Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-13

Worth i peonpslssaa beyond rnaaaufs. and
no arm 81 the GovarnInaAt Il stfeng % save
them For enc we win nos Ard yea Obs
s ihe question 81 questions On the one
hand, bread, AID speedy and slsaP fraaspor.
tqfsoa, on the other staTratlea eg erilsf Let
flls t;overnmaslt and the NoFsh decide this
qnestion Of life Or death, ind decide il
quickly. Tho destiny If the aiost loyal
people III the United States hangs trembling
On that deeiaion.
Bot what guarantee have wc that comma
nicasioH on the Eaehsilleasd Chattanooga
road may not be iHtersspsed9 IIew eflen
has the Baltimore and Ohio fniiroad been
broken up during The war How often the
Louisville and NashvIile readg And isny
not this road be also7 We hope moi. bot
still Il may be The road from this 70 Nash
vile, distance Of two hundred and SIXTY
one miles, rms ail the way almost parallel
with the lines Of the enemy, end II is liable
10 be cut at ahy time and al any point Sup.
pose the great bridge at bridgeport or at
Ranningwatsr were destroyed ArsweDot
THROWN oack on the nFer ana ON wagons
ana mules where We we're - the time u
the battle Of Chickamauga In that con
tingency Gen. Thomas army could hsrdly
pe sunsis'eo, maeh less u, ana tse army o.
the Ohio, aad TIE people by that route
II Is about SIX hundred miles from cineIn-
natl TO Knoxville; by the route we propose
less than three hundred ~ that route to
chattanooga Il u About four hundred and
MY miles ~ thls about four enndred, ana
TO Daiton ~ that route near ave hundred
miles, BY this four hundred. That route
runs for two hundred miles parallel to the
encHlys lines; this ono runs eli at right
angles irsm'it, and woald therefore be much
more secure. But IN truth Nc need both
roads, and N our opinion, wc are e''rapeiied
to have both,
Inc knoxville ana heHtaeky railroad
company, ehartered oy the if'gis'asare OF
the state OF tennessee mas already graded
THIS road Rom TINS pace 70 linton IN An
derson county, . distance OF nineteen miles
ana the foaa - finished nan way ana IN
use Inc 0s'age setosS e''hsh river q. ciia-
Von = .,'ots taAn man sVii pae'e'' Ahu ON!
nseas 'ns snPefs'fee''lre' Inc route from
.n@' p0'as :. 'ho hs"'assy iAns' thsongh
sHS oalAes ','a 4'u'ails' mas eesa care
lu.i, '"',e' ~ asa 'osa'sa A f'asscs nom
o"a'o'', y easy s'aa's' 'hr0asa 'he io"er
ehd OF roWeils aney AROUND the side OF
.ross so"h'aia INTO y nssler zap, .aence
Gown '.'e waters = h'A r"fN' ansl .ha'
STREAM sraPe,ss .h.o sae eieAr "sA OF the
snnloss'A,'u' ana '"shee ao"h 'he Siear
forN " shs Suuieer,'t''u fiSer' Nhleh II
crosses = - ils4'r "lli'''ilsoafg, hs''saeky
nc sfaues 'ntoussn '.,s mountains are pgh'
ana easy non .anns' "s''ig required On the
whoie rou'e =" "ii''ahnsea Mature has
iofiiied the very route l"r .ae FSaa ~ tue
Pesa.Iar i0ri'11'ioh VI 'he Sl'ss Aoa'i''ih
ana " heeisr zap ana oy thS streams
winch here rise ana bow north ware INTO the
Sampefiand river. ny tar ti'e most diihcar
part OIL the route, ti'at between hhoxSilie
ana e'n'oh, y aiFeadS faaeu ne eos'
Of grading pc i''sl''nee oi 'he foaa 20 WI
iiamsbarg wiis oe comparatively ights
II . SAM y engineers VINO have strFcyea
the route beyond Wiiiiasnshurg to Danylns
that u rs entirely feasible we understand
that shs e'tS OF Louisville or inc ssate Of
hen'usl ..' ana we are not eeraain Nhsch' IS
now ehgaged 10 extending tue lebanon