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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

KNoxvrLLE, June 5, 1862

TO tie Editor qf''de Register:
A friend of mine has directed my at
tention to statement purporting to
have been made by w. 6. Brownlow, in
a public speech mt Cincinnati or at some
other point North, to the effect that he
(Brownlow) came within one vote of be-
ing condemned to death by the Court
Martial which was held in this city du-
ring the past winter. | wish to correct
this statement as there is no foundation
Court, | can speak advisedly as to the
facts.
His case was never brought before the
Court Martial either directly or indirect
ly-no charges were ever preferred
against him, no trial had, nor no vote
whatever taken, either formally or !nfor.
mally, IN regard to him.
1t is fact well known to this commu-
nifty that Brownlow was not even arrest
ed by the military authorities, but that
he surrendered himself to Gen. Critten.
den, under the pledge of the Govern
ment that he should be protected-and
it is equally well known that it was the
civil authorities of the country that cans
cd his arrest and confinement. Brown
low was never brought IN person before
the Court Martial, and take this occa-
sion distinctly to state that no prisoner
land l make no exceptions whatever)
was ever tried by that Court, without the
personal presence OF the prisoner in the
Court room-the charges plainly read,
and he guaranteed in all respects fair
and impartial trial, with every facility
afforded him for counsel and witnesses,
and ample time and opportunity for the
preparation Of his defense.
make this statement simply for the
PURPOSE of indicating the truth of his
tory, which will be fully attested by
every member of the Court, and the
many lawyers who were admitted to prac
tice before it in defense of the prisoner,
tried. SO far from the Court Martial try
ing Brownlow and voting on his case, il
was distinctly understood that he was no
to be tried by that Court, he was undei
military protection, but that if tried Al
all, it would be done by the civil tribunal
of the lard.
Very Respectfully, &C.,
T. J. CAMPBELL,
Late Judge Advocate Of Court Martial.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
A Military EXECUTION.

The correspondent of the. Charleston
Courier, writing from Beauregad's army,
gives the following account of military
execution he witnessed:
, military exeoul Is a terrible thing;
saw another on MS5nesduy noon, and
a more stoical death tan was suffered by
the culprit on that OCCASION have new
er in my somewhat varied experience
known equalled. He'was Tennesseean,
named Coon Harris; about forty years OF
age, resident Of Paris. Or Paducah, and
had been convicted of Being spy. As
he rode by my quartere lie was seated on
the box which was to seffeRa his coffin,
in rude vehicle, quad by twelve
soldiers but not the most careful observe
er could have discovered any difference
between him and curious. bystander.--
Arriving Mt the place of execution, which
! was only quarter of mile distant, he
jumped lightly from the wagon fingered
Il moment to see his coffin removed, and
tree, beneath which he was to meet his
fate.
An officer followed him to UNLOCK his
handouts. and tho two stood there
moment in conversation, the prisoner ap.
parently as cool and unconcerned as if he
were q mere spectator of the scene. His
eye was still bold and unwavering, rest
ing now upon the crowd, and now va
cantly in the distance, as If at times q
thought OF the future entered his mind,
but neither cheek blanched nor muscle
| quiyered. The man seemed made Of
stone. The interview finished, the last
words of which were, " l die an honest
and an innocent man." the officer pin.
ioned his arms back, the faded brown
coat was buttoned across his chest, and
he sat down upon his coffin. A banker
chief was then tied over his eyes, and vol
unfairly he laid his head back against the
tree. Even in this trying moment, the
last which bridged the narrow chasm be-
tween time and eternity, and earth was
| forever shut out from view, did he pre-
serve his remarkable self possession
| Finding the bark of the tree somewhat
rough, he occupied several seconds in adj
justing his head, as one would fit himself
to pillow before going TO sleep, SO that
| it would rest easily, then chewing upon
quid of tobacco, he became still. The
file of eight men were now ordered for
ward until within ten PAGES OF the Gull
prit, the officer took his place upon tho
right. and in a low tone gave the order,
take aim" Then the muskets were
leveled--a few seconds of terrible sus-
pcnse-" Fire "a simultaneous report
"a convulsive start--a splash of brains
little stream or two of blood from the
wounds around the heart--a falling OF
the head to one side---a dropping of the
lower jaw-one long sigh-and the soul
of the spy had winged its way to the pres
ence of the Great Judge. The body was
then removed by couple Of negros, and
the crowd of two or three hundred who
had witnessed the scene dispersed. All
I what q terrible teacher is war! How i
blunts the feelings, hardens the heart
and dries up the fountains of mercy
/, God grant it may soon cease!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
From Richmond.

RICHMOND, June ALL is quiet to-day
near the city.
No definite list of the aggregate num-
Der of casualties in the late battles yet
obtained.
Mrs. Rose Greenhough, arrived this
morning under a flag of truce, via City
Point. 1t is said she reports Mcclellan
very sick. 1t is reported and believed
that Gen. Casey, the Federal Commander,
was killed in the fight or Saturday, be-
low Richmond.
The New York Herald of the 3lst was
received by the Examiner, and onnounc-
federate Army, and the occupation OF
the town by Union troops. Dispatches
from Hallecl< to Secretary Stanton is to
this effect. The Herald publishes map
of the country. 1t says Beauregard is
moving towards Oklahoma on the Mobile
a. Ohio Railroad.
RICHMOND, June "a large quantity
of powder was expended by the enemy
to-day in Smelling the woods occupied by
the Confederate outposts; nobody hurt
during the fire. An artillery duel took
place in the vicinity of New Bridge
One of the enemy's caisons exploded by
a she'll, killing several Yankees and three
horses. One man wounded on our side
The Northern account of the battle is
received The Herald claims a victory
SAYS the Federal loss was heavy, but the
rebel loss much greater.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Baton ROUGE.

The citizens of Baton Rouge rose and
fell upon the Federal garrison which had
been left there (they having previously
taken possession of the city, it being in a
defenseless condition) and slaughtered
them. Whether there is provocation
by Federal outrages or not, wc have not
learned. But we are informed that the
Federal fotilla went down there from
Vicksburg immediately on learning that
the people had killed the soldiers COM
posing the garrison; and as soon as they
came within reach of the city, without
giving any notice, commenced Smelling
it, and the city is now in ashes.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
A North Carolina Amazon.

The Charlotte Democrat has been IN.
formed by soldier from Kinston, OF
rather novel incident which occureed
there recently. A short time ago some
recruits were brought into camp iora
company from Caldwell county, among
whom was man named Blaylow, who
was drafted in Caldwell. Week before
last Blaylow got discharge, and imme'
diately another soldier applied for dis
charge, stating that he Tor she) was the
lawful wife Of Blaylow. 1t appears 'haI
when Blaylow was drafted his wi'e cut
her hair off, put on mems clothing, ana
went with him into camps ana enlisted
for ,ha war. She drilled with the com
panv and was learning fast, when 1t De-
came necessary to make her sex known
in order to accompany her husband
home The boys were sorry to part with
such good soldier. but they were una
BILE to determine which she loved best,
Blaylow or the Confederacy, but it was
unanimously voted that Mrs, Blaylow 10
''some pumpkins"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
CHE 2ost.
Athens, Friday, June 13, 1869.
Confederate Currency.


Special attention is invited to the no.
tice below The war upon the currency
has been productive of an immense deal
of harm, and we are pleased to know q
stop is to be put to it,
Headquarters, Departm't L. Tenn,
Knoxville, May 26, 1862.
1t having come to the notice Of the Ma
ior General Commanding, that persons
within the limits of said Department are
discrediting the Confederate Currency by
refusing to receive ii in payment of debts
and for produce:-
lie hereby gives notice that this is a
grave political offence, and that all per
sons so offending render themselves liza
BILE to arrest by the military authority
vested in him. Z. KIRBY SMITH,
Major General Commanding.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
How q Soldier Feels on q Battle
Field,
An army correspondent writes:

An army correspondent writes:-
do not suppose | have much physical
or moral courage, but the sensations un-
der fire, judging from experience, are diff
ferent from what is expected.
A reasoning man at first feels alarmed,
and his impulse is to run away, and, II he
has no reason to stand, he probably does
run; but. at each exposure, he grows less
timid and, after hearing canister and
Fsrape about his ears a dozen times, begins
TO think he is not hurt.
He stills feels rather uneasy perhaps;
but the danger becomes fascinating, and,
though he don't wish to be hit. he likes
to have narrow escapes, and voluntarily
places himself in q position where he can
incur more risk.
After little while he begins to reason
the matter: reflects upon the doctrine of
probabilities, and how much powder and
lead is necessarily wasted before any man
is killed or wounded.
Why should he be, he thinks, so much
more unlucky than many other people;
and he soon can hear the whizzng of bull
lets with a tolerable degree of unanimity
though he Involuntary lodges, or tries
to dodge, the cannon balls or shells that
go bowling around his immediate neigh
borhood.
In the afternoon he is quite different
creature from what he was in the morn
ing, and involuntarily smiles to see man
betray the same trepidation which. he
himself exhibited few hours before,
The moro he is exposed to fire the bet
ter he can bear it; and tho timid being of
today is the hero Of tomorrowj and he
who runs from danger on the first battle,
field will run into it on the next, and
court the hazard he once SO dreaded.
This courage, as it is styled, is little
more with most men than custom; and
they learn to despise what has often
threatened without causing them harm.
If wounded, they learn wounds are less
painful to bear than they had supposed
and then the doctrine of probabilities
teaches them once more they are less liza
BILE to be wounded again. So tho mental
process goes on until tho nerves become
by degrees the subject Of will, and he on
" fears who has not the win to be brave
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
A Point Settlad.

We learn, in communication which
VIC have received from tho War Depart
ment at Richmond, ."that officers be-.
tween tho ages of IL and IS years of age,
who were defeated in the recent reorgan-
ization Of l2 months regiments, are sub
leo. 70 conscription - CoNrryr1r.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Federal Congress.

Washington, May 28.-The House went
into Committee on the Senate bill to col
lect direct taxes in insurrectionary dis
tricts, and for other purposes.
Various amendments were made per-
fecting the arrangements for carrying the
act into effect, and the bill was passed by
a vote of97 against II.
1t provides for the appointment of a
Board of Tax Commissioners, to enter
upon the duties of the office whenever
the Commanding General of the forces
OF the United States, entering into any
insurrectionary State or District shall
have established the military authority
throughout any parish, or district, or
county of the same. In all cases where
the owners of land shall not pay their
proportion of tho tax and consequent
expenses, the property is to be sold.-
Provision is made for the redemption Of
1.-The land, if it be shown to the satisfac-
ton of the Commissioners that the owner
has not taken part in, or in any manner
aided or Allotted the rebellion, and that
by reason of the instruction he has been
unable to pay the tax.
In cases Of owners having left their
lands to join the rebel cause, the United
States shall take possession, and may
lease them until tho civil authority of
the United States is established, and the
people of the United States shall elect
legislature and State officers, who shall
take the oath to support the Federal Con-
stitution. The Board of Commissioners
may, under the direction Of tho Pres.
ident, instead of leasing the lands vested
in the United States, cause the same to
be subdivided and sold in parcels to any
loyal citizen, or any person who shall
have faithfully served in the army, navy.
or marine corps The Exemption prin'
ciple is also engrafted on the bill.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Gen. Beauregard and the Reporters

There has been good deal of COM
plant about the exclusion of newspaper
reporters from the army lines. The fol
lowing explains the order
The Atlanta IateHgencer remarks; 1t is
said that ere now our army at Corinth
would have engaged the enemy, but fol
the fact, that an order issued by its Chief,
preparatory to the execution of a move
upon Halleck's forces, was communities
ted by a Reporter to one Of the Memphis
papers, and which thwarted the entire
movement-that havingbeen made public,
which required the observance of secrecy
to make successful.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Gen, Mitchell.
just read the following from the star
gazing Mitchell, the commander of the
Dutch and Greeks of Huntsville, Ala:
GENERAL ORDERS.

gazing mitchell, the commander OF the
Dutch and Greeks of Huntsville, Ala;
GENERAL ORDERS.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION,
Camp Taylor, Huntsville, Ala, Maya.
TO the Citizens of alabama NORTH Of the Ten
neSSes Riuer:
The above orders, printed for your in
formation, explain any other course de-
sireto pursue. Armed citizens have fired
into my trains on the railway, have burn
eel bridges, having attempted to throw
my engines from the track, have attack
cd my guards, have cut the telegraph
wires.
All these acts will be punished with
death, if the perpetrators can be found.
Ana II they cannot, will destroy the
property of all who sympathize with the
Southern rebellion in the neighborhood
where the acts were committed
Unorganized bodies of citizens have nc
right to make war. They are outlaws,
robbers. plunderers, and murderers, and
VIII be treated as such.
Signed, 0. NJ. MIrcHEL.
Major General Commanding Sd Divi
sion OF the Army of the Ohio.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
Gen. Joe Johnston.

This distinguished commander was
wounded in the battle near Richmond,
by Minnie ball. which struck him in
the shoulder The wound is severe. but
not dangerous.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

nsa. A letter from New York. dated
Nav 10. saws "the town was in very
bad hun,or all the morning. The unsat-
isfactory telegram, about the mishaP 70
our gunboats up the James river r was pro-
,blues' That class OF people who always
nrerer the gloomy side of a picture were
eertain that the affair was a 'skedaeldle.'
and that the prestige OF tho Monitor was
| gone
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

Dag The Knoxville Register, of the 4th
inst, learns from citizen of Chattanoo-
ga that noted Lincolnite, called Squire
Brown, man of property residing near
Chattanooga, has beon insulting the
wives ofseveral Confederate soldiers, who
We're absent in the army, and, on one oc-
casion, whipped lady whose chastity
would not yield to his solicitations. Her
husband came homo and hearing of his
diabolical conduct, proceeded to his
house, on Sunday last, and deliberately
shot him Es died in half an hour
thereafter,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
60 n e said that dried fruit put AWAY

Ey- II is said that orio' ''ui' P"' """y
with a little sassafras bark. (say large
handful TO bushol,) will save it for
wears, unmolested by those troublesome
insects that SO often destroy hundreds of
bushels in season. AS there will be a
heavy fruit crop this year, it would be-
yell for farmers to remember this
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

By- Tho New York Herald admits
loss Of 1854 killed, wounded and naisslns Z
in the battle of Williamsburg, ana .neIo
are two rigades-Peck's and RANGES
which have not reported. Inc an,
KEGS had six brigades engaged, aoouI
SO. 900 men. They claim great victory
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
East Tennessee"


We copy the article below from the At
lanta IntciGgencer, with the single remark.
that while it is truo that East Tennessee
contains large tory element, in no por-
ton of the Confederacy is there better or
more devoted Southern men, nor none
that have sacrificed more to promote the
cause
EAST TENNESSEE Knoxville, the pres
ent Headquarters of the Military Depart
ment of East Tennessee, is one of the
oldest towns in that State. It was laid
out some seventy-three years ago, and was
for many years the Capital of Tennessee,
and is now, and has been for fifty years
past, the metropolis Of the whole terrific.
ry of East Tennessee, numbering ut pres
ent thirty-one counties. 1t was near this
place-whdre one of the fret law cyuvts in
Z that State was organised, and in = hich
Andrew Jackson presided as chief lnagis
trate. 1t was here where John Sewer
and James Robertson, the hardy pioneers
of that gallant State, used 10 meet in ami
mated forensic discussion, or in grand
rendezvous preparatory to some cherished
deer hunt or exploring expedition. 1t
was here where the meritorious Blouut
| filed the Executive Chair of State when
| '','~'
.he unlortunate ieuo occurred between
tne Woooianu o,a.e ana the Federal
authoritles' anu wheh me aoontlon Con
vention whicn aoopteu .ile hIss Nohs'ltu-
ton OF that state en'rancnlseoI fee negroes
provided they possessed properly quan-
hcahon! ms blot upon ''e Jar escu,ch-
con OF the state was soon removed, how
ever ,oy the aoopt'on OF important
amendments 70 the oio constitution and
the spirit OF Freeso'hSm appeared nearly
extinct until 1896, when the counties OF
Carter, Sewer. Hancock, and Scott, each
manifested latent spirit of Abolitionism
! by casting more or less votes for John c.
, Fremont, the Black Republican candidate
for the Presidency. This will appear the
more remarkable, and will be taken as
; better evidence of the Freesoil proclivi.
ties of that section, when it is remember
: ed that there was no regular Black Re
publican ticket in Tennessee. The coun-
ties of Sewer and Greene, the SO called in
honor of the gallant Huguenot whose
name is identified with nearly every hill
> and dale in that mountain region: the
, other in memory of the hardy old cava-
lier of rs, stand out prominently as the
Banner counties Of toryism tho first
giving 90, and the other 81 votes for Sep
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13
$4,000 offered for Buffers Head.

writer in the Jackson Mississippian
makes the following suggestion in regard
to that modern Nero, the brutal, beastly,
and sanguinary savage, B. F. Butler:
Let there BIO purse of $4,000 made
up and offered for the head of this man
Butler, or to any one who will take his
life by any means whatsoever. If the
person who kills him should lose his own
life by doing SO, let the money 20 to his
heirs, or to whoever he may Designate
would suggest that this money be made
up in sums OF not less than 500.
The Emancipation BOARD in WASH
ington.
There continues to be goodly num-
Der ofpetitions presented to the Emanci-
patton Commissioners for compensation
for slaves freed in the District of Column
bia' Tho Northern papers say it is like
ly to turn out that thers are mora slaves
IN Washington than was supposed
rH- Pride and roughness may turn
ones humor, but fattery turns ones
stomach.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-13

The correspondent of the, Charleston
Courier, writing from Beauregad's army.
gives the following account of military
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-22
J, va, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1862

Winchestsr, Cross Keys. Port Rspablic, and On the
Cniekahomtny. Passed unapimously.
Mr. CNAhBLtss, Of Va, offered . resolution In.
atTucttng the Committes ON Military Affairs to In
qoirs Into the pr0prety Of directing the discharge
from service Of a( soldiers under eighteen years Of
ags and 10 prevent their further enlistment In our
armies Agreed Ia.
NJ. COLLIER offered . resolusieu that the Military
Committee inquire into the expsdlency Of no amend.
hog existing laws to require Communication value Of
clothing for the army to be xed At ita actual cost
Mr. 0oODE presented bill TO amend the act to
exempt certain persons from enrolment for service
IN the Confederate Statea This bill provides for
the exemption Of all millers, tanners, and salt
msksrs Referred to Committee ON Miliar Af.
tAira
Mr.. RUSSELL, Of Va, in ntroduced a bill entitled
An act relating TO the Territory of Kansas" The
Dill sets forth that Kansas equtaby belongs To the
Confederate States. and cannot. without manifest
damage to them, and especially to the State Of
M'ssonri be suffered TO remain In the possession Of
AN uniriendiy power. II authorizes the President
to take and hold possession Of kansas as Terri
tory OF the Confederate States, and TO establish
therein Territorial government, and confscaies
an property belonging to any inhabitaat Of the
United Atates to the Confederate States Referred
10 the Committee on Territories
on motion OF Nj. ELLIOTT, Of KY, 1hs House
then adjourned