Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-14

Gen. Sherman to 60 shares with him in cotton cor
ruption and by being Immediately arrested for bis
/ Another was prominent member, perhaps com
mander, Of the celebrated pike brigade which was
organized shortly after the breaking out OF the war;
and which was to defend Nashville forever against
the whole world especially the Yankees
A good story is told of this gentlemen.
Early in the war Beauregard came up to Nash
vile. The gentleman in question called upon MIN,
and Immediately began to expatiate upon the supe-
rior excellence of the pike an instrument OF war
fare. He extoled it above the sword, the bayonet,
the spear-in fact above any other weapon of an
Gent or modern times The taciturn creole listened
patiently, but said nothing At length the gentle
man appealed to him directly, and asked him if he
didn't think brigade armed with these pixies would
inevitably overthrow any Yankee force that might
be opposed to them. "Certaily," replied Beaure-
gard, with grim smile on his features "certainlv
provided the Yankees didn't FIRE before YOU got
to them
1t is said that Mr.. -, / beg his pardon, Judge
-, at once appreciated the joke and left the pres
ence of the bored rebel leader with his faith con-
sderably shaken in the success of the Confederacy.
But why continue this examination? Let it suf-
flee that not more than dozen of these gentlemen
have acted with the Union party of this State
since its from rebel rule; and not more than
half dozen identified with that party at the
present time. Of this half Dozen two at least have
recently declared that they signed the call with the
understanding that the meeting was to be merely an
old fashioned patriotic celebration of Washingtons
birthday, without any political object whatever
And have no doubt this was the with the rest.
REPUBLICATION OF THE CALL BY DIsLoYAL JOUR-
NAILS.
From one end of Tennessee to the other, the news
papers in the dsloyal interest are copying this CALL
and giving it enthusiastic editorial Endorsement
Everywhere they seem to regard the meeting as des-
tined in its results to crush the loyal men and loyal
government of the State, and restore the disfran-
chised and ousted rebels to power.
THE OBJECT OF THE MEETING DISCLOSED.
The real and ultimate object of the getters up of
this CALL is forcibly illustrated in leader which ap
peared yesterday morning in the ultra disloyal or
gan of this city. 1t proposes that the President
shall crush the present loyal government of Tennes
see and hints that in case this plan is adopted the
meeting of February 22d may be turned into rev.
dictionary convention, for the purpose of setting up
a new government
Such are the runous schemes of these disorgani-
zers
CORRECTION OF TELEGRAPHIC BLUNDERs.
The telegram in relation to this subject which 1
sent last night from this city, badly butcher
ed either in the transmission reception or interpre
tation, as to make it a mass of absurdities.
l endeavored to speak Of the Copperhead men,
bers of the Legislature who have opposed every
er out Of the hands of rebels and traitors" 1t was
printed ain the hands &C."
said that if the half dozen real Union men
whose names appended to the CALL tlco have re-
Gently declared, &c The telegraph has it that
"the half dozen real Union men who signed the
call, have readily declared, &C."
wrote that these two understood the meeting of
February I'D ITO have political object whatever
II is printed "no particular object whatever
1 wrote that several of the signers were active
partisans of the rebellion not participants
I said the meeting would be "a gathering of all
the disloyal clans in the State not crosses.
1 wrote that of its objects would be ''to abuse
the brave good men who, representing $4,000 Ten
nessee Union soldiers have from the beginning stood
firmly etc. And here is the Greek into which this
was rendered " The brave good members who rep
resent $4,000 Tennesseeans, and the Union soldiers
who have from the beginning stood etc.
1 have had some dispatches from this point trans
mitted with accuracy and scrupulous care; in the
very long one forwarded you concerning the exc
cution of the Heffernan murderers believe there
was not an error from beginning to end. But such
laundering as have indicated above, renders the
telegraph practically worthless for the transmission
of intelligence. Y. s.