The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-22
THE CHATTANOOGA
DAILY REBEL. p"
Quaint Relic of the Bloody
Days of '6I-'64.
MANY THEN PROMINENT MEN
Are Mentioned in This Paper-Contains
Some Advertisements That are Amuse-
ing NOw-Bears Date of August o,
1862

The writer has before him a fac
simile of an old relic of the bloody
struggle between the states, "The
Daily Rebel" This old paper is of
spt cIal interest to Tennesseans, part.
~ because it was printed within the
borders OF thi- state--at the very
loot of Lookout mountain, against
whose sides the gallant tidal wave
of Confederate valor surged and
broke in crimson biilows-and partly
because the names of many then
prominent and now hOnored and
loved men, appear within its four
small pages.
The paper we speak of bears the
date, "Chattanool a, Tennessee, Aug
ust 8, 1862" aud was then the most
powerful champion the lost cause O.
our fathers had. The management
did not know how long they would
be able to continue the paper in those
uncertain times, and so announced |
that no subscription would be re-
ceived for longer period than one
month, and the price for that length |
of time Was 81, "invariably in ad-
vance"
That news was hard to get is evi |
dent from the following plaintive
notice:
"TO our Friends :-Gentlemen who
arrive from abroad with late papers will
confer favor by leaving them at The
Rebel office. In these days of uncertai
mails and bockades our facilities to
furnish the late news from all quarters
can be greatly increased by little at
tention on the part of our friends, for
which we shall ever remain grateful.
Parties from MiddlH Tennessee and else
where within the enemy's lines will
confer an especial favor by furnishing
US any Northern papers In their poss es-
sion.'
This quaint memoir of our fore
fathers Is made more interesting by
the "old fogy" style followed, and
because things are 80 widely differ
EFT now. AS an example: In the
first } u nm, first page, appears 2
inch display ad, which reads:
"FoR SALE OR EXCHANGE-A negro
woman, good cook, ironer and washer,
for sale, or exchange for a boy. Apply
at this Office"
Next appears a 4 inch reader of
the Masonic Female Institute, at
Cleveland, which was at that time
the most fashionable institution of
learning in Tennessee. The board
of trustees announce that 1.-The col
lege will be under the management
of Rev. l.. N. Bradshaw who was
at one time quite noted Southern
educator. Then appear several other
ads of minor Importance, and one
which tells of "a good quality OF
. buff paper for sale, which is much
better than the contraband article at
1 the pOstoffice."
2 The news columns contain an able
\ article from the pen of Col. Revere,
of the Seventh New Jersey regiment,
= addressed to Gov. Ogden, in which
v the Colonel points out the folly of
forming new regiments when the
old so greatly need filling up. ut
would be most unwise," says Col.
Revere, "to send these raw regi-
: ments, without drill or discipline,
: even IL they can be recruited in time
o to enable the armies now in the
= field to assume the offensive, to
meet the rebel regiments of trained
S and valiant troops, who may be
b ranked among the best soldiers in
|. the world, as all our army can testify
who have met them in the recent
-. great battles of the peninsular."
u Col. Revere says further: The best
t composition of regiment, in the
# view of military men, is probably
n one-fourth of old soldiers, both by
example and precept. Thus consti-
/ tuted, the regiments of the Army of
y the PoJOmac would be irresistible,
: and its force and power in war be
far superior to any force the rebels
, can bring into tue field" The article
is brainy affair and rings clearly
3 of the indomitable courage which
g made the Confederate army go down
q in history as the greatest band of
" mil tia the world has ever seen.
/ The editor comments at length on
r. "a nice fix" which some Tennesseans
r. had gotten themselves into, whom, y
:, he says, left Tennessee with trea.
, son III their hearts and went over To
IL the bosom of King Abraham, think
,. ing that they would return to their
homes in a ehort time with a suffi.
4 cient army to protect them in their
treason
i These poor, deluded fools" he
! continues, "are no nearer the object
q they set out to acco mplish than they
a were the day they started. They
u cannot get back to their homes, and
) never will" "WhO is re-
:, sI on ,ible for this state of things!
p Sucn men as Andrew johnson, Hor-
ace Maynard, w. G.. Brownlow, aud
= the smaller lights of t)ryism, who
J. were suffered to run over the coun-
# try and preach treason TO the peo-
: ple.n In this county such
pettifOs gers as Mitch Edwards and
= Dr. Brown were applau0et for theiI
= treachery, while men who were old.
> er and wiser were scOffed and hooted
e at for their loyalty. These
q vile miscreants are now receiving
/ their just reward at the hands Of an
h indignant people. There never was
4 a more just retribution visited upon
a q corrupt set Of men. They s0wed
r the sturm-let them receive the fury
(. II the whirlwiud. They have DC