Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-03
From the Pulaski Citizen. Let.

GENERAL BRowNLow ON A RUsT.-On
last Tuesday, Gen. Brownlow, the veritable
Jeems, son Of his father, the Governor,
paid our quiet city a short visit He ar
rived on the II o'clock train, and stayed
till 9oclock that night We did not learn
the nature of Jeems' visit, but suppose,
from the course he pursued while here,
that he came on a reconstruction tour,
The first we heard of the Govenor's son.
he was in row with an eccentric gentle
man from Alabama in a drinking saloon.
The gentleman referred to, had formerly
been citizen of Tennessee, and having
some sympathy and respect for the ci izens
of Tennessee, was indulging himself in a
little gratuitous, Wholesale "cussing of
the Governor, when Jeems took the fuss on
his own hands, and informed Mr.. Alabama.
that although he might not indor5e the
whole political course Of the Governor. vet
he wouldn't stand by quietly and hear his
father abused in such a manner without
raising his voice in the old mans behalf
A row ensued, and the parties were separa-
ted for a time without any serious conse-
quences, At supper these gentlemen met
at the Tennessee Honse, where another
alteration ensued, the gentleman from
Alabama being backed and endorsed by
couple Of other slightly inebriated gentle
men, one from another county, aud the
other from remote portion of this county.
Considerable loud talking and big cussing,
with the drawing Of several navies ensued,
and there seemed TO be every chance i'm
sginable for general row. The General
however, left the table first, and as We
started into supper, We met him Just out
side the door, rs be was coming out. We
did not know, until he had indnlged him
self in few loud swears" accompanied
with sundry extravagant threats, who the
gentleman was. We soon found him ont.
We knew it was Jeems.
The next we heard Of the Governors IL
lustrious son, he was in 4 negro drinking
saloon on lst Main street, trying 10 borrow
a shot gun from some of his sable friends,
swearing that he was going TO play the
devil generally, and was going 70 have
squad Of soldiers quartered on rs right
away. He succeeded in getting the shot
gun, and Immediately assumed the dniies
of a Metropolitan Police for Pulaski, and
commenced walking his beat on the square.
la a short time, one Of our peaceable Citi-
declared under martial law, happened to
cross JeeIns' beai, be was Immediately hail
ed with the peculiar challenge, Who goes
there ?p The gentleman Immediately placed
his hand upon his pistol, and held himself
in readiness, il this self constituted police
man had Ientured 10 present his gun, 10
shoot every Bit Of the BrOWnlow out Of him
in 4 second But Jeems didn't modest him
further, and be passed on.
Now, as we write, the thought strikes Us,
and the whole reason Of Jeems course is
as clear a. mud. He, or probably his
father, has been reading the Pulaski CEti-ea,
and las noticed our complaints against our
very detective police arrangements, aud
came down 20 take charge Of the municipal
arrangements Of the city himselffor a short
time. Well, We are obliged 10 the General
for his considerale kindness, bat he didn't
get hold Of the right snd--didn't cons
mence st the right place, and Ee can't see
that We have been benefited.