Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-25
Carter Rebellion.
NO. Ill.


ets, well mounted, embarked on
expe lition extremely hazardous, cor
sidering the topography of the eoun
try. The dis auCe from Carriers DE
pot to e zabethton is about eigh
miles. The country, for the first fou
miles, is rugged, seaviiy timbered
sparsely populated and well adapted
in every respect to horsebacking
When you take into consideration tina
the people were, with almost unit, il
support of the Federal Govern ment
and that some $4,000 or l5,0 900 mel
were then reported in camps at Eliza
bethton, you have s0me idea of The
dangers that confronted US. As
write these lines | feel again the in
spiratiOn that carried me through the
! trying ordeal. We were melted by nc
| desire to shed the blood Of our cOuE"
| trymen. Our object was TO dash into
town la mode Dick Turpin" and
trust to the feetness of our hoTsfs to
carry US out safe. 1 will not weary
you with the details of our ride. The
weather was fine, the scenery wildly
beautiful, and @e did not know that
there was a man in arms in the coun-
try. A few minutes found US at Tay-
loT's Ford, where company of GeOr-
gia cavalry, few days before, met
with war N reception at the hands of
party of men concealed in
the barn of Hon. n @. Tay-
lor. After crossing the Watauga,
cur route meandered with wind.
ings of the river, all the way to Elizl-
bethtOn. The road was level, and the
fertile bottoms and substantial farm
houses gave evidence of prosperity.
Two miles from TsyloT's Ford and we
are at the farm IF Mr.. A be Upton,
name conspicuous in our early history.
We dismOunt and go III, and for few
minutes are entertained by his accom-
pIished daughter, with music on the
piano. she begged US not 10 go on, as
the town was tull of armed nen. 1t
is hard to resist a wOman's entreaties,
when the woman is young, |
handsome aud eloquent; but Miss
Fannie should not nave play ed that |
air, Dixie.
On leaving TIpton's my horse began |
to set lame and [ exchanged with the |
- ParsOD," who returned 10 Upton to
await Us. / noticed that several citi
zeas abandoned their homes, and
sought safety in flight. on seeing us
approach. On arriving at the bank OF
Doe River, a narrow stream on which
is situated, Mr.. Devault
informed US that the main body of
FedeTals had fallen back to Doe River
Cove, and that one company, as an adj
vance guard, was holding the town.
At this point another one of our party
d 3cIiues to go further, and it was left
for McClellan's man and myself to
fulfill the com pact we had entered into.
We cross the river and ride slowly
into the town. My comrades, who
W as acquainted, stopping occasionally
TO exchange a word with the citizens.
Oar arrival created a sensation, as we
wore the grey, and they no doubt
thought us the advance guard of our
forces. We rode to the court house,
where a number of citiz sns were as
sem Died and the stars and stripes were
from the top Of very high
pole. We spent few moments in
luiet conversation, when we were
uddenly surprised by the advent of a
body of horsemen, armed with double
Jarrel shot guns. They halted within
,ne hundred yards of US, and eyed
Is with interest for few moments,
md not until We turned our horses
i'd they show any beligereut designs
will not d we'll. My comr ,de pre-
,eded me few feet. We did not
.heck up at the river, although the
ord was deep and rough. Our pur-
uers were close Cd us, aud could have
hot Us easily, as our flight was re-
arded by the river. Our COmrade left {
10 the safe side, had timely notice of
ar approach 10 leave US behind some
Istance and thus In single file we
ursued our way, your correspondent,
7itu pistol in hand, looking back oc-
asiOnally to measure the gap. We {
ad advanced more than mile, when
ny horse ran against mule just
eserted by mill boy, and was
brown to the ground seDseless. For r
unately for me, Capt. JnO.
smith commanded the detach- I
lent. From papers on my
ersun, he ascertained who / was, and
rotecled me from further injury Z
20 withdrawing some of his men q
we're for dispatching me at once.
aust not omit to state that a lady
anne to my assistance with her cam :
nor bottle. A Mrs. Burroughs, l
mink, though as TO what occurred Z
' hilst l was in a state of unconscious c
Iess, [ of course know nothing. L
vas Informed that considerable i'll
ceiling was manifested toward me by
ONE few people of ElizAbethton, as L I
vas taken through there-as to the S
ruth of this do not know, as L was z
.ot fully restored 10 consciousness IN
il after leaving town. The first L re-
was being mounted behind G
APT. smith, that darkness had over
AIKEN US, and that, judging from the
Ime had Ie nained in a cOmatose
pnditior, l had been in the very T
Avs of death. We stopped for sup
er, of which I could not partake.
apt Smith furnished me with a new
air of wooden hose, which were very
as my feet were wet in
rossing the river. We then set out 2
Jr Doe River Cove, which we reached 8
bout midnight, not, however, without :
much difficulty in finding the rough
rossiugs of the river. L was first
AIKEN { the quarters of Lieut.. Col.
Ian Slower which WRra in an on :