Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-29
LETTER FROm PARsON BROWN
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the Editor Of the Philadelphia Press:
SIR: The original copy Of the following doc
ument, to which is appended the autograph o.
that prince Of traitors, snd most vlilalnous OF
periured army officers, E Kirby Smith, is IN the
Office Of the New York Tunes
HEADQUARTERS CoSFgDERATE FORcES,l
ARMY OF EAST TENNEssE,
August both, 1862
To the e. liens OF Knox county aed the adjacent coun
ties in Kentucky;
Finding that you have been deceived 6y the
Recommendations Of cur enemies, and have
bren indueed BY them not only to leave your
homes. but also 70 resort to The colcardtg Practtce
Of bnshtohacking, 1 now promise you thai II you
rsfnro ouietly 10 your homes and lead orserly
lives YOU will not be disturbed, but will be pro
tected il your rights.
N. on the contrary, goa persist IN trlng upon
mn soldiers from te r0odS, gJu lcH be hung 1heH
y6u are caught, and yoRr houses ana properly
gs,;U h. dsgiyoyed. L. KIRBY SMITH,
Nsj0r-Genersl-
This is a sweet document to emanate nom one
Of the mp ior-generais Of a plunderlng and mur-
dsrons armv' and a rotten and thieving govern
ment. who have urged all along that bush
wbgeking and guerrillaism were legitimate ana
nroper means Of warfare in this unhOiy rebel
lion The whole army Of Jeh. DAVIS IS one OF
b~ushyhackers and marauders, traitors 10 tnelf
a. and eountry. none Of whom deserve to be
treated as prisoners Of war. Ihey commenced
he war bv issuing letters Of maEque and IsPri-
sal, authorizing tie piuEder and robbery Of YES
sells on the high seas, and the lnolscTLminaie
murder Of their crews, IN violation Of the known
usaoes Of civilized warfare. For more than
Twelve months past the woods Of Virginia, Ken
tnckv. Tennessee and Missouri have been blied
with this class Of thieves and robbers, who have
fired upon our soldiers from the woods, have
burnt military stores, railroad bridges, Union
dwellings and barns, destroying whole villages,
and LAYING waste entire nelgbb0rhOods That
well known guerrilla chief, Floyd, was author
lied BIZ the rebel Congress to raise ten thousand
of these murdeTeTs and thieves, to be divided
into squads, and put into this irregular ser
vice. 20 do what Z Kirby Smith threatens TO
hang Union men f1rl
This order was issued just as this near sighted
scoundrel was leaving East Tennessee to invade
Kentucky and Ohio and there is no doubt bat
what be has swung from the gallOws in Ken
lucky many Union men, as he has done in Ten
nessee! 1t Is high time that OR generals should
cease to treat these thieves and mIIderers as
prisoners If war, and that they should adopt
Smiths logic and hang them as they are caught
Let not the threats CT JET. Davis, who now
holds the prisoners taken in the battle with Pope
IN close confinement, in,imidate us-let US put an
equal number in close confinement. Nay, let Us
summon LEb HdlsIL ~ lD Us aPpAIp Aatp "a a.
once among such leaders Of the rebellion as we
have captured.
On page 449 of my late book, the reader viii
find an order signed by Wm. n. C~hurehwell,
provost marshal at Knoxville, dated Dist Of
April lsst, in which he says to my ,e3s and fire
helpless girl children
Madame, l am directed most respectfully to
inform you and your family, by Mej0r-Genersl
Z. Kirby Smith, that you will be required to
pass beyond the Confederate States line II thirty
six hours from this date"
This man ChurchweIl served a similar notice
upon the wife and children Of the Hon. Horace
Maynard, and they all left together, escaping
with nothing but their clothes, leaving their com
Portable houses and their contents to be used IS
hospitals for rebel soldiers. These ladies and
their helpless children were driven out of Ten
nessee because their husbands were not loyal TO
a bogus government, to serve which this PICTURED
army officer, Smith, had thrown aside his obEga-
tons of honor Smith has q rebel sister at Ge-
neva, in New York, the widow Of Colonel Web
ster, who is daily talking treason, tor which she
is paid a pension by the United States govern
meut The only military man | desire to meet
with during or alter this war, from this Confede-
racy, is this c9ld-blood5d scuundrel and unpriB-
cipied iyrsnt, T. Kirby Smith! l coyet an in
terview with him upon equal footing.
Smiths provost marshal. Churchweli, died a
few weeks ago, in Knoxville, Of typhoid fever,
and his death is announced in the rebel papers
In q brief obituary notice Of this dirty tool OF
Smith, 1 desire to say that be was four years IN
Congress from I1nnesses, during whlCl time he
sold his rots for q consideration, to aid in esta5-
fishing certain steamship lines After this, he
started a bank, known as the Bank Of East
Tennessee az Knoxville, and when be got
9SO0,O00 OF the issues IN circulation, he let the
bank 80 by he Uosrd distressing tie poor and
iab0Ying classes to such a. extent that he had to
fee the country. He OPENED u svindliDg shop
IN Wall street, New York, where, finding men
more expert than himJslf, Ia tbe same line Of
business, be was soon relieved OF what be hsC .
His next move was TO get q cOloue!s commis-
sion in the rebel army; and he IGt rot long been
IL the services until be vas charged at Rich
mond, by five of his officers, with swinlli1g the
Confederate government out Of $4,000 through
the false Endorsements Of az s~ssistan. paymss-
Ter. Re was relieved, by he action Of his gov
eminent, though guilty, as the act of stealing is
not " contrabsad of war" IN thst government !
Churchwel is now in other hands, and l leave
him there. II g provost marshal Is needed
where be is gone, h5 can have his commission
renewed. Hailing from the Confederate govern
ment will commend him to the favorable notice
Of these in al thOnty.
This, Mr.. Editor, is the nsvsr-tO-be forgotten
| lc-N OF E~cpbtuDSlg lCD-s TIC Jay ST. dpAtb DJ
| jeff. Davis proclamation as q day Of bumilis-
ton and p-ayer aud thanksgiving to God, for
the favor he showed the rebels in front of Rich
mond and Washington in days gone by Il
occurs to me that they ought TO appoint another
day for prayer, and take back all their express
sions of gratitude for the manner il which prov
idence has allowed them to be treated By " the
Northern bordes,' on the borders of Maryland
and Pennsylvania! They should now marshal
all their hypOcritical preachers and cid whisky
drinking clerical rips, and, with a united voice,
hsaving and setting st q throne Of grace, like so
many old rams at a gats-pOst, pray TO their deity
10 save them from their friends, whilst they take
care Of their enemies w. G BRowELOW.
September Is, 1869.
P S.-Those wishing to address me in future
will please write me to Cincinnati, VIC b.
--latest from Warrington.
Special Dispsteh to the Cincinnati GazetteI
SITUATION ON rus UPPER POTOMAC.
WAsHINGroN, September 22-The belief pre-
walls that fighting on the upper Potomac is st an
end; that the rebels viii hardly renew the con-