Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-08-21
THE KNOXVILLE BRAVES ON THE WAR
PATH.
The sparta CnOventiOn of the HatteriuV
Ram District.
Where the War Dance il Held aud Who
Won't he Our a,onpressman

| W"ht ne Our congressman.
There was a lively time Monday among the
few faithful braves, who, after weeks of prepar.
H:ion, mustered up courage enough to attempt
an exploration of the western limits of the bat
tering ram dstrict.r Livingstones travels in
Afrca, If he ever returns, won't be much more
wonderful than the pilgrimage of the Knox
vile braves to their hunting grounds near the
great Father of Waters where soft seat in the
Forty Third Congress is more enticing that fat
bufaloes or jerked bear meat ever was to the
painted worriors whose war whoop once echoed
on the banks of the beautiful Holston.
THE EXPLORING ROUTE.
After consulting all the maps of the State
that could be found, and after 8 careful exam
ination of the oldest inhabitant," and some of
the old scouts who used to trail the red skins
over the Cumberland, the most prudent of the
braves decided not to attempt an overland jour
ney. They accordingly took the train on Mon
| day. armed with free passes Their line of
travel as agreed upon was to go via rail to
| Memphis thence by boat up the Mississippi to
| the mouth of the Ohio, thence up the
| Ohio to the mouth of the Cumberland,
| thence up the Cumberland by Nashville TO the
head of navigation Here arrangements had
| been made for canoes to take them further up,
whence by forced marches they could get to
Sparta, in White county, where The war dance is
| to be held to-day. When last heard from the
explorers were getting along pretty well. They
expected to reach Sparta this morning and
march in and surprise the Texans, from the
west end of the district. We suspect that by the
time our readers see this the war whoop of the
Ex-Loyal Lacquer of the ''big organ will have
scattered the Texans TO the four winds, or else
the rest will be told hereafter.
Some of the more desperate joined the Sewer
county caravan and made the trip overland
| ad wifi ug
prepared for campaign of thirty days.
TIE BRAVES on THE WAR PATH
The expedition from this place, via rail ant
water, was headed by railroad gentleman wei
known in the South. He went not so much {,
, see Sparta as TO find the nearest practical rout,
!, for narrow gague railroad. He helped maj
out the !" battering RAM district in the Leglsln
ture and he swears he cannot make these haz
; ardous journeys every two years. He propose
therefore, to build railroad for the cow snienc
: of delegates to future Congressional Conven
tions.
Col. John Williams was not one of the party
We saw him at the train watching out for tn
senior editor of the :" big organ" He said tn
/. junior editor had a painted face, some bi
feathers and fierce eye but he couldn't scar
anybody. Every one knew. since the Kno
Z county election, that he was thunder on a ye
: on the morning of fight, but not much whe
the fight was on hand or when the scalps wer
= counted at night The big organ y wants tn
fight for it to-day. His case is believe
!, to be desperate He was left benin
II on Monday to grind the big organ,n but
. left Tuesday by lightning express. His orga
said yesterday he had gone, and we suppose
>, as much when we first saw his paper, for ii
~ first page looked like small sized circus poste
Is II il had had their North Carolina rooster an
Is eagles out it would have served for Barnum
IL menagerie poster first rate But Col. John Wi
liams says while he DOESN'T propose to ask Il
,, the nomination, lie knows he can beat tn
- | combination. The Knox county election fla
~ tened them out tor certain, and he can be
,,g them without half trying.
"a ALI Caldwell was on hand with his Sew
county resolutions, but said he was only goii
along 10 see the country. Bud Henderson W
aboard smiling and jovial az usual. Sa
ut he was going 10 explore the count
! and write an account of it for the New I o
s- Herald Their Livingstone sensation is abo
Il played, and they want something 10 keep
90 their geographical and pictorial department
20 We understand that if the chiefs kill each OF
- er off and nobody else wants the nomination
y, would take it, though he is quite willing 10 vi
ne till next time and give his present attent
10 improving the streets on the northern bou
so daries of Knoxville.
he We expect 10 give somt news of the Spal
'se War Dance as soon as it can be brought by ca
he rier pigeons, grapevine telegraph or the sigT
* corps.
ire We present on our local phge our map of {
district Our readers will find White cour
on it and Sparta is in the center OF 1t. There
where the War Dance is being held to-day.