Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-08

spent night in the depot
Jan 2l.-wharton went up the road. No fist for
us until night. All quiet on S. S. r. r. Robert
Seay Joined party--gave him permission to see
Wharton
Jan 22,-Got to Lynchburg late in afternoon,
Jan 25.-Spent day in town looking for ntions
lost.
Jan. 24.-Started up ETY. .RR Met whar-
ton at Liberty.
Jan. 25.-0n the road again. Got to Wytho-
vile at II o'clock; made all arrangements for morn
! ing.
Jan. 26.-Wc are not yet at the highest point al
though twenty-four hundred feet above the sea.
Jan. 27.-Another day of waiting. No teams.
Jan. 28,-Started at o'clock, took the Western
pike, marched eleven miles and camped We are
now on the top of the ridge, two miles from Mount
Airy.
Sabbath, Jan. 29.-Startod this morning and soon
passed Mount Airy. Passed through the town of
Marion and came TO camp quite late.
JAN 3O,-We made an early start this morning.
Evidence of Yankees all along our road,
groups of dead horses, burnt bridges. We
have Travelled within sigh of the X. L. all day;
passed seven mile ford about noon; our road then
became very bad but we kept it up. Passed Lyons
Gap, and camped at the foot of the pass.
Jan 3l.-Startcd alone this morning, Wharton
! anu DuIHun WtuJ On lNSt uIpHl pOJ lC pHlLVlllb
about noon, found the Holston all ice-bound, so,
after repairing made ourselves comfortable for the
night, and think for some days.
Feb Took walk over the wreck Of the Salt
Works ruined trains, engines and artillery.
Feb Still at work at my boat bW ice-bound.
Afternoon ice broken. We start in the morning
| .
Feb. 4-Started this morning, Late in the
evening after making six or eight miles, we scamp
n M Ilu M M t,itb h1,,ipr pbp ip
quite sick at house on the river. Left the
rest of our party, now IA in number in camp by
the wreck.
Feb. I've have been through some rough
water, but We have a spot just below us where there
is ten feet fall in fifty yards. We got our boat out
this morning.
Feb. quite busy with our boat still will
finish her tomorrow and make another start.
We hear of 200 bushwhackers' thirty miles be-
low, who are waiting for us, but we do not fear
them.
Feb. We started little after noon. We had
much trouble although empty at the falls made
only few miles, when we put up at n house
Feb. s. We made very poor work of it
so cold and showing so heavily. Travelled about
SIX miles, when night caught us. So we put
up at a house for the night.
Feb. lO.-Our boat all frozen in with ice five feet
thick. Myself the Sergeant and DUNCAN, still up
the river. The rest below Wild Waters.
Feb. live have communication with the par
ty below. / sent up the river to arrest two men /
took to be Yankees, but they turned out to be de-
serters and "al right
Sabbath, Feb l2.-Sent down to the camp. River
still frozen.
Feb. ID River not started yet. Only
one redeeming feature to the case. The moon is
too bright to suit our purpose.
Feb. IA This afternoon quite thaw, and
all appearance of rain.
Feb, lj.-' Hope to start soon now-about
to start at packing up. Sent down the river, but
find it blocked up below still
Feb, l6.-Started this morning; river all OPEN
Went down to the camp, and made about fourteen
miles. Camped for the night
Feb. l7.-Raned all day river much swollen
We made thirty miles, jumped a mill dam of five
feet just at night then camped.
Feb. lS-The river rose two feet last night.
Made about sixty miles Stopped at Kingsport I'M
til moonrise then jumped the falls at the mill, and
started on our first nights trip which proved grand
Stopped about daylight, having made about twenty
miles
Camp Beginning" Feb 49, We have
kept close all day spent the day in getting ready
to start for the Yankee lines to night Sabbath
evening passed off quietly, we saw but one man,
and he did not come into camp. As night came on
our camp became all excitement with preparations
for the night pull We are in Tennessee at last
IDLdIbcu HISut, anu with some Trouble, Travelled
all night, over many shoals, and put up at daylight
at
Camp Last Resort Feb. 20 Started
again down the river met with many accidents
passed the first Yankee pickets; got aground right
by them, but got off safe. Came to camp at
o'clock, at
Camp First Prize, Feb. 2l.-we hid our boat
ket hosI-I0aGed ior doiS,t me rGrer Help1a iar
selves, and took five prisoners; had many narrow
escapes with them, and rare adventures. Took
another prize of the same kind; ransomed them
BOTH and started at night usual. Passed Straw
berry Plains bridge, and eamped ten miles below at
Camp Areay Feb. 22.-lIad some difficulty in
hiding our boat. Houses very near, and we hear
all the trains on the railroad Washington's birth
day has passed off like all other days. Firing of
cannon all day at Knoxville. Government raft of
lumber passed down the river which we did not
stop, expecting to take il at night but we passed il
in the dark Passed many Yankee camps right on
the bank-could hear every word they said, but
only one picket stopped US, and little skill took us
by him. We found so many people up in Knox
vile, (which we passed about IL o'clock notwith
standing the rain which fell in torrents all night we
passed the town without doing what we intended
but il will be accomplished yet, hope. Passed un.
der the bridge-right under the sentinel-and pull
led on some time in daylight before we could find
place to hide. As II was, we were obliged 70 hide
Camp Muddy Feb. 22-St raining.
We came near swapping last night. Started
as usual (still ranng,) and had horrid trip of IL
We did not make the bridge at Loudon for the whole
party were SO used up with their exposure, and
want of sleep that we put up on a mountain at
Camp Dangerous" Feb. 2i-Find we are near
Loudon, and right by large Yankee camps bu,
cooked and acted as usual and far have gotten on
very we'll.
Lieutenant P. c. Wilson, I'd Ohio Heavy Ar,il.
lery, "oflicer Of the day. has to-day interferred
with the continuation Of the above diary under the
following circumstances About dusk this evening
negro appeared at picket post on the north side
of the river and stated that the rebels were about
mile away, and offered to act as guide to the place
where he had seen them. Information was sent 20
the officer of the day, who Immediately started with
the negro in the direction in which the rebels were
supposed TO be. The Lieutenant had proceeded but
a short distance outside the lines when he saw
moving light in the distance lie cautiously ap-
preached, and when within a proper distance no