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Knoxville Tribune. lSth.l

Knoxville Tribune. lSth.l
On Thursday afternoon Captain
David Newman, of Knoxville, Of the
Knoxville Rifles, received the follow
ing telegram from the governor of the
state:
NASHVILLE, June 16, 2:15 p.m.-
Captain Newman, Rifles: l have to
request that you repair instanter, with
your company, to Rogersville, and
report to the sheriff or jailor of Haw-
kins county, subject to his orders, for
the purpose of protecting Prisoner
Larkin from unlawful violence.
ALVIN HAWKINS,
Governor.
THE DEPARTURE.
Before night twenty-seven members
of the Knoxville Rifles, including two
officers and twenty-five %privates, had
been mustered and were ready to
march. A special train was chartered
for $3.50 to carry the military to the
scene of the rebellion and insurrection.
At nine o'clock the company boarded
the train and the Tribune war CORES.
pondent, disguised as a soldier, accom-
panied the expedition. There we're
several men in the company besides
the captain. The others appeared to
range in age from sixteen to twenty,
but they we're as brave a lot of lads as
ever wore uniforms. They started
out uniformed, armed and equipped,
each breast h%eaving and each soldier
thirsting for the fight. Each one
expected to kill at least seven moon
sinners aud return to Knoxville with
several thousand prisoners. Each
one had kissed his mother before he
started, embraced his sweetheart, put
her picture in his pocket and then
slipped off from the old man who was
around the corner looking for his boy.
As the train sped up the road at the
rate of sixty miles IN hour, the boys
had a brief time for retrospect and
preparation, but our war correspondent
was 50 absorbed in his own cartridges
that be failed to observe all around
him. One Of the most hardened vete-
rams declared, however, that one Of the
young soldiers wal back in the corner
crying over the picture ola red-headed
girl.
AT THE JUNCTION.
The army arrived at Rogersville
junction about midnight. This was
was about sixteen miles from Rogers
vile, the seat of war. Here the army
disembarked, as the train refused to
carry them any further. The excuse
was that this train had DO right to
run over the Rogersville road, but
the soldiers believed it was because
the conductor was afraid to take his
train to the place where the great
battle would be fought.
THE NIGHT MARCH.
From the junction the army started
for Rogersville on foot, and counted
the cross-ties for sixteen miles. The
thousands of mOOnshiners who lay in
ambush along the line of march, either
lay still, paralyzed with mortal fear,
or fed precipitately at the approach
Of the c%onquering heroes.
The march was accomplished in
about five hours and a half, and was
in many respects unlike Sherman's
march to the sea. No cities, houses,
barns or fences were burned on the
route, and no chicken-coops robbed.
1t was a solemn march. Few sounds
were heard, except the hep, hep, hep,
or the occasional tattoo of the mufled
drum. The boys conversed with each
other in low and solemn tones, and
as they approached nearer the blood
thirsty enemy their conversation was
reduced to husky whispers.
AS DAY DAMNED
the invading army entered the city Of
Rogersville, preceded by the terror
inspiring rattle Of the drums. The
10000 moonshiners who had held the
fortified city fed at the approach of
the Knoxville Rifles, leaving all their
prisoners, guns, artillery, ammunition
and supplies to fall into the hands of
the conquerors.
IN R0GERsvILLE.
AS the army marched through the
streets ofthe city, keeping time to the
tap of the drums, old ladies in night
caps poked their heads out at the
windows and bobbed them back again
when they saw the fierce looks
Of the sOldierly, old men jumped from
their beds and ran to the doors with
their flags of truce, young ladies
screamed, children crawled under the
beds, and young men jumpedinto their
boots ready for action. 1t was a scene
that all veteran soldiers will under
stand and appreciate.
THE ATTACK.
The army had been marching since
midnight and the soldiers were tired
and hungry. They were consequently
well prepared for a vigorous attack
upon a bountiful breakfast. This they
demolished in a short space Of time.
THE RETREAT.
After breakfast. the army having
routed the enemy, were ready to make
a victorious retreat. Accordingly
they left Rogersville on the early
mcrniug train, made connection at the
junction and arrived at Knoxville
before boon without further loss.
OF all thlt gallant army Of brave
Young soldiers who left Knoxville the
evening before only twenty. sever re-
turned. All the rest were killed by
the moonshiners. Our war cores
pendent was n Of the survivors.
Celestial Hash.
Chicago Times.l
On Saturday last each of the
Chinese residents of Chicago received
a note, nearly written in Chinese chiro-
granny 90 folIous,