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Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-09

Memphis is that guerrillns AFRO still opera
ting outside Of that city, stealing mules and
committing occasional murders The Cop
perheads at Nation and Charleston, Hi.
nos, are mastering 900 strong undor the
Sheriff OHarrs and have had two engage.
ments with 400 Federal troops, and got the
worst Of IT, Forces have gone TO the res
cue, and il is hoped will cxterminate these
infamous Northern traitors, Gov Morton,
true man, has ordered the entire Indiana
force to be ready at moments warning TO
repel an invasion
Washington special states that ten; W,
r, Smith will command the troops in Gen,
Buffers department. personally conduct
the military operations, General Meade, in
written statement to tho War Committee,
states that he never issued orders to retreat
from Gettysburg, July End, The order
seems to have been written by Gen, Butter
field without orders,
The New York 7r1une'S Alexandria,
Louisiana letter states that the rebels claim
that Gen. STEELE entered Shreveport after
ten hours hard fighting, We think the re.
port Of doubtful character, Our feet, at
latest dates, was awaiting rise in Red river
to pass the falls Our gun-boats had OBJ
tanned over 10000 bales of cotton,
A bill placing 81 100000 at the disposal
Of the Governor Of Ohio, for repelling in
vasion, and SURPRISING insurrction, has
passed both branches Of the Legislature
Rebel raiders and copperhead scoundrels
may try their luck in Ohio whenever they
get ready
The Convention at Shelbyvillc on the "a
was largely attended, and went off in favor
of a Convention and Emancipation. The
people represented there are for settling the
slavery question now and settling it finally
Longstrcet's forces have gone ont of East
Tennessee destroying the railroad as they
went carrying of the iron and rolling
stock, and plundcring tho Union citizens
i lie ISuulHB TCDtl IdIlilIltS IldNC al uCu IRON
Jonesboro', and it is fortunate for them they
did. 1t is their interest to stay away, since
so many Union men have been hung anC
shot with their appreciation
The rebel forces under Joe Johnston are
strung along from Tunnel Hill to Varnell'.
Station and Red Clay, There is also Il force
at Nicllaiacli Gap, six miles from Ringgold
Johnston force is estimated at 5000, anC
dcscrtors are coming into our lines every
day. Our force in that quarter is over.
whelming and will not allow Johnston tc
remain. 1t is believed they are falling back
| now.
The Loudon bridge will be completed in
the next ten days or less; and twelve Of
fifteen new locomotives are coming on tc
run the road The river is in good condi
ton, and several beats are making trips tc
and from this city regularly.
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Our Southern AristOcrats.

Who are they ~ Il general thing and
whence did they Gomez Twenty years
ago this one made candles, one was tan
ner Of raw-hidos, one sold butter, eggs and
Chickens one butchcred, another worked in
n blacksmith shop, another carried on
dstillory, and another was the white SER
want OF some man Of property, They
were then, with their families olbowod out
Of the "frst circles Of society rs they now
protent TO elbow out others They are a
people in the South acquainted with both
ends Of socicty-as their children are made
to be by this rcbelon--though it will not
do TO say so out loud Often now you find
the Jemale class Of these toiing, but ambi-
tious worms, Boosting that all the respecta-
bMty Of the country have embarked upon
the same rebel sea they are on They even
now turn up their noses in dcrision at those
who have more character, more money,
more credit, and more to live on than they
have, with seven fold the stock Of patriotism
they can boast,
BIT this rebellion will terminate one dav
or other, and these Southern arstucrats will
have toundcrgo further and greater changes.
Death will bring q division Of property
and it will bring new fnancicrs; the pres
cnt tenants will be discharged, new ones
will take their remnant Of revenues and
they will at once begin to traycl--toward
poverty, reaching their destination before
they get grey The enjoyment of money,
property, and even negroes, turns out not to
be hereditary, it is accessible to all three
good seasons Of Cotton would before the re-
bcllion, send a generation up, and make the
beastly ovcrsccr who married the widow Of
the rich planter, an aristocrat-thrcc years
of n rebellion will bring them all down
again, and send them to live off of the profits
Of Il boarding house, or their children to
stealing horses, or robbing private citizens,
under pretensc Of serving the Confcdcracy
as mounted soldiers The father grubs and
grows rich--thc children strut and use the
money TO purchase the hatred of all who
know them. Their children inherit their
pride, retain their native mcanncss, take to
drink and gaming, and go to shiitless pow
crty, falling below in morals, intellect, and
resources, the plebian young bloods, whose
parents used to mend shoes for their par
cnts
Thus society, like tree, draws its sap
from the earth, changes it into leaves and
blossoms, spreads them abroad in great cx-
travagancc, sheds them off to fall back to
earth again, to minglc with the soil, and at
length to re-appear in a new dress and fresh
garniture as this war is working out the
problem
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Quincy, Observation-Disclosures Graves OF
the Adams Family ---- Inscriptions
upon their Marble Monuments.
Vaults In the Church.

On the 10Th OF May, 1862, we visited the
ancient town Of Quincy, and took good
look at its surroundings 1t isl post-town-
ship in Norfolk county, situated on Quincy
bay, and only eight miles from Boston
1t is celebrated for its fine quarrics of gran
lite, known throughout the United States
and portions Of Europe as Quincy Granite
to get ont which one thousand persons are
constantly employed. Tho first railroad
constructed in America was there put in
operation in 1926, for the purpose of trans
porting the granite to the tide water.
Quincy is celebrated as the birth place Of
several of the most eminent men who have
borne part in the affairs Of this great ma
ton. Among them may b, mentioned
joins HANCOCK, JOSIAH QrINcY, old JonN
ADAMS and JonN QrIHcY ADAMS. 1t is not
every town that can boast of producing two
Presidents.
We gazed with astonishmcnt upon the
old frame building in which the elder
ADAMS was born, and is still comfortable
dwelling, occupied by Il family. Close by
is the dwelling of about the same character
in which JONI QulNCY ADAMS was born
Both, in their days, were good houses,
though exceedingly old fashioned in their
present appearance, compared with the
present style Of new houses in the same
town. The elder ADAMS married a Miss
SMITH the daughter of clcrgyman.-
While he courted her, he was not politely
treated by the father, who was opposed to
the match. He would 81, down to the table
without asking young ADAMS to eat The
daughter was a tavorite, and the old clergy
man frequently asked her to look him out
text upon which to found sermon on the
coming Sabbath. One Sabbath morning.
after treating her beau in this rude manner.
the father invited her to select him text.
when she opened the Bible and turned him
10 the following--"John came neither eating
nor drinking, and yet you sag he hath dera
The old mansion Of john Quincy ADAMS
is now owned by his son, CHARLES FRANcis
ADAMS, the present Minister to England,
and when at homo he occupies it. His son,
young joins QUINCY ADAMS, u very gentle
manly fellow, now occupies it, and has for II
wife, beautiful and accomplished Boston
lady, Miss CRowNISGsHIELD, whose kind
treatment Of us and our party we shall
never forget When we visited the house,
we were shown through it, and into the
study and to the old chair and writing desk
of the "old man eloquent" Mr. and Mrs.
ADAMS expressed their kind regards for us,
and said were pleased to have a visit from
the man who was for JoHN QurycY ADAMS,
in 1923, in preference to General JACKSON.
The paintings Of the ADAMS family, Of
WASHINGTON and lady, of General WARREN,
Of JOSIAH QvfscY, still living, and of others
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The COnyentiOn...April IL.

tuesday next the 18th of April, win be
ia day Of note on more accounts than one
1t is the day upon which the Union Pole.
rudy and insultingly cut down by rebel
traitors in arms. will again be erected 1t
is the day upon which the "Knoxyilc-
Greeneville Tory Convention" held by the
Unionists of East Tennessee, willre-asscmblc
in the Supreme Court Room, at II o'clock.
1t is the day on which that great Union
champion, HENRY CLAY, was born. And
it is the day upon which the rebels first
drew blood by the fire Of their guns in thi.
Internal rebellion. We look to the 18th OF
April with great interest, and we trust
every county in East Tennessee will be rep
resented in the approaching Convention.
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News of The Week.


FoRREsT the ex negro trader Of Memphis,
at the head of six thousand mounted rob
bers and assassins, bombarded the town of
Paducah, and set fire to the houses without
giving the citizens any warning; and as a
result many women and children were killed
and wounded. He slaughtered as many OF
the helpless women and children Of his own
party as OF ours. Inem object seems to
have been plundcr-they We're beastily
drunk-and they fell upon friends and foes
alike. They were driven from the place by
our forces, and suffered a heavy loss, but
the town was destroyed to Il very great eX-
tent.
Hos OWEN LovEJoY member Of Con-
gress from Illinois, died in Brooklyn after
a severe and protracted illness. He was an
able man, and decided Republican, He
was native Of Maine, about fifty years Of
age, and in early life was ~ clergyman.
Col. WoLroRD, of Kentucky, has been
restored to his command, through the infu-
cnce of Gen. GRANT. We have never al
luded to Col. W before in our paper. We
now take occasion to say that his conduct
has been very foolish, and unbecomng q
Federal officer. lie has been FIGHTING on the
Federal side, and speaking on the rebel side.
All men, in and out of the army had better
take one side or the other, and hold on to
it--eithcr going for Davis or Lincoln.
The steamer IIibernian from Liverpool,
March q, represents Manchester markets
as very dull Popcs health said to be i'm
proved. New York correspondent Of the
London Star says the American Government
will surrender the bark Saxon seized by
Vanderbilt. London Times editorial on
American affairs says that no advantage on
either side, and no forcshadowing Of the
end. 1t says there will be no Intervention.
and that Americans will have to work out
the result by themselves Garibaldi is ex-
pected at Southampton in about 4 week.
The London Morning Herdtd states that I'M
less Napoleon and Macmillan recognize the
South. the establishment Of the Mexican
Empire will be fruitless expenditure of
time and means by France, and will end in
humiliation to all concerned.
Official statements in Copenhagen papers
say there has been no additional fighting
that Denmark will not accedo TO armistice
1t is stated that Napoleon is much gratifed
by expression of English sentiment in Par
lament. AT Liverpool cotton is dull Maxi
milan, as one day later report say, embarks
for Mexico 18th inst Lord Ashburton il
dead. The Danish King says the time will
be distant when the Danes submit to hu-
initiating peace. The Times has a Vienna
telegram saying conference has been pro-
posed by England. and that an armistice has
been accepted by Austria and Prussia The
London Giobe says that Macmillan will
adopt the policy VI strict neutrality towards
the Confederate Staies. Sljdell was refused
an interview with Macmillan when in
Paris, which is very significant -Four new
paddle-steamers built Of steal, and said to
be of great speed, are said to be ready TO
leave Liverpool to run the blockade
News from Cairo is To the effect that the
steamship Anaconda, of Farraguts' line,
LOFT Memphis for the Gulf The news from
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Spirit OF the North and South.

Tho contrast between tho loyal men Of
the North and the rebels OF tho South, is
more strikingly seen in the spirit which
pcryadcs their acts and sayings, than in
any other point Of view Nor pausing to
draw the parallel between them, bui to ex-
press the difference in tho lowest possible
words, we have only to say that tho rebels
are full Of passion, hate, Gnatlcism and un-
rclcntng cnmity--thc loyal men, in all the
loyal States, are patient, calculating phlos-
ophers, swayed by reason and considera'
lions Of humanity A candid and unpre-
JUDGED man, who forms IN intimate nc.
quaintancc with both, and mixes among
them, observing the effects Of the operations
and incidents Of the rebellion, can but won
der at the contrast
! The Southern press, during the progress
Of the rebellion, has aboundcd in iaIschoods
and reckless articles, alike setting at def
ance the virtues Of dccency, truth, justice
and humanity. disappearing every
battle fought between the two armses,
they have poured forth torrents Of dcbasing
and dcmoralzng stuff, They acted upon
the maxim that fierce language and cruel
/ measures were necessary TO fire the South
crn heart, and work it up to the pitch OF
malice necessary to make the people en-
dorse their deeds of intended murder, cru
city and robbery.
On the Federal side, ii has boon apparent
to every candid observer Of events, there
has been an ovcr-careiul regard for tho
rebels and their property So far has this
lenicncy boon carried that loyal men in
rebel sections have complained bitterly Of
il, and felt that injustice has been done to
them and the cause in which they have
been made to suffer Spies and traitors
have swarmcd around all Federal camps
female devils have passed to and fro, under
flags Of truce, posting up the enemy and
conveying thom letters and costly mcd-
cincs. And yet no spy has been hung as a
spy, except IN few cases, and no traitor
has been executed for treason though many
were found to be guilty.
From the beginning of this struggle, the
rebels have not presented arguments, be-
cause their cause was wicked, lawlcss and
without any claims to Justice They have,
however made up for this deficiency by an
excess of passion, and Of personal abuse
Just as all parties do who have a bad cause
and losing cause This unhealthy, NOR
bid, bitter feeling only stood out prominent
among the leaders and their interested tools
And all this bad feeling will pass away with
the leaders Of the present generation. The
day Of passion mut pass away, and the
morning of reason will dawn. There will
be no rebellion in this country for a century
to come, when the smoke of the present
clears away.
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D1y- c. c. ALEXANDER. just released from
Johnson's Island, has sent us in letter set
ting forth that his signature TO the infamous
reply to Ewings letter was forged and
placed there without his knowledge or con :
sent. This is in keeping with all that tho
villainous rebels have done from the start
His letter, coming too late for this issue,
shall appear in our next, .. t.. g..
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Knoxville, Saturday, April 9, 1864.

G, S. HUBBARD, Of Now Haven, Connecticut, is
our regularly appointed agent to receive subScTp-
tions for our paper in that State, and GEO W. Fox
Nashua, y, H., in all other New England States
LOUIS NfcGLAUFLIN Is authorized to not Gs our
agent along the whole Pacific Coast. His address
is San Francisco California
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Judge Trigg at Memphis.

We find the following notice of JrDGI
TRIGG in the Memphis Bulletin. 1t pays q
high compliment to the Judge We cxpcc,
him here in few days, and if so, we hope
he will set a Federal Grand Jury TO work
indicting traitors for treason.
UNITED sTATEs COURTS IN MEMPHIS
1t will be a matter both of interest and gratifca
ton to the country to know that the United Stgtc.
Courts for the District of West Tennessee. which
have been suspended since the beginning of the re-
belon, are again opened and prepared for business
BY an act of Congress passed last month, the Cir
cult and District Courts for the District Of West
Tennessee, which had previously been held at Jack.
son, were ordered TO lie held in future ut Memphis
In making this change not only is public convent.
consulted but the courts established where
they will never again be disturbed. and where iher,
will always be force sufficient to insure the cxecu.
ton of their judgments and DEGREES.
All of the former officers of the United State:
Courts of West Tennessee having taken the part OF
traitors 1t became necessary wholly to re-orgnnze
the Courts. The Hon. Connolly +. Trigg has been
appointed United States District Judge for all the
Districts of the State of Tennessee. He takes the
place Of that eminent traitor, West II. Humphreys
who wa justly inpeachcd and degraded two years
since by the Senate of the United States Judge
lrl-B just lnc NoTh VI rc-VrgtnlLllI
the Federal Courts in Memphis lie opened IN.
March term on Monday the 1th inst md closed il
on Monday the 18th, two days ago. His Honor is
now spending few days in the city, making nc-
quainances and learning something of this new and
interesting field of his abors The impression he
makes upon our people !, excellent H. shows him
self TO be pure and upright man, brave patriot
and clenrhearted, equitable judge and such is his
character wherever he il known. Judge Trigg
m mt of hat far IF
Tennessec-and is about as "loyal as a man ever
gets t6be
The Judge organized the L. S. Courts here BY the
appointment Of a. ). Mitchell, Esq Of Memphis to
be Clerk Of the Circuit and District Courts Of West
Tennessee. John l.. Williamson Esq. of Gibson
county, has received the appointment Of Marshal.
1t is unnecessary 10 say anything in behalf Of
these gentlemen. They IRE both native Tennessee
ans aud are not unknown in Memphis or elsewhere
in the State for their loyalty and zeal in the Of
Unconditional Unonism. II is not yet known who
~i to ,proin,sd District Attorney but undoubtedly
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gentleman worthy Of thoa With whom Ao win be

a gentleman worthy Of those with whom hc will DO
associated ,tlt
Tho u, s, Courn At Memphis nre now prepared
for the introduction Of civil suits. by the ncrt reg
ular term, which will DO in septembsr ned, there
viii be- grand Jury ompsnelcd, and traitors may
then expect ~ begin 10 reeeiyotheir dues.
FOR the information Of litgants we are requested
10 shy that the oilco Of Clork of the Federal Courts
will for tho present be found in the rooms Of tho
Civil Commission, On Main street.
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iNviNclBlE BANNER.

Iuvnciblo Banner, the flag Of the freel
o where trcads the foot that would altcr for theef
Or the hands TO be folded til triumph 10 won,
And the eagle looks proud as Of old, to the SUM-
Give tears for the partng-a murmur Of prayer
Then Forward the fame Of our standard to shared
With a wcoame to wounding, and combat and scars,
And the glory Of deAth-or the Stripes and the Stars
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WEEs gold is 10 per cent premium, in
vcsting grscnbacks in 1910 bonds at per
cent interest, payable principal and interest
in coin, is equal to lending money at 81 per
cent interest
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Herein Is that saying true, one sowcth and an
other reap,th; ! sent you to reap that whcrcon We
bestowed no labor, other men laborcd and We are
entered into their labors"
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Beside him lies
His partner for fifty years,
LOUISA CAT II ERNIE,
Daughter Of Joshua and Catherine Nuth) johnson
Born 18th February, l77j,
Married Doth July, 1897,
Deceased 25th May, 1852,
Aged II.
Living through many Vicissitudcs, and
Under high Responsibilities.
As Il Daughter, Wife and Mother,
She proved equal to all.
Dying, she left to her Family and her Sex
The blessed Rcmcr bnncc
OF woman that fcarcth the Lord
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From lives thus spent thy early duties learn
From Fancys dreams to active Virtue turn
Let Freedom, Friendship Faith thy soul engage
And serve like them thy Country and thy Age.
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Ahcri IcculO.
A. o.

40.
Near this place
Rcpose all that could die Of
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Son Of John and Abigail Smith Adams,
Sixth President of the United States.
Born llth July. 1901,
Amidst the storms of civil commotion.
He nurScd the vigor
Which nerves n Statesman and Patriot,
And the Faith
Which inspires II Christian.
For more than half Century,
Whenever his Country called for his Labors
in either Hemisphere, or in any capacity,
He never spared them in her cause.
On the twcntv-fourth of December, 1914,
lie signed the second treaty with Great Britain
Which restored Peace within her Borders.
On the twenty.hird of February, lS4s,
lie closed sixteen wears of eloquent Defense
or the Lessons Of his Youth
By dying ut his Post
In her great National Council.
A son, worthy Of hi. Father,
A Citizen, shedding glory on his Country,
\ scholar, ambitious to advance mankind
This Christian sought to walk humby
In the sight of his God