous old Parson
BrOwnlOw, of Knoxville. He is young,
rather handsome, great dandy and
lady's man, and, like his father, gas
pipe or blow-hard of the most terrific
description. His Lieutenant Colonel is
Andy Johnson's son-two nice young
men for a small tea-pArty, truly Though
commanding a regiment, BrownlOw is
nearly always cut at the head of small
scouting parties, trying 10 ambuscade our
boys, and leaving saucy messages Ia
writing for them at houses on the neutral
ground. In one of the messages, about q
month ago, he offered 5000 il 100 Of the
best men Of Patterson's regiment would
come out and fight him and 100 of his
men on open ground. Col Patterson re-
fused TO allow this braggadocio TO be no.
ticed; but Lieut.. May offered 10 come out
with eighty men and meet him and his
hundred and clean him out, just for the
fun of the thing. Brownlow didn't ac-
cept; and ever since then May has been
trying to catch Brownlow, and Browhlow
to catch May. May very nearly Succeed
ed one day. He got on Brownlow's trail,
and came uF with him, their parties be-
ing about equal in number. After brief
carbinic and pistolonic interchange,
BrownlOw and his men fed, and May
and his party pursued. May took, indi-
vidually, after Brownlow, but the latter
had too fleet horse be, however, left
his cap and telescope on the road, and
May now has them as keepsakes,
The above paragraph is clipped from
that old secession bag, the Charleston
Mercury SO far as the iyamy of the 'Old
Parson" is concerned, that is mere mat
ter of opinion, or, if this Mobile CORES.
pondent pleases, of taste. 1t is natura,
for Charleston and Mobile fre-eaterE
to hate him, for he used TO scourgt
them freely in by-gone days. He is re-
garded differently by the loyal people
If this Mobile correspondent had beer
present at the celebration of the Fourth
in this city, and heard the 'old Parsons
scathing denunciaton of the "Tobacco
Cotton and Negro Aristocracy," in the
hearing of thousands upon thousands Of
anxious listeners, he would have hated
the ParsOn worse than ever, and expired
with sheer rage, foaming and squeakinl
like poisoned rat.
Lieut.. Col. Brownlow, not yet of age
stands high as an officer and soldier, anC
backs out from no rebel challenge, how
ever great the odds against him. He hal
had his hat shot off in one fight, his horse
shot dead under him, and the collar ant
body of his coat pierced at different timoI
with bullets, but he has escaped thus fal
unhurt, and we hope may continue to dc
so. a
The regiment has been in active servic'
since December last, and has killed AnC
captured ten rebels for every one II hal
lost. When a petition was sent up 4
Gen. Rosecrans 10 allow this regiment Il
go under Burnside on AN expedition 4
East Tennessee, the General returned thr
petition endorsed: This regiment canno
be transferred from the Army Of th'
Cumberland; its services being too val
liable 10 bo dispensed with.
AS it regards sandy Johnson's son,
the Colonel Of = regiment who has beer
almost two years in the service, ho is nov
in this city, busily engaged in organizing
a cavalry brigade, and gathering unde
the Federal flag hundreds Of the loya
exiles from his native mountains. They
intend TO return to their homes befor,
long, and when thsy set their weather
beaten faces towards sunrise, and thei
popular young Colonel shouts Forward
we advise the blsodhounds of rebellion
In East Tennessee TO travel The val
Orous May may as well change bis nam
TO AprjI-nay, ohristen himself by pre-
fixing the first Of die month to his new
oognomen. 1t will be significant. Thes
two young officers of the First Eas
Tennessee Cavalry, ike their loyal sires
ere in "fOr the war" So far, they hav
been fortunate. May they improve q
the war progresses.