, 1862-04-03
PAHSOF BROWNLDW.

PARsoN BRowNLow.
Description, cf his personal -4ppenra,,ee-Hs
Trials aud fsoubles-Hss Late7Tiep ,cnh Bzs-
ian.in-.His Journey to NaSapiLIe-H.s Opin-
ion Of the Southern C5M1eaerdey.
NASHVILLE, March u, 1se2
After an Imprisonment Of over three
months, accompanied by innumcrab1e and uu-
Browu1ow, reached this city on Saturday, and
once more brcathed in liberty the air of free
dom. had long conversation with the old
man, and hasten to send you what Of interest
was stated by him. OF 50 noted man as the
Pa1son, an must have formed soRle idea
Most persons have doubtless pictured lin as
a stout, dark and terrible looking person,
whose frame would iutimidaie 4 mob and
crush & common man. Brave and daring as
he has proved himself, one would, not having
seen him, picture him as a giant, capable Of,
sirgly and alone, achieving, the daring deeds
which his mind might plot Parson Brown
low is a man Of perhaps fifty years and l:25
pounds, not more. He is of the medium
height, but lis extreme spareness gives him
taller look. His arms are long aud unyrace-
full His ccuntenauce is far from being hand
somc-bcing as broad as it is long, and not
1lcEhlly filled out High check bones, thin
chin and large month are the prominent fea-
lures about countcnancc which is strangely
Interesting and attractive, even when il is
not known whose soul looks out Of the little
but expressive eyes that give this life to the
cOuntelancc.
The Parson informs me that his paper was
seized on the aGt1 Of November last, By order,
think he said, Of General ZollieofEer. He
claims that sit was the last Union newspaper
published i'll tlc second he'll, resulting from
rebellion and secession" Before this final
suppression Of his paper, it was known that it
was excluded from the mails, thoug h he lad
no notification to that effect. and also that it
was thrown from the cars into the rivers and
other streams in the country. He WIS allo we'd
to remain at ibcrty but fortnight after his
press had been stopped, being arrested on the
9th Of December, and thrown into prison at
Knoxville. A court martial was held, and it
! was supposed that he would be hung. He
| thought so himself, and had prepared 4
/ speech to be delivered on the scatfold.
He says that it was in effect that this
!; and perjury and that It was being prosecuted
! il the same style. He desired to tell them
that the leaders Of this unlloly rebellion were
! set Of perjured scoundre1s, and that he'll and
the penitentiary were full Of better men, y
i But it appears that the rebels were afraid to
bang him, and it was decided By one vote not !
; 10 execute him. He was remanded back tc
Jail, aud the result of the court martial report
!; Cd to the rebel President. Here began wllat
| the Parson sarclstically called "a learned cor
! 1vspordcnce with Judah p Benjamin, the
! liar III which She was pleased to call one
man dangerous to tue peaes Of this q; Ssouth-
suit Of this correspondence was an agree
rncnt Oh the part Of Benjamin to place thu
I Payson at liberty, within the lines of ths
Union army, and on the part Of Dr.. Brown1oH
10 leave the country. A long delay cnsucd
| Tic Par=on was placed in i jail with twenty
| five others. These tWenty-siK had one singls
cup from which to drink, not only water, bu
what else was given tAem at their meals. Il
this place the Parson became seriously il
will. typhoid fever, and no one entcrtaines
hopes Tor ftars) Of his srecoycEy except himself
the end Of the rebellion, As for my part, sir
1had TO intention Of dying"
While nc were speaking together Col Man
SOD approached. and introduced the Col0ue
to the Parson, rcmarking as did so, tia
"Cc1cnel Manson was the man that whippc
for the race 10 Knoxville" " /" And I, sir,' sal
the Pnson, "un The man who saw them arriv
at Knoxville. They came in ION time,' astrid
Of stolen horses and mules, with stolen rope
for brides, and though they were the
one lundied and fifty miles from the battl
devil was still after them" The Parse,
thinks the East Tennessee rebels are arran
! towards, while lie says the Union East Ten
ncsseans VI i'll fight to the death. "The only
cause for this difference is that one fights fol
! a holy ard the other for dasnnable cause. ,
! He says {" the East Tennessee Cuionists are th
most downtrcddcn and oppressed people o.
the face Of Gods earth. They are imprisoned
and tortured and hung" He says "they vii
rise up us one man to welcome tue Union IL
! my amcng them"
! After lis recovery, which was at a late dat
only, the position Of affairs had material
changed, and it was found more prlcticabl
| to deliver him at Nashville than ia Kentucky
1ty the Gap Of the Cumberland mountains
He was sent to Decatur, and thence transpor
I'd by carriage to Shelbyville. Here he We
detained By Gen. Hardce for ten days. It wa
reported here, and believe 7 sent you til
! iteln. that The Union men 1t Sh1lbyyille III
destroyed all the rebel stores at that poin
! It appears that this was miEtak
General Hardee, at the time Of Parse
Blownlow's arrival at shellyville, ~
Hc Detained the Parson ssas he was afraid
! would inform The Union commander her
and raisc the devil generally" It was n
until the stores were removed that he was
I lowed to proceed. He had been under qua
all TIE time, where he had to submit to tt
Grossest insults from the whole conlman
!. He says that our forces at Florence have ma
demonstration towards Decatur, and til
the whole Of JoDnston's army had left Il
, latter place "The fact is, that
4 may take five Northe1ners to whip o.
So1,tlierDer, but the Southcrners never look
No-thc1ncr 1ut they think he is at least Il
men, The Pa1son thinks that "the thing
, about played out. Even the English part
human kind are ashamed to recognize tllel
i Heaven carnot grant its smiles to SO infamo
q cause, and as for the devil, he is jealous
Davis, and afraid Of being superseded" T
= Parson thinks, therefore, that they have
G one to cali Epor but themselves.