Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-30
From Chattanooga.
of the Knoxville Wing,

AuAIIAAoodAi Ichllr Jun ~ lopi'
From the fact that am aware Of the eX-
istence Of tho "Knoxyillc Wing and Rebel
Ventilation and in possession Of few
brief items, aud an ardent admiror OF your
course, and the sentiments of your jour
nal, deem it plasuro to tender you
communication embracing the news clrcu-
lated In this department up to present wri-
ting, trusting that your paper may OCCASION
ally be fecn in this city, which, up to this
time, has not been the ease. Upon the ar
rival Of the steamboats, from above, ] rs
well rs others assemble nj the landing, hop
ing to procure copies of your paper but
have never yet been enabled to do 50,
JOHN MORGAN AT ATLANTA,
learned from II rebel paper Of the 10th
instant that General John Morgan had ar
rived at Atlanta, Ga, few days before and
that upon the 10Th he made II speech from
the steps Of the Washington House, in
which he announced his intention Of max
ING Il raid against the Yankees" which
would be followed by the evacuation Of
Chattanooga, Subsequently ] met desert
crs from the rebel army who confirmed the
report Of his arrival and speech, and who
favored me with the additional information
that his brigade would consist Of his old
regiment, the ID Kentucky cavalry, three
Alabama regiments of cavalry, and II num-
Der of regiments Of mounted infantry, He
informed officers ut Dalton, rs well as at
Atlanta, that he would cut the railroad be
tween Nashville and Chattanooga, and
would turn up, too, in place, in which tho
Yankees would little expect to see him.
WHEELER ALSO GOING ABOUT,
1t is also reported, by those who should
best know, and believed at headquarters,
that the rebel General Wheeler, who is the
superior of Morgan in every particular, is
upon an excursion Of the like nature, and
il must not astonish you if he should make
his appearance somewhere upon the Ten
nessec river above Chattanooga.
LARGE NUMBERS or DESERTERs ARRIVE DAILY.
The cry of dcscrtions from the rebel lines
has boon very general Of late, and ! can as
sure YOU that thqrc can be no eXaggeration
in it. Yesterday thirty-two arrived from
the ncghborhood of Tunnel Ill., most of
whom belonged to Kentucky and Tennes-
see regiments They tell hard stories OF
the commissary department, half Of which,
! if true, would tend to show that the rebel
General Starvation had taken the field
| These poor fellows whom ! conversed with
said that the risk run by those who desert
ed prevented hundreds from running away
rs. if caught in the act, hanging immcdi-
atcly. followed. without even the apology
of Il trial They spoke quite sensibly about
/ the Presidents amnesty proclamation, and
said that there were but very few who were
unacquaintcd with its tenor. The whole
party were fearlully ragged their dilapida-
ton extending from the crowns of their
heads to the soes Of their feet. Their boots
and shoes were ina horrible state of pres
crvation." and their hats were too shock
ing to describe | could not help plying
these poor dcludcd sons Of the South who
seemed panied with their own condition
One hundred and fifty Of these fellows were
sent to Nashville to-day, Dcscrtcrs have
the liberty Of the city, and many Of them
visit the hospitals, where they use every
cXcrtion to persuade their wounded com.
panons to join them in their wholesale de-
scrtions.
THE WTER EABOCTs OF Harry WATTARsoN
] suppose all Of your citizens know
Harry, generally known as Onc-cycC
Wattarson," the quondam editor Of the
Nashville Banner. Harry, You know, has
been since the evacuation of Nashville by
the rebels some two years ago, the editor o
the Chattanooga Rebel He is an able fol
low, and therefore makes Il grand rascal
At the commencement of the war he wa
the Washington correspondence of the PhiIa
dcphia Press. and even after the battle o
Bull Run, cndcavored to get situation un
der Father Abraham. But the Presidcn
could not quite satisfy himself with Tho
loyalty of Harry, and he declined placing
him in the departments. Since then he ha'
earned for himself the chief of slandercr
3 of our Government, and from his over
carncstness in the cause of Bragg he ha
been dismissed from the editorial corps o
the Rebel and is now the cditorin-chief o
the Atlanta Contederacy. As brief per
sonal item ! will add that he is making Low,
to Miss Robccca, daughter Of Andrew
Ewing
THE RELEASE OF DOCTOR HUNT.
Surgeon Hunt, of the 9th (oraD Tcnncs
see regiment, has been released from