Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-26

Thsfollowing letter from Sam. Wallace Of BIouns
county, came tIrough from eorga BY aae Of truce.
The letter and our rcf TT viii explain themselves
AsausrA, Sept. 1lst- 1864.
W. g. Bropaloso, d. p.-DEAR SIpf ! have
heard that in your issue Of the 10Th of August you
b.=sa letter from to my wife, said to lage been
|captureS | have not seen the paper, utlauppose
the letter is correctly reported and there snay be
others ria aunderg ground that might fall rfo your
hands. viii say, if It salts you as scsn leave of
many items that an old man ,coud be likely q c'ts
his young ,eye; but anything that is contrabsnd,
why aventilste, of course.
l have quit writing letters and turned my atten-
ton to writing the history Of Guberdons-
I further heard that Mrs Wallace is tenant of
yours. She IS mighty clever woman, and i hope
your terms will be liberal.
You will please send her word I am well and do
ipg well, eating sweet potatoes and gubers, and
lighting mosquitoes by way of exercise.
With due respect
SAN. WALLACE.
NIB would be glad you would make Old Abe
quit his asoolishness, az I want to go home
KsoxvrLrr, OCT. zlst, 1864.
San. Wallace, Esq.--DEAR SIR Your favor Of
the 2lst ult, per flag of truce, is received, and
hasten to reply As you evidently intended yeur
letter for publication, give my rejoinder through
the WING It is more likely to reach you through
that channel your ire-eating population seek it
eagerly, while they denounce me and my doctrine.
You have been misinfornied az to my publishing
your letter in my issue of the 10th of August re
ceived the letter. exceedingly long one, closely
written, and gave two three very brief extracts
in which you spoke of the probable fall of Atlanta
and claimed that it would be ruin to the South
Another extract was in regard to Mcpherson and
the cost of his living These points l regarded as
legitimate game; and when I reflected that it was
san old man writing to his young wife believed
you would be candid and state facts, as I have
doubt you did, gloomy was your account of af-
fairs in the South
( Your HInany items of domestic nature, and
your many expressions of love, l was considerate
and manly enough to 'leave of, regarding them
the natural expressions of esteem on the part of ian
old man to his young wife,
It is true that Mrs. Wallace is a tenant of the
Federal Government-not of mine-though 1 am
the agent of that Government, and rent TO her. al
ishly abandoned She has called to see me, and /
believe you when you say she is mighty clever
woman'-nay, she is lady, and 1 treated her as
such.
As she doubtless sees every issue of my paper, l
will have occasion send her word that you were
we'll at the date Of your letter
You desire me to ''make old Abe quit his foolish
ness, SO as to enable you to get home Make your
bad man, JEFF. Davis squit his foolishness, and
cease fighting against Government that viii even
tually crush him and all who in against it,
and you will soon be able to come home. i think
you have enough of the destruction of life and
property in the asimny South" to agree with me
that it was the peifectioa of afoolishness for the
South to have plunged into this war.- # you have
not yet made atdscovery, hold on through another
season. 'eating swept POTATOES and gubers, and fight
ing mosquitoes ard you viii yet make the discoy-
cry.
That ycu have, Yourself, been guilty of greater
"foolishnsssa than Did Abe has think you are pre-
pared to admit II was the very climax of folly in
you, living in comfort to join set of the worst men
that ever Gcd perm ited to i've in villainous war
upon Government that never did you any harm,
but had protected you and secured syou life lib
ery and property-even the peaceable possession of
the everlasting Niger. But to run from "a young
wife, of great personal beauty, and domestic charms
was a degree of madness that no one but deluded
secessonist could be guilty of For this folly yoa
deserve To be annoyed by mosquitoes bed bugs seed
ticks and Confederate ice, in your down-yings and
your up-risings, at least during the war And
sweet poiatoes-and gubers are too good for rebel
Hoping to hear from you again, am, very truly,
&C., w. G. BRowNLow.